Vauxhall Academy Jets grad Alex Bishop (Calgary, Alta,) led Canuck hitters in homers and RBIs for the Texas-Tyler Patriots.

College Wrap for May 14-20, 2018.

By Kevin Wall
Canadian Baseball Network

The playoffs have started! Fewer teams, fewer games and winning is required to advance to the championships. During this period, 133 schools with Canadians were scheduled to play 445 games. We found games stats for 173 Canadian players in the 433 box scores that were available at the time of this report.

From the mound, 65 Canadian pitchers from 46 schools made 82 appearances, 19 were starts. As a group, they worked 199 innings, striking out 173, earning 10 wins and four saves.

At the plate, 111 Canadian batters from 67 schools had 999 at bats with 293 hits and 28 home runs, producing 177 RBIs.

Notable pitching performances

Appearance leaders (three): Braeden Toikka, Tanner Dalton

Starts: Adam Jafine, Brady Moxham, Braeden Allemann, Brandon Marklund, Brandon Reid, Dylan Thorp, Indigo Diaz, JP Stevenson, Jack DeCooman, Jackson Wark, Jake Forgrave, James Bradwell, Landen Bourassa, Matthew Brash, Michael Brettell, Niall Windeler, Noah Skirrow, Olivier Mailloux, Steven Dressler

Wins: Brandon Marklund, Derrick Pecht, Hunter Cunningham, Indigo Diaz, JP Stevenson, Landen Bourassa, Matthew Brash, Michael Brettell, Olivier Mailloux, Patrick van den Brink

Former Weyburn Beaver Eric Evans (Weyburn, Sask.) had a pair of saves for the Jamestown Jimmies.

Saves: Eric Evans (2), Chris Stodolka, Matt Lloyd

Former North Shore Twins and Coquitlam Reds Indigo Diaz (North Vancouver, BC) led all Canucks with strikeouts this week.

Strikeouts (five or more): Indigo Diaz (14), Braeden Allemann (10), Landen Bourassa (8), Matthew Brash (8), Tanner Dalton (8), Braeden Toikka (7), Noah Skirrow (7), Barry Caine (6), Brady Moxham (6), Brandon Marklund (6), JP Stevenson (6), Olivier Mailloux (6), Jackson Wark (5), Liam Mitchell (5), Niall Windeler (5), Stuart Martin (5)

Quality performances: Indigo Diaz (86), Matthew Brash (75), Niall Windeler (68), Olivier Mailloux (68), Steven Dressler (61)

Notable batting performances

Ontario Terriers grad Kyle MacDonald (Mississauga, Ont.) had four home runs for the Arkansas State Red Wolves.

Home Runs: Kyle MacDonald (4), Alex Bishop (2), Austen Swift (2), Kole Cottam (2), Steven Moretto (2), Ari Sechopoulos, Brett Resch, Bryce Jorgenson, Edouard Julien, JT Patterson, Jacob Charron, John Lantigua, Liam Wilson, Matt Lloyd, Matt Warkentin, Mitch Robinson, Nick Howie, Nick Seginowich, Sean Donnelly, Shawn Grandmont, Tristan Pompey

Great Lake Canadians grad Matt Warkentin (Leamington, Ont.) knocked in eight runs for the Xavier Muskateers.

RBIs (four or more): Alex Bishop (9), Matt Warkentin (8), Austen Swift (6), Kyle MacDonald (6), Bryce Jorgenson (5), Edouard Julien (5), Grant Okawa (5), John Lantigua (5), Mitch Robinson (5), Nick Howie (5), Shawn Grandmont (5), Tristan Pompey (5), Ari Sechopoulos (4), Kobe Hyland (4), Kole Cottam (4), Matt Lloyd (4), Sean Donnelly (4), Taylor Wright (4)

Former Ontario Terrier 3B Liam Wilson (Ayr, Ont.) of the Canisius Golden Griffins.

