THE FLATS – With the month of July off to a hot start, a number of current Yellow Jackets continue to have sizzling summers on the baseball diamond in the wooden bat leagues this season.
Utility player Tristin English is hitting .338 with four home runs, four doubles, 15 RBIs, 11 runs and five stolen bases scored over 19 games played for the Chatham Anglers in the Cape Cod League, while left-handed pitcher Brant Hurter has allowed just four runs and struck out 23 batters over just 19.0 innings of work on the mound for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox.
For the Bourne Braves, outfielder Chase Murray is hitting .314 with two home runs, a triple, two doubles, 11 RBIs, 15 runs and two stolen bases, while fellow Jacket Oscar Serratos is right behind him with an average of .306 with three doubles, three RBIs and three runs scored.
In the Coastal Plain League, right-handed pitcher Jonathan Hughes is 2-0 with a save and a 1.88 ERA over five games this summer for the Florence RedWolves, while infielder Paxton Rigby is hitting .320 with 16 total hits and five RBIs over 19 games for the Seminole County Scorpions in the Florida Collegiate Summer League.
Rising sophomore Baron Radcliff is hitting .260 with 25 hits and 18 RBIs over 26 games for the Kalamazoo Growlers in the Northwoods League, while in the Sunbelt League Keyton Gibson (Brookhaven Bucks), Kel Johnson (Norcross Astros) and Nick Wilhite (Norcross Astros) all earned a spot on the all-star team.
2018 Georgia Tech Summer Baseball League Assignments (subject to changes)
Cape Cod Baseball League
- Xzavion Curry *, Harwich Mariners – 0-1, 10.60 ERA, 3 GP, 3 GS, 9.1 IP, 7 SO
- Tristin English, Chatham Anglers – .338 avg., 19 GP, 22 hits, 4 HR, 4 2B, 15 RBIs, 11 runs
- Colin Hall, Hyannis Harbor Hawks – .167 avg., 5 hits, 1 2B, 2 RBIs, 7 runs
- Brant Hurter, Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox – 1-0, 1.89 ERA, 4 GP, 4 GS, 19.0 IP, 23 SO
- Kyle McCann, Chatham Anglers – .286 avg., 17 GP, 14 hits, 2 HR, 3 2B, 6 RBIs, 5 runs
- Chase Murray, Bourne Braves – .314 avg., 23 GP, 27 hits, 2 HR, 1 3B, 2 2B, 11 RBIs, 15 runs, 2 SB
- Oscar Serratos, Bourne Braves – .306 avg., 17 GP, 15 hits, 3 2B, 3 RBIs, 3 runs, 1 SB
- Luke Waddell, Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox – .206 avg., 7 hits, 1 2B, 6 RBIs, 7 runs, 1 SB
- Austin Wilhite *, Chatham Anglers – .100 avg., 14 GP, 2 hits, 5 runs, 2 SB
Coastal Plain League
- Jonathan Hughes, Florence RedWolves – 2-0, 1 SV, 1.88 ERA, 5 GP, 3 GS, 24.0 IP, 19 SO
- Jamie Taylor, Lexington Blowfish – .194 avg., 9 GP, 6 hits, 1 2B, 2 RBIs, 3 runs
- Amos Willingham, Florence RedWolves – 1-2, 7.30 ERA, 7 GP, 1 GS, 12.1 IP, 13 SO
Florida Collegiate Summer League
- Paxton Rigby, Seminole County Scorpions – .320 avg., 19 GP, 16 hits, 1 2B, 5 RBIs, 9 runs, 3 SB
- Cameron Turley, Seminole County Scorpions – .129 avg., 11 GP, 4 hits, 1 RBI, 3 runs / 0-0, 0.00, 1 GP, 1.0 IP
Northwoods League
- Hugh Chapman, Wisconsin Bullfrogs – 2-2, 6.35 ERA, 5 GP, 4 GS, 17.0 IP, 11 SO
- Baron Radcliff, Kalamazoo Growlers – .260 avg., 26 GP, 25 hits, 2 HR, 3 2B, 18 RBIs, 14 runs, 2 SB
- Will Shirah, Wisconsin Bullfrogs – 1-2, 8.35 ERA, 5 GP, 4 GS, 14.0 IP, 14 SO
Sunbelt Baseball League
- Andy Archer, Brookhaven Bucks – 1-0, 1 SV, 0.00 ERA, 3 GP, 5.0 IP, 10 SO
- Kel Johnson, Norcross Astros – .268 avg., 13 GP, 11 hits, 3 HR, 1 3B, 4 2B, 9 RBIs, 7 runs
- Cole Neuber, Brookhaven Bucks – .208 avg., 9 GP, 5 hits, 1 3B, 1 2B, 4 RBIs, 1 run, 1 SB / 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 2 GP, 2.0 IP, 4 SO
- Keyton Gibson, Brookhaven Bucks – 0-1, 7.20 ERA, 4 GP, 5.0 IP, 6 SO
- Brenton Sanders, Brookhaven Bucks – .333 avg., 10 GP, 9 hits, 3 2B, 2 RBIs, 3 runs
- Nick Wilhite, Norcross Astros – .333 avg., 13 GP, 15 hits, 5 2B, 8 RBIs, 10 runs, 10 SB
Valley Baseball League
- Jake Brace, Harrisonburg Turks – 0-2, 3.96 ERA, 6 GP, 5 GS, 36.1 IP, 22 SO
- Joseph Mannelly, Harrisonburg Turks – 1-1, 6.31 ERA, 5 GP, 4 GS, 15.2 IP, 17 SO
*no longer with the team
