Rice 2012 Baseball World Series Capsule

Rice Owls
C-USA (39-15, 17-7)

 
Big Wins: 3/11 at Stanford (1-0), 3/13 Arizona (5-1), 5/18 at UCF (9-2)
Bad Losses: 3/6 at Texas State (2-3), 4/13 Sam Houston State (1-2), 5/4 Houston (6-11)
Coach: Wayne Graham (21 seasons at Rice)

Key Field Players:
Christian Stringer, Junior, IF, .352 BA, 35 RBI
Jeremy Rathjen, Junior, OF, .338 BA, 9 HR, 39 RBI
J.T. Chargois, Junior, IF, .317 BA, 28 RBI
Michael Fuda, Senior, OF, .308 BA, 7 HR, 42 RBI
Craig Manual, Senior, C, .280 BA, 25 RBI
Michael Ratterree, Junior, OF/IF, .243 BA, 6 HR, 31 RBI
Shane Hoelscher, Sophomore, IF, .250 BA, 30 RBI

Key Pitchers:
Matthew Reckling, Senior, RHP, 2.85 ERA, 8-2 W/L, 79.0 IP, 92 SO
Andrew Benak, Junior, RHP, 2.32 ERA, 7-2 W/L, 66.0 IP, 71 SO
Austin Kubitza, Sophomore, RHP, 3.17 ERA, 6-3 W/L, 65.1 IP, 57 SO
Taylor Wall, Senior, LHP, 3.07 ERA, 5-3 W/L, 55.2 IP, 46 SO

By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .286 (89th in nation, 5th in conference)
Scoring Offense: 5.9 (81, 3)
Doubles per Game: 1.81 (77, 4)
Triples per Game: 0.17 (213, 6)
Home Runs per Game: 0.63 (64, 4)
Slugging Percentage: .406 (74, 4)
Stolen Bases per Game: 0.81 (191, 8)
Earned Run Average: 2.87 (8, 1)
Fielding Percentage: .975 (27, 2)
Double Plays per Game: 0.80 (121, 6)

Recent Postseason Appearances:

*all team stats through 5/20

 
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