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Weekly Top Dawgs for 2/28 - 3/5 

Ever wonder what happened to that Wachusett Dirt Dawg who tore the cover off the ball back in 2013? How about that rembrandt pitcher that had opposing hitters uncomfortable in the batter’s box? Well look no further than the Weekly Top Dawgs report. The perfect place to check-up on Dirt Dawgs of the past, and even those who are awaiting their first game in a Dirt Dawgs uni.

Here are your Top Dawgs for the week of 2/28 - 3/5

- Max DiTondo SS, Franklin Pierce University, 2015 Alumni

Max was a run producing machine during the week where he scored eight runs for Franklin Pierce, picking up five hits on 15 at-bats, and launching one out of the park. So far this season, he has played in all nine games for the Ravens notching a .385 batting average with 12 RBIs and nine runs scored to go along with two homeruns, helping his team remain undefeated through nine.

- Jon Kristofferson SS, St. Peters, 2015 Alumni

Jon is the second alumni from a summer ago to be tearing it up early for his school. During the week at St. Peters he went 5-for-17 at the dish, driving in four, and enjoying a multi-homer game in a 3-4 loss against Richmond. This season, Kristofferson is hitting .333 with three homeruns, six RBI, and a pair of stolen bases for the Peacocks.

- Brenden Skidmore 1B, Binghamton University, 2014 Alumni

Brenden was recently named the America East Player of the Week following his .417 performance at the plate during a weekend series against the Virginia Military Academy this past weekend. He opened the three game set with a multi-homer game, hitting two solo jacks, finishing the weekend set batting 5-for-12.  This season at Binghamton University, Skidmore has drove in nine runs, hitting three doubles, with a .286 average at the dish while starting in his teams first ten games.

- Gage Griffin LHP, Franklin Pierce University, 2015 Alumni  

The second alumni from the undefeated Ravens of Franklin Pierce, Gage opened the season with 7.2 innings of quality work where he allowed just one run off five hits, striking out three and getting plenty of offensive help to pick up his first win of the season in a 12-4 victory against Wilmington. In his most recent outing he appeared in one inning and struck out a pair in relief.

- Tyler McVicar INF, Elon University, 2013 Alumni

Tyler has racked up the extra base hits so far for Elon University. During the week McVicar smacked five hits in 14 at-bats, hitting one double and showing his strength for one homerun in a game against Bowling Green. He has batted .318 through his team’s first 13 games to open the year, while grabbing five doubles and launching a pair of dingers.

The Wachusett Dirt Dawgs are set to open the 2016 season with a western divisional showdown against the Bristol Blues on Wednesday June 1st, but until then you can catch all of your Dirt Dawgs news here on the Dingers and Bleeders blog!

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Alu just graduated from Princeton Day High School, where he was a starting IF. During his senior year in high school, he had 86 at bats with 38 runs, 45 hits, 18 RBI’s, 10 doubles, 3 triples and 3 HR. We are excited to see what this youngster has to bring to the Dirt Dawgs team!

For more information on Alu’s stats from high school click on the link below:

http://highschoolsports.nj.com/player/jake-alu/

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Hudson started 37 of the 39 games he played in this season at Lafayette. He had 19 runs, 34 hits, 5 doubles, 1 triple, 3 HR and 11 RBI. During his sophomore yea Hudson registered nine multi-hit games in 35 starts as the third baseman. He batted .259 on the season with 19 runs batted in, nine runs scored, two doubles, a triple and two home runs. We look forward to seeing what Hudson will do for the Dirt Dawgs this season!!

For more stats and information on Hudson’s college career with Lafayette click on the link below:

http://www.goleopards.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/tyler_hudson_807854.html

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Anderson was a Red Shirt player for his first two seasons, 2014 and 2015. But even as a Redshirt in 2015 he was a pinch hitter for 3 games during the season and made his collegiate debut with a start as DH on 2/14, which he drew a walk. Before college baseball Anderson was a three-year varsity starter at first base for Delbarton and was named Morris County Hitter of the Year by Daily Record as a senior.

 For more information on Anderson in his college career click the link below:

http://www.scarletknights.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/jeff_anderson_884250.html

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Brice played and started  in 27 of UMass Lowell’s games. He had 91 at bats, with 10 runs and 25 hits. During a game on May 14 against LIU Brooklyn Erickson had 9 putouts, 1 hit that brought in two runs and they won the game 5-1. We are excited to CATCH him in action!

For more information on Erickson’s season with UMass Lowell click on the link below:

http://goriverhawks.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3284&path=baseball

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Zach Zona appeared in 10 games and started 6 games. On May 3rd, he pitched a complete game against Salem State which resulted in a win. During that game he had 12 strikeouts! For the 2015 season Zona have went 4-3 with an ERA of 3.33 and a total of 60 strikeouts. We are excited to see him strikeout the competition!

For more information and stats from Zona’s career with Worcester State click on the links below:

http://wsulancers.com/sports/bsb/2014-15/bios/zona_zach_8bwa

http://wsulancers.com/sports/bsb/2014-15/files/plyr_45.htm

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Colella started 9 out of 10 games that he appeared in. Of those 10 appearances he had a winning record with 5 wins and 1 loss. Colella’s ERA for his current season was 2.06. Pitching 52.1 innings he had 27 strikeouts! We are excited to see what type of heat he can throw this summer! 

