Corona High School standout 2010
prospect, LHP Nick Hurtado, passed away last
night from complications stemming from his 2010 diagnosis of a cancerous tumor
found in his left knee.
-Right now, there is no one in the
baseball world questioning #4 Stanford (7-2, 0-0) RHP Mark
Appel’s decision to not sign last year with Pittsburgh and come back for
his senior year. Last night, Appel throw a three-hit complete game shutout
against #25 Texas (6-3, 0-0), 2-0. This raised his last two-game stat line to
an amazing 18-IP, 1-ER, 6-H, 25-K, 2-BB. Witnesses said that he was in total
command of his three pitches and showed a much more aggressive approach to the
plate. He has easily vaulted himself back into the top RHP in the draft, maybe
the number one pick overall.
-Pitching performance of the Friday
Night has to go out to #3 Vanderbilt’s (10-1, 0-0) RP Kevin
Ziomek, who simply overwhelmed Illinois-Chicago (3-4, 0-0). The stat line
was crazy: 9.0-IP, CG, 0-R, 1-H, 15-K, 3-BB. This makes for 33 strikeouts in 22
innings this season, 26 of which cam in his last two outings (The weekend
starter team of Ziomek, Phillip Pfeifer, and Tyler Beede are now 7-0, giving up 5-ER in 48.0-IP, while
striking out 62).
-My Cinderella team, #27 Florida Gulf
Coast (6-2, 0-0) won again Friday, beating unranked Manhattan (0-4, 0-0), 6-2. It
was junior Ricky Knapp that stepped up again,
who had a no-hitter through 4.1 and finished an eight inning outing with 7-Ks,
0-ER, and 3-H. His season ERA is now 0.78 with 16-K and 2-BB in 23-IP. Remember,
this is a team that has already swept Florida in a series and may not be tested
for quite a while.
The featured game Friday night was #1
North Carolina (8-0, 0-0) visiting #12 Rice (6-3, 0-0). It also featured two
future projected first round starters,
the Tar Heels’ junior LHP Kent Emanuel (7.0-IP,
1-ER, 8-H, 5-K, 1-BB) and the Owls junior RHP Austin
Kubitza (6.2-IP, 1-ER, 4-H, 9-K, 2-BB). The edge went o Kubitza, though
the victory went to Emaneul, 2-1.
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