UC Irvine Anteaters
Big West (33-23, 15-9)
Big Wins: 2/22 at California (6-2), 3/10 USC (6-2), 4/25 at Cal State Fullerton (5-4)
Bad Losses: 4/12 Long Beach State (0-5), 4/14 at San Diego State (3-4), 5/8 Cal Poly (6-9)
Coach: Mike Gillespie
Key Field Players:
Mikey Duarte, Junior, IF, .345 BA, 19 RBI
Keston Hiura, Freshman, IF/OF, .330 BA, 7 HR, 52 RBI
Mitchell Holland, Junior, IF, .325 BA, 5 HR, 35 RBI
Jerry McClanahan, Senior, C, .276 BA, 16 RBI
Andrew Martinez, Sophomore, IF, 8 HR, 23 RBI
Key Pitchers:
Matt Esparza, Junior, P, 3.38 ERA, 8-2 W/L, 98.2 IP, 81 So
Evan Manarino, Senior, P, 3.80 ERA, 2 CG, 7-3 W/L, 94.2 IP, 76 SO
Elliot Surrey, Junior, P, 4.02 ERA, 6-6 W/L, 103.0 IP, 88 SO
By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .284 (89th in nation, 2nd in conference)
Double Plays per Game: 0.85 (93, 2)
Doubles per Game: 1.79 (95, 2)
Earned Run Average: 4.27 (127, 8)
Fielding Percentage: .973 (55, 2)
Home Runs per Game: 0.54 (141, 1)
Scoring Offense: 5.4 (145, 2)
Slugging Percentage: .394 (114, 2)
Stolen Bases per Game: 0.40 (290, 9)
Triples per Game: 0.17 (201, 8)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
2014 Regional defeated UNLV, defeated Oregon State, lost to Oregon State, defeated Oregon State
2014 Super Regional defeated Oklahoma State, defeated Oklahoma State
2014 CWS defeated Texas, lost to Vanderbilt, eliminated by Texas
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 5/17
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