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Started In 1958 At The Request Of Our Nation’s Baseball Coaches Vol. 62, No. 10 Friday, May 17, 2019 $4.00 Dads Are Amazing, Powerful Force Story after story can be told of their skills. He even temporarily moved to Denver and Topeka, Kan. for two summers so Nate could incredible fathers who sacrifice play on quality baseball teams. time and money to help their Mitch, the highly successful head coach at sons chase baseball dreams. McLennan Community College in Texas for the past seven years, previously coached 22 years at Big 12 and Southeastern Conference schools. By LOU PAVLOVICH, JR. His younger brother Nate is the recruiting Editor/Collegiate Baseball coordinator at the University of Arkansas and is one of the rising young stars of coaching who also is an ACO, Tex. — Dads are the most precious elite hitting instructor. resource a son can have. This is a special Everything in their lives was made possible by story about a dad who lived his life for his W their dad who passed away from liver cancer a few two boys as they ultimately turned into magnificent weeks ago on April 4 at the age of 81. college baseball coaches and human beings. Nothing brightened up Mac’s days more than Mitch Thompson and his brother Nate were knowing Mitch and Nate were having success in reared in Goodland, Kan. with a population of about life. He was their biggest fans. 5,000. His greatest joy was baseball, and he had The heart and sole of the family was their dad legendary status in the community of Goodland, Mac who coached them in baseball throughout Kan. as he spent many years investing his time and their youth and did everything possible to fuel their efforts in the youth of this town. passion for baseball. He coached numerous years in the Goodland Little That included making 7-hour trips to different League, K18 and American Legion programs. baseball summer camps for Mitch so he could In 1980, Mac led the Goodland K18 baseball team receive great instruction. to a state championship. Other times, Mac would travel six hours or more Mac Thompson Was The Ultimate Dad so his boys could play on select teams to improve See INCREDIBLE FATHERS , Page 2

Art Of Focus Vital For Great Results In Baseball BECOMING A WORLD CLASS PERFORMER In part two of Collegiate Baseball’s special report on mastering precision focus for baseball players, Geoff Colvin answers key areas of this important topic. By LOU PAVLOVICH, JR. Editor/Collegiate Baseball (Final Of A 2-Part Series)

EW YORK — What separates world-class performers from everybody else and how are they able to focus at the task Why do some Nat hand when many others can’t? These are questions many have asked for centuries, but not “people work so understood until now. Geoff Colvin, senior editor at large of Fortune magazine, spent hard and with the nearly two years researching this question. He wrote a remarkable book called Talent Is Overrated. requisite intensity? According to Colvin, the short answer to being a world-class That is a much more performer is practicing in a precision manner on a regular basis for 10,000 hours. difficult question. But the subject is obviously much more complex than that. — Geoff Colvin, author “What separates world-class performers from everybody else is a deep question,” said Colvin. CONQUERING PROBLEM OF WET FIELDS — Jesse Cuevas Talent Is Overrated “The simple answer is the thousands of hours these people was one of the elite baseball field maintenance supervisors in spend with deliberate practice. But the question underneath that is the history of the game who maintained Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha for 42 years. He explains what coaches can do to turn See BECOMING ELITE PERFORMER, Page 6 an infield swamp into a playable field. See page 11. Inside C”ollegiate Baseball Web Site: www.baseballnews.com Conquering White Line Fever Rarest Of Achievements Done Hollywood Ending For Maine Tom Hanson gives important Cortland State’s Colin BeVard hits Black Bears were 2 outs away tips on how players can rid 2 inside-the-park homers in the from losing, despite no-hitter, but themselves of this issue/Page 4 same inning during tilt/Page 12 grand slam saves the day/Page 8 Page  Collegiate Baseball Friday, May 17, 2019 Incredible Fathers Can Pave Collegiate Baseball The Voice Of Way For Opportunities In Life Amateur Baseball Continued From Page 1 as I could to help my brothers. But I couldn’t because the fire was too He enjoyed watching and hot, and the tires were exploding. Collegiate Baseball (ISSN 0530-9751) is published twice a month coaching baseball, fishing, hunting Marsh and Matt were killed. 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February 22 April 19 July 12 “He was having kidney failure, “The Highway Patrol investigated and all the major organs in his body is hard. It might be the accident, and they couldn’t were starting to shut down. So I easier to lie, but he determine what the cause was. Moving? talked to him two days later on the What they found were skid marks Make Sure CB Moves Along With You! phone and asked him how he was would have no part from the van tires that went from feeling. He told me he was feeling To change your address, please write us 30 days in advance if of that. He taught me their lane all the way across the you can. Mail to: Collegiate Baseball Newspaper fine. He just felt a little worn out other lane in this 2-lane highway Dept. Address Change and tired. But he emphasized that about humility and as the van crashed into a ravine 20 P.O. Box 50566 he was OK. feet deep. Tucson, Ariz. 85703 “Then he raised his voice with respecting the game “They weren’t sure if a deer excitement and said, ‘Two good but also respecting ran out in front of the van or if 1. Please print OLD address here. wins yesterday! Who are you going your opponent. the elderly driver in the other car NAME to pitch Saturday?’ That’s what he had a heart attack and veered over STREET APT. # wanted to talk about. — Mitch Thompson into Marsh’s side of the highway. CITY STATE ZIP “At 2:30 in the afternoon, I Something obviously happened, but was on a conference call with Head Coach nobody will ever know. There was DATE OF the palliative care team at the McLennan J.C. no fault given. It was just a tragedy MOVE: hospital. as all four people involved in the “They told me that dad’s internal accident were killed.” 2. Please print NEW address here. organs were failing. They asked me Influenced Lives NAME how I wanted the situation to be Mitch’s brother Nate is an STREET APT. # handled. I asked the doctors if we pickup to the farm so he could drive amazing story in his own right. CITY STATE ZIP were talking about my dad passing it back home when he was finished “I was about to be a junior in in hours, days or weeks? I was told working on the farm that ”day. My high school in August of 1981 when definitely not weeks and probably brother Marsh had just received his my two younger brothers died in the their age. things. When I was a kid, he took me not hours. But it would probably be permit to drive on the farm, and car accident. “Mom had Nate when she was every summer to the baseball camp the next day or two. he was 14 years old. They allow “With the loss of my two brothers, 40 years old. My dad was 45. They at Oral Roberts University when “After the conversation, I called young kids to do that in farming my mom and dad made the decision started over with a baby and went Larry Cochell and Pat Harrison my dad and asked him to please communities and farming states. that they weren’t finished having through the entire process of raising coached there. keep fighting because God can “Marsh talked my mom into children. They realized in a year, I a young boy again.” “That is a 7-8 hour drive and a still work a miracle here. But if he letting him drive the van behind me would be out of the house and going Ultimately both boys from the long way to go for a kid baseball doesn’t, I want you to run as fast as all the way to the farm. My 12-year- to college. Thompson family became college camp. Because he knew baseball you can into Jesus’ arms. old brother Matt jumped in the van “Eight years prior to the tragic baseball coaches from the small was important to me, he made “We will take care of mom (Pat), to accompany him. accident, my dad had a vasectomy town of Goodland, Kan. the time to do it. He knew I loved and you don’t have to worry about “The plan was to drop the truck which made it impossible to have “I have been coaching college baseball. So we would go down her. He said, ‘I know, I know.’ Then off for my dad. Then I could would children after that point. baseball now for 29 years,” said there for a week just so I could he raised his voice and said ‘Mitch’ get in the van and drive my two “My mom and dad had a friend Mitch. attend baseball camp.” with the tone that those doctors brothers back home. who was a doctor. And he knew “Nate is off to a great start to didn’t have a clue, ‘I’m not going Remarkable Dad “I took off in the truck with my the doctor who invented vasectomy his career with the University of Nate explained what his dad Mac anywhere for a while.’ brothers in the van closely behind. reversal surgery. My dad decided to Arkansas. “That night at 9 p.m., he passed. did for him as well. “We went down a hill into a go through the process of having “Both of us are in the coaching “He was always willing to do We were thankful that he didn’t ravine. Then I came back up the the vasectomy reversed. profession because of things my have to suffer.” whatever it took to help me realize hill, and was about a mile from the “There was a year long waiting dad and mom did for us. my dreams in baseball whether it Two Brothers Killed turnoff to our farm on Highway 27. list to get in to see the doctor. “My dad was our coach. He was playing or coaching baseball,” When Mitch was 16 years old, I noticed my brother’s van never Dad got in within a month. Three coached me in Little League every said Nate. a tragic accident killed both of his came up on top of the hill as I months later, my mom became year. He was the coach of my “When I was a little boy, I brothers. looked at my rear view mirror. pregnant. And nine months later 15-year-old K18 team that won cherished the time when dad was “Dad was a farmer, and our “I kept looking but didn’t see the in Nov. 1 of 1982 my brother Nate a Kansas state championship. He my Little League coach. He actually tractor had been in the shop. It was van. So I turned the truck around to was born. coached my American Legion built a Field of Dreams for me in an repaired and ready to take back to go back and saw a crash that had “Nate was born when I was a team. open lot across from our home. the farm so he could get to work. taken place on the bottom of the senior in high school. My parents “Dad was trained to be a coach, It was an amazing field that my Our farm is about 15 miles south hill and smoke coming from the named him Nathan which means and he wanted to do that. But he friends and I played on. We also of town. Dad took the tractor there, bottom of the ravine. That’s where Gift From God. He really was a gift made some decisions in life to help used it for Little League practice and he needed a way to get home our van was. to our family.” our family have more income. at times. that night. “It was upside down and on fire. Mitch said that some questioned “He was a farmer and home “So I was asked to drive his I got out of the truck and ran as fast his parents having another baby at builder and did a lot of different See DADS CAN, Page 3 Friday, May 17, 2019 Collegiate Baseball Page  Dads Can Bring To Life Dreams In Baseball Continued From Page 2 17 years apart, grew up in a small Kansas town of 5,000 and ultimately “My dad was a jack of all trades became college baseball coaches who could do anything. He built because of a special dad. homes for a long time.” “For a long period of time as When Nate became a high school coaches, my dad would chase us player, his dad sacrificed his time around and either see my team play and money once again to help his or Nate’s team play, said Mitch. son out. “He would call us all the time “We moved to Denver one and get up to date with everything summer so I could play for the that transpired. Cherry Creek Bruins’ American “I would talk to dad multiple Legion team. It allowed me to play times every week about games and against real competition. what was going on with the team “The following summer, my and the players. parents made it possible so I could “I really miss the opportunity play with the Kansas City Sluggers. to talk with him greatly. I miss his We stayed with my aunt and uncle laugh. in Topeka, Kan. (about 5 hours “I think of how grateful I am that away from Goodland). Then it was he was always able to be part of my only an hour to travel to games. life as a coach. He made sure he was “During the fall of my senior there when my team made it to the year in high school, I also played for College World Series three times. the Kansas City Sluggers. During “He has been to the Junior that fall, we traveled for 10 weeks College World Series with us. and played games against junior “Last summer, my mom and dad colleges and were involved with spent two weeks in Omaha at the different tournaments. It was about College World Series chasing the a six hour trip each way to play in Arkansas Razorbacks and enjoyed these games from Goodland. quality time with Nate. “My most memorable trip was “What dad did was teach the to Waco, Tex. for a prospect event. game but also taught life. He taught I was up for Homecoming King me about work ethic and serving at my high school, and I couldn’t others while striving for excellence. leave early. He also taught me to be honest even “I had to be there for the game. when it is hard. Unfortunately, I didn’t win. Shortly “It might be easier to lie, but he after that, my dad drove me five would have no part of that. He taught hours to Amarillo in the middle of SPECIAL FATHER — Mac Thompson (center) helped raise two remarkable sons in Nate me about humility and respecting the night. Then we caught a plane (far left) and Mitch (far right) who both became terrific college baseball coaches. Nate is the game but also respecting your to Dallas. From there, it was a 1 the recruiting coordinator at Arkansas while Mitch is the head coach at McLennan J.C. opponent. 1/2 hour drive to Waco to be at the “What is reassuring is that some event.” him while in high school. heroes in life. When Mitch went “But it all started with my dad day I will see him again in heaven, Nate was also the beneficiary of “He was an amazing, amazing into college coaching, I knew that who was an incredible baseball man and that is pretty cool. a batting cage that his dad built for dad. My dad and Mitch are my is what I wanted to do as well. and even better father.” “None of us get out of this life Nate said he will never forget his alive. It is all about living a life that parents being with him at the 2018 is well lived and serving others and College World Series in Omaha leaving a legacy. after Arkansas qualified. “And my dad did all of these “That time with my parents was things. I hope my brother Nate and very special to me. I do leave that legacy with other “The other time I will never kids.” forget is when my mom and dad Father’s Day is coming Sunday, visited me in the summer of 2007 June 16. Make sure you tell your as I coached in the Alaska League dad how much you appreciate for Matsu. everything he has done for you “They stayed for a week and got in life. to see a lot of baseball, including the Once he is gone, those cherished Midnight Sun game. I was thrilled moments will only be memories. to take him salmon fishing as he caught a 35-pounder. “He loved fishing but never did CheapBats.com as much as he wanted because he devoted his spare time to his kids 1-800-589-HITS and baseball. Order today The trip was even more special have it tomorrow for Mac because he was stationed at Eielson Air Force base near Fairbanks from 1959-62 as a member of the U.S. Army. Mitch said it is amazing two young boys from the same family,

