Spring Break
ECU baseball players take to the Cape
Addison Harvey
Issue date: 6/24/09 Section: Sports
Maness followed up his All-American freshman year with another stellar season going 9-3 with a 4.71 ERA while Roller batted .336 with 16 homeruns for the Pirates.
After being selected in the eighth round by the Baltimore Orioles in this year's MLB Amateur Draft, Devin Harris joined the Cotuit Kettleers while he continues contract negotiations with the Orioles.
The opportunity for pitchers such as Brandt and Maness to face some of the best hitters in the nation during the offseason helps in their development as players. There is also the bonus of facing some of your collegiate teammates who you see every day during the school year.
"It is going to be fun playing against some of my teammates," Maness said. "Hopefully I will get to pitch against Dustin and Trent because they are playing on a different team. I know that facing this kind of competition will be a great experience and it can only make me better in the long run."
With the season underway in the Cape, all of the Pirates are working hard to improve their game.
Adjusting to swinging a wood bat is tough for college baseball players and, with it still being early in the season, many of ECU's players are struggling at the plate thus far.
The hero earlier this month in the Greenville Regional Championship against South Carolina when he tied the game in the ninth inning with a two-run homerun and drove in the game winning run in the bottom of the tenth, Harris has yet to find his grove in the CCBL.
Currently he is batting .77 in 13 at bats, earning only one hit so far.
Harrington is hitting .222 in 18 at bats while Whitehead is batting .211 with an on base percentage of .348.
Kyle Roller is leading current Pirates and the Bourne Braves in batting average and RBIs, hitting .429 with 7 RBI. Roller had a career day on Saturday going 4-4 with two home runs. The Richmond county product was named Cape Cod player of the week this past week.
The Pirate pitchers are having similar success as Roller with Brandt throwing 2.2 innings allowing one hit and no runs.
This writer can be contacted at sports@theeastcarolinian.com.
After being selected in the eighth round by the Baltimore Orioles in this year's MLB Amateur Draft, Devin Harris joined the Cotuit Kettleers while he continues contract negotiations with the Orioles.
The opportunity for pitchers such as Brandt and Maness to face some of the best hitters in the nation during the offseason helps in their development as players. There is also the bonus of facing some of your collegiate teammates who you see every day during the school year.
"It is going to be fun playing against some of my teammates," Maness said. "Hopefully I will get to pitch against Dustin and Trent because they are playing on a different team. I know that facing this kind of competition will be a great experience and it can only make me better in the long run."
With the season underway in the Cape, all of the Pirates are working hard to improve their game.
Adjusting to swinging a wood bat is tough for college baseball players and, with it still being early in the season, many of ECU's players are struggling at the plate thus far.
The hero earlier this month in the Greenville Regional Championship against South Carolina when he tied the game in the ninth inning with a two-run homerun and drove in the game winning run in the bottom of the tenth, Harris has yet to find his grove in the CCBL.
Currently he is batting .77 in 13 at bats, earning only one hit so far.
Harrington is hitting .222 in 18 at bats while Whitehead is batting .211 with an on base percentage of .348.
Kyle Roller is leading current Pirates and the Bourne Braves in batting average and RBIs, hitting .429 with 7 RBI. Roller had a career day on Saturday going 4-4 with two home runs. The Richmond county product was named Cape Cod player of the week this past week.
The Pirate pitchers are having similar success as Roller with Brandt throwing 2.2 innings allowing one hit and no runs.
This writer can be contacted at sports@theeastcarolinian.com.
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