College Wrap Wk 19 - Dalton, Harvey, Krzeminski, Whitbread, Wright
Great Lake Canadians alum Dalton Harvey (Cambridge, Ont.) (right) posted a 3.18 ERA and picked up a win in two appearances for Illinois-State this past week. Photo: Illinois State Athletics
College Wrap for May 27 - Jun 2.
By Kevin Wall
Canadian Baseball Network
Congratulations to the five Canadian players on four Championship teams:
CCCAA, Ryan O'Halloran (Mississauga, ON) with Orange Coast.
NJCAA D1, Clayton Keyes (Calgary, AB) with Central Arizona.
NJCAA D2, Justin Raspanti (Vaughan, ON) and Shane Nixon (Markham, ON) with Northern Oklahoma Enid.
NWAC, Trenton King (Surrey, BC) with Lower Columbia.
In the NCAA D1, three Canadian players are on teams that have advanced to the Super Regionals taking place June 7-10.
Cooper Davis (Mississauga, ON) with Vanderbilt
Eric Cerantola (Oakville, ON) with Mississippi St.
Max Hewitt (Midhurst, ON) with Oklahoma St.
In the NCAA D2 Final taking place in Cary, North Carolina there is one Canadian player:
Eric Lindsay (Cambridge, ON) with Central Mo.
Good luck to all the Canadians!
Week 19
Looking at the box scores during the week, 32 players with 19 schools competed in 91 games with published results at the the time of this report.
From the mound, 11 pitchers with nine schools made 12 appearances, two were game starts. As a group, they worked 33 innings, striking out 30, earning two wins and no saves.
At the plate, 22 batters with 16 schools had 58 at bats with 46 hits and five home runs producing 24 RBI.
Great Lake Canadians alum Tyler Whitbread (Camlachie, Ont.) struck out six in 5 1/3 innings to help the Indiana State Sycamores to a 10-5 win over the Ohio State Buckeyes and into the Nashville NCAA Regional final against Vanderbilt. Photo: Indiana State Athletics
Notable pitching performances
Appearance leaders: Dalton Harvey (two appearances)
Starts: Tanner Dalton, Tyler Whitbread
Wins: Dalton Harvey, Tyler Whitbread
Strikeouts (four or more): Nik Cardinal (6), Tyler Whitbread (6), Dalton Harvey (5), Tanner Dalton (5), Brandon Desjardins (4)
Okotoks Dawgs alum Clayton Keyes (Calgary, Alta.) had four hits - including a home run and five RBIs for Central Arizona.
Notable batting performances
Home runs: Brian So, Clayton Keyes, Dane Tofteland, Martin Vincelli-Simard, Matt Lloyd
Triples: Shane Nixon
Doubles: Gibson Krzeminski (2), Dane Tofteland, Matt Lloyd
RBI: Clayton Keyes (5), Matt Lloyd (5), Gibson Krzeminski (4), Brian So (2), Dane Tofteland (2), Aidan Huggins, Caleb Lumbard, Greg Student, JT Patterson, Martin Vincelli-Simard, Max Wright
Batting OPS leaders (five or more at bats): Gibson Krzeminski (1.144), Matt Lloyd (.983), Max Wright (.800), Edouard Julien (.762), Martin Vincelli-Simard (.750), Clayton Keyes (.743), Dane Tofteland (.676), Shane Nixon (.667), Aidan Huggins (.661), JT Patterson (.583), Greg Student (.511), Steven Moretto (.500)
Fort McMurray Giants alum Brandon Desjardins (Calgary, Alta.) allowed just one run in a five-inning relief appearance for the Bellevue Bruins.
Weekly pitching stats
Player, School App GS IP H ER BB K W SV ERA
Brandon Desjardins, Bellevue (Neb.) 1 0 5 5 1 4 4 0 0 1.80
Connor Sparks, Sacramento State 1 0 1.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Dalton Harvey, Illinois State 2 0 5.2 3 2 2 5 1 0 3.18
Jonah Offman, Johns Hopkins 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00
Jordan Bryant, Monroe CC 1 0 1.1 2 3 2 1 0 0 20.30
Player, School App GS IP H ER BB K W SV ERA
Liam Devine, Monroe CC 1 0 2.1 2 2 2 0 0 0 7.73
Matt Lloyd, Indiana 1 0 1.2 5 2 2 1 0 0 10.84
Nik Cardinal, Fresno State 1 0 3 1 0 1 6 0 0 0.00
Sam Turcotte, Stony Brook 1 0 1.2 3 1 1 2 0 0 5.42
Tanner Dalton, Sacramento State 1 1 5 4 1 2 5 0 0 1.80
Player, School App GS IP H ER BB K W SV ERA
Tyler Whitbread, Indiana State 1 1 5.1 12 4 1 6 1 0 6.75
Weekly hitting stats
Edmonton Prospects alum Aidan Huggins (Edmonton, Ont.) had two hits in seven at bats for Illinois State. Photo: Illinois State Athletics
Player, School G AB H HR BB K R RBI Avg OPS
Aidan Huggins, Illinois State 3 7 2 0 1 3 0 1 .286 .661
Andres Gonzalez, Connors State 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Brian So, Mesa 2 2 1 1 0 1 2 2 .500 2.500
Caleb Lumbard, Mesa 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 .000 .000
Clayton Keyes, Central Arizona 5 19 4 1 5 10 4 5 .211 .743
Windsor Selects alum Gibson Krzeminski (Tecumseh, Ont.) was 9-for-19 (.474 batting average) in five games for Iowa Western. Photo: Iowa Western Athletics
Player, School G AB H HR BB K R RBI Avg OPS
Dane Tofteland, Indiana State 4 13 2 1 1 6 2 2 .154 .676
David Mendham, Connors State 1 4 2 0 1 0 1 0 .500 1.100
Edouard Julien, Auburn 3 10 3 0 3 4 4 0 .300 .762
Evan Magill, Monroe CC 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .250
Gibson Krzeminski, Iowa Western 5 19 9 0 4 2 6 4 .474 1.144
Player, School G AB H HR BB K R RBI Avg OPS
Greg Student, Mesa 5 14 2 0 5 2 3 1 .143 .511
JT Patterson, Bellevue (Neb.) 2 8 2 0 1 3 0 1 .250 .583
Jason Willow, UC Santa Barbara 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 .500 1.167
Justin Raspanti, Northern Oklahoma Enid 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .500
Martin Vincelli-Simard, Sacramento State 3 12 3 1 0 3 3 1 .250 .750
Toronto Mets and Great Lake Canadians alum Max Wright (Toronto, Ont.) went 6-for-15 (.400 batting average) in four games for the Indiana State Sycamores. Photo: Indiana State Athletics
Player, School G AB H HR BB K R RBI Avg OPS
Matt Bondarchuk, Omaha 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Matt Lloyd, Indiana 3 12 3 1 3 3 3 5 .250 .983
Max Hewitt, Oklahoma State 1 2 0 0 1 1 1 0 .000 .333
Max Wright, Indiana State 4 15 6 0 0 2 3 1 .400 .800
Shane Nixon, Northern Oklahoma Enid 4 9 2 0 0 5 3 0 .222 .667
Player, School G AB H HR BB K R RBI Avg OPS
Steven Moretto, Sacramento State 3 12 3 0 0 3 1 0 .250 .500
Taylor Nychyk, Indiana Tech 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 2.000
This report was created by Kevin Wall (@CollegeBaseba12) on Jun 4, 2019 for the Canadian Baseball Network.