Sunday, June 12, 2016

On to Omaha for 25th time

The CANES for the 25th time in their history are off to the College World Series. Boston College is a gutty, gritty team that doesn't quit and they gave us everything they did and then some.

However, in the end, the experience of the CANES in big June games came through. 

Now, its on to the Arizona Wildcats, our first opponent in Omaha, likely Saturday. Don't have the time for that game as of yet. 

Previewing the Wildcats, they have a first year coach in Jay Johnson. They were a 38-20 team in the regular season and a 2 seed in the regionals. The fanbase out in the desert were pretty skeptical about Johnson, who came over from Reno after just two years there. 

They went on the road to Starkville and swept Mississippi State two straight, including a Walk off in 11 innings after being down 4 in the 8th. 

Arizona this year as a team is hitting .290. They have an On-Base Percentage of .382, and a .405 Slugging percentage. Their OPS (On-Base plus slugging) is .787. They've created 325 runs this year. When you add the Baserunning here, they created .735 runs a game. They have 344 Base Runs this season. Their secondary average, which measures the sum of extra bases, that is gained by hits, walks, and Stolen Bases, this season is .270 

I'm going to break down Arizona a little more as the week goes on. Tomorrow, I'll go a little more into the hitters of the Wildcats. Tuesday, I'll go more into their team pitching, and on Wednesday, it'll be their individual pitching. 



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