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<div id="attachment_4528" style="width: 115px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="http://collegebaseball360.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Kaminsky.jpeg"><img class="size-full wp-image-4528 " title="Kaminsky" src="http://collegebaseball360.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Kaminsky.jpeg" alt="" width="105" height="175" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Alex Kaminsky (WSU photo)</p></div>
<p>1&#8230;Run allowed in 7 IP by <strong>Wright State</strong> starter <strong>Alex Kaminsky</strong> in Friday&#8217;s 2-1 win over #1/#2 <strong>Virginia</strong>.  Kaminsky struckout 7 to earn his first win of the season in a head-to-head dual with UVA sophomore ace <strong>Danny Hultzen</strong>.</p>
<p>2&#8230;Wins in the last two years by the Raiders on a top ranked team&#8217;s home field.  <strong>WSU </strong>beat #1 <strong>Georgia </strong>last year in Athens.</p>
<p>10&#8230;Runs and hits allowed in 2 1/3 innings by <strong>Kentucky </strong>starter <strong>Taylor Rogers</strong> in Saturday&#8217;s 14-13 win over <strong>Monmouth</strong>.</p>
<p>0 &amp; 9&#8230;Hits allowed &amp; strikeouts recorded in 4 IP by Wildcat reliever <strong>Matt Little</strong>, who earned the win in that game after allowing just two hits.</p>
<p>10&#8230;Hit batters by <strong>Monmouth </strong>pitchers in the loss to <strong>Kentucky </strong>to tie an NCAA record.  It&#8217;s just the third time a pitching staff has hit 10 batters in a game.</p>
<p>4&#8230;Straight hit batters by <strong>Monmouth </strong>pitchers <strong>Andy McDonnell</strong> (1) and <strong>Stephen Prosapio</strong>, who hit Kentucky&#8217;s <strong>Braden Kapteyn </strong>with the bases loaded and the score tied 13-13 to give the Wildcats the winning run.</p>
<p>1&#8230;Career home run by 5&#8217;9-160 pound <strong>Kentucky </strong>redshirt junior <strong>Neiko Johnson</strong>, whose long ball on a 2-2 pitch in the bottom of the 9th inning tied the score at 13 just before the four straight hit batsmen.</p>
<p>103&#8230;Runs scored by <strong>Georgia State</strong> in a 4-game series vs. <strong>North Carolina Central</strong>.</p>
<p>14&#8230;Of the runs scored by Georgia State junior <strong>Mark Micowski</strong>, who transferred to the school this year after Vermont disbanded baseball last year.  Micowski hit for the cycle in the first four innings of Friday&#8217;s 32-3 victory.  He batted .636 with 10 RBIs in the four games.</p>
<p>17&#8230;Combined strikeouts by <strong>George Washington </strong>pitchers <strong>Matt Branham</strong> and <strong>Scott DeCecco</strong> in Friday&#8217;s 5-1 win over <strong>USC Upstate</strong>.  The combined effort tied a school record.</p>
<p>210&#8230;Career Ks by <strong>Branham</strong>-whose career high 12 strikeouts in the win made him the 3rd pitcher in <strong>GW </strong>history to top the 200 K mark.</p>
<p>6&#8230;Straight wins by <strong>USC Upstate</strong> prior to the loss-a record for the Spartans since joining the Division One ranks.</p>
<p>1&#8230;Hit allowed by <strong>West Virginia&#8217;s</strong> <strong>Jarryd Summers</strong> in 8 innings in a 1-0 loss to <strong>Western Carolina</strong>.  Summers fanned 11 in the loss.  The only hit he allowed was a solo home run by WCU third baseman <strong>Tyler Kirkpatrick</strong>.</p>
<p>3&#8230;Hits allowed by <strong>Catamount </strong>starter <strong>Jason Sullivan</strong>-who struckout 8 in 9 shutout innings to improve to 3-0 on the season with the win over the <strong>Mountaineers</strong>.</p>
<div id="attachment_4529" style="width: 115px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="http://collegebaseball360.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Kelso.jpeg"><img class="size-full wp-image-4529 " title="Kelso" src="http://collegebaseball360.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Kelso.jpeg" alt="" width="105" height="175" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Blake Kelso (Houston photo)</p></div>
<p>9&#8230;Strikeouts by <strong>Houston&#8217;s Michael Goodnight</strong> in Saturday&#8217;s 1-0 win over <strong>Texas </strong>at the<strong> Houston College Classic</strong>.</p>
<p>1&#8230;Wild pitch by Longhorn starter <strong>Brandon Workman</strong>-after a triple by Houston&#8217;s <strong>Blake Kelso</strong>-which allowed the game&#8217;s only run to score.</p>
<p>2&#8230;Losses by <strong>Cal State Fullerton</strong> in a 3-game series at <strong>Arizona </strong>to fall to 4-6 on the season.  The Titans started the year ranked in the top 10 in every poll.</p>
