Nebraska 2014 Baseball World Series Capsule

Nebraska Cornhuskers
Big Ten (40-19, 18-6)

 

Big Wins: 2/21 at Oregon State (9-2), 2/22 at Washington (13-3), 3/15 UC Irvine (13-4)
Bad Losses: 3/1 at Citadel (8-12), 3/12 Northern Colorado(2-9), 4/19 Northwestern (2-3)
Coach: Darin Erstad

Key Field Players:
Pat Kelly, Junior, IF, .312 BA, 55 RBI
Michael Pritchard, Senior, OF, .311 BA, 46 RBI
Austin Darby, Junior, IF, .295 BA, 35 RBI
Ryan Boldt, Freshman, OF, .302 BA, 30 RBI
Blake Headley, Junior, IF, .319 BA, 24 RBI

Key Pitchers:
Chance Sinclair, Junior, P, 2.29 ERA, 9-1 W/L, 94.1 IP, 48 SOI
Christian DeLeon, Senior, P, 2.46 ERA, 5-2 W/L, 80.1 IP, 39 SO
Aaron Bummer, Junior, P, 3.59 ERA, 7-4 W/L, 82.2 IP, 52 SO

By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .296 (25th in nation, 2nd in conference)
Double Plays per Game: 0.84 (98, 6)
Doubles per Game:  1.55 (146, 6)
Earned Run Average: 3.56 (91, 6)
Fielding Percentage: .977 (14, 1)
Home Runs per Game: 0.35 (152, 6)
Scoring Offense: 6.0 (46, 3)
Slugging Percentage: .389 (74, 3)
Stolen Bases per Game: 0.67 (249, 11)
Triples per Game: 0.31 (52, 2)

Recent Postseason Appearances:
2008    Regional    defeated Eastern Illinois, lost to UC Irvine, eliminated by Oral Roberts
2007    Regional    lost to UC Riverside, defeated Monmouth, defeated UC Riverside, eliminated by Arizona State
2006    Regional    lost to Manhattan, eliminated by San Francisco
2005    Regional    defeated Illinois Chicago, defeated Creighton, defeated Creighton
2005    Super Regional    defeated Miami (FL)
2005    CWS    defeated Arizona State, lost to Florida, eliminated by Arizona State
2003    Regional    defeated Eastern Michigan, lost to Missouri State, defeated Eastern Michigan, defeated Missouri State, eliminated by Missouri State

*all team stats through 5/18

 

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