Xavier 2017 Baseball World Series Capsule

 

Xavier Musketeers

Big East (32-25, 10-6)

 
 
Big Wins: 3/7 at Georgia (8-7), 4/5 Miami (9-4), 5/28 vs St. John’s (7-6)
Bad Losses: 2/26 vs Penn State (1-6), 3/25 Illinois State (5-7), 4/8 at Villanova (0-1)
Coach: Scott Googins
 
Key Field Players:
Conor Grammes, Freshman, IF, .336 BA, 7 HR, 40 RBI
Rylan Bannon, Junior, IF, .322 BA, 14 HR, 46 RBI, 17 SB
Joe Gellenbeck, Senior, OF, .282 BA, 11 HR, 56 RBI, 10 SB
Will LaRue, Junior, OF, .280 BA, 25 RBI, 23 SB
Mitch Gallagher, Junior, IF, .267 BA, 30 RBI
 
Key Pitchers:
Zac Lowther, Junior, P, 2.81 ERA, 5-4 W/L, 77.0 IP, 115 SO
Garrett Schilling, Junior, P, 3.78 ERA, 5-4 W/L, 78.2 IP, 47 SO
Greg Jacknewitz, Senior, P, 4.92 ERA, 4-4 W/L, 64.0 IP, 47 SO
Trent Astle, Senior, P, 6.32 ERA, 4-1 W/L, 62.2 IP, 37 SO
 
By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .268 (172nd in nation, 3rd in conference)
Double Plays per Game: 0.85 (73, 2)
Doubles per Game: 1.50 (226, 5)
Earned Run Average: 4.58 (125, 5)
Fielding Percentage: .978 (35, 1)
Home Runs per Game: 1.06 (45, 1)
Scoring Offense: 5.8 (128, 3)
Slugging Percentage: .418 (99, 2)
Stolen Bases per Game: 1.41 (39, 1)
Triples per Game: 0.19 (171, 6)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2016    Regional          defeated Vanderbilt, lost to UC Santa Barbara, defeated Washington, eliminated by UC Santa Barbara
2014    Regional          lost to Vanderbilt, defeated Clemson, eliminated by Oregon
2009    Regional          lost to Kansas State, defeated Sam Houston State, eliminated by Rice
 
*all team stats through 5/21