Blue Devil baseball players honored

Published 7:20 pm Tuesday, April 1, 2014

The Riverland Community baseball team has had three of the four MCAC Southern Division players of the week so far this season.

This past week saw Cody Schact, a sophomore pitcher from Glitner, Neb., and Ruben Corea, a freshman outfielder from Orlando, Fla., honored.

Schacht improved to 3-0 and kept his ERA at 0.00 in tossing four innings of 1-hit ball while striking out 10 and walking 0.

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Corea maintained his .500 batting average (24-for-48) by going 3-for-6 with a double, triple, 4 runs and 4 RBIs. Corea is slugging at a .656 clip with an on-base percentage of .529.

Last week Brock Rude, a sophomore pitcher from Onalaska, Wis., tossed 11 shutout innings, earning 2 wins and 1 save in the process. Rude struck out 13, while walking only one opposing hitter.