Pitching matchups along with FIU's game notes:

http://fiusports.com/news/2018/4/12/base...eries.aspx

Friday, 6 pm: USM LHP Stevie Powers (2-1, 4.14 ERA) vs. FIU LHP Logan Allen (4-3, 3.83 ERA)

Saturday, 5 pm: USM RHP Walker Powell (3-1, 3.13 ERA) vs. FIU RHP Tyler Myrick (1-1, 3.41 ERA)

Sunday, 11 am: USM TBA vs. FIU RHP Nick MacDonald (2-2, 3.79 ERA)

FIU leads C-USA in home runs (43), slugging percentage (.461) and total bases (509).

Southern Miss leads C-USA with 265 runs scored. FIU is third with 206. The Golden Eagles are third in C-USA with 36 home runs and second to FIU in slugging percentage with a .445 clip.

FIU is second in batting (.288) in C-USA to Charlotte's .292. USM is third with a .287 average

Stat comparisons:
http://www.southernmiss.com/sports/m-bas...mcume.html
https://www.fiusports.com/cumestats.aspx...year=2018&

Records:
USM 22-10, 8-3 (CUSA), 4-4 on the road
FIU 16-17, 6-6, 11-9 at home

Batting:
Avg: .287 to .288
Runs: 265 (8.3 per game) to 206 (6.2 per game)
HR: 36 to 43
SB: 27/34 to 13/36
Sac bunts: 12 to 13
K/BB/HBP: 283/181/41 to 251/99/54

Pitching:
ERA: 3.87 to 4.54
Runs: 147 (4.6 per game) to 198 (6 per game)
HR: 16 to 20
SB: 30/40 to 48/59
Errors: 40 to 50
K/BB/HBP: 295/97/29 to 310/148/39

Several things that jump out are: FIU has 4 players with 7+ HR (1 with 7, 3 with 8), they don't steal a lot of bases (but have been thrown out quite a bit attempting), they've allowed a lot of stolen bases, our batters have walked almost double what theirs have and their pitchers have walked about 50% more than ours have.

Individual leaders for FIU (based on batting avg)

#46 Teixeira: .359, 19 R, 4 HR, 15 RBI, 3-5 SB
#32 Saxton: .353, 5 R, 1 HR, 6 RBI, 0-0 SB, played in 22 games and recently moved into starting lineup
#6 Shenton: .346, 34 R, 8 HR, 17 RBI, 2-4 SB, 8 errors (plays 3B)
#28 Silva: .319, 13 R, 8 HR, 22 RBI, 0-0 SB, 5 errors (plays 2B)
#5 Cartaya: .314, 18 R, 0 HR, 6 RBI, 3-5 SB
#18 Fernandez: .297, 10 R, 4 HR, 12 RBI, 0-2 SB
#27 Garcia: .294, 20 R, 8 HR, 28 RBI, 0-2 SB
#34 Hampton Jr: .269, 21 R, 7 HR, 24 RBI, 1-5 SB

Pitching - as a team FIU has 52 wild pitches to our 25
#38 Allen: LHP, 4-3, 3.83 ERA, 1 complete game, 8 app (all starts), 47 IP, 50 H, 26 R (20 earned), 50 K, 9 BB, .275 avg against
#12 Tyler Myrick: RHP, 1-1, 3.41 ERA, 8 app (7 were starts), 31.2 IP, 22 H, 16 R (12 earned), 35 K, 19 BB, .190 avg against
#1 Nick McDonald: RHP, 1-1, 3.41 ERA, 1 complete game, 7 app (all starts), 38.0 IP, 36 H, 17 R (16 earned), 38 K, 18 BB, .259 avg against

Bullpen:
5 saves by 5 different players so no true closer it appears
#31 Casey: RHP, 2-0, 1 Save, 2.96 ERA, 9 app (all relief), 24.1 IP, 15 H, 11 R (8 earned), 32 K, 12 BB, .179 avg against
#41 Raiden, RHP, 0-1, 4.26 ERA, 13 app (all relief), 12.2 IP, 13 H, 9 R (6 earned), 14 K, 5 BB, .271 avg against

Hoping for a better outcome than our last trip down there.

I did that retrospective on the 2016 team a few weeks ago, but man did they really blow it that week. Had a conference title and a hosting bid in front of them and just straight up TTTed. It wasn't a devastating collapse that stays with you forever (6-6-17, 2011 UAB football game), but it has to be a top 10 TTT collapse in the past 10-15 years.

Need a better performance from Powers for sure. He got shelled last weekend.

Without Sandlin, I feel that this weekend is up for grabs.

(04-13-2018 09:52 AM)shiftyeagle Wrote:  Need a better performance from Powers for sure. He got shelled last weekend.

Without Sandlin, I feel that this weekend is up for grabs.

Exactly. Against teams like this usually winning 2/3 is a letdown but considering the situation (and to clarify the situation is "no sandlin along with our craptastic bullpen this year") I feel like 2/3 will be a productive weekend but wouldn't be shocked if we TTT'd and go 0-fer

yup

(04-13-2018 10:49 AM)usm99 Wrote:  

(04-13-2018 09:52 AM)shiftyeagle Wrote:  Need a better performance from Powers for sure. He got shelled last weekend.

Without Sandlin, I feel that this weekend is up for grabs.

Exactly. Against teams like this usually winning 2/3 is a letdown but considering the situation (and to clarify the situation is "no sandlin along with our craptastic bullpen this year") I feel like 2/3 will be a productive weekend but wouldn't be shocked if we TTT'd and go 0-fer

Fun fact. Last time we went down there, we were in line to be a Regional host, and they were resting their players for the conference tourney. We got smacked around for three games by their backups and mop-up duty pitchers

All bets are off if Sandlin isn't pitching. Powell has looked good, but it's still a small sample size.

Team just hasn't played good baseball and we are on the road against a lefty today. We shall see

First pitch from Miami is at 6.

Video: http://edge.sidearmstreaming.com/fiu_1/playlist.m3u8
Audio: https://tunein.com/radio/Southern-Miss-I...k-s230329/
Stats: http://www.sidearmstats.com/fiu/baseball/

Berry just confirmed that Sandlin is out for the weekend.

The guy we’re facing tonight was a 9th round pick last year. One of the few top guys in their class that FIU was able to get to campus. Got hammered by Missouri in his first start but has done pretty well since then.

HR Wallner! 1-0 good guys

Wallner is just crushing everything.

The dp line drive might’ve been hit harder than his hr.

Irby got a hit! 2-0 USM T5

This color guy's got the jokes!

(04-13-2018 07:12 PM)Yu-Es-Em Wrote:  This color guy's got the jokes!

What’s he saying? And does that Pelican guy still do their PxP?

In the 2016 series, I remember him bitching about lack of coverage from the Miami Herald. On the air. Was a classic #ThisIsCUSA moment.

We just bunted Wallner. Lmao

Slater drives in Reynolds who was at 2nd after the bunt. Berryball, baby.

3-0 USM T6