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Started In 1958 At The Request Of Our Nation’s Baseball Coaches Vol. 62, No. 5 Friday, March 8, 2019 $4.00 Escape From Cuba 40-Day, 10,000 Mile Trip From Hell Ended In Heaven Enroute to United States, Randy Labaut and his parents are detained for 21 days in Mexico until immigration status is settled as family ultimately pays $7,500 fine to continue on to USA.

By LOU PAVLOVICH, JR. Editor/Collegiate Baseball

UCSON, Ariz. — Randy Labaut, along with his mom and dad, escaped from Cuba which took them on a dangerous T40-day journey to the United States in 2010 when he was just 13 years old. It involved 10,000 miles of travel and multiple stops in strange towns with complete strangers as guides in the quest to be in the USA. The plan to leave Cuba had its genesis many years prior as Raul and Ernestina Labaut, Randy’s parents, saved money for years with a goal putting aside $30,000 for this trip. This was extremely difficult to accomplish since Raul and Ernestina only made $20 a month each in this Communist nation on their jobs. Raul was a truck driver while Ernestina worked at a bank. They also earned additional money to supplement this meager income. Ultimately they saved $4,000 over many years. Their biggest asset was their car which they sold for $16,000. The other $10,000 was chipped in by an aunt and cousin who live in the United States. Living In Cuba “I have great memories of Cuba as I grew up,” said Labaut, the University of Arizona’s ace lefthanded . “I lived in a city called Alquizar which is about 40 minutes from Havana. “We have a lot of family members in Cuba. Just prior to the trip, my parents’ property was changed over to a relative so the Cuban government wouldn’t take it from us once we left. “If the property you own is in your name and you leave the country for the USA, then the property is automatically taken by the government. However, if you transfer the property to a family member, they will not take it. “Cubans in general don’t make enough money. My father Raul and mom Ernestina would make $20 each a month, and they utilized all that for food. “What your house looks like never mattered. What was important was having food on the table. “There were many things they did to make more money. If you work on a job, the most amount of money you typically earn in Cuba is $20 a month due to Communist rule. “What many people did for extra money was illegal. For example, if you work at a pharmacy, you have your normal job of filling prescriptions. But they also would sell medicine for extra income to people on the side. “My brother Raul, Jr. served in the military which everyone is forced to do when they turn 18. He would tell us horrible things that officers would do to the soldiers. “Soldiers were sleep deprived and worked long, long hours. Officers didn’t care about them. “The food was horrible. People from Cuba hate their time in the military. That is another reason my parents wanted us to get of Cuba. They did not want me to serve in the military and suffer like Photo by Lou Pavlovich/Collegiate Baseball Arizona LHP Randy Labaut experienced wild trip to USA from Cuba. See CHALLENGING JOURNEY TO USA, Page 2

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(14 total issues) by Collegiate Baseball Newspaper, Inc., 2515 baseball academy in Cuba where he It began with a plane flight from N. Stone Ave., Tucson, AZ 85705. Periodicals postage paid at Tucson, AZ. practiced five hours a day and went Havana to Peru and then to Brazil. to school for two hours. Then they flew back to Peru, on to “You would wake up and have Costa Rica and then to Guatemala Postmaster: Send address changes to: breakfast at 7:30 a.m. and then go where a paid guide picked them up Collegiate Baseball to practice from 9-2 where it’s all and took them to a bus station. P.O. Box 50566 Tucson, AZ 85703 baseball. Then from 2-4, you went “The bus trip took 6-8 hours to the border of Guatemala and to school. Overnight Mail: 2515 N. 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You became was robbed at gunpoint. address — $110 (save $198 off the single subscription price), and 21 papers each issue sent to one address — $189 (save $399). great at the fundamentals because “I have no idea what we would RANDY LABAUT have done if our money was taken Other Multiple Subscription Offers: Please inquire with sub- of all this work. scription department at (520) 623-4530. “I was fortunate my cousin in and can apply it to a real job of your away from us that we had for Cuba sent me a pair of cleats once a choosing. the rest of the trip. We were very year and also a glove. I didn’t have “Leaving Cuba was important to fortunate. While much of the money Directory a bat. I used whatever the coaches my parents because they had been had already been utilized for plane had. 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This completely caught didn’t know. education and be able to pursue him off guard. “A stranger picked us up and what I wanted in life. They knew His only brother Raul, Jr. was took us to a house at about 3 in the 2019 Publication Schedule that if we stayed in Cuba, I wouldn’t serving in the Cuban military at the morning. be able to advance in life. It was the time and couldn’t leave. January 4 March 8 May 3 September 6 “It was black outside, and January 25 March 22 May 17 October 4 same with my brother. Randy had no idea that his it looked like a homeless house. February 8 April 5 June 14 April 19 July 12 “The crazy thing about Cuba is mom and dad had orchestrated an Frankly, we were all a little scared February 22 that if you go to a university in Cuba elaborate plan for years that would of the situation because we were and study to be an engineer or other take him and his parents to the trusting a complete stranger to highly regarded job, there are times United States. guide us. Moving? when you don’t even end up with It would be the start of a “We slept on a concrete floor Make Sure CB Moves Along With You! that job when you graduate. harrowing 40-day journey over for a few hours before we were To change your address, please write us 30 days in advance if “You might be driving a taxi 10,000 miles to the United States. awakened by another man who took because there is no engineering The way the Labauts designed you can. Mail to: Collegiate Baseball Newspaper us to the Suchiate River which is Dept. Address Change job available. That’s the beauty of their escape to the U.S. was to plan the border between Guatemala and being in the United States. You can a fictitious trip to live in Angola in P.O. Box 50566 Mexico.” Tucson, Ariz. 85703 literally study anything you want Central Africa. In order to get across the river to the Mexican side from Guatemala, 1. Please print OLD address here. people have constructed special NAME flotation devices that are made of STREET APT. # two tractor tire inner tubes and CITY STATE ZIP wood planks tied to them. “We got to the river, and got on DATE OF the wooden platform on top of the MOVE: inner tubes as he literally guided us across the river to the Mexico 2. Please print NEW address here. side. NAME “Once we were on land again STREET APT. # now in Mexico, we got a taxi to CITY STATE ZIP take us to the bus station. From there, we were on the last major leg of our trip to Tijuana (1,425 miles be outside on a playground and Flies To Tijuana away) which is on the U.S./Mexico also certain times where you were The Labauts then went to the border.” allowed to shower. local airport and boarded a plane Sent To Jail For 21 Days “But it was extremely difficult to Tijuana which was a 3 1/2 hour Unfortunately, the bus being locked up with a bunch of flight. Their cousin from California was stopped at a immigration kids you didn’t know for 21 days picked them up. checkpoint in Chiapas, Mexico in a foreign country without your “She immediately took us to where everyone’s documents were parents being there. the U.S./Mexico border where we thoroughly checked. “Those 21 days seemed like a filled out forms for 10 hours as we “All three of us were essentially year. I had no idea when we would filed for political asylum. When thrown in jail because we were be released.” that was approved, we were free illegally in Mexico. Randy said Mexican authorities to drive across the border into the “I was separated from my parents had the option of sending his family United States.” for 21 days, and I was only 13 years back to Cuba or giving them a Randy and his parents were old. fine and allowing them to be in elated the long journey was almost “I was in a holding facility Mexico. over. mainly with delinquent youths, If they had been send back to As their cousin drove them and I was the youngest one there. Cuba, there was the real possibility across the border into the USA, A lot of the kids were related gang that they would serve jail time. they stopped at a McDonalds to members. “We ran into a lot of Cubans have some food. “There were other kids from on our trip. Many got sent back to “I vividly remember going other countries who were trying to Cuba, and they had to serve time in through the drive in quickly to get make their way to the United States jail. I believe they had to serve two some food, and it was delicious. as well. or three months in prison. “It was a huge relief to be in “ I cried every morning in hopes “For some reason, we were the United States after 40 days of seeing my mom and dad. I got allowed to pay a fine of $7,500. We of travel. We knew we would SURVIVES DIFFICULT ORDEAL — The Labaut family is to see my dad an hour a day. But didn’t have that amount of money eventually make it because so enjoying life in the United States now after navigating a 40-day, by crying like that, I got to see my with us at the time with the other many Cubans had done the same 10,000 mile trip from Cuba to the United States. Left to right is mom more the first week I was in expenses we had. thing. We just had to be patient. father Raul, Randy and mom Ernestina. 