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2016 NECBL Weekly Roundup #8

August 1, 2016 - New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) News Release


Player of the Week

Outfielder

Martin Figeuroa

Junior

Mystic Schooners

Rhode Island

Outfielder Figeuroa hit .583 with three homers, eight RBI and four walks. He homered in three straight games- all Schooner wins- on July 27, 28 and 30. Figeuroa is slugging .542 on the summer, helping Mystic maintain its three game first place lead in the Southern Division.

Pitcher of the Week

RHP

Matthew Leon

Junior

New Bedford Bay Sox

Seton Hall

It was 13 up, 13 down for Leon, who literally was perfect in his three relief appearances for New Bedford. In the 4.1 innings, Leon struck out three and more importantly, saved the Bay Sox 6-3 win over Plymouth on July 29 and their 3-1 win at Ocean State the next day.

Honorable Mentions

Batters

Keivan Berges (Winnipesaukee/Northwood) - Outfielder hit .333 with three doubles, three homers and eight RBI

Ryan Costello (Keene/Central Connecticut) - First baseman hit .308 with a pair of doubles, a pair of homers and seven RBI while scoring eight runs

Cole Gordon (Plymouth/Mississippi State) - Infielder boomed 5 homers and 13 RBI- the week's leaders- while hitting .348 over seven games

Al Molina (Upper Valley/Seton Hall) - Shortstop co-led all players with 11 hits on the week. Batted .524 with five RBI

Ryan Ramiz (Mystic/Seton Hall) - Outfielder hit .526 with six runs in five games, while adding a pair of homers, a pair of doubles and six RBI

Stephen Scott (Newport/Vanderbilt) - Outfielder hit .500 with six runs scored and four walks

Dustin Shirley (North Adams/Dartmouth) - The other co-leader with 11 hits. Infielder Shirley hit .440 and scored eight runs while driving in nine

Chris Starcun (Valley/American International) - First baseman batted .294 with three homers, two doubles and seven RBI

Pitchers

Doug Domnarski (Mystic/Uconn) - Threw six shutout innings and allowed only six base runners in getting the win on July 30 against Ocean State

Zach Hart (Keene/Franklin Pierce) - Threw six shutout innings and allowed only six base runners in getting the win on July 27 against Valley

Sam Nepiarsky (New Bedford/UConn) - Had a WHIP of 1.00 and struck out 13 in 14 innings of work. Nepiarsky earned the win on July 29th against Ocean State yielded just one earned run on the week

Christian Nicolosi (Ocean State/Quinnipiac) - Surrendered just two hits and one walk in 5.2 shutout innings out of the bullpen. Nicolosi fanned nine this week

Joseph Orlando (Sanford/Binghamton) - Earned the win on July 29 against North Adams with five innings of shutout, one hit, walk-free baseball. Orlando struck out six

Jonathan Signore (Mystic/Fairfield) - Threw five shutout innings and struck out nine in defeating New Bedford on July 27

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)

Week 7 - Mascelli (MYS) & Whitman (SAN)

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.

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