Batting average leaders (10 or more at bats): Alex Bishop (.588), Liam Wilson (.545), John Lantigua (.500), Mitch Robinson (.462), Taylor Wright (.455), Steven Moretto (.429), Eric Marriott (.417), Kyle MacDonald (.417), Tristan Pompey (.412), Tyler Scott (.400), Grant Okawa (.385), Anthony Cusati (.364), Jaxon Valcke (.364), Garrett Kirkwood (.357), Jake MacDonald (.357), Kobe Hyland (.357), Jake Wilson (.353), Matt Warkentin (.353), Darcy Moore (.333), Drew Dickerson (.333), Kole Cottam (.333), Lucas Diluca (.333), Matt Hilderbrandt (.333), Justin Graff-Rowe (.312), Nick Howie (.312), Brett Resch (.308), Gianfranco Morello (.308), John Whaley (.300), Matthew Reyes (.300)

Period pitching stats
Player School App GS IP H ER BB K W SV ERA
Adam Jafine, Charleston 2 1 3.2 7 6 2 4 0 0 14.75
Barry Caine, Douglas College 1 0 7.0 10 5 3 6 0 0 6.42
Ben Brown, Albany 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Ben Erwin, Niagara 1 0 3.2 5 3 0 0 0 0 7.37
Billy Brand, Midland University 1 0 5.0 10 2 2 3 0 0 3.60

Brady Moxham, South Dakota State 1 1 4.0 2 1 3 6 0 0 2.25
Braeden Allemann, British Columbia 2 1 5.1 8 14 5 10 0 0 23.68
Braeden Toikka, Illinois-Chicago 3 0 3.1 1 0 1 7 0 0 0.00
Brandon Hillier, Indiana Tech 1 0 6.1 8 1 1 0 0 0 1.42
Brandon Marklund, Bryan 1 1 6.1 9 6 5 6 1 0 8.53

Player School App GS IP H ER BB K W SV ERA
Brandon Reid, Central Missouri 1 1 6.0 3 0 2 2 0 0 0.00
Brett Stenger, Eastern Michigan 1 0 2.0 2 2 1 1 0 0 9.00
Carson Perkins, Canisius 1 0 1.0 4 1 1 1 0 0 9.00
Chris Stodolka, Texas-Tyler 1 0 1.1 1 0 2 3 0 1 0.00
Christian Botnick, British Columbia 1 0 0.0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0.00

Tri-City Indians grad Derrick Pecht (Burnaby, BC) pitched 6 1/3 innings allowing three runs for the Douglas Royals.

Christian Lindsay Young, West Virginia 1 0 0.1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0.00
Colin Nazarchuk, Douglas College 1 0 0.2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00
Colton Tuka, Douglas College 1 0 4.0 13 8 3 2 0 0 18.00
Dalton Harvey, Illinois State 2 0 1.2 4 4 1 3 0 0 21.68
Derrick Pecht, Douglas College 2 0 6.1 6 3 2 3 1 0 4.26

Player School App GS IP H ER BB K W SV ERA
Dylan Thorp, Bellevue 1 1 3.0 3 2 3 2 0 0 6.00
Eric Evans, Jamestown 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0.00
Finnegan Duffield, British Columbia 2 0 2.1 5 2 1 2 0 0 7.72
Harley Gollert, Austin Peay 2 0 1.0 2 5 4 0 0 0 45.45
Hunter Cunningham, LSU-Shreveport 1 0 1.0 0 2 0 1 1 0 18.00

Indigo Diaz, Iowa Western CC 1 1 8.0 1 0 0 14 1 0 0.00
JP Stevenson, Canisius 1 1 7.0 6 4 1 6 1 0 5.14
Jack Caswell, British Columbia 1 0 1.0 4 4 1 0 0 0 36.00
Jack DeCooman, Washington 1 1 3.0 4 2 1 2 0 0 6.00
Jackson Wark, Saint Louis 1 1 3.0 3 1 3 5 0 0 3.00

Player School App GS IP H ER BB K W SV ERA
Jake Forgrave, Point Park 2 1 2.2 3 2 2 2 0 0 6.76
James Bradwell, British Columbia 1 1 5.1 10 5 2 0 0 0 8.44
Jared Kennedy, Canisius 1 0 1.1 0 2 2 1 0 0 13.53
Jesse Borden, Incarnate Word 1 0 0.1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00
Joelson del Rosario, Douglas College 1 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

Lethbridge Elks Grad Landen Bourassa (Lethbridge, Alta.) worked six scoreless for the San Francisco Dons.

