Second Place Indians Have Player of the Week

Chipola baseball player Eric Sauls is this week’s FCCAA Baseball Player of the Week for April 20.
The sophomore outfielder from Tallahassee batted .348 (8-for-23) with three home runs and nine RBIs in five games for the Indians. Sauls hit safely in his final four games of the week. He scored at least one run in all five games and enjoyed a three-game stretch in which he drove in eight runs. In a three-game series against top-ranked Gulf Coast, he went 7-for-15 with two homers and six RBIs, including 4-for-7 in game one when he drove in the game-winning run in Chipola’s 14-13, ten-inning victory. Gulf Coast (15-4) has clinched the Panhandle Conference title. Chipola (11-10) has a good hold on second place in the league ahead of Pensacola (8-11), Northwest (8-11) and TCC (8-14). Gulf Coast is the top-ranked team in the state poll. Chipola is next highest Panhandle team at seventh place. PJC is tenth. Chipola outlasted Gulf Coast 10-9 on April 16 behind the pitching of CJ Riefenhauser. Aaron Etchison was 2 for 5, with 4 RBI. The Indians lost a 4-3 decision to Gulf Coast on April 17.