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Heading into their opening game Thursday night, May 21, in the Big 12 tournament in Arizona, the Cincinnati Bearcats have risen in college baseball's Top 25 polls.
UC has jumped to No. 22 in the DI baseball ranking most recognized by the NCAA.
In the Big 12, West Virginia is ranked No. 9, Kansas is No. 13, Oklahoma State is No. 19 and Arizona State is No. 21.
Baseball America ranks UC the highest at No. 17. Perfect Game puts the Bearcats at No. 20 and Just Baseball at No. 23.
UC opens with Arizona State May 21 at 8 p.m. (Mountain Standard Time), 11 p.m. ET. The game will be on ESPNU. If the Bearcats win three straight games, they'll set a school record and be Big 12 tournament champions.
UC junior Jack Natili is a semifinalist for the Buster Posey Award, given annually to the nation's best catcher.
Natili is one of three players with multiple three-homer games this year, doing so against Utah and at No. 21 UCF. This year, he is second on the team in homers (16), RBI (59), slugging percentage (.648) and total bases (142). He is hitting .338, starting 41 games behind the plate and serving as DH for the other 15.
Natili has thrown out 11 attempted base-stealers. Cincinnati is third in the Big 12 for ERA, in addition to breaking its program strikeout record for the second straight season. Ace pitcher Nate Taylor broke the single-season strikeout mark as well.
Natili earned All-Big 12 honors last season after spending his freshman year at Rutgers. He was ranked as the No. 71 prospect in the MLB Draft on Monday morning, and he boasts a 3.6 GPA in industrial management.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Top 25 UC Bearcats have Buster Posey semifinalist in Jack Natili
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UC has jumped to No. 22 in the DI baseball ranking most recognized by the NCAA.
In the Big 12, West Virginia is ranked No. 9, Kansas is No. 13, Oklahoma State is No. 19 and Arizona State is No. 21.
Baseball America ranks UC the highest at No. 17. Perfect Game puts the Bearcats at No. 20 and Just Baseball at No. 23.
UC opens with Arizona State May 21 at 8 p.m. (Mountain Standard Time), 11 p.m. ET. The game will be on ESPNU. If the Bearcats win three straight games, they'll set a school record and be Big 12 tournament champions.
Among the nation's best.
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Cincinnati Bearcats catcher Jack Natili is Buster Posey semifinalist
UC junior Jack Natili is a semifinalist for the Buster Posey Award, given annually to the nation's best catcher.
Natili is one of three players with multiple three-homer games this year, doing so against Utah and at No. 21 UCF. This year, he is second on the team in homers (16), RBI (59), slugging percentage (.648) and total bases (142). He is hitting .338, starting 41 games behind the plate and serving as DH for the other 15.
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Natili has thrown out 11 attempted base-stealers. Cincinnati is third in the Big 12 for ERA, in addition to breaking its program strikeout record for the second straight season. Ace pitcher Nate Taylor broke the single-season strikeout mark as well.
Natili earned All-Big 12 honors last season after spending his freshman year at Rutgers. He was ranked as the No. 71 prospect in the MLB Draft on Monday morning, and he boasts a 3.6 GPA in industrial management.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Top 25 UC Bearcats have Buster Posey semifinalist in Jack Natili
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