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July 7, 2013 - New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) News Release


Player of the Week

OF J.P. Sportman

Junior, Keene Swamp Bats

Central Connecticut State

Schenectady, NY

Sportman hit .474 (9-for19) with two doubles, a homer and seven RBI. He also stole three bases and helped a resurgent Swamp Bats team go 4-1 this week. Sportman scored or drove in a run in 4 of those 5 games, and had two hits in the game in which he did not. He was a 2012 NECBL All-Star

Pitcher of the Week

RHP Kurt Sowa

Junior, Mystic Schooners

Rider University

Bensalem, PA

Sowa made two starts, striking out 13 and allowing just one earned run in 12 innings of work. He faced one batter over the minimum in a five shutout inning start and win over New Bedford on June 30th. He followed that with a seven innings of walk-free, one earned run baseball in beating Newport on July 6th. Sowa did not walk a batter in either start.

Honorable Mention

OF Brandon Cipolla (Mystic/Holy Cross)- Hit .500 (6-for-12) with a double, two homers and a steal

INF Joe Landi (North Adams/Rhode Island)- Hit .400 with four walks and five steals while striking out just once in five games

OF Brian O'Grady (Keene/Rutgers)- Hit .350 with a double, a homer and six RBI, the second most in the last week

OF Ben Roberts (Newport/Washington State)- Hit .450 (9-for-20) with four doubles and two RBI

LHP Andy Cox (Saratoga/Tennessee)- Threw four shutout, one-hit innings, walking no one and fanning seven in July 5th win over Danbury

RHP John Miles (Vermont/Missouri)- Threw six shutout innings, allowing just three base runners, and striking out 5 in June 30th win over Danbury

RHP Cameron Tekker (Saratoga/Virginia)- Faced one batter over the minimum and fanned seven in 3 shutout innings, saving two

RHP Frank Vilacha (New Bedford/New Haven)- Struck out six and allowed just three hits in six shutout innings in a July 1st no decision against Ocean State

Mother Nature, again- Just three of the NECBL's first 13 games this week went a full nine innings due to persistent rains in New England

NECBL to Host Team Canada- The NECBL will proudly host the Canadian Junior National U-18 team as they prepare for the 18U World Cup in Taiwan this coming August. The Canadians will be stopping at Holyoke on July 6th, Danbury on July 7th and New Bedford on July 9th. First pitches are 6:35, 5:05 and 6:30 respectively. The Canadian National program has produced such notables as Larry Walker, Justin Morneau and Jason Bay

That's Power- Vermont 3B Kenny Towns (Virginia) finished third in the TD Ameritrade College Home Run Derby on July 3rd. Towns had seven homers for the Cavaliers this spring

Team by Team Notes

Points Westerner- LHP Jamie Pashuck faced one batter over the minimum in shutout, 3 inning relief stint in 6/30 loss to Vermont...RF Zachary Blandon and 3B Johnny Caputo had two hits and two RBI, while SS Alexander Cruz had an RBI double in 7/3 loss to Ocean State...RHP Rob Blanc allowed two hits in 4 innings and OFs Blandon and Daniel Spingola both had two hits in 7/4 win at Holyoke...RHP Zachary Tax and LHP Jamie Pashunk threw four shutout innings in 7/5 loss to Saratoga...RF Zachary Blanden hit a 2-run homer in Gm 1 7/6 loss to Vermont...SS Alex Cruz, 3B Riley Palmer and LF Eric Yavarone all homered in Gm 2 7/6 win over Vermont

Holyoke Happenings- 2B Jason Lombardozzi, 3B Brendan Hendriks, C Joel Fisher and 1B Jonny Locker all had two hits and an RBI in 7/3 loss to Saratoga...RHP Jordan Kutzer allowed one earned run in 7.1 inning ND, 2B Joseph Carcone had a double, single and RBI and Hendriks reached base three times in 7/4 loss to Danbury...DH Justin Morhardt had 2 singles and a 3-run homer in 7/5 win at Keene

