2012 Record 18-12
2012 Home Record - 7-5
2012 Away Record - 7-5
2012 Neutral Record - 4-2
GLVC Conference Record - 10-8
Offensively, Rockhurst has a team batting average of .313, 12 home runs, .402 Slugging %, 92 walks, 29 hit by pitches, 175 strike-outs, .386 on-base percentage, 38 stolen bases out of 59 attempts, and are fielding at a .966 clip. Six everyday starters are batting over .300, slugging over .356, and around .400 on-base percentage. 4 Rockhurst batters have all of the team's 12 home runs with the team leader at 4. Rockhurst batters bat between 32 to 65 points less on their respective members' batting averages with left-handed pitching then right-handed pitching.
Defensively, the Hawks are an average bunch having committed 37 errors in 30 games and allowed 30 unearned runs (1 unearned run per game).
Pitching, 5 pitchers have received starting opportunities for the Hawks in 2012. Since Rockhurst started 4 of the 5 pitchers with starting experience this weekend versus Maryville University (in St. Louis) namely Mark Sappington, Mark Himmelberg, Josh Tols, and Zach Loeffelholz, the only pitcher with starting experience left is Nick Lichtenberger, 2012 record stands at 1-3, appeared in 7 games, started 5, threw 1 complete game, has thrown 23.1 innings, allowed 35 hits, 19 earned runs, 16 walks, 15 strike-outs, 5 doubles, 3 home runs, opponents are batting .357 off of him, he has thrown 6 wild pitches, and hit 4 batters. The last time Northwest played Rockhurst, the Bearcats matched-up with Zach Loeffelholz (now the Game 4 weekend starters) and touch him for 3 runs in 6.0 innings. The Bearcats bats should fare better against Lichtenberger whose ERA is more then 1.00 run higher then Loeggelholz's.
Northwest Missouri State University Bearcats
2012 Record - 11-22
2012 Home - 4-8
2012 Road - 7-12
2012 Neutral - 0-2
2012 MIAA Conference - 10-14
Offensively, the Bearcats are batting .321 as a team with an amazing .478 slugging %, 32 home runs, .413 on-base %, and have stolen 42 bases in 56 attempts. The Bearcats have 2 everyday starters batting over .410 and 3 everyday starters batting around .400 or better. The Bearcats also have 6 everyday starters batting greater then .300 on the year. The Bearcats have an entire line-up that has tremendous power as all 9 regular starters have all hit home runs with 7 of the regular starters hitting the plurality of them. In addition to the regular starters offensive prowess, the Bearcats have 4 bench players seeing frequent playing time that have higher then a .383 or higher on-base percentage (save 1 at .303) and all slug over .350.
Defensively, the Bearcats have committed 53 errors in 33 games which has led to 36 unearned runs.
Pitching, the Bearcats has a team ERA of 6.54 after a superior performance against Western this past weekend. I am guessing that Carson Smith gets the starting nod tomorrow considering Pat Brady threw several innings on Sunday and may be unavailable for Tuesday's game. Marcus Garrett is also a candidate for starting depending how his throwing sessions go with velocity and location. We shall see.
A little part of the B2R hopes the team decides to wear their camouflage tops underneath their road jerseys on Tuesday to channel the energy and enthusiasm from the Western series. The bottom line is if Northwest remembers Matt Mason and all the sacrifices made by our US Military to keep America safe then the 'Cats will be fired-up and focused. Such is a lethal combination for Bearcat opponents. The Bearcats turned some heads on Saturday with their all-out play and hustle this past weekend as evidenced by the St. Joseph newspaper article. If the Cats keep the intensity and focus on USA then they should dominate the Hawks.
Go Cats!!
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