As the Terps gear up for the start of Fall Ball, here’s a look at how Maryland players fared this summer, including a few championships and one league MVP.

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CAPE COD BASEBALL LEAGUE

A favorite of Maryland, the Brewster Whitecaps hosted two Terps over the summer. Both southpaw Sean Fisher and catcher Justin Vought took advantage of their time on the Cape, even though Brewster didn’t make the playoffs.

Fisher fared better than his counterpart and earned the Whitecaps’ Reliever of the Year award with a 2.84 ERA in 12 appearances, and only 22 hits allowed in 25 1/3 innings, including 15 strikeouts.

Vought struggled some, but still finished the summer with two homers in only 18 games.

Right-hander Mark DiLuia also spent some time in the Cape this summer, where he tallied three strikeouts over 2 1/3 innings pitched for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox.

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NEW ENGLAND COLLEGIATE BASEBALL LEAGUE

Six Terps spent their summer in the NECBL, spread over three teams. With the NECBL 2019 Champions, the Keene Swamp Bats, outfielder Randy Bednar racked up an impressive .337 average with nine home runs and 15 doubles, enough for the junior to be selected to the first team all-league.

Also with Keene, Sean Heine tossed 21 1/3 innings and tallied 16 strikeouts.

Meanwhile, Trevor LaBonte and Mike Vasturia bolstered the Sanford Mainers’ pitching staff. LaBonte started five games for the Mainers and worked a 5.31 ERA with 20 strikeouts in 20 1/3 innings. Vasturia struggled in his two relief appearances.

For the Mystic Schooners, Billy Phillips and Josh Maguire both continued to develop. Phillips made one start and 15 relief appearances, striking out 16 in 17 innings. Maguire struggled offensively, but worked 15 walks and two doubles.

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PERFECT GAME COLLEGIATE BASEBALL LEAGUE

Without a doubt the best performance by a Terp this summer, Maxwell Costes stole the show in the PGCBL with the Amsterdam Mohawks.

Costes was named PGCBL Player of the Year, as well as being awarded PGCBL First-Team honors with his .374 average, 36 RBIs and record-breaking 12 home runs. He was also named the MVP of the PGCBL championship series.

Oh, and did we mention that he got to throw out the first pitch at a Baltimore Orioles game?

Also with Amsterdam, Drew Wilden notched 23 strikeouts in 16.1 innings, but struggled to minimize opposing offenses, working a 6.06 ERA.

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FUTURES COLLEGIATE BASEBALL LEAGUE

Over in the Futures league, Benjamin Cowles and Ben Irvine put up solid numbers at the plate, while Daniel O’Connor continued to develop on the mound. The trio played for the Nashua Silver Knights.

Irvine batted .287 over his 129 plate appearances, including 16 RBIs and 20 walks, while Cowles racked up 10 stolen bases in 29 games and O’Connor punched out 28 batters in 23 innings of work.

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PROSPECT COLLEGIATE BASEBALL LEAGUE

Down in West Virginia, Caleb Walls and Michael Pineiro continued their spring success with the Miners.

Pineiro went yard three times while batting .333, while Walls tore up the bases with 18 stolen bases and a solid  .264 average in 50 games.

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CAL RIPKEN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL LEAGUE

Back in Maryland, senior Elliot Zoellner threw a solid summer session, working a 1.20 ERA in 11 relief appearances and helping carry the Bethesda Big Train to their fourth consecutive championship (their second with Zoellner in the bullpen), and was named to the All-CRCBL First Team.

 

Almost 20 Terps are spread up the East Coast playing in various summer ball leagues. Below we’ll give a brief overview of where members of the Maryland baseball are playing this summer and how they’re doing after the first few weeks of the summer ball season.

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CAPE COD BASEBALL LEAGUE

Starting in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, three Terps are on the Brewster Whitecaps of the CCBL: Sean Fisher, Justin Vought and Zach Thompson. After a pedestrian sophomore campaign, Fisher has put up dominant numbers in his three relief appearances so far while throwing a 1.68 ERA in 5.1 innings, including two strikeouts.

Vought, the Terps’ most consistent catcher, put up a solo home run in his fourth game this summer, and though the junior is hitting .222 in his nine at-bats his potential is evident. After a season as Maryland’s Saturday starter, Thompson hasn’t started a game yet for Brewster, but it’s only the second week of the CCBL season.

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NEW ENGLAND COLLEGIATE BASEBALL LEAGUE

Five Terps, including three Maryland pitchers, are taking New England by storm, in a sense.

On the Keene Swamp Bats, Randy Bednar and Sean Heine have put up stellar numbers in the first few weeks of the season. Bednar is batting .360 with nine hits and four stolen bases, while Heine is throwing a 3.60 ERA in 5.0 innings, including seven strikeouts.

After his first season at Maryland, Sunday starter Trevor LaBonte is the only Terp on the Stanford Mainers. His success toward the end of his freshman season carried into the summer, with the righty throwing 3.00 in two starts, amounting to 9.0 innings pitched. In those nine innings, LaBonte struck out nine batters.

Josh Maguire and Billy Phillips are both playing for the Mystic Schooners. While neither has put up amazing numbers so far this season, Maguire has three RBIs and one double in 20 at-bats, while Phillips has put up six strikeouts in 5.0 innings pitched.

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PERFECT GAME COLLEGIATE LEAGUE

The Terps have three representatives in the PGCBL, spread over two teams.

On the Adirondack Trail Blazers, catcher Zach Doss has one hit but has walked four times and worked three hit-by-pitches. After an appearance in the middle of Maryland’s season, Doss struggled toward the end of the year but has the potential to bounce back with the Trail Blazers this summer.

RHP Drew Wilden and phenom Maxwell Costes are both dominating with the Amsterdam Mohawks. Wilden has made two relief appearances, holding the opposition scoreless in his 4.0 innings of work, including four strikeouts. Costes continued his freshman success, batting .448 in 29 at-bats, including a team-high three home runs.

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FUTURES COLLEGIATE BASEBALL LEAGUE

For the Nashua Silver Knights, Ben Irvine, Benjamin Cowles and Daniel O’Connor are each working out some of their struggles left from the Terps’ 2019 seasons. Cowles has four doubles in seven hits, after 15 games, while O’Connor has struck out 14 in his three starts, amounting to 11.1 innings pitched. Irvine seems to be starting to find his groove, batting .240 with 11 hits in 40 at-bats, plus 11 walks, while batting leadoff and providing coverage in centerfield.

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PROSPECT COLLEGIATE BASEBALL LEAGUE

Outfielders Michael Pineiro and Caleb Walls and reliever Nick Turnbull are spending the summer with the West Virginia Miners. Both Pineiro and Walls are batting over .370, while Turnbull is still working out of his late-season funk, though the reliever has six strikeouts in his 6.0 innings of relief.

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CAL RIPKEN COLLEGIATE BASEBALL LEAGUE

Andrew Vail joins Elliot Zoellner as the latter returns the the Bethesda Big Train for his second season. The pair of Terps are amongst a number of Big Train pitchers with 0.00 ERAs. In his first relief appearance of the season, Zoellner threw one inning and struck out two to contribute in the Big Train’s no-hitter.

Vail got his first start of the summer on Sunday, when he threw 3.0 scoreless innings and struck out five.