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Collegiate Baseball White Line Fever Can Destroy Athletes The Voice Of Amateur Baseball TUCSON, Ariz. — Of all the can be delved into. That is setting sinister ailments which man has up the environment of excellence. faced, none is more diabolical than Around The Horn Next is having coaches who truly White Line Fever. love their athletes.” This troublesome condition With Hanson gave a graphic example surfaces when pitchers come into of this. OPINION games (or cross the white line) “The truly great coaches which and suddenly resemble a shell of athletes play the hardest for are the Publisher: Lou Pavlovich, Jr. their potential as they are knocked Lou Pavlovich ones who have this magical quality Editor: Lou Pavlovich, Jr. around by hitters or walk every about them. And when it comes batter in sight. down to it, that quality can be called This ailment has baffled pitching love. Love comes in many different The Topic: coaches since the game was ways. You can discipline players invented. and also be very caring.” Getting Desired Rest levels of performance. Each issue, Collegiate Baseball explores a major Many coaches have a solution to Hanson said a great example of “The biggest thing a coach can development in the world of baseball. This issue’s this condition ― gently explain to this is in the book The Inner Game do is create an environment where editorial explains why sleeping soundly for proper the pitcher to play another sport if Of Tennis. the pitcher is focused from day length of time is essential to performance. it happens on a routine basis. “The author, Tim Gallwey, In an effort to find out why some one,” said Hanson. interviewed (NBA basketball Hall pitchers can look like Cy Young “This environment is where of Fame Coach) Red Auerbach and award winners in the bullpen during excellence is expected. If you (NFL Hall of Fame Coach) George Proper Sleep Essential practice but completely the opposite look at schools or professional Allen and asked both of them during games, Collegiate Baseball organizations that have enjoyed what the key components of their For Athletes, Coaches contacted Tom Hanson. success, they follow this pattern coaching was. The value of sleep for athletes is incredibly important. Hanson earned a Ph.D in sport consistently. They create an “After talking for 45 minutes But coaches rarely discuss this vital element of athletic psychology at the University of environment where they focus on with both men, Auerbach finally performance. Virginia and helped co-author the the athletes playing the best they got to the core of the question: ‘God Up to now, there really hasn’t been information introduced to fabulous book called Heads-Up can and are not concerned with the dammit, I tell you what I do. I love baseball that has given the sport a reason to focus on proper rest Baseball 2.0 with the late noted outcome. those bastards (players).’ ” for athletes and coaches alike. sports psychologist, Ken Ravizza. “Look at the Yankees. Someone Hanson said his players held It has simply been a case of having enough common sense to This book has become the Bible comes into that organization, a deep affection for Auerbach sleep properly. for baseball coaches and players and they are elevated into a new because he genuinely cared for each But what is proper rest? when seeking information on how emotional level because of the and every one of his athletes just In the April 5 edition of Collegiate Baseball, we delved into the to achieve mental toughness in excellence they embody. This like a father. subject with the help of sleep expert Dr. James Maas. high stress baseball situations. becomes more of a way of being. “The issue with pitchers who He is a leading authority and international consultant on sleep In the past, Hanson has worked “There is a broad area which have White Line Fever is fear. They and performance who studied the subject more than 40 years as a throughout the New York Yankees’ must be covered in this topic first professor at Cornell University where he taught more than 65,000 organization to help achieve higher and foremost before the finer details See WHITE LINE, Page 5 college students. He wrote a book with Haley Davis called Sleep To Win! Secrets To Unlocking Your Athletic Excellence In Every Sport. Dr. Maas said that about 70 percent of Americans aren’t meeting the 7 ½ to 8 ½ hour sleep requirements as adults. He said that sleep Letters To The Editor needs increase from puberty to about the age of 26 which involves everyone from middle school kids to Major Leaguers. Discipline Issues On Teams John Smith U.S. The amount of sleep this group needs to be fully alert and full I enjoyed reading about discipline in programs 17 Mockingbird Lane Mail Pullman, WA 99164 of energy is 9 ¼ hours of sleep per night. But more often than not, run by Hall of Fame coaches Augie Garrido and the number of hours a person from this group gets is 6.1 hours a Gordie Gillespie (May 3, 2019 edition). night. That was enlightening. Collegiate Baseball “They are so sleepy that they don’t even know how little sleep I was surprised to learn that Garrido’s team P.O. Box 50566 they are getting,” said Dr. Maas. rules were arrived at over the years from his Tucson, AZ 85703 “These people are in essence walking zombies.” players — not other coaches. He points out that if the athlete is tired, he can’t possibly perform “I go over the rules with my players before the at his highest level. Loss of sleep can impact a player’s skills, season starts and ask them if there is anything in studies, reaction time and even disposition. the rules which would cause a problem before the You can also Dr. Maas also explained that unless you receive proper rest, you FAX letters to rules become policy,” said Garrido. the editor or will have a difficult time of retaining muscle memory. “Somewhere down the line, somebody will E-Mail them: “The most intriguing study I have ever read was done out of break a rule and then complain about that specific Harvard University,” said Dr. Maas. rule. We avoid that by discussing the logic of all FAX: E-Mail: (520) 624-5501 [email protected] “It stated that there is something that happens in the brain only the rules” after about seven hours of solid sleep to young people (puberty to I also like the idea that Coach Garrido learned Collegiate Baseball welcomes letters from about age 26). After seven hours of sleep, something takes place not to immediately respond to his emotions when readers. Letters must include the writer’s called ‘sleep spindles.’ he was made aware of certain issues with players name, address and telephone number. We “These spindles represent a cascade of calcium which can’t be on the team. He will then get the player aside and reserve the right to condense or reject any taken in pill form that is produced by your brain late at night and tell him what he knows or what he heard and ask letter and to limit frequent writers. goes into the motor cortex and strings together series of motor him for his side of the story. Then he typically told muscle memory. So if a pitcher is learning a new grip, or a batter the young man that he would need more time to not necessarily punishment. But it reminded them is learning a new mechanic for hitting which involves muscle find the truth. that they have lost. memory, having this proper sleep will help.” He said that stories usually differ with different “It’s not my fault and not necessarily a player’s A 15-year-old figure skater named Sarah Hughes become a gold people who are involved when it comes to off fault that he failed. But a penalty goes along with medal winner through added sleep. the field problems related to breaking curves and failing, and that’s losing. Every day, she trained for about five hours (2 ½ hours in the other matters. “Players don’t want to lose. You set ground rules morning and another 2 ½ hours in the evening) sandwiched between “Many times a landlord or hotel manager will so that if you fail, then you will be penalized. And school. Then she would have dinner, study and go to bed. Rarely back track,” said Garrido. that can be running from home to the right field did she have more than seven hours of sleep. Hughes nearly quit “The adult who turned them in will say it really fence and back and then missing a turn at bat. because she had hit a wall and could not improve. was not as bad as he made it out to be. I have That’s a simple form of punishment at the practice Dr. Maas met with her and found that she needed more sleep. found that the person exaggerated the story to level. Kids don’t want to fail. But all of us are So her morning practices were eliminated to allow her to sleep have players get full punishment. capable of doing more than we can. It’s a matter longer. “On other occasions, the incident turned out to of raising the concentration level of players.” And within several weeks, she was performing jumps, spins and be as bad as described. You as a coach must get to Reading the thoughts of Coach Gillespie was turns she could never do before. Her skills were so good that she the realities of the incident. I don’t feel you should just as revealing. He believed that 95 percent of won a gold medal at the 2002 Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah. ever doubt your player first off. You should gather off the field problems he encountered in his career The subject of sleep is extremely important and one that every information from both sides.” were alcohol related. coach should take seriously for his athletes. Garrido, as I do, believed the every player “A kid gets mad, drinks a few too many beers, knows what is right and what is wrong. chases a girl, punches a guy, and then they are in He felt that when a player created a problem trouble,” said Gillespie. for others by doing something wrong, then you as “I tell our guys that if they can be teetotalers for UOTE the coach must step in and discipline that person a period of time, it will save us a lot of problems Unquote” in a timely and meaningful way. on road trips in the evenings. Kids will inevitably “Q There is another type of discipline that he talked have a glass of beer. But there is a big difference in “The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack of about that is important and relates to the game in having a glass of beer and being drunk. They have will.” the way of fundamentals, knowledge of the game, enough sense to realize what the difference is.” — Vince Lombardi concentration levels and focus to be able to play When players try to test his authority, he has an the game well. immediately confrontation not in front of the other “I asked a ref if he could give me a technical foul for thinking He was a big believer in having discipline built players. It is immediately off to the side or behind bad things about him. He said, of course not. I said, well, I think into the daily practice schedule of every team he the doors of his office. you stink. And he gave me a technical. You can’t trust em.” coached. Jeff Nelson — Jim Valvano He had penalties attached to practices that were New Orleans, La. Friday, May 17, 2019 Collegiate Baseball Page  White Line Fever Can Mentally Destroy Ball Players Continued From Page 4 point. of things prior to every pitch. Roger “The Yankees are extremely Clemens had a sense of mission and don’t trust their abilities and have interesting to look at as an being. He projected confidence and a fear of failure. If you have an organization. The Yankees Major had an air about him that he was environment of excellence coupled League team focuses like no other there and would get the job done. with love by the coaches, which Big League team. Every team takes “A pitcher might be scared to again can come in many forms, batting practice. But very few teams death in a game. But you can’t show this malady can be minimized. It is focus the way Yankee players do it. You must project confidence that always sad to see a pitcher throwing on a constant basis. You just don’t lets your teammates know you are gas in the pen and watch him cross see it in other teams. It is not a new in control. the white line and leave his gas in drill or technique. It is about the “If the body acts confidently, the pen. Pitchers who don’t perform emotional element of the game. It you will be confident. If you act at a high level during games feel is about creating an environment of confidence out, you begin to think their self esteem is on the line and excellence, having faith and then it.” more than likely tense up rather being challenged. Hanson said four key points than feeling that everything will be “Having nice uniforms and pitchers should strive for include: alright no matter what happens.” having a physical structure which 1. Knowing how to carry Hanson said coaches must work supports excellence is important as yourself on the mound. at becoming the best coaches they well. When you go to outstanding 2. Breathing properly between can in this regard which is not easily programs, you immediately say pitches. accomplished. wow to yourself. They are breathing 3. Doing a pre-play in the mind “I have worked with a lot of in and exhaling excellence because prior to throwing pitches. Yankee pitchers with off the field everything in their environment is 4. Trusting your body to perform issues, and it helps. College and the way it should be. what you have seen in the pre- high school coaches should get to “Derek Jeter of the Yankees play. know their pitchers well and find wrote a remarkable book called “Breathing can take on several out any problems they are having. The Life You Imagine: Life Lessons forms” said Hanson. If an athlete sees that his coach truly For Achieving