Stephen Hefler, David Herbek, Jake Lowery, Matt Tenaglia , Jackie Bradley Jr, David Carroll, Anthony DeSclafani

The Colonels wasted a one-hit gem from senior right-handed pitcher Stephen Hefler on Sunday in a 3-1 loss to Pepperdine. Hefler surrendered one unearned run on one hit in six innings while striking out five and walking one. The Colonels’ offense did not score a run until the top of the eighth inning, but the EKU bullpen immediately gave back the lead with two runs in the bottom of the frame. Hefler’s performance was the only positive for a pitching staff that surrendered nine runs in each of the first two games of the series. - http://blugrassbaseball.com/  







•What is going on at James Madison? They swept a doubleheader today from Bucknell by scores of 9-2 and 26-15 after defeating the Bison on Friday 37-7. The Dukes have now hit 20 homers as a team led by David Herbek who has five already with eight RBI. Catcher Jake Lowery has four homers and Matt Tenaglia has three. It should be interesting to see if they can continue at even half this rate. - http://www.collegebaseballdaily.com/2011/02/20/foleys-quick-hits-for-feb-19th  






Not that this needs to be said, but South Carolina outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. is an absolute stud and a pleasure to watch. He had an incredible opening day for the Gamecocks, going 4-for-4 with two doubles, a home run, three runs and three RBIs as the ‘Cocks beat Santa Clara 12-5. Folks in Columbia, S.C., would say that’s just Jackie being Jackie. We’d have to agree. - http://www.perfectgame.org/Articles/View.aspx?article=5266  






Maryland split a twinbill with Texas Saturday and will go for the series split Sunday. Avoiding a sweep at a program like Texas is important for second year coach Erik Bakich as he build his program. The Terps won 10-1 behind 6'8" righty David Carroll's six solid innings. Carroll may be the next feared starter for Maryland this season. - http://sebaseball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=1191005  






Anthony DeSclafani - DeSclafani is the best looking athlete of the pitchers I will cover here (freshman Jonathan Crawford also pitched in this game, but I was trying to focus on the 2011 and 2012 draft-eligibles). He has a tall, well proportioned athletic build, and is another of the Florida players that looks as though he spent a lot of time fine-tuning his physique. He had the tendency to elevate his fastball, which didn’t have much, if any, movement on it, but there was some deception out of his hand thanks to some herk and jerk to his delivery. He threw both a slider and a slow curve, with the slider having more potential, but both needing more bit and consistency. - http://www.5tooltalk.com/2011-notes-2-20-11.html