baseball-d1 flag

NCAA.com | June 22, 2015

Numbers of the night

The College World Series is just full of numbers. For instance, roughly 2.5 percent of Division I team (8 of 301) make it to TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska, and get the chance to win the national championship.

We take a look at some of the key stats and figures to come from Game 1 of the College World Series Finals.

Vanderbilt 5, Virginia 1
7
Only seven Cavaliers were able to get the ball out of the infield against Vanderbilt pitcher Carson Fulmer.
22
Jack Gerstenmaier's ninth-inning RBI single snaps Vanderbilt bullpen's 22-inning scoreless streak in the NCAA tourney.
53
In roughly 53 percent of Carson Fulmer's starts (10 of 19), he has held the opposition scoreless.
8
Vanderbilt's Carson Fulmer finishes his night with eight strikeouts, upping his CWS total to 15 in 13.2 innings pitched.
4
Four of Vanderbilt's five runs have come with two outs in an inning.
12
Ro Coleman breaks a 12 at-bat hitless drought at the CWS to drive in Vanderbilt's third run of the game.
3
Vanderbilt freshman Will Toffey has two hits and three RBI in the CWS after his sixth-inning, two-RBI double to give the Commodores the lead in the bottom of the sixth.
54
This is the first game in the CWS Finals -- or title game -- to be scoreless heading into the sixth in 54 years.
54
Vanderbilt's Carson Fulmer is the first pitcher to start consecutive CWS Finals games in 54 years.
6
The past six national champions have all won Game 1 of the CWS Finals. 
Division I
Baseball Championship
June 14 - 24, 2024
Charles Schwab Field Omaha | Omaha, NE

Subscribe To Email Updates

Enter your information to receive emails about offers, promotions from NCAA.com and our partners