World Series Preview: Roseburg, OR

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Northwest Regional Champion




Record

33-12




National Regional Results

Defeated Wausau, Wisconsin 14-0

Defeated Boise, Idaho 16-5

Defeated Kelso, Washington 8-4

Defeated Missoula, Montana 9-7

Defeated Kelso, Washington 6-3




Top Hitters

Cameron Newell: .563 avg, 8 runs, 9 hits, 2 doubles, 3 rbi, 6 walks, 2 strikeouts

Mitch Huff: .389 avg, 9 runs, 7 hits, 3 doubles, 1 hr, 8 rbi, 6 walks, 4 strikeouts

Josh Graham: .348 avg, 6 runs, 8 hits, 3 hr, 11 rbi, .783 slugging, 1 double




Top Pitchers

Brandon Jackson: 1.56 era, 17.1 ip, 2 cg, 1 sv, 14 hits, 4 runs, 3 er, 0 walks, 7 ks

Dakota Cavens: 5.00 era, 1 cg, 9.0 ip, 10 hits, 7 runs, 5 er, 2 walks, 3 strikeouts

Jared Priestley: 3.86 era, 7.0 ip, 10 hits, 3 runs, 3 er, 1 walk, 4 strikeouts




Team Totals

Hitting: .333 avg, 53 runs, 60 hits, 15 doubles, 5 hr, 24 walks, 21 strikeouts

Pitching: 3.35 era, .263 opp avg, 44 hits, 19 runs, 16 er, 11 walks, 18 strikeouts




First Game

Game 4 vs. Eden Prairie, Minnesota




Keys To Success


They relied quite heavily on Brandon Jackson, who had two wins and a save. They need the rest of the staff to step up to help him out
They showed a good amount of power, smacking five homeruns last week. If they do the same this week, they'll be in good shape
Their pitching would be aided by more strikeouts, as they averaged just over 3 a game
If their hitting mirrors last week and continues to draw more walks than strikeouts, it could be a long week for the competition