Kentucky 2018 Baseball Postseason Capsule

 

Kentucky Wildcats

SEC (34-22, 13-17)

 
 
Big Wins: 3/10 Texas Tech (11-6), 4/13 at Georgia (6-4), 4/21 Florida (3-2)
Bad Losses: 2/20 Xavier (2-3), 3/7 Northern Kentucky (6-8), 3/31 at Alabama (2-4)
Coach: Nick Mingione
 
Key Field Players:
Kole Cottam, Junior, C/1B, .352 BA, 19 HR, 51 RBI
Luke Heyer, Senior, IF/OF, .348 BA, 18 HR, 57 RBI
Tristan Pompey, Junior, OF, .335 BA, 7 HR, 39 RBI, 10 SB
Ben Aklinski, Junior, OF, .304 BA, 6 HR, 42 RBI
Troy Squires, Senior, C/1B, .267 BA, 5 HR, 51 RBI
 
Key Pitchers:
Sean Hjelle, Junior, P, 3.44 ERA, 7-5 W/L, 99.1 IP, 91 SO
Justin Lewis, Junior, P, 4.33 ERA, 7-3 W/L, 72.2 IP, 92 SO
Chris Machamer, Sophomore, P, 3.06 ERA, 2-1 W/L, 35.1 IP, 38 SO, 10 SV
 
By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .294 (29th in nation, 3rd in conference)
Double Plays per Game: 0.53 (275, 14)
Doubles per Game: 2.11 (23, 2)
Earned Run Average: 5.41 (212, 14)
Fielding Percentage: .973 (79, 9)
Home Runs per Game: 1.45 (4, 1)
Scoring Offense: 7.2 (19, 2)
Slugging Percentage: .493 (6, 1)
Stolen Bases per Game: 1.04 (134, 5)
Triples per Game: 0.09 (277, 11)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2017Regionaldefeated Ohio, lost to NC State, defeated Indiana, defeated NC State, defeated NC State
2017Super Regionaleliminated by Louisville
2014Regionallost to Kansas, defeated Kent State, defeated Kansas, eliminated by Louisville
2012Regionallost to Kent State, defeated Valparaiso, defeated Purdue, eliminated by Kent State
2008Regionallost to Michigan, defeated Eastern Michigan, defeated Michigan, eliminated by Arizona
2006Regionallost to Ball State, defeated Notre Dame, defeated Ball State, eliminated by Charleston
1993Regionallost to USC, eliminated by Texas 
1988Regionaldefeated Rutgers, defeated St. John's, lost to Stanford, eliminated by Stanford
 
*all team stats through 5/20