Elliott: Bazinet , Gravelle, Graham help lead SUNY Niagara to NO. 1 ranking

Former Windsor Selects RHP RHP Keegan Bazinet (Windsor, Ont.)

By Bob Elliott

Canadian Baseball Network

Don’t look now, but NJCAA’s Team Canada in Division III -- otherwise known as the SUNY Niagara TWolves -- sit No. 1 in this week’s college rankings.

One big reason is due to the performance of the 10 Canadians on the SUNY Niagara roaster.

Niagara won 17 Straight Before Losing To Monroe and now has a 26-3 record under coach Matt Clingersmith.

Ontario Royals grad INF Cam Gravelle (Smithville, Ont.)

The Big Dawgs for the TWolves have been among others -- have been RHP Keegan Bazinet and INF Cam Gravelle. At the plate, Gravelle is hitting .470 with 15 doubles, four triples, a home run and 31 RBIs with a 1.251 OPS. The former Ontario Royals INF is from Smithville, Ont., home of former Canadian Thunderbirds C Bobby Killins.

Meanwhile, one the mound, RHP Bazinet (Windsor, Ont.) has been dominant. The Windsor Selects grad is 5-0 with a find-it-if-you-can ERA of 0.93. He has walked nine and fanned 39 in 29 innings.

Also key contributors at the plate include: INF Alexander Graham (Toronto, Ont.), an Ontario Nationals grad, is batting ,433 with three doubles, two homers and 16 RBIs with a 1.297 OPS and OF Luke Gigliotti (Toronto, Ont.) own an average of .431 with two doubles, with two homers 10 RBIs and an 1.111 OPS for the former Ontario Royal.

Nolan Bigras (Burlington, Ont.), a former FieldHouse Pirate, has made on appearance picking up a save in four scoreless innings.

Jackson Sheehy (Guelph, Ont.) has a 6.75 ERA in two outings walking four and striking out five in 2 2/3 innings.

RHP Austin Barton (Kitchener, Ont.) a former Fieldhouse Pirate, and C Carter McCormick (Oshawa, Ont.), an Oshawa Legionaires grad, have appeared in three games apiece.

RHP Austin Barton (Kitchener, Ont.) former Fieldhouse Pirate and RHP Charlie Chubak (Petawawa, Ont.) are also on the SUNY Niagara roster.