Your Dreams. It lays “If you take a deep breath through cares about him, he feels more at out how to reach your dreams. This your nose and fill up your chest in a ease about his surroundings and is guy is an ideal mental game poster slow, chest-expanding fashion and able to perform better. board. He is upbeat and positive let it out slowly, this can relax you “It is also important that coaches virtually all the time and carries in high pressure situations. But if take a different approach when Sports Psychologist Tom Hanson himself like a champion. you take short, quick breaths out talking to pitchers on the mound or outside himself for answers. For a opposed to being a dictator. The “He almost always has this sly of your mouth, it can pick you up during bullpen work. If the coach pitcher to be sharp, he must look last thing you want is your pitcher smile when he steps to the plate as you gain more energy. has credibility with the pitcher, inside and ask himself why he may tied up mentally thinking about and is relentless in his quest for “As far as the mental pre-play, the then the player will believe what he not be performing well in certain mechanics the coach has told him to excellence. But he also knows the pitcher must be totally committed says. He will be more able to focus situations.” use while pitching during a crucial game. He never gets too worked up to doing it before pitches. He can’t and do the things that will make Hanson was asked to give several segment in the game.” if he falls into a slump. He is not do it only on a part-time basis. You a difference in how he practices. examples of what questions should attached to results and stats. You just must visually see in your mind Humor Works Well can’t afford to do that in baseball where the pitch will go before the Then coaches can throw tough be asked of pitchers. Another great technique pitching since there are so many times you ball is actually thrown to home challenges at those pitchers during “You might ask a pitcher what coaches can use is humor. don’t succeed. It is important not plate. You might actually feel how practices. he noticed on a certain pitch. The Brent Strom, veteran pitching to jump on the dangerous path the pitch is thrown in your mind “Pitchers can be put into game- coach should resist the urge to coach with the Kansas St. Louis of an up and down roller coaster as well.” like situations with extreme explain the situation to his pitcher. Cardinals’, Kansas City Royals’, emotionally.” “Some Major League pitchers pressure. The bases can be loaded You may ask the pitcher whether he Houston Astros’, and Montreal I have worked with tell me they with no outs as the pitcher comes trusted the previous pitch and rank Expos’ organizations once told this Confidence Is Crucial mentally feel how they will throw in. A coach can use his imagination it on a 1-10 scale with 10 being the writer a humorous tale about one Hanson said that pitchers who the pitch during this pre-play. with many different scenarios. highest. The pitcher may tell you of his visits to the mound during project an air of confidence are Pitcher can work on mentally “Then when a player comes into it was a seven. The pitcher throws a game. doing themselves a favor. seeing and feeling pre-pitches in a game after practicing in high another pitch and tells himself he His pitcher was clinging to a 1-0 “When you see pitchers who the bullpen or at home. You can pressure situations, he is more at trusted himself at an eight level. lead late in the game but had walked know what to do and control the do this without throwing balls ease with himself, and the feeling “Another quality is smooth or a number of batters. With the bases action, it is beautiful to watch. by shadow pitching ― throwing of anxiety or fear is not front focused. You ask the pitcher how loaded and two outs, his manager They have a sense of mission and imaginary pitches in many different and center. The pitcher is more focused he was and to rate it. You asked him to talk to the pitcher in purpose. They have a routine that situations.” pumped up, focused and in control can ask the pitcher what worked an effort to settle him down. they do every time. It is a set series of situations. The coach has now and what helped him. Ask him what “I walked up to the mound and created a great balance of caring got in the way of his performance. addressed my pitcher with the and challenging the pitcher who What will he do next time? Now catcher beside us. I simply said I then performs well in games.” the pitcher is coming back with had to take a dump incredibly bad The Ultimate Hitting Aid Ask Questions, Don’t Dictate answer from within rather than and could hardly stand it any more. Hanson brought up another being external. Now the person is But I couldn’t leave the dugout until ™ outstanding point. relying on himself. the inning was over. My pitcher told “The great coaches ask questions “If you have a pitcher performing me he would get the batter out in RADAR TEE of their pitchers during games and with everything on the line, he three pitches. I responded that it had don’t tell them what to do. This is should not be looking at the “Best Of Show” to be one pitch because of the pain Award Winner very important. The answers for coach in the dugout. He should be I was in. My catcher and pitcher looking at himself. He should do at 2016 American you as a coach are in your pitcher. were nearly doubled over they were Baseball Coaches If a coach tells a pitcher what to his homework within his inner self. laughing so hard.” The coach should ask questions as Association do, then the pitcher is left looking Strom said he then walked off Convention the mound toward his dugout…but not normally. 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We can’t thank Hanson brought up another www.sportssensors.com anyone who makes the commitment Brad enough for his gift.” Page  Collegiate Baseball Friday, May 17, 2019 Sharp Focus Essential Becoming Elite Performer Explained In-Depth By Geoff Colvin Continued From Page 1 experience, he will decide what that pitcher or hitter must develop next. why do they put in those thousands What is it that he can’t quite do that of hours when most people don’t? he needs to be able to do? He must And why do they push themselves repeat this over and over again until so they reach this level? he can do it. If it is a certain pitch I have found that every great “But there is more to it than that. he can’t throw well or locating it performer has a moment when Two different people could put properly in a certain location in “ in the same amount of hours, and the strike zone, the pitcher must one person could just go through grow constantly in his quest to get motivation becomes internalized. The the motions while the other person better. performer is no longer practicing hard could be intensely focused on it at “It sounds obvious, but it is also all times. The second person would obvious why most players don’t do because his parents are making him do get much better results. it. When you first try it, you will “So again, why do some people fail. Mistakes will be made, it will it. It becomes his own quest and own work so hard and with the requisite feel uncomfortable, and it won’t pursuit. intensity? That is a much more feel good. So most players avoid difficult question. What I have pushing themselves. They are fine — Geoff Colvin, Author come to believe in many fields, and with what they do. But it is obvious sports is definitely one of them, is to me that good coaches will force Talent Is Overrated that training starts early in life, and the players to reach new skill levels the role of the parent is extremely by working on their deficiencies. important. These coaches will also provide lots “At the same time, I have found of feedback on how it’s going. that every great performer has a “It is also important to point out altered in this fashion. But in fact, how you as a parent can make When Susan was 17, she became moment when motivation becomes that nobody can work hard on their it is possible. individuals feel free to reach these the first woman to qualify for the internalized. The performer is no discipline for a tremendous length of “However, it happens much levels and aware that this is going Men’s World Championship. She longer practicing hard because his time straight. It’s not only because more easily when you are young. to be a long process.’ wasn’t allowed to compete” because parents are making him do it. It of the physical constraints. There That function will take over a larger “Getting a kid to understand and she wasn’t a male. At the age of 21, becomes his own quest and own are mental constraints involved, part of your brain if you focus on go through demanding practices she became the first woman ever pursuit. When that happens, it and coaches must understand this. it early in life. And that will last at an early age is necessary. But to be named a grand master, the typically isn’t a goal that is driving A player must focus very hard on the rest of your life. It essentially you don’t want the kid becoming highest rank in chess. him. It is because there is something learning or improving a skill. After changes the way your brain is angry and resentful. In a way, this Her sister Judit became a grand in the activity itself that he finds a certain amount of time, whether wired. That is one reason why. is what it’s all about. Obviously master at 15, the youngest person rewarding. that is 30 minutes or longer, you “The second reason is the Earl Woods was able to do this of either sex to do this. The middle “Wherever that comes from is need a rest. Then you can come pitcher’s ability to get the arm successfully with Tiger Woods. sister, Sophia, never attained the what really separates world-class back to it. The mental exhaustion is back much further than the ordinary Yet, we have all seen examples grand master rank because she was performers from everybody else. at least as important as the physical person can get it back. There is where an overbearing parent tries the least committed of the three. Research has been conducted by exhaustion.” research that shows if you do this to force his kid to practice hard, and But she did reach the rank of sixth a number of people that suggests Colvin said in Talent Is Overrated early in life before your bones are ultimately the kid reaches a certain in the world. 10,000 hours of practice done in that researchers looked at violinists fully calcified, you can get it way age and rebels. None of the three ever became a precision manner is the magic at the Music Academy of West back there and continue to get it “He abandons the whole thing in world champion. number. And there is separate Berlin to find out whether there way back even after you mature anger and resentment, and it turns “This story vividly shows what research, but related, that shows 10 was any data that showed why some fully. However, if you haven’t into a terrible situation. What you deliberate practice can achieve,” years is generally necessary. These students excelled and others didn’t. done that before your bones are are asking is undoubtedly one of said Colvin. figures apply pretty well across They studied biographical data fully calcified, then you will never the most important questions. But “The father, Laszlo Polgar, was most disciplines. That is why it is about every conceivable subject be able to do it. You will lose the unfortunately, there is no research not a chess master. He knew the so striking whether you are talking involving all violinists, whether it ability to get the arm as far back as available in this area that really game and was a serious player. about baseball, playing the cello, be the age they started, teachers, possible.” explains how to do it right as a But he was just average. He was the violin or chess, in addition to a competitions entered and other Colvin was asked how a young parent.” still able to coach his daughters number of other disciplines. information. athlete can be trained by a parent so to be top-notch chess players and “This information suggests that At the age of 18, three dis- Human Experiment that youngster will have a passion Colvin was asked to explain did it by learning about the game it takes a lot more work than most tinct groups surfaced. The to play the sport and not wash out in-depth. people realize to be a top performer. most accomplished group had the story he discussed in his book at a young age. about Laszlo Polgar, a Hungarian “The time he brought up his They simply aren’t born that way. accumulated 7,410 hours of lifetime It was pointed out to him that daughters was pre-internet. They Consider that 10,000 hours is an practice on average compared to the educational psychologist, who many times, well meaning parents believed that great performers are had a 10,000 book library that was enormous amount of time. Twenty less talented second group which live through their kids and force the strictly about chess. He also created hours of deliberate practice a week compiled 5,301 hours and 3,420 for made, not born. kids to practice too hard or punish In the 1960s, Polgar felt he a huge filing system where you is a lot by any standard. But you the even less talented third group. their kids for failing to excel in could look up any position on the would have to do that for 10 years The 10,000 hour practice rule understood the process so well different sports. In time, the young that he could prove it with a live chess board and see what various every week all year long for that seemed to be in full effect with the athlete quits playing because he great players had done. amount of time. It’s a huge amount data compiled and 10 year rule as experiment with his children as can’t cope with the pressure the they grew up. He wrote a book “Today, that is almost trivial on of work.” well. parent puts on him or the constant the internet. “What applies to the violinists about how to do it called Bring Up Undisciplined Practice abuse. Genius! (English translation). “But when he did it, it was an Colvin said there is a tremendous applies very well to baseball. On the other side, Tiger Woods enormous piece of work. That’s Both of those are activities that To start the experiment, as amount of undisciplined practice had an exceptional father, Earl, who incredible as this sounds, he what he was able to do which taking place all across the world in people start as kids. When you passed on the love he had for golf enabled his daughters to be great in reach the age of 18, if you haven’t publicly announced that he was different disciplines. through his son with demanding, looking for a woman to marry him chess, plus of course, requiring his “It is the most common thing in accumulated as many hours as focused practices. But both had daughters to spend hours and hours another player, it becomes very so his wife could have children in every sport