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July 21, 2013 - New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL) News Release


Player of the Week

OF Ryan Lukach

Junior, Keene Swamp Bats

University of Hartford

Hillsborough, NJ

In seven games this week, each one of them a Keene win, Lukach hit .520 (13-for-25) with three homers, six RBI, two doubles and two steals. He had consecutive three hit games on July 15th and 16th against Saratoga and Danbury, and followed it up by missing hitting for the cycle by a triple against Danbury on the 19th.

Pitcher of the Week

RHP Brian Hunter

Senior, Keene Swamp Bats

University of Hartford

West Hartford, CT

In 9.1 innings this week, Hunter allowed just four hits, no earned runs and fanned 13. He threw 2.1 scoreless innings in Keene's 7/15 win over Saratoga and then earned his stripes two days later, beating Plymouth 1-0 with a 10 strikeout, three hit shutout performance. Hunter walked just two on the week.

Honorable Mention

INF Zach Lucas (Keene/Louisville)- Hit .462 (18-for-39) with three homers, two doubles and seven RBI

C Max Nogay (New Bedford/West Virginia)- Hit .385 (10-for-26) with a homer, three doubles and seven RBI

OF Evan Ocello (Ocean State/Holy Cross)- Hit .500 (11-for-22) with three homers, three doubles, six RBI and a pair of stolen bases

C Christopher Travers (New Bedford/Roger Williams)- Hit .500 (10-for-20), drove in five runs and reached base and had a .643 on base percentage

RHP Nick Neumann (Keene/Central Connecticut State)- In 15 innings of work, allowed two runs and just five hits and one walk, striking out nine. Neumann got one win and a no decision

RHP Brendan O'Rourke (New Bedford/Franklin Pierce)- Allowed four base runners in 6.2 shutout innings, striking out 10

RHP Dylan Parker (Laconia/USC Lancaster)- Allowed no earned runs and scattered just three hits in 8.2 innings

RHP Doug Willey (North Adams/Franklin Pierce)- In four appearances out of the bullpen, Willey didn't allow a hit in five innings pitch. He got the win July 18th against Danbury

All-Stars: The participants for the 20th annual NECBL All-Star game and skills competition 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

New Manager for Ocean State- The Ocean State Waves promoted assistant coach Rian McCarthy to manager and head coach effective July 14th following the dismissal of former manager Phil Davidson. McCarthy is an assistant for UMass Dartmouth.

Team by Team Notes

Points Westerner- RHPs Rob Blanc and Neil Fryer combined to throw a shutout and CF Daniel Spingola had three hits in 7/14 win at Plymouth...RF Jonathan Testani hit a pinch-hit 3-run homer and 2B Bryan Perlmutter scored twice and drove in a run in 7/16 extra inning loss to Keene...LF Zachary Blanden doubled, singled and drove in a run in 7/18 extra inning loss to North Adams...DH Anthony Tuccio had two hits and a walk in Gm 1 7/19 loss at Keene...Spingola tripled and singled, and Perlmutter had two hits in Gm 1 7/20 loss at North Adams

Holyoke Happenings- 3B Brendan Hendriks had two hits and C Joel Fisher had three RBI in 7/14 loss to New Bedford...Hendriks and C Justin Morhardt had two hits, and 3B Michael Burke had three tallies in 7/15 loss to Ocean State...RHP Jordan Kutzer allowed one earned run in seven innings, Burke and Morhardt had two hits each and CF Jacob Bruce had an RBI triple in 7/17 loss to Vermont...RHP Jordan Hillyer yielded just two hits in eight innings, and Holyoke did not strike out in tough 2-0 loss to Mystic 7/18...RHPs Christopher Joiner and Bryan Goossens threw five shutout innings out of the bullpen in 7/19 loss to North Adams ...Hendriks had two hits and an RBI, and 2B Joseph Carcone had three hits and an RBI in 7/20 loss to Saratoga...RHP Henry Van Zant threw a two-hit shutout, fanning seven and C Dillon Hamlin had two hits and an RBI in 7/20 win at Saratoga

