UC Irvine 2014 Baseball World Series Capsule

UC Irvine Anteaters
Big West (35-22, 15-9)

 

Big Wins: 2/22 Arizona State (5-2), 3/14 at Nebraska (7-6), 5/9 at Cal Poly (3-2)
Bad Losses: 2/14 Fresno State (0-2), 3/23 Grand Canyon (1-9), 4/15 at Loyola Marymount (2-7)
Coach: Mike Gillespie

Key Field Players:
Connor Spencer, Junior, IF, .361 BA, 38 RBI
Jerry McClanahan, Junior, C, .319 BA, 31 RBI
Taylor Sparks, Junior, IF, .290 BA, 33 RBI

Key Pitchers:
Andrew Morales, Senior, P, 1.56 ERA, 9-2 W/L, 2 CG, 109.1 IP, 119 SO
Elliot Surrey, Sophomore, P, 2.12 ERA, 6-4 W/L, 2 CG, 93.1 IP, 62 SO
Sam Moore, Junior, P, 1.90 ERA, 0-3 W/L, 23 SV, 42.2 IP, 38 SO

By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .274 (121st in nation, 5th in conference)
Double Plays per Game: 0.76 (138, 5)
Doubles per Game:  1.33 (228, 6)
Earned Run Average: 2.75 (18, 2)
Fielding Percentage: .974 (38, 3)
Home Runs per Game: 0.19 (258, 6)
Scoring Offense: 4.4 (224, 5)
Slugging Percentage: .354 (176, 4)
Stolen Bases per Game: 0.57 (265, 9)
Triples per Game: 0.37 (21, 1)

Recent Postseason Appearances:
2011    Regional    defeated Fresno State, defeated San Francisco, defeated UCLA
2011    Super Regional    eliminated by Virginia
2010    Regional    lost to LSU, defeated Kent State, defeated LSU, eliminated by UCLA
2009    Regional    defeated Fresno State, lost to Virginia, defeated San Diego State, eliminated by Virginia
2008    Regional    defeated Oral Roberts, defeated Nebraska, defeated Oral Roberts
2008    Super Regional    eliminated by LSU
2007    Regional    defeated Wake Forest, defeated Texas, defeated Texas
2007    Super Regional    defeated Wichita State
2007    CWS    lost to Arizona State, defeated Cal State Fullerton, defeated Arizona State, eliminated by Oregon State

*all team stats through 5/18

 

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