Houston 2015 Baseball World Series Capsule

Houston Cougars
American (42-18, 16-8)

 

Big Wins: 2/21 Alabama (14-9), 3/28 at UCF (7-5), 5/12 vs Rice (2-1)
Bad Losses: 2/25 at Texas State (6-7), 3/3 Houston Baptist (1-2), 4/3 at Memphis (6-14)
Coach: Todd Whitting

Key Field Players:
Corey Julks, Freshman, IF, .309 BA, 34 RBI
Josh Vidales, Junior, IF, .307 BA, 38 RBI
Chris Iriart, Junior, IF, .306 BA, 14 HR, 39 RBI
Jacob Campbell, Junior, C/UT, .303 BA, 5 HR, 40 RBI
Kyle Survance, Junior, OF, .301 BA, 33 RBI

Key Pitchers:
Seth Romero, Freshman, P, 2.15 ERA, 7-4 W/L, 7 SV, 75.1 IP, 84 SO
Andrew Lantrip, Sophomore, P, 2.50 ERA, 8-3 W/L, 104.1 IP, 107 SO
Kyle Dowdy, Junior, P, 2.62 ERA, 9-2 W/L, 86.0 IP, 62 SO

By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .267(193rd in nation, 5th in conference)
Double Plays per Game: 0.89 (69, 4)
Doubles per Game: 1.34 (262, 6)
Earned Run Average: 2.97 (15, 2)
Fielding Percentage: .969 (115, 6)
Home Runs per Game: 0.70 (83, 3)
Scoring Offense: 5.6 (115, 3)
Slugging Percentage: .393 (120, 3)
Stolen Bases per Game: 1.23 (86, 4)
Triples per Game: 0.36 (31, 1)

Recent Postseason Appearances:
2014    Regional    defeated Bryant, lost to LSU, defeated Southeastern Louisiana, defeated LSU, defeated LSU
2014    Super Regional    lost to Texas, eliminated by Texas
2008    Regional    defeated Dallas Baptist, lost to Texas A&M, defeated Illinois Chicago, defeated Texas A&M, eliminated by Texas A&M
2006    Regional    lost to Wichita State, eliminated by Oklahoma
2003    Regional    lost to Alabama, defeated Oral Roberts, defeated Alabama, defeated Texas A&M, defeated Texas A&M
2003    Super Regional    eliminated by Rice
2002    Regional    defeated New Mexico State, defeated Arizona State, defeated Arizona State
2002    Super Regional    eliminated by Texas
2001    Regional    lost to Baylor, eliminated by Texas Arlington

*all team stats through 5/17

 

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