Lone Star Conference play continued last week with Abilene
Christian sweeping its four-game series, while Southeastern
Oklahoma and East Central both won three of four games.
LSC Baseball teams are 199-188 overall this season. In the
NCAA South Central Region, the LSC is currently 9-6 combined versus
Heartland Conference squads and 5-1 against the Mid-America
Intercollegiate Athletics Association (MIAA).
Teams are competing for one of six spots in the Lone Star
Conference Championship to be held in Abilene, Texas, May 1-2-3-4.
Diamond Players of the Week
HITTER
Junnior Dishmey, Tarleton State, Jr., Second Base, Santo
Domingo, Dominican Republic
Dishmey has continued to excel at the plate since returning to the
Texans after an injury. Dishmey added to his hit streak on Tuesday
in San Antonio and has hit safely in his last seven games, which
included a 5-for-5 performance against Texas A&M-Kingsville in
doubleheader action in Stephenville on Friday. For the week, the
junior second baseman hit .647 while collecting 11 hits in 17 trips
to the plate. He a double and hit his first home run of the season
as well. Dishmey drove in seven runs and scored eight times while
slugging out an .882 percentage in five games over the weekend.
Koby Temple, East Central, Fr., Outfielder, Mesa,
Ariz./Valley Christian HS
Temple batted .619 (13-for-21) for the week with three homers,
three doubles, five runs scored and eight runs batted in as the
Tigers went 3-2 in games last week, taking 3-of-4 home contests
from Northeastern State and losing once at Oklahoma Baptist. He
finished the week with a 1.190 slugging percentage and a .636
on-base percentage. Temple had at least two hits in all five games
with his best performance being a 4-for-5 effort with a three-run
blast in a 13-12 win over NSU in the final game of the series on
Saturday. He also hit a solo-homer in a 19-15 victory over NSU on
Friday and added a solo-shot in an 8-2 loss at OBU on Tuesday.
PITCHER
Logan Grimes, Cameron, So., Pitcher, Simi Valley,
Calif./Central Connecticut
Grimes shut out a tough West Texas A&M team on Monday (March
29) for a dominant 8-0 victory in Lone Star Conference play. Logan
picked up the road victory against West Texas A&M giving up no
runs on only five hits for a total shutout victory. This was the
first time all season that West Texas A&M had been shut out;
Grimes also threw the first CU shutout of the year. Logan Grimes
held the Buffs to a mere .200 batting average with five strikeouts
and only one walk. Logan now posts an ERA of 3.68 with a record of
5-1 and has given up only one home run all season.
Kale Murphree, Central Oklahoma, Sr., Pitcher, Duncan,
Okla./Duncan HS
Murphree shut down No. 22-ranked Southeastern Oklahoma in leading
UCO to a 6-2 victory last week. The senior right-hander
scattered six hits, didn’t walk a batter and struck out four
while allowing one earned run as the Bronchos prevailed 6-2 in
eight innings. Murphree retired the last 10 batters he faced,
putting SOSU down in order in the sixth, seventh and eighth as UCO
overcame a 2-0 deficit to tie it with two runs in the seventh and
win it with four in the eighth.