There were a couple of eye-popping innings counts in this week's numbers:
Jacksonville's Chris Anderson pitched 10 innings against East Tennessee State, allowing 2 runs (none earned) and getting a no-decision. It sounds egregious, but he did only end up throwing 128 pitches (90 for strikes), which is on the high side for a nine-inning pitch count, but it was ten innings. I'm not quite sure what to make of it. What are your thoughts?
Arizona's Konner Wade lined up against Trevor Williams and Arizona State. Williams lasted 6 innings and Wade 7, but between them, they threw a total of 241 pitches, including 124 from Wade. This late in the season, teams are generally gunning for postseason berths or championships, but Arizona - despite being the defending champions - are not really in line for postseason play. Does it make a lot of sense for Konner Wade to throw 124 pitches?
Alex Haines, of Seton Hill, pitched 12 innings total this weekend in the NCAA Division II Atlantic Regionals. He threw 7 innings against Shippensburg on Thursday the 16th, turned around, and pitched five innings (also against Shippensburg) on Sunday the 19th. In total, Haines threw 171 pitches between the two contests in the losing effort.
Some sources list Tampa's Jon Keller as having pitched thirteen innings, but I can only find evidence of 8.2, which he did in the NCAA Division II South Regional against Florida Tech. I checked all of the individual box scores, as well as his game-by-game results on the team's official website, and that's all I could find.
Also, Mark Appel gave up just the second home run of his season, this one to Cal's Andrew Knapp, a fellow first round prospect. Meanwhile, Braden Shipley spun a gem against Fresno State, with 10 strikeouts, one hit, and one walk through seven innings. He's steadily moving up a lot of draft boards.
Pitchers
- Chris Anderson (Jr., Jacksonville) - 10 IP, 8 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 9 K, 128/90 vs. East Tennessee State
- Mark Appel (Sr., Stanford) - 7 IP, 9 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 11 K, 108/72 vs. California
- Matt Boyd (Sr., Oregon State) - 8 IP, 7 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 5 K, 113/75 vs. #10 Oregon
- Aaron Brown (So., Pepperdine) - 6.2 IP, 9 H, 4 ER, 3 BB, 3 K, 105/62 vs. Portland
- Shane Carle (Jr., Long Beach State) - 9 IP, 6 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 13 K, 119/78 vs. UC Riverside
- Scott Frazier (Jr., Pepperdine) - 8 IP, 8 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 9 K, 126/81 vs. Portland
- Jonathan Gray (Jr., Oklahoma) - 6.1 IP, 9 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 3 K, 103/65 vs. #18 Kansas State
- Alex Haines (Jr., Seton Hill) - 12 IP, 9 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 10 K, 171 pitches vs. Shippensburg
- Jon Keller (Jr., Tampa) - 8.2 IP, 10 H, 6 ER, 2 BB, 9 K, 127/83 vs. Florida Tech
- Dace Kime (Jr., Louisville) - 4.2 IP, 6 H, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 80/48 vs. #16 Pittsburgh
- Randy LeBlanc (Jr., Tulane) - 5.2 IP, 6 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 0 K, 71/39 vs. UAB
- Corey Littrell (Jr., Kentucky) - 7 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 4 BB, 7 K, 102/60 vs. Missouri
- Sean Manaea (Jr., Indiana State) - 5 IP, 6 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K, 81/53 vs. Bradley
- Adam Plutko (Jr., UCLA) - 6 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 4 K, 102/69 vs. USC
- Braden Shipley (Jr., Nevada) - 7 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 10 K, 96/64 vs. Fresno State
- John Simms (Jr., Rice) - 7 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K, 100/63 vs. Marshall
- Ryne Stanek (Jr., Arkansas) - 7.2 IP, 6 H, 0 ER, 4 BB, 4 K, 123/76 vs. Auburn
- Justin Topa (Jr., LIU-Brooklyn) - 6 IP, 11 H, 4 ER, 1 BB, 0 K, 84/60 vs. Monmouth
- Nick Vander Tuig (Jr., UCLA) - 6 IP, 3 H, 3 ER, 2 BB, 5 K), 109/66 vs. USC
- Austin Voth (Jr., Washington) - 8 IP, 7 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 108/70 vs. Washington State
- Konner Wade (Jr., Arizona) - 7 IP, 9 H, 4 ER, 4 BB, 5 K, 124/80 vs. #15 Arizona State
- Ben Wetzler (Jr., Oregon State) - 6.1 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 K, 97/65 vs. #10 Oregon
- Trevor Williams (Jr., Arizona State) - 6 IP, 12 H, 6 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, 117/79 vs. Arizona
- Kevin Ziomek (Jr., Vanderbilt) - 5 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 4 BB, 10 K, 101/61 vs. Alabama
Hitters
- OF Aaron Brown (So., Pepperdine) - 4/9, 2B, HR, 3 R, RBI, 2 SB vs. Portland
- OF Dale Carey (Jr., Miami) - 3/6, R vs. Georgia Tech
- SS Hunter Dozier (Jr., Stephen F. Austin State) - 3/8, 2 R, RBI vs. Texas A&M - Corpus Christi
- OF Adam Engel (Jr., Louisville) - 4/7, 2B, 3 R, 3 RBI vs. #16 Pittsburgh
- 1B Dominici Ficociello (Jr., Arkansas) - 3/7, 2B, 4 RBI vs. Auburn
- SS Adam Frazier (Jr., Mississippi State) - 4/10, 2 R vs. #12 South Carolina
- 1B Ryon Healy (Jr., Oregon) - 2/10, 2B, RBI vs. #6 Oregon State
- 3B Eric Jagielo (Jr., Notre Dame) - 5/8, HR, 4 R, 4 RBI vs. Cincinnati
- OF Aaron Judge (Jr., Fresno State) - 4/8, 2B, 2 HR, 3 R, 4 RBI vs. Nevada
- SS Lonnie Kauppila (Jr., Stanford) - 6/11, 2B, 2 R, 4 RBI, SB vs. California
- OF Jared King (Jr., Kansas State) - 5/10, 2B, 2 R, 2 RBI vs. #19 Oklahoma
- C Andrew Knapp (Jr., California) - 5/12, 2B, HR, 3 R, 2 RBI vs. Stanford
- OF Michael Lorenzen (Jr., Cal State Fullerton) - 4/11, 2B, 3B, 5 RBI vs. UC Irvine
- OF Jacob May (Jr., Coastal Carolina) - 5/8, 2 R, 4 SB vs. Charleston Southern
- 2B L.J. Mazzilli (Sr., Connecticut) - 5/8, HR, 3 R, 3 RBI, 2 SB vs. George Mason
- OF Jason Monda (Jr., Washington State) - 3/8, R, 2 RBI vs. Washington
- 3B Colin Moran (Jr., North Carolina) - 4/10, 3B, R, 4 RBI vs. #7 Virginia
- OF Michael O'Neill (Jr., Michigan) - 4/10, HR, 3 R vs. Nebraska
- OF Daniel Palka (Jr., Georgia Tech) - 4/8, 2 HR, 3 R, 3 RBI vs. Miami
- 3B D.J. Peterson (Jr., New Mexico) - 2/6, R, RBI vs. San Diego
- 1B Brian Ragira (Jr., Stanford) - 7/16,2 R, 3 RBI, SB vs. California
- OF Brandon Thomas (Sr., Georgia Tech) - 3/8, 2 2B, 2 R, 3 RBI vs. Miami
- OF Austin Wilson (Jr., Stanford) - 2/11, 5 R, RBI, SB vs. California