Week 12 of the College Baseball season concluded the regular-season for a lot of programs. Several Rays alums have helped their teams into the postseason, while others are helping their squads make a push during the remaining portions of their schedule. Here are some highlights from the past week in college baseball from former Rays players.
MASON KIRCHBERG went 9-for-15 over the weekend, helping UW-Oshkosh extend their winning streak to eight games and capturing the No. 3-seed in the WIAC Conference Tournament. Kirchberg hit three home runs, bringin his season total to seven. The Titan’s senior drove in seven runs and stole three bases and is now hitting .325 on the season.
BRADY MALKOW pitched two scoreless innings for UW-Whitewater, lowering his season ERA to .77 as the Warhawks clinched the No. 1-seed in the WIAC Conference Tournament.
UW-La Crosse clinched the No. 2 seed in the WIAC after a weekend sweep. ANTHONY VIVIAN hit a homer, his eight of the season, while going 5-for-8 and driving in five runs. On the hill, CHAYCE OSTERHAUS went seven innings, scattering five hits with five strikeouts. Osterhaus is now 7-1 with a 3.20 ERA on the season.
CAL FISHER went 4-for-10 with his seventh homer of the season for Florida State as the Seminoles took two-of-three from Clemson.
KOLTON SCHALLER belted two homers for Kent State against Ball State. Schaller now has three home runs on the year. DOM KIBLER also hit a homer for the Golden Flashes. The sophomore hit a grand slam.
Madison College clinched the No. 1 seed in their Sectional after three wins this week. CARTER LUND turned in a career performance going five innings allowing al one hit with four strike outs. NOAH MARSCHKE improved to 5-1 on the season by going seven innings, scattering four hits with a lone earned run with eight strike outs. Marschke has a 2.44 ERA on the season.
BRADEN SMITH ran his record to 7-1 on the year after going four innings pitched for Maryville. Smith has a 3.58 ERA with 73 strikeouts in 70 innings.
JAKE SCHAFFNER extended his streak of multi-hit games to six after going 11-for-20 for North Dakota State. Schaffner drove in two on the week. DAVIS HAMILTON extended his hitting streak to eight games.
BRIGS RICHARTZ went 6-for-13 with his third homer of the year. Richartz drove in four runs for St. Thomas.
LIAM MORENO had eight hits for St. Cloud State, including his eight homer of the year. Moreno is now hitting .363 on the season.
JOEY NERAT went 4-for-8 with three runs scored, two RBI and a triple to go along with four stolen bases for Dallas Baptist against FIU.
CARTER WAMBACH went 4-for-11 with five RBI and a double for Drury.
JAKE BERG hit his third homer of the season for Lipscomb.
KEAGEN JIRSCHELE hit his second homer of the season for South Dakota State.
QUINN BERGLN pitched four innings over two appearances for Rutgers. The Scarlet Knights senior struck out five batters.
JACKSON HUNLEY hit his fourth home run of the season for Lewis.
GABE ROESSLER had five hits with a double, three walks and two stolen bases for Milwaukee.