Steve Cishek
CP Baseball Weekend Round-Up 5-13-13
Have a look at some of the biggest and best #cpfamily highlights accumulated over the past 72 hours!
MLB Updates
Chad Jenkins (Blue Jays) earned a win in his first start of 2013 on Sunday afternoon at Fenway Park. Working on a tight pitch count, Chad went 5 innings, striking out 2 and allowing just 2 runs. Box Score
TJ McFarland (Orioles) threw 2.2 innings of scoreless relief on Friday night against the Twins. TJ now has a solid 2.76ERA in his rookie MLB season. Box Score
Tim Collins (Royals) worked 1.2 innings of scoreless relief against the visiting Yankees on Sunday. Tim struck out 2 and allowed a single hit. Box Score
Steve Cishek (Marlins) earned a save in a 5-4 win over the Dodgers on Friday. Steve struck out 2 and did not allow a hit in the inning. Box Score
Cory Gearrin (Braves) threw another inning of scoreless relief on Friday night, followed by .2 inning of scoreless work on Saturday, lowering his ERA to a 1.13 on the season. Cory’s Bio
Burke Badenhop (Brewers) threw 2 innings of 1-hit relief with 4 strikeouts in a win against the Reds on Saturday. Box Score
NCAA Updates
Tyler Beede (Vanderbilt) extended his national-best win streak to start the season to 13-0 with a win over the Kentucky Wildcats. The Commodores are now the #1 team in the country. Box Score
Jake Cintolo (Suffolk U) was selected to the Capital One Academic All-District Team. Jake is hitting .400 on the season and is currently in the Top-25 nationally in both the runs scored and doubles offensive categories. Story
High School Baseball Update
LS Baseball – The Boston Globe featured the quirky pre-game routines for Sid Warrenbrand (known as Eduardo Grande at CP) and Alex Wieland. These two qualify as the most quirky high school clients to walk through our doors on a daily basis, so there is nothing surprising about hearing they carry the same habits on to the baseball fields. This is definitely a well-researched story seeing as how they took the time to interview Matt Blake for this piece… Article
CP Weekend Round-Up
Today’s weekend round-up features multiple school records, no-hitters, impressive awards, and the usual collection of solid pitching performances. Have a look!
Tyler Beede (Vanderbilt) set a new school record by starting his season with 12 consecutive wins in as many appearances by beating the South Carolina Gamecocks on Saturday afternoon in a game featured on ESPN3. For the second time this season, Ty carried a no-hitter in to the seventh inning. The Commodores are now the #1 team in the country. Game Recap
Kevin Brown (Bryant U.) was rewarded for an exceptional senior campaign when he received the award for Bryant University Male Athlete of the Year. Kevin is now the record-holder in every major offensive category at Bryant. He came in to the weekend batting .401 with a national-best on-base percentage of .533. Earlier in the 2013 season, Kevin put together a string of 16 consecutive plate appearances in which he reached base. Full awards ceremony Recap
Burke Badenhop (Brewers) struck out the side in his only appearance of the weekend. Saturday’s game marked Burke’s third consecutive scoreless relief appearance. Check out the Box Score
Steve Cishek (Marlins) struck out a pair and closed a 2-0 shutout of the Phillies to earn his 4th save of the season on Saturday. Watch Steve close it out here
