DALEY UPDATE

Matt Daley (Dans 03') made his first big league appearance in relief with the Colorado Rockies on Saturday against the Arizona Diamondbacks. From ColoradoRockies.com, "The brightest spot of the evening was the performance of the bullpen, Glendon Rusch, Matt Daley, Alan Embree and Matt Belisle combined for five shutout innings of one-hit ball." Daley recorded one walk and one strikeout in one inning of work.

DANS DALEY CALLED UP

After striking out 15 and walking one in his first five relief appearances for the Rockies AAA farm club, Matt Daley (Dans 2003- Bucknell) earned a callup to the Rockies on Wednesday.


While with the Dans, Matt appeared in 18 of 24 games in relief, ending the season with a 0 – yes – that’s a zero – ERA while striking out 42 of 117 batters.
Daley, 26, posted a 1.42 ERA in six Spring Training appearances as a non-roster invitee. According to the Rockies web site, it was there he met catchers Sal Fasano (also a CICL alumni) and Paul Phillips, both of whom have learned much while bouncing between the Majors and Minors.


"Sal and Paul saw things in me that I didn't even realize that I could do," Daley said. "And they taught me things to go from hitter to hitter, what different swing paths that I could attack, different types of lefty hitters and righty hitters." Daley said. "For me, I really wasn't expecting it. I thought if I kept pitching the way I was pitching, maybe later on in the season it would happen. But not this quick.

"But if they call you up in April, it means they really needs you. It's a cool feeling to have. I'm going to try to take advantage of it."

Matt was coached in Danville by Bill Ferrari.

DANS DUO DROPS KENTUCKY

In the 1st of a Sunday afternoon double header, second baseman Ryan Schimpf (Danville Dans 2007), homered and starter Louis Coleman (Danville Dans 2006) threw a complete game as the third-ranked Tigers topped Kentucky 3-1 and win their opening SEC series.

Coleman (4-1) pitched a complete game, allowing only four hits and striking out seven while giving up only one earned run, his first of the season. He also struck out the side in the seventh to end the game.

The Tigers broke a tie in the bottom of the fourth when Schimpf blasted a two-run homer over the right field wall to put LSU up 3-1. It was Schimpf’s second home run of the season.

DAN HONORED BY SEC

Austin Ross, Danville Dans 2008, has been named Southeastern Conference Pitcher of the Week.

LSU right-hander Ross, a sophomore from Shreveport, La., fired six shutout innings in LSU’s 16-0 win over the University of Central Florida on Sunday, allowing two hits while recording no walks and a career-best 10 strikeouts. Ross fired 81 pitches during his outing, and did not allow a runner to advance beyond first base.

Ross is 2-0 on the year with a 0.75 ERA in 12 innings on the mound. He has allowed one run on six hits with one walk and 14 strikeouts.

Ross joins 2007 Danville Dan, Ryan Schimpf, as the 2nd LSU Tiger to be named SEC player/pitcher of the week in this 2009 season.

NOTES FROM THE FIELD

Dan Kaczrowski (Dans 2008), last year's CICL MVP, ignited the Hamline University Pipers going 7 for 9, with a lead-off double, a 3 run home run, and 6 RBI's in the team's opening double header.

Ryan Schimpf (Dans 2007), has added to his SEC Player of the Week honors, LSU Student-Athlete of the week. The junior 2nd baseman finished last weekend with 2 doubles, one home run, six RBI and 3 runs scored. He also walked 4 times, stole 4 bases and record a .786 on-base percentage and 1.200 slugging.

Zach Walters (Dans 2008),helped lead the San Diego Torreos to a win over #16 Oklahoma Wednesday going 3-5 with 1 RBI. Dans alum, James Meador, also contributed to the win with a 2-run double to right center.

Matt Bywater, in his first 09 start, led the Pepperdine Waves to a win over Southern Cal, allowing just 1 hit in 6 innings of work. Matt walked just 2 batter and struck out 10. Head coach Steve Rodriguea noted, "That was probably one of the most impressive starts I've seen Matt have here in his short career." While with the Dans, Matt sported a 2.52 ERA in 53.2 innings of work. He had 30 walks and 53 strikeouts.