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Collegiate Baseball Nobody Better At Videos Than Bertman The Voice Of Amateur Baseball BATON ROUGE, La. — One of usually get clearance to use this sort the greatest baseball coaches of all of material by contacting people time was LSU’s Skip Bertman. Around The Horn locally who get the proper OKs He led the Tigers to five NCAA from those programs. Division I national titles during his With “As long as I’m not producing 18 year coaching tenure. them for income, which I never did, OPINION Bertman was without a doubt the no one has had a problem with me most innovative baseball coach in doing this. Publisher: Lou Pavlovich, Jr. Lou Pavlovich “They are not for sale and the Editor: Lou Pavlovich, Jr. history with video techniques he utilized for his team. only people who have seen them Many of the videos and words were my teams at LSU and the U.S. which accompanied his videos were Olympic baseball team. The Topic: geared toward the team. “People constantly told me I Launch Angle Philosophy “We wanted them to reach ought to sell them (motivational Each issue, Collegiate Baseball explores a major a common goal of one,” said Mantle. videos). But you can’t. development in the world of baseball. This issue’s Bertman. “They all should have read Gone “At the very end of each video editorial explains why hitting instructors must care- “A lot of it is repetitious. There With The Wind and seen Casa they would say ‘Made Special For fully look at what hitters have done in the past. is nothing wrong with that. A lot of Blanca with Humphrey Bogardt LSU Baseball’ or ‘Made Special it is fun. One video showed Jack and Lauren Bacal. All of them For USA Baseball’. Lazorko, a journeyman pitcher in should have seen the 1948 movie “Each one had an introduction the Major Leagues. He was very classic It’s A Wonderful Life with and an ending. They were strictly With Record Strikeouts, adept at fielding. In this particular Jimmy Stewart. People should see made for those 35 guys at LSU video, it showed half a dozen great those movies. or 20 guys on the U.S. Olympic Pitchers Have Big Edge fielding plays. “Those classics remind me of Baseball Team. In the Feb. 8 edition of Collegiate Baseball, Dr. Coop DeRenne “Whenever a pitcher for us made Roger Maris and his 61st home “Nobody else needed to see them vividly pointed out that strikeouts are becoming a cancer in a great fielding play, someone run, or 3,000 hits for Yastrzemski because it won’t work for anybody baseball. would always yell over to him to or Eddie Murray’s 500th homer. else. It has to be customized and A part of the problem is the launch angle philosophy that is acknowledge his fielding skills. They are classics. done on a continuing basis. Seeing being taught today by many hitting coaches. “Players do pick up on it. It is “Who will bring it back to these it once won’t work for anybody.” Pitchers are exploiting hitters as never before by throwing educational in a sense they learn a athletes if the coach doesn’t do it? Bertman said he made about 60 pitches up in the zone which result in more strikeouts. little bit about the Major Leagues “I used a lot of the videos in customized videos to help motivate Alarmingly in 2018, MLB hitters for the first time in history and how baseball was played in the Ken Burns Baseball . It his players. had more strikeouts than hits. the past. was tremendous. I used a lot of “I probably bought every It was the 11th straight year the total MLB strikeouts have “I liked to show them Bill Major League baseball highlights. important video that has ever been increased. Mazarowski’s memorable home Of course, I used a lot of LSU made. I have gone to stores and In 2005, MLB strikeouts per game were 6.3. In 2018, it has run and Roger Marris’ 61st home highlights as well. purchased videos every chance I grown to 8.5. run. I liked to show them who “I used stuff which has appeared Also, in 2017, 21.6 percent of hitters were retired on strikes. Joe DiMaggio was and Mickey on 60Minutes or other programs. I See BERTMAN, Page 5 In 2018, MLB hitters’ strikeouts per plate appearances grew to 22.6 percent. In 2006, the average MLB batting average was .269. Yet, in 2018, it was .245, the lowest since 1972. During the 2018 NCAA Division I season, the highest amount of strikeouts took place in the past 49 years which came to 7.88 Letters To The Editor per nine innings per game for each team. Change John Smith U.S. Each of the last four years have featured numbers that The Infield Fly Rule was created to prevent the 17 Mockingbird Lane Mail Pullman, WA 99164 have gone over 7.00 which has never happened before in the past defense from executing a tainted play. 49 years in NCAA Division I baseball. The way it currently works takes all the Yes, modern day pitchers have also caused some of the problem pressure off the defense in that any ball with Collegiate Baseball of higher strikeout rates because we see more hard throwers than the Infield Fly Rule in place not caught still means P.O. Box 50566 ever. the batter is out. Tucson, AZ 85703 But at the Major League level, research has shown pitchers are Instead, why not eliminate the confusion the throwing fewer than at any time in last 17 seasons. current rule creates by simply putting the pressure Since 2002, usage has plummeted from 64.4 percent to on the defense? 55.4 percent in 2018. Here’s how I would do it. A new rule can say You can also FAX letters to Furthermore, the data supports that too many modern day hitters that any Infield Fly by definition is a . are not subscribing to the greatest hitters’ two-strike approach the editor or If it is caught, the batter is out. If it is not caught, E-Mail them: philosophy. it is a foul ball no matter where it lands. The greatest hitters’ two-strike approach started with the idea The batter would simply return to the batter’s FAX: E-Mail: (520) 624-5501 [email protected] that the strikeout is not just another at-bat. These great hitters box to continue the at-bat. The new rule would understood that with 2-strikes they need to be (a) slightly defensive be easy for fans, managers and ball players to Collegiate Baseball welcomes letters from — go up the middle and possibly choke up for more bat control and understand. It would still prevent the defense from readers. Letters must include the writer’s (b) emphasize putting the ball in play — minimize the strikeout. trying to execute a tainted . name, address and telephone number. We Jerry Weinstein, baseball’s greatest scientific coach ever, In addition, it would take the pressure off the reserve the right to condense or reject any knows how damaging the strikeout can be for hitters. In a recent umpires and would likely eliminate most Infield letter and to limit frequent writers. commentary, he chimed in that it’s time to plug in the 2-strike Fly-related arguments between umpires and approach that reduces strikeouts and puts more balls in play. coaches/managers. in Sioux Falls, N.D. where Augustana is located. “In approximately 48 percent of at-bats, a batter will be hitting It’s one small way to simplify and speed up Because of this, they typically play their first 13- with two strikes.” play. Under my rule, the team in the field doesn’t 20 games away from home to kick off the season He showed how you can hit .300 by striking out less. earn an out by misplaying an Infield Fly. Clearly which means many long bus rides in treacherous “Let’s say you have 600 at-bats and have 168 hits which equals my rule is kinder to the team . road conditions. a .280 batting average. The batter might have 160 of his 432 outs The existing rule is kinder to the team in the So how does a team in this climate with only as strikeouts. If you cut 60 strikeouts out and only hit .200 (12 hits) field and is pretty much misunderstood by half five athletic scholarships post a 52-9 record and on those 60 balls in play, you will hit .300.” of the players and fans. That chaos has always win the national title in 2018? It seems impossible Hall of Famer Hank Aaron stated: “I went to the plate to put bothered me. to me. the ball in play. I had to give myself a chance to be able to hit .300 So my vote is to favor the team at bat for the Andy Fox and to hit home runs. sake of simplicity and fair play. To me, that’s a Sioux Falls, N.D. “So in order for me to do that, I couldn’t go up to the plate and more productive alternative. It allows for less strikeout that many times. You know, I had to be able to put the confusion and is a better option. ball in play. Regardless of whether it was a single or double, or Terrific Edition Rob Nelson Thank you for such a fine issue on Feb. 8, whatever it was, I had to give myself an opportunity to hit the ball. Portland, Ore. 2019. Who knows what might happen?” I marveled at the perseverance shown by The wheel isn’t broken in hitting. everyone involved with Harris-Stowe State’s So why are we trying to redesign it? Amazing Augustana I really appreciate your article on Augustana baseball program. and how the Vikings won the 2018 NCAA Div. It’s a reminder of the various, acute budget II national title despite overcoming severe issues struggled historically black college university UOTE (Feb. 22, 2018 edition). programs from NAIA to the NCAA Division I level Unquote” They became the northernmost team ever to encounter (along with so many other schools) to “Q win the title and annually battle unbelievably follow their passions. “There are three types of baseball players — those who make it cold weather. Coach Mitch Thompson’s efforts leading happen, those who watch it happen, and those who wonder what Let me recap what your article said about the McLennan Junior College also impressed me. happens.” frigid weather they endure: What a strong foundation he is helping players — Tommy Lasorda From December of 2018 to early February build. of 2019, 69 of the 70 days saw lows below These stories show the blessings that flow as “Baseball gives you every chance to be great. Then it puts every freezing. a result of righteous work, and I’m grateful you pressure on you to prove that you haven’t got what it takes. It never Thirty days were 15 degrees or below and 14 shared them. takes away the chance, and it never eases up on the pressure.” days below zero with a frigid maximum low of -25 Douglas Malan — Joe Garagiola on Jan. 30. The wind chill factor that day was -47 Maple Hill, Conn. Friday, March 8, 2019 Collegiate Baseball Page  Bertman Crafts Incredible Videos For His Teams Continued From Page 4 “It’s all about a hot player like Carl Yastrzemski in 1967 when the had. But I never show our team that Red Sox had the impossible dream. specific video. Then it shows how Bob Gibson “I use parts from a video and was even hotter. It shows Carlton ultimately show them a unique, Fisk of the Red Sox in the greatest I feel using video as an instructional tool customized video which has many game ever played in a World Series instead of writing it on a chalk board is elements. Remember, it has to have in 1975 and what fun it was for “ the LSU heading on it or USA Pete Rose to be involved in that something that helped us tremendously Baseball heading. Then it has to ball game. have the right ending. “It’s all about the pressure Roger at LSU. What makes this so important “You really have to enjoy