ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Rare is the occasion when a player earns back-to-back league weekly honors, but that is the case this week. Jimmy Latona (Hornell) earned New York Collegiate Baseball League Hitter of the Week for the second consecutive week. Adam Journic (Genesee) joins Latona grabbing the weekly pitcher honors.
Latona (Monroe CC) followed last week’s effort with a .476 average this week and a .621 On Base Percentage. The Chili, N.Y. native leads the league with a .487 average, runs with 26, and OBP with a mark of .677. He scored 14 times this past week while driving in eight, up from last week totals of 10 and three respectively. He’s currently second in the league with a runs created mark of 19.3, and a secondary average of .692 (a metric measures a player’s offensive value independent of batting average, but rather collects the sum of extra base hits, walks and stolen bases, per at bat).
Journic (Capital University) was the NYCBL’s only two-game winner this past week, including a win over the Eastern-division leading Silversmiths. The Akron, Ohio native has seen marked improvement in his performance. After losing his first two starts of the season-surrendering 24 hits and 13 runs in 10 innings-the lefty hurler has bounced back impressively. His ERA has dropped 4.91, opponents’ average has dropped .120, opponent OBP by .083, and his WHIP by 0.45. Journic’s efforts have been a large part of Genesee’s resurgence these past four games, as the team has gone 3-1 since Monday.
Honorable Mention
Kevin Brice (Sherrill/Pomona-Pitzer College): .500 Avg/15 H/1 2B/5 RBI/6 Runs
Tre Edwards (Geneva Twins/Murray State College) .517 /2 Doubles/ 1 Triple/ 3 RBI
Mike Fahrman (Olean/University of Florida) 9H/ 2B/ HR/ 3 RBI/ SB
Blake Hohlbein (Niagara/Huntington University) 1-0, 6.0 IP, 5H, 1 SO, 0.00 ERA
Greg Jasek (Cortland/Clarkson University) 0.62 ERA/ 14.1 IP/ 11 K/ 9 H/ 3 R
Sam Kim (Geneva Red Wings/Hawaii Hilo) .474/ 2HR/ 6 RBI/ 3 Doubles
Vinnie Mallaro (Syracuse Jr. Chiefs/University of Buffalo) 10H/ 3 2B/ 3B/ HR/ 9 RBI/ SB
Anthony Massicci (Syracuse Salt Cats/Canisius) 8H/3B/ 2 RBI/ 9 BB/ SB
Ben Mauseth (Oneonta / Grand Canyon U) 12-30 (.400)/ double/ 6 RBI/ 5 runs/ 7 SB/.433 OBP
Andy Santana (Rochester /Geneva College): 6/13 (.462)/ 4 R/ 4 RBI/ 4 BB
Brandon Ward (Wellsville/Indiana U Southeast) 1-0/ 9IP/2ER/ 8K/ 3BB
Honor Roll
Mike Annone (Geneva Twins/ Wilmington), Alec Bahnick (Wellsville/WebsterU) Brad Banker (Syracuse Salt Cats/St. Martins), Jeff Beall (Hornell/Urbana), John Bednarek (Syracuse Jr. Chiefs/St. Thomas Aquinas Coll), Andrew Bonnette (Genesee/Walsh), Kellen Brown (Sherrill/Florida Atlantic University), Drew Doring (Geneva Red Wings/John Carroll), Brian Dudek (Syracuse Jr. Chiefs/ University of Buffalo), Jason Euler (Genesee/ Mesa CC), Zach Goldstein (Geneva Twins/ So. New Hampshire), Connor Grey (Hornell/ St. Bonaventure), Ben Haefner (Wellsville/ University of Buffalo), Connor Hamilton (Rochester/Cedarville), Taylor Jones (Oneonta/ N. Georgia College & St. U), Dan Karasinski ( Cortland/Concordia College), Dustin King (Rochester/Hannibal-LaGrange), Ryan Kohlhofer (Olean/Defiance), Jack McClure (Sherrill/St. Bonaventure), Anthony Morino (Syracuse Salt Cats/ Mt. Union), James Ott (Olean/Bloomsburg), Kody Ruedisili (Oneonta/ Wofford), Geoffrey Seto (Cortland/Niagara University), Jack Trotman (Niagara/UMass-Lowell), Andrew Utterback (Geneva Red Wings/Alabama A&M), Sean Visconti (Niagara/Palm Beach Atlantic College)
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