Virginia Baseball 2013 World Series Capsule

Virginia Cavaliers
ACC (47-10, 22-8)

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Big Wins: 3/23 North Carolina State (8-2), 4/20 Florida State (9-2), 5/16 at North Carolina (10-4)
Bad Losses: 3/10 Maryland (2-4), 3/31 Miami FL (3-4), 4/10 Radford (8-9)
Coach: Brian O’Connor

Key Field Players:
Mike Papi, Sophomore, OF/1B, .400 BA, 6 HR, 54 RBI
Branden Cogswell, Sophomore, IF, .346 BA, 22 RBI, 12 SB
Joe McCarthy, Freshman, OF/1B, .329 BA, 49 RBI, 10 SB
Brandon Downes, Sophomore, C/OF, .318 BA, 9 HR, 57 RBI
Nick Howard, Sophomore, IF/P, .311 BA, 36 RBI
Derek Fisher, Sophomore, OF, .315 BA, 7 HR, 44 RBI

Key Pitchers:
Scott Silverstein, Senior, P, 3.07 ERA, 9-1 W/L, 82.0 IP, 63 SO
Nick Howard, Sophomore, P, 3.38 ERA, 6-4 W/L, 61.1 IP, 52 SO
Brandon Waddell, Freshman, P, 4.02 ERA, 5-2 W/L, 78.1 IP, 73 SO
Kyle Crockett, Junior, P, 1.81 ERA, 4-1 W/L, 49.2 IP, 61 SO, 10 SV

By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .216 (9th in nation, 1st in conference)
Earned Run Average: 3.11 (29, 4)
Fielding Percentage: .969 (104, 7)
Scoring Offense: 8.3 (3, 2)
Home Runs per Game: 0.67 (41, 4)
Doubles per Game: 2.20 (12, 2)
Triples per Game: 0.54 (4, 1)
Stolen Bases per Game: 1.09 (126, 8)
Slugging Percentage: .469 (7, 1)
Double Plays per Game: 0.72 (177, 8)

Recent Postseason Appearances:

2012Regionaldefeated Army, lost to Appalachian State, eliminated by Oklahoma
2011Regionaldefeated Navy, defeated St. John's, defeated East Carolina
2011Super Regionaldefeated UC Irvine
2011CWSdefeated California, lost to South Carolina, defeated California, eliminated by South Carolina
2010Regionaldefeated VCU, defeated Mississippi, lost to St. John's, defeated St. John's
2010Super Regionaleliminated by Oklahoma
2009Regionaldefeated San Diego State, defeated UC Irvine, defeated UC Irvine
2009Super Regionaldefeated Mississippi
2009CWSlost to LSU, defeated Cal State Fullerton, eliminated by Arkansas
2008Regionallost to UCLA, eliminated by Cal State Fullerton
2007Regionaldefeated Lafayette, defeated Oregon State, lost to Oregon State, eliminated by Oregon State


*all team stats through 5/19

 

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