Southern Miss 2018 Baseball World Series Capsule

 

Southern Miss Golden Eagles

Conference USA (43-16, 23-6)

 
 
Big Wins: 2/16 Mississippi State (11-0), 3/25 at Florida Atlantic (14-3), 5/12 Louisiana Tech (16-1)
Bad Losses: 2/24 Tennessee-Martin (10-13), 4/7 Western Kentucky (1-7), 5/15 New Orleans (9-14)
Coach: Scott Berry
 
Key Field Players:
Luke Reynolds, Junior, IF, .400 BA, 15 HR, 60 RBI
Matt Wallner, Sophomore, OF/P, .358 BA, 16 HR, 66 RBI
Matthew Guidry, Sophomore, IF, .329 BA, 35 RBI
Hunter Slater, Junior, OF, .306 BA, 10 HR, 52 RBI
Gabe Montenegro, Freshman, OF, .304 BA, 38 RBI
LeeMarcus Boyd, Freshman, IF, .291 BA, 7 HR, 40 RBI
Mason Irby, Senior, OF, .283 BA, 33 RBI
 
Key Pitchers:
Nick Sandlin, Junior, P, 1.13 ERA, 9-0 W/L, 3 CG, 95.1 IP, 134 SO
Stevie Powers, Junior, P, 3.28 ERA, 5-1 W/L, 71.1 IP, 71 SO
Walker Powell, Sophomore, P, 3.53 ERA, 7-2 W/L, 79.0 IP, 58 SO
 
By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .305 (10th in nation, 1st in conference)
Double Plays per Game: 0.61 (235, 12)
Doubles per Game: 1.94 (46, 1)
Earned Run Average: 3.66 (41, 3)
Fielding Percentage: .971 (115, 3)
Home Runs per Game: 1.17 (25, 3)
Scoring Offense: 8.3 (5, 1)
Slugging Percentage: .471 (17, 1)
Stolen Bases per Game: 0.93 (155, 7)
Triples per Game: 0.19 (184, 7)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2017Regionaldefeated Illinois-Chicago, defeated South Alabama, lost to Mississippi State, eliminated by Mississippi State
2016Regionaldefeated South Alabama, lost to Florida State, eliminated by South Alabama
2011Regionallost to Mississippi State, eliminated by Georgia Tech
2010Regionallost to Clemson, defeated Jacksonville State, eliminated by Auburn
2009Regionaldefeated Elon, defeated Georgia Tech, lost to Georgia Tech, defeated Georgia Tech
2009Super Regionaldefeated Florida
2009CWSlost to Texas, eliminated by North Carolina
2008Regionaldefeated New Orleans, lost to LSU, defeated New Orleans, eliminated by LSU
2007Regionaldefeated Troy, lost to Mississippi, eliminated by Sam Houston State
 
*all team stats through 5/20