College Baseball: Menšík will play World Series
Summer season started in college baseball, even if spring one is not yet finish. The grand finale will be College World Series and for the first time in the history there will be Czech player playing in it.
NC State had to beat Arkansas, the best team in NCAA standings, to get their shot at College World Series. And the first game didn’t go well for NC State, when they lost 21-2. The series was played in best of three system, so NC State couldn’t slip again. However, Arkansas was leading 2-0 at the beginning of the second game and everything seem to point to their victory. In the third inning Tyler McDonough sent Vojtěch Menšík home kickstarting NC State offense. An inning later Wolfpack added three homeruns, one of them by Menšík and suddenly, NC State was ahead 5-2. They kept the lead forcing the third game.
B4 | THREE ?s in FOUR at-bats. Bats are out today!
— #Pack9 ⚾️ (@NCStateBaseball) June 12, 2021
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NCSU 5, ARK 2 pic.twitter.com/gWcliPExC2
And the last game was very narrow, both team entered the last inning leveled at 2-2. NC State shortstop Jose Torres then blasted a solo homerun, silencing all Arkansas fans. While favorite still had their half of the inning, NC State closer Evan Justice didn’t let anyone on base and his team could celebrate advancing to the World Series. Wolfpack will play there only third time in the history and for the first time since 2013. Thanks to Vojtěch Menšík, this will be the first time Czech baseball has a player there.
College World Series starts on 19th of June and NC State will play against Standford. The whole schedule is available here.
| V. Menšík | Against | AB | R | H | RBI | 2B | 3B | HR | BB | SH | K | AVG |
| 6/11/2021 | at Arkansas | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .228 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6/12/2021 | at Arkansas | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .237 |
| 6/13/2021 | at Arkansas | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .237 |
After a great start to Coastal Plain League, Marek Chlup continues in his excellent performances. He added 3 HR, helping Holy Spring Salamanders to three wins.
Batting Game Log
| M. Chlup | Against | Result | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | HP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12.6. | Copperheads | L 1-3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.6. | @Copperheads | W 11-3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11.6 | @Copperheads | W 15-11 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9.6. | Pilots | W 2-1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Daniel Padyšák continued after his save in NECBL. In the previous week he played in a double header as a reliever. First against Bristol Blues in the eight inning, where he had two outs and no runs. On Sunday he then pitched against Ocean State, where he entered the game as a closer, while his team was winning 4-3. He kept the lead and his team could celebrate once again.
| D. Padyšák | Against | Result | IP | R | ER | H | SV | BB | SO | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13.6. | OceanState | W 4-3 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 10.6. | @Bristol | W 4-2 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
Michal Kovala also plays in USA and with his performance, he caught interest of Perfect Game organization, who wrote the article about him.
Czech Kovala makes Jr. Nat debut | Perfect Game USA
