College Baseball: Martin Zelenka finished regular season with a homerun
College baseball in USA is nearing the end of its regular season, so let’s take a look on how Czech players played.
Charleston Southern University played a series against Winthrop. Both teams entered the series with a positive win record. Czech pitcher Daniel Padyšák started the last game of the series, but it wasn’t a good one for him. He was substituted in the third inning after he allowed 7 runs. CSU had to catch up with their opponent for the rest of the game and in the end they lost 7-9.
Arizona Western College played the last three games of the elimination phase over the weekend. In the first game they lost 13-12 against Pime, and they continued with two games against Yavapai. They needed to get two wins against their opponents to advance to the final tournament. They won the first one 6-5. In the second game Ondřej Furko pitched an inning, however, he allowed his opponent 4 hits and 3 runs. The crazy game was full of runs, but in the end Arizona lost 16-17. The loss meant the end of the season for Furko and his teammates.
Pitt Community College also played the last three games of the regular season. This time they faced Brunswick. Catcher Martin Zelenka played in two of them. First, he helped his team to a 6-3 win with his fifth homerun on the season. In the next game he improved his hit tally, however, his team lost 5-13. Pitt Community finished second in the conference with 16 wins and 11 losses. They will play the regional tournament next weekend. Martin Zelenka finished the regular season with .329 BA.
Michal Kovala, playing for Combine Academy, pitched an inning on Saturday. His team won against Baylor School. Czech pitcher only allowed a hit and a BB. He also added 2 SO.
Czechs in action:
Daniel Padyšák – 2.1 IP, 7 H, 7 R, 6 ER, 0 BB, 3 SO, 1 HBP
Ondřej Furko – 1 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 1 SO
Martin Zelenka (1st game) – 3 AB, 1 R, 1 H, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 0 SO, 1 HR
Martin Zelenka (2nd game) – 4 AB, 0 R, 0 H, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 1 SO
Michal Kovala – 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 SO, 1 BB
