Missouri 2012 Baseball World Series Capsule

Missouri Tigers
Big 12 (32-26, 10-14)


 
Big Wins: 3/25 Oklahoma State (4-2), 3/31 at Texas A&M (4-3), 5/6 Texas (7-6)
Bad Losses: 2/26 at San Francisco (0-6), 3/21 Indiana State (1-15), 5/13 Memphis (1-9)
Coach: Tim Jamieson (18 seasons at Missouri)

Key Field Players:
Scott Sommerfeld, Junior, C/1B, .302 BA, 25 RBI
Blake Brown, Junior, OF, .299 BA, 10 HR, 39 RBI, 15 SB
Ben Turner, Senior, C, .293 BA, 27 RBI
Dane Opel, Junior, OF, .292 BA, 11 HR, 45 RBI
Eric Garcia, Junior, IF, .269 BA, 32 RBI, 16 SB
Brannon Champagne, Junior, OF, .266 BA, 23 RBI, 12 SB

Key Pitchers:
Rob Zastryzny, Sophomore, LHP, 3.84 ERA, 5-5 W/L, 103.0 IP, 71 SO
Jeff Emens, Senior, RHP, 2.58 ERA, 3-1 W/L, 80.1 IP, 61 SO
Blake Holovach, Junior, LHP, 4.60 ERA, 7-4 W/L, 76.1 IP, 43 SO
Jake Walsh, Sophomore, LHP, 3.41 ERA 2-3 W/L, 31.2 IP, 31 SO, 8 SV

By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .268 (200th in nation, 7th in conference)
Scoring Offense: 5.6 (121, 5)
Doubles per Game: 1.54 (182, 6)
Triples per Game: 0.13 (247, 9)
Home Runs per Game: 0.52 (104, 2)
Slugging Percentage: .368 (176, 8)
Stolen Bases per Game: 1.04 (127, 7)
Earned Run Average: 4.16 (121, 7)
Fielding Percentage: .969 (98, 8)
Double Plays per Game: 0.50 (276, 9)

Recent Postseason Appearances:

2009Regionallost to Western Kentucky, defeated Monmouth, eliminated by Western Kentucky
2008Regionaldefeated Mississippi, lost to Miami (FL), eliminated by Mississippi
2007Regionaldefeated Kent State, defeated Louisville, lost to Louisville, eliminated by Louisville
2006Regionallost to Pepperdine, defeated UC Irvine, defeated UCLA, defeated Pepperdine, defeated Pepperdine
2006Super Regionaleliminated by Cal State Fullerton
2005Regionallost to Arizona, defeated Harvard, eliminated by Cal State Fullerton

*all team stats through 5/20


 
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