Here's the statistical comparisons. I'll add game notes and such as they become availiable:

http://www.southernmiss.com/sports/m-bas...mcume.html
https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/u...SS_4_6.pdf

Records:
USM: 32-12, 16-4 (1st place CUSA), 10-5 away
UAB: 19-23, 11-10 (5th place CUSA), 11-14 at home (overall record includes Tuesday night loss at Samford)


**UAB stats page has not updated to include their 7-5 loss Tuesday night to Samford**

Batting: (USM has played 3 more games stat wise due to the delayed UAB stats page)
Avg: .300 to .245
Hits: 462 to 326
Runs: 359 (8.2 per game) to 178 (4.3 per game)
HR: 47 to 17
K/BB/HBP: 385/236/55 to 258/143/44
SB: 38/50 to 54/70

Pitching:
ERA: 3.52 to 4.24
BA against: .246 to .247
Hits: 367 to 338
Runs: 179 (4.1 per game) to 209 (5.1 per game)
HR: 23 to 28
K/BB/HBP: 392/116/35 to 317/157/67
SB: 39/58 to 35/51
Errors: 45 to 51

Things that jump out:
- we have more power in our lineup
- our hitters strike out WAY MORE than UAB does
- our hitters get WAY MORE walks and runs than UAB does
- UAB has more SB than we have SB attempts (UAB has a player with 22 SB)
- pitching wise the stats are pretty close when it's all said and done except UAB pitchers hit nearly double more than ours

Individual stat leaders for UAB:

#8 Blackwood: .345, 14 R, 6 HR, 21 RBI, 0-1 SB
#5 Pharis: .293, 24 R, 5 HR, 23 RBI, 10-10 SB
#20 Collins: .287, 12 R, 0 HR, 10 RBI, 4-8 SB
#2 Tolbert: .243, 25 R, 0 HR, 16 RBI, 22-27 SB

UAB only has 2 players with more than 2 HRs each and has 2 players with double digit steals.

Based off last weekend's 2-1 series win at FAU here's their possible pitching rotation:
#16 Graham (RHP): 3-5, 2.70, 10 starts (1 relief), 1 CG, 70 IP, 28 R (21 ER), 46 K, 20 BB, .240 avg against, 7 WP (leads team)
#15 Ruggles (LHP): 1-2, 4.57, 8 starts (5 relief), 45.1 IP, 29 R (23 ER), 41 K, 13 BB, .286 avg agaisnt (was CUSA pitcher of week this past week)
#3 Gates (RHP): 4-1, 3.18, 5 starts (3 relief), 28.1 IP, 11 R (10 ER), 20 K, 7 BB, .184 avg against

BULLPEN: 6 different pitchers with a save
#18 Jones (RHP): 2-2, 3.24, 3 saves, 15 app (all in relief), 33.1 IP, 9 R (6 ER), 16 K, 13 BB, .184 avg against
#21 Calvert (LHP): 1-0, 2.33, 12 app (2 were starts), 27 IP, 11 R (7 ER), 30 K, 10 BB, .216 avg against

UAB games notes:
https://uabsports.com/news/2018/5/3/base...h=baseball

Quick Hitters
- UAB is coming off of a 7-5 loss at cross-town rival Samford on Tuesday night. In the last weekend of league play, the Blazers took two-of-three at No. 22 Florida Atlantic, marking the first series win on the road against a ranked opponent in program history.
- Ryan Ruggles, the projected Saturday starter, is the reigning Conference USA Pitcher of the Week after throwing a season-high eight innings with a career-best 10 strikeouts.
- Tanner Graham, the projected Friday starter, is having a strong junior campaign. Graham ranks fourth in the league in innings pitched (70.0) and sixth in ERA (2.70). Additionally, he is one of 11 pitchers in the conference to not yield a triple this season.
- Brett Blackwood has been a prominent fixture at the designated hitter position hitting .348, the eighth-best mark in the league, with a .557 slugging percentage, the ninth-highest in the conference.
- Tyler Tolbert enters the weekend on the verge of history, as he is one stolen base shy of cracking the top-10 in a single season. Tolbert leads the league in stolen bases (22) and attempts (27).

Scouting Southern Miss
- The Golden Eagles come to Birmingham as one of the hottest teams in the country with a 32-12 record and 16-4 mark in league play.
- Nick Sandlin, the projected Friday starter, holds a 6-0 record with a 1.00 ERA, the fourth lowest in the NCAA. The right hander is a four-time recipient of C-USA Pitcher of the Week honors.
- Luke Reynolds and Matt Wallner lead Southern Miss at the plate, hitting .389 and .361 respectively. Reynolds' batting average ranks 26th in the country, while also scoring the 17th most runs with 1.2 per game. Wallner leads the team in home runs sending 11 out of the park.

