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July 14, 2013 - New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) News Release


Player of the Week

OF Ben Roberts

Junior, Newport Gulls

Washington State University

Missoula, MT

In five games this week, where Newport went 4-1, Roberts got a hit and scored a run in every single contest. He had four multi-hit games in the week, batting .429 with three doubles, a home run and five RBI

Pitcher of the Week

RHP Michael Burke

Senior, Holyoke Blue Sox

University of Buffalo

Cleveland, OH

Burke, who ranks in the top three in both strikeouts and ERA, threw two outstanding games this week. He struck out eight and allowed one run in seven walk-free innings to beat New Bedford on 7/7. Six days later, Burke threw a complete game, nine inning shutout, striking out 11, against Sanford.

Honorable Mention

1B Steve Anderson (Georgetown/Newport)- Hit .353 (6-for-17) with five doubles, a homer and seven RBI

OF Jacob Bruce (Kennesaw State/Holyoke)- Hit .500 (11-for-22) with three doubles and three walks

1B Eric Gutierrez (Texas Tech/Keene)- Hit .333 with two doubles, a homer and five RBI in five games

1B Ryan McBroom (West Virginia/Laconia)- Hit .435 (10-for-23) with a homer, two doubles and five RBI

RHP Adrian Benitez (Barry/Saratoga)- Earned the win against North Adams on 7/12 with a nine-inning complete game where he allowed just one run on four hits and fanned eight

LHP Matthew Clancy (St. John's/Keene) -In two appearances, Clancy threw six shutout innings, fanning eight and earning the win on 7/8 against Plymouth

LHP Nick Poore (Sanford/Boston College)- Earned the win on 7/8 with a six-inning, one-hit shutout appearance against Mystic where he struck out eight

RHP Chris Williams (North Carolina State/Saratoga)- Threw a complete game, shutout, striking out five and yielding three hits on 7/13 against Laconia

All-Stars: The participants for the 20th annual NECBL All-Star game and skills competition were announced on Sunday, July 14th. The game will be held at Laconia's Robbie Mills Field at 6:00 on July 21st. Details for the day's agenda as well as the selections can be found on www.necbl.com

Team by Team Notes

Points Westerner- CF Daniel Spingola homered and the Danbury bullpen pitched four shutout innings in 7/8 win over Holyoke...Spingola had three hits, SS Alexander Cruz homered and drove in three and 3B Riley Palmer, 1B Alex Tuccio and LF Eric Yavarone all had two hits and an RBI in 7/9 win over Saratoga...Cruz had two RBI and 2B Christopher Riopedre had two hits in 7/11 loss at Holyoke...1B Greg Pezzuto and 3B Johnny Caputo had two hits in 7/12 loss to Newport...RF Zachary Blanden had GW-10th inning RBI single, CF Daniel Spingola had three hits and Westerner bullpen threw four shutout, one hit innings in extra inning 7/13 win at Vermont

Holyoke Happenings- RHP Michael Burke fanned eight in seven one-run innings and CF Jacob Bruce doubled and had two singles in 7/7 win at New Bedford...CF Jacob Bruce had two doubles and a single, C Justin Morhardt homered and DH Joel Fisher had two hits and an RBI in 7/8 loss at Danbury...Bruce had three hits and Fisher drove in two in 13 inning loss to Keene 7/9...RHP Jordan Kutzer threw six shutout innings and 2B Brendan Hendriks hit a walk-off double in 7/11 win over Danbury...SS Matt Reida had two hits and RHP Nicolas Sanchez struck out the side in 7/12 loss to Laconia...RHP Michael Burke threw an 11 strikeout shutout in 7/13 win over Sanford.. C Justin Morhardt had a double and single

Bats Bits- DH Daniel Nichols, 1B Eric Gutierrez and 3B Zach Lucas all homered in 7/8 win over Plymouth. Lucas drove in five and Gutierrez drove in four in the game...RHP John Birkbeck allowed 2 base runners in 3.1 shutout innings, 3B Matt Ford had three hits and LF Ryan Lukach tripled, singled and drove in two in 7/9 win at Holyoke...LHP Nathan Kirby fanned eight in five innings, CF J.P Sportman homered and RF Brian O'Grady and DH Steve Swingle both had two hits and two RBI in 7/11 win over New Bedford...Sportman homered, SS Matt Ford had two hits and Bats bullpen threw three shutout, one-hit innings in 7/12 win over Vermont...RHP Sam Triece threw 3.1 shutout, one hit innings and 3B Robbie Cafiero had two hits and two RBI in 7/13 loss to North Adams

