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Weekend Notes: Hultzen hits stride

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Danny Hultzen (Hyannis), pictured, wasn’t overwhelming on the season’s first weekend, gutting through six innings in a win over East Carolina. He allowed two runs, struck out four and walked three.

This weekend, he was overwhelming. Facing Rhode Island on Friday, Hultzen tossed seven shutout innings, striking out 12, walking none and allowing just two hits. He was named ACC Pitcher of the Week.

If Hultzen’s average falls somewhere between those first two starts, he’s going to have a very, very good season.

  • Also for Virginia, sophomore third baseman Steven Proscia (Harwich) went 5-for-12 in the URI series with a homer and six RBI. Proscia had the highest batting average among ACC freshmen last year. This season, he’s hitting .400 with a team-best 13 RBI.

  • Oklahoma’s Garrett Buechele (Hyannis) continued a torrid start with a huge weekend. In three games, he went 7-for-13 with a homer and five RBI. In eight games this season, he’s hitting .500 with three home runs and 12 RBI. Buechele is the son of former Major Leaguer Steve Buechele, and plays third base like his dad. He was the Big 12 Freshman of the Year last season.

  • At some point, Zack MacPhee (Bourne) is going to cool down, right? The ASU sophomore was the nation’s top hitter after the first weekend and he hasn’t cooled down yet. In a four-game series, with Towson, MacPhee went 8-for-19, which puts his average at .571.

  • MacPhee’s teammate Riccio Torrez (Orleans) went 7-for-16 against Towson with seven RBI.

  • Liberty’s Tyler Bream (Wareham) went 6-for-14 with a homer and four RBI in three weekend games. He’s now hitting .542 with two homers and nine RBI. His Liberty teammate Matt Williams (Hyannis) is hitting .519.

  • Central Florida catcher Beau Taylor (Y-D) went 6-for-16, including the game-winning hit in game two of a series with Siena.

  • Ole Miss redshirt freshman reliever Brett Huber (Brewster) is off to a great start. On Sunday, he went 1.2 scoreless innings and struck out four. In 6.1 innings this year, he has 11 strikeouts and no walks.

  • So far, Siena infielder Dan Paolini (Chatham) looks like a small-school guy ready to make a big splash. He had a solid weekend and is hitting .364 with four homers and 11 RBI. All against Florida competition, by the way.

  • Southern Miss shortstop B.A. Vollmuth (Falmouth), a breakout player on the Cape in 2009, is picking up where he left off. He went 5-for-11 in three games this weekend and is hitting .500 on the year.

  • St. John’s Joe Panik (Y-D) went 5-for-8 in the Big East/Big Ten Challenge and was named Big East Player of the Week.

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