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Finley Named To CCBL All-Star Team
July 17, 2023 | Baseball
ATHENS, GA.------University of Georgia rising sophomore pitcher Leighton Finely has been named to the Cape Cod Baseball League (CCBL) All-Star team, it was announced Monday.
Finley, a 6-5, 220-pound native of Richmond Hill, Ga., has served as the closer this summer for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox. In seven appearances, Finley has not allowed an earned run. He has 19 strikeouts and only four walks in 16.1 innings pitched. He is 1-2 with a 0.00 Earned Run Average and three saves.
The CCBL All-Star Game will be played Saturday night in Harwich, Mass. Yarmouth-Dennis leads the East Division with a 16-12 mark and a league-best 3.50 ERA. Finley is one of six Red Sox to earn All-Star honors.
Elsewhere in the CCBL, there were four Bulldogs pitching for Harwich in Collin Caldwell, Chandler Marsh, Will Pearson and Brian Zeldin. Caldwell, a rising senior, is 0-0 with a 2.45 ERA in three appearances. In 8.1 innings, he has 11 strikeouts and six walks. The other three Bulldogs have concluded their summer action. Marsh, a rising junior, made five appearances including one start and went 2-1 with a 4.69 ERA in 7.2 innings. Pearson, a rising senior, pitched in five games and went 0-2 with a 4.90 ERA. Zeldin pitched in four games with one start and was 0-0 with an 11.25 ERA. Rising senior shortstop Sebastian Murillo is the only other Bulldog still playing the CCBL. He is batting .260 with one home run and 13 RBI for Wareham Gatemen.
In other summer league action, rising senior Garrett Spikes is batting .286 with six RBI for the Charlottesville (Va.) TomSox in the Valley Baseball League. Rising sophomore Jarvis Evans pitched briefly for the TomSox. He went 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA in two outings covering nine innings with 14 strikeouts and six walks. Rising sophomore pitcher Kolten Smith and redshirt freshman infielder Tanner Knowles are teammates for the St. Cloud (Minn.) Rox in the Northwoods League. Smith is 1-2 with a 4.22 ERA and one save in 21.1 innings. He has made five appearances with one start and has 30 strikeouts and eight walks.
Rising sophomore OF/1B Charlie Condon concluded play with the USA Collegiate National Team last week as they went 7-3. He led the squad in home runs and RBI, batting .256-3-11. He began the summer playing in the CCBL for the Falmouth Commodores. In 10 games, he hit .261-1-10 before leaving for Team USA training camp.
Rising senior pitcher Zach DeVIto is playing for the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs in the Florida Collegiate Summer League. He is 2-1 with a 4.09 ERA in eight games including three starts. In 22 innings, he has 22 strikeouts and seven walks.
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Finley, a 6-5, 220-pound native of Richmond Hill, Ga., has served as the closer this summer for the Yarmouth-Dennis Red Sox. In seven appearances, Finley has not allowed an earned run. He has 19 strikeouts and only four walks in 16.1 innings pitched. He is 1-2 with a 0.00 Earned Run Average and three saves.
The CCBL All-Star Game will be played Saturday night in Harwich, Mass. Yarmouth-Dennis leads the East Division with a 16-12 mark and a league-best 3.50 ERA. Finley is one of six Red Sox to earn All-Star honors.
Elsewhere in the CCBL, there were four Bulldogs pitching for Harwich in Collin Caldwell, Chandler Marsh, Will Pearson and Brian Zeldin. Caldwell, a rising senior, is 0-0 with a 2.45 ERA in three appearances. In 8.1 innings, he has 11 strikeouts and six walks. The other three Bulldogs have concluded their summer action. Marsh, a rising junior, made five appearances including one start and went 2-1 with a 4.69 ERA in 7.2 innings. Pearson, a rising senior, pitched in five games and went 0-2 with a 4.90 ERA. Zeldin pitched in four games with one start and was 0-0 with an 11.25 ERA. Rising senior shortstop Sebastian Murillo is the only other Bulldog still playing the CCBL. He is batting .260 with one home run and 13 RBI for Wareham Gatemen.
In other summer league action, rising senior Garrett Spikes is batting .286 with six RBI for the Charlottesville (Va.) TomSox in the Valley Baseball League. Rising sophomore Jarvis Evans pitched briefly for the TomSox. He went 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA in two outings covering nine innings with 14 strikeouts and six walks. Rising sophomore pitcher Kolten Smith and redshirt freshman infielder Tanner Knowles are teammates for the St. Cloud (Minn.) Rox in the Northwoods League. Smith is 1-2 with a 4.22 ERA and one save in 21.1 innings. He has made five appearances with one start and has 30 strikeouts and eight walks.
Rising sophomore OF/1B Charlie Condon concluded play with the USA Collegiate National Team last week as they went 7-3. He led the squad in home runs and RBI, batting .256-3-11. He began the summer playing in the CCBL for the Falmouth Commodores. In 10 games, he hit .261-1-10 before leaving for Team USA training camp.
Rising senior pitcher Zach DeVIto is playing for the Winter Park Diamond Dawgs in the Florida Collegiate Summer League. He is 2-1 with a 4.09 ERA in eight games including three starts. In 22 innings, he has 22 strikeouts and seven walks.
FOLLOW THE BULLDOGS: For the latest Georgia baseball news, visit www.georgiadogs.com and follow the Bulldogs on Twitter (@BaseballUGA), Facebook (@GeorgiaBaseball) and Instagram (@baseballuga).
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