Aug. 7, 2007
ORLANDO, Fla. (www.ucfathletics.com) - With the summer in full swing, UCFAthletics.com takes a look at how former and current UCF baseball players have been doing this year. Fifteen former players are spending time in professional dugouts this season, while 20 current Knights are working on their games in four different collegiate summer leagues.
Mike Maroth, who was traded to the St. Louis Cardinals from the Detroit Tigers June 22, made eight appearances for the Redbirds before being placed on the disabled list Aug. 6. Meanwhile, Chad Mottola and Clay Timpner are close to joining Maroth in the majors. Mottola has hit 15 homers and racked up 43 RBI for Toronto's Triple-A affiliate the Syracuse Chiefs. On the opposite side of the country, Timpner is hitting .322 with 100 hits for San Francisco's top farm club the Fresno Grizzlies.
Many collegiate summer leagues are coming to an end, including the Florida Collegiate Summer League which wrapped up Aug. 5. In all, eight current UCF pitchers have combined for a 16-4 record and four of them have earned-run averages at 2.08 or better.
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Current UCF Student-Athletes in Collegiate Summer Leagues (Stats as of Aug. 6)Florida Collegiate Summer LeagueDwayne Bailey - Sr. - IF - Sanford River Rats - 32-29 GP-GS, .270 BA, 16 R, 33 H, 12 RBI, 5 SH, 17-19 SBBryan Bennett - Jr. - OF/C - Sanford River Rats - 17-13 GP-GS, .140 BA, 1 R, 6 H, 3 RBI, 7 BB, 4 K, 1-2 SBShane Brown - So. - C/IF - Winter Park Diamond Dawgs - 31-31 GP-GS, .234 BA, 12 R, 26 H, 15 RBI, .991 FLD%Nick Choto - Jr. - IF - Winter Park Diamond Dawgs - 23-21 GP-GS, .109 BA, 5 R, 7 H, 1 SF, 3-6 SBJaager Good - Sr. - RHP - Winter Springs Barracudas - 2-0, 1.76 ERA, 6 APP, 2 GS, 15.1 IP, 10 BB, 23 KMatt Lambert - Sr. - OF - Winter Springs Barracudas - 26-10 GP-GS, .245 BA, 8 R, 13 H, 3 RBI, 2-2 SBMatt McClung - Sr. - RHP - Winter Park Diamond Dawgs - 2-2, 4.02 ERA, 8 APP, 1 SV, 9 BB, 17 KRyan Richardson - Sr. - OF - Sanford River Rats - 19-19 GP-GS, .277 BA, 13 R, 18 H, 7 RBI, 7-12 SB, 1.000 FLD%Tim Russell - Sr. - C - Winter Park Diamond Dawgs - 28-28 GP-GS, .316 BA, 8 R, 30 H, 17 RBI, 23 BB, 11 KKyle Sweat - Jr. - RHP - Winter Springs Barracudas - 2-0, 1.82 ERA, 7 APP, 5 GS, 29.2 IP, 15 BB, 30 KJustin Weiss - Jr. - RHP - Winter Springs Barracudas - 2-0, 2.08 ERA, 7 APP, 2 SV, 8.2 IP, 2 BB, 9 KRyan Williams - So. - OF - Sanford River Rats - 16-8 GP-GS, .179 BA, 2 R, 7 H, 3 RBI
Cape Cod Baseball LeagueMitch Houck - So. - LHP - Chatham A's - 2-0, 3.31 ERA, 12 APP, 0 GS, 16.1 IP, 9 BB, 19 KAustin Hudson - So. - RHP - Hyannis Mets - 2-2, 3.59 ERA, 8 GP, 8 GS, 47.2 IP, 16 BB, 36 KKiko Vazquez - Jr. - IF - Hyannis Mets - 35 GP, .209 BA, 10 R, 24 H, 3 HR, 14 RBI, 3 SF