or activity. People tend a great time doing it. And Tiger the quest to help help him with the each day on chess. to do what they can already do and difficult to catch up. At that point, Woods has been the standard as “It shows you that you don’t the best players are adding to their experiment. He ultimately found a just do that over and over because the world’s greatest golfer for schoolteacher in the Ukraine named have to be a great performer to it is rewarding and feels good. You total amount of hours at a fairly years because of this early, focused teach others to be great.” impressive rate and are getting a Klara. get to see some pleasant results. training. According to the book, the Colvin had some final thoughts Those people don’t get much better. lot of help. If you are trying to keep “You’ve really put your finger on this complex subject. up and trying to do more than they Polgars soon had a daughter named The best are always focused on on one of the key issues here. In Susan. When she turned four, he “One point I would like to what they can’t do well. And there are doing in order to catch up, it fact, I had several paragraphs in my emphasize is that I hope people becomes almost impossible. began the process of making her is research on this. If you look at book Talent Is Overrated about how a Grand Master in the game of will accept this message, because it figure skaters, the mediocre ones “So the early training of an athlete vital the development is between will really effect how they lead their turns out to be very important.” chess. spend time practicing jumps that parents and the child. At that point, the two parents lives and raise their kids. they can already do quite well. Starting Young Essential “The preeminent researcher devoted their lives to teaching “If you truly don’t believe that “The best ones spend most of Colvin was asked if disciplined on the subject, Anders Ericsson Susan chess along with their two this type of practice will make you their time practicing jumps that practice is vital at a young age or of Florida State University, feels other daughters who were born better and believe it takes a special they really can’t do yet. They are consistency of disciplined practice that the passion of a young person later named Sophia and Judit. All gift that you either have or don’t, constantly pushing the envelope. It throughout one’s life. develops rather than emerging three were home schooled, and the then you probably are giving up any is the same in baseball. Ball players “Having disciplined practice is suddenly. A youngster’s childhood parents quit their jobs to work with chance of being extremely good. must try to hone their skills so they important during a person’s life. may be especially important in the kids. “But if you do believe that are better in the areas which need But there are two reasons to believe how the drive’s development gets The schooling consisted largely deliberate practice will work, then improvement. This is also why that it is particularly important started. of time consuming chess instruction you do have a chance. good coaches are so valuable in in the early years as a pitcher. “Anders Ericcson goes so far every day. Incredibly, the family “It is just tragic that people any pursuit. Even if it isn’t sports, Disciplined practice will alter your as to say, ‘The research frontier is accumulated 10,000 chess books, give up any chance of being great a good coach is extremely valuable. brain. Researchers call this brain parenting. Push children too hard, and a filing system of index cards because they don’t think they can A good coach will assess where plasticity. It can happen at any age and they respond with anger. You which cataloged the important areas do it. the kid is at that moment in his even if you are an adult. At one have to develop an independent of each book. It was a massive “The message here is yes, you development. time, researchers didn’t believe individual who has chosen to undertaking before computers can do it. You can always get much “Based on the coach’s own adults could have their brains be involved in this activity. It’s became common. better than you thought.” Friday, MayFeb. 17,22, 20192019 Collegiate Baseball Page  Page  Collegiate Baseball Friday, May 17, 2019 Collegiate Baseball’s UCLA No. 1 NCAA Division I Bruins Win 16 Of Last 18, Post 2.74 ERA TUCSON, Ariz. — UCLA Poll Notes: Several teams are (37-8) is ranked No. 1 in the latest red-hot. Vanderbilt and Michigan Get Latest 2019 Collegiate Baseball NCAA Div. have won 11 straight while Stanford TOP 30 POLL I baseball poll presented by Big has won 10 of its last 12, Louisville Standings, Stats Presented By League Chew. 9 consecutive, Miami (Fla.) 7 in The Bruins, winners of 16 of their a row and Central Michigan 6 For NCAA Div. I TUCSON, Ariz. — Readers last 18, beat Pepperdine once and straight. of Collegiate Baseball can get took two of three at Arizona State. For the first time this season, the most current NCAA Division UCLA is No. 1 in the nation with Oregon St. struggled with four I standings by going to: www. a 2.74 ERA. The pitching staff has straight losses, all at home. The baseballnews.com and then clicking struck out 469 batters with 150 Beavers dropped a game to Gonzaga the category Polls. walks. and then three straight to Oklahoma Then click on NCAA Division I. The Bruins are second in the St. Once there, click on NCAA Div. nation in hits allowed per nine In key series, Vanderbilt swept I Conference Standings. innings at 6.31. UCLA also has a 3-game series at South Carolina, For NCAA Div. I statistics, go to: a superb defense with a fielding Mississippi St. won two of three www.baseballnews.com and then percentage of .982 (third in the at Texas A&M, Georgia swept click on Polls, NCAA Division I USA). a 3-game series at home against and then NCAA Div. I Statistics. Opponents have only stolen 17 Florida, Mississippi won two of Navigate from there to find the stats www.bigleaguechew.com bases in 33 attempts this season three at Louisiana St. and Texas you are after. (As of May 6) over 45 games. Tech. swept three at Oklahoma. Rank School Record Points Prev. 1. UCLA (37-8) 495 1 Incredible Ending To Ball Game 2. Vanderbilt (38-9) 494 2 3. Louisville (39-9) 491 4 4. Stanford (34-8) 490 3 Turenne Belts Dramatic 5. Arkansas (37-12) 486 6 6. Mississippi St. (38-10) 484 7 7. U.C. Santa Barbara (36-7) 483 8 Slam To Save No-Hitter 8. Georgia (37-12) 480 9 ORONO, Maine — The game 9. East Carolina (36-11) 476 10 between Maine and Massachusetts 10. North Carolina (34-12) 474 11 had a Hollywood ending. With the University of Maine 11. Oregon St. (31-14-1) 472 5 only two outs away from losing 12. Georgia Tech. (33-14) 470 14 to Massachusetts with its pitcher 13. Mississippi (32-17) 467 17 throwing a no-hitter, freshman 14. Baylor (32-13) 466 15 Ryan Turenne blasted a pinch-hit, walk-off grand slam to lift the Black 15. Texas Tech. (33-14) 464 16 Bears to a 4-1 in the bottom of the 16. Oklahoma St. (28-16) 462 21 seventh. 17. Arizona St. (33-12) 459 12 Turenne’s home run was the first 18. Louisiana St. (30-18) 457 13 of his career as he entered the game 19. Michigan (34-11) 456 22 with just one RBI on the season. 20. N.C. State (37-12) 452 20 Nick Silva pitched all seven innings and fired a no-hitter while 21. Texas A&M (32-17-1) 450 19 striking out two. 22. Miami, Fla. (34-14) 448 24 He allowed just five base runners 23. Florida St. (30-16) 446 25 via an error, two walks, a hit-by- pitch and a fielder’s choice. 24. Florida Atlantic (32-15) 443 — 25. Indiana (31-16) 441 23 26. Iowa (29-17) 438 — NCAA D-1 Notes 27. Duke (28-18) 435 26 The game was a terrific pitchers’ 28. Central Michigan (34-12) 432 — duel between Silva and UMass’s 29. Fresno St. (30-13-1) 429 — Justin Lasko as both teams were hitless until the third innning when 30. Brigham Young (31-12) 425 27 Brogan Searle-Belanger of Maine Source: Collegiate Baseball Newspaper hit a single to centerfield. In the top of the fifth, UMass’s Ryhan Lever walked, stole second CLUTCH HITTER — Maine was only two outs away from losing and advanced to third on a passed to Massachusetts with its pitcher throwing a no-hitter. Freshman ball with one out. Ryan Turenne (above) saved the day with with a grand slam NATIONAL PLAYERS A squeeze play by the Minutemen which allowed the Black Bears to win, 4-1. allowed Massachusetts to score its the show during a 32-1 win over Wins It In 16th only run. Alabama A&M. Oregon State won a wild one in OF THE WEEK Another Incredible Game He recorded the sixth cycle in Corvallis with a walk-off run in the West Virginia posted a 1-0 win Cardinals’ history and first since 16th inning. Powered By over Kansas with a walk-off homer 1998. Jake Harvey singled past in the bottom of the ninth by He laced an RBI single in the Washington State third baseman Marques Inman. first inning before hitting a 3-run Kodie Kolden to send Preston Jones The game featured a pitchers’ homer in the second. in from third with the winning run duel between RHP Alek Manoah Then the freshman added a as the Beavers won it, 4-3. of West Virginia and Ryan Cyr of double in the third. Jones walked. Then he moved Kansas. He grounded out for an RBI in to second when Kyler McMahan Neither pitcher allowed a run www.diamond-sports.com the fourth and was hit by a pitch in singled to center. until West Virginia hit the dramatic the sixth. The two moved up via a passed LHP Nick Snyder, West Virginia: Snyder struck out 16 game winner in the bottom of the In the seventh, he lined a double ball which set up Harvey’s 2-1 Marshall batters during a 2-0, 1-hit performance. He had a no- ninth. to the outfield wall. single off reliever Bryce Moyle. hitter going into the ninth inning, but a single broke the no-no Manoah had a remarkable outing In his final at-bat of the evening, The 16 inning contest tied for up with two outs. The only other baserunner was via a walk in as he earned National Player of he drove a pitch to rightfield that the longest at Goss Stadium at Cole the third inning. The Week honors by Collegiate rolled to the wall as he hit a triple Field since 1999. Baseball powered by Diamond. to complete the cycle. C Chase Smartt, Troy: Smart went 12-for-19 at the plate over Homers In 15th Game He struck out 15 Kansas batters four games with 6 doubles, 2 home runs, 9 RBI and a 1.263 For the night, Binelas was 5-for- Tennessee Tech. homered in its and didn’t walk a batter as he slugging percentage. 6 with 8 RBI and 5 runs scored. 15th straight game during a 7-4 loss allowed only three hits. The 32 runs by Louisville to Clemson. LHP Ethan Small, Mississippi St.: Small retired the first 19 Manoah’s shutout came a week were the second most in school Sophomore Jason Hinchman batters he faced in the series opener against Texas A&M on his after he struck out 15 Texas Tech. history as the Cardinals recorded blasted his Ohio Valley Conference way to seven hitless innings with 8 strikeouts. The only two hitters. 11 doubles. leading 19th homer to keep the batters who got on were via a walk and hit batter. He has now gone 31 2/3 innings Thirteen different Cardinals had streak alive. OF Joe Vranesh, St. Mary’s: Vranesh belted 3 home runs, without allowing a run. at least one hit in the game with nine including a grand slam, with 7 RBI as he went 7-for-14. He is Inman gave up only 1 run with 4 players registering multiple hits. Belts 5 Home Runs strikeouts and 2 walks. Lost in all the offensive fireworks Vanderbilt smashed a season-

See NATIONAL PLAYERS OF WEEK, Page 14 Hits For Cycle was that Louisville pitchers struck Louisville’s Alex Binelas stole out 19 Alabama A&M batters. See WALTER MOWS, Page 9 Friday, May 17, 2019 Collegiate Baseball Page  Walter Mows Down 14 Batters For Western Carolina Continued From Page 8 0. He only allowed three hits while for the most career RBI by an Grand Slams It was a new career high for striking out four. Ohio Valley Conference player, Freshman Zack Peterson of strikeouts while he lowered his high five home runs, including two Breaks Hit, RBI Records recording his 229th and 230th with Brigham Young hit a grand slam in season ERA to 1.10. from JJ Bleday, during a 13-5 win With one swing of the bat, history the bomb. the 10th inning, the first hit of his He allowed only three base over Alabama was made as Tennessee Tech. All- Show Of Power career, to give BYU an 11-7 win runners all night, none of which Bleday, the Southeastern American Kevin Strohschein hit Dan Bolt of Bradley belted 4 over Pacific. advanced past first base. Conference’s leader in home runs, a home run during a 10-6 loss to home runs as he went 8-for-16 with Will Brennan of Kansas State Remarkable Season added his 18th and 19th of the N.C. State. 7 RBI in recent action. launched a go-ahead grand slam in RHP Noah Song of Navy is season. His 2-run circuit clout allowed He extended his hitting streak to the bottom of the seventh during having a monster season. He is 9-0 He has clubbed 12 in the last 16 Strohschein to break two Ohio 14 games. a 7-2 win over Wichita State. on the season with a 1.23 ERA and games and recently hit 5 during the Valley Conference records. James Ciliento of Bryant also Brennan’s four career homer, and continues to lead the nation with course of a week. It was his 331st career base hit, hit four home runs in a week as he first grand slam, came with two outs 133 strikeouts this season. San Diego State also hit five breaking the previous record held went 10-for-24 at the plate with 12 to break a 2-2 tie. This total has broken the Patriot runs in a game against Nevada-Las by Jacksonville State’s Clayton RBI and 7 runs scored. 