NECBL Weekly

Published on June 16, 2013 under New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) News Release

Player of the Week

C Tyler Boyd

Mystic/Junior/Seton Hall

Tyler hit .429 this week with three doubles, two home runs and two walks as the Schooners went 4-1. He struck out just twice in five games. Tyler' s OPS of 1.335 and .857 slugging percentage led the NECBL

Pitcher of the Week

LHP Scott Squier

North Adams/Junior/Hawaii

Scott went 1-0 in two starts, throwing 13 shutout innings, striking out 15 and allowing just six hits and two walks. He leads the NECBL in strikeouts and he has a WHIP of .62

Honorable Mention

2B Troy Black (Sanford/Jr/UMaine)- Hit .533 in Sanford' s first five games

CF Zach Lauricella (Keene/Soph/St. John' s)- Hit .364 with two homers, two doubles and 4 RBI

OF Mark Podlas (Vermont/Senior/Dayton)- Hit .462 with six RBI, two doubles and a homer

1B Christopher Shaw (New Bedford/Soph/Boston College)- Hit .438 with three doubles and a grand slam

RHP James Bessell (Ocean State/Senior/Dowling)- Has a 0.00 ERA in 9.2 innings. Bessell fanned 10 and has a WHIP this summer of .31

RHP Colin Brown (New Bedford/Sophomore/Holy Cross)- Is 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA after allowing three base runners in seven innings

RHP Michael Burke (Holyoke/Senior/Buffalo)- Has an ERA of 0.00 in 16.1 innings and 10 strikeouts

LHP David Hickey (Vermont/Senior/Yale)- Allowed one hit and no walks in six innings, striking out seven

RHP John Miles (Vermont/Sophomore/Missouri)- threw six innings of hitless baseball, fanning four

RHP Josh Prevost (Laconia/Senior/Seton Hall)- Threw a complete game, 2-hit no walk shutout, fanning nine, in what might be the best pitched game of the NECBL summer to date

Mother Nature- 23 of the NECBL's first 44 games were rain shortened or postponed due to the wet stuff. All we can do is tip our hat.

Team by Team Notes

Points Westerner- RF Greg Pezzuto had 3 hits in Danbury's 6/9 win over Laconia...LHP Cam Hatch fanned 5 and allowed just 1 run in 5.2 inning ND vs Laconia 6/12...INF Riley Palmer had 3 hits and 2 RBI and RHP Mathew Ogden allowed one run and fanned 9 in 7 innings in 6/14 win over Ocean State... Danbury' s .384 OBP is second in the NECBL

Holyoke Happenings- Michael Burke fanned 8 and didn't allow an earned run in 9.1 innings in 6-1 extra inning loss to North Adams on 6/8... Nathan Williams threw seven shutout, two-hit innings in 6/9 win over Ocean State...DH Travis Maezes, LF Brendan Hendriks, RF Vahn Bozoian all homered and had multiple hits in 6/12 win at Keene...DH Jacob Cronenvorth homered and had 2 singles in 6/14 win vs. Newport..RHP Michael Burke threw 7 shutout innings in 6/15 win vs. North Adams

Bats Bits- LF Zach Lauricella and 2B JP Sportman both had 2 hits and 2 RBI in 6/12 loss to Holyoke...Lauricella had two hits in 6/14 loss to Mystic...bullpen threw 5 IP of shutout, 8 strikeout baseball in 6/14 loss to Mystic... RHP Tanner Delahoy threw 4.2 innings, fanning 7 and yielding one hit in 6/15 win over Saratoga

Muskrat Mullings- Josh Prevost threw a 2-hit complete game shutout in 3-0 win over Vermont on 6/8...RF Jordan Lee had a 3-run double in the 9th to help Laconia beat Danbury 6-2 on 6/12... RHP Will Blalock threw six shutout innings in win vs. Ocean State 6/15... Laconia' s team ERA is a league best 1.20

Mystical Musings- Louis Concato fanned 7 in 3 innings in getting save vs. Plymouth on 6/9...1B Tyler Boyd missed the cycle by a triple and C Kyle Holland had four hits in win over Sanford on 6/12...Boyd had a single and homer in 6/14 win vs. Keene. 1B Joel Rosencrance had three hits in same Keene game

Bay Sox Basics- 2B Andrew Dundon had 2 doubles and 2 RBI in 6/9 loss to North Adams...CF Ryan Plourde reached base 4 times in 6/11 loss to Ocean State...PH Christopher Shaw had a grand slam and Plourde had four hits in 6/14 win over Plymouth... Dundon and RF Kurt Seiders both had 2 hits and an RBI in 6/15 loss to Newport

LeGull Proceedings- Gulls pen combined to fan 8 and allow just 3 baserunners in 4.2 shutout innings in 6/12 win vs. North Adams...RHP Mick Van Vossen allowed one earned run in 6 inning no decision in 6/14 10-inning loss to Holyoke... LHP James Mulry threw 7 shutout innings in 6/15 win vs. New Bedford. SS Trace Tam Sing had 3 hits and 1B Steve Anderson had 3 RBI in 6/15 win over New Bedford

