College Stat Roundup: No-Hitter For Lauer, Sedlock Dominates

We’ll compile stats each week for the Top 100 draft-eligible college players in the weeks leading to the June 9 draft.

What has already been an exceptional season for Kent State LHP Eric Lauer reached a new level this weekend. Lauer threw a no-hitter to beat Bowling Green and he struck out 13. The only batter to reach for Bowling Green came on an error. Lauer’s low-90s fastball plays like a pitch with more velocity, partly because he mixes his secondary offerings so well. He’s also gotten better as the season has worn on. Lauer has not allowed an earned run in eight of his past 10 starts and has struck out 10 or more in six of his past 10 starts. Lauer’s 0.90 ERA does benefit from a number of unearned runs–his 1.51 runs allowed average includes an outing against West Michigan where Lauer allowed five runs but only one earned. But his 0.90 ERA gives Lauer a chance to be only the second Division I starter this century to post an ERA below 1.00. A number of relievers have done so–in college baseball relievers can throw enough innings to qualify for ERA leaders–but Oregon State’s Ben Wetzler’s 0.78 ERA in 2014 is the only sub-1.00 ERA by a Division I starter in the 21st Century.

• Wake Forest 3B/RHP Will Craig didn’t have a particularly exceptional weekend as he only had three hits in 11 at-bats, but he made those three hits count as he homered twice against Virginia Tech. Craig also drew five walks, raising his on-base percentage to .555, third best in Division I.

• Who’s ahead of Craig on that on-base leaders’ list? Miami catcher Zack Collins had only two hits this weekend but he did draw five walks to maintain his .565 on-base percentage. And Southeastern Louisiana’s Jameson Fisher stays on top with a .569 on-base percentage after going 7-for-11 with a walk and no strikeouts against New Orleans.

• Menlo (Calif.) College 3B/RHP Lucas Erceg’s season might be over as Menlo was eliminated from the Golden State Athletic Conference playoffs in a loss to the Masters’ College last Wednesday. Menlo now has to wait to see if it gets an at-large bid to the NAIA tournament. Erceg did what he could do to keep Menlo’s season alive. Erceg hit two home runs in Menlo’s three conference playoff games, but his biggest contribution came in the elimination loss. Erceg had thrown 16 innings in 10 appearances as a reliever. But with the season on the line, Erceg threw seven scoreless innings in an extra-inning loss. The outing was easily the longest of Erceg’s collegiate pitching career–he had thrown 26 innings in 15 appearances in two seasons at California.

• Oklahoma RHP Alec Hansen’s on-again, off-again season was off again this weekend. Coming off a dominant outing against Kansas State a week ago, Hansen’s control troubles returned. Hansen’s strike percentage plummeted to 51 percent in a brief 2 1/3-inning outing against Oklahoma State. Arkansas RHP Zach Jackson, another hard-throwing righthander with control issues, was moved back to the bullpen this weekend, but it doesn’t salve his wildness. Jackson walked four in three innings while also throwing three wild pitches. Jackson can bump the mid-to-high-90s coming out of the bullpen and his breaking ball can be dominating, but he has to throw enough strikes to make it work and Jackson misses the strike zone badly on a regular basis.

• Illinois RHP Cody Sedlock has been the epitome of an ace for the Fighting Illini. Sedlock reached double digits in strikeouts for the fifth time this year as he allowed one run in 9 1/3 innings against Indiana. Sedlock’s workload has been heavy lately–he threw 10 2/3 innings against Ohio State on April 22, nine innings against Maryland on May 7 and now 9 1/3 innings six days later against Indiana.

Rank	Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	Results
4	Kyle Lewis	12	2	4	1	1	3	2B
6	Nick Senzel	11	1	3	1	3	1	2B, CS
7	Corey Ray	10	2	2	0	2	1	2B, E
16	Zack Collins	9	2	2	1	5	2	CS, PB
29	Bryan Reynolds	12	2	2	3	1	4	HR
31	Buddy Reed	11	3	3	1	0	4	2 2B
34	Matt Thais	13	3	5	4	2	2	HR
45	Will Craig	11	3	3	5	5	2	2 E, 2 HR
46	Austin Hays	12	3	3	0	2	0
47	Heath Quinn	12	5	8	6	3	1	2B, HR, SB
48	Anfernee Grier	13	0	2	1	1	2	SB
53	Chris Okey	10	7	6	8	2	1	2B, 2 HR, CS
54	Ronnie Dawson	10	3	3	4	2	1	2B, 3B, HR
65	Sean Murphy	9	3	3	3	1	0	HR, SB
66	Jameson Fisher	11	1	7	5	1	0	2 Es, 2B, HBP, 2 SB, CS
67	Jake Fraley cf	11	2	3	1	2	0	2 SB, CS
73	Ryan Boldt	9	2	0	1	4	0	SB
78	Bobby Dalbec	12	1	1	0	0	4	3B, 2 Es
81	Bryson Brigman	12	1	5	1	1	1	2 HBP, 3 SB, CS
82	Nick Banks	11	0	4	2	2	3	2B, SB, E
88	Logan Ice	10	2	2	0	2	2	2B, E
92	Jake Rogers	9	1	2	1	2	1	SB
97	Lucas Erceg	15	6	4	5	3	2	2 HR

Rank	Pitch	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	Pitches	Strikes	Results
1	A.J. Puk	6	3	1	1	2	11	110	64
13	Dakota Hudson	9	6	0	0	1	6	116	73
21	T.J. Zeuch	5.2	7	4	4	3	6	110	70	2 WP, HBP
22	Zack Burdi	2.1	0	0	0	0	6	33	NA
23	Connor Jones	9	7	3	2	1	7	104	75
24	Jordan Sheffield	7	5	4	4	3	5	106	61	WP
25	Justin Dunn	3	1	0	0	0	6	45	NA
26	Eric Lauer	9	0	0	0	0	13	NA	NA
27	Robert Tyler	6	5	4	4	4	7	98	NA
32	Logan Shore	9	6	2	2	0	6	107	78
33	Kay, Anthony	8	7	3	2	3	6	109	70
35	Alec Hansen	2.1	6	6	5	2	3	71	36
43	Sedlock, Cody	9.1	7	1	1	3	12	NA	NA
50	Daulton Jefferies	Did not pitch—arm injury
56	Matt Krook	Did not pitch—Coach’s Decision
57	Jon Duplantier	6.2	4	1	1	4	11	110	64
60	Corbin Burnes	7	5	2	1	2	9	103	63
72	Zack Brown	6	9	2	2	2	4	117	71
75	Dane Dunning	2.2	3	1	1	0	4	43	30
76	Zach Jackson	3	2	1	1	4	4	55	30	3 WP
77	Ben Bowden	1	0	0	0	0	2	21	14
78	Bobby Dalbec	2.2	6	2	2	2	5	58	37	SV
83	Kyle Cody	6.2	7	4	1	1	7	115	70
84	Zac Gallen	8	2	0	0	1	8	115	76
85	A.J. Puckett	7.2	3	1	1	0	8	119	75
86	Kyle Funkhouser	7	2	1	1	3	8	95	NA
95	Griffin Jax	7	4	2	0	1	4	85	60
97	Lucas Erceg	7	4	0	0	2	8	NA	NA
98	Matthias Dietz	Season Over