Northwestern State 2018 Baseball World Series Capsule

            

Northwestern State Demons

Southland (37-22, 18-12)

 
 
Big Wins: 2/28 at Louisiana Tech (6-4), 3/3 Little Rock (7-3), 5/24 vs Southeastern Louisiana (5-1)
Bad Losses: 2/18 Binghamton (3-10), 2/24 Penn (5-8), 4/8 Stephen F. Austin (5-6)
Coach: Bobby Barbier
 
Key Field Players:
David Fry, Senior, IF, .336 BA, 12 HR, 55 RBI
Kwan Adkins, Senior, OF, .323 BA, 24 RBI
Luke Watson, Junior, IF, .293 BA, 19 RBI
J.P. Lagreco, Junior, OF, .289 BA, 35 RBI
Caleb Ricca, Sophomore, IF, .264 BA, 36 RBI, 20 SB
 
Key Pitchers:
Nathan Jones, Junior, P, 3.71 ERA, 4-6 W/L, 97.0 IP, 71 SO
Ridge Heisler, Junior, P, 3.01 ERA, 7-2 W/L, 89.2 IP, 72 SO
Jerry Maddox, Junior, P, 2.03 ERA, 7-3 W/L, 80.0 IP, 62 SO
 
By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .274 (121st in nation, 7th in conference)
Double Plays per Game: 1.11 (3, 1)
Doubles per Game: 1.76 (106, 4)
Earned Run Average: 3.42 (24, 1)
Fielding Percentage: .968 (165, 7)
Home Runs per Game: 0.76 (109, 4)
Scoring Offense: 6.1 (93, 3)
Slugging Percentage: .406 (110, 4)
Stolen Bases per Game: 0.67 (235, 12)
Triples per Game: 0.27 (73, 4)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2005Regionallost to Rice, defeated Marist, eliminated by LSU
1994Regionallost to Cal State Fullerton, defeated Illinois State, eliminated by Memphis
1991Regionallost to LSU, eliminated by Louisiana 
 
*all team stats through 5/20