Maris had when he went through is that kids are so receptive to this type something like this and also have the season of hitting 61 homers. the facilities. I used professionals One tape shows Sandy Koufax of teaching. They may watch 18 hours a on the outside. These guys never and how overpowering he was for week of television which might be three charged me the full price. the Dodgers and retired so young “Yet I could afford to pay for because he wanted to salvage his hours a day. the videos through my foundation arm. They go on and on like that.” account. I would say it is expensive Bertman said the music which — Skip Bertman, to do what I did. is used in his videos makes them Former LSU Head Coach “It probably could be done in a special. lesser fashion. But I wanted those “One tape has Tom Petty’s song videos to be done well. I read a lot. I Won’t Back Down. In this video, From those books, I have compiled our catchers saw numerous blocks a lot of stories. I watch a movie. If at the plate. “After that person received the which make a point. wasn’t as though I threw any video I like it, I take something out of “I made that tape from portions tapes and songs, I go over with him “When I said Roger Bannister up on the screen,” Bertman said. the movie. of 10 other videos. Another video exactly what I want. This person to an LSU player, the immediate Bertman said making such “In our 1996 national champion- featured the song Get Over It by has been doing it for years. response was, ‘Mental barrier’. videos is a huge commitment” by ship game with Miami, I took out the Eagles. It shows hitters getting “He and his assistants understand “When I said Honkers and Wind the team. parts of it which were instructional. robbed and throwing their helmets pretty much what I’m looking for. Breakers (which are Geese), they “But the rewards make it all When Tim Lanier walked with a 3-2 and managers arguing. Some aren’t as good as others, and say everyone must take a turn at worthwhile. to lead off an inning twice, “The idea is to get over it and get then they are re-done. leadership since geese take turns “In all the years I coached they were both big innings. I will to the next at-bat. They all have to “But the bottom line is that they leading the others . baseball, I have never gone to a take mistakes when guys didn’t tag make a point. all accomplish the four-fold goal “When I say Carl Yastrzemski, clinic which had someone discuss up and have them shown. “A great song in one of the which I previously mentioned.” they say impossible dream year video technology in baseball,” said “I feel using video as an videos is Everybody Hurts. It Bertman said stories are in 1967. Bertman. instructional tool instead of writing shows people failing with people important to tell players. “One guy can carry a team. If “In football, there probably it on a chalk board is something that striking out in key situations, field “One of the tapes we have is you say Roger Maris, they say his hasn’t ever been a clinic which helped us tremendously at LSU. goals in football being missed, Roger Bannister running a 4-minute hair fell out or intense pressure. didn’t have some sort of film or “What makes this so important passes being dropped, shots being mile on May 6, 1954. “We look at Pete Rose and how video in some fashion whether it is that kids are so receptive to this missed, Magic Johnson with AIDS, “We then explain one week later he eclipsed ’s record, and be game analysis or motivation. type of teaching. Darryl Strawberry facing his drug two more guys ran the mile under on and on it goes. The learning is In baseball, video is rarely used to “They may watch 18 hours a problem, umpire Steve Palermo and four minutes. tremendous.” demonstrate points, and it is rarely week of television which might be how courageous he was. It shows “By the end of the year, 13 Makes Believer used to show motivation points. three hours a day. how everybody hurts. people had done it. “The reason is that baseball “A lot of that time they tune in “A lot of the tapes center in on Bertman said the late sports “The point of the story is that psychologist Ken Ravizza, who coaches are way behind football to sports. Yet, they don’t know a being a good friend, being a good there was a mental barrier which coaches, who are the best. They lot about the 1967 Boston Red Sox teammate. They all make a point. worked with Team USA when the needed to be conquered. former LSU skipper was involved have the most coaches, the most or who Bob Gibson was for the None of them come as is. 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There could even be STANFORD, Calif. — Stanford’s the placebo effect with people Maverick Handley is one of the elite which sometimes is a powerful catchers in college baseball. effect on people. He also is studying to be an “Time will tell if it really works orthopedic surgeon which requires well or not. a massive amount of academic Beyond biomechanical engineer- study. ing as he prepares for medical Maverick helped the Cardinal school, his other passion in life is achieve a 2.83 team ERA with a catching. .218 opponent batting average last “There is so much to enjoy about season. catching,” said Maverick. He threw out 17 of 26 runners “You are involved with every trying to steal against him last single play on defense. My season. competitive side comes out as I What piqued his interest in , and I want to bury the other becoming an orthopedic surgeon? team. The art of calling pitches can “I broke my left ankle when I make or break pitchers and change was playing basketball at Mullen the outcome of games. High School (Lakewood, Colo.),” “Every game typically involves said Handley. trying to outwit the other team’s “It was the first major injury I batters for three hours and keep ever had, and it was something I hitters off balance. Studying how never experienced before with the you get every batter out with pain involved and recovery time. different pitch sequences is a lot of I was introduced to surgeons at fun, and I enjoy working with our the Steadman Hawkins Clinic in pitchers and coaches in that area. Denver.” “Being totally tuned into your Surgeons and medical personnel pitchers is important as well. If at this clinic work with the Denver one is struggling, you need to go Broncos, Colorado Rockies and the out to the mound and help him U.S. Ski team, among others. through this bump in the road with “I became fascinated with the productive advice. entire process they were explaining “The best way I can describe a to me, and I wanted to be an catcher is what he does involves orthopedic surgeon at that point. a complex recipe to get batter’s It was a super scary time for me as out. Receiving pitches properly anybody knows who goes through is vital so you get more strikes. an injury like a this. The surgeons Also, knowing what the umpire were reassuring and did everything will call behind the plate is crucial in their power to make sure I as well.” recovered properly. Gaining An Edge “It took five months after surgery Maverick explained what gives was performed until I could play him an edge as a catcher. sports again. My ankle came back “I have a good feel for the game 100 percent. While I don’t play and a pitcher’s strengths. A lot basketball anymore, I catch all the of people talk about exploiting time with pressure being on both the weakness of hitters. But a lot ankles as I receive pitches. comes down to what the strength “As a doctor, you can make a of the pitcher has. Even though the huge difference in the lives of many batter can’t hit a , if your people.” pitcher can’t execute a changeup Maverick is majoring in effectively, it would be the wrong biomechanical engineering and pre- call to have him throw this type med in the quest to be an orthopedic of pitch. surgeon. “If a comes up and “There are a lot of science and there is a runner on second base math classes involved. My typical with nobody out, he might be week is a minimum two classes a trying to hit the ball to right field. day. I am in a bio-chemical class So you might have the pitcher bust that meets four times a week. I also him in. attend a math class that meets twice “There are batters with 2-strike a week for two hours each time. Stanford’s Maverick Handley handles pitchers and a huge academic load. adjustments. Certain hitters sit on “Typically I have another class 23 RBI. part of the baseball program at PRP Injections certain pitches. Opponents who with a lab section. I miss one or Maverick was asked what the scout you might know that you two practices a week because of my What he didn’t mention was that Stanford and also being involved he had an on-base percentage of in biomechanical engineering as I cutting edge of medical research is throw back-to-back breaking balls academic load. at this point with helping pitchers but never throw three in a row. So “I can be gone from 9:30 a.m. .360 with 20 walks and 11 hit by gear up for Medical School to be an pitches and only struck out 27 times orthopedic surgeon. who need Tommy John elbow you have to be unpredictable every until 4:30 p.m. straight with classes. surgery or shoulder surgery. single game. Last year I built a fermenter in in 144 at-bats. “The key for me is staying organized with my time and staying “Stem cell research is still well “Our pitchers typically execute one class. In bio-engineering, we Not Overwhelmed In Life behind what most people believe. numerous pitches well, and they Maverick said he never gets on top of my homework. I have genetically engineered cells to The new thing now is PRP (platelet- are hard to handle if the right too overwhelmed as he balances found a great balance between make a metal enhancer. rich plasma therapy) injections pitch sequence is used and proper baseball and biomechanical academics and baseball.” “All of these classes are super where platelets of your blood are locations for pitches. engineering as he prepares to enter Maverick was asked if he would cool as you work with a lot of smart spun out as they are re-injected into “A great example is what Stanford Medical School down like to specialize in Tommy John people. your shoulder or elbow areas for Brendan Beck did in the season the road. surgery and shoulder surgery for “The shortest lab is two hours, baseball players who are injured in opener against Ball State. He was “It really isn’t overwhelming to baseball players and possibly be and the longest one can run five those areas.” incredible as he struck out 11 me. A lot of our players devote a the next Dr. Frank Jobe or Dr. Jim hours. For the 5-hour lab, they let us The costs for PRP injections can batters in 6 1/3 innings. He has