ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Cole Metcalfe (Rochester/Bellarmine) earned New York Collegiate Baseball League Player of the Week for June 15th-21st while TJ Peterson (Cortland/State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota) earned the honor as the NYCBL’s top pitcher.
In what has been two and a half weeks of utter domination from the dish, Metcalfe’s last seven days have only seen his bat get even hotter (6 G | 13-for-26 | 5 R | 4 2B | 2 3B | 4 RBI |.500 AVG | .500 OBP | .808 SLG | 1.308 OPS). Since last Monday, the infielder has produced five multi-hit performances in six games. He’s scored or driven in a run in five of six, as well as recording an extra base hit in four of those contests. If reaching base at a torrid clip of one out of every two plate appearances isn’t enough, Metcalfe’s prowess at the plate has accounted for nine of the 26 runs Rochester has scored in the past seven days, or 34.6% of its total run production.
Peterson (12.1 IP | 8 H | 3 ER | 4 BB | 7 K | 2.19 ERA | 0.97 WHIP | .182 BAA | OOBP .250) was integral in pacing a red-hot Cortland Crush squad that has won eight of its last nine games with two victories of his own. The results have to be encouraging for the 6-5 lefty as his first two appearances of the season saw him come away with an 0-2 record and a 5.00 ERA. Over the course of the past week, Peterson’s ERA dropped to a more-than respectable 3.38 in the wake of two winning performances against the Smitties and the Junior Chiefs. Though the strikeouts and innings count may not leap off the page, no one can ask much more of a pitcher than allowing batters to reach base less than one an inning, and collecting hits in just over 18 percent of their trips to the plate. The latter stat has been consistent all year, even in starts that didn’t end with a W as Peterson hasn’t allowed more than five hits in any outing, keeping offenses feet firmly on the ground and bats neatly in the dugout.
Honorable Mention
Nick Banman (Sherrill/Ft Scott CC) 9.0 IP/1 run/7 hits/1 BB/5 SO/1.00 ERA
Dan Crozier (Genesee/Cazenovia College) .429/ .619 SLG/ 4RBI
Nathan Doiron (Syracuse Jr. Chiefs/ Dean Coll) W/8IP/ ER/ 4H/
Tanner Ivey (Geneva Red Wings/Alabama A & M) .389/ .429 OBP/ 2B/ 4 RBI/ 2 BB/ SB
Michael Jordan (Hornell/Vanguard) 1-0/ 2 Saves/ 4.2 IP 1 H/ 1 BB/ 4 SO
Donny Kilian (Wellsville/ University at Buffalo) 4IP/ 0R/ 3K/ BB – Batting HR/ 5RBI
Caleb Lang (Niagara/Cairn University): 5 GP/ 7 H/ 6 RBI/ .412 BA/ 7 R/ 3 SB/ .647 SLG
Jon Lapolla (Olean/Suffolk) 4 G/ .417 AVG/ .583 SLG/ 5 H, 1 2B
Tyler Martis (Oneonta/Siena) 6-19/.316 AVG/ 2B/ RBI/ 3R/ SB, 5 BB/ .458 OBP
Luke Salerno (Geneva Twins/Castleton St.) 2-0/ 13.2 IP/ 4ER/ 2.68 ERA
Cory Vogeli (Syracus Salt Cats/Misericordia) 1G / W/ 0.00 ERA/ 6 IP/ 1 K/ .227 BAA
Honor Roll
Michael Adams (Oneonta/U of Albany), Vince Apicella (Geneva Red Wings/Carson- Newman), Connor Bowie (Sherrill/Mt. Aloysius Col), Cameron Dias (Syracuse Salt Cats/Rutgers-Newark), Eddie Edwards III (Olean/University at Buffalo), Josh Flanders (Rochester/Crown Coll), Patrick Graham (Cortland/Neumann College), David “Bubba” Hollins (Olean/ St. Petersburg College), Brandon Humbertson (Geneva Red Wings/Salisbury), Ethan Hurt ( Niagara/ Trevecca University), Nick Ippolito (Genesee/California State Stanislaus University), Kevin Jordan (Sherrill/Pomona-Pitzer Col), Zephan Kash (Cortland/Mansfield U), Zachary Krider (Oneonta/South Carolina-Upstate), CJ Lee (Hornell/Webster U), Phil Madonna (Syracuse Jr. Chiefs/Siena), Troy Montemayor (Hornell/Baylor), Brandon Mumaw ( Nigara/ St. Leo), Marty Napleton (Geneva Twins/St. Joseph’s College), Kenny Reckart (Geneva Twins/Wooster), Patrick Scholla (Wellsville/John Carroll), Lucas Tevlin (Syracuse Salt Cats/Binghamton), Shane Trevino (Syracuse Jr. Chiefs/IPFW) Christopher Welch (Wellsville/Mississippi Coll), Jordan Wilkerson (Genesee/East Texas Baptist University), Colin Winn (Rochester/Santa Ana)
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