2-Hit Complete Game League record for strikeouts in Vegas during an 11-4 win. Daniel. He started the week with two UCLA RHP Ryan Garcia tossed a single season. In his last two The five home runs accounted for He also passed former Tennessee home runs and 5 RBI against Rhode a 2-hitter with 14 strikeouts during outings, he has thrown a 1-hitter 10 of the Aztecs’ 11 runs as Mike Tech. All-American Zach Stephens Island. a 5-0 win over Utah. and then struck out 15 batters. Harvis and Casey Schmitt both hit a pair while Julian Escobedo hit his fifth long ball of the season. Schmitt finished his day going 5-for-5 with 3 RBI. Cracks 3 Circuit Clouts Kent State freshman Justin Kirby became the first Golden Flash to hit three home runs in a game since the 2005 season during a 17-11 loss to Northern Illinois. He went 4-for-5 at the plate with 5 RBI and 4 runs scored. Hunter Slater of Southern Mississippi mashed his way into the school record book during a 15-2 win over New Orleans. He drove in 8 runs with 3 home runs and a fielder’s choice, tying records for homers and RBI in a single game. Slater has hit 9 home runs on the season and became the third Golden Eagle to hit a trio of circuit clouts in the same game. Ryan Johnson of Kentucky hit three consecutive home runs against Western Kentucky. They were the fourth, fifth and sixth of Johnson’s career. Mows Down 17 RHP Chase Walter of Western Carolina struck out a career-high 17 batters during a 5-1 win over Furman. He opened the game by retiring seven straight Paladin batters, four by strikeouts. Then he closed the game by retiring eight in a row with six strikeouts. Big League Chew was invented by Rob Nelson, a former Cornell In his previous outing against Mercer, he fanned 13 batters. University lefthander who was pitching in Oregon in 1977 for the Over his last two starts, he recorded 30 total strikeouts. fabled Portland Mavericks when he came up with the idea for a new Triple Play Georgia turned its first triple type of bubble gum. play since 1963 during a 5-2 win over Missouri. The Tigers loaded the bases to start the game. Rob was literally sitting in the Portland bullpen, watching his team- Then Peter Zimmeran launched a ball to the rightfield wall that mates chewing other less salubrious stuff, when he thought that Riley King snagged with a leaping shredded bubble gum would be a much more fun option. catching. King then fired the ball to Patrick Sullivan at first base for the second out. Rob shared the idea with Mav teammate Jim Bouton who liked the On the play, Clayton Peterson tagged up from third and ran across concept so much he spent the next two years searching for a gum home. Georgia felt Peterson left early company to manufacture and distribute Big League Chew. He as Sullivan tossed the ball back to pitcher C.J. Smith who then succeeded, and BLC quickly became the must-have bubble gum for threw over to third baseman Aaron Schunk. Peterson was called out. ballplayers in the littlest leagues to the Big Leagues. The call was reviewed but upheld for the triple play. 9th Shutout Of Season Today, over 40 years later, Big League Chew is the #1-selling Tennessee pitching has been remarkable all season long. shredded bubble gum in the world — with over 800 million pouches During another dominant pitching performance, the Volunteers sold. It is manufactured in the USA by Ford Gum of Akron, New York. blanked Gardner-Webb 5-0 which marked the ninth whitewash of the season for the Tennessee pitching ™ staff. It is two more than any other BIG LEAGUE CHEW® AMERICA’S BUBBLE GUM team in the nation this season. Freshman RHP Camden Sewell Coaches Discount now available at bigleaguechew.com made his third start of the season and earned the win to improve to 4- Page 10 Collegiate Baseball Friday, May 17, 2019 Collegiate Baseball’s Argyle H.S. No. 1 National High School Eagles Post 19-Game Winning Streak TUCSON, Ariz. — Argyle semi-finals of the Louisiana 5A by NJ.com. They are one of the few (Argyle, TX) remains No. 1 in the state playoffs and will play West teams undefeated in South New latest Collegiate Baseball National Monroe next. The Buccaneers Jersey with a 14-0 record. They TOP 30 POLL High School Poll powered by beat Chalmette 5-0, Central (Baton scored a big win over Shawnee, Diamond Pro. Rouge) 5-1 and 7-2 and Acadiana 6-2 and earned a No. 1 seed in the Presented By The Eagles (31-1-1) have 3-2 and 3-2 in post-season play. upcoming Joe Hartmann Diamond captured 19 games in a row and Sophomore Jack Walker is 3-0 Classic. won the first round of the Texas in five playoff games. Top hitters No. 17 Sam Houston (Lake 4A Region 1 tournament against include Brody Drost (.364, 6 HR, Charles, LA) is 35-4 and is in the Stephenville, TX 7-3 and 5-1. They 30 RBI) and Davis Meche (.352, 3 semi-finals of the Louisiana 5A will face Graham, TX next. HR, 34 RBI). state playoffs. The Broncos will In the 7-3 win over Stephenville, No. 7 Cypress Ranch (Cypress, meet Parkway (Bossier City, LA) RHP Chad Ricker tossed 6 innings TX) is 28-3-1 after defeating next. In 5 playoff games, they and struck out 11. Hendrickson (Pflugerville, TX), 3- defeated Southwood 13-0, Denham Argyle was the No. 1 pre-season 2 and 1-0 in the Bi-District games. Springs 12-0 and 2-0 and Destrehan pick after rolling to a 37-0 record They will meet Klein Collins 8-5 and 4-0. last season. (Spring, TX) in the next level of No. 18 Mountain Vista The Eagles have only lost one the playoffs. (Highlands Ranch, CO) is 18-2. game this season to Southlake No. 8 Cypress, CA posted a 27-3 They have a 13 game win streak and Carroll (TX) in March and tied record after going 10-0 in Empire recently defeated Rock Canyon 12- a game in February with Corpus League play and beating Servite, 2, Douglas County 11-0 and Castle Christy Ray (TX). CA 5-2 in the first round of the CIF View 4-3. PROFESSIONAL GROUNDSKEEPING PRODUCTS Argyle has only lost once in its playoffs. They will meet Capistrano No. 19 Benedictine (Richmond, last 70 games. Valley in the second round. VA) saw its 19-game winning No. 2 DeSoto Central (Southaven, No. 9 De La Salle (Concord, CA) streak snapped. They posted a loss MS) posted a 30-2 record, reaching posted a 23-1 record after going to Miller 9-5 and later lost another 30 wins for the first time in school 13-0 in the East Bay League. They game to Paul VI 5-4. They are 23-2 (As of May 6, 2019) history. With two wins over Warren start the North Coast Division 1 overall. Central, MS 5-3 and 14-7 and two Sectional playoffs. No. 20 Parkview (Lilburn, Rank School Record wins over Oxford, MS 4-0 and 8-4, No. 10 St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort GA) is 30-4 and have won the 1. Argyle (Argyle, TX) 31-1-1 DeSoto advances to the North Half Lauderdale, FL) ended its regular first two rounds of the Georgia 2. DeSoto Central (Southhaven, MS) 30-2 championship series (semi-finals) season with a 20-3 record. Recently 7A state playoffs. They beat 3. Georgetown (Georgetown, TX) 32-2-1 of the state playoffs. the Raiders handed Nova (Davie, Peatchtree Ridge, 2-1 and 6-0 4. Orange Lutheran (Orange, CA) 26-4 In the last 9 games, the offense FL) its first loss of the season, 13-3. and North Forsyth, 8-6 and 13-0. has been led by Blaze Jordan (.655, They will begin the state playoffs They will meeting Walton in the 5. New Hanover (Wilmington, NC) 20-1 6 HR, 16 RBI) and Kyle Booker soon. quarterfinals. 6. Barbe (Lake Charles, LA) 36-3 (.419, 15 RS). No. 11 Blanchard, OK completed No. 21 Walsh Jesuit (Cuyahoga 7. Cypress Ranch (Cypress, TX) 28-3-1 Top pitchers for the season are its regular season with a 36-0 overall Falls, OH) posted a 16-1 record, 8. Cypress (Cypress, CA) 27-3 Cade Smith (8-1, 0.89 ERA, 19 BB, record and went 12-0 in district but rain has caused havoc. Their 9. De La Salle (Concord, CA) 23-1 71 K, 47 IP) and Will Logsdon (4-0, play. They will meet Berryhill last game was against Brunswick 1.00 ERA, 28 IP). (Tulsa, OK) in the first round of the which they won, 8-1. 10. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, FL) 20-3 No. 3 Georgetown, TX posted Oklahoma 4A state playoffs. No. 22 St. Laurence (Burbank, 11. Blanchard (Blanchard, OK) 36-0 a 32-2-1 record after winning Bi- No. 12 Lake Travis (Austin, TX) IL) has a 24-2 record after splitting a 12. Lake Travis (Austin, TX) 29-3 District games against Weiss, TX posted a 29-3 record after defeating big series against St. Rita (Chicago, 13-0 and 13-0. The Eagles will meet Smithson Valley (Spring Branch, IL). They lost the first game, 8-7 13. Colleyville Heritage (Colleyville, TX) 30-2 College Station, TX in the Regional TX) 9-1 and 1-0 in the first round in 8 innings and won the second 14. Mosley (Lynn Haven, FL) 21-3 Area playoffs. of the Texas 6A Region 4 playoffs. game, 4-3. They recently defeated 15. Farragut (Knoxville, TN) 33-2 No. 4 Orange Lutheran (Orange, They will meet Brandeis (San Providence, 6-3 and 10-7 and 16. Cherry Hill West (Cherry Hill, NJ) 14-0 CA) posted a 26-4 record after Antonio, TX) next. Brother Rice, 4-3. 17. Sam Houston (Lake Charles, LA) 35-4 beating San Clemente, CA 3-0 in No. 13 Colleyville Heritage No. 23 Valley Christian (San Jose, 18. Mountain Vista (Highlands Ranch, CO) 18-2 the first round of the CIF Division (Colleyville, TX) has a 30-2 record CA) clinched the West Catholic 1 Southern Section. The Lancers after defeating Ryan (Denton, TX) Athletic League regular season title 19. Benedictine (Richmond, VA) 23-2 are No. 1 in several state and area 10-4 to advance in the Texas 5A with a 5-0 win over St. Ignatius. 20. Parkview (Lilburn, GA) 30-4 rankings. Region 1 playoffs. They will meet Archbishop Riordan 21. Walsh Jesuit (Cuyahoga Falls, OH) 16-1 No. 5 New Hanover (Wilmington, No. 14 Mosley (Lynn Haven, in the WCAL tournament next. NC) is 20-1 overall and finished the FL) completed its regular season No. 24 Bryant, AR completed 22. St. Laurence (Burbank, IL) 24-2 regular season undefeated (14-0) 21-3 and will begin the Florida 6A the regular season with a 27-4 23. Valley Christian (San Jose, CA) 23-4 in conference for the first time state playoffs. record. The 6A state playoffs are 24. Bryant (Bryant, AR) 27-4 in over a decade. They outscored Farragut (Knoxville, TN) next. Bryant, which is the top team 25. Malvern Prep (Malvern, PA) 23-4 opponents 145-26. returns to the poll at No. 15 after in the division, received a bye for 26. Delbarton (Morristown, NJ) 13-3 LHP Blake Walston leads the completing its regular season with the first round. 27. Saint Xavier (Louisville, KY) 19-4 pitching staff with a 0.27 ERA and a 33-2 record. The Admirals have No. 25 Malvern Prep (Malvern, 105 strikeouts in 52 1/3 innings. won 25 straight games and is 12-0 PA) has a 23-4 record with several 28. Mesquite (Gilbert, AZ) 27-4 Senior C/3B Kyle Smith hit .545 in district play. They have not lost a weeks to go before the state 29. Nogales (Nogales, AZ) 25-4 with 9 extra base hits and 24 RBI. game to a Tennessee team and have tournament begins. 30. Owasso (Owasso, OK) 34-5 He also has committed no errors posted a 1.73 team ERA. To read about other teams ranked this season. No. 16 is Cherry Hill West from 26-30, go to our website Source: Collegiate Baseball Newspaper No. 6 Barbe (Lake Charles, (Cherry Hill, NJ) which knocked at www.baseballnews.com for LA) has a 36-3 record and is in the out Delbarton, NJ for the No. 1 spot information. High School Notes JSerra Catholic Captures Boras Classic Championship SAN DIEGO, Calif. — JSerra Hunter Cranton pitched the first longest win streak in high school to a 16-6 record with a superb a list of accomplishments, honors Catholic (San Juan Capistrano, CA) four innings alowing four hits and baseball is 41 games by Page season. He had a .597 batting or awards, if a senior, name of defeated Archbishop Mitty (San one run. Jared Glenn came in for 3 County (Shenandoah, VA). average with 8 doubles, 3 triples college he has signed with, a Jose, CA) 6-3 to capture the 2019 innings of relief. The most recent wins were and 25 RBI in 22 games. statement about why the coach Boras Classic overall California Incredible Season against East Rockingham 7-3, Although he has been sidelined feels the player is deserving of championship. LHP Nick James of Clarksville Buffalo Gap 14-1 and Wilson with a sore elbow, he also pitched at the award, and a digital photo of The Lions finished regular season High School (Clarksville, TN) has Memorial 8-0. the beginning of the season, going the player (head and shoulders or play with the tournament title game had a monster season. Tristan Gordon went 6-for-7 in 4-0 with a 0.83 ERA, 13 walks, 53 action shot). being held at the University of San In five of his 10 starts, he has not the two games. strikeouts in 33.2 innings. Nominations can be emailed to Diego. given up a hit. He hit two home runs and 7 RBI He recently garnered Cal-Hi [email protected] or mailed JSerra’s Blake Klassen singled He went five innings, four against East Rockingham and had Sports Northern California Player to Collegiate Baseball, P.O. Box on the first pitch of his at-bat in the innings, five innings, seven innings 6 RBI in the Buffalo Gap game, of the Week honors. 50566, Tucson, AZ 85703. first inning and scored the first run and seven innings in those no-hit according to Maxpreps. All American Nominations The deadline to send in of the game. outings. School Hit Record Collegiate Baseball is now nominations is Saturday, May 25. The Lions then put three more The University of North Carolina Junior Ryan Jackson of Heritage accepting nominations for the 2019 The 2019 Collegiate Baseball runs on the board in the third inning signee is 8-1 with a 0.73 ERA. H.S. (Brentwood, CA) broke his High School All American teams. High School All American teams via a home run by Klassen. He has struck out 114 batters school’s single season record for Player nominations must be made are sponsored by Diamond Sports. In all, they tallied 6 runs on 6 with only 35 walks and allowed six hits with 43 so far this season. by the high school coach and must The teams will be announced hits. Klassen had two hits and 4 earned runs over 57 1/3 innings. It’s the most hits by a player in 15 include the following: current stats in the June 14, 2019 edition of RBI while Michael Curalle also years the school has been open. for the 2019 baseball season (even Collegiate Baseball and on our had two hits. Longest Win Streak website www.baseballnews.com According to Maxpreps, the Jackson has helped lead his team if your season is not yet completed); Friday, May 17, 2019 Collegiate Baseball Page 11 How Do I Dry Out My Field? Here’s How By LOU PAVLOVICH, JR. were closed because people poured Editor/Collegiate Baseball gasoline on damp areas of the dirt infield and lit the areas on fire in a OMAHA, Neb. — One of the last ditch effort to dry those areas. most frustrating problems for a At Ridgefield High School baseball coach is rain. (Ridgefield, Conn.), someone tried Every year, downpours make to burn the moisture out of the dirt baseball fields unplayable which portion of the baseball field after cause scheduling problems and a lot rain hit the area. of extra work to fix the wet mess. The Ridgefield Press reported While most schools have a small that 25 gallons of gasoline was tarp for the pitcher’s mound and poured on the infield dirt and set home plate areas, many can’t afford on fire. a tarp that covers the complete Flames shot in the air as the local infield. fire department came to the scene To compound the problem, many and put out the fire. infields are not graded properly so Officials from the state’s water drains off this portion of the Department of Energy and infield. Environmental Protection came to In an effort to educate many assess the environmental damage. coaches who are forced to be their The cleanup cost to taxpayers own groundskeepers, Collegiate was expected to be about $50,000. Baseball went to one of the best Another incident took place at a baseball grounds superintendants Utah high school. in the history of baseball, Jesse According to Salt Lake City’s Fox Cuevas. 