Cat Tales- LHP Scott Squier pitched a rain-shortened, complete game shutout on Opening Night, fanning seven...CF Vinny Zarillo had four hits in 6-1 win at Holyoke on 6/8... Mike Murphy allowed one run and just four baserunners in 7.2 IP during 6/8 win at Holyoke...Casey Brown threw 6 shutout innings and picked up the win on 6/9 against New Bedford...RF Julian Lorat de Mola had 2 hits and 2 RBI in 6/14 loss to Sanford... Squier threw 8 shutout innings, fanning 8 in ND loss to Holyoke 6/15

Wave Crests- 2B Christian Muscarello had three hits and 2 RBI in Ocean State's 14-1 Home Opener win 6/6...RHP James Bessell retired all 8 batters he faced and got the win in 6/11 contest vs New Bedford...In Ocean State's 6/12 win at Plymouth, SS Caden Bailey had 3 hits and 3 RBI while RHP Oliver Powers allowed just 2 base runners in 4 IP for the save...LF Mike Gerber went 2-for-2 in his debut against Danbury 6/14... Bessell allowed 2 hits in 7 shutout innings in ND loss to Laconia 6/15

Pilgrims Progress- SS Blake Lacey had three hits in Home Opener 4-1 win over Sanford on 6/8...RHP Will Nimke pitched 5 innings of shutout ball in 6/12 loss to Ocean State...LHP Matt Meurer threw 5 innings of 2 hit, shutout ball in 6/14 loss to New Bedford... Pilgim pitchers have a stingy .196 average against

Maine Events- C Cole Martin had a hit in Sanford's first four games...2B Troy Black had four hits and four runs in 6/14 win over North Adams. RF Anthony Papio had two hits and two RBI in same game... .DH Will Cooper had 2 hits and 2 RBI in 6/15 win over Plymouth. RHP EJ Ashworth threw 7 shutout innings in the same game.

Brigade Drills- LHP Kevin Doherty threw 4.1 shutout relief innings and whiffed 3 in 6/12 13-inning loss to Vermont...C Brian O'Keefe had two hits and a walk in 6/14 loss to Vermont... Brigade bullpen struck out six in 3 shutout innings in loss to Keene 6/15

Mountaineer Peaks- LHP David Hickey fanned 7 and allowed just one hit in 6 shutout innings in win at 13-inning win at Saratoga 6/12...1B Mike Vigliarolo had four hits and 2B Bret Dennis rapped out three hits in win over Saratoga 6/14. LHP Cody Brown scattered two hits in 5 IP during game... .LF Mark Podlas had 3 hits and 3 RBI in 6/15 win over Mystic. RHP John Miles retired 9 of 10 batters faced during the Mysitc game

Alumni Notes- The Major League Draft was held June 6th to June 8th. Mark Appel (Newport '10/1st pick) and Eric Jagielo (North Shore '11/26th pick) were the first round selections of the Astros and Yankees respectively...Juan Perez (Holyoke '08) made his Big League debut for the Giants on June 9th, making him the 93rd NECBLer to play in MLB...12 alumni were named to the Baseball America, Louisville Slugger and/or NCBWA All-American teams: Mark Appel (Newport '10), Danny Collins (Laconia '12), L.B. Dantzler (Laconia '11), Mike Fransoso (Bristol '10 and Old Orchard Beach '11), Connor Harrell (Newport '10), Tyler Horan (Danbury '11), Eric Jagielo (North Shore '11), Mike Papi (Keene '12), Logan Pierce (Vermont '12), Tyler Rogers (Vermont '12), Travis Stout (Plymouth '13) and Jeff Thompson (Keene '11) ...former Manchester Silkworm LHP Chris Cody '04 was named the Atlantic League Pitcher of the Week for June 2nd...Holyoke Blue Sox '11 Tom Murphy and Sanford Mainer '11 RHP Tyler Mizenko will represent the Southern Division in the June 18th South Atlantic League All-Star game. Murphy was named the South Atlantic Player of the Week for 6/3-6/9... RHP Dan Otero (Newport ' 05) became the 37th NECBL alum to play in the Big Leagues this year with a 1.1 inning relief stint for Oakland on Friday night.

Several NECBL graduates finished 2013 by winning their Conference Player or Pitcher of the Year, including:

Kevin Brown, Bryant (Northeast Conference Player of the Year/ 2011 Keene)Mike Fransoso, Maine (America East Player of the Year/ 2010 Bristol and 2011 Old Orchard Beach)Sean Furney, Rhode Island (Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Year/ 2011 Laconia)Eric Jagielo, Notre Dame (Big East Player of the Year/ 2011 North Shore)Tommy Lawrence, Maine (America East Pitcher of the Year/ 2012 Sanford)Tyler Rogers, Austin Peay (Ohio Valley Conference Pitcher of the Year/ 2012 Vemont)Jeff Thompson, Louisville (Big East Pitcher of the Year/ 2011 Keene)Zach Stone, Millersville (PSAC East Player of the Year/ 2012 New Bedford)

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