Auburn baseball summer league update - June 21

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Mason Barnett, Brewster Whitecaps (Cape Cod League)
Summer stats (1 game): 0-0, 2.25 ERA, 4.0 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 3 H, 1 BB, 4 K
Barnett started the season opener for Brewster Sunday and allowed one run on three hits with one walk and four strikeouts. Barnett's four strikeouts tied for the team lead on a night when the Whitecaps struck out 11.

Trace Bright, Charlottesville TomSox (Valley Baseball League)
Summer stats (3 games): 0-1, 2.31 ERA, 11.2 IP, 4 R, 3 ER, 6 H, 6 BB, 14 K
Bright leads the TomSox in innings pitched and is tied for the team lead in starts while also ranking third in strikeouts. He struck out 11 batters in 7.2 combined innings and allowed one run on four hits and two walks in his two most recent starts on June 12 and June 18.

Brayton Brown, Strasburg Express (Valley Baseball League)
Summer stats (12 games): .357, 9 R, 15 H, 2 2B, 3 HR, 8 RBI, 6 BB
Brown leads the Express with 15 hits and is tied for the team lead with three home runs while also ranking second in average. The Selma, Alabama, native hit homers in both games of a double header on June 13. He followed it up by going 3-for-3 with three runs, a homer and three RBI in a 14-2 win on June 15 and was named the Valley League Hitter of the Day for his performance. Brown has multiple hits in four games and has reached in all but one so far this summer.

Blake Burkhalter, Alexandria Aces (Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League)
Summer stats (2 games): 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1.1 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 H, 0 BB, 4 K
Burkhalter has made two appearances and earned a save in each of his two trips to the bump this summer. The righty has not allowed a run and has struck out four with no walks in 1.1 innings of work. He allowed a hit but struck out the side in a scoreless inning on June 20.

Ryan Dyal, Charlottesville TomSox (Valley Baseball League)
Summer stats (13 games): .143, 8 R, 4 H, 2 2B, 8 RBI, 7 BB
Dyal has played in 13 games and earned 10 starts for the TomSox this summer and is tied for the team lead with eight RBI. The Senoia, Georgia, native went 1-for-3 with a run and RBI on June 10 and followed it up with a bases-clearing double that proved to be the difference in the 8-5 win the following game. He drove in his seventh and eighth runs of the season with two sacrifice flies on June 19.

Garret Farquhar, Alexandria Aces (Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League)
Summer stats (10 games): .273, 7 R, 12 H, 4 2B, 1 HR, 10 RBI, 3 BB
Farquhar is tied with fellow Tiger Josh Hall for the Aces lead in hits and leads the team with four doubles and 10 RBI this summer. Farquhar is 4-for-8 with a double, two runs and two RBI in his last two games. He drove in five runs in two games on June 9 and June 12 and matched a season-high with three hits, including a double, in a win on June 20.

Richard Fitts, Wareham Gateman (Cape Cod League)
Summer stats (1 game): 0-0, 21.60 ERA, 1.2 IP, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 H, 1 BB, 2 K
Fitts made his summer debut with Wareham on June 21 and tossed 1.2 innings. He pitched a 1-2-3 sixth inning with a pair of strikeouts before running into trouble in the seventh.

Cole Foster, Charlottesville TomSox (Valley Baseball League)
Summer stats (14 games, batting): .241, 8 R, 13 H, 5 2B, 3 RBI, 3 BB
Summer stats (1 game, pitching): 0-0, 9.00 ERA, 1.0 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 H, 0 BB, 1 K

Foster leads the TomSox in games played, hits, doubles, and is tied for second in runs scored. He went 4-for-9 with two doubles, three RBI and two runs in back-to-back wins on June 14-15, starting a seven-game hitting streak. The Plano, Texas, native has a hit in 11 of 14 games played this summer. Foster has also made an appearance on the mound this summer.

Josh Hall, Alexandria Aces (Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League)
Summer stats (9 games): .444, 9 R, 12 H, 4 RBI, 3 BB, 12 SB
Hall currently leads the team in batting average, runs and stolen bases and is tied with Auburn teammate Garrett Farquhar for the team lead in hits. He has recorded at least one hit in seven of the nine games he has appeared in, including multiple hits in four contests. Hall collected multiple hits in back-to-back games on June 9 and June 12, going 3-for-4 with three RBI in the latter game, and did it again on June 16 and June 18. He reached base four times and stole four bases in a win on June 18.
 