Bats Bits- RHP Nicholas Kozlowski allowed one run and four hits in six innings, and 1B Daniel Nichols and 3B Robbie Cafiero each doubled, singled and drove in at least one run in 7/14 win at North Adams...3B Zach Lucas had five hits, LF Ryan Lukach had three hits and four other Swamp Bats had two hits each in Gm 1 7/15 win over Saratoga...RHP Nick Neumann allowed two hits in eight shutout innings, 3B Zach Lucas missed the cycle by a triple and DH Steve Swingle homered and drove in two in Gm 2 7/15 win over Saratoga...2B Matt Ford hit a 3-run 11th inning homer en route to driving in six, OF Ryan Lukach and 3B Zach Lucas each doubled and singled twice and LHP Nathan Kirby fanned nine in six innings in 7/16 win at Danbury...RHPs Brian Hunter and Sam Triece threw a five-hit shutout and RF Brian O'Grady hit a homer for game's only run in 7/17 win over Plymouth...LHP Matthew Clancy and RHP James Connell threw four innings of one-hit baseball, Lucas had three hits, Nichols drove in two and RF Zach Lauricella homered in 7/18 win over Vermont...2B Zach Lucas homered and drove in three, CF Ryan Lukach missed the cycle by a triple and 1B Daniel Nichols hit a grand slam in Gm 1 7/19 win over Danbury...Bats won seventh in a row when RHP Paul Covelle allowed one run in six innings and CF J.P. Sportman doubled, singled and drove in two in Gm 2 7/19 win over Danbury...RHP Nick Neumann allowed one earned run in seven innings and RF Brian O'Grady doubled and drove in two as Keene won their ninth in a row in a 7/20 win at Vermont

Muskrat Mullings- 3B Joey Bielek had two doubles and an RBI, RF Jake Peevyhouse had two hits and two RBI and CF Joe Torres singled twice and stole his 19th base in 7/14 loss to Newport...RHP Nicholas Kevlin allowed three hits in six shutout innings, 1B Ryan McBroom homered and LF Jordan Lee had two hits and a steal in 7/15 win over Mystic...C Carter White had 10th inning RBI single and RHPs Dylan Parker and Ryan Tezak threw three innings of shutout, one-hit ball in 7/16 win at Newport...2B Joey Bielek homered and had two doubles, 1B Ryan McBroom had a two-run double and LHP Nevin Wilson allowed three hits in 5.2 innings in 7/17 win over New Bedford...White and Torres each had two hits and an RBI in Gm 1 7/18 win at Plymouth...SS Tyler Campbell homered and CF Joe Torres reached base four times in 7/19 loss to Sanford...RHP Dylan Parker threw six shutout innings and yielded just two hits and LF Jordan Lee had a triple and three RBI in 7/20 loss at Sanford

Mystical Musings- CF Brandon Cipolla had RBI single in 7/15 loss to Laconia...SS Anthony Turgeon had two hits and PH Byron Campbell drove in lone run in 2-1 7/16 loss at New Bedford...2B Alec Keller homered and singled, Campbell drove in two, 1B Nico Darras singled twice and Mystic pitchers surrendered just six hits in 7/17 win at Ocean State...DH Tyler Boyd singled twice and drove in a run and LHP Tucker Panciera threw six shutout innings in 7/18 win at Holyoke...LF Keaton Flint had two hits in 7/19 loss to Ocean State...2B Alec Keller and DH Tyler Boyd each singled and doubled, and Boyd drove in two in 7/20 loss to New Bedford