great deal of time to baseball and Andrews. out to take mental breaks because range from $500-$2,000. a high 80s fastball and isn’t your struggle to find an identity outside “Ideally, I make the Big Leagues it is so long. “I haven’t researched studies that typical Friday night guy. He can of the game. Everybody knows as a catcher and have a 20-year “But you have to take that are out there. A couple of friends locate his fastball in and out and that one day playing baseball will career,” said Maverick. amount of time with the classes I had it done. For some guys, it has up and down with command and be over. “Then I could retire and decide am involved with. worked temporarily. And for others, mix in , and “Baseball is a game of failure. what I want to do after that. If my “Last year, I took 19 units each it has worked tremendously. And sliders. The batter has no idea what If you don’t have something to be career path takes me to orthopedic quarter. I was loaded up with with others, it didn’t work at all pitch is coming next and in what involved with outside of the game, surgery when my baseball career classes, and it was really tough. I and were forced to undergo Tommy location.” you can be sucked into a real dark stops, I don’t know if I would felt my baseball suffered a bit as John surgery on their elbow. Maverick said his pitchers are place. want to specialize in any type of I wasn’t able to take as much time “PRP injections aren’t strictly fortunate to have a terrific pitching “As far as school, I am fortunate orthopedic surgery for baseball as I wanted to be the best player I for athletes. They are for people coach in Thomas Eager who works to say that academics have never players or work with the overall could possibly be. that are older with arthritis and are hard at refining everything that “My hitting stats weren’t great really been that difficult for me. population or even emergency trying to grow back cartilage. There pitchers do. Probably not a lot of people say medicine. last season.” are many uses for this procedure. He hit .229 with 9 doubles and that. I have just enjoyed being “That will be determined in med school.” “Frankly, this is all so new, and See TUNNELING, Page 7 Friday, March 8, 2019 Collegiate Baseball Page  Santa Fe Pitchers Fire 2 No-Hitters, 9 Shutouts TIFTON, Ga. — The Santa Fe College threw a three-hit shutout (FL) Saints have posted two no- JC NOTES to beat Walters State, 1-0. hitters this season while rolling to The right-hander only needed 80 a 16-3 record. (NC) is off to a 4-0 start this season pitchers to complete the feat. The RHP Anthony Arguelles fired is the Red Hawks left fielder Trent game itself last just 1 hour and 28 a no-hitter against South Florida Jones. minutes. State in early February during a During a four-game series Pima (AZ) College picher Austin 7-inning, 1-0 win against South against USC Union, Jones recorded Bryan tossed six scoreless innings Florida State. He struck out 10. a .786 on-base percentage, an .875 to defeat El Paso CC. Then 18 days later, RHP Brooks slugging percentage and tallied a He struck out 10 batters while Walton tossed a 9-inning no-hitter team-high 12 quality at bats in 14 walking 3 and allowing just 4 hits. during a 7-0 win over Abraham plate appearances. Bryan earned ACCAC Pitcher of Baldwin College as Santa Fe He scored a team-best five runs the Week honors. improved to 16-3 on the season. and drove in 3 RBI to help his team Hot Bat Walton (3-1) struck out nine. sweep all four games, 8-2 and 10-8 Through 14 games, OF Jake The pitching staff has a in the season opener and 14-3 and Randa of Northwest Florida State is microscopic 1.76 team ERA through 3-2 the following day. hitting .451 with 6 doubles, 1 home 19 games and nine shutouts on the His efforts earned him the run, 10 RBI and 8 runs scored. season. NJCAA DII Player of the Week His best series so far is two Walk-Off honors. games against Miami Dade CC In the third and deciding game More Shutout Baseball where he went 4-for-4 with one against Chattanooga State, Georgia RHP Parker Stinnen of Northwest double and 2 RBI and 4-for-5 with Highlands College trailed 9-3 late ANTHONY ARGUELLES BROOKS WALTON Mississippi CC tossed six shutout two doubles, 1 , 3 RBI and in the game. Off To A Great Start 6-0. innings against Calhoun to win 4-0 3 runs scored. The Chargers rallied to make it Gulf Coast State (FL) RHP Brett For his efforts, he was named in the season opener. Memorable First Hit 9-7 and then sophomore IF Bryson Wisely has only allowed runs in two NJCAA Div.1 Pitcher of the His no hit bid was broken up Southeastern CC freshman 3B Horne hit a walk-off grand slam of his four games on the mound. Week. with a leadoff single in the fifth; Cooper Jones will always remember to win the game, 11-9 as Georgia He pitched a complete 7-inning For the season, Wisely is 2-1 in 4 however, Stinnett struck out eight his first hit in college ball. Highlands took the series. game against Coastal Alabama games with 2 complete games, 1.40 and allowed just one hit. In a 10-7 win over Hinds (MS), 31 Scoreless Innings Monroeville and gave up just three ERA, 2 walks, 31 strikeouts in 25 The freshman was named Jones ripped his first hit over the Cochise College is off to a hits and no runs for a 2-0 victory. 2/3 innings. NJCAA DII Pitcher of the Week. wall for a home run. Another freshman Dalton superb 15-1 record as the Apaches He also threw a shutout against Winning Ways He went 4-for-7 with a double, have won 12 straight under Head Broward as the Commodores won, One reason Catawba Valley CC Rhadans of Georgia Highlands homer and 2 RBI. Coach Todd Inglehart. The pitching staff has thrown 6 shutouts and went 31 consecutive innings without allowing a run. Tunneling Works Wonders With Stanford Pitchers Continued From Page 6

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Look at Big League pitchers. “There are a number of highly successful pitchers who can throw a high fastball as the ball enters a specific tunnel toward the plate with a specific release point. “Then he will follow that up a breaking pitch that ends up low and outside with the release point being exactly the same as his fastball as the curve goes along that same tunnel for a certain number of feet. “The batter doesn’t have a chance if a pitcher is able to do that because every pitch looks the same for a period of time. That is true deception. “By the time the batter realizes what pitch it really is, it’s too late. He can’t react properly.” Maverick is one of college baseball’s most unique players who has special skill sets for life. Page  Collegiate Baseball Friday, March 8, 2019 Collegiate Baseball’s Louisiana St. No. 1 NCAA Division I Tigers 7-0, Average 10.7 Runs Per Game TUCSON, Ariz. — Louisiana St. period, Florida won two of three at (7-0) is ranked No. 1 in the latest home against Miami (Fla.). Get Latest 2019 Collegiate Baseball NCAA Div. However, the Gators lost two TOP 30 POLL I baseball poll presented by Big mid-week games to South Florida Standings, Stats Presented By League Chew. and North Florida. The Tigers, No. 1 for the third UCLA took two of three at For NCAA Div. I TUCSON, Ariz. — Readers straight poll, beat Southeastern Georgia Tech., N.C. State beat of Collegiate Baseball can get Louisiana once and Bryant three Coastal Carolina 7-6 in 11 innings the most current NCAA Division times. LSU is averaging 10.7 runs during the Baseball At The Beach I standings by going to: www. per game on offense with 25 extra tournament in South Carolina, baseballnews.com and then clicking base hits and four players hitting Mississippi St. beat Southern the category Polls. .400 or better. Mississippi two of three at home Then click on NCAA Division I. Ten teams are undefeated in and Sam Houston St. swept a Once there, click on NCAA Div. the top 30, including defending 3-game series against Louisiana- I Conference Standings. national champion Oregon St. (8- Lafayette. For NCAA Div. I statistics, go to: 0), six teams at 7-0 (LSU, North Poll Notes: Arizona St. (7-0) www.baseballnews.com and then Carolina, Florida St., N.C. State, is hitting .398 as a team with 7 click on Polls, NCAA Division I Baylor, Arizona St.) and three homers, 20 doubles and averaging and then NCAA Div. I Statistics. teams at 6-0 (Georgia, Michigan 13 runs per game. South Carolina Navigate from there to find the stats www.bigleaguechew.com and Illinois). (6-1) has belted 16 home runs in you are after. (As of Feb.25) In key series over the past rating 7 games. Rank School Record Points Prev. 1. Louisiana St. (7-0) 494 1 Highest Run Total Since 2007 Season 2. Vanderbilt (5-1) 492 2 3. UCLA (6-1) 490 3 4. Texas Tech. (5-1) 488 4 Florida Gulf Coast Hits 5. Oregon St. (8-0) 485 7 6. North Carolina (7-0) 484 8 7. Florida St. (7-0) 482 9 8. Stanford (6-1) 480 5 5 Homers In 23-3 Win FORT MYERS, Fla. — Florida 9. Georgia (6-0) 475 11 Gulf Coast belted 5 home runs 10. N.C. State (7-0) 472 22 enroute to a 23-3 win over Bethune- 11. Coastal Carolina (7-1) 471 10 Cookman. The Eagles erupted for 18 hits 12. Louisville (5-2) 468 12 and 20 RBI against the Wildcats. 13. Florida (5-3) 466 6 The run total was the highest 14. Baylor (7-0) 464 21 since the 2007 season. 15. Clemson (6-1) 462 15 The five home runs were the 16. Mississippi St. (6-1) 460 25 most since the 2017 season. 17. Mississippi (4-2) 458 13 Jay Hayes went 4-for-5 with 2 home runs, 7 RBI and 4 runs scored. 18. Texas (6-2) 457 14 His number of hits, homers and runs 19. Texas Christian (5-2) 455 16 20. Cal. St. Fullerton (4-2) 453 17 NCAA D-1 Notes 21. Duke (6-1) 451 20 scored tied school records. 22. Arkansas (5-1) 448 23 He was joined in the record 23. Texas A&M (7-1) 445 28 books by Alex Brait and Cameron 24. Arizona St. (7-0) 442 — Krzeminski who both scored 4 25. Michigan (6-0) 440 — times. 