Rice Owls
Conference USA (41-17, 15-9)
Big Wins: 2/15 Stanford (5-1), 4/5 at East Carolina (3-0), 4/21 at Houston (11-1)
Bad Losses: 2/19 Dallas Baptist (4-6), 4/12 UCF (1-5), 5/3 at UAB (9-10)
Coach: Wayne Graham
Key Field Players:
Michael Aquino, Junior, OF, .323 BA, 8 HR, 42 RBI
Keenan Cook, Junior, OF, .309 BA, 30 RBI
Ford Stainback, Sophomore, IF, .295 BA, 24 RBI
Geoff Perrott, Senior, C, .276 BA, 24 RBI
Michael Ratterree, Senior, OF/IF, .288 BA, 9 HR, 41 RBI, 12 SB
Christian Stringer, Senior, IF, .302 BA, 27 RBI
Key Pitchers:
Austin Kubitza, Junior, P, 2.03 ERA, 8-4 W/L, 93.0 IP, 119 SO
John Simms, Junior, P, 2.36 ERA, 8-3 W/L, 99.1 IP, 88 SO
Jordan Stephens, Sophomore, P, 2.70 ERA, 7-4 W/L, 103.1 IP, 84 SO
Zech Lemond, Sophomore, P, 1.19 ERA, 5-1 W/L, 60.1 IP, 59 SO, 14 SV
By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .282 (96th in nation, 1st in conference)
Earned Run Average: 2.88 (20, 1)
Fielding Percentage: .974 (37, 2)
Scoring Offense: 5.30 (132, 2)
Home Runs per Game: 0.43 (111, 3)
Doubles per Game: 1.43 (213, 7)
Triples per Game: 0.19 (181, 4)
Stolen Bases per Game: 0.69 (246, 8)
Slugging Percentage: .372 (140, 3)
Double Plays per Game: 1.06 (12, 2)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
2012 | Regional | defeated Prairie View A&M, lost to Arkansas, eliminated by Sam Houston State |
2011 | Regional | defeated Alcorn State, lost to Baylor, eliminated by California |
2010 | Regional | lost to Louisiana, defeated Rider, defeated Louisiana, eliminated by Texas |
2009 | Regional | defeated Sam Houston State, lost to Kansas State, defeated Xavier, defeated Kansas State, defeated Kansas State |
2009 | Super Regional | eliminated by LSU |
2008 | Regional | defeated Sam Houston State, defeated St. John's, defeated Texas |
2008 | Super Regional | defeated Texas A&M |
2008 | CWS | lost to Fresno State, eliminated by LSU |
2007 | Regional | defeated Prairie View A&M, defeated TCU, defeated TCU |
2007 | Super Regional | defeated Texas A&M |
2007 | CWS | defeated Louisville, defeated North Carolina, lost to North Carolina, eliminated by North Carolina |
*all team stats through 5/19
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