D1 Baseball College World Series Previews and BRacketology Projections

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BR-35 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos (42-18-1) vs. BR-12 Oklahoma State Cowboys (41-20)

Saturday, 3:00 p.m. Eastern, ESPN2

TALE OF THE TAPE
	BA	OBP	SLG	HR	SO	BB	ERA	OBA	HRA	K	BBA
UCSB	.262	.355	.375	32	411	217	3.78	.262	25	474	188
OSU	.268	.365	.401	47	505	268	3.27	.240	21	545	244

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TEAM PROFILES

UC SANTA BARBARA GAUCHOS

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Conference: Big West
Head Coach: Andrew Checketts
College World Series Appearance: 1st
How Qualified: Nashville Regional Champions; Louisville Super Regional Champions

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Nashville Regional

June 3: UCSB 3, BR-56 Washington 2 (14)
June 5: UCSB 5, BR-117 Xavier 4
June 6: UCSB 14, Xavier 5

Louisville Super Regional

June 11: UCSB 4, BR-1 Louisville 2
June 12: UCSB 4, Louisville 3

PROJECTED STARTERS (By Position)
POS	PLAYER	YR	B/T	GP	GS	BA	OBP	SLG	HR	RBI
C	Dempsey Grover	Soph.	R/R	54	53	.277	.391	.391	2	29
1B	Austin Bush	Soph.	R/R	59	58	.269	.350	.479	11	49
2B	J.J. Muno	Soph.	L/R	61	61	.294	.371	.448	5	30
3B	Ryan Clark	Sr.	R/R	44	41	.270	.333	.348	1	14
SS	Clay Fisher	Soph.	R/R	61	61	.289	.336	.382	1	24
LF	Josh Adams	Soph.	L/L	47	41	.232	.329	.373	4	27
CF	Andrew Calica	Jr.	L/R	61	61	.265	.441	.379	4	25
RF	Devon Gradford	Jr.	S/R	56	28	.336	.419	.462	1	18
DH	Kyle Plantier	Soph.	R/R	40	35	.193	.320	.250	1	16

PROJECTED PITCHING STAFF
	PLAYER	YEAR	THR	APP	GS	IP	W-L	ERA	OBA	K	BB	CG/SV
SP	Shane Beiber	Jr.	R	17	17	12.6	12-3	2.84	.254	103	16	4 CG
SP	Joe Record	Soph.	R	16	16	89.2	6-5	3.91	.264	63	38	0
SP	Noah Davis	Fr.	R	16	14	76.2	6-4	4.70	.284	60	28	0
RP	Kyle Nelson	Soph.	L	32	1	71.1	7-2	2.02	.199	85	17	9 SV
RP	Kevin Chandler	Fr.	R	18	0	29.1	1-0	3.68	.272	19	12	0
RP	Trevor Bettencourt	Jr	R	23	1	37.0	4-2	3.89	.252	39	21	4 SV

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OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS

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GAME NOTES

Conference: Big 12
Head Coach: Josh Holliday
College World Series Appearance: 20th (National Champions: 1959)
How Qualified: Clemson Regional Champions; Columbia Super Regional Champions

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Clemson Regional

June 3: OSU 6, BR-63 Nebraska 0
June 4: OSU 12, BR-20 Clemson 2
June 5: OSU 9, Clemson 2

Columbia Super Regional

June 11: OSU 5, BR-18 South Carolina 1
June 12: OSU 4, South Carolina 1

PROJECTED STARTERS (By Position)
POS	PLAYER	YR	B/T	GP	GS	BA	OBP	SLG	HR	RBI
C	Collin Theroux	Jr.	R/R	58	55	.173	.310	.320	6	30
1B	Dustin Williams	Jr.	L/R	59	59	.227	.386	.442	14	42
2B	J.R. Davis	Jr.	S/R	53	52	.353	.434	.446	1	31
3B	Garrett Benge	Soph.	L/R	61	59	.296	.386	.442	4	38
SS	Donnie Walton	Sr.	S/R	61	59	.342	.436	.450	3	44
LF	John Littell	Soph.	R/R	54	53	.263	.341	.355	2	23
CF	Ryan Shider	Jr.	R/R	49	47	.211	.288	.345	4	19
RF	Corey Hassell	Sr.	R/R	61	61	.285	.360	.455	6	39
DH	Conor Costello	Sr.	R/R	30	24	.367	.462	.622	5	30

PROJECTED PITCHING STAFF
POS	PLAYER	YR	THR	APP	GS	IP	W-L	ERA	OBA	K	BB	CG/SV
SP	Thomas Hatch	Soph.	R	17	17	119.1	8-2	2.04	.231	105	30	3 CG
SP	Tyler Buffett	Jr.	R	35	4	74.1	8-3	3.15	.241	70	30	9 SV
SP	Jensen Elliot	Fr.	R	16	16	85.1	9-2	3.27	.240	69	34	1 CG
RP	Carson Teel	Fr.	L	16	0	15.1	1-0	2.93	.237	19	6	0
RP	Joe Lienhard	Fr.	R	15	2	18.2	1-0	3.38	.209	18	12	0
RP	Blake Batterfield	Soph.	R	23	0	28.1	1-1	3.49	.276	16	16	2 SV

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