NAIA Baseball Opening Round - Lawrenceville Bracket
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Central Methodist will make its second-straight trip to the NAIA Baseball World Series Opening Round, May 15-18 as part of the Lawrenceville (Ga.) Bracket at Georgia Gwinnett. TOURNAMENT PAGE
Lawrenceville (Ga.) Bracket - Grizzly Baseball Field - Lawrenceville, Ga. (All times Eastern)
#1 Georgia Gwinnett, #2 Webber International (Fla.), #3 Central Methodist, #4 The Master's (Calif.), #5 LSU Shreveport (La.)
Tournament Schedule
Monday, May 15
Game 1 - The Master's vs LSU Shreveport, 11 a.m.
Game 2 - Central Methodist vs The Master's, 3 p.m.
Game 3 - Georgia Gwinnett vs Game 1 winner, 7 p.m.
Tuesday, May 16
Game 4 - Loser Game 1 vs Loser Game 2, 11 a.m.
Game 5 - Winner Game 2 vs Winner Game 3, 3 p.m.
Game 6 - Winner Game 4 vs Loser Game 3, 7 p.m.
Wednesday, May 17
Game 7 - Loser Game 5 vs Winner Game 6, 11 a.m.
Game 8 - Winner Game 7 vs Winner Game 5, 3 p.m.
Thursday, May 18
Game 9 - If necessary, 12 p.m.
Central Methodist
Season Record: 43-16, 23-9 (1st Place, Heart South); Qualified as At-Large
Opening Round History: 3rd appearance (1-4 record)
2017 Postseason: W, 6-0 vs Avila; L, 3-13 vs MidAmerica Nazarene; W, 6-1 vs Culver-Stockton; W, 7-5 vs Benedictine; L, 8-9 vs Clarke
Team Statistical Leaders - Offense
Batting Avg. - Dustyn Macaluso (.440)
Runs - Macaluso (70)
Hits - Macaluso (91)
Doubles - Macaluso (17)
Triples - Logan Haring (3)
Home Runs - Macaluso/Zach Beckner (11)
RBI - Beckner (64)
Total Bases - Macaluso (145)
Slugging Pct. - Macaluso (.700)
On Base Pct. - Macaluso (.483)
Stolen Bases - Macaluso (22)
Team Statistical Leaders - Pitching
Wins - Tyler Hull (9)
ERA - Chris Danielson (2.72)
Complete Games - Danielson/CJ Martin (5)
IP - Dariel Checo (69.2)
Strikeouts - Checo (89)
Saves - Danielson/Joe Lewis (2)
Georgia Gwinnett
Season Record: 38-19; Qualified as A.I.I. Tournament Champion
Opening Round History: 4th appearance (9-5 record)
2017 Postseason: W, 15-5 vs College of the Ozarks (Mo.); W, 16-4 vs Talladega (Ala.); W, 13-3 vs Talladega (Ala.)
Team Statistical Leaders - Offense
Batting Avg. - Rodney Tennie (.445)
Runs - Marcus McCorkle/Deion Sellers (60)
Hits - McCorkle (77)
Doubles - Jean Figueroa (15)
Triples - McCorkle (7)
Home Runs - Austin Alexander/Brady Hamilton
RBI - McCorkle (60)
Total Bases - McCorkle (109)
Slugging Pct. - Austin Alexander (.719)
On Base Pct. - Tennie (.534)
Stolen Bases - McCorkle (40)
Team Statistical Leaders - Pitching
Wins - Trevor Bradley/Tyler Souris (7)
ERA - Stone Kelly (1.53)
Complete Games - Bradley/Nikolay Uherek (3)
IP - Uherek (98.2)
Strikeouts - Uherek (102)
Saves - Tanner Shelton (3)
Webber International
Season Record: 38-15, 16-8 (3rd Place, The Sun); Qualified as At-Large
Opening Round History: 1st appearance
2017 Postseason: W, 9-1 vs St. Thomas (Fla.); L, 6-9 vs Southeastern (Fla.); W, 8-5 vs Thomas (Ga.); L, 2-8 vs Southeastern (Fla.)
Team Statistical Leaders - Offense
Batting Avg. - Manny Martinez (.344)
Runs - Rodriguez (56)
Hits - Marcus Begg (72)
Doubles - Sjaghbar Martis (17)
Triples - Begg (4)
Home Runs - Begg (10)
RBI - Martis (52)
Total Bases - Begg (121)
Slugging Pct. - Begg (.563)
On Base Pct. - Rodriguez (.465)
Stolen Bases - Rodriguez (23)
Team Statistical Leaders - Pitching
Wins - Juan Terron (8)
ERA - Anthony Hunter (2.51)
Complete Games - Hunter (3)
IP - Hunter (82.1)
Strikeouts - Terron (64)
Saves - Zach Gary (6)
The Master's
Season Record: 35-21, 17-13 (4th Place, Golden State Athletic); Qualified as GSAC Tournament champion
Opening Round History: 6th appearance (7-6 record)
2017 Postseason: L, 4-7 vs Menlo (Calif.); W, 12-3 vs Biola (Calif.); W, 9-7 vs Menlo (Calif.); W, 14-11 vs Vanguard (Calif.); W, 17-10 vs Hope International (Calif.); W, 7-1 vs Hope International (Calif.)
Team Statistical Leaders - Offense
Batting Avg. - Jonah Jarrard (.407)
Runs - Max Maitland (61)
Hits - Jarrard (72)
Doubles - Jarrard (14)
Triples - Jarrard (4)
Home Runs - Michael Sexton (15)
RBI - David Sheaffer (55)
Total Bases - Jarrard (127)
Slugging Pct. - Sexton (.859)
On Base Pct. - Sexton (.506)
Stolen Bases - Aaron Shackelford (12)
Team Statistical Leaders - Pitching
Wins - Aaron Alexander (9)
ERA - Aiden Stout (2.49)
Complete Games - Alexander (4)
IP - Alexander (107.0)
Strikeouts - Alexander (93)
Saves - Stout/Scott Savage (3)
LSU Shreveport
Season Record: 38-19, 17-10 (3rd Place, Red River); Qualified as RRAC Tournament champion
Opening Round History: 9th appearance (14-12 record)
2017 Postseason: W, 4-3 vs Texas A&M-Texarkana; L, 9-12 vs Jarvis Christian (Texas); W, 9-7 vs Texas A&M-Texarkana; W, 7-5 vs Jarvis Christian (Texas); W, 15-13 vs Jarvis Christian (Texas)
Team Statistical Leaders
Batting Avg. - Ryan Pouwells/David Salgueiro/Kevin Rosario (.400)
Runs - Francisco Rodriguez (55)
Hits - Pouwells (78)
Doubles - Rosario (22)
Triples - Salgueiro (5)
Home Runs - Rosario/Matthew Hammock (5)
RBI - Pouwells (57)
Total Bases - Rosario (115)
Slugging Pct. - Rosario (.605)
On Base Pct. - Pouwells (.502)
Stolen Bases - Salgueiro (42)
Team Statistical Leaders - Pitching
Wins - Alex Naiser (7)
ERA - Jerremyh Angela (2.88)
Complete Games - Renny Tolentino (1)
IP - Tolentino (59.1)
Strikeouts - Tolentino (73)
Saves - Tolentino/Pat Day (3)