Mercer Bears
Atlantic Sun (43-16, 20-7)
Big Wins: 2/15 vs Ohio State (6-5), 3/1 Miami FL (11-5), 4/2 Georgia Tech (10-1)
Bad Losses: 3/9 at Indiana State (2-10), 4/21 Lipscomb (4-8), 4/23 at Florida A&M (5-11)
Coach: Craig Gibson
Key Field Players:
Chesny Young, Sophomore, IF, .394 BA, 61 RBI
Derrick Workman, Junior, OF, .345 BA, 48 RBI
Nick Backlund, Junior, 1B, .322 BA, 13 HR, 65 RBI
Sasha LaGarde, Junior, OF, .306 BA, 33 RBI, 15 SB
Logan Gaines, Senior, OF, .286 BA, 32RBI
Austin Barrett, Junior, C/1B, .298 BA, 45 RBI
Key Pitchers:
Brandon Barker, Junior, P, 2.35 ERA, 7-1 W/L, 84.1 IP, 78 SO
DJ Johnson, Junior, P, 2.80 ERA, 6-2 W/L, 83.2 IP, 66 SO
Dimitri Kourtis, Sophomore, P, 3.21 ERA, 5-2 W/L, 61.2 IP, 56 SO, 9 SV
By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .300 (32nd in nation, 3rd in conference)
Earned Run Average: 3.91 (101, 3)
Fielding Percentage: .982 (1, 1)
Scoring Offense: 7.50 (9, 1)
Home Runs per Game: 1.00 (5, 1)
Doubles per Game: 1.96 (38, 2)
Triples per Game: 0.20 (174, 5)
Stolen Bases per Game: 1.23 (100, 2)
Slugging Percentage: .453 (17, 2)
Double Plays per Game: 0.63 (242, 9)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
2010 Regional lost to Georgia Tech, defeated Elon, eliminated by Alabama
*all team stats through 5/19
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