Ryan Flaherty (Orioles) drove in a pair of key runs with a clutch single in the 8th inning of an 8-4 Baltimore win in Anaheim, helping the Orioles move to 19-13 on the season. Box Score
Craig Albernaz (Durham Bulls) caught the entirety of a 4-man combined no-hitter in Pawtucket on Sunday. Some of the CP-related highlights included Craig throwing out long-time CP client Jeremy Hazelbaker in a steal attempt, and the game ending when Jeff Beliveau struck out Hazelbaker with a pitch to Albernaz. Recap
John Andreoli (Daytona Cubs) went 3-4 with a pair of triples, an RBI and 3 runs scored in a 11-5 win over Lakeland on Saturday. John is now batting .340 on the season. Box Score
CP Baseball Weekend Round-Up
Another good weekend of baseball is in the books and the CP community didn’t fail to make big contributions to their teams. Here’s a look at some notable performances:
Corey Kluber (Indians) improved his record to 2-0 in 2013 with an impressive start on Sunday night. Corey held the Royals to just 2 runs in 7 solid innings, striking out 6. Box Score
Steve Cishek (Marlins) earned his 3rd save of the season in a 6-4 win over the visiting Cubs. Box Score
Tyler Beede (Vanderbilt) won his 11th consecutive start to begin the 2013 season, tying David Price’s school record. Ty allowed 2 runs in 6 innings of work, striking out 7 Mississippi State batters. Box Score
Mike Yastrzemski (Vanderbilt) helped lead the Commodores at the plate, going 5 for 13 with 4RBI in the weekend series. Mike took a moment to speak with the media following the 3-1 win on Friday night. Video
Ryan Reid (Pirates AAA) earned a win and lowered his ERA to a 0.60 through 15+ innings of work in 2013. Ryan allowed 1 hit and no runs in 3 strong innings in a 5-2 win over the Gwinnett Braves. He is now 4-0 on the season in relief. Bio
CP Weekend Baseball Roundup
It was a great weekend for the CP baseball family. With the list of CP athletes stepping on to baseball fields everyday growing quickly, it is getting tough to highlight all of the great performances each weekend! For those interested in keeping tabs on our entire professional baseball crew, check out the new CP Pro Family page here.
For those of you who’d rather just have a few links thrown your way, here are a couple of noteworthy performances from MLB, Milb, NCAA and high school baseball:
Steve Cishek (Marlins) earned his first save of the season with a scoreless 9th at Cincinatti on Friday night. Box Score
Corey Kluber (Indians) earned his first win of the season after 4IP of scoreless relief in a 19-6 win over the Astros. He struck out 4 and allowed just 2 hits on the day. Box Score
Cory Gearrin (Braves) extended his streak of 8.2IP of scoreless relief with 2 solid outings this weekend. Cory’s Bio
TJ McFarland (Orioles) struck out 3 more in 2.2 innings of relief on Sunday against the Dodgers. He has now struck out 14 batters in 10.1 innings of work during his rookie season. TJ’s Bio
Burke Badenhop (Brewers) threw a perfect 9th inning in a 5-1 win over the Cubs on Saturday. Box Score
John Andreoli (Cubs-A) went 4-4 with a walk, a RBI and a pair of runs scored in a tough loss on Saturday to the Tampa Yankees. John is batting an impressive .356 on the season. Box Score
Tyler Beede and Mike Yastrzemski (Vanderbilt) helped #3 Commodores win 2 of 3 in a weekend series at Georgia. Tyler improved his ’13 record to 10-0 with another strong start on Saturday and Mike put together an impressive weekend at the plate, going 6 for 11 with 2BB, 3RBI and 3 runs scored.
