Weekend Analysis - Emporia State

Weekend Analysis - Emporia State
First Pitch Friday, March 9, 2012, 3:00pm; First Pitch Saturday Game 1 1:00pm, First Pitch Game 2 Saturday 3:30pm, First Pitch Sunday 12:00pm.
Emporia's Season record is 6-3, 3-1 in Emporia, 3-2 away, 2-2 in MIAA.
Offensively, the Hornet can rake and rake big.  The team is hitting at a .344 clip, scored 69 runs (7+ per game), hit 4 total homeruns, Slugging .475, OB% is .393.  The 2012 leaders are as follows:

Dorain Williams, #4
batting average is .500
GP/GS is 8/8
R - 11
H - 16
2B - 4
3B - 2
HR - 1
RBI - 7
Slg% - .844
BB - 3
K - 4
OB% - .543

Eric Dawson, #5
BA - .455
GP/GS - 8/8
R - 6
H - 15
2B - 1
3B - 0
HR - 1
RBI - 11
Slg% - .576
BB - 0
K - 1
HBP - 1
OB% - .457

Ashton McCoy, #2
BA - .447
GP/GS - 9/9
R - 9
H - 17
2B - 3
3B - 1
HR - 0
RBI - 11
Slg% - .579
BB - 2
HBP - 2
K - 1
OB% - .500

Beau Poston, 3
BA - .429
GP/GS - 6/6
R - 7
H - 9
2B - 2
3B - 0
HR - 0
RBI - 3
SLG% - .524
BB - 4
HBP - 1
K - 1
OB% - .519

Joe Kornbrust, 22
BA - .351
GP/GS - 9/9
R - 7
H - 13
2B - 2
3B - 1
HR - 0
RBI - 7
Slg% - .459
BB - 1
HBP - 0
K - 7
OB% - .359

Joe Vaskas, 34
BA - .321
GP/GS - 7/7
R - 5
H - 9
2B - 2
3B - 0
HR - 2
RBI - 9
SLG% - .607
BB - 2
HBP - 0
K - 4
OB% - .355

Caleb Compton, 10
BA - .313
GP/GS - 8/8
R - 6
H - 10
2B - 3
3B - 0
HR - 0
RBI - 5
SLG% - .406
BB - 3
HBP - 0
K - 5
OB% - .371

Defensively, the Hornets have committed 12 errors in 9 games and are fielding at a clip of .966 as a team.

Pitching, the team has a 4.93 ERA, allowed 80 hits, 43 runs, 42 earned runs, 24 walks, 43 strike-outs, 17 extra-base hits.  The 2012 leaders are as follows:

Brandon Faulkner
W/L - 2-0
ERA - 2.35
CG - 1
IP - 15.1
H - 9
R - 4 (all earned)
BB - 5
K - 8
Extra Base hits - 1

Zach Gove
W/L - 1-1
ERA - 5.14
IP - 7.0
H - 8
R - 4 (all earned)
BB - 6
K - 6

Derek Brooks
W-L - 2-0
ERA - 5.51
IP - 16.1
H - 25
R - 11 (10 earned)
BB - 4
K - 8


NWMSU has a team record of 4-8 in 2012, 4-6 on the road, 0-2 in neutral site games, and they have yet to play a home game.  As a team, the Bearcats are hitting at a .327 clip with 111 runs, 141 hits, 51 extra-base hits, 96 RBIs, Slg% .536, 61 BB, 23 HBP, 83 K, .433 OB%.  The 2012 leaders are as follows:

Ryan Abernathy - .457 BA, started 11 of 12 games, 16 runs, 21 hits, 7 2b, 1 3b, 1 HR, 7 RBI, Slg% is .717, 8 BB, 2 HBP, 5 K, OB% is .554;
Cam Bedard - .452 BA, started 11 of 12 games, 13 runs, 19 hits, 2 2b, 0 3b, 1 HR, 9 RBI, .571 Slg%, 11 BB, 1 HBP, 7 K, OB% .574;
Travis Green - .440 BA, started 7 of 9 games, 11 runs, 11 hits, 4 2B, 1 3B, 4 HR, 10 RBI, Slg% is 1.160, 4 BB, 3 HBP, 4 K, OB% is .563;
Eric McGlauflin - .386 BA, started 11 of 12 games, 8 runs, 17 hits, 5 2b, 0 3B, 1 HR, 12 RBI, .568 SLG%, 8 BB, 1HBP, 8 K, OB% is .481;
Eric Swain - .367 BA, started all 12 games, 13 runs, 18 hits, 6 2B, 1 3B, 2 HR, 14 RBI, .653 SLG%, 6 BB, 2 HBP, 7 K, .441 OB%.

Defensively the Bearcats have committed 25 errors in 12 games (over 2 per game) and are fielding at a rate of .944.

Pitching - the Bearcats have a team ERA of 7.98, have allowed 142 hits, 105 runs (86 earned runs), 44 BB, 60 K, 59 extra base hits.  The 2012 leaders are as follows:

Chris Green -
ERA - 3.38
W/L - 2/0
CG - 1
IP - 16.0
H - 13
R - 7
ER - 6
BB - 5
K - 11

Nick Caldrone
ERA - 3.18
App - 7
IP - 5.2
H - 2
R - 3
ER - 2
BB - 7
K - 3

Carson Smith
ERA - 4.70
App - 5
IP - 7.2
H - 13
R - 6
ER - 4
BB - 4
K - 6

Josh Parrish
ERA - 5.11
App - 6
IP - 12.1
H - 13
R - 10
ER - 7
BB - 2
K - 5

Overall Team comparisons

                       NW                 ESU
OB%              .433                 .393               NW
SLG%            .536                 .475               NW
SB/Att            19/26               17/25             NW
Fielding%        .944                 .966              ESU
ERA                7.98                 4.93              ESU
BB                  44                     24                ESU
K                    60                     43                NW

Overall Advantage - NW

Go Cats!!
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