13, a baseball coach at Clearfield This gentleman took care of High School, 30 miles north of Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha for Salt Lake City, was placed on 42 years. This was the site of the administrative leave after someone NCAA Div. I College World Series dumped 15-20 gallons of gasoline for 60 years. and diesel fuel on the infield dirt Cuevas learned everything about and lit it on fire to dry up wet the groundskeeping trade from areas. Frank Mancuso and Hall of Famer The school’s baseball team George Toma who helped prepare now has to play road games until many Super Bowls by the NFL officials deem the field safe for and other big events that required play. top-notch turf such as the 1984 and “Years ago, there were some 1996 Olympic Games and 1994 very good groundskeepers who World Cup. actually did burn the dirt portions For many years Toma was of infields like this to dry them the head groundskeeper with the quicker,” said Cuevas. Kansas City Royals. “Unless you know what you “If you have an infield that has were doing, it can be dangerous. been hit by a lot of rain with no “The product they mainly used protection from a tarp, the first step was paint solvent in dirt areas on Master groundskeeper Jesse Cuevas explains how to dry out dirt properly. is getting the water off the infield the infield that were extremely wet. dirt,” said Cuevas. Then you added a touch of gasoline “Both of them told me I was too correctly design a baseball field so they weren’t building the field for “If there is a big puddle, I have to it so it would ignite after you fat and slow to get out of the way a deluge of rain can drain off the down the road. I said they wouldn’t used a post hole digger to dig a hole lit it on fire. The solvent burned of the flames. So all I was allowed field properly and percolate through get even a year out of it. They next to the puddle so water will hotter than gasoline and lasted 15- to do was fill up 5-gallon buckets the soil which alleviates much of questioned me about it. drain into it. I would put a 2-pound 20 minutes. with paint solvent and bring them the problems coaches face after “I said that if they put tile coffee can at the bottom of the hole. “When I was very young and still carefully to the area making sure I heavy rains. drainage in and backfilled it with Water would fill up the hole. Then learning, Frank Mancuso and my never splashed any of the liquid on “A lot of times I see college and clay again, water would never go you get a hand pump and pump the brother were the only ones allowed the grass. high school baseball fields being through. They told me that they did water from the hole into a bucket to burn portions of the infield dirt “When Frank or my brother built wrong,” said Toma. this all the time in football fields in and take it off the field. at Rosenblatt Stadium if needed would administer the paint solvent “Instead of water draining to this city and it worked. I told them “The absolute worst thing you because they knew how to do it in to an area, we always had a few centerfield after a rain, it goes it wouldn’t work. can do to the infield dirt is try to a safe manner without scorching guys with shovels and rakes just in towards home plate. I just told an “Then they put sod on it. It broom the water off the field. It the turf or catching themselves case something went wrong. architect off in New York a few rained and the sod floated into the moves dirt around and makes the on fire. “Frank had this two quart tin months ago. He was building a new dugouts. They were supposed to situation worst as a ridge forms “I remember one time at cup which was filled with gas. He stadium for a college which has a have two major league clubs play near the grass, and then you have Rosenblatt Stadium when Frank spread that over the paint solvent great baseball program. an exhibition game there. a lake.” Mancuso had a family matter to and then lit it on fire. When done “He designed it without any “For good drainage, it will only Cuevas said that before you can take care of, and we had a wet properly, the fire was hotter than drainage. He didn’t know the first cost a couple of thousand dollars. start trying to dry out the dirt, it spot on the infield dirt. The person gas and burned for 15-20 minutes thing about a baseball field. You My son built a football field for must be dry enough so you can walk in charge, who had never burned and did a nice job of drying out should have a four to six inch slope $25,000 from scratch. on it without sinking in. When it is dirt before, insisted on giving it a the area. from the circle around the pitcher’s “He did it himself. He put in at this stage, you initially can use try. I told him not to do it because “The only problem with ‘burning mound to the bases. From the drainage, irrigation, soil and sod. hand rakes with rigid steel tines by something bad may happen since a field’ like this is that the soil was infield grass to the outfield grass He used Bermuda sprigs. When that multiple players. he wasn’t experienced. never the same after you put on there should be a gradual four to field was five years old, it drained “You start by raking the top “But he didn’t listen. So he put paint solvent and gas. Many times six inch slope there. better than a $2 million artificial few inches and keep raking it and about 25 gallons of paint solvent in you had to take that dirt out and “You fall maybe one percent or turf field. turning the soil over and over. this area along with approximately replace it.” so. So if I am standing on home “On the first day of practice, “Once a tractor is able to get two gallons of gas. He lights it Cuevas said there are several plate and somebody is standing they had 4.75 inches of rain hit on the infield dirt, you can put a on fire, and a mushroom cloud important things to consider prior against the centerfield fence, it the field. They had two workouts nail board on the soil that can be resulted. It wasn’t more than five to a rain storm causing trouble. should be 24 inches lower than on that field the same day without pulled by the tractor, and you will minutes later that you heard fire “It is extremely important that home plate. any problem. be able to dry the infield dirt out in department trucks rushing to the field is built properly before “You want water to roll against “If you have artificial turf, you a reasonable amount of time. Rosenblatt Stadium along with rains hit your field. Water should the outfield fence and off to the must purchase an expensive water “Over the years, we came up police cars as their sirens were drain away from the pitcher’s sidelines. I have seen some outfields removing machine. They have drain with special use drags. We built blaring. mound outward. It also is important higher than the infields. When it tube systems which don’t drain that a nail drag in front of chain link “Firefighters came running onto to have soil that allows water to rains, all the water settles on the well either. The water stays on two fencing which was used on wet soil the field to put out the fire, and that percolate through the soil easily and infield area. A lot of time architects or three days. after rains so we could get more air gentleman who started it was put in not be pure clay. don’t realize that.” “But like I said, drainage is into the soil particles so the wet soil the back of a squad car. He begged “When dragging the infield dirt Drainage Crucial vital. You may have to incorporate dried quicker. me to call Frank Mancuso to get prior to any rain, it is crucial to fill Toma explained how drainage sand in the soil mixture so the “We also use this drag to re- him out of jail. But I refused. I told in the low spots and not allow lips must be incorporated into a baseball water will percolate through. You distribute soil that might build up him he got what he deserved for to develop next to the grass. There field. have got to know where to put the in certain areas of the infield.” not listening. are products that you can add to the “You can use drainage tiles or drainage in. “About a month later, that man top 3-4 inches of your infield dirt you can use drainage pipe like ADS “For instance, you typically put Lighting Dirt On Fire which acts like a sponge and pulls drainage in 18 inches below the Cuevas said that every year, well transferred out.” or Turf Flow drainage. Cuevas said his job was to water off the surface. “That’s the most important thing soil surface and backfill with pea intentioned people try to dry out “There is a definite science to gravel or clean wash gravel. Then the infield dirt quickly by setting transfer paint solvent from a 55- to a field. The next important area gallon drum to 5-gallon buckets building great athletic fields that is the soil. put a sandy type soil on top which it on fire. drain quickly. the water will percolate through. In many states, starting a fire in during those rare instances when “You must have a soil which large wet areas needed to be burned Field Must Be Built Correctly percolates water. I was called in on This helps the root zone. I don’t this fashion is against the law. care what type of grass you put on Recently high school baseball by Frank Mancuso or his brother on Years ago, Collegiate Baseball a brand new field which was being the infield dirt. interviewed Toma on how to built. When I came in, I told them top, the grass will only be as good fields in Connecticut and Utah as the root zone.” Page 12 Collegiate Baseball Friday, May 17, 2019 Incredible Achievement Cortland State’s BeVard Hits 2 Inside-The-Park Homers In 1 Inning CORTLAND, N.Y. — In the Stock currently leads the Coach Ben Shipp will step down rarest of achievements, Colin Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic after more than 34 years of service BeVard of Cortland State hit two Conference with 7 home runs and is to the university on May 3 so a inside-the-park home runs in one tied for fourth in RBI with 25. smooth transition can take place inning and three during a 3-game Flexing His Muscles with a new baseball coach. series against SUNY Brockport. Nathan Davis of Johns Hopkins He also has been heavily The two inside-the-park homers hit 4 home runs with 2 doubles, 10 involved with the administration in the same inning took place in a RBI and 8 runs scored over four at the school and will officially 9-run third frame during an 11-4 games. retire in early 2020 after he finishes win against Brockport. He went 6-for-12 at the plate. several projects. He finished that game 4-for-4 His 12 homers are the second He led the baseball team to the with a hit by pitch, two steals, 3 most in NCAA Division III this NAIA national title game in 1992 RBI and 3 runs scored. season. and a conference championship in For the week, BeVard hit .538 (7- 1994. for-13) with 4 home runs, a triple, 2 Near Perfect Game During his time as Vice President hit by pitches, 2 steals, 7 RBI and 7 Nate Luscombe of Hood College for Athletics, he led UMHB’s runs scored during a 3-game sweep was brilliant during a 4-2 win over collegiate athletics program from of Brockport. Widener. NAIA to NCAA Div. III. He finished the week with a He was perfect for six innings He closes out his coaching career 1.615 slugging percentage. before allowing a single in his final with 397 career wins. Overall this season, BeVard is inning of work. Shipp initiated a number of hitting .351 with five home runs, The senior struck out five batters new sports programs at the school, and did not issue a walk. Luscombe including football, women’s golf Photo by Darl Zehr Photography retired the first 18 batters he faced and women’s soccer. NCAA D-3 NOTES Colin BeVard of Cortland State with only two balls leaving the He also led many athletics’ infield. three triples, 15 doubles, 41 RBI He only needed 75 pitches to double as he went 8-for-16 at the facilities’ advancements. and 40 runs scored in 39 games. record 21 outs in the run-rule plate while posting a 1.688 slugging Sets Hit Record Sizzling Hot Hitter He leads the Red Dragons in shortened contest. The no-no marks percentage. Sean Roginski of Wabash Nick Herzog of Massachusetts RBI, tied for first in homers and the program’s first since 2010. He collected 10 RBI and scored collected two hits against DePauw Boston belted 3 home runs with 1 is second in runs, doubles and Connor Cook of Wisconsin-La 9 runs. to tie Chris Deig for the all-time hits triple and 10 RBI over a 3-game triples. Crosse fired a no-hitter during a During the power surge, Beham record in school history. stretch. He went 12-for-18 at the He has reached base safely in 10-0, 7-inning win over Concordia shattered the Capital Athletic Roginski now has 206 hits in plate and scored 8 runs. his career. his last 23 games and is first on Chicago which snapped their 24- Conference record and also reset Around The Horn… Cortland’s ball club with multi-hit game winning streak. the school record for home runs hit Walk-Off Homer Washington (MO) University games and 14 multi-RBI contests. Cook allowed one walk and in a single season. Will Iloncaie of Wisconsin- Head Coach Pat Bloom celebrated 21-Game Hitting Streak struck out eight as he faced two The nation’s leader in circiut Stevens Point belted a walk-off his 500th career victory with a 5-3 Garrett Crum of College of batters over the minimum en route clouts now has 19 this season homer in the 12th inning to lift victory over Emory. Wooster upped his hitting streak to to the program’s seven no-hitter. after hitting five in the CAC series the Pointers to an 8-7 win over His coaching record stands at 21 games. It was Wisconsin-La Crosse’s against York. Wisconsin-Platteville. 500-222-1, including 108-47-1 with During a sweep over Denison, he first no-hitter since the 2004 17 RBI Over 6 Games He had three hits in the game, the Bears. went 6-for-9 with 3 doubles, 3 RBI season. Connor Brandon of Concordia including two home solo home Rob Grow of Rochester Tech and 2 runs scored. Austin Smith of Southwestern Chicago recorded 14 hits in 22 at runs. hit a special coaching milestone s University also tossed a no-hitter In his hitting streak, Crum is bats over six games as he collected 3 Flirts With No-Hitter he picked up the 500th win of his hitting .563 (49-for-87) with 33 RBI in the series-opener against the doubles, two homers and a triple. Connor Hewlette of Roger career. and 26 runs scored. University of Dallas. He drove in 17 RBI on the week Williams came close to a no-hitter His record is 500-462 in 27 He struck out 10 in his seven No-Hitters and scored 8 runs as he posted a during an 11-0 win in seven innings sesons as a head coach. During innings of work. slugging percentage of 1.136 for over Wentworth. the 2017 season, he led the Tigers Sophomore Matt O’Sullivan It marked his fifth double-digit tossed the seventh no-hitter in the week. He set down the first 18 batters to 33 wins and their first NCAA strikeout game in a row and seventh of the game before hitting a batter tournament appearance. He was Wisconsin-Whitewater history this season. 