Diamond Notes: Week of April 11th - April 16th
April 20, 2022
Diamond Notes is a weekly compilation of notes on South Carolina players from last week. Each week Coaches from across the state send in player notes and stats as the PBR staff is working to name a PBR Player of the Week. PBR scouts are also compiling player notes from attended games, as well as box scores from across the state.
Below we take a look at some of the top performers from this past week of the high school season. The SC Pitcher of the Week was from Carolina Forest High School, 2024 Nolan Alexander. The Player of the week was Brodey Conn from Daniel High School.
Weekly Updates - SC HS Season:
DIAMOND NOTES
Tanner Beckley, SS, James Island Charter High , 2023
+ .667 (6-9), 1 HR, 7RBI, 4 Runs, 3 BB, 2 HBP, 0 K
Hogan Garner, C/RHP, James Island Charter High , 2022
+ .583 (7-12), 3 2B, HR, 6 RBI, 2BB, 1HBP, 2 Ks/6ip, 4 hits, 1 BB, 8 Ks 0 runs
Johann Rodriguez, C, Chapman, 2023
+ 10 PA - 2BB - 5/8 - 2-2B, HR, 5 RBI, 2R, SB .700 OB%, .625 BA, .800 QAB%
Jaedon Goodwin , OF, Laurens , 2023
+ 8 for 21 / 1 2B/ 6 rbi/ 3 runs
Zach Fortman, shortstop, Clinton High School, 2023
+ 6 for 13 in four games, 7rbis, 4 Runs, 7 stolen bases, 2 walks, 1 HR
+ Clinton went 4-0 over the week with a saturday win over Laurens and 3 conference wins. All this occured over spring break week.
Zane McLendon, Second and DH, Clinton High School, 2023
+ Went 6-10, 6 runs, 2 walks, 7rbis in four games
+ Had the game winning Rbis on Sat against Laurens and Wednesday against Union
Gavin Troyer, SS/OF, Powdersville, 2022
+ 6/10, 2 R, 4 RBI, 1 BB, 1 2B, 1 SB
+ 3/4 and drove in all 3 runs in a 3-2 win over BHP to start spring break tournament
+ 28/57 (.491, .563 OBP), 6 2B, 3 HR, 25 RBI, 24 R, 9 BB, 5 K, 9/11 SB
Colt Babic, P/IF/OF, North Central High School, 2025
+ 6/12 0.500
+ Class of 2027 7th Grader picked up his first win on the mound against Ridgeview
+ BA 0.366 / OBP 0.422
Jackson Uldrick, Catcher , Abbeville, 2023
+ 5-7 3 HRs 7 RBIs
+ One of his HR was was to tie in the game in the top of the 7th in a region game we ended up winning to keep us in 1st place in our region
Matt Murray, SS/P, Greenwood, 2024
+ 3-8 2B, Walkoff HR 3 RBI
+ Matt pitched the final inning against Greenville. It was his first action on the mound in over a month (injury). He got the win and hit the walkoff 3 run HR to win it.
Lowndes Still, SS/P, Greenwood, 2022
+ 6-8 (.750) 2 RBI, 2 Runs scored
Hudson Lee, 1b/LHP, Dorman, 2022
+ 13 ab, 7- h, 1- 2b, 1- hr, 10 rbi, 6, r, 1-bb, 2- k, .538 ave, .846 obp, 1,379- ops-- 2 ip, 0 r, 0 bb, 5 k, .000 era
+ 9 ab, 4 h, 1-2b, 2 hr, 6 rbi, 4 r, 3 bb, 3 k, .444 ave, .538- obp, 1.222, slg, 1.761- ops-- 1 ip, 0 r, 0 h, 3 k, .000 era
+ In game 3 vs Byrnes, Mitch hit a 3 run home run at the beginning of the game and then another home run to propel the Cavs to a victory and sweep in the series.