<p>1&#8230;Inning pitched by Titan All-American <strong>Daniel Renken</strong> in Friday&#8217;s 8-7 loss to the Wildcats.  Renken was lifted after hitting Wildcat CF <strong>Joey Rickard</strong> to lead-off the 2nd inning.</p>
<p>3&#8230;Walk-off wins by <strong>Arizona </strong>this season after freshman <strong>Seth Mejias-Brean</strong> singled home classmate <strong>Alex Mejia</strong> in the bottom of the 11th inning in that win over the Titans.</p>
<p>8&#8230;Strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings by <strong>Florida </strong>starter <strong>Alex Panteliodis</strong> in Friday&#8217;s 7-1 series-opening win over<strong> Miami (FL)</strong>.</p>
<p>7&#8230;Strikeouts in 3 1/3 scoreless, hitless innings pitched by Gator reliever <strong>Nick Maronde</strong> to earn his first save of the season in that same win over the Hurricanes.</p>
<div id="attachment_4531" style="width: 95px" class="wp-caption alignright"><a href="http://collegebaseball360.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Chapman1.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-4531  " title="Chapman" src="http://collegebaseball360.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Chapman1.jpg" alt="" width="85" height="122" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Kevin Chapman</p></div>
<p>4&#8230;Shutout innings pitched by Florida reliever <strong>Kevin Chapman</strong> in Sunday&#8217;s series-clinching 4-2 win over Miami.  Chapman gave-up just one hit with two strikeouts to earn his second save of 2010.</p>
<p>17&#8230;Combined strikeouts in 12 innings pitched by <strong>Duke </strong>starters <strong>Eric Pfisterer</strong> (10) and <strong>Michael Ness</strong> (7) who each tossed six shutout innings to help the Blue Devils to a 3-game sweep of <strong>Temple</strong>.</p>
<p>11&#8230;Strikeouts in 6 IP by <strong>Florida Gulf Coast</strong> ace Chris Sale in a 7-2 win over <strong>Wichita State</strong>.</p>
<p>2&#8230;Home runs hit over the weekend by Middle Tennessee State&#8217;s <strong>Bryce Brentz</strong>.  The outfielder led the nation with 28 HR last year, but he had been shutout through the first two weeks of the season.</p>
<p>1&#8230;Loss this season by <strong>Washington State</strong> after falling 4-1 in Sunday&#8217;s finale of a 4-game series with <strong>Utah</strong>.  The Cougars had started 9-0 for their best opening to a season since 1988.</p>
<div id="attachment_4532" style="width: 84px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="http://collegebaseball360.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Fernandez.jpeg"><img class="size-full wp-image-4532 " title="Fernandez" src="http://collegebaseball360.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Fernandez.jpeg" alt="" width="74" height="102" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Steve Fernandez</p></div>
<p>138&#8230;Pitches thrown by <strong>Santa Clara</strong> starter <strong>Alex Rivers</strong> in a 4-0 win over <strong>San Jose State</strong>.  Rivers scattered seven hits with five strikeouts for his third career complete game.</p>
<p>5&#8230;RBIs by <strong>St. Louis </strong>redshirt freshman <strong>Steve Fernandez</strong> to help <strong>St. Louis</strong> down <strong>Ohio State</strong> 10-9 on Saturday.</p>
<p>109&#8230;Pitches thrown by West Virginia&#8217;s <strong>Chris Enourato</strong>, who struckout 9 in seven innings of relief to help the Moutaineers to an 11-8 win over <strong>Illinois</strong>.  Enourato retired 16 of the first 17 batters he faced.</p>
<p>3&#8230;Wins by WVU (with seven losses) this season.  <strong>Enourato </strong>has earned two of the wins and a save in his five relief outings.</p>
<p>16&#8230;RBIs in five games by New Mexico State&#8217;s <strong>Wade Reynoso</strong>.  He batted .522 (12-23) with 3 home runs and 11 runs scored as well in wins over New Mexico and St. Joseph&#8217;s.</p>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 19:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
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<p><em>(With the end of the year fast approaching, we’re counting down some of the top moments from the 2009 college baseball season (in no particular order).  We’ll have one a day through New Year’s Eve.)</em></p>
<p>Going into the 2009 season there was no reason to expect that <strong>Kent Matthes</strong> was going to be one of the top home run hitters in the country, let alone the SEC.  The Crimson Tide outfielder was know more for his glove and outfield arm than his bat, with a claim to fame of 16 career outfield assists in his three seasons in Tuscaloosa.</p>
