Meridians Baseball

The All-North Coast Althetic Conference teams were announced last Thursday (5/5) with our Tyler Fugate earning 2nd Team honors (1st Team last year as a Junior).   "Gater" was the squad's closer for the second-straight year.   He went 3-0 with the second-most Saves in the NCAC with 6, coming over a Scot-high 17 appearances on the mound.   Tyler's ERA was a staff-low 1.56 during conference regular season play (17.1 innings).   Overall, he had 33.1 innings pitched and 37 strikeouts - 10th highest total in the league.

Tyler Fugate was named NCAC (North Coast Athletic Conference) Pitcher of the Week, the league announced Monday (3/21/11).

K.C. Fread’s 2-run double caps off a 4-run 1st inning and that was more than Scott Barber needed as he guts out 9 more shutout innings to add to his dominating season on the hill (Championship Final: 4-0 over the OS Suds).   Barber tries to outshadow his performances on the bump [0.23 ERA, 10-0, 117 Ks, 5 BBs, 6 CG (78 innings)] by leading the team (2nd in the league) in hitting at a .510 clip (.633 slugging) followed by the rest of the 5 horsemen offensively: Mike Shrimpton (.475), Fread (.411 - led the team with 27 RBIs), Kevin McClung  [.390 - led the team with 37 runs (led league), 13 2Bs and 11 steals - tied with Fread with 39 hits while 4-0 with a 1.31 ERA] and Jared Cutter (.383 at the plate, 1.66 ERA over 65 innings).  

The Meridians were well represented on the Yankees as has been the norm for years now with Fread, Cutter, McClung, Chuck Moore and Mike Soto playing their parts through the season including the only power with both Cutter and Moore going deep in 2010.

The Yankees only give up 1 run during their playoff tear, scoring 28 times themselves!

Blain Williams:  1-0               Justin Kraus:  1-1

Brad Wilder:   1-2, Save       Daron Williams:  1-1

Miguel Aurich:   1-0       

2010 Meridians HRs

Blain Williams - Derek Williams - Jim Rack

A true tournament type contest with the Meridians on the short end of a 2-1 tally Sunday afternoon.   Daron Williams with 8 K's and Kevin McClung makes a Meridians return holding the score as is.   McClung also collects 1 of our only 3 hits and our only run.  We fail to capitilize on 6 walks and 1 HBP.   We do see all three Williams brothers back together once again in our summer finale, lining the middle of the field as the battery and CF.   Couture and Baird with our only other hits - great relay from Couture in left through Reese in to D-Will to cut down an insurance run.

 Meridians look to a return to the CRC next summer.

Daron Williams makes his '10 cameo with a commanding performance to avenge the unlikely loss a few weeks ago to the Owls.   All Daron all day with 15 K's going the full 7 innings (5-3).    Reese & Kraus hit the ball hard and Parkhurst comes through with a 2-out hit to score 2 right away in the 1st.    Shumar and Derek Williams with RBI's as well.   Reese and Shumar each with 2 runs.

 NKABL Tournament starts August 15th with a one and out format.