KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Twenty-three members of the Tennessee baseball team are off and rolling in summer ball across the country, along with Drew Beam at the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team tryouts.
The first summer ball update of the year can be found below.
USA Collegiate National Team
RHP Drew Beam – USA Collegiate National Team
Started on Sunday (7/3) for the Stripes team in the USA Baseball CNT tryout circuit, going three innings, allowing three hits and striking out one while allowing no runs. Beam was not selected for the final CNT roster.
Appalachian League
OF Kyle Booker – Kingsport Axmen
Season Stats: 11 GP, .306 AVG, 11 R, 11 H, 1 HR, 9 RBI, 8 BB, 1 SB, .432 OBP, .444 SLG
Crushed his first home run of the summer last Tuesday vs. Danville.
INF/OF Ethan Payne – Johnson City Doughboys
Season Stats: 14 GP, .200 AVG, 8 R, 9 H, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 12 BB, 1 SB, .410 OBP, .289 SLG
Belted his only homer of the summer thus far on June 17, a two run blast and ranks top-five on the team in on-base percentage.
Cape Cod League
LHP Wyatt Evans – Chatham Anglers
Season Stats: 2 APP, 1 GS, 0-2, 0 SV, 6.75 ERA, 6.2 IP, 5 R, 5 ER, 8 H, 2 BB, 4 K, 1.50 WHIP
Has gone two outings, both lasting 3.1 innings on Friday (6/24) and Wednesday (6/29). Allowed just one run in his first outing.
RHP Mark McLaughlin – Cotut Kettleers
Season Stats: 4 APP, 0-0, 0 SV, 6.23 ERA, 4.1 IP, 3 R, 3 ER, 4 H, 5 BB, 5 K, 2.08 WHIP
Made four appearances, two coming against Yarmouth-Dennis and one versus both Harwich and Falmouth. Struck out a summer-best three batters in two innings on the Fourth of July against Falmouth.
INF Christian Moore – Hyannis Harbor Hawks
Season Stats: 9 GP, .222 AVG, 5 R, 6 H, 1 2B, 1 3B, 3 RBI, 8 BB, .389 OBP, .333 SLG
Started his summer with hits in five of his first six games. Has reached base in every game he has played this summer but one. Currently ranks third on Hyannis in on-base percentage.
OF Seth Stephenson – Cotuit Kettleers
Has not appeared yet.
C Charlie Taylor – Hyannis Harbor Hawks
Season Stats: 1 GP, .000 AVG, 2 AB, .000 OBP, .000 SLG
Played in his first game of the summer last Sunday (6/26).
California Collegiate League
1B Blake Burke – Heraldsburg Prune Packers
Season Stats: 15 GP, .377 AVG, 17 R, 20 H, 4 2B, 4 HR, 24 RBI, 9 BB, .679 SLG, .485 OBP
Was on an eight-game hitting streak recently, highlighted by a three-homer day against the Novato Knicks on June 22. Currently has 17 RBIs in his last nine contests, leading the team with 24 total.
OF Hunter Ensley – Santa Barbara Foresters
Season Stats: 10 GP, .313 AVG, 6 R, 10 H, 1 3B, 4 RBI, 2 BB, 3 SB, .375 SLG, .389 OBP
Posted back-to-back solid outings, going 2-for-3 with a triple and three RBIs on Sunday (6/26), then scored two runs and adding a hit against the Saints on Wednesday (6/29).
RHP Hollis Fanning – Walnut Creek Crawdads
Season Stats: 5 APP, 2 GS, 1-0, 0 SV, 3.57 ERA, 22.2 IP, 10 R, 9 ER, 22 H, 3 BB, 15 K, 1.10 WHIP
Posted a masterful start in his last outing versus Sonoma, going seven innings, allowing no runs and just five hits while striking out four and earning the win.
OF Kavares Tears – Walnut Creek Crawdads
Season Stats: 17 GP, .217 AVG, 7 R, 13 H, 1 2B, 3 HR, 12 RBI, 5 BB, .383 SLG, .277 OBP
Added base hits in each of his last two games and had an outstanding day vs. the West Coast Kings (6/23), smashing a pair of homers in a three-hit game while driving in nine.
Coastal Plain League
INF Angus Pence – Forest City Owls
Season Stats: 19 GP, .231 AVG, 6 R, 15 H, 4 2B, 8 RBI, 3 BB, .265 OBP, .292 SLG
Fresh off a four-game hit streak that dates back to June 25 against Catawba Valley where he drove in two. Pence also doubled in back-to-back contests coming on June 25 and 28.
New England Collegiate League
UTL Logan Chambers – Martha’s Vineyard Sharks
Season Stats: 5 GP, .286 AVG, 3 R, 6 H, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SB, .318 OBP, .286 SLG
Played in just five games this season, but has multi-hit contests in two of them. Has a hit in four of those five games this season, including scoring a pair of runs and swiping a base at Valley on June 28.
Northwoods League
LHP Gavin Brasosky – Kalamazoo Growlers
Season Stats: 7 APP, 1-0, 1 SV, 5.06 ERA, 10.2 IP, 7 R, 6 ER, 9 H, 6 BB, 3 K, 1.41 WHIP
Earned the victory last Friday (7/1) against Kenosha, his first of the summer, and picked up a save in his previous outing, striking out two and allowing just a walk over 2.1 innings of work at Kokomo (6/27)
Ohio Valley League
C Ryan Miller – Full Count Rhythm
Season Stats: 22 GP, .272 AVG, 21 R, 22 H, 5 2B, 6 HR, 17 RBI, 20 BB, .556 SLG, .439 OBP
Mashed three home runs in his last four ballgames and has scored seven runs with six hits in his last three contests. Currently ranks fifth in the Ohio Valley League in homers and is top-10 in runs scored, walks and slugging percentage.
Prospect League
RHP/C Andrew Kribbs – Johnstown Mill Rats
Season Stats: 23 GP, .245 AVG, 8 R, 13 H, 2 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 11 RBI, 6 BB, .322 OBP, .377 SLG
6 APP, 4 GS, 1-2, 0 SV, 12.18 ERA, 17 IP, 27 R, 23 ER, 26 H, 17 BB, 15 K
Has played as a two-way player for Johnstown, appearing in 29 total games 23 in the field and six on the mound. Kribbs has four extra-base hits, with his only big fly of the summer coming early in the season.
LHP Drew Patterson – Alton River Dragons
Season Stats: 2 APP, 0 GS, 1-1, 0 SV, 10.38 ERA, 4.1 IP, 5 R, 5 ER, 8 H, 1 BB, 3 K
Made two appearances early in the season, both lasting multiple innings. Took the win against the Cape Catfish on June 5, allowing just one run over 2.1 innings and punching out five.
Rocky Mountain Baseball League
LHP Jake Fitzgibbons – Hays Larks
No stats available
INF Austen Jaslove – Hays Larks
No stats available
LHP Kaleb Meredith – Hays Larks
No stats available
Sunbelt Baseball League
LHP Zander Sechrist – Gainesville Gol’Diggers
No stats available
-UT Athletics
