Annual Awards: College Baseball, 1998 Season
Updated August 28, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
CWS Seeds: 1. Florida (46-16); 2. Miami-FL (50-10); 3. Florida St. (53-18); 4. USC (44-16); 5. LSU (46-17); 6. Arizona St.(38-22); 7. Long Beach St. (41-21); 8. Mississippi St. (41-21).
Bracket One
| May 29—Arizona St. 11 | Florida St. 10 |
| May 29—Miami-FL 3 | Long Beach St. 1 |
| May 31—Arizona St. 9 | Miami-FL 2 |
| May 31—Long Beach St. 7 | Florida St. 4 (out) |
| June 2—Long Beach St. 6 | Miami-FL 3 (out) |
| June 3—Arizona St. 14 | Long Beach St. 4 (out) |
Bracket Two
| May 30—LSU 12 | USC 10 |
| May 30—Mississippi St. 14 | Florida 13 |
| June 1—LSU 10 | Mississippi St. 8 |
| June 1—USC 12 | Florida 10, 11-inn (out) |
| June 2—USC 7 | Mississippi St. 1 (out) |
| June 4—USC 5 | LSU 4 |
| June 5—USC 7 | LSU 3 (out) |
CWS Championship Game
Saturday, June 6, at Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USC | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | —21 | 23 | 1 | |||
| Arizona St. | 0 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | —14 | 16 | 0 |
Win: USC– Jason Lane (9-2). Loss: Arizona St.– Ryan Mills (8-4). Save: USC– Jack Krawczyk (23) Starters: USC– Rick Currier; Arizona St.– Mills. Strikeouts: USC– Currier 3, Lane, Steve Immel, Mike Weibling, Krawczyk; Arizona St.– Mills, Aaron Kramer, Chad Pennington.
2B: USC– Morgan Ensberg, Wes Rachels, Jeremy Freitas, Mikel Moreno. HR: USC– Lane (14), Rachels (3), Brad Ticehurst (18), Robb Gorr 2 (16); Arizona St.– Andrew Beinbrink (12), Casey Myers (8), Jeff Phelps (5), Mike Collins (4). SB: USC– Ensberg (20), Freitas (4), Seth Davidson (17); Arizona St.– Moreno (27).
Attendance: 24,456. Time 3:59.
Most Outstanding Player
Wes Rachels, USC, 2B
| Avg | AB | R | H | HR | RBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| .357 | 28 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 9 |
All-Tournament Team
C– Eric Munson, USC 1B– Rob Gorr, USC 2B– Wes Rachels, USC 3B– Andrew Beinbrink, Arizona St. SS– Michael Collins, Arizona St. OF– Rudy Arguelles, Arizona St., Cedrick Harris, LSU and Brad Ticehurst, USC DH– Jason Lane, USC P– Alex Santos, Miami-FL and Jack Krawczyk.
Annual Awards
Chosen by Baseball America, Collegiate Baseball, National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and the American Baseball Coaches Association.
Players of the Year
| Damon Thames, Rice | ABCA |
| Jeff Austin, Stanford | BA |
| Kevin Mench, Delaware | CB |
| Brad Wilkerson, Florida | NCBWA |
Coaches of the Year
| Pat Murphy, Arizona St. | BA |
| Mike Batesole, Cal St.-Northridge | CB |
| Mike Gillespie, USC | ABCA, CB |
| Final Baseball America Top 25 | College Baseball | Consensus All-America Team |
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