Lee Among Northwoods League Leaders in Several Categories
8/24/2020 11:45:00 AM | Baseball
SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif. -- The summer collegiate baseball season is over for eight Cal Poly players, including all five Mustangs in the Northwoods League.
Freshman shortstop Brooks Lee wrapped up a .345 season with the Willmar Stingers by collecting eight hits in his last three games, including a 4-for-6 performance last Tuesday against the Mankato MoonDogs. Lee had a double in each of his last three contests.
Lee's 51 hits were the second-highest total in the league and his .345 mark is No. 7. He was fourth with 35 RBIs and produced hits in 33 of his 36 contests, including multiple-hit games in eight of his last 11 starts.
The San Luis Obispo High School graduate opened his Stingers season with a 19-game hitting streak and had another streak of nine games snapped August 15. He put together a string of four two-hit games from August 9-11 and finished the year with seven doubles and four home runs in 36 games, including 14 multiple-hit contests.
The Northwoods League, one of the few collegiate leagues to operate this summer, had 22 teams playing. Willmar finished 22-20 for third place in the Minnesota-Iowa Region.
Also playing for Willmar, pitcher Kyle Scott posted a 1-1 mark, 3.63 ERA and two saves with 21 strikeouts over 17 1/3 innings. He earned his win July 5 against Rochester with three strikeouts over two innings in relief.
At St. Cloud, infielder Nick Marinconz finished with a .241 average, going 19-for-79 at the plate with three doubles, one home run and seven RBIs. He stole five of five bases and had four multi-hit games to his credit.
The Rox finished 27-13, a half-game behind the Waterloo Bucks for first place in the Minnesota-Iowa Region. Marinconz opened the summer by hitting .304 in his first 18 games at St. Cloud, but went 2-for-23 in his last eight contests.
Utility player Taison Corio hit .204 with seven doubles, three home runs and 13 RBIs for Rochester. He stole four of five bases and produced five multi-hit games for the Honkers.
Outfielder Kyle Ashworth rebounded from a slow start for the Kalamazoo Mac Daddies. After going 2-for-27 in his first 12 games, Ashworth hit .271 in his last 48 contests, going 32-for-118. That run included a 3-for-3 game against the Kalamazoo Growlers on August 23 and a 9-for-21 performance (.429) in a 10-game stretch near the end of the season. Ashworth also went 2-for-7 in the Northwoods League playoffs.
Ashworth finished his summer with a .234 average in 68 games with a trio of doubles, two triples, five RBIs and six stolen bases. He also contributed to the Mac Daddies' offense with 42 walks, No. 3 in the league, and was hit by pitches five times, resulting in a .422 on-base percentage, among the top 30 in the league.
Two Mustangs helped the Santa Barbara Foresters capture their eighth National Baseball Congress Semi-Pro World Series championship at Wichita, Kansas, earlier this month.
The Foresters went 4-0 en route to the title, including a 12-3 victory over the Cheney Diamond Dawgs in the championship game August 10, wrapping up a 30-4 summer season.
Incoming freshman Bryce Warrecker pitched one inning in the title game, retiring all three batters he faced, two via strikeout.
Earlier this summer, the Santa Barbara High School graduate and nephew of Cal Poly assistant coach Teddy Warrecker retired the first 13 batters he faced in five scoreless, hitless innings against the Santa Paula Halos on July 28. He finished the year 3-0 with a 0.36 ERA, striking out 39 batters and allowing just two walks and seven hits over 25 innings.
Warrecker also hit .300 for the season (6-for-20) with a triple and four RBIs.
Pitcher Derek True was on the Foresters' roster at Wichita as well but did not pitch in any NBC World Series games, For the season, he had no record and a 5.40 ERA with 21 strikeouts over 13 1/3 innings. He struck out eight and scattered six hits over five frames, giving up two earned runs versus the SoCal Giants on July 31.
First baseman Tate Samuelson wrapped up his summer collegiate baseball season two weeks ago. He went 2-for-4 with one RBI in the Long Boarders' 12-5 loss to the Waveriders in the first round of the San Diego Collegiate League playoffs August 3.
Samuelson finished the summer with a .318 average, going 21-for-66 with three doubles, four home runs and 12 RBIs. He produced seven multiple-hit games and also played in the league's All-Star Game.