Jordan Bryant, Monroe CC 1 0 0.0 1 3 2 0 0 0 0.00
Jose Vasquez, Northwestern State 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.00
Josh Burgmann, Washington 1 0 1.1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0.00
Kyle Smyth, Niagara 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0.00
Landen Bourassa, San Francisco 1 1 6.0 3 0 2 8 1 0 0.00

Player School App GS IP H ER BB K W SV ERA
Liam Mitchell, Douglas College 1 0 7.0 6 4 5 5 0 0 5.14
Marshal Burgess, Jamestown 1 0 2.0 1 1 1 1 0 0 4.50
Matt Lloyd, Indiana 1 0 1.0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0.00
Matt Martin, Colorado School of Mines 1 0 4.2 6 1 0 2 0 0 1.93
Matthew Brash, Niagara 1 1 8.2 4 0 2 8 1 0 0.00

Michael Brettell, Central Michigan 1 1 6.0 7 2 1 3 1 0 3.00
Michael Mommersteeg, Valparaiso 1 0 0.1 2 4 3 0 0 0 109.09
Mitch Bigras, Boston 1 0 0.2 1 1 0 0 0 0 13.63
Mitchell Gardiner, LSU-Alexandria 1 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00
Nathan Holmes, LSU Eunice 1 0 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00

Player School App GS IP H ER BB K W SV ERA
Niall Windeler, British Columbia 1 1 7.2 4 2 6 5 0 0 2.34
Noah Skirrow, Liberty 1 1 4.0 1 1 1 7 0 0 2.25
Olivier Mailloux, Northwestern Ohio 1 1 6.0 3 2 2 6 1 0 3.00
Pat Kelley, Northern Kentucky 1 0 3.0 6 5 1 2 0 0 15.00
Patrick van den Brink, British Columbia 2 0 2.1 5 3 0 0 1 0 11.58

Ontario Blue Jays grad Steven Dressler (Burlington, Ont.) worked four scoreless for Texas-San Antonio Roaadrunners.

Peter Joseph, Northwood 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0.00
RJ Freure, Pittsburgh 2 0 1.2 3 2 1 3 0 0 10.84
Sam Turcotte, Stony Brook 1 0 2.1 0 1 1 2 0 0 3.86
Steven Dressler, Texas-San Antonio 1 1 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0.00
Stuart Martin, Monroe CC 2 0 3.0 2 0 3 5 0 0 0.00

Player School App GS IP H ER BB K W SV ERA
Tanner Dalton, Sacramento State 3 0 5.0 1 0 2 8 0 0 0.00
Tim Walters, British Columbia 1 0 2.0 5 3 2 2 0 0 13.50
Tyler Whitbread, Indiana State 2 0 3.0 3 2 2 1 0 0 6.00
Wesley Moore, Cal State Northridge 2 0 1.2 3 3 1 1 0 0 16.26
Zach Wilcox, Illinois Central 1 0 1.0 1 3 1 1 0 0 27.00

Period Hitting stats
Player School G AB H HR BB K R RBI Avg OPS
Alex Bedard, Trinidad State JC 2 7 1 0 1 1 2 0 .142 .476
Alex Bishop, Texas-Tyler 5 17 10 2 3 0 5 9 .588 1.736
Andrew Evernden, Douglas College 3 14 4 0 1 5 2 3 .285 .690
Anthony Cusati, British Columbia 3 11 4 0 0 1 0 2 .363 .727
Anthony Olson, British Columbia 3 3 0 0 2 1 1 0 .000 .400

Ari Sechopoulos, Charleston 2 7 3 1 1 0 1 4 .428 1.357
Austen Butler, British Columbia 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000
Austen Swift, William Jessup 5 25 6 2 0 7 5 6 .240 .749
Austin Guzzo, Iowa 4 8 0 0 2 6 2 0 .000 .272
Billy Brand, Midland University 2 6 2 0 1 3 0 1 .333 .761

Vauxhall Academy Jets grad Brett Resch (Saskatoon, Sask.) had four hits and knocked in a pair batting .307 for the week with the Southern Idaho Eagles.

Player School G AB H HR BB K R RBI Avg OPS
Braeden Allemann, British Columbia 3 11 2 0 2 2 2 3 .181 .558
Braedon Miller, Douglas College 2 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 .111 .222
Brett Resch, Southern Idaho 3 13 4 1 1 1 3 2 .307 .895
Bryce Jorgenson, Century 6 20 5 1 0 1 5 5 .250 .883
Canice Ejoh, Canisius 3 7 1 0 0 3 2 2 .142 .285

Chris Acosta-Tapia, Oklahoma Wesleyan 4 18 4 0 1 4 1 3 .222 .540
Cole MacLaren, Pittsburgh 3 11 2 0 0 2 0 0 .181 .363
Cole Warken, Louisiana Tech 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000
Colton Harold, Northwestern College 2 7 0 0 1 4 0 1 .000 .125
Conner Morro, Canisius 3 9 2 0 2 1 2 1 .222 .696

