World Series Preview: Moline, IL

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Great Lakes Regional Champion




Record

41-7




Regional Tournament Results

Defeated La Crosse, Wisconsin 12-2

Defeated Terre Haute, Indiana 6-4

Defeated Midland, Michigan 24-5

Defeated Eagan, Minnesota 8-7

Lost to Terre Haute, Indiana 11-2

Defeated Terre Haute, Indiana 8-5




Top Hitters

Tom Lindauer: .458 avg, 10 runs, 11 hits, 5 rbi, 7 walks, 6 strikeouts, 3-5 sb

Drew Osborn: .417 avg, 6 runs, 10 hits, 9 rbi, 1 walk, 1 strikeout, .448 on base

Eric Ashcraft: .345 avg, 5 runs, 10 hits, 10 rbi, 2 walks, 9 strikeouts




Top Pitchers

Seth Fuller: 3.75 era, 12.0 ip, 13 hits, 6 runs, 5 er, 5 walks, 6 strikeouts

Dakota Bacus: 3.75 era, 12.0 ip, 8 hits, 5 runs, 5 er, 5 walks, 16 strikeouts

Sam Welvaert: 6.00 era, 6.0 ip, 9 hits, 5 runs, 4 er, 3 walks, 8 strikeouts




Team Totals

Hitting: .332 avg, 60 runs, 70 hits, 8 doubles, 36 walks, 55 strikeouts, 3-7 sb

Pitching: .272 opp avg, 4.24 era, 55 hits, 34 runs, 24 er, 19 walks, 38 strikeouts




First Game

Game 3 vs. Branford, Connecticut




Keys To Success


They relied quite heavily on their top two pitchers, who both threw double the innings of anybody else, the rest of the staff needs to help them out
Ten of the 34 runs they gave up were unearned, shoddy defense will not cut it this week
They don't look to run often, but they need to pick their spots better as they stole less than half the bases attempted
Need to cut down on the 9 strikeouts a game against better pitching, though they're a solid hitting team that could easily be in the final day