Series History
Overall Record: Southern Miss leads 70-35
In Birmingham: UAB leads 24-22
In Hattiesburg: Southern Miss leads 42-12
Neutral Location: Southern Miss leads 4-1

(05-03-2018 03:05 PM)usm99 Wrote:  Our hitters get more runs than UAB does.

That could factor into a win or loss.

We've had a really tough time at Young Memorial in the past. Lost series there in 2016, 2010, and 2008. We're two 9th innings rallies away from losing 5 consecutive series there (escaped with wins in game #3 in both 2012 and 2014).

UAB has won series against some pretty good Rice teams at YMF in the past, too. 2009, 2011, 2015. They have a history of playing spoiler over the years.

I would add that Brian Shoop is probably the most underrated coach in CUSA (him or Jason Marshall at UTSA). UAB might be the toughest job in the league other than Marshall.

UAB game notes for the weekend. https://uabsports.com/documents/2018/5/3...n_Miss.pdf

Below is the projected starters by position with their stats and a small note about each. UAB's pitcher for Sunday will be a wait and see approach

Pos. Name Avg. AB R H HR RBI Notable
C Stephen Dobbs .230 113 14 26 2 17 Riding a nine game hitting streak
1B Thomas Johns .231 108 10 25 2 19 Hit second home run of the season at FAU in game two
2B Carter Pharis .289 152 24 44 5 25 Team leader in RBI and hits; ranks second in runs scored and home runs
SS Antonio Ralat .214 117 8 25 0 13 Has at least two hits in last three games
3B Price Visintainer .243 144 18 35 0 11 Hitting .526 with 10 hits, six runs and three doubles in last five games
LF Colton Schultz .257 152 23 39 1 12 Batting .125 in last five games with three strikeouts
CF Tyler Tolbert .237 156 26 37 0 16 One stolen base away from top-10 in a single season
RF Cole Collins .284 102 14 29 0 10 Reached base safely in 26 of 31 games played in
DH Brett Blackwood .348 115 15 40 6 23 Team leader in batting average and home runs

PITCHERS
Pos. Name ERA W-L APP GS IP BB SO
RHP Tanner Graham 2.70 3-5 11 10 70.0 63 46 Team leader in ERA, starts and strikeouts
LHP Ryan Ruggles 4.57 1-2 13 8 45.1 13 41 Reigning C-USA Pitcher of the Week
TBA

First pitch from Birmingham is at 6:30.

I’m assuming we’ll have a 1st baseman and that this lineup is just a mistake.

Video: http://edge.sidearmstreaming.com/uab_2/playlist.m3u8
Audio: https://tunein.com/radio/Southern-Miss-I...k-s230329/
Stats: http://stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id=205613

Reynolds 2-run blast. 2-0 USM B1

Sandlin walks a guy and hits a guy in the 1st. Duggan says there's something unique about the mound at UAB and that Sandlin is trying to adjust to it.

UAB catcher tries to throw out Irby who had a decent lead at 3rd but throws it way over the 3B's head. 3-0 USM B2

Where is Keating? Or why no Keating?

(05-04-2018 07:32 PM)Wildeagle Wrote:  Where is Keating?

Wrist is bothering him, per Cox. He hasn't really been 100% all year.

Damn....UABs 1st baseman looks straight out of Nintendos RBI Baseball. Awesome.

Watching the video feed and uab announcer says Wallner is our best hitter. After the HR by Reynolds in the 1st Reynolds now is tied in HR and RBI with Wallner but Reynolds has a .389 to .361 prior to game lead in average

A new “John Cox bingo” quote thanks to our batters this season.....”the Eagles leave the bases loaded once again”

(05-04-2018 07:52 PM)usm99 Wrote:  Watching the video feed and uab announcer says Wallner is our best hitter. After the HR by Reynolds in the 1st Reynolds now is tied in HR and RBI with Wallner but Reynolds has a .389 to .361 prior to game lead in average

Wallner is the better pro prospect by far. But Reynolds is having the better season. Leads the team in average, OBP, and slugging %.

Irby scores on a wild pitch. 4-0 USM B6

Sandlin again proving he is the GOAT

Sandlin now has gone 29 consecutive innings without giving up an earned run and has allowed just 1 unearned run during this streak after the 6th inning now complete.

His ERA coming into tonight was 1.00 so for the time being it is now below 1.00.

Rice - 8 innings with 1 unearned run
WKU - 1 inning with no runs (left game after 1st with injury)
MT - 5 shutout innings
ODU - 9 inning shutout
UAB - 6 innings so far shutout

Not getting anything out of the DH tonight. Send in Hoard.

(05-04-2018 08:43 PM)Wildeagle Wrote:  Not getting anything out of the DH tonight. Send in Hoard.

Hoard is awful.

However, I will say that Bowen has regressed quite a bit from last year.