World Series Preview: Las Vegas, NV

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Western Regional Champion




Record

44-16




National Regional Results

Defeated Waipahu, Hawaii 15-7

Defeated Taylorsville, Utah 6-3

Lost to Las Vegas (Titans), Nevada 11-9

Defeated Long Beach, California 8-2

Defeated Waipahu, Hawaii 15-4

Defeated Las Vegas (Titans) 9-0




Top Hitters

Jake Hager: .519 avg, 11 runs, 14 hits, 3 triples, 1 hr, 5 rbi, 2-3 sb, .921 slugging

Connor Klein: .458 avg, 7 runs, 11 hits, 3 triples, 6 rbi, .750 slugging, 2-3 sb

Matt Holman: .391 avg, 9 runs, 9 hits, 1 hr, 9 rbi, 4 walks, 3 hbp, .533 on base




Top Pitchers

Dusty Stevens: 3.38 era, 2 cg, 16.0 ip, 18 hits, 7 runs, 6 er, 9 walks, 9 strikeouts

Dakota Roehl: 1.59 era, 11.1 ip, 8 hits, 2 runs, 2 er, 3 walks, 7 strikeouts

Jake Hager: 4.15 era, 8.2 ip, 7 hits, 4 runs, 4 er, 2 walks, 10 strikeouts




Team Totals

Hitting: .333 avg, 62 runs, 71 hits, 4 hr, 23 walks, 25 strikeouts, 11-15 sb

Pitching: 4.53 era, .278 opp avg, 55 hits, 27 runs, 26 er, 20 walks, 37 strikeouts




First Game

Game 1 vs. Kernersville, North Carolina




Keys To Success



The defense needs to be solid again, as they averaged just an error a game and gave up just one unearned run
The starting pitching needs to be better, as a team era of 4.53 probably won't cut it this week
They run a bit, but will need to do so more this week to help manufacture runs
Their pitchers don't strike out too many hitters, about six a game, but if they continue with a low walk rate they'll be alright
This team can put up huge offensive numbers, so if the pitching holds up there's no reason to believe they can't be there at the end