26. Illinois (6-0) 438 — Hoese Goes Yard 3 Times 27. Sam Houston St. (5-1) 435 — Tulane, off to a perfect 5-0 28. Oklahoma St. (5-2) 433 18 start, beat Lamar, 22-10 behind a New $68 million Dudy Noble Field renovation project. remarkable offensive performance 29. Auburn (6-2) 431 26 by Kody Hoese. He also scored 12 runs and had a It marked the program’s 10th 30. South Carolina (6-1) 429 — He went 4-for-6 against the slugging percentage of 1.318. no-hitter in history. Cardinals with 3 home runs, 3 RBI Gonzales led the Aggies to a 4- 2 Walk-Off Losses & A Win Source: Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and 2 runs scored. game sweep over Texas Southern Northwestern State and Houston Of Tulane’s 15 hits in the game, as New Mexico State pushed across had a memorable 3-game series to 7 were for extra bases with a pair of 98 runs and averaged 24.5 runs per kick off the 2019 season. doubles, a and 4 home runs. game. The Demons suffered two walk- New Mexico State has a team NATIONAL PLAYERS Amazing Pitching off losses to Houston in the first batting average of .509 and has hit two games and then bounced back UCLA and Tennessee each 13 homers, 13 doubles and 6 triples started the season 4-0 as both to win, 2-1 in 11 innings in game over four games. three. OF THE WEEK teams put up remarkable pitching The Aggies beat Texas Southern numbers. Houston won the first game, 5-3 during the 4-game series, 20-2, 24- on a 2-run walk-off homer in the Powered By For the first time in school 8, 38-6 and 16-3. history Tennessee began a season bottom of the ninth. with four consecutive shutouts. Lucky Number 13 The next day, Houston once The pitching staff has 43 Auburn and Georgia Southern again won it on a walk-off with a strikeouts and only 8 walks. locked up in two memorable games single in the bottom of the ninth, Opponents are only hitting .118 during a 3-game series. 5-4. against Volunteer pitching. Two of the games went 13 New Dudy Noble Field UCLA started the year by not innings. Mississippi State opened the www.diamond-sports.com allowing an earned run in four Georgia Southern took a 7-5 newly renovated Dudy Noble consecutive games. win in 13 innings in game two of Field at Polk-DeMent Stadium on RHP Noah Song, Navy: Song fanned 14 Air Force batters in the series. only 6 innings to pace the Midshipmen to a 2-1 victory. Each It marked the first time the Feb. 15. Bruins have gone without allowing Auburn bounced back with a 4-3 The $68 million renovation of the first 10 outs Song recorded came via strikeouts. On the win in 13 innings in game three. year, he is 1-0 with 26 strikeouts in 11 2/3 innings and has yet an earned run in four straight games features amenities that include to allow a run. His strikeout per nine inning average is 20.06. to start a season since Gerrit Cole Combined No-Hitter 15,000-capacity in the sating, a 43 and Trevor Bauer led the 2011 ball Three Florida State pitchers x 60 foot videoboard, 20 suites, LF/C Thomas Dillard, Mississippi: Dillard belted 3 home club. combined to throw a no-hitter on 96 outfield lounges and a 2-tiered runs with 7 hits and 13 RBI over 4 games last week including UCLA’s staff has recorded 58 opening day during an 11-0 win grandstand. a career-high 8 RBI in a game against Tulane. He is hitting .522 strikeouts and only 8 walks while over Maine. on the season through 6 games. 800th Victories allowing opposing hitters a .110 Drew Parrish went the first five North Carolina Charlotte Head LHP Tommy Henry, Michigan: Henry fired a complete-game batting average. innings and struck out five with one Coach Loren Hibbs celebrated 1-hitter during a 2-0 win over The Citadel. He struck out 13 Incredible Offensive Display walk and no hits. his 800th career victory with batters, faced the minimum 27 batters and only needed 88 New Mexico State second Conor Grady pitched the next a sweep over pitches. He threw first pitch strikes to 21 of 27 batters. baseman Nick Gonzales was three frames with 4 strikeouts, 1 Delaware. walk and no hits. CF Braiden Ward, Washington: During a 3-game sweep of amazing in his first four games of He is in his 27th season at the season. Chase Haney closed the game out Charlotte. See NATIONAL PLAYERS OF THE WEEK, Page 11 He hit .727 (16-for-22) with 4 with 1 inning of work, 1 strikeout home runs, 1 double and 16 RBI. and 1 walk and no hits. See SEC WILL, Page 9 Friday, March 8, 2019 Collegiate Baseball Page  SEC Will Utilize Centralized Video Review In League Continued From Page 8 Fehmel went eight innings against Back After Cancer Scare 4 triples and 47 walks. Tennessee Martin with a total of Gonzaga and allowed only one hit After missing the last few weeks Strikeouts Galore 6 round trippers from 6 different Fresno State Head Coach Mike as he struck out three and did not of the 2018 season with a testicular Two University of Michigan players.…Chase Sortor of Batesole also celebrated his 800th allow a walk. cancer diagnosis, Maine redshirt pitchers put up big strikeout Morehead State belted 3 home runs career win with a 6-3 win over He retired the last 13 batters he senior second baseman Caleb Kerbs numbers during the team’s 3-game and went 5-for-7 at the plate during Utah Valley. faced. returned to the diamond. series to kick off the season against his first two games of the season. There are now 24 active NCAA All-American catcher Adley He recorded two doubles against Binghamton. He also collected 2 doubles, scored Division I head coaches who have Rutschman went 4-for-9 over three Florida State as he drove in the LHP Tommy Henry tied a career 5 runs and recorded 6 RBI. won 800th games during their games and belted two home runs Black Bears’ first two runs of the high with 9 strikeouts over 6 innings RHP Alek Manoah struck out career. — one a grand slam — to go along season. in a 10-0 Wolverine victory. a career-high 13 batters during with 5 walks and 6 RBI. a 5-3 loss to Kennesaw State. In Centralized Video Review Sizzling Hot Wildcat Karl Kauffmann struck out 10 The Southeastern Conference Rutschman has now hit safely in Arizona OF Ryan Holgate hit 3 batters over 8 innings during a 5-4 six innings, he allowed 1 earned will use a Centralized Video 15 consecutive games dating back home runs and 12 RBI through his win over Binghamton. run.…Tanner Allen of Mississippi to the 2018 season. State opened the season with 13 Review process for Conference first 4 collegiate games. Around The Horn… baseball games beginning with the He has 29 hits, 19 runs scored, The Wildcats are hitting .390 as RBI during his first three games 26 RBI and 5 home runs over that South Dakota State homered against Youngstown State. He was 2019 SEC season, becoming the a team with 17 doubles, 6 homers, in each of its three games against first conference to use a centralized stretch. 7-for-13 with 5 runs scored. process as permitted by NCAA rules. A Replay Official in the SEC Video Center, located in the Conference Office, will review plays in SEC vs. SEC games and will render decisions that will be communicated to the on-site umpire crew. The process is consistent with the system used by Major League Baseball. Strikes Out 17 Four Auburn pitchers combined to strikeout 17 Alabama A&M hitters during a 10-1 win. Carson Skipper went the first four innings for the Tigers and mowed down eight batters. Elliot Anderson pitched the next two with two strikeouts. He was followed by Will Morrison with five strikeouts over two innings. Blake Schilleci closed out the game with two strikeouts in the ninth inning. Four University of Iowa pitchers combined on a 1-hitter against Marshall as the Hawkeyes struck out 16 batters. Junior starter Grant Judkins pitched a career-high 6 no-hit innings, striking out a career-high 11 batters. Inside-The-Park Homer Caleb Van Blake hit an inside- the-park homer during a 5-4 loss to Nevada. He hit a deep fly ball to centerfielder that was misjudged Big League Chew was invented by Rob Nelson, a former Cornell by the centerfielder as he ran around the bases to give the Aggies a 1-0 University lefthander who was pitching in Oregon in 1977 for the lead in the second inning. He went 3-for-4 at the plate with fabled Portland Mavericks when he came up with the idea for a new 2 runs scored and 1 RBI. type of bubble gum. Memorable First At-Bat Freshman Charlie Welch of Pepperdine hit a grand slam in his first collegiate at-bat. Rob was literally sitting in the Portland , watching his team- It helped the Waves earn an 11-0 win over Cal. St. Bakersfield. mates chewing other less salubrious stuff, when he thought that Welch was 2-for-3 with 4 RBI and 1 run scored. shredded bubble gum would be a much more fun option. Walk-Off Win Army led Louisiana St., 5-3 heading into the bottom of the Rob shared the idea with Mav teammate Jim Bouton who liked the ninth. The Tigers then got their first concept so much he spent the next two years searching for a gum two batters on base. Freshman Cade Beloso then company to manufacture and distribute Big League Chew. He ripped the first pitch he saw from Army RHP Sam Messina into the succeeded, and BLC quickly became the must-have bubble gum for right field bleachers for a 3-run blast to lift LSU to a 6-5 win. ballplayers in the littlest leagues to the Big Leagues. 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Shopsite sends me a printout for FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. payouts after credit cards have been — Ryan Maya is one of those rare processed the previous day.” college baseball players who runs a Maya is also a superb righthanded business while going to college. pitcher for the Sharks and has been A righthanded pitcher for Nova up and down during his career. Southeastern, he created his own “In 2016, I redshirted so I could online store called Fishing Kings learn how to pitch on the college Supply. level. I really wasn’t ready. That After a slow start where he had was the year we won the NCAA to shut down his company after a Div. II national title. few months, he restarted it and had “Then in 2017 during my redshirt robust six figure sales each of the freshman year, I had an absolutely last two years. horrible year where I had the worst This redshirt junior now has his ERA on the team and struggled.” days full with running a company, He posted a 13.50 ERA as he going to school and playing gave up 3 runs on 5 hits over 2 baseball. appearances. “My fishing supply business “During the summer of 2017, I started in May of 2016,” said Maya, didn’t have success in the beginning. The low point was against the best team in the league when I gave up NAIA NOTES 12 runs in two thirds of an inning as I threw 60 pitches. I couldn’t even who posted a 2.25 ERA last season make it out of the first inning. in 17 appearances with 32 strikeouts “I was almost to the point of and 17 walks for the Sharks. giving up baseball because I couldn’t “I was playing summer ball get anybody out. I was questioning in Orlando, and my cousin was everything I was doing because I doing a similar business model and wasn’t having any success. making pretty good money. “I got a day of rest. The following “I have been an entrepreneur game, I went in to pitch in the with little businesses here and there. fourth inning and threw six innings So I asked him to explain how he without allowing a run. It was sold products on the internet. He Nova Southeastern’s Ryan Maya runs a company that has 6 figures in sales. the day that changed my pitching gave me the log-in information to and oceans. techniques, I have been able to say I did very well last