Auburn baseball summer league update - July 6

Auburn baseball summer league update - July 6Auburn baseball summer league update - July 6
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Mason Barnett, Brewster Whitecaps (Cape Cod League)
Summer stats (3 games): 0-1, 6.75 ERA, 10.2 IP, 8 R, 8 ER, 9 H, 4 BB, 12 K
Barnett allowed a run in 6.2 innings in his first two starts this summer before suffering the loss in his most recent start on July 2. The right-hander is third on the team in innings pitched (10.2) and fourth in strikeouts (12).

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 made three starts for Charlottesville before being shut down for the remainder of the summer. He struck out 11 batters in 7.2 combined innings and allowed one run on four hits and two walks in his final two starts of the summer on June 12 and June 18.

Brayton Brown, Strasburg Express (Valley Baseball League)
Summer stats (25 games): .347, 23 R, 34 H, 6 2B, 8 HR, 26 RBI, 10 BB, 3 SB
Brown was named the Valley League Hitter of the Day for this third time this summer after going 3-for-5 with two runs, two doubles, and one RBI on July 5, and hit a walk-off single in the 13th inning of a win on June 28. He has also been named a VBL All-Star and Home Run Derby participant. Brown is tied for the league lead in hits (34) and homers (8) and ranks third in RBI (26). The Selma, Alabama, native is currently riding a seven-game hitting streak and is hitting .382 (13-for-34) with seven runs, two doubles, three homers and eight RBI during the span. Brown has multiple hits in 10 games, including two multi-homer games, and multiple RBI in eight contests this summer.  

Blake Burkhalter, Alexandria Aces (Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League)
Summer stats (6 games): 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 2 SV, 8.0 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 H, 3 BB, 16 K
Burkhalter is yet to allow a run in six appearances and 8.0 innings this summer. He has turned in a .750 WHIP and is striking out two batters per inning for Alexandria. The junior righty earned a save in his first two appearances and picked up the win in his third. He logged season bests in innings (2.2) and strikeouts (5) on June 25 and most recently turned in 2.0 scoreless with four strikeouts on July 3.

Ryan Dyal, Charlottesville TomSox (Valley Baseball League)
Summer stats (13 games): .143, 8 R, 4 H, 2 2B, 8 RBI, 7 BB
Dyal played in 13 games and earned 10 starts for the TomSox this summer and was tied for the team lead with eight RBI in the first two weeks of games. 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 (21 games): .348, 15 R, 31 H, 7 2B, 2 HR, 21 RBI, 5 BB, 3 SB
Farquhar leads the Cal Ripken League in hits (31) and is tied for the league lead in doubles (7) while also ranking third RBI (21) and fourth in batting average (.348) through 21 games. The Hoover, Alabama, native has multiple hits in five of his last six games and is a hitting .538 (14-for-26) during the stretch. He went 4-for-4 with three RBI on June 30 and most recently turned in a 3-for-5 night with a homer and season-high four RBI on July 3.

Richard Fitts, Wareham Gateman (Cape Cod League)
Summer stats (2 games): 0-1, 7.94 ERA, 5.2 IP, 5 R, 5 ER, 6 H, 3 BB, 7 K
Fitts made two appearances and one start for Wareham Gateman this summer. He made his Cape Cod League debut on June 21 and tossed 1.2 innings, turning in a 1-2-3 sixth inning with a pair of strikeouts. The right-hander finished his summer with five strikeouts in 4.0 innings in a start against Brewster on June 27.  

Cole Foster, Charlottesville TomSox (Valley Baseball League)
Summer stats (27 games, batting): .227, 17 R, 22 H, 7 2B, 1 3B, 6 RBI, 9 BB, 8 SB
Summer stats (2 game, pitching): 0-0, 3.37 ERA, 2.2 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 H, 0 BB, 4 K

Foster leads the TomSox in games played (27), doubles (7) and runs (17) and is second in hits (22). The Plano, Texas, native was recently named a VBL All-Star and has collected a hit in 18 contests, including multiple hits in four games. He has also made a pair of appearances on the mound, most recently turning in 1.2 scoreless innings with three strikeouts on July 3.  

Josh Hall, Alexandria Aces (Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League)
Summer stats (10 games): .412, 12 R, 14 H, 6 RBI, 3 BB, 13 SB
Hall played in 10 games for Alexandria, last appearing in a contest on June 21. He leads the team with a .412 average and still ranks second in stolen bases (13). He recorded at least one hit in eight of the 10 games he appeared in, including multiple hits in five 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 (18 games, batting): .319, 11 R, 22 H, 3 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 14 RBI, 5 BB
Summer stats (5 games, pitching): 3-1, 1.47 ERA, 1 SV, 18.1 IP, 5 R, 3 ER, 12 H, 9 BB, 26 K

Hill got it 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. He started the summer on a 12-game hitting streak and turned in at least on hit in 16 of 18 games. In five appearances and two starts, the Madison, Alabama, native leads Elmira with three wins and a 1.47 ERA.  He also ranks second with 26 strikeouts, including 11 in a game at Jamestown on June 18.  

Nate LaRue, Strasburg Express (Valley Baseball League)
Summer stats (9 games, batting): .360, 5 R, 9 H, 1 2B, 3 RBI, 9 BB
Summer stats (1 game, pitching): 0.00 ERA, 2.0 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 BB, 6 K

LaRue played in nine games for Elmira this summer, starting in seven and coming off the bench in two more. He went 2-for-3 in a game on June 13 and finished his summer with another multi-hit effort and RBI on June 24. The Mobile, Alabama, native also made an appearance on the mound 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, 4.50 ERA, 1 SV, 12.0 IP, 9 R, 6 ER, 6 H, 6 BB, 14 K
Morrison tied for second on the TomSox with seven appearances this summer, striking out 14 batters in 12.0 innings of work. The right-hander didn't allow an earned run in five of his seven appearances. 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 (20 games): .243, 8 R, 17 H, 2 2B, 18 RBI, 8 BB
Schorr leads Elmira with 18 RBI through 20 games this summer and has driven in multiple runs in seven contests, including two games with three RBI. He recently with 3-for-5 a matched a season high with three RBI on June 26 and laced a two-RBI double on July 5. Schorr has reached safely in 75 percent of his games played this summer.  

Kade Snell, Danville Dans (Prospect League Baseball)
Summer stats (9 games): 2-1, 4.15 ERA, 1 SV, 30.1 IP, 16 R, 14 ER, 27 H, 11 BB, 34 K
Snell ranks second on Danville in games (9), innings (30.1) and strikeouts (34) and is tied for fourth on the team with two wins. Snell earned his first win of the summer on June 1, throwing 3.0 scoreless innings and striking out six in a 2-1 victory. After giving up a homer on the first pitch, Snell continued to throw a seven-inning complete game with 11 strikeouts and earned his second win of the season on June 17. He earned the save in 3.0 scoreless and hitless innings on June 23.

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 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.
Sybrandt 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 (9 game): .083, 2 R, 2 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 3 BB
Ware has played in nine games for Falmouth this summer. He has collected a hit in two of the last three contests, most recently hitting a seventh-inning solo homer on July 5.