6/22/2015 11:32:19 AM
Garrett Rukes, a left-hander committed to the University of Alabama came out in the first inning and worked quickly and efficiently. Throwing from an extended three-quarter arm slot, Rukes ran his fastball up to 85 mph creating solid angle. Mixing well, Rukes showed a strong feel for his changeup up to 77 mph with late fading life down in the zone helping him generate weak ground ball contact. He also showed a nice feel for his breaking ball en route to striking out three batters.
Ryan Orr was the only batter to get a base hit off of Rukes, squaring a ball up for a hard line drive single into left field. Later in the game Orr squared up another fastball for a hard line drive single into the left-center field gap. In his final at-bat of the showcase, Orr went the opposite way on an outer half curveball and deposited it into right field for his third hit of the day.
Working a quick inning on the mound, University of Georgia commit James Williams induced three weak ground ball outs to retire the side, working down in the zone with a fastball that sat at 85-86 mph with a nice feel for his at 72 mph.
William Jensen is a long and projectable 6-foot-3, 165-pound right-hander from the state of Utah. Showing an extended release, Jensen has a fast arm coming through the back and topped out at 89 mph with more coming as he continues to fill out. His curveball featured nice bite at 75 mph and rounded out the repertoire with an 80 mph changeup, striking out three batters.
Colton Widdows, an uncommitted left-hander, ran his fastball up to 87 mph in each of his two innings, generating nice downhill plane from an over the top arm slot. Showing a quick arm with some life to his arm side when down in the zone, Widdows also showed a big curveball at 70 mph and a changeup in the 76-78 mph range.
Sean Keating, another uncommitted arm from the state of Utah, struck out two batters in his first inning of work as he ran his fastball up to 88 mph from a short and quick arm action. Punching out the side in the second inning, Keating continued to hold his velocity and fill up the strike zone, showing a curveball up to 76 mph and flashed a changeup at 77 mph.
Daniel Seres showed quick hands on an inside fastball, turning on it for a hard line drive single into the left-center field gap. Later in the game Seres turned on another fastball for a sharply hit ground ball through the 5-6 hole.
Jared Cenal, an uncommitted right-hander from Tampa, Florida came out in the first inning up to 85 mph with his fastball, showing nice running life to his arm side. Able to locate to his arm side, Cenal pitched mostly off his fastball but did show a 10-4 slider in the low-70s and a changeup at 76 mph.
Aaron Greenfield, an uncommitted right-handed bat from California, put a charge on an inner half fastball and banged it off the wall for a two-bag hit.
Ryan Garcia, a primary shortstop from California who is committed to UCLA took the mound for the sixth and seventh innings and did a nice job showing an easy and effortless arm action. Running his fastball up to 88 mph with some running life down in the zone, Garcia is able to locate down to his glove side well and also showed a feel for both a curveball and changeup. He ended up with four strike outs in his two innings. In his final at-bat of the game, Garcia line a fastball back up the middle for a hard line drive single.
Adam Reis is a strongly built right-hander who hails from Orlando, Florida and currently uncommitted. Came out and showed a full four-pitch mix on the mound to close out the game for the White team. Sitting in the 84-87 mph range with his fastball in his first inning of work, Reis also showed a straight changeup at 81 mph, an 11-5 curveball at 78 mph with depth and a sharper slider at 81 mph.