Southern Miss game preview and weather forecast...

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Weather forecast: 74 at game time (Fri, 1 p.m. ET) and mostly sunny. No rain in the forecast and the wind will be 8 mph with gusts to 10 mph.


USM (41-18) has won 14 of their last 15 games.

Starting pitchers:

LHP Ty Bothwell will be on the mound for IU with an ERA of 4.90 in 79.0 IP and a WHIP of 1.30 with an OBA of .254. Bothwell has 82 Ks and 23 BBs on the season.

RHP Billy Oldham will be on the mound for USM with an ERA of 3.97 in 90.2 IP and a WHIP of 1.10 with an OBA of .219. Oldham has 96 Ks and 26 BBs on the season.


Team stats:

Batting:

IU is hitting .295 as a team with 134 doubles, 8 triples, and 78 homers in 57 games.

USM is hitting .295 as a team with 126 doubles, 9 triples, and 63 homers in 59 games.

Pitching:

IU has a team ERA of 6.02 and they have 557 Ks on the season with 257 BBs. They have given up 92 homers in 57 games.

USM has a team ERA of 5.00 and they have 573 Ks on the season with 212 BBs. They have given up 60 homers in 59 games.

Fielding:

IU has a fielding average of .965 with 69 errors in 57 games.

USM has a fielding average of .975 with 51 errors in 59 games.

Baseball Central: NCAA Knoxville Regional - Indiana University Athletics

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In a scouting report I saw on the Knoxville Regional, here are some views on our opponent to include the pitcher we will face on Friday.

Southern Miss senior righthander Billy Oldham is an old-school pitchability master who doesn’t blow hitters away with velocity but keeps them off balance thanks to his advanced feel for multiple quality offspeed pitches. As a result, he misses plenty of bats, striking out 96 against 26 walks in 90.2 innings over 15 starts this year, while posting a 3.97 ERA. He’s as reliable a pitching commodity as you’ll find in this regional, right there with Tennessee three-year stalwart Drew Beam, a likely Day One draft pick despite his modest strikeout rate.

The entire Southern Miss team is the X-Factor. The Golden Eagles have established themselves as an annual powerhouse, leading the nation in terms of an active streak of eight straight years with at least 40 wins. This is a gritty team personified by players such as Slade Wilks and Dalton McIntyre. Wilks is on an active 32-game hitting streak that ranks third in program history. He is hitting .329 with team highs in homers (14) and RBIs (65). McIntyre leads the team in batting (.389), and he has used his speed to accumulate 29 infield hits this season. Southern Miss is 27-4 when McIntyre scores at least one run.

 

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In a scouting report I saw on the Knoxville Regional, here are some views on our opponent to include the pitcher we will face on Friday.

Southern Miss senior righthander Billy Oldham is an old-school pitchability master who doesn’t blow hitters away with velocity but keeps them off balance thanks to his advanced feel for multiple quality offspeed pitches. As a result, he misses plenty of bats, striking out 96 against 26 walks in 90.2 innings over 15 starts this year, while posting a 3.97 ERA. He’s as reliable a pitching commodity as you’ll find in this regional, right there with Tennessee three-year stalwart Drew Beam, a likely Day One draft pick despite his modest strikeout rate.

The entire Southern Miss team is the X-Factor. The Golden Eagles have established themselves as an annual powerhouse, leading the nation in terms of an active streak of eight straight years with at least 40 wins. This is a gritty team personified by players such as Slade Wilks and Dalton McIntyre. Wilks is on an active 32-game hitting streak that ranks third in program history. He is hitting .329 with team highs in homers (14) and RBIs (65). McIntyre leads the team in batting (.389), and he has used his speed to accumulate 29 infield hits this season. Southern Miss is 27-4 when McIntyre scores at least one run.

I think we should get ready for NKU. Doesn't sound like a great matchup for the Hoosiers.

 

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any TV?

 

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any TV?

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