| Ben Carruthers |
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Career Numbers:
Base hit in 45-of-85 games
On-base in 56-of-85 games
17 multi-hit games
9 multi-RBI games
2007 (Sophomore):
Appeared in 60 games and made 55 starts, all at second base.
Hit .303 on the season with 11 extra base hits.
Tallied six doubles, one triple and four home runs.
Drove in 31 runs, scored 35 and stole nine bases in 13 attempts.
Ranked third on the team with eight sacrifice bunts.
Hit .368 in conference play, second-best on the team, with five doubles, two home runs and 14 RBIs.
Was an outstanding fielder, committing just four errors in 267 chances for .985 fielding percentage.
After an error against Rice on March 9, started a stretch of 161 consecutive errorless plays over the course of 32 games.
Didn't commit an error in his last 15 games, spanning 73 chances.
Gave the Frogs the lead with a two-run home run, the first of his career, against Vermont on March 2.
Following an 0-3 day against Texas A&M, broke out for a nine-game hitting streak that saw him hit .451 (14-for-31) with nine RBIs.
Hit a three-run home run at Air Force on April 6.
A three-hit day at Utah on May 4 commenced a career-long 11 game hit streak that saw him hit .385 (15-for-39).
Picked up just four hits in his final six contests.
Hit .340 with runners on base and drove in eight two-out runs.
2006 (Freshman):
Appeared in 25 games and made six starts.
Was a defensive replacement in five games and utilized as a pinch-runner in 10 contests.
Finished 1-for-1 as a pinch-hitter with a walk.
Started six straight games at second base from Feb. 25-March 5.
Picked up first collegiate hit on March 3 against Florida Atlantic.
Tallied a pinch-hit RBI double against Utah on May 6.
Didn't commit an error in 31 chances in the field.
Georgetown High School:
Named all-Central Texas as a junior and senior.
Earned first-team all-district honors as a junior and senior.
Hit .350 in his career.
Set school record with 47 hits in a season as a junior.
Personal:
Ben is the son of David and Loretta.
Has an older brother, Travis, and a younger sister, Julia.
Career Highs:
Hits: 3, four times
@ UNLV 4/14/07
BYU 4/20/07
San Diego State 4/29/07
@ Utah 5/4/07
Runs: 4 vs. BYU 4/20/07
HR: 1, four times
Vermont 3/2/07
UC Santa Barbara 3/31/07
@ Air Force 4/6/07
@ UNLV 4/14/07
RBI: 3, three times
UT-Arlington 3/20/07
@ BYU 3/24/07
@ Air Force 4/6/07
SB: 2, twice
Air Force 3/16/07
UT-Pan American 5/11/07
BB: 2 @ Air Force 4/5/07
Hitting Streak: 11 games, 5/4-5/24/07