Bats Bits- CF J.P Sportman had three hits and 2 RBI, and RF Brian O'Grady had two hits and two RBI in 7/3 win over Newport...SS Dylan Moore had three hits, including GW RBI single in the 10th, and Keene bullpen threw 5.2 shutout innings in 7/4 win at Saratoga...RF Brian O'Grady hit a 3-run homer and RHP Sam Triece fanned 5 of his 6 batters in 7/5 loss to Holyoke...CF J.P. Sportman had 2 doubles, a single and 5 RBI and LF Zach Lauricella homered in Gm 1 7/6 win over North Adams...RF Brian O

Grady had three hits and 1B Daniel Nichols homered and drove in three in Gm 2 7/6 win over North Adams

Muskrat Mullings- 1B Ryan McBroom homered and had two singles, and CF Joe Torres reached base three times and had a steal in 7/4 loss at North Adams...RHP Evan Rahn allowed six baserunners and struck out eight in eight inning ND and 2B Joey Bielek and C Carter White both homered in 7/5 extra inning loss to New Bedford...RHP Will Blalock fanned eight in seven innings, DH Taylor Drake doubled and 1B Ryan McBroom had two hits in 7/6 win at Sanford

Mystical Musings- RHP Kurt Sowa struck out seven in five shutout innings, and SS Brandon Lopez had 2 hits and an RBI in 6/30 win at New Bedford...LF Brandon Cipolla had 2 hits and 2 RBI, and DH Alec Keller had a triple, a single and an RBI in 7/3 loss to New Bedford. RHP Alex Gouin fanned three in 2 shutout relief innings...C Kyle Holland doubled and singled in Gm 1 7/6 loss to Newport...RHP Kurt Sowa allowed one earned run in 7 innings and CF Brandon Cipolla homered and drove in two in Gm 2 win over Newport 7/6

Bay Sox Basics- RHP Frank Vilacha threw six shutout innings and CF Ryan Plourde had 2 hits in 7/1 loss to Ocean State...C Christopher Travers and 3B Matt Lopez each had 2 hits and an RBI in 7/2 win over Sanford...Lopez had three hits and RBI, 2B Andrew Dundon had 2 hits and an RBI and 1B Chris Shaw had a double and 3 RBI in 7/3 win at Mystic...LF Kurt Seiders had RBI 10th inning single, OF Carl Anderson had four hits and RHP John Lieske fanned seven in 7/5 win at Laconia...RF Chris Shaw homered and PH Shea Pierce had two hits in 7/6 loss to Plymouth

LeGull Proceedings- CF Cody Jones and 3B Joel McKeithan each had two hits in 7/3 road loss to Keene...SS Trace Tam Sing reached base four times, McKeithan had 2 hits and 2 RBI and LHP Mark McCoy threw 5.1 shutout innings in relief in 7/4 loss to Ocean State...RHP Brett Graves allowed one run in seven inning and McKeithan, Jones and LF Ben Roberts all had two hits in 7/5 win over Plymouth...LHP Brett Lilek and RHP Joe Iorio combined to shutout Mystic in Game 1 7/6 win. DH Ben Roberts had three hits...CF Timmy Robinson hit a 2-run homer in Game 2 7/6 loss to Mystic

Cat Tales- SteepleCat bullpen held Plymouth to one run in five innings in 7/3 road loss...1B Bryan Soloman had three hits and 2 RBI and LHP Trevor Scott threw 4 innings of two-hit, shutout ball in 7/4 win over Laconia in front of 5,279 fans...LHP Scott Squier allowed four hits in eight innings and 2B Joe Landi had three hits in 7/5 win over Vermont...SS Daniel Bick and C Jacob Huckaby each had 2 hits and scored a run in Gm 1 loss at Keene 7/6...C Cody Doyle homered, RF Vinny Zarrillo and 2B Joe Landi each had two hits in 7/6 Gm 2 loss to Keene

Wave Crests- RHP Jimmy Duff threw six shutout innings and 3B Caden Bailey had three hits and an RBI in 7/1 win at New Bedford...1B Chris King had GW 10th inning RBI single, SS Christian Muscarello had three hits and 2 RBI and 1B Pat Quinn had three hits and three RBI in 7/3 win at Danbury. Waves 'pen combined to throw 5 shutout innings...DH Shaun McGraw had two doubles and 2 RBI and 2B Reed Gamache homered and singled in 7/4 win at Newport...CF Mike Gerber and INF Chris King each had 2 hits and an RBI in 7/5 win over Sanford. Closer RHP Oliver Powers ran his shutout innings streak to six...DH Shaun McGraw, C Chris King and 1B Dalton DeNatale all had 2 hits and an RBI- King had 2- in game 1 win over Saratoga 7/6...SS Christian Muscarello had a double, single and RBI in Gm 2 loss to Saratoga 7/6