For more information on Colella’s current season with UMAss Dartmouth click on the link below:

http://www.corsairathletics.com/sports/m-basebl/2013-14/bios/colella_steve_z6zw

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The Wachusett Dirt Dawgs have added another University of Hartford player to the roster, Sebastian DiMauro. Sebastian has played in 16 games for the Hawks this season, starting in 7 games. When the Hawks played Central Connecticut on May 12th, he went two for three with two doubles, while getting the start in left field.

For more information on Sebastian visit: http://www.hartfordhawks.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3425&path=baseball

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On May 10th, Kevin Hassett threw a scoreless inning in relief, striking out three batters versus Rhode Island for the UMASS Minutemen. Hasset also retired all three batters faced against Boston College (4/1) and he made collegiate debut against Harvard on March 17th. Kevin will be pitching for the Dirt Dawgs in the summer of 2015.

For information on Kevin Hassett visit:  http://www.umassathletics.com/sports/m-basebl/mtt/kevin_hassett_928990.html 

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Charlie Murray of the Quinnipiac University Bobcats will be taking the hill this summer for the Wachusett Dirt Dawgs. The 6′4′’ southpaw appeared in 9 games for the Bobcats this season, starting 6, with a 2-1 record. Murray has 21 strikeouts on the season as the Bobcats are preparing for the conference tournament.

For more information on Charlie Murray visit: http://www.quinnipiacbobcats.com/sports/bsb/2014-15/bios/murray_charlie_9w9y?view=gamelog

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This summer, Quinnipiac infielder Ben Gibson will be taking the field for the Wachusett Dirt Dawgs following his first season at Quinnipiac University. In his first season with the Bobcats, Gibson has appeared in 40 games with 29 hits and 5 home runs. When the Bobcats traveled to Manhattan on April 11th, Gibson went 3-5 in the first game with a home run and 1-2 with an RBI in the second game of the day.

For information of Ben Gibson visit http://www.quinnipiacbobcats.com/sports/bsb/2014-15/bios/gibson_ben_qbc8?view=gamelog.

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In hist first year with the Hawks, Ben Brown has appeared in 10 games, pitching in 14.1 innings. The right-handed pitcher from Middlebury,CT threw 3.0 innings, the most on the season, in a 5-2 over Yale on April 1st. Brown also had 4 strikeouts back on March 25th, in a 7-3 loss to Fairfield.

For more information on Ben Brown, visit http://www.hartfordhawks.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=3423 

@UHartBaseball, #AEBASE, @Dawg_Pen 

Good luck to Ben and the rest of the University of Hartford Hawks Baseball Team as they take on Maine for the America East Championship.

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As a freshman Celentano appeared in 16 games, starting two games. He pitched a total of 24.2 innings with 16 strikeouts. During his current season Celentano appeared in 14 games starting four of the games, with one win and three losses. He pitched a total of 28 innings and 13 strikeouts.

For more information on Celentano check out his colleges baseball website below:

http://www.saintpeterspeacocks.com/sports/bsb/2014-15/bios/celentano_aj_y9fu?view=bio

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As a freshman Jon played in 40 games with 106 at bats. He had 16 runs, 25 hits, and a batting average of .236. During Kristofferson's sophomore year he played in 52 games, had 37 runs, 67 hits, one HR, 17 RBI, and a .305 batting average. In Kristofferson's current season he had 30 runs, 51 hits, five doubles, five triples, and three HR.

Click the link below to see more information of Jon's college career at Saint Peter's

http://www.saintpeterspeacocks.com/sports/bsb/2014-15/bios/kristoffersen_jon_upeh?view=bio

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As a freshman Silvestro appeared in 16 games, collected 3 hits with one double, three runs, and two RBI's. Sylvester played in 35 games as a sophomore and 26 starts at 3B. His avg was .363, with 18 runs scored, 19 RBI, eight doubles, one triple, two home runs, and seven walks. During the current season he played in 39 games with an avg of .405, He had two home runs 38 RBI 33 runs and three stolen bases!

For more information and stats about Justin Silvestro click on the link below.

http://athletics.wheatoncollege.edu/sports/bsb/2014-15/bios/silvestro_justin

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#25 Jason Fatzinger

Fatzinger played three years of varsity baseball in high school. He was named to his All-Conference Team, All-County First Team offensive MVP in his junior year. As a senior in high school Fatzinger hit .431 with 39 hits, four home runs and 29 RBI’s!

For more information on Ratzinger click on the Fairleigh Dickinson link below:

http://fduknights.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=2957&path=baseball

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As a freshman Griffin made four relief appearances for Franklin Pierce. Again as a sophomore he made four appearances as a relief pitcher going 2.1 innings, walking six batters, and striking out five. During Griffin’s current season, he had 9 appearances as a relief pitcher with 6.1 innings pitched. during those innings he has 16 strikeouts and a 5.68 ERA for the season.

For more information and stats on Gage Griffin’s current season with FP and past seasons click this link:

http://athletics.franklinpierce.edu/sports/bsb/2014-15/bios/griffin_gage?view=bio