Valley Baseball LeagueMatt Goodyear - So. - RHP - Staunton Braves - 1-0, 1.80 ERA, 17 APP, 20.0 IP, 8 BB, 24 KChadd Hartman - Jr. - OF - New Market Rebels - 30-25 GP-GS, .202 BA, 8 R, 17 H, 13 RBI, 2-3 SBEric Kallstrom - Jr. - IF - New Market Rebels - 29-28 GP-GS, .266 BA, 10 R, 29 H, 11 RBI, 2 SH
Cal Ripken, Sr. Collegiate Baseball LeagueChris Duffy - So. - IF - Bethesda Big Train - 32-31 GP-GS, .188 BA, 19 R, 18 H, 15 RBI, 2-2 SBMitch Herold - Jr. - LHP - Bethesda Big Train - 3-0, 4.70 ERA, 8 APP, 8 GS, 38.1 IP, 26 BB, 45 K
Former UCF Student-Athletes in Professional BaseballMajor League BaseballMike Maroth - LHP - St. Louis Cardinals - 5-6, 6.79 ERA, 21 APP, 19 GS, 110.0 IP, 46 BB, 45 K
International League (Triple-A)Chad Mottola - OF - Syracuse Chiefs (TOR) - 85 GP, .269 BA, 58 R, 86 H, 20 2B, 2 3B, 15 HR, 43 RBI, .816 OPS
Pacific Coast League (Triple-A)Clay Timpner - OF - Fresno Grizzlies (SF) - 85 GP, .322 BA, 42 R, 100 H, 8 2B, 2 3B, 6 HR, 34 RBI, .796 OPS
Southern League (Double-A)Ryan Bear - OF - Carolina Mudcats (FLA) - 94 GP, .260 BA, 44 R, 78 H, 18 2B, 8 HR, 42 RBIJeremy Frost - C - Birmingham Barons (CWS) - 57 GP, .261 BA, 25 R, 53 H, 5 2B, 1 3B, 6 HR, 20 RBIBo Hall - RHP - Huntsville Stars (MIL) - 5-2, 3.60 ERA, 26 APP, 0 GS, 1 SV, 45.0 IP, 29 BB, 46 KMike Myers - 1B - Birmingham Barons (CWS) - 84 GP, .182 BA, 24 R, 47 H, 10 2B, 1 3B, 3 HR, 31 RBIEric Riggs - 2B - Carolina Mudcats (FLA) - 62 GP, .262 BA, 41 R, 59 H, 19 2B, 3 3B, 8 HR, 34 RBI, .833 OPS
Eastern League (Double-A)Dee Brown - OF - Harrisburg Senators (WSH) - 44 GP, .237 BA, 14 R, 32 H, 3 2B, 3 HR, 11 RBI, 2-2 SBDrew Butera - C - New Britain Rock Cats (MIN) - 3 GP, .125 BA, 1 R, 1 H, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 2 BBMatt Meath - OF - Altoona Curve (PIT) - 16 GP, .281 BA, 5 R, 9 H, 2 2B, .410 OBPJustin Pope - RHP - Trenton Thunder (NYY) - 1-2, 3.04 ERA, 17 APP, 0 GS, 1 SV, 23.2 IP, 9 BB, 25 K
Texas League (Double-A)Von Stertzbach - RHP - Arkansas Travelers (LAA) - 1-1, 5.25 ERA, 12 APP, 0 GS, 12.0 IP, 9 BB, 9 K
Midwest League (Class A)Matt Fox - RHP - Beloit Snappers (MIN) - 6-1, 2.67 ERA, 16 APP, 8 GS, 54.0 IP, 11 BB, 46 K
South Atlantic League (Class A)Tim Bascom - RHP - Delmarva Shorebirds (BAL) - 2-1, 2.96 ERA, 8 APP, 8 GS, 48.2 IP, 15 BB, 41 K ="https://ucfknights.com/http:%3E%3C/ahref="http:>="https://ucfknights.com/http:%3E%3C/ahref="http:>="https://ucfknights.com/http:%3E%3C/ahref="http:>="https://ucfknights.com/http:%3E%3C/ahref="http:>="https://ucfknights.com/http:%3E%3C/ahref="http:>="https://ucfknights.com/http:%3E%3C/ahref="http:>="https://ucfknights.com/http:%3E%3C/ahref="http:>="https://ucfknights.com/http:%3E%3C/ahref="http:>="https://ucfknights.com/http:%3E%3C/ahref="http:>="https://ucfknights.com/http:%3E%3C/ahref="http:>="https://ucfknights.com/http:%3E%3C/ahref="http:>="https://ucfknights.com/http:%3E%3C/ahref="http:>