A Look-In on UMass Lowell Baseball Players in the Futures League

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The second half of the Futures League summer collegiate baseball schedule is under way. There are several members of the UMass Lowell River Hawks baseball team playing in this league. In part two of our tracking how they are doing this summer, we thought we would check in on their progress so far.

The Nashua Silver Knights have three members of this past spring River Hawk team on their roster. Relief Pitcher Andres Hulfachor has appeared in 13 games to date. His record is 0-2 with a 7.42 ERA. He has allowed 20 hits in 13.1 IP. His two losses were his worst outings of the summer for the Silver Knights. His very first appearance back on June 7 he went 0.2 inning, gave up three hits, four runs three of them earned vs the New Britain Bees. Then on July 2 vs the Westfield Starfires, Hulfachor went 1.2 innings allowing six hits and six runs of which four of them were earned. He has made five appearances without allowing a run.

Scott Donahue, who is expected to get the bulk of the catching duties next spring for the River Hawks, is also in Nashua. In a backup role for the Silver Knights, he is batting .184 (9-for-49) in 15 games. He has two multi-hit games to his credit. A three hit game vs Westfield on June 23, and a two hit game vs Vermont on July 13.

A guy that is expected to compete for the left field job come fall is getting plenty of playing time this summer in Nashua. River Hart has played in 28 games. He is hitting. 231 (21-for-91) l with six home runs, 18 RBI, and three doubles. Hart has scored 20 runs and stolen eight bases. He will need to cut down on his strikeouts this fall. So far, Hart has 31 in those 91 plate appearances.

Jake LeFrancois, who did not see any action for the River Hawks pitching staff, is in Worcester playing for the Bravehearts. He has appeared in five games with two of them being starts. He has a 1-0 record with a 6.51 ERA. In 9.2 innings pitched, he has allowed 10 hits, and has 13 SO to 7 BB. His worst outing was his very first one back on June 11 vs New Britain. He went two innings, gave up five hits and four earned runs. He has been better since.

Jacob Jette is pitching for the Futures League Road Warriors. He has made six starts going 24 innings. He has allowed 21 hits, with 15 strikeouts and 9 walks. His worst performance came on June 25 vs New Britain where he went four innings giving up six hits, seven runs, six of them earned. He has gone at least four innings in five of the six starts. He has gone five innings twice.

Jake Fitzgibbons is catching for this team. He is hitting .158 (6-for-38) with three RBI. He has 14 walks and 14 strikeouts. His last game on July 8 he had a two-hit game vs Vermont. Ryan Strand played only four games in the outfield for the Road Warriors. He went 1-for-13 with a .077 Batting average. He drove in one run.

That’s a look at how the River Hawks are doing in the Futures Baseball League. Next time we look at how they are doing in the NECBL.