RE: 2017 Seahawks playing Summer Baseball Thread
Aug 9 Updates:
* The Sharks continued their season last night, winning their 1st round playoff game to advance to the semi-finals of the CPL. Thus, Breydan Gorham should get at least one more start. Gorham continues to dominate the competitive league, flashing a 6-2 record, 3.14 ERA, and 51/23 K:BB Ratio. The Sharks begin a 3-game series with the Edenton Steamers on Thursday, Aug 10.
* Also continuing their season were the Victoria Harbourcats in the West Coast League. INF Cole Weiss enters the postseason hitting .293 with 2 HR, 15 RBI and a .768 OPS in 133 AB's. Teammate and OF Riley Zayicek, meanwhile, is hitting .261 with 4 HR, 14 RBI and an .803 OPS in 111 AB's.
* Kernersville, with a record of 40-5, took the championship in the Carolina-Virginia League. INF Jackson Meadows contributed a 1-2 day and a run in a 4-3 Semi-Final win over Catawba. The Bulldogs finished the season ranked 15th nationally among the Top 30 Summer Collegiate teams, as ranked by collegiatesummerbaseball.com. (Ryan Jeffers' and Blake Deatherage's Upper Valley Nighthawks in the NECBL ranked 16th).
* Players whose seasons have concluded, with their final stat-lines:
- OF Kep Brown (Sharks, CPL): .393, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 28 AB's
- 1B Mason Berne (Sharks, CPL): 3-8, 1 RBI
- LHP Luke Gesell (Sharks, CPL): 1-3, 5.57 ERA, 11 K's, 20 BB's, 32.1 IP
- SS Austin LaFollette (Holly Springs, CPL): .236, 5 HR, 22 RBI, .791 OPS, 110 AB's
- RHP Clark Cota (Cotuit, Cape Cod): 2-2, 2.50 ERA, 3 SV, 24 K's, 7 BB's, 18.0 IP
- C Ryan Jeffers (Upper Valley, NECBL): .248, 2 HR, 24 RBI, .701 OPS, 153 AB's
- RHP Blake Deatherage (Upper Valley, NECBL): 3.85 ERA, 5 K's, 6 BB's, 7.0 IP
- OF Noah Lilles (North Wake, Carolina-Virginia League): .244, 2 RBI, 6 SB, 41 AB's
- OF Noah Bridges (North Wake, Carolina-Virginia League): .214, 1 RBI, 5 SB, 14 AB's
- INF Jackson Meadows (Kernersville, Carolina-Virginia League): .238, 11 RBI, 6 SB, .560 OPS, 63 AB's
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