Tim Corey (Colby) had a big Saturday, finishing 4-for-4 with a pair of runs and two RBI in the opening game of a doubleheader against Tufts, followed by a game-tying RBI single in the bottom of the seventh inning of the nightcap. Recap
Ryan Pocock (Westford HS) hit a game-winning 8th inning solo HR to snap a 3-3 tie against Westboro. Recap
Saves & K’s Piling Up in the CP Baseball Roundup
The CP baseball community was busy putting up good numbers this weekend. Here are some of the highlights:
- Steve Cishek (Marlins) earned his 8th and 9th saves on Friday and Saturday in wins over the Rockies. Stats
- Bryan LaHair (Cubs) was 1-3 with 2RBI, 2BB and 2SB in Saturday’s 9-7 win over the visiting Reds. Box
- Cory Gearrin (Braves AAA) struck out the side in consecutive one inning appearances. Stats
- Mike Dowd (Mariners A) was 3-4 at the plate with a double and 1RBI. Box
- Anthony Seratelli (Royals AAA) was 4-4 on the day with a run scored in a 5-3 Omaha win. Stats
- Dan Langfield (Reds A) was dominant in 3IP, piling up 7 strikeouts and just one walk and no hits. Box
MLB Debuts…Scoreless Innings Streaks…and MORE
This has been a big week for the CP baseball community. Today’s blog will highlight big league debuts, scoreless innings streaks and much more:
Chad Jenkins (Blue Jays) was promoted to the big league roster earlier this week, making the jump from AA to MLB. In his first appearance, Chad went 3 scoreless innings of relief, striking out 2. Stats
Steve Cishek (Marlins) is in the midst of a 17 inning streak of scoreless appearances. He has converted each of his 7 save opportunities since the all-star break and continues to impress in place of previous closer Heath Bell. Stats
Corey Kluber (Indians) was effective in his 2nd career MLB start, leaving after 6 innings of work with 1 run allowed. Despite departing the game in the position to earn a W, Corey went home empty-handed after a bullpen meltdown. Box
Tim Gustafson (Reds AAA) went 6.1 innings, allowing a single run in his 4th win of the season at the triple-A level. Tim has now allowed just 2ER in his last four appearances. Story
CP Athletes Strong in MLB Relief
CP athletes are getting the job done on the mound this week in MLB…
- On Tuesday, Tim Collins (Royals) tossed 2 scoreless innings of relief against the Indians. Box
- Last night, Cory Gearrin (Braves) continued the trend, going 2.1 scoreless (3k) in his first relief appearance since being called up earlier in the week to the big club. Box
- Despite Gearrin’s efforts to keep a 4-2 game within reach for the Braves, fellow CP athlete Steve Cishek (Marlins) closed out the win for Miami. Steve earned his 5th save of the season and has strung together 15 consecutive scoreless appearances. Box
- Tonight, Corey Kluber (Indians) will make his first big league start against the Royals at Kaufman Stadium. If all goes well, we may have the chance to see both Corey and Tim make contributions in the game. Preview
CP Baseball Weekend Roundup
Steve Cishek (Marlins) earned his second save of the season on Saturday, going 1.2 innings in relief. Recap
Bryan LaHair (Cubs) reached base in 2 of 3 at-bats in a 3-1 loss. He was 1-2 with a BB and a run scored. Box
Eric Eadington (Dodgers A) earned his 15th save of the season with a scoreless inning of relief. Stats
John Andreoli (Cubs A) reached base in 3 of his 5 at-bats, totaling 1H, 2BB, 1RBI and a pair of runs scored. Box
CP Baseball Wednesday Roundup
Steve Cishek (Marlins) tossed a scoreless inning of relief in the Marlins’ 5-3 win over STL. Steve recorded his 8th hold of the season and now has a 2.53ERA in 2012. Stats
Cory Gearrin (Braves AAA) was selected to the AAA All-Star Game after posting first half numbers including 3-0 with a 1.34 ERA in 25 relief appearances for Gwynette this season. Corey has saved 7 games in 2012. Story
Kevin Youkilis (White Sox) was 3-4 with a run scored and a pair of RBI in the Chicago’s 12-5 win in MIN. Box
CP Baseball Wednesday Roundup
Jeremy Hazelbaker (Red Sox AA) was 2-3 with a pair of HR’s and a walk in a 7-3 loss to Harrisburg. Box
Kevin Youkilis (Rod Sox) was 2-3 with a walk and a run scored in last night’s 15-5 win over visiting Miami. Box
Steve Cishek (Marlins) made his first career appearance at Fenway Park after a lifetime of being a Red Sox fan. Steve has had an all-star-worthy season thus far, but was greeted to Boston by a Will Middlebrooks HR.