year.” career. For the rest of the summer, read an on-line course on what he “I don’t have a physical store produce a lot of sales through Maya is majoring in marketing I threw pretty well. was doing which was extremely where I ship everything out of. advertising and videos I create. and management at Nova “Then I came back to Nova helpful with selling online. I utilize drop shipping where I “I also sell apparel, fishing hats, Southeastern with a minor in Southeastern and continued to pitch “I had a little bit of success that contact different companies I work fishing shirts, hooks, lures, fishing promotion. well as I threw 36 innings last year summer. But sales really started to with when orders are made. Then reels, fishing line, decorative “This business is completely run in 17 appearances (1 SV, 2-2, 2.25 dwindle when I went back to school they ship it out to clients. That fishing wall art, among other things. by me. There are no employees. ERA, 32 K, 17 BB). that fall. So I had to shut down the way I don’t have any inventory of The one item I don’t sell is fishing I honestly believe that we are “It was quite a dramatic change internet company. products that I have to purchase rods.” transitioning into a world where from the previous season at Nova “In the summer of 2017, I myself.” Maya said he has quite a everything will be bought online. I Southeastern. played summer ball but this time Maya said the majority of his few customers from the state of felt that I needed to learn how to sell “The reason I was now pitching in mountains of New York. I didn’t sales come from braided fishing Florida. a business on-line in this fashion.” so well wasn’t from anything have anything to do other than play line. “There isn’t one specific product Maya said he has a balancing mechanically I was doing wrong. baseball. “I found a niche within fishing that does well in Florida. But I act between his online fishing “Mentally, I was a completely “So it gave me the opportunity to that is extremely popular with also sell to people all across the supply company, studies at Nova different person and gained a learn the ins and outs of marketing fishermen. Braided line is similar country. Southeastern and pitching for the great deal of confidence from my and selling on the internet. That to monofilament line as it can have “I’m not a millionaire yet, but Sharks. previous outings during the summer is the point where Fishing Kings 5 pound test all the way up to 300 I feel like I am on the way to “In the morning prior to classes and during the spring of 2018. Supply really took off as I restarted pound test. achieving that goal. In 2017, I had and baseball, I look at my advertising “One of the biggest things I the company with much more “However, braided fishing line is a little over six figures in sales. budget for the day which promotes developed during the summer of knowledge.” stronger, comes in different colors Then last year, I was well above my company. 2017 was a changeup. Currently he carries 100 different and lasts longer than monofilament that number. “I am alerted to orders through “I was able to utilize that pitch products on his website at www. line. You also can cast further with “Remember these are sales the day by e-mail from a company with confidence along with my fishingkingsupply.com which can it. figures. There are expenses that I use called Shopsite. other pitches which allowed me to be used in all types of fishing “By utilizing great marketing come after that. However, you could “Then at the end of the day, I get batters out.” scenarios that include lakes, streams Southwestern’s Austin Smith Strikes Out 16 To Kick Off 2019 Season GEORGETOWN, Tex. — RHP in 4 runs. 14 batters of the game, six via the Austin Smith of Southwestern (TX) NCAA D-3 NOTES Shuts Them Down strikeout. struck out 16 Sul Ross State batters LHP Trey Holland of Sewanee He now has tossed 12 shutout in a 9-inning complete game 7-3 going 6 2/3 innings and allowing 2 innings in two starts this season runs on 5 hits while striking out 3. tossed 7 shutout innings against win to kick off the 2019 season. MacMurray College, allowing 2 with 17 strikeouts and has not He set the tone early by striking Tough To Get Out hits and 1 walk while striking out allowed an earned run in his last 23 out the side in the first inning and Cameron Upton of Gallaudet a career-high 11 batters. innings dating back to last season. struck out six of the first seven went 6-for-6 at the plate over two The southpaw retired the last Holland is 2-0 with one complete hitters he faced. games to kick off the 2019 season game and just 3 hits allowed in two Smith didn’t allow an earned run during 21-3 and 12-3 wins over and only walked two. Valley Forge. National Players Of The Week 15 Strikeouts He scored 5 times, drove in 4 Continued From Page 8 percentage. RHP Luke Summers of Fontbonne runs, stole 4 bases and also hit a R H P B r a n d o n W h i t e , had a superb performance in the double and triple. He posted a 1.500 Northern Colorado, Ward stole 5 Washington St.: White didn’t season opener against Greenville. slugging percentage. bases, went 7-for-12 at the plate, allow a hit in 6 1/3 innings of work He struck out 15 batters over 8 Terrific Start hit 3 doubles, 1 triple, scored 8 runs with 9 strikeouts against Santa innings of work and sat down 16 Jerred Seamons of George Fox and had 12 total bases. Clara during a 10-0 win. Only one straight from the end of the second went 5-for-10 during the Bruins’ RHP Davis Sharpe, Clemson: batter reached base. inning until the eighth inning. road trip to George. Against VMI, Sharp allowed only LHP Brandon Eisert, Oregon He led the team with 2 home runs 1 hit, no runs and struck out 11 over St.: In a rarity, Eisert picked up Huge Offensive Numbers AUSTIN SMITH Jack Bartlewski of Oglethorpe and 6 RBI and posted a slugging 6 innings. 3 wins last week each in relief had a monster weekend to kick off The 8 RBI broke the Oglethorpe percentage of 1.200. LF Ryan Shinn, Kentucky: appearances. He didn’t give up the season. single-game record of 7 which was Shinn reached base in 10 of 12 plate a run over 8 1/3 innings with 8 held by several players. Huge Offensive Weekend He went 7-for-10 with a home Pacific Lutheran DH Jacob appearances with 3 doubles, 1 home strikeouts and only allowed 4 hits. run, triple, 3 runs scored and 10 Kicks Off Season With HR Bockelie belted 3 home runs and run, 4 runs scored and 3 RBI. . RHP Tyler Baum, North RBI. Dillon Sievert of Spalding drove in 11 RBI. LHP Ethan Small, Mississippi Carolina: Baum tied a career high He posted a 1.200 slugging opened the 2019 season with a He was 2-for-3 with 3 RBI in a St.: Small fanned a career-high with 7 IP and set a new career high percentage and collected 12 total leadoff home run against Wisconsin- 9-5 win over Emory and followed 13 batters over 7 innings against in strikeouts (12) a win over South bases over two games. Whitewater. that up with 4 runs in a 14-10 win Southern Mississippi. He allowed Florida. In a 19-13 win over George Fox, He went on to hit .417 for the over Oglethorpe. only 1 single. LHP Reid Detmers, Louisville: he had a career day as he went week as he tallied 6 runs, 2 stolen He finished off the Georgia road OF Parker Chavers, Coastal Tossed 7 no-hit innings against 4-for-5 with a grand slam, triple, bases and 2 RBI. trip with a 2-for-5 effort in the Carolina: Chavers recorded 11 Brown. Allowed just one baserunner and 8 RBI with 2 runs He also earned a win on the Lutes’ 8-5 setback to Piedmont, RBI with 3 home runs over 5 games (walk) in the 22 batters he faced. Set scored. mound against the Warhawks, blasting 2 home runs and driving last week. He had a .789 slugging a career high with 11 strikeouts. Page 12 Collegiate Baseball Friday, March 8, 2019 High School High School Tournaments Set Across USA TUCSON, Ariz. — The high The title game will be played Baseball Tournament March 19- Boras Classic-California Tournament in San Diego features school baseball season has already under the lights on Coleman Field 27. The Boras Baseball Classic in nine divisions with top teams from started in some parts of the country for the first-time ever with the first Each team will play five games California features 32 California mainly from California, although while others are gearing up for their pitch scheduled for Saturday, April total. high school teams divided into a few Nevada and Utah teams will seasons. 6 at 6 p.m. EST. Doubleheader games are played Northern and Southern divisions. participate. Here are some of the tournaments Select games will be streamed on a Saturday or Monday while The winners of the two The games will start on April slated for this spring that will live on www.usabaseball.com, single games are played on other divisions play for a de-facto State 15 and each division will crown a showcase some of the top players MLB.com and Facebook Live. days, except Sundays, during the Championship. winner. The games will be played and teams across the country. For the first time USA Baseball tournament. This year the Southern Division at various locations around the San National H.S. Invitational will host a NHSI Championship The games will be played at is scheduled for March 26-29 while Diego area. USA Baseball recently announced Festival beginning at 4:30 p.m. at various city parks and high school the Northern Division will be held The Open Division teams the 16 teams that will compete the National Training Complex just fields in Orange County, CA. April 15-18. include El Camino Real, Carlsbad, in the 8th Annual National High prior to the championship game. For a list of all the teams The final overall championship Grossmont, Newbury Park, Torrey School Invitational, presented by The event will include family participating and other information, title game will be announced later. Pines, Eastlake, Desert Oasis, the Greater Raleigh Sports alliance activities, games, music, vendors visit www.anaheimlionstourney. The Southern Division will Agoura, Elk Grove, Cathedral and the Town of Cary, N.C. and food trucks. com include defending Southern champ Catholic, Helix, La Costa Canyon, The event is slated for April For more information on Boras Classic-Arizona JSerra Catholic, Mira Costa, Oaks Christian, Granite Hills, 3-6 at the USA Baseball National tickets, schedules and results, visit For the third year, the Boras Cypress, Ayala, Corona, Maranatha, Poway and Bingham. Training Complex. USABaseball.com or follow @ Foundation will host the Boras Rancho Bernardo, Yucaipa, In the Classic Division, teams Northwest Guilford H.S. USABaseball or @USABEvents Baseball Classic of Arizona. Huntington Beach, Etiwanda, participating