Baseball 5/26/2011 12:00:00 AM

Amherst College Baseball 2010 Milestones

TEAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Finished with a 21-11 record (.656)
Set a program record for single-season batting average (.349)
Tied for the second highest single-season run total in program history (280)
Finished with the fourth highest single-season home run total in program history (27)
Eight players with at least 50 at-bats batted .330 or higher
Scored 24 runs during Apr. 2 win over Hamilton to mark highest single-game run total since 2006
Posted a 14-4 record in final 18 games (since Apr. 1)
Ended season on a 5-game winning streak
Defeated regionally-ranked Keene State and WPI
Scored 10+ runs in 12 games
Finished second in the NESCAC in triples (17); third in batting average (.349), slugging percentage (.520), runs per game (8.75) and home runs per game (0.84); fourth in on-base percentage (.423)
Led the NESCAC West in ERA (5.44), opponents' batting average (.290) and saves (8)

INDIVIDUAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Head Coach Brian Hamm

Senior 2B Will Lawton

Team co-captain
Named to NESCAC Spring All-Academic Team
Named to NESCAC Spring All-Sportsmanship Team
Named NESCAC Player of the Week Mar. 22 for batting .486 with 10 RBIs, 14 runs scored, a .757 slugging percentage and .548 on-base percentage without striking out during the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational
Tied for the team lead in runs scored (38)
Posted career highs in batting average (.407), runs scored (38), hits (48), triples (4), RBIs (23), slugging percentage (.542), on-base percentage (.455) and stolen bases (8)
Went 12-for-16 and scored 10 runs in final five games of the season
Ended career on a 10-game hitting streak
Was 1 of only 15 NESCAC players to hit .400
Finished career with 87 runs scored, 116 hits, 57 RBIs, 23 steals and a .321 batting average
Helped Amherst post an 81-50-1 record in four years

Senior RHP Teddy Blank

Team co-captain
Named to NESCAC Spring All-Academic Team
Went 2-1 with career bests in opponents' batting average (.234) and strikeout-to-walk ratio (2.6)
Struck out a career-high 10 batters without allowing a walk in 7.0 innings during a 9-4 win at Fitchburg State May 2
Finished career with a 9-6 record, 5 saves, 116 strikeouts in 147.2 innings pitched, and a 4.69 ERA
Helped Amherst post an 81-50-1 record in four years

Senior LHP John D'Angelo

Finished career with a 4-2 record, 6 saves, 37 strikeouts in 43.0 innings, a .272 opponents' batting average and 3.56 ERA
Helped Amherst post an 81-50-1 record in four years

Junior RHP Max McKenna

Junior RHP Pat Harris

Led Amherst in ERA (2.53), opponents' batting average (.210), saves (4) and appearances (14)
Finished tied for third in the NESCAC in saves (4) and tied for fourth in games finished (9)
Allowed 1 hit and 0 earned runs with 5 strikeouts and 0 walks in 3.0 innings during a 16-4 win against Suffolk Mar. 20

Junior RHP Ryan Healy

Posted a 6-3 record
Led Amherst in wins (6), innings pitched (46.2) and strikeouts (38)
Finished second in the NESCAC in opponents' batting average (.233) and tied for third in wins (6)
Earned a win in 5 consecutive appearances from Apr. 3 to May 1
Allowed 3 hits and zero earned runs in 9.0 innings to earn the win at Middlebury May 1

Junior RHP Jeff Keenan

Junior CF Scott Shaffer

Junior LF Brian Merrigan

Junior SS Jose Espinosa

Junior DH/1B Alex Coburn

Junior 1B Bryce Einhorn

Named to NESCAC Spring All-Academic Team
Went 2-for-3 with 3 runs scored and 3 RBIs during a 9-4 win over Fitchburg State May 2

Sophomore C Mike Samela

Named to NEIBA All-New England Third Team
Named to All-NESCAC First Team
Became first player in program history to hit 5 doubles, 5 triples and 5 home runs in a season; seventh player in program history with at least 5 triples (first since 1999); 10th player in program history with at least 7 home runs
Finished with second highest slugging percentage in program history (.753)
Had three games with 3 stolen bases
Finished tied for second in the NESCAC in runners thrown out (9), second in triples (5) and fourth in slugging percentage (.753)
Led Amherst in walks (15) and stolen bases (13-for-13) and tied for the team lead in home runs (7)
Recorded 11 multi-hit and 9 multi-RBI games
Went 3-for-6 with 2 runs scored and 3 RBIs Apr. 10 vs. Williams

Sophomore DH Thomas Wheeler

Sophomore RF Kevin Heller

Named NESCAC Player of the Week Apr. 5 for going 9-for-15 with 5 RBIs and 6 runs scored during a 3-game sweep of Hamilton College
Led Amherst in RBIs (32) for the second consecutive season
Finished tied for the team lead in runs scored (38) and home runs (7)
Recorded 10 multi-hit games
Ended season on 11-game hitting streak
Went 6-for-7 with 3 runs scored, 4 RBIs, 2 doubles and 2 triples during a 24-13 win over Hamilton Apr. 2

Sophomore LF John Wagner

Went 4-for-7 with 6 runs scored and 2 RBIs during a doubleheader sweep of Roger Williams Mar. 14
Went 3-for-6 with 2 runs scored and 5 RBIs during an 11-8 win at Keene State Apr. 6

Sophomore RHP Hayden Metz

Named NESCAC Pitcher of the Week Mar. 22 for going 3-0 with a 1.54 ERA and .256 opponents' batting average during the RussMatt Central Florida Invitational
Posted a 5-1 record
Led Amherst in strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.7)

First-year SS Bob Cook

Named to All-NESCAC Second Team
Led Amherst in batting average (.456) and on-base percentage (.489)
Posted third highest batting average in program history (.456, highest since 1997)
Finished with NESCAC's second highest batting average (.456)
Went on a 10-game hitting streak from Mar. 27 to Apr. 20 (.368, 14 RBIs, 9 runs, 5 doubles)
Hit safely in 20 of 22 games played
Ended season on 8-game hitting streak (.576)
Recorded 10 multi-hit games and 5 games with at least 3 hits
Went 6-for-7 with 2 runs scored and 4 RBIs during May 1 sweep of Middlebury
Went 4-for-5 with 3 runs scored and 2 RBIs in 11-3 win over then-nationally-ranked Trinity Apr. 24

First-year 3B Nolan Stewart

Was the only Amherst player to start in all 32 games
Led Amherst in doubles (11)
Hit 5 home runs
Went on a 7-game hitting streak from Apr. 10 to Apr. 28 (11-for-28, 8 RBIs, 5 runs)
Had 6 games with at least 3 hits
Went 4-for-5 with 3 runs scored, 3 RBIs, 1 triple and 1 home run during an 18-5 win over Roger Williams Mar. 14