Player School G AB H HR BB K R RBI Avg OPS
Cyrus Senior, Canisius 2 4 1 0 0 2 1 0 .250 .500
Dakota DeFreitas, Webster 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000
Daniel Warkentin, Parkland 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 2.000
Darcy Moore, Freed-Hardeman 3 15 5 0 0 4 0 1 .333 .733
David Gauthier, Trinidad State JC 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 2.000

Dondrae Bremner, Cincinnati 2 6 1 0 0 2 1 1 .166 .333
Drake Pilat, Jamestown 6 9 5 0 3 3 1 3 .555 1.247
Drew Dickerson, Youngstown State 3 12 4 0 0 5 0 0 .333 .666
Edouard Julien, Auburn 4 14 4 1 3 6 3 5 .285 .944
Eric Marriott, Mitchell 3 12 5 0 1 1 1 1 .416 .916

Ontario Terriers grad Grant Okawa (Toronto, Ont.) hit .384 with five hits and drove in five runs for the Douglas Royals.

Player School G AB H HR BB K R RBI Avg OPS
Evyn Sherman, Macomb CC 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .333
Garrett Kirkwood, Columbus State 4 14 5 0 3 6 2 2 .357 .827
Gianfranco Morello, Charleston 4 13 4 0 3 2 2 2 .307 1.052
Glenn Reeves, Central Oklahoma 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000
Grant Okawa, Douglas College 3 13 5 0 2 1 4 5 .384 1.052

Hayden Jaco, Indiana State 1 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 .500 1.000
JT Patterson, Bellevue 3 9 2 1 3 3 2 3 .222 .972
Jacob Charron, Louisiana at Monroe 2 6 2 1 2 1 3 1 .333 1.333
Jacob Martins, Canisius 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .500
Jake Lanferman, British Columbia 3 11 2 0 3 0 3 2 .181 .538

Player School G AB H HR BB K R RBI Avg OPS
Jake MacDonald, Douglas College 3 14 5 0 1 0 3 2 .357 1.042
Jake Wilson, Bowling Green State 4 17 6 0 1 3 1 1 .352 .859
Jason Willow, UC Santa Barbara 4 13 3 0 0 2 1 2 .230 .461
Jaxon Valcke, British Columbia 3 11 4 0 0 1 1 1 .363 .780
Jay Kim, Douglas College 2 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 .125 .250

Jean-Francois Garon, Bradley 3 6 3 0 2 2 1 0 .500 1.458
Jesse Elliott, Charleston 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 .000 .333
John Lantigua, Oklahoma Wesleyan 4 18 9 1 1 5 2 5 .500 1.359
John Loschiavo, St. Joseph’s -Vermont 2 7 4 0 1 1 0 2 .571 1.339
John Whaley, British Columbia 3 10 3 0 1 2 0 2 .300 .663

Ontario Terriers grad Joe Tevlin (Toronto, Ont.) went 5-for-9 (.556) with an RBI for the Niagara Purple Eagles.

Player School G AB H HR BB K R RBI Avg OPS
Joseph Tevlin, Niagara 3 9 5 0 1 0 1 1 .555 1.266
Justin Graff-Rowe, Central Missouri 4 16 5 0 2 4 4 3 .312 .733
Justin Orton, British Columbia 2 4 1 0 0 1 1 0 .250 .500
Kieran Waters, Douglas College 2 4 2 0 1 1 3 1 .500 1.350
Kobe Hyland, Iowa Western CC 3 14 5 0 0 1 5 4 .357 1.042

Kole Cottam, Kentucky 4 15 5 2 3 3 4 4 .333 1.273
Kyle Blackwell, Cumberland 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000
Kyle Gould, St. Joseph’s -Vermont 2 5 1 0 1 2 2 0 .200 .533
Kyle MacDonald, Arkansas State 4 12 5 4 6 2 5 6 .416 2.048
Kyle McComb, British Columbia 3 8 2 0 1 3 1 0 .250 .583

Player School G AB H HR BB K R RBI Avg OPS
Lenn Nakatsuka, Douglas College 3 15 4 0 1 3 5 2 .266 .579
Liam Wilson, Canisius 3 11 6 1 0 1 3 3 .545 1.492
Lucas Diluca, Cuyahoga CC 4 15 5 0 5 4 2 0 .333 .966
Lucas Soper, British Columbia 3 11 1 0 4 1 3 0 .090 .424
Luke Tevlin, Binghamton 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .666

Marshall Hogan, Douglas College 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000
Matt Deneau, Madonna 2 8 3 0 0 3 0 0 .375 .875
Matt Hilderbrandt, Cuyahoga CC 4 12 4 0 2 4 6 1 .333 1.083
Matt Lloyd, Indiana 4 17 4 1 2 2 4 4 .235 .727
Matt Quartel, Milwaukee 4 9 3 0 5 4 7 1 .333 .933

Toronto Mets grad Matt Turino (Toronto, Ont.) had four hits for the Jefferson Rams.

