SUMMER 16
The Cape Cod League’s Cotuit Kettleers hung on to its No. 1 spot in PG Crosschecker’s Summer 16, a ranking of the nation’s top summer college teams. The Kettleers ran their record to 7-2 on the strength of a second straight outstanding pitching performance by sophomore righthander James Simmons (UC Riverside), who has not given up a run in his first two starts. He worked the first seven innings of a 4-0 win over Orleans on Tuesday. Last week, he blanked No. 2-rated Wareham over the first eight innings in a 7-2 win.
The nation’s top 16 college summer league teams, through games of June 27:
Team League Record LW
1. Cotuit Kettleers Cape Cod 7-2 1
2. Wareham Gatemen Cape Cod 7-3 2
3. Fayetteville Swampdogs Coastal Plain 15-3 3
4. Rochester Honkers Northwoods 18-7 4
5. Martinsville Mustangs Coastal Plain 14-3 5
6. Chatham A’s Cape Cod 5-3 6
7. McKinney Marshals Texas 14-3 16
8. Anchorage Glacier Pilots Alaska 11-3 NR
9. New Market Rebels Valley 14-4 7
10. Coppell Copperheads Texas 13-4 15
11. Orleans Cardinals Cape Cod 6-4 12
12. Florence Redwolves Coastal Plain 15-4 NR
13. North Adams Steeplecats New England 10-4 9
14. Waynesboro Generals Valley 13-5 10
15. Mat-Su Miners Alaska 9-3 8
16. DuBois County Bombers Central Illinois 11-6 11
--Compiled by Allan Simpson