5 Home Runs during a 12-0, 7-inning win over Joey Stock of Saint John’s (MN) and surrendering a single to open inducted into the RIT Sports Hall Smith now has 96 strikeouts on the seventh before a double play of Fame in 2004. Wisconsin-Platteville. the season. belted 5 home runs over a 6-game He struck out nine batters and span as he went 13-for-23 at the and second ground out ended the Head Coach Matt Noone was perfect through 5 2/3 innings 6 Home Run Week plate with eight extra base hits. game. of Babson celebrated his 400th Christopher Newport’s Nicholas career win with a 13-4 victory over before allowing a walk in the He also collected 16 RBI and Shipp Will Step Down bottom of the sixth. Baham belted 6 home runs and a scored 10 runs. Mary Hardin-Baylor Head Suffolk. Jabusch Strikes Out 17 Batters In Only 7 Innings For Concordia (NE) SEWARD, Neb. — LHP Sasha For the season, Patterson is 9- tallied 11 hits in 21 at-bats during a Jabusch of Concordia (NE) recorded 4 with a 3.44 ERA. He leads the NAIA NOTES series with Oregon Tech. a career high 17 strikeouts during a conference in innings pitched with He blasted three home runs, four 3-0, 7-inning win over Dordt. 96.2. Cuomo started and finished a key doubles and drove in 11, collecting It was one shy of the school RHP Masen Palmier of Missouri week for his team as they went 5-1 multiple RBIs in each game of the record. Baptist added two more starts to his with a series win over Bluefield series. He struck out the side three times season and improved his record to College (VA) and a sweep of He also went 2-for-3 with a and fired a 2-hitter. 4-0 with wins over Hannibal (MO) Montreat (NC) to cap the month double in the team’s 5-2 victory He was named NAIA National and Lindenwood-Belleville. of April at 13-2. The wins allowed over NCAA Division 1 Seattle Pitcher of the Week. Against Hannibal, he went six the team to secure the No. 2 spot University. He was named Cascade innings, allowing 7 hits and two in the conference standings and the Collegiate League Player of the Home Run Kings AAC’s baseball tournament. INF Aaron Shackelford of The earned runs. He struck out 8 as the Week. Spartans cruised to a 16-5 victory. Cuomo led the team to a 12-1 Master’s (CA) has been on a tear victory over Bluefield, allowing Still No. 1 this season, posting an NAIA- The week was highlighted For seven straight weeks, the when Palmier shut down the 5 hits, one earned run, one walk leading 32 home runs, 84 RBI and a career-high 11 strikeouts in Southeastern University (FL) and a number of other offensive Lindenwood-Belleville offense. baseball team has been on the top of The Lynx managed only two hits 7 innings. categories. He finished the week closing out the NAIA Coaches’ Top 25 poll. Combined with teammate in eight innings and never advanced The Fire (47-8) has been ranked a runner past second base. Palmier the final game against Montreat, Anthony Lepre, who has smashed allowing just 2 hits and striking out No. 1 in every poll this season and 26 homers with 73 RBIs, the two fanned nine. currently leads the NAIA in six He improved his ERA to 2.47 in 2 in one inning. have hit more home runs than all Cuomo was named AAC Pitcher statistical categories, including but 12 teams in the NAIA. 43.2 innings and was named AMC doubles (149), team batting average Pitcher of the Week. of the Week. In his first three seasons, SASHA JABUSCH Garrett Hawkins of British (.359) and total batters struck out Shackelford belted a combined 31 After tossing a complete-game (468). RBI, a .467 batting average and shutout over St. Ambrose, RHP Columbia (Canada) was tough as homers and the school’s all-time nails in a 1-0 victory over College Southeastern currently has a home run record was 34. The single 1.667 slugging percentage. David Strom of Saint Xavier seven-game win streak entering was named CCAC Pitcher of the of Idaho. season record was 20 home runs Great Pitching Efforts With little room for error, he The Sun Conference tournament. Spring Arbor’s Duncan Patterson Week. and both Lepre and Shackelford allowed only two hits and a walk Breaking Records have surpassed that number. earned the Crossroads League Strom gave up three hits over seven innings to clinch the 6-0 over seven innings of work. He Central Baptist’s C Austin Shackelford recently was named Pitcher of the Week award after struck out five while using just 87 Kuchinski batted .714 with four NAIA National Player of the Week tossing a pair of complete-game victory. It was part of a 3-0 week for the Cougars that helped the pitches to complete his stint. home runs and 9 RBI, including his after recording three home runs in wins, allowing just one earned run He was named Cascade second career 5-hit game against the series opening game against over 14 innings against Bethel and team win its first conference regular season championship since 2009. Collegiate Conference Pitcher of Park to earn AMC Player of the Ottawa (AZ). For the week, he hit Marian. the Week. Week honors. 6 home runs — one was a grand The right-hander went 2-0 with For the season, Strom has posted a 7-0 record with a 3.29 ERA. A Force At The Plate He broke the career hits and slam and another was a game-tying 13 strikeouts, a 0.64 ERA and .125 home runs records at the school. three-run homer. He recorded 13 opponent batting average. Bryan College RHP Joseph Lewis-Clark State’s Kody Garvin Friday, May 17, 2019 Collegiate Baseball Page 13 Test Your Rules’ Knowledge With This Special Quiz ANSONIA, Conn. — Below edge of the glove. The umpires 5. There is a runner on first base subsequently tagged-out beyond examine contested glove violations are 10 True and False questions. measure the glove and determine and one out. The batter hits a ground the base by the catcher who was between innings. When contesting Number your paper 1-10 and that the glove is in violation of the ball back toward the pitcher. The chasing the runner. The defensive an illegal glove, each manager is simply answer True or False. rule. The out should be erased, the ball deflects off the pitcher’s leg in team has completed a double play. limited to two such requests per The answers given follow Pro fielder should be ejected and the the vicinity of the second baseman True or False? game; Pro 3.04, 3.05, 3.06; Ump rules. batter should be awarded two bases. who is attempting to field the ball. 9. There’s a runner on first who Manual Sec. 3; Under NCAA Where there is a difference True or False? The runner, who is advancing to is attempting to steal second base. rules, if a catch is made with an between the Pro, NCAA and NFHS 3. There is a runner on first with second base, unintentionally bumps The pitch is in the dirt and gets by illegal glove the offense, upon rule, it is noted within the answer. one out when the batter strikes out into the second baseman and the the catcher a few feet. The catcher proper appeal, has the choice Therefore, you can on a ball in the dirt. The ball gets by him and rolls into the retrieves the ball with his mask of taking the result of the play take the test under any batter takes off for first outfield. Because the ball was while the runner is on second base. or having the pitch replayed. playing code that you base even though he is deflected, interference should not The umpire properly awards the NFHS rules also allows a choice choose but you must Ruleball automatically out because be called on the runner. True or runner third base because runners of the play or the penalty, except declare before you first base was occupied False? are allowed to advance one base the penalty is the same as if the begin. with less than two outs. 6. There’s a runner on second from their position on the bases at ball was touched with detached I have listed the The catcher throws wild base and one out. The infield is the moment the catcher touched the equipment: a two, three or four section in the 2018 MLB past first base and the playing at normal depth. The runner pitched ball with his mask. True or base award for the runner from Umpire Manual where runner on first ends up attempts to steal third base on the False? the position of the runner at the the rule can be found if at third base. The batter- pitch. The batter hits a shot that hits 10. The batter doubles with the time the ball touches the illegal not specifically listed runner should be called the runner as he is sliding into the bases empty but misses first base. glove. in the Official Baseball out for interference and base and is in contact with the base The defensive team calls “Time.” 3. False…If a batter continues Rules. the runner should be just as the third baseman attempts When the umpire puts the ball in to run after being retired, that If you get 9-10 correct returned to first base. to field the ball. The runner should play, the pitcher steps back off the act alone is not considered to be a n s w e r s , c o n s i d e r True or False? be called out even though he has rubber and throws wild past the first interference. The onus is on the yourself major league. With Rich Marazzi 4. The home team contact with the base when struck baseman and the runner advances defensive team to realize that the A total of 7-8 correct Rules Consultant has a runner on first and by the batted ball. True or False? to third base. Because the pitcher batter is already out. Pro 6.01 (a) answers, places you in Blue Jays, Brewers, one out with the score 7. There’s a runner on third made a wild throw to first base, (5) Comment. the high minors. Cardinals, D’backs, tied 4-4 in the bottom when the batter hits a slow roller he is not allowed to make another 4. False…The only runner Dodgers, Mariners, If you get 5-6 answers Orioles, Phillies, of the ninth when the down the third baseline. The runner appeal on that runner at the same called out is the runner on first right, it puts you in the Pirates, Rangers, batter hits a home run maintains contact with the base base. True or False? base who abandoned. By rule, the low minors. Rays, Red Sox, out of the ballpark. while the pitcher and catcher keep Answers batter who hit the home run did not Anything less, we Royals, Tigers, Thinking the home run their eyes on the rolling ball hoping pass the runner who abandoned. Twins, Yankees, the 1. True… The pitcher is the need to talk. Good luck. Fox Regional Sports automatically wins the it will go foul. The third baseman only player allowed to wear a Because there were less than two 1. Only the pitcher Networks, ESPN and game, the runner on first makes no attempt to play the jacket on the bases regardless of outs when the batter homered, the can wear a jacket on the the White Sox TV leaves the basepath and ball. The ball remains fair and the temperature. However, hooded game ends the moment the winning announcers. bases. True or False? heads for the dugout. strikes the runner on the base. The sweatshirts or hooded jackets are run (the batter) touches home plate. 2. The batter hits a fly Readers can submit The first base umpire runner should be called out for not permitted to be worn by the The final score is 5-4. If there were ball to deep left center questions to Rich at: declares the runner out interference. True or False? pitcher on base. Ump Manual two outs when the runner on first [email protected] where the left fielder for abandonment. The 8. There are runners on first Sec. 1; There is no published abandoned, no run would score makes a snow cone catch batter who hit the homer and third and one out when the prohibition under NFHS and because the abandonment occurred in the webbing of his glove. The continues to circle the bases and defensive team has the runner on NCAA rules. before the batter touched home manager of the offensive team touches home plate. No run should third in a rundown between third 2. False…The putout counts plate. This would be a “Time Play.” argues that the glove the fielder is score on the play because the runner and home. Meanwhile, the trail and the fielder is ejected only if he Pro 5.09 (b) (2). wearing is in excess of the 13 inches who abandoned is out and the runner advances to third base. The continues to violate the rule after 5. False…Interference should allowed from the top of the index batter-runner is out for passing the runner, who was in the rundown, requested to remove the glove. finger (first finger) to the bottom runner. True or False? runs through third base and is The umpires are only required to See RULES QUIZ, Page 14 Bentley’s Max Troiani Hits 5 Home Runs Over 3-Game Span WALTHAM, Mass. — Bentley’s Boser hit two homers in the first In Oklahoma Baptist’s series Max Troiani had a monster week as game while Grancorvitz belted NCAA D-2 NOTES with Southern Nazarene, he went he belted five home runs during a one in the first game and another 6-for-12 with 4 home runs and 9 3-game stretch. in game two. named MVP. RBI. He amassed 23 total based Chandler homered in the final In the doubleheader, the duo Sets School Record and had a slugging percentage of combined for 4 home runs, 5 RBI three games of the tournament as he led the Crusaders to the tournament Freshman Michael Bennin of the 1.769. and went 8-for-13 at the plate. University of Colorado-Colorado Troiani was 7-for-13 at the plate title. Huge Week Springs became the first player in with 8 RBI and 5 runs scored. Luke Johnson of Wilmington Amazing Pitcher program history to belt three home He extended his hitting streak belted 3 home runs with 11 RBI and Catawba College RHP Riley runs in one game against Colorado to 10 games recently as is hitting 6 runs scored as he went 8-for-18 Myers posted a 0.00 ERA over School of Mines as he went 4-for-5 .333 with 7 home runs, 20 RBI and at the plate. five outings as Catawba went 6-0 with 5 RBI. a .594 slugging percentage. He had a slugging percentage and claimed the South Atlantic Over the week, he went 6-for-10 17 Strikeouts of .944. Conference tournament title. with 4 homers and 10 RBI. Dillon McCollough of Eckerd Myers logged 9 1/3 innings and Amazing Pinch Hitter struck out 7 and walked one. Near No-Hitter struck out 17 batters during a 2-1 Chico State’s Cody Wissler has RHP Jake Liptezky of Oklahoma win over Saint Leo. turned into a remarkable pinch 15 RBI Week Baptist came close to a no-hitter. He threw nine innings and gave hitter. John Mooradian of Mercy had He carried a no-hitter into the up one run and scattered six hits. The El Camino Community a special week to remember as he eighth inning before allowing a one He tossed 140 pitches before the College transfer went 4-for-4 as a went 14-for-22 at the plate with out single. Tritons won it in the 10th inning. pinch hitter over a 4-game span. 15 RBI. Liptezky struck out 13 batters During the performance, Then he earned a start and He also scored 8 runs over five which was a high for the Great McCollough became Eckerd’s went 5-for-5 and scored the game- games. American Conference. single-season and career strikeout MAX TROIANI winning run in the bottom of the The junior went 4-for-4 with 4 He has recorded at least nine leader. with 5 doubles, 3 home runs and 12 ninth to secure the series sweep of RBI in the Mavericks’ win over strikeouts in each of his last three All-Time Hits Leader RBI over 6 games. He had at least Sonoma State. St. Thomas Aquinas and then went starts and finished the regular Jace Selsor of Colorado School two hits in five of the six games Wissler is three straight hits shy 10-for-18 with 11 RBI in a sweep season with 85 strikeouts in 64 1/3 of Mines became the school’s all- and finished with a .600 on-base of tying the California Collegiate of Mercy. innings of work. time hits leader during a 21-15 win percentage and 1.182 slugging Athletic Association consecutive Throws 16 Innings percentage. Belts Trio Of Homers over the University of Colorado- hits record set by Matt Teahen of Chris Martucci of Bridgeport Cody Klotz of Maryville went Colorado Springs. 