Erb and Mitchell Earn WCL Weekly Honors
June 14, 2016 - West Coast League (WCL) News Release
The West Coast League Player of the Week and Pitcher of the Week, as announced by league president Donnie Marbut, are Chico State junior right-hander Dalton Erb of the Victoria HarbourCats and Cal frosh outfielder Jeffrey Mitchell, Jr. of the Gresham GreyWolves for the week of June 6-12.
The San Diego Padres selected Erb in the 30th round of the MLB June draft this past Saturday. Prior to the draft, Dalton tossed a gem vs. Wenatchee at Royal Athletic Park on June 7, twirling 8 shutout innings while striking out 13 and only allowing a hit and walk in Victoria's 11-1 win over the AppleSox.
This past spring, Erb made 15 starts and went 6-3 with a 3.62 ERA for Chico State.
Mitchell went 11-for-20 with 7 runs scored, 5 RBIs and a double, triple and stolen base over the GreyWolves first week of WCL baseball, as Gresham started the season 3-3.
The native of Pleasant Hill, California made 25 appearances and totaled 26 at bats in his freshman season at Cal Berkley.
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