Angelo Songco –– Loyola Marymount –
consistent power… won home run derby in Cape Cod League… through April: .373/.500/.715, 12 HRs…
5/18: Facing the University of San Diego earlier this month, Songco did what he's been doing all season: hit. He went 6-for-9 with a homer, double and three RBIs over a three-game series. For the year, Loyola Marymount's cleanup hitter has batted .367 with a .691 SLG, thanks to 16 doubles and 15 homers. He's driven in 63 runs in 57 games and has drawn 40 walks while striking out 49 times…
from BA 5/20: Undrafted out of high school, Songco has been one of the hottest college hitters in California this spring. Hot bats translate to draft helium, and Songco may have hit his way into the first two rounds. He utilizes one of the most distinctive stances in college baseball, starting deep in the box, standing tall with his bat held high. He lifts his front right leg straight up and then drops it straight down before lashing at the ball with a quick bat. His power was evident with wood bats last summer, when he hit eight homers to rank second in the Cape Cod League. An aggressive hitter, Songco is vulnerable to offspeed pitches and has difficulty covering the outside corner. Early in the count, he looks for a pitch middle-in that he can hammer. He has average speed and is an average defensive outfielder. While he has played right field for Loyola Marymount, his arm probably dictates a move to left in pro ball. But he'll be drafted for thunder in his bat, possibly as early as the supplemental first round…
2008: garnered All-WCC First Team honors... named to the College Baseball Foundation's Preseason Brooks Wallace Award Watch List... Rivals.com and Baseball America Preseason All-Conference selection... started 51 of LMU's 55 games... finished the season batting .356 with 36 runs scored, 17 doubles, 15 home runs, 48 RBI, 130 total bases and a .681 slugging percentage... ranked first on the team in batting average, slugging percentage, on base percentage (.432), RBI, home runs, walks (22) and total bases... batted .429 with 17 runs scored, nine doubles, six home runs and 23 RBI in conference games alone... finished the year ranked second in the WCC in home runs, third in slugging percentage, and fourth in total bases and doubles... notched a career-high four hits against Saint Mary's on April 12... posted two home runs against Gonzaga on May 18, totaling a career-high tying four RBI against the Bulldogs... hit safely in each of the last 10 games of the season... posted 19 multiple-hit games, including 10 two-hit, eight three-hit and one four-hit performance... homered in back-to-back games on three occasions, including March 14 and 15 versus Cal, March 22 in a doubleheader at Cal State Northridge, and May 4 and 10 versus Santa Clara and Arizona State... won Cape Cod League Home Run Derby with eight home runs in the first round and five in the second... 2007... selected as a Freshman All-American by both Collegiate Baseball and Ping! Baseball... also named WCC Freshman of the Year... selected to both the All-WCC and All-WCC Freshman teams... played in all 56 games for the Lions... led the team in doubles (22), RBI (33), and slugging percentage (.528), and was second on the team with a .321 batting average, 36 runs, and four home runs... led the Lions in WCC play in batting average (.392), hits (29), doubles (10), slugging percentage (.635), and on-base percentage (.464)... had 20 multi-hit games, including four three-hit games... had a season-high three RBI on May 6 in a loss to Gonzaga... led the Lions with eight outfield assists...
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