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CP Weekend Baseball Round-Up
The CP baseball community was hard at work at the high school, college and professional levels this past weekend. Here’s a quick look at some of the more interesting highlights:
Cory Gearrin (Braves) earned a win with a strong inning of relief and some fortunate timing. After throwing a scoreless 8th inning with Atlanta down 1-0 to the Dodgers, Cory watched his offense score 3 runs in the bottom of the inning and put him in the position to earn his first win of the season. Box Score
Tim Collins (Royals) struck out a pair of batters in a scoreless inning of relief against the Athletics. Tim has now recorded 15 strikeouts in 14 innings of work in 2013. Box Score
Nick McBride (Rangers AAA) was promoted from the high-A Myrtle Beach Pelicans to the Rangers triple-A affiliate, the Round Rock Express. Nick has yet to have his first appearance since joining the Pacific Coast League. Nick’s Bio
Ryan Leach (Franklin Pierce) pitched 6 innings of 1-run relief to help lead the Franklin Pierce Ravens to a 5-1 victory over Wilmington University and earn a trip to the NCAA Division-II College World Series. Recap
Mark Stefaniak (Worcester Academy) struck out an impressive 15 Phillips Exeter batters in a win on Saturday. Mark will head to Tufts University to pitch in the fall. Recap
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 Week-In-Review
With the baseball season in full-swing, and the collegiate baseball schedules wrapping up in the coming weeks, things are beginning to get exciting around CP. As it turns out, the “quiet time of year” at our facility has been not-so-quiet after all in 2013…and we love it!
Here’s a look at some of the news & highlights relating to CP for the past seven days:
Successful Seminar — From April 19-21st, we hosted the most recent installment of the Elite Training Workshops. The good people from the Fitness Consulting Group lined up an impressive panel of speakers, including our own Eric Cressey and Tony Gentilcore, and the event seemed to be a great success. Thank you to all who attended.
Team USA Opportunity — Following in the steps of Tim Collins (Pan-Am Games / WBC) and Steve Cishek (WBC), long-time CP athlete Tyler Beede was selected to the Team USA Collegiate Baseball summer roster. Ty passed on a summer in the Cape in ’12 in favor of a ton of hard work in the gym here at CP, and it appears to have paid off in the form of a 10-0 record at Vanderbilt University along with the prestigious honor of representing his country. Article
Summer Baseball Considerations — Along those same lines, Eric published a 3,000+ word piece discussing the factors that should be considered when deciding on summer baseball plans at a collegiate level. This is a thought-provoking article that all members of the CP-Baseball Family will appreciate. Read it!
No-Hitters – In the past five days, we’ve seen not one, but TWO no-hitters thrown by CP high-school athletes. Congratulations to Alex Person who blanked the Brockton HS squad on Monday, and to Kevin Superko, who handled the Milton squad in similar fashion. Check out the recaps: Person and Superko
MLB News – CP athletes also left their mark several times this week at the highest levels of professional baseball. With eight CP guys currently on big league rosters, we do our best to stay on top of their performances. For a complete list of our athletes playing professional ball, check out our CP Pro Family page. Here’s a look at a few notable performances from this past week:
Cory Gearrin (Braves) has managed to post a 0.00 ERA through 10.2 innings (11 appearances), including 5 different scoreless innings in the past seven days. Stats
Tim Collins (Royals) has allowed just a pair of hits in 5 appearances, striking out 9 through 7.2 innings in 2013. Tim earned the win in Thursday’s victory over the Tigers with a perfect inning, and two more strikeouts in the 9th inning of a tie game. Stats
TJ McFarland (Orioles) is holding his own as a rookie in the big leagues, posting a 2.38 ERA through 11.1 innings of work, including a scoreless inning against the Athletics on Thursday. Stats
Check back to the CP blog this coming Monday for our CP Baseball Weekend Roundup!
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 Thursday Roundup
Tim Collins (Royals) tossed a scoreless inning of relief, striking out 2 to add to his total of 66 on the season. Tim is averaging 12.3 strikeouts per 9IP in 2012. Stats
John Andreoli (Cubs A) reached base in 4 of his 5 plate appearances, going 2-3 with a triple and a walk. John drove in 2 runs in the game. Box
Mike Dowd (Mariners A) was 2-4 at the plate, with a 2B and 1RBI. Box
CP Baseball Tuesday Roundup
Kevin Youkilis (White Sox) thriving in return to Fenway. He is 4-8 with 1-HR, 2-2B and 3-RBI in two games. Stats
Tim Collins (Royals) threw 2 scoreless innings against the Mariners, recording a pair of K’s. Box
Will Inman (Red Sox AAA) threw 1 inning of scoreless relief with 2K’s. Will now has 51K’s in 40IP. Box
Nick McBride (Rangers A) was promoted to high-A after posting a 2.41ERA through 52.1IP in low-A ball. Stats
Jeremy Hazelbaker (Red Sox AA) had a big day at the plate in a Sea Dogs 7-0 win, reaching in all 5 at-bats. Jeremy was 3-3 with 2-2B, 2-SB and 2-BB Box
CP Baseball Weekend Roundup
Congratulations to the Xavarian HS Hawks on their Division-1 Massachusetts State Title. CP athlete Alex Person was 3-4 at the plate with 2 runs scored, and tossed a 133-pitch complete game, striking out 9 Algonquin batters. Recap
Tim Collins (Royals) worked 3 perfect innings in yesterday’s Royals-Cardinals game. Tim recorded 3 strikeouts. Box
Aaron Fossas (Wake Forest) is playing his summer baseball for the Copperheads of the Southern Collegiate Baseball League and he wasd 6-10 at the plate, with 6RBI in his Friday night double-header. Recap
CP Baseball Thursday Roundup
Tim Collins (Royals) earned a win out of the bullpen for the 2nd consecutive evening. Tim tossed a scoreless 9th, allowing a walk and striking out two to close out a sweep of the Brewers. Tim is now 4-0 with a 2.04ERA. Box
Bryan LaHair (Cubs) was 1-3 with a run scored against Justin Verlander in a loss to the Tigers. Box
Eric Eadington (Dodgers A) earned his 9th save of the season with a scoreless inning for Rancho Cucamonga. Box
CP Baseball Wednesday Roundup
Ryan Flaherty (Orioles) earned his second consecutive appearance on the SportsCenter Top-Ten Plays of the Day with the diving catch seen below. Ryan was 1-3 at the plate in the Orioles 7-1 win. Box
Tim Collins (Royals) earned a win (3-0) by keeping the Brewers scoreless in the top of the 11th inning in KC. Box
Bryan LaHair (Cubs) drove in a run with an RBI double in the Cubs 8-4 loss to the Tigers. Box
Anthony Seratelli (Royals AAA) was 2-5 with 2 runs scored in a win over the Iowa Cubs. Box
CP Baseball Friday Roundup
Tim Collins (Royals) tossed another scoreless inning, recording a strikeout in the Royals 4-2 loss to the Pirates. Box
Bryan LaHair (Cubs) reached base in 2 of 5 plate appearances, going 1-4 with a walk in an extra innings loss to the Twins. Box
Jeremy Hazelbaker (Red Sox AA) hit a clutch 3R HR in the bottom of the 7th to lead the Sea Dogs to a 4-1 victory. Box
Mike Dowd (Mariners A) was 2-4, with a HR and 3RBI in a 7-4 defeat for the Clinton Lumber Kings. Box
Anthony Seratelli (Royals AAA) was 2-4 with a HR and 2RBI in a Storm Chasers 11-5 victory. Box