Muskrat Mullings- CF Joe Torres had a 2-RBI double in 7/7 loss to Sanford...1B Ryan McBroom and 3B Taylor Drake both homered and RHP Peter Lenstrohm allowed one run in 7.2 innings in 7/9 win at Mystic...LF Jordan Lee and 2B Kaleb Barlow had two hits in 7/10 loss at Ocean State...McBroom had two hits and two RBI, Lee had two hits and the Muskrat bullpen faced one batter over the minimum in 3.0 innings in 7/11 win over Sanford...McBroom had three hits, Torres had two hits and 5 Muskrats combined to pitch a shutout win over Holyoke 7/12...RHPs Josh Prevost and Dylan Parker threw a three hitter in 7/13 Gm 1 win over Saratoga...1B Ryan McBroom had hits in both games of 7/13 double header split vs. Saratoga

Mystical Musings- LHP Michael Eckerle allowed two hits in six innings and DH Tyler Boyd, LF Alec Keller and 1B Nico Darras all homered in 7/7 win over Ocean State...Schooner pitchers allowed one run on six hits and DH Alec Keller had two hits in 1-0 7/8 loss to Sanford...RF Byron Campbell doubled and tripled, and CF Brandon Cipolla singled and tripled in 7/9 loss to Laconia...Keller had three hits and RHP Zachary Albin allowed five baserunners in seven innings in 7/10 win at Plymouth...LF Keaton Flint had three hits, Keller had 11th inning RBI and Schooner bullpen allowed one hit in 5.2 innings in 7/12 win over Sanford...CF Brandon Cipolla had three hits, including a homer, and Mystic plated 8 8th inning runs in 7/13 win over New Bedford. SS Anthony Turgeon also had three hits. RHP Kurt Sowa fanned eight in one-run, 7.1 inning start

Bay Sox Basics- LHP Danny Tyson faced two batters over the minimum in 4 shutout inning ND and 3B Max Nogay had three hits in 7/7 loss to Holyoke...LF Carl Anderson had two hits and 2B Shea Pierce had two hits and 2 RBI in 7/8 loss at Newport...RHP Brendan O'Rourke pitched three perfect innings and RF Adam Witkus had two RBI in 7/11 loss to Keene....RHP Sam Dodge fanned 10 in seven innings and 3B Max Nogay drove in the go-ahead run in Gm 1 7/12 win at Plymouth...CF Ryan Plourde homered and RHP John Lieske allowed two hits in 6-inning complete game Gm 2 loss at Plymouth 7/12...1B Chris Shaw hit his fourth homer in 7/13 loss to Mystic

LeGull Proceedings- 1B Steve Anderson had two doubles and RHP Tyler Ferguson allowed one run in six innings in ND loss to Plymouth 7/7...RF Ben Roberts had a double and single, and Anderson had two doubles and 2 RBI in 7/8 win over New Bedford...INF Adrian English had three hits, 3B Joel McKeithan drove in three runs, seven Gulls had multi-hits and Gull pitching allowed five hits in a shutout win over North Adams 7/11...RHP Brett Graves threw six shutout innings, 1B Steve Anderson homered and CF Cody Jones, SS Trace Tam Sing and RF Ben Roberts all had multiple hits in 7/12 win over Danbury...Gull bullpen threw four shutout innings, Tam Sing had three hits and Roberts homered in 7/13 win at Ocean State

Cat Tales- RHP Tobias Schwartz lowered his ERA to 1.86 with 1.1 shutout innings in 7/11 loss to Newport ...RF Joe Landi raised his batting average to .333 in Gm 1 loss to Saratoga 7/12...1B Brad Anderson and 3B Garrett Tuck had two hits and an RBI, LF John Razzino had two RBI and 'Cat bullpen allowed one run in 5.2 innings in Gm 2 win over Saratoga 7/12...1B Brad Anderson homered and drove in three, Cat bullpen threw 3.2 shutout, one-hit innings and CF Kyle Richardson doubled and tripled in 7/13 win over Keene

