How Gamecocks are performing in summer baseball league action: July 15 update

With the college baseball season now over, the focus shifts to the summer, where many players are playing in summer collegiate baseball leagues.

Multiple Gamecocks are spending their summer playing with various teams across the country. Most are incoming players, but a few key returnees are also playing.

Here’s a look at how those players have performed so far.

Tyler Bak — Valley Blue Sox, New England Collegiate Baseball League

Bak hasn’t played since June 13. While hitting leadoff for the Blue Sox, the Wofford transfer had been slashing .600/.739/.867 with nine hits in 15 at-bats, including one homer and three RBI. He’s struck out three times, walked seven and stolen five bases without being caught.

Elijah Foster — Brewster Whitecaps, Cape Cod League

Foster only made one start this summer, which came on June 15. In a three-inning outing, he gave up two unearned runs on one hit. He struck out one but walked three and plunked one more to finish with four free passes.

Seth Graham-Pippin — Mahoning Valley Scrappers, MLB Draft League

Graham-Pippin no longer appears on Mahoning Valley’s roster. It was a tough summer for the right-hander as he’s pitched to a 15.26 ERA in five relief appearances with seven strikeouts and nine walks.

Josh Gunther — Bourne Braves, Cape Cod League

Gunther made two starts on the mound to begin his time in the Cape, but he struggled mightily and gave up 12 runs in four innings. His struggles haven’t fully gone away since moving to the bullpen. He picked up his first save of the summer on July 4, striking out three and walking two in a scoreless ninth inning. In his last outing, he gave up three runs with three strikeouts and one walk in 1.1 innings on July 12. Gunther is 0-2 with a 15.95 ERA in 7.1 innings and has struck out 11 and issued nine walks.

Dawson Harman — Sanford River Rats, Florida Collegiate Summer League

Harman has had himself a nice summer as he’s hitting .347/.460/.542 with two homers and 20 RBI in 72 at-bats. He’s struck out 23 times with 13 walks and stolen seven bases in eight tries. Harman saw a nine-game hitting streak come to an end on June 23. After that, he went 4-for-9 with a double and four RBI. He’s mostly played third base with some time at first base and in right field. He was selected as a reserve for the FCSL All-Star Game but hasn’t played since July 2.

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Beau Hollins — Lexington County Blowfish, Coastal Plain League

Hollins hasn’t played since June 12. He’s slashing .238/.360/.429 with one homer and five RBI in 21 at-bats over six games. On June 4, he hit a walk-off three-run homer to give the Blowfish a run-rule win over the Boone Bigfoots.

Caleb Hoover — Santa Barbara Foresters, California Collegiate League

Hoover is hitting .198 with one homer and nine RBI in 26 games. It’s been a tough summer for him to get going as he’s had 16 hits in 81 at-bats. He’s struck out 28 times with 15 walks.

Cullen Horowicz — Trenton Thunder, MLB Draft League

Horowicz made four appearances with the Thunder this summer and didn’t allow a run in 4.1 innings of work. The right-hander struck out two and walked two. He picked up his first save in a 5-3 win over the Scrappers on June 10. He pitched one clean inning with a strikeout in his last outing.

Jake McCoy — Harwich Mariners, Cape Cod League

McCoy reached his innings limit for the summer after making three starts in the Cape. The left-hander pitched to a 1.46 ERA with 25 strikeouts and three walks over 12.1 innings. He also plunked three batters, but his command proved to be much sharper.

Erik Parker — Wisconsin Rapids Rafters, Northwoods League

Parker hasn’t played since June 26. In 16 games, he’s hit .333/.500/.412 with no homers and 10 RBI over 51 at-bats. He’s walked 16 times and struck out eight. He’s also been solid on the basepaths with nine stolen bases in 12 attempts. The Georgia transfer had a six-game hitting streak snapped in his latest action on June 26. He was 11-for-23 (.478) with two extra-base hits and six RBI during that hot stretch. His defense has been shaky, though, with 11 errors and a .761 fielding percentage.

Alex Philpott — Brewster Whitecaps, Cape Cod League

Philpott got off to a solid start this summer, making three scoreless appearances with eight strikeouts and no walks. He earned his first start on July 2 but couldn’t make it through the first inning as he gave up seven runs on six hits in 0.2 innings of work. The right-hander moved back to the bullpen for his latest outing, in which he allowed one unearned run in three innings with three strikeouts and one walk on July 6. He’s now 0-1 with a 6.10 ERA, 12 strikeouts and one walk in 10.1 innings.

KJ Scobey — Lexington County Blowfish, Coastal Plain League

Scobey’s stint with the Blowfish was short as he only played in six games and went 7-for-24 (.292) with four doubles, three RBI, three walks and eight strikeouts. All of his starts with the Blowfish have been at shortstop. He was invited to training camp with the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team in late June, but did not make the team’s final 26-man roster.

Logan Sutter — Healdsburg Prune Packers, California Collegiate League

Sutter is hitting .320 with seven homers and 24 RBI in 29 games. He’s struck out 22 times with 23 walks. The right-handed slugger had been on a tear, hitting four homers in three games from June 27-29. However, he’s recently been on a bit of a skid with one hit in his last 24 at-bats. Most of his starts have been at third base, but he’s also played some first base and left field. He’s hit in the middle of the order, typically in the three-hole with the Prune Packers.

Alex Valentin — Bourne Braves, Cape Cod League

Valentin’s summer in the Cape has come to an end. He made three starts and went 0-2 with a 6.55 ERA. The left-hander has struck out seven and walked nine in 11 innings of work. In his last start on July 1, Valentin gave up six runs (four earned) in two innings and struck out two batters with three walks.

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