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Coastal Carolina Baseball Summer League Update

       

Coastal Carolina Baseball Summer League Update

Several members of the Coastal Carolina University baseball team are currently playing in various collegiate summer leagues around the country. Here is an update through July 21.   ALASKA Dan Lombardozzi (Herndon, Va./Herndon) has allowed just two runs in 20.1 innings pitched for the Peninsula Oilers. He has a 0.89 earned-run average, 17 strikeouts and a .179 opponent’s batting average.     CAL RIPKEN, SR. LEAGUE Keith Hessler (Silver Spring, Md./Springbrook) has made six starts for the Herndon Braves. He has a 4.67 ERA and 22 strikeouts in 27 innings pitched. Paul Rodriguez (Myrtle Beach, S.C./Carolina Forest) is 4-2 in nine apprearances for the Braves.    CALIFORNIA COLLEGIATE Austin Fleet (Edmond, Okla./Santa Fe) is 1-0 with 14 strikeouts in 14.2 innings for Santa Barbara. He is holding opponents to a .196 batting average.   CAPE COD Nick McCully (Lakeland, Fla./Santa Fe Catholic) was selected to play in the Cape Cod League All-Star Game this Saturday in Chatham. McCully is 3-0 with a 1.86 ERA in six appearances. He has 31 strikeouts in 30 innings for the Braves.   COASTAL PLAIN Kent Altman (Conway, S.C./Conway) is 4-0 with a 0.73 ERA for the Florence Redwolves. He has 24 strikeouts and has allowed just three earned runs in 37 innings. He also was named to the the Coastal Plain All-Star Game July 22 in Asheboro, N.C. … Coastal has three players on the Columbia Blowfish. Tyler Bortnick (Mentor, Ohio/Mentor) is hitting .287 with five doubles and 12 RBI in 24 games... Rich Witten (Danville, Ky./Danville) has 14 hits and five RBI in 17 games. David Anderson (Lexington, S.C./Lexington) is hitting .244 with two home runs and 14 RBI in 23 games… Caleb Cuevas (Fletcher, N.C./Louisburg J.C.) is 1-2 with a 2.39 ERA for the Outer Banks Daredevils. He has 24 strikeouts and only six walks in 26.1 innings pitched… Coastal also has three players on the Peninsula Pilots. Chance Gilmore (Surfside Beach, S.C./Virginia) has five hits, including a double, in 10 games for the Pilots. Adam Rice (Murphy, Texas/Elgin C.C.) is hitting .265 with seven RBI in 18 games, while Jose Iglesias (Miami, Fla./St. John’s) is hitting .252 with 15 runs and 19 RBI in 28 games…  Jeff Richard (West Bloomfield, Mich./Central Michigan) had made six appearances for Martinsville, allowing six hits in five innings while picking up a save.   TEAM USA Scott Woodward (Markle, Ind./Norwell) hit two home runs and drove in four in Team USA’s 30-1 win over Lithuania Sunday in the IV FISU World Baseball Championships in the Czech Republic.   VALLEY

Evan Noell (Salem, Va./Glenvar) is hitting .265 with two doubles and four RBI for the Covington Lumberjacks. Rico Noel (Lawton, Okla./Lawton) leads Covington with a .348 batting average. He has nine doubles, a triple, a home run and 11 RBI in 22 games for the Lumberjacks… Jim Birmingham (Pine Hill, N.J./Penn) is 2-2 with 30 strikeouts in 31 innings for New Market.