Missouri State Bears
Missouri Valley (37-18, 13-7)
Big Wins: 3/27 Kansas (9-8), 4/20 at Wichita State (6-0), 5/19 at Indiana State (5-0)
Bad Losses: 2/26 vs Houston Baptist (5-11), 4/6 at Bradley (1-2), 4/17 Saint Louis (0-1)
Coach: Keith Guttin (30 seasons at Missouri State)
Key Field Players:
Kevin Medano, Senior, IF, .332 BA, 22 RBI, 11 SB
Luke Voit, Junior, C/1B, .299 BA, 40 RBI
Keenen Maddox, Junior, OF, .296 BA, 6 HR, 24 RBI
Brock Chaffin, Senior, 1B, .295 BA, 37 RBI
Spiker Helms, Senior, IF/OF, .281 BA, 6 HR, 39 RBI
Trey Massenberg, Sophomore, OF, .279 BA, 18 RBI
Key Pitchers:
Nick Petree, Sophomore, RHP, 0.91 ERA, 10-3 W/L, 99.1 IP, 102 SO
Cody Schumacher, Junior, RHP, 3.95 ERA, 7-1 W/L, 84.1 IP, 85 SO
Tyler Burgess, Freshman, LHP, 1.24 ERA, 5-0 W/L, 36.1 IP, 30 SO, 11 SV
By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .276 (143rd in nation, 5th in conference)
Scoring Offense: 5.4 (141, 5)
Doubles per Game: 1.89 (55, 2)
Triples per Game: 0.25 (110, 3)
Home Runs per Game: 0.56 (89, 5)
Slugging Percentage: .398 (92, 5)
Stolen Bases per Game: 0.85 (174, 4)
Earned Run Average: 2.57 (2, 1)
Fielding Percentage: .973 (52, 6)
Double Plays per Game: 0.82 (109, 5)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
2003 | Regional | defeated Coastal Carolina, defeated Nebraska, lost to Nebraska, defeated Nebraska |
2003 | Super Regional | defeated Ohio State |
2003 | CWS | lost to Rice, eliminated by Miami (FL) |
2002 | Regional | lost to Marist, defeated Milwaukee, defeated Marist, eliminated by Nebraska |
1999 | Regional | defeated Clemson, defeated Arkansas, lost to Clemson, eliminated by Clemson |
1997 | Regional | lost to Rice, defeated Texas Tech, defeated Nevada, eliminated by Rice |
1996 | Regional | defeated Long Beach State, defeated UCLA, lost to UCLA, eliminated by Miami (FL) |
*all team stats through 5/20
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