ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Wellsville’s Max Franzone (Finger Lakes CC) and Connor Ryan (Hornell/ Mercyhurst) earned the New York Collegiate Baseball League’s Player and Pitcher of the Week.
Sometimes the win-loss columns don’t tell the entire story. Lost in tough week for the Nitros was the stellar play of its sometimes-left fielder, most-times third baseman Franzone. Where some would have packed it in, Franzone demonstrated his passion for the game with one of the most-well-rounded weeks of the 2015 season (6 G | 8-for-15 | 6R | 7BB | 2 2B | 1 3B | 1SF | 3RBI | 5PO, 10A |.533 AVG | .667 OBP | .800 SLG | 1.447 OPS | .938 FLD percentage). In addition to recording three consecutive multi-hit games from July 7th to July 10th, the lefty batter finished the week with three straight games with at least one run scored, one run driven in and an extra base hit recorded. Before questioning the .938 fielding percentage, consider that Franzone made just one error in 16 total chances, and has just four on the season. After a late arrival to the league, the native of Nanuet, New York has now reached base safely in all 11 games he’s played, and has never seen respective slash totals below .333/.429/.429.
In a week that was chock full of impressive pitching performances, Ryan stands out for not allowing a single earned run in 16 frames (2GS (1-0 1 CG) 16.0IP | 9H | 1R, 0ER | 3BB, 2HBP | 9K | 0.00 ERA | 0.75 WHIP | BAA .167 | OOBP .237). Perhaps even more impressive was the righty’s ability to limit opposing baserunners, with just 14 of 59 reaching base via hit/walk/hit by pitch. In total, the Buffalo native has allowed just 12 runs in 41.1 IP, a full 25 percent of which have categorized as unearned. At no point this season has any team been able to score more than three earned runs against the 3-1 Ryan, and only fleetingly after his second relief and total appearance have any of his opponents left a matchup with a batting average over .300. That makes nine straight contests of opposing lineups being unable to muster any average higher than .263. Coupled with his mechanical consistency are the now surging Dodgers, winners of four straight and six of their last seven thanks in no small part to performances like Ryan’s.
Honorable Mention
Vince Apicella (Geneva Red Wings/Carson- Newman Col.) 9 IP/ 4 H/ 2 BB/ 7 SO
Connor Bowie (Sherrill /Mt. Aloysius Col) .429 avg./12 hits/2B/ 3B/1 BB/3R/7 SB
Cameron Carney (Rochester/Tusculum) 9IP/0 ER/5 H/9K/ 1-0
Isaac Dillard (Olean/Gulf Coast CC) 5-12/.417/3R/ 2 3B/3SB/2RBI/.750 SLG
Cameron Jack (Syracuse Salt Cats/Mt. Hood CC) 1G/W/7.0 IP/ 0 ER/ 2H/ 7K/.091 BAA
Zephan Kash (Cortland/Mansfield) 6-19/ 2B/2HR/ 3R/5 RBI
CJ Krowiak (Oneonta/Binghamton) .480 AVG/ 12-25/ 2B/ 5R/ 3RBI/3 SB/ .517 OBP/ 1.037 OPS
Caleb Lang (Niagara/Cairn University) .313 BA/ 10 H/ 8 R/ 3 3B/ 1 HR/ 9 RBI/ .625 SLG
Breton LaRose (Genesee/Sacred Heart) 2IP/2SV/6BF
George Max Navadel (Syracuse Jr. Chiefs/St. Thomas Aquinas) 7.1 IP/6K/0BB/1R
Connor Simonetti (Geneva Twins/Kent State) .316/2HR/6R/7RBI/2BB
Honor Roll
Sean Brody (Cortland/Howard Payne), Kenny Collins (Wellsville/Hamilton), Caleb Dougherty (Rochester/Abilene Christian), Jake Dyer (Sherrill/Ft. Scott CC), Andrew Fischer ( Geneva Red Wings/ Amherst Col.), Jack Fleming (Oneonta/North Georgia St. College), Justin Healey (Syracuse Jr. Chiefs/Widener), Evan Holland (Syracuse Salt Cats/Florida International), David “Bubba” Hollins (Olean/St. Petersburg College), Nick Ippolito (Genesee/Cal State-Stanislaus), Bryan Klendworth (Niagara/Olivet Nazarene), John Kopicky (Genesee/Ohio Northern), Jonathan Lapolla (Olean/Suffolk), CJ Lee (Hornell/Webster), Phil Madonna (Syracuse Jr. Chiefs/Siena), Max McDougald (Hornell/Wofford), Brandon Mumaw (Niagara/ St. Leo), Nick Panissiddi (Cortland/Neumann), Sean Pisik (Syracuse Salt Cats/Ursinus), JT Pittman (Geneva Twins/Le Moyne), Mitch Powers (Geneva Twins/So. New Hampshire), Harry Roberson (Geneva Red Wings/Amherst Col.), Alexander Rojas (Oneonta/Eastern New Mexico University), Patrick Scholla (Wellsville/John Carroll), Zach Taylor (Sherrill/Haverford Col), Colin Winn (Rochester/Santa Ana)
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