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| Senior Kyle Kraus |
The
Portland Pilots baseball team won three of four games last week and improved to
13-3 overall. For as long as I can remember,
coaches and players have always stated that pitching and defense wins baseball games.
The truth could not be more evident this season as Portland is one of only two
teams to be ranked in the top 10 nationally in both categories (the other…
Stony Brook).
The same could be said for the West Coast Conference as a whole. Five WCC teams are ranked in the top 22 nationally in team ERA, while three are in the top 13 of team fielding percentage. It’s no wonder the league is off to one of its better starts to a season in some time. On to the weekly numbers.
NCAA Baseball Stats, courtesy of ncaa.com
Team ERA Leaders
8. St. Mary’s, 2.26
10. Portland, 2.36
13. San Francisco, 2.46
14. Pepperdine, 2.46
22. Gonzaga, 2.73
Team Fielding %
2. Pepperdine, .985
4. Portland, .983
13. Santa Clara, .979
Conference RPI Leaders, courtesy of boydsworld.com
1. ACC, .597
2. SEC, .596
3. Pac 12, .577
4. WCC, .543 (Portland is No. 66 individually)
Conference ISR Leaders, courtesy of boydsworld.com
1. Pac 12, 114.2
2. ACC, 113.0
3. SEC, 113.0
4. WCC, 111.4 (Portland is No. 33 individually)
The Pilots will have a chance to boost those numbers this week when they begin conference play with a three-game set against the BYU Cougars (7-8, 91 RPI, 108 ISR). Souvenir Portland Pilots mini baseball bats will be given away at each of the three BYU home games to the first 100 fans in attendance! Check portlandpilots.com or @PortlandPilots on Twitter for updates in case game times/days get shuffled due to weather.
OTHER BASEBALL NOTES
* Portland cracked the perfectgame.org Top 50 for the first time this season (PerfectGame.org is a great site with lots of insight from college baseball writer, Kendall Rogers)
* This week’s games versus BYU are scheduled to be video streamed live on PortlandPilots.com. All Pilot home games have free audio broadcasts as well.
The same could be said for the West Coast Conference as a whole. Five WCC teams are ranked in the top 22 nationally in team ERA, while three are in the top 13 of team fielding percentage. It’s no wonder the league is off to one of its better starts to a season in some time. On to the weekly numbers.
NCAA Baseball Stats, courtesy of ncaa.com
Team ERA Leaders
8. St. Mary’s, 2.26
10. Portland, 2.36
13. San Francisco, 2.46
14. Pepperdine, 2.46
22. Gonzaga, 2.73
Team Fielding %
2. Pepperdine, .985
4. Portland, .983
13. Santa Clara, .979
Conference RPI Leaders, courtesy of boydsworld.com
1. ACC, .597
2. SEC, .596
3. Pac 12, .577
4. WCC, .543 (Portland is No. 66 individually)
Conference ISR Leaders, courtesy of boydsworld.com
1. Pac 12, 114.2
2. ACC, 113.0
3. SEC, 113.0
4. WCC, 111.4 (Portland is No. 33 individually)
The Pilots will have a chance to boost those numbers this week when they begin conference play with a three-game set against the BYU Cougars (7-8, 91 RPI, 108 ISR). Souvenir Portland Pilots mini baseball bats will be given away at each of the three BYU home games to the first 100 fans in attendance! Check portlandpilots.com or @PortlandPilots on Twitter for updates in case game times/days get shuffled due to weather.
OTHER BASEBALL NOTES
* Portland cracked the perfectgame.org Top 50 for the first time this season (PerfectGame.org is a great site with lots of insight from college baseball writer, Kendall Rogers)
* This week’s games versus BYU are scheduled to be video streamed live on PortlandPilots.com. All Pilot home games have free audio broadcasts as well.
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