Tony V. - Athlete of the Week

Written by Athletic Director Mike Thomas
May 9 - May 13

The St Rose baseball team won all three games last week, to clinch their first season in 13 years with a regular season championship. We finished 9-1 with wins last week over St Thomas More, Loyola, and Nativity.

We’ve relied heavily on several players through the season, and on Thursday, with the league title on the line, three of them were absent. Two were playing with their other teams and one was at a high school orientation. All 9 players who showed up contributed to our 5-3 victory over Nativity, but it fell largely on Tony V.’s shoulders to carry us through. Tony pitched a complete game, going 6 innings, allowing only 2 hits, while striking out 15. For the math challenged, of the 18 outs recorded, 15 were punched out. Tony also had two triples, scored three runs, stole home, and had two RBI. This capped a week where Tony went 5-9, scoring 10 runs, and stealing five bases. He finished the season with a .458 batting average, a team leading 11 hits, and a team leading 15 runs. He also went 1-0 on the mound with a 4.52 ERA, striking out 19 in 9 1/3 innings pitched.