Bay Sox Basics- LF Carl Anderson had three hits and three RBI, C Christopher Travers had two hits and an RBI and 3B Max Nogay had two hits and scored twice in 7/14 win at Holyoke...Sox pitchers held Mystic to five hits, and LF Alex Witkus had three hits and two steals in 7/16 walk off win against Mystic...Travers reached base three times in 7/17 loss at Laconia...RHP Sam Dodge allowed two hits in six innings, CF Ryan Plourde had four hits and drove in three, SS Lane Richards and Travers had three hits while Travers and 2B Shea Pierce each drove in two in Gm 1 7/18 win over Saratoga...Anderson had three hits and Nogay, Plourde and Richards all had two tallies in Gm 2 7/18 loss to Saratoga...OF Carl Anderson had two hits, Travers had a two-run double and Ps Brendan O'Rourke and Jeremy Perron fanned six in three shutout innings in 7/19 win at Vermont...3B Max Nogay missed the cycle by a triple and drove in five, LF Alex Witkus had three hits and 1B Chris Shaw drove in two in 7/20 win over Mystic

LeGull Proceedings- RHP Darin Gillies allowed one run in six walk-free innings, and 7 of the Gulls got a hit in 7/14 win at Laconia...INFs Trace Tam Sing and Adrian English each had two hits in Gm 1 7/15 loss at Sanford...RHP Tyler Ferguson scattered four hits in seven innings, English doubled and singled twice and C Austin Barr drove in three in Gm 2 7/15 win at Sanford...RF Ben Roberts homered and RHP Sean Hartnett threw seven innings of one hit ball in 7/16 loss to Laconia...LHP James Mulry fanned seven in 5.2 shutout innings, SS Trace Tam Sing had three hits and drove in three and RF Ben Roberts homered and drove in three in 7/17 win over Sanford...English had two doubles and two RBI, and four Gulls combined to fan 14 in a shutout win over Saratoga 7/19...C Austin Barr clubbed two homers and drove in four in 7/20 win at Plymouth

Cat Tales- RHP Tobias Schwartz faced the minimum in 3 innings and LF John Razzino doubled and scored twice in 7/14 loss to Keene...C Kevin Martir doubled and singled in 7/16 loss at Saratoga...2B Joe Landi had four hits, three steals and scored the winning run in the 10th inning, DH Kevin Martir socked a three-run homer and the Cats' bullpen allowed just one run in five innings in 7/18 win at Danbury...C Jacob Huckaby reached base three times and four Cat pitchers combined to throw a three hit shutout in 7/19 win over Holyoke...DH Brad Anderson hit a walk-off grand slam in Gm 1 7/20 win over Danbury...RHP Michael Murphy allowed one run and fanned eight in seven innings in Gm 2 7/20 win over Danbury

Wave Crests- LHP Daniel Ludwig, RHP Matthew Cook and LHP Nicholas Cooney combined to throw a four hit shutout, RF Evan Ocello homered twice and INFs Caden Bailey and Dalton DiNatale both homered in 7/14 win vs. Mystic...Ocello doubled, singled twice and drove in 2 and Waves bullpen allowed just one run in five innings in 7/15 win at Holyoke...C Nick Sebastian homered and CF Evan Ocello and 2B Reed Gamache each had two hits in 7/16 win over Sanford...Pat Quinn hit a pinch hit homer and Waves bullpen threw three shutout innings in 7/17 loss to Mystic...Waves bullpen threw three shutout innings and RF Evan Ocello had two doubles and RBI in 7/18 loss at Sanford...All three outfielders- Ocello, Shaun McGraw and Mike Gerber- homered and Ps James Bessell, Daniel Ludwig and Austin French combined to throw a shutout, five-hitter in 7/19 win over Mystic

Pilgrims Progress- LF Jacob Robson and RF Ryan Stephens had two hits, and LHP Tyler Honahan didn't allow an earned run in six innings in 7/14 loss at Danbury...SS Blake Lacey hit his eighth double of the summer in Gm 1 7/16 loss to Vermont...1B Vin Guglietti homered and singled, and RHP Travis Stout recorded his 7th save with a shutout inning in Gm 2 7/16 win against Vermont...RHP Mike Adams fanned eight, and took a no-hitter into the seventh in tough luck 1-0 loss at Keene 7/17...1B Daniel Fratus hit a three-run homer and Lacey had three hits in G, 1 7/18 loss to Laconia...RHPs Harrison Stanwyck and Sean Prihar threw a three hit shutout, RF Ryan Stephens had three hits and drove in three and 1B Vin Guglietti doubled twice and drove in two in 7/18 Gm 2 win over Laconia...RF Ryan Stephens homered and RHP Michael Meszoros gave up one hit in four innings in 7/20 loss to Newport

