A By The Numbers Rundown Of The Latest Action
Things got interesting in week four of the season, with a pair of traditional SEC powers losing home series over the weekend as well as a four time CWS team losing to an arch rival. Here’s a look at some team and individual performances from week four of the college baseball season.
2…Games won by Kansas at #1 LSU over the weekend to hand the defending Nation Champions their first losses of 2010.
13…Runs in 13 IP by LSU’s three starting pitchers in the series.
0…Hits and runs allowed by Jayhawk closer Brett Bochy in 3 2/3 IP to earn saves in both KU wins. The son of San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy struckout five with two walks.
Brett Bochy
13…Straight wins to open the season by Louisville-the best for the program since a 15-0 mark in 1957-after Friday’s 6-1 win at Ole Miss.
5…Runs scored by Louisville in the top of the 12th inning of that game to pick-up the victory.
17…Combined strikeouts by Rebel pitchers Drew Pomeranz (12 in 6 1/3 IP) and Brett Huber (5 in 4 1/3 IP) in the loss.
7…Walks issued by Louisville starter Thomas Royse in 6 1/3 IP. Royse had walked just 3 batters in 18 innings in his previous three starts this season.
9…Ks by Mississippi starter Drew Barrett in Saturday’s 8-3 win to hand Louisville its first loss of the season.
2…Wins by Louisville (14-1) in the series after winning 10-8 in Sunday’s series finale in Oxford. Cardinal head coach Dan McDonnell, a former Ole Miss assistant, was making his first trip back to Oxford since becoming Louisville’s head coach in 2007.
1 & 1…Win and save by Cardinal pitcher Neil Holland in the series. Holland pitched a total of four innings in his two appearances with 6 strikeouts and a walk while allowing a run on one hit.
8…Combined home runs hit by North Florida and James Madison in UNF’s 22-19 win over the Dukes.
7…RBIs powered by two home runs by Ospreys shortstop Andrew Hannon in the win.
2…Wins by Duke over North Carolina in its 3-game ACC-opening series. The Blue Devils also took 2 of 3 games from the Tar Heels last year.
8…Runs scored in the 6th inning of Duke’s 15-11 win, which came a day after falling 21-9 in the series-opener.
1/3…Inning pitched by Illinois starter Brian de la Torriente-who gave-up 6 runs on 5 hits in the Illini’s 11-10 over Coastal Carolina.
Casey McMurray (Illinois photo)
5…RBIs by Illinois DH Casey McMurray who doubled and hit his first home run of the season in that game to hand the Chants just their second loss of 2010.
6…Runs scored by Virginia in the top of the 9th inning to rally to beat Florida State 9-8 at Dick Howser Stadium on Saturday.
4…Of the UVA runs that scored with two outs to give the Cavs the first two games of the series and the first series win over the Seminoles in program history.
15…Strikeouts by UCLA’s Gerrit Cole in 7 2/3 innings Friday vs. Texas A&M Corpus Christi at the Whataburger Classic.
41 & 4…Strikeouts and walks by Cole (4-0) in 25 2/3 IP so far this year.
15…Strikeouts by Cole’s teammate, Trevor Bauer, in 8 plus innings in Saturday’s 5-2 win over Mississippi State.
13-0…Record by UCLA after Sunday’s win over 5-2 win over Oklahoma in their finale at the Whataburger Classic.
1969…The last time the Bruins had a 13-game winning streak. The 13-0 start is UCLA’s best of the modern era (dating back to 1955).
10…Straight games Oklahoma had won prior to Sunday’s loss to the Bruins.
Mario Hollands (UCSB photo)
16…Strikeouts in eight innings by Santa Barbara pitcher Mario Hollands in Friday’s 8-1 win over Northern Illinois. The lefty matched a school record held by Barry Zito (1997) and Walt Rehm (1970).
8…Runs scored by Georgia Tech in the bottom of the 6th inning Saturday to rally for a 15-8 win over Wake Forest.
24…Total runs scored by Rice in the 6th, 7th and 8th innings of Saturday’s 26-11 win over Cal.
12…Of the runs that scored in the 6th inning as the Owls sent 17 batters to the plate in the frame.
7…Times Rice SS Rick Hague reached base in the game to tie a program record. He was 4-for-4 with two walks with four runs scored and 3 RBIs.
8…RBIs in the game by Owl 3B Anthony Rendon, who homered twice in the victory.
8…Strikeouts in 8 IP by Manhattan’s Tom Costigan in a 13-1 win over West Virginia to help the Jaspers to a Saturday sweep of the Mountaineers.
4 & 3…Strikeouts and walks, respectively, in 8 total IP by Notre Dame’s Brian Dupra in his first two starts against Mississippi Valley State and Ohio State. The junior surrendered 9 ER as he started the season 0-1 with a 10.12 ERA.
13 & 1…Strikeouts and walks, respectively, in Dupra’s last 14 IP vs. Stetson and Gonzaga to improve to 2-1 and drop his ERA to 4.91.
8…Total errors committed by Pacific in its first 13 games of the season.
5…Errors committed by Pacific in the 7th inning of Saturday’s 10-1 loss to Bradley in San Antonio. The five miscues led to five unearned runs.
35 & 7…Strikeouts and walks by the Texas pitching staff in a weekend 3-game sweep of Iowa.
17…Strikeouts in 7 2/3 IP by Longhorn starter Taylor Jungmann in Friday’s 2-1 win. It took a 10th inning walk-off home run by Tant Sheppard to get Texas the victory.
Taylor Jungmann
30-24…The score of Sunday’s Georgia State win over New Mexico State.
12…Combined home runs hit in the game by the Panthers and Aggies.
4…Of the home runs that were grand slams. Ryan Aguayo hit the lone slam for NM State, while Carl Moniz, Bradley Logan and Joey Wood all had them for Georgia State. The three slams ties an NCAA team record for a single game, while the four combined slams also ties an NCAA record.
14…RBIs in five games last week by Wood. The sophomore DH batted .640 with an 1.160 slugging percentage for the Panthers.
10…Strikeouts in 8 innings by Ohio State’s Alex Wimmers (4-0) in Sunday’s 2-0 win over Tennessee.
8…Double digit strikeout performances by Wimmers in his 20 career starts. He also won for the fourth time on the heels of a Buckeye loss.
5…Home runs last week by Tennessee Tech’s A.J. Kirby-Jones. The junior is now Tech’s all-time home run leader with 33. Kirby-Jones hit three of the long balls in Friday’s 9-0 win over Buffalo.
Jabari Henry (FIU photo)
2006…The last time an Indiana pitcher tossed a complete game shutout prior to sophomore Drew Leininger accomplishing the feat in Sunday’s 9-0 win over Central Michigan.
17…RBIs in five games by Florida International OF Jabari Henry, who hit five home runs while hitting .500 (9-18) during the week.
6…Home runs in five games by VMI 1B Jordan Ballard who had 14 RBIs in 14 at-bats. He ended the week with a 1.929 slugging percentage.
7…Extra base hits-3 home runs, 3 doubles and a triple-in four games by Rutgers’ Pat Biserta. The junior had a grand slam and totaled 13 RBIs to help RU go 4-0 after a 1-8 start to the season.