are Rocklin, Coronado (Kernersville, N.C.) will serve on Twitter. The 16-team tournament Great Oak, La Mirada, Notre Dame, SD, La Jolla Country Day, as the host team this year. Others Midwest Classic features high schools from Arizona, Orange Lutheran, Simi Valley and Cleveland, Clairemont, Silverado, joining the field are two-time The 23rd Annual High School Colorado, Utah and Nevada to Mater Dei. Vista, Westlake, Westview, Scripps defending champions Orange Midwest Classic is scheduled for crown a “Southwest champion” The Northern Division teams Ranch, Liberty Nevada, San Lutheran (Orange, CA), Harvard- March 25-31 at five sites located team. are defending North champion Marcos, Maranatha Pasadena, Westlake (Studio City, CA), 2016 in St. Charles, MO and St. Louis The event is scheduled to start Bellarmine, Oak Ridge, Frontier, Bonita Vista, Green Valley and St. NHSI Champions Huntington areas. March 13 at host schools Corona Archbishop Mitty, Cardinal Augustine. Beach (Huntington Beach, CA), La The teams participating in this del Sol (Tempe, AZ) and Arcadia Newman, Casa Grande, Davis, The Premier Division participants Mirada (La Mirada, CA), Hagerty year’s event are Francis Howell, (Phoenix, AZ). Granite Bay, Heritage, Petaluma, feature Madison, Vista Grande, (Oviedo, FL), IMG Academy Lafayette, Sikeston, Ft. Zumwalt This year’s field includes Corona Pleasant Valley, Saint Mary’s, Otay Ranch, Palisades, Thousand (Bradenton, FL), Msgr. Pace South, Francis Howell Central, del Sol, Arcadia, Basic (Henderson, Sacred Heart, Cathedral, Serra and Oaks, Mater Dei SD, Patrick Henry, (Miami Gardens, FL), Blessed Lindbergh, Lee’s Summit West, NV), Bishop Gorman (Las Vegas, Tracy. Canyon Crest, Steel Canyon, Trinity Catholic (Roswell, GA) and Ft. Zumwalt West, Francis Howell NV), Chaparral (Scottsdale, AZ), The Southern Division games Highland, Sage Creek, Santa Fe South Forsyth (Cumming. GA). North, Summit, Desmet, Blue Cottonwood (Salt Lake City, are played at JSerra Catholic (San Christian, Valhalla, Mission Hills, Rounding out the field are Springs South, Vianney, Poplar UT), Hamilton (Chandler, AZ), Juan Capistrano, CA) and Mater Knight and Ramona. Corona del Sol (Tempe, AZ), Marist Bluff and Holt. Horizon (Scottsdale, AZ), Legend Dei (Santa Ana, CA) baseball The 6A Division teams (Chicago, IL), Christian Brothers Each team will play five games (Parker, CO), Liberty (Peoria, AZ), fields. include Francis Parker, Del College (St. Louis, MO), Desert and an overall champion will be Mesquite (Gilbert, AZ), Mountain The Northern Division games will Norte, Southwest El Centro, San Oasis (Las Vegas, NV), Delbarton crowned. Pointe (Phoenix, AZ), Mountain be played at McAuliffe Memorial Pedro, El Capitan, Rancho Buena School (Morristown, N.J.) and More information about the Ridge (Glendale, AZ), Mountain Ballparks in Sacramento. Vista, Serra, Coronado Nevada, Hendersonville (Hendersonville, tournament is available at www. Vista (Highlands Ranch, CO), For more information about Brawley, San Ysidro, Bishops, TN). angelfire.com/mo2/fhbb Nogales (Nogales, AZ) and Verrado the teams participating, ticket Del Oro, Broomfield, Point Loma, information and more, visit www. Montgomery and San Pasqual. The NHSI is a single-elimination Anaheim Lions Tourney (Buckeye, AZ). championship tournament with For more information about the borasclassic.com For schedules and information Eighty-five California high on all the divisions, visit www. each team guaranteed to play four tournament and ticket prices, visit San Diego Lions Tourney school teams are slated to participate lionsbaseball.org games. in the Annual Anaheim Lions www.borasclassic.com The 2019 Lions Baseball When Things Go South In Game, Can Upset Player Simply Let It Go? By JUSTIN DEHMER A strikeout with runners in continue for very long. When we Special To Collegiate Baseball , an , some sort are competing on the field, we need More On Dehmer of miscue, or missed opportunity to move on quickly. NORWALK, Iowa — Justin NORWALK, Iowa — My last is typically met with forgiveness It is required to ensure we are Dehmer is one of the brightest few articles have been focused on by the player’s teammates and offering our best. baseball people in the business. the Man In The Arena quote. coaches. Taking an inning or play off can When he coached at Martensdale- Before moving on, I want to We tell them it is OK and go get certainly cause another miscue. St. Mary’s High School in Iowa for circle back to the beginning. In the next one. The critic inside of us is going to five years, he took a school with an my previous post, Square Squad It is great to see teammate do this gain the upper hand. enrollment just over 100 to three vs. Hope Hijackers, I talked about with one another. These will lead to frustration, straight state titles. how we all have those people on the The issue now really lies with anger, fatigue, anxiety, sadness, In the process, his teams won outside who doubt us, criticize us, the person who made the error or irritability and more. None of this 88 consecutive games which was a and try to bring us down. mistake. will allow us to be at our best during national record at the time. These folks are the Hope Are they able to forgive competition and certainly not at He was Coach of The Year in Hijackers. themselves? Do they have home once the game is over. 2010, 2011 and 2012 in Iowa. Then I provided a strategy for enough self-compassion to move We have failed to forgive For more information on his 1 knowing whose opinions really forward? ourselves. Pitch Warrior System, go to his matter in our lives. When I work with teams, I Self-compassion is key for the website at: www.1pitchwarrior. They are our Square Squad. ask them the question, “Who do individual. com We all need people in the stands you forgive faster, a teammate or What we need to provide are who are rooting for us and will give yourself?” some strategies for our players us positive encouragement when It is always a teammate. to stop the blaming and shaming, times if needed). things may not be going the way JUSTIN DEHMER I also know from experience because smacking them on the butt c. Be present. we expected it to go. cause; who at the best knows and what I hear from players that and telling them to get the next one d. Listen to the critical voices. We want to be able to look up in the end the triumph of high the forgiveness that is offered by doesn’t work. e. Listen to them objectively. and know that we have a fan section achievement, and who at the worst, coaches or teammates often times Below are some strategies that f. Don’t let them take over your in the arena. if he fails, at least fails while daring is counterproductive. It almost adds can prove to be useful. mind. “It is not the critic who counts, greatly, so that his place shall never fuel to the fire for a player who is Let your players have access to g. Understand the voices are not the man who points out how be with those cold and timid souls already beating himself up. them all and decide which ones real but can be overcome. the strong man stumbles, or where who neither know victory nor I know it did for me when I was work best for them. 4) If players choose to move on the doer of deeds could have done defeat.” – Theodore Roosevelt playing. I already had an internal 1) Give yourself permission to without intent, they will become them better. The truth is if we don’t believe in dialogue going about how I was love yourself even when things are stuck and very judgmental. “The credit belongs to the man ourselves, then how can we expect such a terrible player, or hitter, hard and don’t go your way. Real a. Mindfulness allows them who is actually in the arena, whose anyone else to want to take a seat in or fielder. Then when someone love isn’t conditional if you drive choice. face is marred by dust and sweat the fan section of the arena? brought it up again, I had to relive in everyone in scoring position, b. Perspective of…accepting, and blood; who strives valiantly; In my experience as a player, the poor play. catch every groundball, or throw kind to one’s self, compassionate, who errs, who comes short again coach and consultant, the biggest It is a cycle that is hard to stop, out every runner. knowing they are not perfect and a and again, because there is no effort critic is the person we look at in and truth is, I am not sure you ever 2) Grant yourself permission to work in progress. without error and shortcoming; the mirror every day. Yes, we will beat it. We are human, and these are suffer. It is part of life. 5) The best advice is to treat but who does actually strive to encounter plenty of haters on our emotions that we all share. 3) Players must be aware of yourself like you would treat a do the deeds; who knows great journey but the worst one of all is But the hope would be that what sets them off. teammate. Be just as compassionate enthusiasms, the great devotions; ourself. we can at least slow it down and a. Players must pause. and kind when you mess up as you who spends himself in a worthy Mistakes happen on the field. not let the shaming and blaming b. Breathe (big and slow, many are to your best friend. Friday, MarchFeb. 22, 8, 20192019 Collegiate Baseball PagePage 13  Page 14 Collegiate Baseball Friday, March 8, 2019 When 2 Runners Are On Same Base, Consider This ANSONIA, Conn. — Coaching headed for his dugout. Davidson 5.06 (a) (2) and 5.06 (b) (2); NFHS placed entirely on the umpire second and Yolmer Sanchez on two runners on the same base handed the ball to shortstop Tim 8-2-8 (a); NCAA 8-1c]. (Marquez) here whose mechanics first with no outs when M’s pitcher should be approached from Anderson who tagged Vogelbach 2. There is no rule violation when and communication to the runners Marco Gonzales had Anderson both an offensive and defensive several feet off the base between two runners occupy the same base. certainly were questionable. picked off second base. Anderson perspective. first and second and he was called But when there are two runners on Runners should understand the got into a between second Let’s look at two situations that out by Marquez. the same base, if the runner who rule. I disagree with Zunino when and third as Robinson Cano chased occurred in back-to-back games Zunino was still parked on doesn’t have the right to the base he said, “I don’t know if anyone him toward third base. involving the same two teams this second base and there only appeared is tagged, he is out. If both runners definitively knows the rule with Cano tossed to Kyle Seager who past season before we break down to be one out on the play, when are tagged, only the runner who that stuff.” ran Anderson back to second base some important coaching there should have been doesn’t have the right to the base I know from personal experience where he was met by Sanchez. A points as they pertain to two outs. is out. In most cases it is the back working with the Mariners’ staff moment before Anderson stepped the rule. A state of confusion or trail runner who is out. and players, that the organization on the base, however, Sanchez The Chicago White Ruleball existed. The lead runner is only out if he has paid attention to this rule and headed back to first base. Sox hosted the Seattle The umpires huddled is forced off that base. realizes its importance. It was a scene made for Mariners on April 23, and properly agreed to The only way Vogelbach would 8. Defensively, Davidson did Hollywood. 