Pilgrims Progress- LHP Jeffrey Springs, RHP Alex Farina and RHP Travis Stout combined to fan 12 and hold North Adams to four hits in 7/3 win. CF Andrew Santomauro scored three runs...RHP Will Nimke lowered his ERA to 1.93 with two shutout innings in 7/5 loss at Newport...Plymouth bullpen threw six shutout innings, CF Andrew Santomauro had three hits and 1B Vin Guglietti had a 2-run 11th inning double in 7/6 win over New Bedford

Maine Events- LF Sam Balzano reached base three times and had an RBI in 7/2 loss at New Bedford...SS Troy Black and RF Jake Thomas each had two hits and an RBI in 7/5 loss at Ocean State...2B Will Cooper had two hits and Mainer bullpen threw four innings of shutout, two-hit baseball in 7/6 loss to Laconia

Brigade Drills- 3B Matt Beaty homered, doubled, singled twice and drove in five in 7/3 win at Holyoke. DH Dylan Butler and 1B Duncan Wendel also had three hits each...C Brian O'Keefe had 2 hits and an RBI and CF Zachary Zott reached base four times in 7/4 extra inning loss to Keene...2B Zach Looney had an RBI and reached base three times and RHP Griffin Krieg, LHP Andy Cox and RHP Cameron Tekker combined to throw a three hit shutout at Danbury 7/5...RF Brian Taylor hit two homers in Gm 1 loss to Ocean State 7/6...Taylor had three hits, Looney homered and Tekker pitched a perfect inning for a save in Gm 2 7/6 win over Ocean State

Mountaineer Peaks- CF Pat Weise homered and RHP John Miles and RHP John Nasshan combined for three-hit, 8 strikeout shutout in win over Danbury 6/30...3B Brad Kaczka and SS Thomas Roulis each had 3 hits and an RBI in 7/2 win over Holyoke...RHP Cameron Sorgie allowed four hits and fanned seven in 6.1 inning ND in 7/5 loss at North Adams...RHP Trey Oest threw a complete game two hitter and DH Kyle Smith hit a 2-run homer in Gm 1 7/6 win at Danbury...1B AJ Ryan homered and DH Scott Donley had two hits in Gm 2 7/6 loss at Danbury

Prior Player and Pitcher of the Week Winners

6/15- C Tyler Boyd (Mystic) and LHP Scott Squier (North Adams)

6/22- OF Zander Weil (Sanford) and RHP Cameron Sorgie (Vermont)

6/29- INF Adam Touhey (Mystic), INF Stever Anderson (Newport and LHP Nathan Kirby (Keene)

Alumni Notes- Ranger closer Joe Nathan was selected as an MLB All-Star for the sixth time in his career 7/6...C Tom Murphy (Holyoke '11) was named the South Atlantic League Player of the Week for the second time in three weeks. A SAL All-Star, Murphy is hitting .329 with 17 homers and 65 RBI....Reds C Ryan Hanigan (Lowell '01) caught Homer Bailey's no-hitter against San Francisco on 7/2. Hanigan was also behind the dish for Bailey's September 2012 no-hitter...1B Chris Colabello (Lowell '04), 2B and MVP Jim Negrych (Keene '04) and LHP Andrew Albers (Torrington '06) will all represent the International League in the Triple-A All-Star game. The NECBL has had an All-Star this season at every level of the Minor Leagues...OF Cole Gillespie (North Adams '05) became the 40th NECBL alum to see Major League action this season when he started for San Francisco against Los Angeles 7/5...Several NECBL alumni were selected to the Atlantic League's July 9th All-Star Game. RHP Jason Bergmann (Danbury '01), LHP Chris Cody (Manchester '04) and OF Andres Perez (Torrington '05 and '06) represented the Freedom Division. OF Cyle Hankerd (Newport '05) and RHP Jeff Fulchino (Keene '99-'00) represented the Liberty Division



New England Collegiate Baseball League Stories from July 7, 2013


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