Cougars Play at Rival Charleston Southern
3/31/2008 4:00:00 AM | Baseball
? Charleston Southern
The Cougars play rival Charleston Southern for the second of four meetings this season ... CofC won 12-4 at Patriots Point earlier this season ... CofC leads the all-time series 31-14 ... John Pawlowski is 20-10 vs. the Bucs, 9-5 away ...
? No. 1 In Runs Per Game
The Cougars are currently first nationally averaging 11.6 runs per game ... CofC has scored at least 20 runs on five occassions ... Charleston has three of the nation's top scoring games this season ... CofC's 31-3 win at Davidson on March 21st is the fourth highest total ... Charleston's 28 runs in its 28-14 win over George Mason is the fifth highest scoring output by a school this spring ... CofC's 26-8 win over Savannah State is tied for the nation's seventh highest total ... CofC has scored at least 10 runs in 14 games ... the NCAA single-season record is 12.06 runs per game by Wichita State in 1998 ...
? Team Notes
CofC is batting .345 with 56 homers and 312 runs scored ... .612 slugging percentage ... .444 on base average ... 81 doubles ... 11 triples ... 37-47 stolen bases ... leads the nation averaging 11.7 runs ... averaging 13.0 hits ...
? For the Week
Joash Brodin had five hits vs. Georgia Southern and hit .412 (7-17) with a homer and five RBI ... Gabe Marchant hit two homers with four RBI and batted .353 (6-17) ... closer Jesse Simpson recorded two saves and posted a 0.00 ERA over three appearances with six strikeouts ... rhp Mike Lynn had a 1.42 ERA over two appearances totaling 6.1 innings with three strikeouts ... Austin Garrett improved to 5-0 in Saturday's 5-4 win over Georgia Southern ... Garrett, a lefty, allowed two runs on just three hits with six strikeouts over 6 2/3 innings of work ...
? Ducks On The Pond
CofC is hitting an incredible .412 as a team with runners in scoring position (156-379) ... Gabe Marchant leads the club batting .541 (20-37) with runners in scoring position ...
? Bullpen Work In SoCon Games
CofC's relief corps is 2-0 with four saves and a 3.70 ERA in 24.1 innings of work over six Southern Conference games ... Mike Lynn has a save and a 1.04 ERA over 8 2/3 innings with seven Ks ... Jesse Simpson is 1-0 with two saves and a 2.45 ERA ... Simpson has nine Ks in 7 1/3 innings ... Evan Goldberg has a save and a 0.00 ERA in one appearance ... Evan Goldberg struck out four and allowed only one hit over three innings ...