Cam Hill, Elmira Pioneers (Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League)
Summer stats (14 games, batting): .346, 8 R, 18 H, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 9 RBI, 5 BB
Summer stats (4 games, pitching): 2-1, 2.19 ERA, 1 SV, 12.1 IP, 3 R, 3 ER, 7 H, 4 BB, 21 K

Hill has gotten in done both at the plate and on the mound for Elmira this summer. He was named the PGCBL Player of the Week on June 18 after going 10-for-21 (.476) with a double, triple, home run and seven RBI. Hill homered and drove in a season-high four runs on June 11 and collected three hits and three RBI on June 15. The Madison, Alabama, native has also made four appearances and one start on the mound and has earned two wins and a save while striking out 21 in 12.1 innings. He ranks tied for fifth in the league in strikeouts and struck out 11 in 6.0 innings in his most recent outing on June 18.

Nate LaRue, Strasburg Express (Valley Baseball League)
Summer stats (7 games, batting): .333, 4 R, 6 H, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 7 BB
Summer stats (1 game, pitching): 0.00 ERA, 2.0 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 BB, 6 K

LaRue ranks second on the team with a .333 average in seven games at the plate and is getting on base at a .520 clip, drawing seven walks compared to striking out just four times. LaRue has reached in all seven games he has played in and has a hit in five contests, including a 2-for-3 effort on June 13. The Mobile, Alabama, native also made his summer pitching debut on June 9 and struck out all six batters he faced in 2.0 innings of work.

Will Morrison, Charlottesville TomSox (Valley Baseball League)
Summer stats (5 games): 1-0, 2.16 ERA, 1 SV, 8.1 IP, 2 R, 2 ER, 3 H, 3 BB, 11 K
Morrison is tied for the TomSox team lead with five appearances this summer and hasn't allowed a run in four of five of his appearances thus far. He earned a save in 2.0 scoreless innings on June 12, picked up the win in 2.2 innings of relief on June 15 and struck out a season-high four batters in 1.2 innings on June 19.  

Ben Schorr, Elmira Pioneers (Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League)
Summer stats (13 games): .250, 5 R, 12 H, 1 2B, 11 RBI, 4 BB
Schorr leads Elmira with 11 RBI through 13 games this summer and has driven in multiple runs in four contests. In his second game of the summer on June 4, Schorr went 3-for-5 and drove in three runs. He collected multiple hits in games on June 9 and June 15 and drove in a pair of runs three times in a span of six games from June 9-16.

Kade Snell, Danville Dans (Prospect League Baseball)
Summer stats (5 games): 2-0, 4.65 ERA, 19.1 IP, 12 R, 10 ER, 19 H, 5 BB, 27 K
Snell has made five appearances, including one start, for Danville this summer and is tied for fourth in the league in strikeouts. After giving up a homer on the first pitch, Snell continued to throw a seven-inning complete game and earned his second win of the season. He had 11 strikeouts, no walks, giving up four hits and two earned runs in the win over the Rex. Snell earned his first win of the summer, throwing 3.0 scoreless innings and striking out six in a 2-1 win on June 1.

Jack Sokol, Elmira Pioneers (Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League)
Summer stats (3 games): 0-1, 6.92 ERA, 13.0 IP, 10 R, 10 ER, 16 H, 7 BB, 12 K
Sokol has made three starts for Elmira this summer. He struck out a season-high six batter sin 4.0 innings in his summer debut on June 3 and pitched a season-high 6.0 innings in his next start on June 9. Sokol's most recent start on June 16 was his best, allowing one run in 3.0 innings.

Peyton Sybrandt, Golden Chick (Metro Summer Collegiate League)
Stats are currently unavailable for this league.
Sybrant hit a two-run home run for Stix Baseball Club's Collegiate Red on June 21. 

Bryson Ware, Falmouth Commodores (Cape Cod League)
Summer stats (1 game): .000, 1 R, 0 H, 1 BB
Ware made his summer debut with Falmouth Sunday, drawing a walk and scoring the tying run in the sixth inning of a 7-7 tie with Chatham. The rising junior infielder played first base and hit eighth for the Commodores.