LSC BASEBALL
The 2013 Lone Star Conference baseball season rolls on with non-conference games. Eastern New Mexico remains unbeaten, while four other teams have just one loss.
The overall LSC Champion will be the team(s) with the best winning percentage in regular-season conference games, while the winner of the postseason championship will be recognized as LSC Tournament Champion and receive the league’s automatic qualification into the NCAA postseason. The championship will be played May 3-6 in Canyon, Texas, as part of the LSC Spring Championships Festival.
LSC baseball teams are 33-17-1 overall this season. In the NCAA South Central Region, the teams are currently 1-0 combined versus Heartland Conference teams and 8-1 opposed to the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference.
DIAMOND PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
HITTERS
Colton Sims, Eastern New Mexico University, JR, Second Base, Reno, Nev., Lassen College
Sims led the Greyhounds in batting with a .889 average (8-for-9) while slugging 1.222 in four games against Adams State. He hit a two-run home run and drove in five runs while scoring five times and drawing five walks as well. Sims was also 4-of-5 in stolen base attempts. He was successful in his two sacrifice bunt attempts that moved runners into scoring position. His eight assists for the week were the second most on the team and he was a part of all three double plays that the team turned.
Lee Neumann, Angelo State University, SR, Center field, Brenham, Texas, Brenham HS
Neumann continued his strong start to the season by driving in nine runs and hitting two triples in a three-game series against Southern Arkansas and a Tuesday game at McMurry. Neumann opened his week with a four-RBI game against Southern Arkansas in the series opener, including a two-run home run in the first inning to set the tone for the weekend. Neumann, who finished last season with nine triples, already has three this year after having one against the Muleriders and then hitting a three-RBI triple in the Rams 7-2 win over McMurry on Tuesday. Neumann is hitting .484 for the season with 14 RBI and 15 hits.
PITCHERS
Alexis Garza, University of the Incarnate Word, JR, SP, McAllen, Texas, McAllen HS
Garza was completely dominating in his 7-0 win over Florida Southern. He retired the first 13 batters he faced and did not allow a hit until two outs in the fifth inning. He retired the side in five of six innings he pitched. He allowed a single and a walk while striking out 10 in the game. He required just 76 pitches to get through 6.0 innings.
Mike Weatherly, Angelo State University, SR, RHP, Mesquite, Texas, Mesquite HS
Weatherly has made the move from closer to starter look easy in his first two starts of the 2013 season. He shut the door on Southern Arkansas in the first game of their series last weekend by striking out 10 and throwing eight scoreless innings against the Muleriders in Angelo State’s 4-1 win last Friday. Weatherly, who was a first-team LSC reliever last season, has now thrown 14 innings and given up only one run this season and has 15 strikeouts. The 10 strikeouts and eight innings pitched were both career-highs for Weatherly.