Maine Events- RF Anthony Papio doubled and singled, and the Mainers held Newport to one run on five hits in Gm 1 7/15 win....Papio homered in Gm 2 loss to Newport 7/15...SS Troy Black, C Cole Martin and 2B Anthony Simon all had two hits and an RBI, and RHP Andrew Gallagher retired all 10 batters he faced in 7/16 loss to Ocean State...Papio (3) and C Nate LaPointe (2) combined for five hits in 7/17 loss at Newport...Bullpen threw 5 shutout innings and DH Daniel Nevares hit a 2-run homer in 7/18 win vs. Ocean State...LaPointe homered and drove in four, DH Matthew Verrier doubled and drove in three and SS Troy Black had three hits in 7/19 win at Laconia...Black drove in three, LF Sam Balzano drove in two and four Mainers had multi-hit games in 7/20 win vs. Laconia

Brigade Drills- LF Gage Green, C Brian O'Keefe and 2B Carl Aguirre all had two hits in 7/14 loss at Vermont...LF Dylan Butler had two hits in Gm 1 7/15 loss at Keene....Brigade bullpen allowed one run in three innings and RF Brian Taylor homered in 7/15 Gm 2 loss at Keene...RHP Jonah Philley and LHP Kevin Doherty combined to toss a shutout and CF Jo-El Bennett doubled, singled and drove in two in 7/16 win over North Adams...RF Brian Taylor had two hits and the GW RBI in Gm 2 win over New Bedford 7/18...3B Zach Looney doubled and singled, and LHP Garett Hayward pitched two perfect innings in 7/19 loss at Newport...RF Brian Taylor doubled twice and Taylor and C Brian O'Keefe both drove in two runs in 7/20 win over Holyoke

Mountaineer Peaks- DH Scott Donley had two doubles and two RBI, CF Chandler Brock had three hits and an RBI and the Mountaineers combined for 16 hits in 7/14 win over Saratoga...RHP John Miles and LHP Robert Strader combined to allow one run and SS Thomas Roulis and CF Chandler Brock had two hits in Gm 1 7/16 win at Plymouth...OF Mark Podlas homered and 1B Mike Vigliarolo singled twice and scored a run in Gm 2 7/16 loss at Plymouth...LHP David Hickey fanned nine in six shutout innings, CF Chandler Brock tripled and singled, and Vigliarolo singled twice in 7/17 win at Holyoke...Brock doubled and singled in 7/18 loss at Keene...Brock and LF Scott Donley had two hits each in 7/19 loss to New Bedford...RHP Brandon Alphin fanned seven and allowed just one hit in four innings in 7/20 extra inning loss to Keene

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)

7/13- OF Ben Roberts (Newport) and RHP Michael Burke (Holyoke)

Alumni Notes- 2010 Top Prospect and first overall pick of the MLB Draft RHP Mark Appel (Newport '10) got promoted to the Class A Midwest League...RHP Jason Bergmann (Danbury '01) was signed from the Independent Atlantic League to the Kansas City Royals' Double-A affiliate...OF Rajai Davis (Middletown '01) and RHP Joe Nathan (Fairfield '94) entered the All-Star break ranked in MLB's top five in steals and saves respectively...Nathan recorded the save in the MLB All-Star Game 7/16...Nathan has already recorded his eighth season of 30 saves...Davis is one steal away from his sixth straight season of 25 thefts, and is three away from 250 for his career...The Twins recalled Chris Colabello (Lowell '04) on 7/19. The World Baseball Classic breakout star made his Big League debut for them on May 22nd...The Colorado Rockies promoted RHP Mitchell Boggs (Newport '04) to the Big Leagues on 7/20



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