{"id":2862421,"date":"2016-06-07T10:37:01","date_gmt":"2016-06-07T14:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/?post_type=sn-article&#038;p=2862421"},"modified":"2016-06-07T10:37:01","modified_gmt":"2016-06-07T14:37:01","slug":"cbn-pinero-among-11-canadians-playing-ncaa-field-64","status":"publish","type":"sn-article","link":"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/baseball\/mlb\/cbn-pinero-among-11-canadians-playing-ncaa-field-64\/","title":{"rendered":"CBN: Pinero among 11 Canadians playing in NCAA field of 64"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By: Matt Betts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The NCAA Division I regionals are here and 11 Canadians are on the rosters of teams still alive and in the hunt as the road to the College World Series continues.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 28 Canadians were on the rosters of the NCAA field of 64 attempting to reach Omaha. A look at this year\u2019s Canucks still alive and headed into the NCAA tournament&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Infielder, Brad Antchak (Langley, BC)<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversity of Louisiana Lafayette Ragin\u2019 Cajuns<br \/>\nAntchak is hitting .233 this season for a Louisiana Lafayette team that prepares to host a regional. He has played in 44 games, making 32 starts so far. The Ragin\u2019 Cajuns will play host to fellow Canadian Louis Boyd and the Arizona Wildcats, Sam Houston State and Princeton.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Infielder\/Left Handed Pitcher, Mitch Bigras (Sarnia, Ont.)<\/strong><br \/>\nBoston College Eagles<br \/>\nBigras has hit .255 so far this season in 40 games, 24 starts for the Eagles. He is also labelled as a left handed pitcher but has yet to make an appearance this season. Boston College takes on Ole Miss, Tulane and Utah in the Oxford Regional. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Left Handed Pitcher, Mark Baughman (Calgary, Alta.)<\/strong><br \/>\nLouisiana Tech University Bulldogs<br \/>\nBaughman is 1-1 with a 4.70 ERA in 2016 for the Bulldogs. The big lefty has appeared in eight games, all in relief.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Infielder, Louis Boyd (North Vancouver, BC)<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversity of Arizona Wildcats<br \/>\nBoyd is hitting .255 in 50 games played, 44 of which were starts. Arizona is up against Louisiana Lafayette, Sam Houston State and Princeton.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Left Handed Pitcher, Fernando Fernandez-Beltram (Mercier, Que.)<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversity of New Mexico Lobos<br \/>\nFernandez-Beltram is 0-0 record with a 5.96 ERA while appearing in 18 games for the Lobos. New Mexico is locked in a regional with Texas Tech, Dallas Baptist and Fairfield. Their first game is against the Patriots of Dallas Baptist. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Infielder, Raphael Gladu (Trois Rivieres, Que.)<\/strong><br \/>\nLouisiana Tech University Bulldogs<br \/>\nGladu currently leads the Bulldogs in average with a .365 mark. Louisiana Tech readies for Mississippi State, Cal State Fullerton and Southeastern Missouri State.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Left Handed Pitcher, Ben Onyshko (Winnipeg, Man)<\/strong><br \/>\nStetson University Hatters<br \/>\nOnyshko currently holds a 2-1 record with a 4.26 ERA through 15 games, seven starts. The Hatters are in Coral Gables, Fla. to take on Miami, Florida Atlantic and Long Beach State. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Infielder, Daniel Pinero (Toronto, Ont.)<\/strong><br \/>\nUniversity of Virginia Cavaliers<br \/>\nPinero is hitting .335 so far this season. Virginia is hosting a regional that features Bryant, East Carolina and William &#038; Mary. The Cavaliers are the defending national champions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Outfielder, Jacob Robson (Windsor, Ont.)<\/strong><br \/>\nMississippi State University Bulldogs<br \/>\nRobson is currently fourth in average for the Bulldogs, hitting at a .335 clip. Mississippi State is hosting a regional that features Cal State Fullerton, Louisiana Tech and Southeast Missouri State. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Outfielder, Julian Service (Sarnia, Ont.)<\/strong><br \/>\nSoutheastern Louisiana University Lions<br \/>\nService has hit .284 in 25 games, 22 starts for the Lions this season. Southeastern Louisiana heads to Baton Rouge, La., home of in-state rival Louisiana State University for their regional. Along with LSU the Lions will also take on Rice and Utah Valley. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Infielder, Luke Tevlin (Toronto, Ont.)<\/strong><br \/>\nBinghamton University Bearcats<br \/>\nTevlin is hitting .250 on the year through 13 games played. Binghamton is up against host Texas A&#038;M, Minnesota and Wake Forest in their regional.<\/p>\n<p><em>This piece was originally published at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.canadianbaseballnetwork.com\/canadian-baseball-network-articles\/2016\/6\/4\/pinero-leads-11-canucks-in-ncaa-field-of-64\" target=\"_blank\">the Canadian Baseball Network<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NCAA Division I regionals are here and 11 Canadians are on the rosters of teams still alive and in the hunt as the road to the College World Series continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":151,"featured_media":2618117,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"apple_news_api_created_at":"","apple_news_api_id":"","apple_news_api_modified_at":"","apple_news_api_revision":"","apple_news_api_share_url":"","apple_news_cover_media_provider":"image","apple_news_coverimage":0,"apple_news_coverimage_caption":"","apple_news_cover_video_id":0,"apple_news_cover_video_url":"","apple_news_cover_embedwebvideo_url":"","apple_news_is_hidden":"","apple_news_is_paid":"","apple_news_is_preview":"","apple_news_is_sponsored":"","apple_news_maturity_rating":"","apple_news_metadata":"\"\"","apple_news_pullquote":"","apple_news_pullquote_position":"","apple_news_slug":"","apple_news_sections":[],"apple_news_suppress_video_url":false,"apple_news_use_image_component":false,"footnotes":"","disable_ec_suggest":"","writethru_meta":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"coauthors":[2995],"class_list":["post-2862421","sn-article","type-sn-article","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","sports-baseball","leagues-mlb","blogs-blue-jays-rundown","importance-normal"],"acf":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sn-article\/2862421"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sn-article"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/sn-article"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/151"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sn-article\/2862421\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2862441,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sn-article\/2862421\/revisions\/2862441"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2618117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2862421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2862421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2862421"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sportsnet.ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2862421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}