800th Win U.C. Riverside during the 2000 threw 16 innings over the course of 10-for-20 at the plate with 3 home His record-breaking hit was a Bentley Head Coach Bob season. a week and posted a 0.56 ERA. runs, 1 double, 9 RBI and 6 runs solo home run to right field as he DeFelice, the dean of active college Brilliant Outing He only allowed one earned run scored in recent action. finished the day 3-for-5 with 4 runs baseball coaches and the only head Pitcher Kevin Hahn of Stanislaus and fanned 13 with 3 walks. He posted a slugging percentage scored and 3 RBI. coach in Bentley University history, State came within two outs of He opened the week pitching of 1.000 on the week with 20 total 10 RBI Game recently celebrated his 800th career throwing a complete game shutout seven innings in a road victory bases while posting three multi-hit Connor Durden of South Carolina win. against San Francisco State during over Queens. Then he finished off games. Aiken set a school record with 10 It took place during an 8-7 win the week with a Senior Day gem, a 10-0 win. 15 Strikeouts RBI during an 18-6 win over Paine. over Stonehill. He went 8 1/3 innings and firing a 9-inning complete game DeFelice, who has doubled as win over Molloy as he allowed only Western Oregon RHP Alex Roth He went 3-for-3 in the game with surrendered five hits during his best posted 15 strikeouts during a 3-0 two triples and a home run. Bentley’s Athletics Director since outing of the season as he struck out an unearned run on seven hits with 1991, is in his 51st season as 10 strikeouts and one walk. win over Saint Martin’s. He is second in the Peach Belt six batters. He became just the fifth pitcher Conference with 50 RBI on the baseball coach. Trio Of Homers Extends RBI Streak in Great Northwest Athletic season and second in on-base Multiple Homers North Greenville’s Jeffrey Jake Gozzo of Oklahoma Baptist Conference history to tally 15 percentage, fourth in home runs and Noah Boser and Isaiah Chandler went 9-for-17 over four extended his streak of games with strikeouts in a single game. The fifth in slugging percentage. Grancorvitz hit two home runs games with 3 homers, 2 doubles an RBI to nine. Over four wins, he mark also broke the school record Monster Week apiece for Bemidji State as the and 6 RBI while scoring 4 runs in collected 12 RBI. in the process. Ryan Shiffer of Bloomsburg had Beavers split a doubleheader with recent action during the Conference Against Central Oklahoma, he Roth leads the league in strikeouts a huge week as he went 12-for-22 Northern State. Carolinas Tournament as he was doubled and drove in three runs. (56), wins (5) and ERA (1.75). Page 14 Collegiate Baseball Friday, May 17, 2019 Dockery Puts Up Big Strikeout Numbers HICKORY, N.C. — Freshman RHP Blake Dockery has posted a stellar first season for Catawba Trio Voted Into California Valley (NC). Twice he has tied the school’s single-game record for strikeouts JC Coaches Hall Of Fame with 14. CASTRO VALLEY, Calif. — He did it first on March 2 The California Community College against Region X rival Pitt Baseball Coaches Association has and on April 6 against another recognized several of its coaches in conference opponent, Southeastern- the 2019 CCCBCA Hall of Fame Whiteville. and annual awards. Additionally Dockery has struck This year’s inductees are Dennis out at least 8 batters in 6 of his 10 Rogers, Riverside CC, Jon Larson, starts this season. He’s helped guide Oxnard College, and Don Adams, Ventura College. The organization’s Coach JC NOTES Achievement Award recipient is Ron Scott of Fresno City College. a pitching staff that has broken its Rogers spent 25 years as the single-season record for strikeouts baseball coach at Riverside, and currently leads the nation in accumulating a 765-383 overall NJCAA D2 schools with 508. record and leading his team to four In a recent 4-1 win over Guilford Athletics Photo by Cody Dalton/Catawba Valley state championships. Tech, Dockery allowed just two RHP Blake Dockery Shines For Catawba Valley. Through his work with the hits, one unearned run, one walk Additionally, he hit 3 doubles runs (9). Tigers, Rogers has sent 28 coaches and struck out 8 in a complete game and recorded 7 RBI, finishing the He had an amazing week going to NCAA D1, D2, junior college performance. weekend with a .615 batting average 9-for-13 with 9 runs scored, 17 RBI, and professional baseball. Ninety of DENNIS ROGERS He was named national NJCAA and .688 on-base percentage. 3 home runs 2 doubles and 3 stolen his players have signed professional D2 Pitcher of the Week and has bases over three games. contracts and 16 have played in the championship. posted a 5-2 record with a 1.04 Hitting Machine He played at the school as a Herkimer (NY) 2B Vito He was named NorCal Player of Major Leagues. ERA, 17 walks, 77 strikeouts in student-athlete in 1973-74. Castronovo has only struck out the Week. Prior to coming to Riverside, 52 innings. Adams served as the Western 8 times in 85 at-bats this season he coached seven years with Outstanding Season State Conference sports information Hits For Cycle and in a doubleheader sweep over Freshman pitcher Isiah Campa the Oakland A’s and Pittsburgh director from 1982 to 1995 C Nolan Watson of CCBC Essex Schenectady, he delivered hits in of Cochise College (AZ) started out Pirates. and assigned officials for the (MD) hit for the cycle in game 1 of every chance at the plate, going the season in the bullpen; however, Larson was the Oxnard head conference. a doubleheader against Southern 8-for-8. after several great outings in relief, coach from 1998 to 2018. Under Scott was honored for his work Maryland. In game 1, he was 4-for-4, hitting he moved into the starting rotation his leadership, the team won at the local and state junior college Watson’s cycle included a grand 2 doubles, a triple, recording 2 and ended up posting one of the best four Western State Conference level. He was instrumental in the slam in the 20-14 victory. He RBI and scoring 3 runs to help his seasons for an Apache pitcher. championships. growth of the Final Four State recorded 6 RBI in the game and team to a 13-1 victory. In game 2, In 10 conference starts, Campa His 423 wins makes him the Championships that now includes stole 2 bases. he was 4-for-4 with a triple, 2 RBI ended the regular season 8-0 with winningest coach in the school’s on-site meals for players and The game included a week where and 2 runs. Herkimer won that a 1.92 ERA, 79 strikeouts in 61 history. His team advanced to the hospitality booths for players and CCBC Essex went 6-1. Watson hit game 10-0. innings. He was named ACCAC state championship tournament in coaches. .458 for the week with 23 total bases For the season, he is hitting .459 Pitcher of the Year. 2014, but in 1979, he played as a He also has been a speaker at and 6 extra base hits. He was 8-for- with 9 doubles, 8 triples, 27 RBI Cochise recently captured its student-athlete in the tournament many camps and clinics and is 10 in stolen bases and hit safely in and has 12 stolen bases. third conference championship in himself. noted for advancing 80 percent of 6-of-7 games and reached base in He was named NJCAA D3 the last 5 seasons after sweeping Adams served as the Ventura his thletes to four-year colleges. all seven games. He struck out just 3 Player of the Week. Paradise Valley, 4-2 and 15-8. The College head coach for 23 years Aside from coaching baseball, he times in 34 plate appearances while Apaches posted a 26-12 conference and 15 years before as an assistant. No-Hitter served as the Fresno City’s athletics drawing 9 walks. record and 42-13 overall. He finished with 738 wins and RHP Brandon Jordan of Cowley director for over 10 years. For his efforts, he was named The team hit. 286 and had a .976 led his 1989 team to a conference NJCAA D2 Player of the Week. College (KS) tossed a no-hitter in a 2-0 win over Johnson County. fielding percentage. The pitching Homers In 4 Straight Games He struck out 7 and walked 3 staff posted a 4.18 team ERA with allowed just 4 hits. He was named Jacob Carson of San Diego Nolan Walker of Southern Idaho to improve his record to 6-2 and 445 strikeouts. They enter region NJCAA D3 Pitcher of the Week. Mesa College (CA) helped start his belted a home run in 4 straight was named NJCAA D1 Pitcher of playoffs. For the year, he is 5-3 with a 4.11 team off to a 3-game sweep over San games to earn the NJCAA D1 the Week. Around The Horn... ERA, 96 strikeouts in 70 innings. Diego City. He got the momentum Player of the Week honors. going by tossing 6 innings of a 14-2 Top California Hitter RHP Danny Zaldivar of Solano West Los Angeles College’s The first baseman dominated College (CA) toned down a lethal Desmond Gates collected 13 hits in victory. He allowed just 5 hits, no at the plate to help his team split Zack Mathis of Delta College (CA) now leads the California College of Marin offense by hurling 21 at-bats (.619 BA) over a 5-game walks and struck out 4. with Colorado Northwestern as he 8 shutout innings. He struck out 5, week to be named SoCal Player This was his 6th victory of the blasted a home run in each of the Junior College statistics in doubles (20), RBI (57) and is fifth in home walked 2 and allowed only 5 hits in of the Week. He also recorded 5 season and he was named SoCal four games. the 5-0 win. He was named NorCal stolen bases. Pitcher of the Week. Pitcher of the Week. Zack Mathis of Delta College OF Phillip Sikes of Pima College Eastfield (TX) RHP Tyler Stone (CA) had an amazing week going (AZ) wrapped up the regular season shutout Cedar Valley College in a 9-for-13 with 9 runs scored, 17 leading his team with a .370 batting National Players Of Week 10-0 victory. In 6 innings of work, RBI, 3 home runs, 2 doubles and 3 average, 13 doubles, 6 triples, 7 Continued From Page 8 he struck out 9, walked 5 and stolen bases. home runs, 40 RBI and 18 stolen bases. He also made 10 appearances currently on a 12-game hitting streak and has reached base safely out of the bullpen going 2-1 with a in 17 consecutive games. Rules Quiz Tests Knowledge 0.96 ERA, 4 saves, 21 strikeouts in RHP John Matthews, Kent St.: Matthews dazzled in long relief Continued From Page 13 runner, who was in the rundown 9.1 innings. against Toledo as he struck out 10 in 6 innings to earn the win. He ran through the base, the trail His teammate INF Cole retired the first 14 batters he faced and only allowed three batters be called on the runner. The runner runner was out because he passed Cummings played in all 55 games to reach base on two hits and a fielder’s choice. must avoid the fielder when he is a preceding runner. in the regular season and hit .383 attempting to field the ball off a The runner in the rundown was with 13 doubles, 5 triples, 2 homers, 2B Nick Gonzales, New Mexico St.: Gonzales went 11-for-16 with deflection unless the fielder has out because he was tagged. Pro 39 RBI, 55 runs scored and 13 nine extra-base hits. In the Aggies’ lone non-conference game, he to chase the ball in which case the 5.09 (b) (9) Comment. steals. was 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles, 2 RBI and 3 runs scored in a fielder is in jeopardy of obstructing 9. True…Runners are awarded The Aztecs finished the regular 15-13 win over Arizona. Against UT Rio Grande Valley in game the runner. Pro 6.01 (a) (10); Ump. one base from their position on the season with a 36-19 record, the one, he was 5-for-6 at the plate and hit for the cycle with 4 runs Manual Sec. 21. bases at the time of the violation. most wins in a season since 1993. scored. He was 4-for-7 the remainder of the series to finish with 6. True…The base is not always Pro 5.06 (b) (3) (E); The NCAA Devin Porter of Iowa Central a .688 batting average on the week along with a 1.563 slugging a sanctuary for the runner. The rule is the same as the Pro rule; CC went 11-for-18 over five games percentage. runner still interfered with the third Under NFHS rules; the award recently with 8 RBI, adding to his 1B Vinnie Pasquantino, Old Dominion: Pasquantino hit four home baseman who was attempting to is two bases from the position season total of 50. He hit 3 doubles, runs in four games as he went 8-for-16 at the plate and extended make a play. The runner is called of the runner at the time of the 3 home runs and scored 9 times. He his hitting streak to seven games. Pasquantino has now hit eight out and the batter is awarded first infraction. was responsible for 17 Triton runs home runs in his last 13 games. base. Ump Manual Sec. 21. 10. False…Because the ball for the week. The sophomore is hitting.392 in RHP Noah Song, Navy: Song struck out 15 batters in a 7-inning Example 11. remained alive and in play, as long 46 games and was named ICCAC complete game, 2-0 win over Lehigh. He allowed 4 hits. 7. False…Because the defensive as the ball is retrieved immediately team had a chance to field the ball with no intervening play, the appeal D2 Player of the Week. 3B Alex Binelas, Louisville: Binelas collected 4 doubles, 3 triples, and chose not to, the runner is not is allowed at the same base. If the LHP Cam Taylor of Northeast 1 home run and 13 RBI as he went 9-for-13 and scored 10 runs. He out in that situation. throw went into dead ball territory, CC earned a win against Kirkwood hit for the cycle against Alabama A&M, the first Louisville player Runner interference is called the defensive team would lose the CC, 4-2 and improved his record to to do so since 1998. when a runner interferes with a right to appeal because they erred 6-1. He sat down 12 batters in 6.1 RHP Bryce Elder, Texas: Elder struck out 13 West Virginia batters fielder attempting to make a play. on the appeal. Pro 5.09 (c); Under innings of work and allowed just 2 over 7 2/3 innings. He carried a perfect game into the sixth inning Ump Manual Sec. 21 Example NFHS rules, the defensive team earned runs, 3 walks and 5 hits. and had his no-hitter broken up with two outs in the seventh. 12. would execute a dead ball verbal Taylor was named ICCAC D2 8. True…The moment the appeal. Pitcher of the Week. Friday, May 17, 2019 Collegiate Baseball Page 15

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