Baseball is back! While Major Leaguers are fielding bunts, running laps and spitting out cliché after cliché about the upcoming season, this weekend college baseball players began playing games that count. Here are some of the players who had the best opening weekend…
Hitters
Albie Goulder – Louisianna Tech: .556/.667/1.333 over 9 AB, 1 2B, 2 HR, 1 SB
Cody Overbeck – Ole Miss: .500/.563/1.333 over 12 AB, 1 2B, 3 HR
Mike McGee – Florida State: .727/.769/1.273 over 11 AB, 1 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR
Brett Wallace – Arizona State: .417/.533/1.167 over 12 AB, 3 HR, 9 RBI
Dustin Ackley – North Carolina: .714/.750/1.428 over 14 AB, 1 2B, 3 HR
Pitchers
Tanner Scheppers – Fresno State: 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 10 K, 0 BB, 0.00 ERA, 1 W
Lance Lynn– Ole Miss: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 12 K, 0 BB, 0.00 ERA, 1 W
Kendal Volz – Baylor: 8 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 10 K, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA, 1 W
Andrew Liebel – LBSU: 8 IP, 5 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 11 K, 1 BB, 0.00 ERA, No Decision
Anthony Shawler – Old Dominion: 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 10 K, 2 BB, 0.00 ERA, 1 W