Wave Crests- LHP Nicholas Cooney retired all five batters he faced in 7/7 loss to Mystic...CF Mike Gerber and LF Shaun McGraw homered, and Waves bullpen threw 3.1 shutout innings in 7/10 win over Laconia...Gerber, 3B Caden Bailey and SS Christian Muscarello all recorded two hits in 7/11 loss to Plymouth...3B Caden Bailey had a homer, double and four RBI in 7/13 loss to Newport

Pilgrims Progress- DH Bobby Melley had three RBI, and CF Andrew Santomauro and 2B Steven Patterson reached base three times in 7/7 win over Newport....RF Ryan Stephens had three hits and 1B Vin Guglietti had an RBI double in 7/8 loss to Keene...LF Jacob Robson had three hits and 3B Adam Young had two hits and two RBI in 7/9 loss at Sanford...Pilgrims' bullpen of RHPs Sean Prihar and Travis Stout allowed one base runner in three shutout innings in 7/10 loss to Mystic...Robson had three hits, Stephens drove in two runs and Stout recorded his sixth save in 7/11 win at Ocean State...2B Steven Patterson had two hits and Pilgrim pitching held New Bedford to just three hits in Gm 1 7/12 loss...1B Vin Guglietti homered and RHP Mike Adams fanned three of his five batters for save in Gm 2 7/12 win over New Bedford

Maine Events- SS Troy Black had three hits and 3 RBI, 2B Will Cooper homered and had 5 RBI and 1B Nic Wilson homered and singled in 7/7 win at Laconia...LHP Nick Poore allowed two base runners in six shutout innings and 3B Nate LaPointe drove in game's only run in 7/8 win at Mystic...INF Connor Castellano had three hits and three RBI, while Wilson and C Cole Martin both had two hits and two RBI in 7/9 win over Plymouth...LF Sam Balzano and C Nate LaPointe had two hits in 7/11 loss to Laconia...LHP Steven Rice fanned six in three one-hit innings, and Wilson and Balzano had two hits in 7/12 loss to Mystic...Balzano had two hits in 7/13 loss at Holyoke

Brigade Drills- RHP Jake Steffens threw six innings of shutout ball and SS Craig McConaughy had two hits and two RBI in 7/7 win over Vermont...McConaughy and 3B Zach Looney had two hits and an RBI, and 2B Jordan Striegel homered and drove in two in 7/9 loss to Danbury...INF Matt Beaty had two RBI, RF Brian Taylor had two hits and two RBI and RHP Adrian Benitez threw a complete game four hitter in Gm 1 win over North Adams 7/12...C Gage Green reached base three times and LF Dylan Butler had two RBI in Gm 2 7/12 loss to North Adams...OF Dylan Butler homered and RHP Chris Williams threw a shutout three hitter in Gm 2 win over Laconia 7/13. 1B Matt Beaty had two hits in game one loss

Mountaineer Peaks- LF Scott Donley had two hits and an RBI in 7/7 loss to Saratoga ...Vermont bullpen threw 2.2 shutout innings and CF Pat Weise reached base three times and scored in 7/12 loss to Keene...SS Thomas Roulis had two hits and LHP David Hickey threw three shutout innings in relief in extra inning 7/13 loss to 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)

7/6- OF J.P. Sportman (Keene) and RHP Kurt Sowa (Mystic)

Alumni Notes- RHP Mike Augliera (Danbury '10) was the Carolina Pitcher of the Week after he threw eight shutout, four hit innings against the Carolina Mudcats on Independence Day....Joe Nathan (Fairfield '94) needs three saves to move into 11th place in MLB's all-time list...the Miami Marlins recalled Tom Koehler (Keene '05), who had made 10 starts for them this year, on 7/13...the Chicago Cubs claimed OF Cole Gillespie (North Adams '05) off of waivers on 7/13



New England Collegiate Baseball League Stories from July 14, 2013


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