Player: Jordan Kutzer
Team: Holyoke Blue Sox
Year: Sophomore
Position: RHP
School: Stanford University
Hometown: Pasadena, CA
With the Blue Sox playoff hopes on the line, the 6’7” righty delivered. He pitched a nine inning complete game shutout at North Adams on July 31st, giving Holyoke a critically needed 2-0 win. Kutzer fanned three and allowed just five baserunners in going the distance.
Player: Robbie Cafiero
Team: Keene Swamp Bats
Year: Junior
Position: 3B
School: Hofstra University
Hometown: Bethpage, NY
In five games, Cafiero hit .556 (10-for-18) with a double, a triple, two homers and five RBI. Cafiero had a hit in all five Swamp Bat games, collecting eight between July 27th and 30th against Danbury, Vermont and North Adams. He homered against Vermont, and three days later against Laconia. Both games were Keene wins.
Player: Chandler Brock
Team: Vermont Mountaineers
Year: Junior
Position: OF
School: University of Alabama-Huntsville
Hometown: Athens, AL
Brock hit .565 (13-for-23) with nine runs, two doubles, three RBI and four steals. He also walked four times. Brock had a base hit in all six games in which he got an at-bat. He strung together three consecutive three-hit games July 29th, 30th and 31st against Danbury, Mystic and Newport. He homered against Danbury and scored two runs in Vermont’s July 27th win over Ocean State
Player: Ryan Tezak
Team: Laconia Muskrats
Year: Senior
Position: RHP
School: West Virginia University
Hometown: Hershey, PA
Tezak appeared in two games this week, earning the win on July 27th against Newport and the save on July 25th against Ocean State. In 6.1 innings, Tezak struck out 10, yielded just one hit and walked two while not allowing a run
Player: Trace Tam Sing
Team: Newport Gulls
Year: Senior
Position: SS
School: Washington State University
Hometown: Everson, WA
In four games Tam Sing, a 22nd round pick of the Boston Red Sox out of high school, hit .500 (9-for-18), with five doubles, scored six runs and stole five bases. He stole two bases and scored two runs in a 7/22 win over Keene, and then smacked five doubles over two games against Sanford and Laconia
Player: Ryan Lukach
Team: Keene Swampbats
Year: Junior
Position: OF
School: University of Hartford
Hometown: Hillsborough, NJ
In seven games this week, each one of them a Keene win, Lukach hit .520 (13-for-25) with three homers, six RBI, two doubles and two steals. He had consecutive three hit games on July 15th and 16th against Saratoga and Danbury, and followed it up by missing hitting for the cycle by a triple against Danbury on the 19th.
Player: Brian Hunter
Team: Keene Swamp Bats
Year: Senior
Position: RHP
School: University of Hartford
Hometown: West Hartford, CT
In 9.1 innings this week, Hunter allowed just four hits, no earned runs and fanned 13. He threw 2.1 scoreless innings in Keene’s 7/15 win over Saratoga and then earned his stripes two days later, beating Plymouth 1-0 with a 10 strikeout, three hit shutout performance. Hunter walked just two on the week.
Player: Michael Burke
Team: Holyoke Blue Sox
Year: Senior
Position: RHP
School: University of Buffalo
Hometown: Cleveland, OH
Burke, who ranks in the top three in both strikeouts and ERA, threw two outstanding games this week. He struck out eight and allowed one run in seven walk-free innings to beat New Bedford on 7/7. Six days later, Burke threw a complete game, nine inning shutout, striking out 11, against Sanford.
Player: Ben Roberts
Team: Newport Gulls
Year: Junior
Position: OF
School: Washington State University
Hometown: Missoula, MT
In five games this week, where Newport went 4-1, Roberts got a hit and scored a run in every single contest. He had four multi-hit games in the week, batting .429 with three doubles, a home run and five RBI
Player: Kurt Sowa
Team: Mystic Schooners
Year: Junior
Position: RHP
School: Rider University
Hometown: Bensalem, PA
Sowa made two starts, striking out 13 and allowing just one earned run in 12 innings of work. He faced one batter over the minimum in a five shutout inning start and win over New Bedford on June 30th. He followed that with a seven innings of walk-free, one earned run baseball in beating Newport on July 6th. Sowa did not walk a batter in either start.
