Insider: Cotton by the numbers

There is a long list of Grand Canyon opponents who do not need numbers to know what a tough out Quin Cotton has become.

Cotton did it again Tuesday, reaching base in each of his plate appearances during the Lopes' 11-5 victory at Loyola Marymount.

As GCU closes in on clinching another conference title with this week's regular-season finale series at Seattle, here is a look at what the sophomore right fielder has been doing:

Batting .525 (32 for 61) over the past 15 games.
Fifteen of his past 30 hits have been for extra bases.
Only Lopes player to start all 52 games this season.
Leads the Western Athletic Conference in batting average (.389), hits (86), runs (55), doubles (18) and total bases (127).
Ranks nationally for batting average (28th), hits (fifth), runs (23rd), doubles (36th) and total bases (30th).
Also leads the team in slugging percentage (.575), on-base percentage (.460), triples (four) and hit by pitch (10).
Ranks second on the team in stolen bases (11), runs batted in (43) and home runs (five).
Hitting .469 in 12 games as the leadoff batter, including .568 in the past nine games as the leadoff hitter,
Reached base nine times in 10 plate appearances over the past two games.
Has the program's only five-for-five games since GCU returned to Division I. He did it twice.
Has a fielding percentage of .984 with only two errors this season.

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