Deacons in Summer Ball: June 15
6/15/2015 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
By Jay Garneau, Wake Forest Athletic Communications (@WakeBaseball)
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - With the 2015 season concluded, several Demon Deacons are underway in their summer baseball seasons.
Will Craig and Nate Mondou highlight the list, serving as alternates for the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team.
If needed, the duo would compete in an international friendship series against Chinese Taipei and participate in the Americas Baseball Festival against the Canadian, Cuban and USA Baseball Pan American Games teams. That schedule runs from June 20 to July 8 and is based out of the National Training Complex in Cary, North Carolina.
Should either of them make the roster, they would be the first Demon Deacon to do so since Kyle Sleeth was a member in 2002. Sleeth went 7-1 with a 1.44 ERA in a team-high four starts with Team USA.
In the meantime, Craig and Mondou have joined teammate Parker Dunshee in the Cape Cod League.
Wake Forest is also represented in the Northwoods League, Cal Ripken League, Coastal Plains League, Perfect Game League, Valley League and Southern Collegiate Baseball League.
Cape Cod League
Chatham Anglers
• Will Craig is currently second on the team with a .350 average, tied for the team lead with four runs scored in six games.
• Nate Mondou ranks right behind with a .333 average, also tied for the team-high with four runs scored.
• Parker Dunshee has started one game on the mound and was dominant, tossing 5.0 innings of shutout ball, allowing three hits without a walk, striking out three.
Northwoods League
Thunder Bay Border Cats
• Donnie Sellers has pitched in four games out of the pen, allowing one earned run in 3.2 innings for a 2.45 ERA with a save and six strikeouts. He has also seen time at the plate, hitting .400 with two doubles and four RBIs in 15 at bats.
Mankato MoonDogs
• Joey Rodriguez has played in 16 games, totaling three doubles and a team-high five hit by pitches. He has a .188 average and three stolen bases.
St. Cloud Rox
• Chris Farish has made three outings, allowing just one hit while striking out six batters in 3.2 innings.
• Bruce Steel was set to join the Rox before suffering an injury that will keep him out for the summer.
Cal Ripken League
Baltimore Redbirds
• Ben Breazeale has continued his return from a midseason injury, hitting .289 with a pair of doubles and eight RBIs in 11 games. He's 5-for-8 over the past two contests.
• Stuart Fairchild is hitting at a .262 clip with a double, triple, five RBIs, seven walks and three stolen bases in 11 contests.
• Gavin Sheets is hitting .225 with a double and four RBIs in 11 games. He has walked seven times with just four strikeouts.
Coastal Plains League
Wilmington Sharks
• Connor Johnstone is 0-1 with a 3.65 ERA in two starts. He has struck out 15 batters while walking just one in 12.1 innings of work.
Martinsville Mustangs
• Jonathan Pryor has played in 15 games, hitting .238. He leads the team with 13 walks and is second with a .429 on-base percentage, also stealing four bases.
• Paul Kirkpatrick has a 1-2 record and 5.04 ERA in a team-high six appearances and four starts. He has struck out 17 batters in 25.0 innings.
Perfect Game League
Amsterdam Mohawks
• Justin Yurchak leads the team with nine RBIs and 11 walks while striking out just four times, hitting at a .343 clip in 10 games.
• Drew Freedman ranks third on the team with seven RBIs and second with nine walks while hitting .237.
Utica Brewers
• Aaron Smith ranks second on the team with a .417 average, also tallying a double and a triple in six games.
Elmira Pioneers
• Keegan Maronpot has struggled out of the gate, recording a double, two RBIs and a stolen base over the first eight games.
Valley League
Staunton Braves
• Parker Johnson holds a 1-0 record with a 2.45 ERA and seven strikeouts in 3.2 innings over four outings.
Charlottesville TomSox
• Kevin Conway is expected to join the TomSox at some point this summer after fully recovering from an ankle injury suffered during the Wake Forest season.
Southern Collegiate Baseball League
SBA Bones
• Andrew Loepprich has started a pair of games, holding a 0-0 record and 1.86 ERA with nine strikeouts and two walks allowed in 9.2 innings pitched.
