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2016 NECBL Weekly Roundup #7

July 25, 2016 - New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) News Release


Player of the Week

Infielder

Nick Mascelli

Senior

Mystic Schooners

Wagner

Mascelli had at least a hit in all seven games last week and locked up the award with a 6-for-6, three-double, six-RBI outing in an 18-4 win against Keene on July 21. Overall, the rising senior at Wagner led the league with 18 hits in 29 at-bats last week, while his 11 runs and 11 RBIs also topped the league leader boards. He drew eight walks, did not strike out and posted three doubles, one triple and one home run while swiping three bases. His 1.60 OPS was also tops in the league among players with at least 20 plate appearances.

Overall, Mascelli has appeared in 36 games for the Schooners and ranks fourth in the league with a .363 batting average (49-135); he also has scored 33 runs with nine doubles and one triple and one home run while driving in 17 more. His OPS on the season stands at .943, as well.

Pitcher of the Week

RHP

Blaise Whitman

Senior

Sanford Mainers

Rhode Island

Moving to the mound, Whitman was excellent out of the bullpen in two separate relief outings. The righty and rising senior at Rhode Island tossed six scoreless innings that featured five strikeouts, only one walk and two hits yielded en route to posting a 0.50 WHIP; he was the winning pitcher of record in the Mainers' 3-0 victory over Winnipesaukee on July 19 when he fanned three with only one walk and two hits allowed over four scoreless innings, and four days later he threw two more perfect frames with two strikeouts.

For the summer, Whitman - who has worked exclusively out of the bullpen - has gone 4-1 with a 4.50 ERA over 15 appearances; in 24 innings, he has totaled 19 strikeouts compared to six walks while opponents have hit only .223 against him.

Honorable Mentions

Batters

Keivan Berges (Winnipesaukee/Northwood) - Went 11-for-28 with a .393 average in seven games and led the league with four homers; also scored seven runs while driving in nine more and adding three do ubles.

Joseph Denison (Upper Valley/Troy) - Had a stellar week offensively, batting .517 (15-29) with three homers and 11 RBIs; also doubled, scored five runs and struck out just twice.

Troy Dixon (Newport/St. John's) - Ranked second in the league with a .545 average (12-22) and also scored three runs, doubled three times, homered once and totaled six RBIs.

Richard Slenker (Mystic/Yale) - His 14 hits were third-most in the league over the week and finished .500 (14-28); also scored nine runs, doubled four times, homered twice and shared the league RBI lead (11).

Joshua Shaw (Keene/St. John's) - Finished with 12 hits and a .387 batting average while scoring four runs, doubling twice, homering twice and driving in five.

Pitchers

Wes Engle (Upper Valley/Texas State) - Was one of only two pitchers in the league to win two games last week, going 2-0 after two relief appearances; yielded just one earned run over 7-1/3 innings while fanning nine and walking only three with five hits.

Brandon Schlimm (New Bedford/St. Bonaventure) - Led the league with 13 strikeouts and posted a 2.13 ERA after a brilliant first outing on July 18, when he tossed eight scoreless innings with only one hit, 12 strikeouts and two walks in a winning effort.

Carson Teel (Mystic/Oklahoma State) - Fanned seven over 5-1/3 scoreless innings with just three hits allowed over the course of two relief outings.

Ryan Testani (Danbury/Seton Hall) - Had nearly twice as many strikeouts (8) as innings pitched (4.2), during which he did not allow a single run and yielded only four hits.

Alec Tuohy (Valley/Buffalo) - Tossed seven shutout innings as part of a brilliant winning start, fanning six with only five hits yielded over that span.

2016 NECBL Weekly Awards Archives

Week 1 - Vaughan (NA) & Tribucher (SM)

Week 2 - Jones (VAL) & Wilks (NSC)

Week 3 - Denison (UV) & LaBeau (KEE)

Week 4 - Scocca (VT) & Lyman (WIN)

Week 5 - Wolfsberg (NB) & Wolf (NPG)

Week 6 - Scott (NPG) & Astle (VAL)

Updates provided by Don Leypoldt

NECBL Alums Strasburg, Duvall Make National League All-Star Team

NECBL alumni Stephen Strasburg (Pictured) (Torrington 2007) and Adam Duvall (Sanford 2009) were both named to the National League All-Star team tonight.

It is the second All-Star game for Strasburg. Duvall is making his first appearance.

Strasburg is 11-0 with a 2.71 ERA and 123 strikeouts in 99.2 innings for the Washington Nationals. A 2012 All-Star, Strasburg is tied for third this season in the National League in wins, tied for fifth in strikeouts and ranks 11th in ERA.

Outfielder Duvall is hitting .252 with 22 homers and 59 RBI for the Cincinnati Reds. Duvall is tied for second in the Senior Circuit with homers and tied for fifth in RBI. His .563 slugging percentage ranks in the National League's Top 10.

Strasburg was the NECBL's 2007 Top Prospect and Top Reliever after posting a 1.29 ERA in 13 appearances for Torrington (now New Bedford). Strasburg struck out 25 and walked just one in 14 innings. He recorded eight saves.

Duvall hit .279 with three doubles and 10 RBI in 25 games for Sanford. The Louisville Cardinal posted a .346 on base percentage as a Mainer.

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Marlins are Keene on Swamp Bat Star Conley

"When I was a child, I spoke like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I gave up childish ways."- St. Paul.

Adam Conley's story seems to be straightforward.

Conley came to the Keene Swamp Bats in the summer of 2009 and dominated the NECBL like no other pitcher before or since. In 34 innings, the Washington State freshman allowed 0- ZERO!- earned runs.

"My freshman Fall, I was sitting at 84 or 85 with my fastball," the rising Miami Marlins' star remembered. "By the time the season ended, I was consistently around 89 to 92. I had a nice little bump coming out of the bullpen. A year of lifting and of growing up helped too.

"I had a great experience in Keene. Watching myself throw that summer, I know I was throwing the ball a lot harder. I could see it in the hitter's swings," Conley continued. "I could see it in their reaction time."

Conley returned to Pullman from Keene and routinely clocked 95. "After that first week, they said 'You're our closer' and I spent the majority of my sophomore year closing," Conley smiled.

"It was pretty cool how all of that worked out. I'll try and paint a picture of why it was such a weird summer."

The lefty described his clowning around in the Keene bullpen early in June. "I decided that I was going to go through my pitching delivery, and I was going to jump down the mound as far and as fast as I could to see what that felt like," he remembered. "I did that maybe 15 or 20 times without the ball and each time I did that, I felt a little more comfortable.



New England Collegiate Baseball League Stories from July 25, 2016


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