Kirby Chosen as MASCAC Pitcher of the Year; Five Named All-Conference
Framingham, Mass.- Senior pitcher Zack Kirby (Rochester, Mass.) has been named Massachusetts State Collegiate Athletics Conference (MASCAC) Baseball Pitcher of the Year and to the All-Conference first team. Kirby is also joined on the first team by senior 3rd baseman Billy Derosier (Shrewsbury, Mass.) in voting conducted by league's coaches and announced by the MASCAC office this afternoon.
Senior 1st baseman John Gill (Hudson, Mass.), senior shortstop Mark Mainini (Hull, Mass.) & freshman catcher Jordan Pallazola (Rockport, Mass.) were all given second team all-conference honors.
Kirby led all MASCAC pitchers with 89 strikeouts, third in wins at five and third in ERA at 1.61 ERA. He also went the distance in five games and registered three shutouts on the year.
Derosier led the conference in home runs (10), RBI (36) and on base percentage (.493). He hit .375 scoring 31 runs and a team high 17 stolen bases.
Gill hit .336 with a homer and 20 RBI while only making 2 errors in 329 chances for a .994 fielding percentage.
Mainini led the conference with 45 hits and was second in batting average hitting at a .400 clip. He also hit 3 homers and drove in 23 runs while scoring 32 times.
Pallazola hit .298 with 3 round trippers and 29 runs batted in while throwing out 9-of-29 potential base stealers.
The Rams conclude their regular season on Wednesday, April 29th when they host Nichols at the New England Baseball Complex in Northboro, Mass. Framingham State has earned the #4 seed in the MASCAC Tournament and will host #5 seed Westfield State on Thursday, April 30th also at the New England Baseball Complex in Northboro with first pitch scheduled for 3:00 p.m.
*All statistics through 4/28/15*