2018, when the M’s got call Zunino out as well have been forced off second base the right thing by tagging both When the smoke cleared the caught with two runners because Vogelbach had is if the batter (Gamel) occupied runners before he handed the ball M’s had a runner on first base and on the same base and the right to the base since first base on the play and bumped to Anderson, who tagged Vogelbach one out. experienced the ultimate he was the lead runner up both runners. for the second out. Defensively, Not great. But it beats having embarrassing nightmare and was not forced to But that did not occur. Therefore, it’s a good idea to tag both players two outs recorded on the play. of both being called out. advance on the play. Vogelbach had the right to the and any player who exits the base You can view the play by going to The Mariners had And because both base. Remember, a force situation in case the wrong player vacates www.MLB.com, April 24, SEA@ D a n i e l Vo g e l b a c h were tagged on the base, only develops when the batter- which is what happened in the CWS, “Mariners nab Anderson in on second and Mike Zunino was out because runner reaches first base safely Vogelbach/Zunino play. a rundown.” Zunino on first with Ben he did not have the right and “forces” one or more runners 9. In the above play, let’s say With Rich Marazzi Summary Gamel batting when Rules Consultant to the base and Vogelbach to advance to the next base. Vogelbach was tagged off second In my opinion when two runners relief pitcher Chris Blue Jays, Brewers, was out because he was 3. I don’t know if umpire base before he reached the base. If occupy the same base or there is the Beck bounced a pitch to Cardinals, D’backs, tagged-out while off the Marquez verbally said who was out that happened, Zunino would not be potential for two runners sharing the backstop. However, Dodgers, Mariners, base. when both runners were tagged. out, if tagged on the base. Orioles, Phillies, the same base, as long as one runner as the Mariners’ runners Pirates, Rangers, “That’s a situation Whatever, Marquez should have Assuming neither runner was is safely on the base, the other one prepared to advance, the Rays, Red Sox, w h e r e , I m e a n , I been more emphatic by clearly tagged while sharing the base and should get into a rundown and stay pitch caromed directly back Royals, Tigers, don’t know if anyone pointing to the runner who was Vogelbach was tagged after he in the rundown. to Sox catcher Welington Twins, Yankees, the definitively knows the out and raising his right arm with exited the base, then in my opinion, Fox Regional Sports Sanchez should have gotten into Castillo. The Sox backstop Networks, ESPN and rule with that stuff,” said closed fist. Zunino would be out for the passing a lengthy rundown, if possible, threw to the White Sox TV Zunino, to MLB.com. According to a report in the the runner since he was the back when he saw that Anderson was on Jose Abreu, who initiated announcers. You can view the play Tacoma News Tribune, Zunino runner and was now in front of the base and Anderson should have a rundown on Zunino. Readers can submit by going to to www. asked Marquez, who was out? That Vogelbach, the lead runner, who stayed there. Abreu ran at Zunino questions to Rich at: MLB.com, April 23, should not have been necessary. was returning to the first base The worst that could happen for and then threw to third [email protected] SEA@CWS, “White 4. It was difficult to determine if dugout. the offensive team is one out on baseman Matt Davidson Sox turn fortuitous Marquez knew that Zunino should If Vogelbach headed toward the play. when he saw Vogelbach break for double play.” be out, when tagged, since he made the third base dugout after being During a rundown, it’s always no call. The only out call he made tagged, Zunino would be protected third. Davidson ran Vogelbach back possible that the runner can be Ruleball Comment was when Vogelbach was tagged at second base. to second base where he found 1. The two runners on the same obstructed or advance on a bad while off the base. Zunino standing on the base. base rule is universal in all playing Two Runners On Same Base throw. If the runner is obstructed, 5. The double play was With both runners on the base, codes. Ironically, the same two teams he will be awarded the next base determined only after the umpires Davidson wisely tagged the two The rule reads, “Two runners met the following day when another which would bump-up the runner huddled. Following the umpires of them. may not occupy a base, but if, two runners on the same base fiasco occupying the base to the next meeting, Zunino joined Vogelbach But second base umpire Alfonso while the ball is alive, two runners occurred. This time it was the White base. in the dugout. Marquez made no call, at least are touching a base, the following Sox on offense and they handled If possible, keep the faster 6. If two runners are both tagged not one that could be seen with a runner shall be out when tagged things much better by creating a runner on the base and encourage while on the base, they should both signaled raised arm. At that point and the preceding runner is entitled rundown. a rundown with the slower runner. remain on the base until one of them Marquez should have pointed to to the base, unless he is forced to But even with that, the running But time might not allow such is clearly directed by the umpire Zunino and called him out. advance from that base by virtue faux pas proved critical as they quick-thinking. to leave. The base coaches should Vogelbach, the lead runner, had of the batter-runner occupying first lost, 1-0. Whatever, it beats allowing the insist that the runners remain. the right to the base, but thought base and becoming a runner.” [Pro In the bottom of the first inning, defensive team to turn an easy he was out. He got off the base and 7. The blame should not be the Sox had Tim Anderson on double play! Bausinger First Missouri Southern Pitcher To Fire JOPLIN, Mo. — Missouri 10 of the Muleriders’ games this Southern RHP Will Bausinger NCAA D-2 NOTES season, also scored five runs, stole a became the first Lion to throw a the season with a 9-1 rout of USC base and recorded 12 total bases. perfect game when he blanked Aiken. Coker College’s Grant Thompson Washburn, 9-0. The Moccasins pounded out 13 tied a single-game hits record The win came in the second game hits while King struck out 10 and during a 17-13 loss to Belmont of opening day of the 2019 MIAA/ allowed just one run on two hits in Abbey. GLVC Challenge on Warren Turner six innings. Thompson went 5-for-7 in that Field. Missouri Southern won the Zach Diewert and Cody Duke game with two runs and 3 RBI. first game against Rockhurst, 13-3 each homered as the Mocs tallied He has a 10-game hitting streak in eight innings. five extra-base hits in the game. going. Bausinger became the ninth Lion Thomas Spinelli struck out three Top Reliever to throw a no-hitter in the program’s in two scoreless innings in relief. Quinton Driggers of Newberry history and the first since Sean Cole Crowder pitched the bottom College won South Atlantic Goostree in 2015 when he no-hit of the ninth, allowing one hit while Conference Pitcher of the Week Pittsburgh State. striking out one. honors after a pair of dazzling relief He needed just 122 pitches, 89 Three Winston-Salem State performances. of which were strikes and struck pitchers combined for a no-hitter He earned wins against Lander out 17. That was the second most victory over Wheeling Jesuit. and Kentucky Wesleyan, going 2-0 strikeouts in a single game at The Rams held the Cardinals to with six scoreless innings pitched. MSSU. just one run on no hits. He scattered three hits, struck out In the Washburn game, Alex Sophomore Cole Parks went nine and did not issue a free pass. Phillips hit a grand slam in the first three innings, allowing no runs with Against Lander, he matched inning start off the Lions’ offense. four strikeouts. Jalen Scott added a his career high with four innings Career-Best Performance pair of innings with one run allowed pitched and six strikeouts. After six consecutive losses, (non earned) on no hits. New Stadium Dedicated pitcher Brian Archibald snapped Avery Cain came in for two Florida Southern dedicated John his team’s streak with a career-best innings with five strikeouts. Rodda stadium at Henley Field on performance on the mound to defeat The win improved WSSU to a Feb. 22. UAFS, 6-0. 5-0 start on the season. Rodda, who passed away on Archibald was one, seventh Great Offensive Effort April 30, 2018 after a long battle inning away from being Missouri Southern’s Will Bausinger Outfielder Jansen McCurdy of with pancreatic cancer, was inducted the first Texan to throw a no-hitter Southern Arkansas led his team into the FSC Athletics Hall of Fame since Brent Wachtman in 1997. no intact. after that, but Archibald battled to to a sweep over conference rival in 2014. He retired the first nine batters he After striking out the side in the hand on to the shutout. Henderson State. His son Jason played baseball faced before a walk to the leadoff fifth, he surrendered another walk He struck out seven in his McCurdy went 6-for-10, hitting at FSC and other family members man in the fourth ended his bid for in the sixth, but got the next three complete-game effort. three doubles, one home runs, graduated from the school. a perfect game. out to go into the seventh with no More Top Pitching drawing two walks and driving in He also was a member of the He bounced back to retire the hits allowed. Carson King of Florida Southern four runs. FSC Board of Trustees and served next three hitters and keep the no- UAFS got is only hit in the game tossed his second straight gem of The senior, who has started all as an assistant baseball coach. 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