Arkansas-Little Rock senior righthander Calvin Drinnen (Hayesville, Kan.) and LSU junior third baseman Tyler Hanover (Kemmersvillem N.C.) lead the way on the week-4 CB360 Primetime Performers for Division I baseball, with Drinnen the Primetime Pitcher and Hanover the Primetime Player for the week of March 7-13, as selected by CollegeBaseball360.com. front-page photo courtesy of Arkansas-Little Rock
Arkansas-Little Rock's Calvin Drinnen
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Seven other players from around the nation round out the week-4 Primetime Performers Weekly Honor Roll (listed below).
Drinnen delivered a 2-hit shutout at Oklahoma (#3 in the CB360 top-50), stopping a potent Sooners offense that entered the series leading the nation in team batting average (.383), runs scored (10.9/gm) and home runs (17, in 16 games). OU finished the day well below its eye-popping team standard, batting 2-for-28 (.071) against the veteran 6-foot-1, 215-pound lefty.
Drinnen’s 27 outs included six strikeuots and 11 others that came via groundballs, as he faced only 34 batters while working around five free passes (3 walks, 2 hit-batters).
LSU's Tyler Hanover
Hanover played a key role in #13 LSU sweeping its series against #7 Cal State Fullerton – helping return the Tigers to a spot among the nation’s top handful of teams. His production in those three games included seven times on-base (5-for-11, 2 walks). The spunky 5-6, 155-pounder factored into nine of his team’s runs (4 RBI, 5 runs scored) during the 7-6/7-6/10-2 sweep, adding a pair of stolen bases and a sacrifice bunt to his output from the 3-hole.
In the tight series opener, Hanover singled and scored during LSU’s 4-run bottom of the 8th (pushing the Tigers into the lead) to cap a 3-for-4 day (RBI, 2R, SB). One day later, it was Hanover’s bases-loaded walk (again in the 8th) that broke a tie and produced another thrilling 7-6 final (his day included 2RBI, 2R and a SB). Hanover closed the series with a single, walk, RBI, run scored and sac.-bunt in the 10-2 finale.
Earlier in the week, Hanover (1B, RBI, R, sac-fly) helped LSU win 6-1 over a Sacred Heart team that has posted four wins over CB360 top-50 teams during the past two weeks.
Primetime Performer Award Criteria(not based solely on raw stats, but rather …)
• Must have been playing for or against a CB360 top-50 team (in the Composite National Rankings) or performed a high level in games that could be key to a team’s conference/NCAA postseason qualification; made significant contribution to team’s postseason positioning (single-game wins, “quality” wins, series wins, road wins, etc.).
• Involved in clutch performances, such as late game-winning hits, noteworthy comebacks, game-changing plays, team leadership, key defensive efforts, etc. • Performed at a top level against a team rated highly nationally (or within its conference), with bonus consideration given for key performances away from home field and vs. traditional rivals.
• Overcame adversity or extreme circumstances (for the team and/or individual). • Any accomplishment that is rare, historic, record-setting, etc., on a national level.
The nine Primetime honorees include Virginia’s talented two-way player Danny Hultzen (LHP/1B), along with three other pitchers (2 RHPs and a LHP), plus a catcher, first baseman, third basemen and two outfielders (CF, LF). The veteran group includes three seniors, four juniors and two sophomores – with the nine hailing from eightdifferent home states: two from North Carolina, plus one each from California, Georgia, Kansas, Maryland, New Jersey, Oregon and Texas.
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CB360 PRIMETIME PERFORMERS WEEKLY HONOR ROLL #4
(week of March 7-13 2011 … presented by CollegeBaseball360.com)
“It’s not so much what you do, as it is when you do it.”
Player (Pos.) … School … Yr. … Hometown … Stats & Notes
*Calvin Drinnen (Arkansas-Little Rock … RHP … Sr. … Haysville, KS … 6-1/215 … #29)
*Tyler Hanover (LSU … 3B … Jr. … Kemersville, NC … 5-6/155 … Bats: R … 3-hole … #11)
Danny Hultzen (Virginia … LHP/1B … Jr. … Bethesda, MD … 6-3/200 … Bats: L … cleanup … #23)
Tyler Joness (Long Island … C … Jr. … Stewartsville, NJ … 6-1/195 … Bats: R …3-hole … #16)
Logan Odom (USC … RHP … Sr. … Central Point, OR … 6-6/240 … #43)
Shawn Payne (Georgia Southern…CF…Sr…Stone Mt., GA…6-0/195…Bats: R…leadoff …#5)
David Pfunter (Houston Baptist … LF … Jr. … Bryan, TX … 5-11/190 … Bats: R … leadoff … #1)
Devin Rodriguez (California … 1B … So. … Newhall, CA … 6-2/210 … 5/6-hole … #33)
Alex Wood (Georgia … LHP … So. … Charlotte, NC … 6-4/215 … #33)
*Hanover is the CB360 Primetime Player of the Week and Drinnen the Primetime Pitcher of the Week.