<div id="attachment_1832" style="width: 250px" class="wp-caption alignright"><a href="http://collegebaseball360.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Matthesfive.jpg"><img class="size-full wp-image-1832" title="Matthesfive" src="http://collegebaseball360.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Matthesfive.jpg" alt="Kent Matthes tied for the NCAA lead with 28 home runs in 2009." width="240" height="160" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Kent Matthes tied for the NCAA lead with 28 home runs in 2009.</p></div>
<p>In his first three seasons Matthes had respectable college numbers with 20 career home runs, including a .303 average with 11 home runs and 52 RBIs as a junior in 2008.   However, the 6&#8217;2 Orlando, FL native saved his best for his last year in a college uniform, and it all started on February 22, 2009.</p>
<p>Matthes had a week to start his senior season that some guys never have in an entire career.  Here&#8217;s how it looked:</p>
<p><strong>Sunday, Feb. 22:</strong> Matthes goes 2-for-4 with a pair of solo home runs in an 8-4 loss to Southeast Missouri State.</p>
<p><strong>Tuesday, Feb. 24:</strong> Matthes starts a new week by hitting for the cycle in Alabama&#8217;s 11-4 win over Nicholls State.  He tripled in the 3rd inning, hit a solo home run in the 5th, led off the 7th with a double, and then capped his big night with an 8th inning RBI single.  It was the fifth single in Alabama history and the first since 2000.  It was also the third cycle in the history of Alabama&#8217;s Sewell-Thomas Stadium.</p>
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<div id="attachment_1833" style="width: 100px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><strong><strong><a href="http://collegebaseball360.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Rolltide.jpeg"><img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-1833" title="Rolltide" src="http://collegebaseball360.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Rolltide-90x150.jpg" alt="(rolltide.com photo)" width="90" height="150" /></a></strong></strong><p class="wp-caption-text">(rolltide.com photo)</p></div>
<p><strong>Wednesday, Feb. 25: </strong> Matthes launches a 10th inning walk-off home run to cap Alabama&#8217;s improbable 8-7 comeback win over Nicholls State; the Tide trailed the game 7-0 in the 5th inning.  Matthes drew a walk and later scored in the Tide&#8217;s 4-run 5th, and later doubled and scored in the 7th.  Alabama tied the game in the 9th inning, and then Matthes launched a 1-0 pitch off the Sewell-Thomas scoreboard for the first walk-off HR of his career.</p>
<p><strong>Saturday, Feb. 28:</strong> Matthes smacks another game-winning home run in game one of a doubleheader vs. Illinois-Chicago.  The 3-run shot in the 6th inning came with Alabama trailing the Flames 2-o.  The Tide would win the game 4-2.   In game 2 of the twin bill Matthes goes yard again en-route to a 2-for-3 game with 3 runs scored and 4 RBIs.  He exits the game in the 5th inning as Alabama wins 20-4.</p>
<p><strong>Sunday, Feb. 29:</strong> The scheduled series finale vs. UIC in cancelled due to rain.</p>
<p><strong>The Total Damage:</strong> In a seven day span Matthes hits .550 (11-for-20) with 6 home runs, 15 RBIs, 11 runs scored, 2 doubles, a triple, and a 1.650 slugging percentage.  He tied an Alabama record with home runs in five straight games.</p>
<p><strong>For The Season:</strong> Matthes ended-up batting .358 with 28 home runs, 81 RBIs, 67 runs, 13 stolen bases, an .858 slg. %, and a .461 on-base percentage.  He 28 long balls tied with Middle Tennessee State&#8217;s Bryce Brentz for the NCAA lead.  His slugging percentage ranked 3rd nationally while his RBIs tied for 11th.  His gaudy numbers earned him 2009 SEC Player of the Year honors.</p>
<p>Matthes was drafted in the 4th round of the 2009 MLB draft by the Colorado Rockies.  Not bad for a guy who batted .200 with one home run as a freshman in 2006.</p>
<p><span style="text-decoration: underline;"><strong>Other Top Moments Of 2009</strong></span></p>
<p>22.  <a href="http://collegebaseball360.com/2009/12/10/top-college-baseball-moments-of-2009-22/" target="_blank">Freshman Levi Michael Starts In North Carolina&#8217;s Season Opener</a></p>
<p>23.  <a href="../2009/12/09/top-college-baseball-moments-of-2009-23/" target="_blank">LSU Opens The New Alex Box Stadium</a></p>
<p>24.  <a href="http://collegebaseball360.com/2009/12/09/top-college-baseball-moments-of-2009-24/" target="_blank">Oregon Brings Back Baseball</a></p>
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