Athletes of the Week | Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference
Athletes of the Week | Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference
HCAC 2023 Baseball Notebook, Week 3
The Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference (HCAC) baseball teams competed in week three of the 2023 season.
Around the League:
Athletes of the Week:
Hitting Athlete of the Week:
Andy Krajecki (Hampshire, Ill.) Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | Senior- Krajecki batted .500 with a .556 on-base percentage and a .750 slugging average as Rose-Hulman went a perfect 4-0 by defeating Alma three times and Greenville once last week. Krajecki was 8-16 at the plate with one double, one home run and eight runs scored with three.
Pitching Athlete of the Week:
Marcus Goodpaster (Indianapolis, Ind.) Hanover College | Junior- Goodpaster posted a 1-0 week as he picked up a strong win over Millikin, 14-4. The junior pitched a complete game scattering just five hits with eight strikeouts. He posted an impressive 2.57 ERA.
Notable Performances:
• Zacheus Carr (Mahomet, Ill.) Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | Sophomore- Zacheus appeared in two games and tossed 5.1 scoreless innings, allowing just one hit as part of Rose-Hulman's perfect 4-0 week. Carr tossed two hitless innings against Greenville, then allowed just one hit in 3.1 scoreless innings against Alma. For the week, Carr pitched 5.1 innings, allowing one hit, zero runs, two strikeouts and held opponents to a .063 batting average.
• Jack Towell (Batavia, Ohio) Bluffton University | Senior- Towell hit .424 with 14 hits in 33 at bats as Bluffton went 4-4 at the Gene Cusic Classic in Fort Myers, Fla. He drove in 15 runs while slugging .606 with a homer and three doubles. Towell had a .462 on-base percentage and scored 6 runs
• Rocco Hanes (Ossian, Ind.) Manchester University | Sophomore- Over the weekend, Manchester swept Berea in two non-conference seven-inning games. The Spartans took game one 13-5 before defeating the Mountaineers in extra innings 2-1. Rocco Hanes drove in the game winning run in the 8th inning for MU, scoring Jared Holley on a single to right-center. Hanes went 4-8 from the plate, hitting two doubles, collecting one stolen base, and scoring three runs during Saturday's doubleheader.
• Jake Danneman (Edgewood, Ky.) Hanover College | Sophomore- Danneman led the Panthers to a 2-3 week as they drew splits with both Hope and Millikin. The sophomore hit .333 with three extra base hits and three RBI. Jake charted five runs on seven hits with two walks.
• Sean Sullivan (Schereville, Ind.) Franklin College | Junior- Sullivan went 6-for-15 with seven runs scored and two RBI for Franklin last week. Sullivan went 3-for-4 with two RBI and four runs scored in a win over Albion on Saturday. Sullivan turned in another 3-for-4 performance with two more runs scored to help Franklin win the series on Sunday.
• Darius Boeke (Sidney, Ohio) Bluffton University | Senior- Boeke worked 6.2 scoreless frames across three games, allowing just four hits and three walks with three punchouts. He was 1-0 and held the opposition to a miniscule .174 batting average as the Beavers went 4-4 on the week.
• Charlie Jones (Portage, Ind.) Anderson University | Sophomore- Charlie Jones went 5-for-10 with a double, a triple, three RBI's and three stolen bases for the week. Anderson went 2-2, which included a doubleheader split against No. 23 Aurora. Jones's week was highlighted by his week against Thomas, where he went 3-for-3 with a double, a triple, a sacrifice bunt, three RBI's and three stolen bases. On the week, Jones recorded a .500 batting average, a .500 on-base percentage and an .800 slugging percentage.
• Max Fries (Cleves, Ohio) Earlham College | Senior- Fries led the Quakers against Wilmington College with seven hits for five RBI. The senior kicked off the scoring for Earlham with a two-run double in the bottom of the third inning.
• Zach White (Logansport, Ind.) Manchester University | Graduate- During Manchester's sweep against Berea on Saturday, Zach White pitched in game one for the Spartans, allowing one earned run, one walk, and three hits. White also struck out three batters in six innings pitched.
• Justin Schassburger (Dyer, Ind.) Anderson University | Sophomore-Schassburger started for the Ravens and threw four scoreless innings during Sunday's 11-0 (F/7) win against Thomas on Sunday. Schassburger struck out seven batters, allowed three hits, issued four walks and gave up zero runs in four innings.
• Jackson Young (Greenwood, Ind.) Franklin College | Senior- Young put together a stellar pitching performance on Sunday afternoon as part of a 5-3 Franklin win over Albion that secured a home opening series win for the Griz. Young went seven innings against the Britons, giving up two runs on four hits with two walks and a strikeout.
• Hayden Scalf (Richmond, Ind.) Earlham College | First Year- Scalf earned his second winning decision of the season in the final game of the Quaker Bowl series against Wilmington College. The freshman went seven innings with just one earned run while scoring eight strikeouts.
• Brennan Perry (Louisville, Ky.) Transylvania University | Junior- In his one game this week Perry had an outstanding showing against Depauw where he pitched a season high seven innings, and a season high seven strike outs and a season high two hits. Perry won this game for Transy as it might not reflect in the stats but by stalling out Depauw until we got our hits.
• Aidan Post (Fairfield, Ohio) Mount St. Joseph University | Junior- Post shined on the mound for the Lions this weekend. Post went 5.1 innings allowing just two runs on six hits while walking just one hitter. Post struck out five en route to a MSJ 4-2 victory over St. Norbert.
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