Photo above of Brooks Lee courtesy of Patrick Bernadeau | West Central Times
Freshman shortstop Brooks Lee wrapped up a .345 season with the Willmar Stingers by collecting eight hits in his last three games, including a 4-for-6 performance last Tuesday against the Mankato MoonDogs. Lee had a double in each of his last three contests.
Lee's 51 hits were the second-highest total in the league and his .345 mark is No. 7. He was fourth with 35 RBIs and produced hits in 33 of his 36 contests, including multiple-hit games in eight of his last 11 starts.
The San Luis Obispo High School graduate opened his Stingers season with a 19-game hitting streak and had another streak of nine games snapped August 15. He put together a string of four two-hit games from August 9-11 and finished the year with seven doubles and four home runs in 36 games, including 14 multiple-hit contests.
The Northwoods League, one of the few collegiate leagues to operate this summer, had 22 teams playing. Willmar finished 22-20 for third place in the Minnesota-Iowa Region.
Also playing for Willmar, pitcher Kyle Scott posted a 1-1 mark, 3.63 ERA and two saves with 21 strikeouts over 17 1/3 innings. He earned his win July 5 against Rochester with three strikeouts over two innings in relief.
At St. Cloud, infielder Nick Marinconz finished with a .241 average, going 19-for-79 at the plate with three doubles, one home run and seven RBIs. He stole five of five bases and had four multi-hit games to his credit.
The Rox finished 27-13, a half-game behind the Waterloo Bucks for first place in the Minnesota-Iowa Region. Marinconz opened the summer by hitting .304 in his first 18 games at St. Cloud, but went 2-for-23 in his last eight contests.
Utility player Taison Corio hit .204 with seven doubles, three home runs and 13 RBIs for Rochester. He stole four of five bases and produced five multi-hit games for the Honkers.
Outfielder Kyle Ashworth rebounded from a slow start for the Kalamazoo Mac Daddies. After going 2-for-27 in his first 12 games, Ashworth hit .271 in his last 48 contests, going 32-for-118. That run included a 3-for-3 game against the Kalamazoo Growlers on August 23 and a 9-for-21 performance (.429) in a 10-game stretch near the end of the season. Ashworth also went 2-for-7 in the Northwoods League playoffs.
Ashworth finished his summer with a .234 average in 68 games with a trio of doubles, two triples, five RBIs and six stolen bases. He also contributed to the Mac Daddies' offense with 42 walks, No. 3 in the league, and was hit by pitches five times, resulting in a .422 on-base percentage, among the top 30 in the league.
Two Mustangs helped the Santa Barbara Foresters capture their eighth National Baseball Congress Semi-Pro World Series championship at Wichita, Kansas, earlier this month.
The Foresters went 4-0 en route to the title, including a 12-3 victory over the Cheney Diamond Dawgs in the championship game August 10, wrapping up a 30-4 summer season.
Incoming freshman Bryce Warrecker pitched one inning in the title game, retiring all three batters he faced, two via strikeout.
Earlier this summer, the Santa Barbara High School graduate and nephew of Cal Poly assistant coach Teddy Warrecker retired the first 13 batters he faced in five scoreless, hitless innings against the Santa Paula Halos on July 28. He finished the year 3-0 with a 0.36 ERA, striking out 39 batters and allowing just two walks and seven hits over 25 innings.
Warrecker also hit .300 for the season (6-for-20) with a triple and four RBIs.
Pitcher Derek True was on the Foresters' roster at Wichita as well but did not pitch in any NBC World Series games, For the season, he had no record and a 5.40 ERA with 21 strikeouts over 13 1/3 innings. He struck out eight and scattered six hits over five frames, giving up two earned runs versus the SoCal Giants on July 31.
First baseman Tate Samuelson wrapped up his summer collegiate baseball season two weeks ago. He went 2-for-4 with one RBI in the Long Boarders' 12-5 loss to the Waveriders in the first round of the San Diego Collegiate League playoffs August 3.
Samuelson finished the summer with a .318 average, going 21-for-66 with three doubles, four home runs and 12 RBIs. He produced seven multiple-hit games and also played in the league's All-Star Game.
Photo above of Brooks Lee courtesy of Patrick Bernadeau | West Central Times
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