Player: J.P. Sportman
Team: Keene Swamp Bats
Year: Junior
Position: OF
School: Central Connecticut State
Hometown: Schenectady, NY
Sportman hit .474 (9-for19) with two doubles, a homer and seven RBI. He also stole three bases and helped a resurgent Swamp Bats team go 4-1 this week. Sportman scored or drove in a run in 4 of those 5 games, and had two hits in the game in which he did not. He was a 2012 NECBL All-Star
Player: Nathan Kirby
Team: Keene Swamp Bats
Year: Freshman
Position: LHP
School: University of Virginia
Hometown: Midlothian, VA
Kirby appeared in two games this week, posting a 0.00 ERA and striking out 12 in eight innings. He got the win on June 24th at Sanford with six shutout innings where he fanned 10 and allowed six base runners. He retired all but one batter in a shutout, two inning relief stint at Vermont on June 29th.
Player: Adam Touhey
Team: Mystic Schooners
Year: Sophomore
Position: SS
School: University of Hartford
Hometown: Can Tan Valley, AZ
Touhey hit .556 with three doubles, a triple, 7 RBI, 5 steals and a .636 OBP for the week. He had two doubles, two steals and three RBI in Mystic’s 6/29 win over Danbury. He had consecutive multi-hit games with an RBI and a steal in a June 23rd loss to North Adams and a June 25th loss to Ocean State
Player: Steve Anderson
Team: Newport Gulls
Year: Senior
Position: 1B
School: Georgetown University
Hometown: Washington, D.C.
Anderson hit .389 with a double, 2 homers and 10 RBI. He had a .542 on base percentage thanks to his six walks. He homered and drove in four in Newport’s 6/26 win over Laconia and homered and drove in five the next night in their win against Mystic
Player: Cameron Sorgie
Team: Vermont Mountaineers
Year: Junior
Position: RHP
School: University of Albany
Hometown: Shirley, NY
Despite getting a no decision in his 6/16 start against Sanford, Cameron faced the minimum batters in 6 shutout innings, yielding just one hit walking none and fanning seven. He has a 0.81 ERA and 11 strikeouts in 11 innings this summer
Player: Zander Weil
Team: Sanford Mainers
Year: Sophomore
Position: 1B
School: Vanderbilt
Hometown: Murfreesboro, TN
For the week, Weil hit .364 with two homers, two doubles and nine RBI. He has a four game hit streak and a four game RBI streak, and has reached base in all five games. Sanford went 4-1 this week.
Player: Tyler Boyd
Team: Mystic Schooners
Year: Junior
Position: Catcher
School: Seton Hall
Tyler hit .429 this week with three doubles, two home runs and two walks as the Schooners went 4-1. He struck out just twice in five games. Tyler’s OPS of 1.335 and .857 slugging percentage led the NECBL
Player: Scott Squier
Team: North Adams SteepleCats
Year: Junior
Position: LHP
School: Hawaii
Scott went 1-0 in two starts, throwing 13 shutout innings, striking out 15 and allowing just six hits and two walks. He leads the NECBL in strikeouts and he has a WHIP of .62
Player: Nathan Kirby
Team: Keene Swamp Bats
Year: Freshman
Position: LHP
School: University of Virginia
Hometown: Midlothian, VA
Kirby appeared in two games this week, posting a 0.00 ERA and striking out 12 in eight innings. He got the win on June 24th at Sanford with six shutout innings where he fanned 10 and allowed six base runners. He retired all but one batter in a shutout, two inning relief stint at Vermont on June 29th.
