Southern Miss 2018 Baseball World Series Capsule
May 21, 2018 · CSM Staff
Southern Miss Golden Eagles
Conference USA (43-16, 23-6)
Big Wins: 2/16 Mississippi State (11-0), 3/25 at Florida Atlantic (14-3), 5/12 Louisiana Tech (16-1)
Bad Losses: 2/24 Tennessee-Martin (10-13), 4/7 Western Kentucky (1-7), 5/15 New Orleans (9-14)
Coach: Scott Berry
Key Field Players:
Luke Reynolds, Junior, IF, .400 BA, 15 HR, 60 RBI
Matt Wallner, Sophomore, OF/P, .358 BA, 16 HR, 66 RBI
Matthew Guidry, Sophomore, IF, .329 BA, 35 RBI
Hunter Slater, Junior, OF, .306 BA, 10 HR, 52 RBI
Gabe Montenegro, Freshman, OF, .304 BA, 38 RBI
LeeMarcus Boyd, Freshman, IF, .291 BA, 7 HR, 40 RBI
Mason Irby, Senior, OF, .283 BA, 33 RBI
Key Pitchers:
Nick Sandlin, Junior, P, 1.13 ERA, 9-0 W/L, 3 CG, 95.1 IP, 134 SO
Stevie Powers, Junior, P, 3.28 ERA, 5-1 W/L, 71.1 IP, 71 SO
Walker Powell, Sophomore, P, 3.53 ERA, 7-2 W/L, 79.0 IP, 58 SO
By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .305 (10th in nation, 1st in conference)
Double Plays per Game: 0.61 (235, 12)
Doubles per Game: 1.94 (46, 1)
Earned Run Average: 3.66 (41, 3)
Fielding Percentage: .971 (115, 3)
Home Runs per Game: 1.17 (25, 3)
Scoring Offense: 8.3 (5, 1)
Slugging Percentage: .471 (17, 1)
Stolen Bases per Game: 0.93 (155, 7)
Triples per Game: 0.19 (184, 7)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
| 2017 | Regional | defeated Illinois-Chicago, defeated South Alabama, lost to Mississippi State, eliminated by Mississippi State |
| 2016 | Regional | defeated South Alabama, lost to Florida State, eliminated by South Alabama |
| 2011 | Regional | lost to Mississippi State, eliminated by Georgia Tech |
| 2010 | Regional | lost to Clemson, defeated Jacksonville State, eliminated by Auburn |
| 2009 | Regional | defeated Elon, defeated Georgia Tech, lost to Georgia Tech, defeated Georgia Tech |
| 2009 | Super Regional | defeated Florida |
| 2009 | CWS | lost to Texas, eliminated by North Carolina |
| 2008 | Regional | defeated New Orleans, lost to LSU, defeated New Orleans, eliminated by LSU |
| 2007 | Regional | defeated Troy, lost to Mississippi, eliminated by Sam Houston State |
*all team stats through 5/20
