6/20/2015 9:07:01 AM
Matthew Cronin is a strong 6-foot-1 left-hander pitcher who did a nice job of locating his 87-89 mph fastball to both sides of the plate. Committed to the University of Arkansas, Cronin struck out the side in the first inning and showed a nice feel for a 1-7 curveball featuring nice depth and tight rotation.
Chase Solesky worked in the mid-80s with his fastball from a short and compact arm action over his two innings of work. He showed the ability to work down in the zone with his fastball and miss plenty of bats during his time with nice running life. His curveball showed 12-6 shape with nice depth on the pitch and a changeup up to 78 mph.
After taking an impressive round of batting practice, Ben Rortvedt continued to swing a loud left-handed bat as he jumped on a fastball on the inner half and cleared the right field fence for a solo home run.
Francisco Thomas continued to his the ball well, putting a smooth and fluid right-handed swing on an 86 mph fastball, turning on the pitch for a standup double coming off the barrel at 97 mph.
EP Reese had a really nice round of batting practice the other day showing a consistent feel for the barrel and did so again this morning, turning on a pitch for hard barreled contact into right field.
A University of North Carolina commit, right-hander Evan Odum has a long and projectable 6-foot-3, 180-pound frame. Doing a nice job of getting on top of his fastball, Odum topped out at 91 mph with fastball while showing a nice feel for his slider that showed late tilting life in the upper-70s with two-plane life.
Joe Sheridan has a strong 6-foot, 170-pound and showed a nice feel for a three-pitch mix on the mound. Running his fastball up to 88 mph from a three-quarter arm action, the University of Central Florida commit showed a nice feel for his slider at 77 mph and a late fading changeup at 78 mph with nice life to his arm side.
Blake Brady got the barrel through the zone and ripped a hard line drive single back up the middle with hard contact coming off the barrel.
Shane Martinez, a University of Arizona commit, put a quality swing on an outer half 85 mph fastball and stayed on it, shooting it to the opposite field gap for a standup double.
Dion Henderson, a long and projectable left-hander from Michigan who came out and consistently in the 89-91 mph range, touching 92 with his fastball from a long and fluid arm action. Consistently getting on top of his fastball, the University of Kentucky commit was able to generate nice downhill plane while mixing in a 70 mph curveball and a changeup at 75 mph.
A Florida Atlantic commit, strongly built right-hander Michael Ruff impressed in his first inning of work, striking out the side while running his fastball up to 89 mph. Showing an easy and fluid arm action, the ball came out of his hand easily and showed a sharp curveball with late depth up to 74 mph.
Another North Carolina commit, catcher Brandon Martorano jumped on top of a curveball and sent it into the netting on the Green Monster for a standup double.
Two South Carolina commits also had loud contact as Joey Polak hit a long single high off the Green Monster and Joe Rizzo continued to find the barrel with a hard line drive single through the right side. Along with his abilities with the bat Rizzo impressed defensively at the hot corner with soft hands and consistent defensive actions.
MD Johnson, a Dallas Baptist commit from Red Oak, Texas, came out and struck out two hitters during his time on the mound and did so while showing a full three-pitch mix. Bumping his fastball up to 92 mph, Johnson worked down in the zone with his fastball, showing some life to his arm side. His curveball shows nice depth and 12-6 depth and his changeup came across at 80 mph.
Pedro Feliciano turned on a 92 mph fastball and sent it high off the Green Monster in the left-center field gap for a standup triple.
Throwing the final two innings for the Navy team was left-hander Rigsby Mosley and right-hander Zach Zientarski. A projectable left-hander, Mosley worked low in the zone with his fastball with nice angle coming from the first side of the rubber. Strongly built, Zach Zientarski ran his fastball up to 89 mph with some running life to his arm side en route to striking out a batter in his inning of work.
Closing out the game with the final at-bat of the game, San Diego State commit Avery Tuck shot an inner half fastball high off the Green Monster in the left-centerfield gap in the bottom of the seventh.