Player School G AB H HR BB K R RBI Avg OPS
Matt Turino, Jefferson 4 15 4 0 2 3 3 0 .266 .752
Matt Wagner, Monroe CC 2 4 1 0 3 1 2 1 .250 1.375
Matt Warkentin, Xavier 4 17 6 1 4 4 6 8 .352 1.088
Matteo Porcellato, Douglas College 3 15 4 0 0 3 1 3 .266 .533
Matthew Jones, Evansville 1 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .400

Matthew Reyes, Douglas College 3 10 3 0 5 0 2 1 .300 1.033
Max Hewitt, Oklahoma State 3 8 2 0 1 0 1 0 .250 .583
Max Wright, Indiana State 3 10 1 0 0 3 2 1 .100 .407
Maximillian Wood, Central Florida 2 7 2 0 0 3 1 2 .285 .507
Michel Dagenais, Webber International 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000

Player School G AB H HR BB K R RBI Avg OPS
Mike Moffatt, Northern Kentucky 4 18 5 0 0 4 2 0 .277 .666
Mitch Hudvagner, Madonna 2 6 2 0 0 1 1 0 .333 .761
Mitch Robinson, British Columbia 3 13 6 1 0 0 4 5 .461 1.379
Myles Miller, Northwestern Ohio 3 16 4 0 2 2 3 1 .250 .645
Nick Capitano, Canisius 1 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .250

Nick Howie, Eastern Kentucky 4 16 5 1 1 0 5 5 .312 .915
Nick Seginowich, Salt Lake CC 2 5 2 1 3 1 3 1 .400 1.625
Noah Myers, Wabash Valley 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 .000 .000
Noah Renaud, Madonna 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000
Nolan Bumstead, Cal State Northridge 4 11 2 0 0 3 0 1 .181 .454

Okotoks Dawgs INF Peter Hutzal (Calgary, Alta.), shown diving back into first, had two hits for the Marshall Thundering Herd.

Player School G AB H HR BB K R RBI Avg OPS
Nolan Rattai, Northern Kentucky 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000
Nolan Weger, British Columbia 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000
Owen Jansen, Purdue 2 4 1 0 1 2 0 2 .250 .900
Parker Walker, Kankakee CC 2 5 1 0 2 2 0 0 .200 .628
Peter Hutzal, Marshall 3 6 2 0 1 1 0 0 .333 .928

Philippe Berthiaume, Texas-Arlington 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000
Philippe Langlois, Niagara 3 10 2 0 1 1 1 0 .200 .572
Sean Donnelly, Douglas College 1 3 2 1 2 1 4 4 .666 2.466
Shane Paradis, Northern Kentucky 4 13 1 0 1 4 0 1 .076 .287
Shane Rogers, British Columbia 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .000

Player School G AB H HR BB K R RBI Avg OPS
Shawn Grandmont, Southern Idaho 3 11 2 1 1 8 3 5 .181 .902
Steven Moretto, Sacramento State 4 14 6 2 1 4 4 3 .428 1.395
Taylor Nychyk, Indiana Tech 3 8 2 0 0 2 0 2 .250 .583
Taylor Wright, Maryland 3 11 5 0 1 1 0 4 .454 .954
Tom Melenchuk, Douglas College 3 12 3 0 0 5 1 1 .250 .500

Toronto Mets grad Tristan Pompey (Mississauga, Ont.) hit .411 with seven hits and five RBIs for the Kentucky Wildcats.

Tristan Clarke, Tennessee Wesleyan 4 18 3 0 0 4 1 3 .166 .324
Tristan Pompey, Kentucky 4 17 7 1 3 2 5 5 .411 1.323
Tyler Scott, Bryan 3 10 4 0 1 0 2 3 .400 1.138
Victor Cerny, Cal State Northridge 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 .000 .000
Xavier Langlois, Trinidad State JC 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .500

Player School G AB H HR BB K R RBI Avg OPS
Zach Prisciak, British Columbia 1 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 .333 .833

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