ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Cortland’s TJ Peterson (State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota) and Evan Holland (Syracuse Salt Cats/Florida International University) grabbed the New York Collegiate Baseball League’s top weekly honors.
For the second time in the past three weeks, Peterson earned Pitcher of the Week. It’s now the third straight week a Cortland pitcher has won the award (Nate Verst/Kentucky Wesleyan) garnered the award seven days ago. That’s how scary the Cortland rotation has been, and truly, Peterson [2 GS, 1 CG (2-0) | 15.0 IP | 9H | 3R, 2 ER | 1BB | 10K 1.20 ERA | 0.67 WHIP | BAA .176 | OOBP .189] has been as good as any pitcher this season. It’s scary to think that he’s actually improved this week from those prior. Opponents are now reaching base just a hair under 23 percent of the time while their walk rate has plummeted to one walk per every 13.6 batters faced, or less than a walk per each time through the lineup. Prior to this week it had been a higher yet still-stellar 9.33. Following his second start of the year, Peterson’s WHIP has decreased or remained the same with each ensuing start.
Holland entered the week hitting just .229 through 11 games, albeit with a solid .OBP of .372. His primary weapon of choice had been earning walks, having collected 12 in 11 games to just eight hits in that same stretch. He had recorded just one extra base hit on the year to the tune of a .314 slugging percentage. Then the FIU Panther pounced (6 G | 10-for-21 | 6 R | 4 BB | 1 2B | 3 3B | 4 RBI | 3-4 SB | .476 AVG | .560 OBP | .810 SLG | 1.370 OPS). In his final four games of the week, Holland recorded four consecutive multi-hit games, and tripled once in each of the last three. Repeat, Evan Holland has a triple streak. Never mind a four-run performance against the Junior Chiefs Saturday-the guy has an ACTIVE TRIPLE STREAK. Even the best speed demons at any level of baseball count their blessings when they end up on third base on the same play the ball jumped off their bat. Holland entered the week with a slash line of .229/.372/ .314. He heads into July 6th with .321/.441/.500. Normally, that’s what baseball analysts will refer to as “raking” due to a streaking hitter’s hit spray chart resembling a garden rake used to clean one’s lawn of leaves in the fall. If Holland’s raking, he’s doing so with a flamethrower.
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Honorable Mention
Connor Bowie (Sherrill/Mt. Aloysius Col) .391 avg/4 runs/9 hits/2 2B/4 RBI/1 BB/5 SB
Tyler Bruno (Oneonta/Iona College) .474 AVG/9H/19AB/4R/2RBI/ 2SB/.545 OBP/ 1.019 OPS
Nick Campe (Niagara/Olivet Nazarene University) 4.1 IP/ 0 H/ 3 BBs/ 6 Ks/ 0.00 ERA/ 4 SV
AJ Compton (Elmhurst Col/ Geneva Red Wings) .538/ .647/ 4R/ 2 RBI/ 3 BB/ 5 SB
Mike Fahrman (Olean/University of Florida) 4 R/ 5H/ 1 RBI/.294/ 3 2B
Conner Grey (Hornell/St. Bonaventure) 9 IP/8 H/ 1 BB/ 12K /0 ER/ opponents hit .216 vs.
Tim Gurnow (Rochester/Southwest Baptist) .385 (5/13)/ 1 2B/ 2 R/ 5 RBI/ 4 BB
Nick Ippolito (Genesee/Cal State-Stanislaus) 6H/ 3BB/ 2SB *League Record Hitting Streak
Jensen Kirch (Wellsville/Wabash) 1W/ 7IP/6K/0BB/2ER
JT Pittman (Geneva Twins/Le Moyne) .571/ HR/ 2RBI/2SB
Roman Wild (Syracuse Jr. Chiefs/St. Bonaventure) 1W/CG/1ER/8K/1BB
Honor Roll
Michael Adams (Oneonta/ U of Albany), Vince Apicella (Carson-Newman Col./ Geneva Red Wings), Kenny Collins (Wellsville/Hamilton), Chance Emlund (Sherrill/Dominican U), Steven Goldstein (Hornell/Kansas), William George Haaland (Cortland/Trinity), Tommy Haas (Genesee/Arkansas Pine Bluff), Cameron Jack (Syracuse Salt Cats/Mt. Hood CC), Kevin Jordan (Sherrill/Pomona-Pitzer Col), Zephan Kash (Cortland/Mansfield), Sam Kysor (Olean/USC-Upstate), Caleb Lang (Niagara/Cairn University), Breton LaRose (Genesee/Sacred Heart), Jimmy Latona (Hornell/Mercyhurst via Monroe CC), Tyler Martis (Oneonta/Siena), Nick Meo (Ithaca Col./ Geneva Red Wings), Kyle Monk (Geneva Twins/Emory), Ryan O’Hearn (Rochester/Hillsdale), Mitchell Powers (Geneva Twins/So. New Hampshire), Christopher Pennell (Syracuse Jr. Chiefs/St. Thomas Aquinas), Nate Robinson (Niagara/ Cedarville University), Josh Rolls (Rochester/Midland), Brandon Schlimm (Olean/St. Bonaventure), Patrick Scholla (Wellsville/John Carroll), Lucas Tevlin (Syracuse Salt Cats/Binghamton), Tanner Whiteman (Syracuse Jr. Chiefs/Maryland-Eastern Shore).
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