The University of Mississippi Athletics
Denny, Weathersby In Summer All-Star Games
7/18/2013 | Baseball, Blog
Left-handed pitcher Matt Denny andright-handed pitcher Scott Weathersby both represented Ole Miss in collegiatesummer baseball league all-star games Wednesday night. They are among several members of theRebel baseball team participating in summer league ball during the offseasonbefore returning to Ole Miss in the fall.
Weathersby plays for the SouthernCalifornia Catch of the California Collegiate League. He was named to the SouthDivision All-Star team and picked up the win, as the South All-Stars defeated the North All-Stars, 3-2. Weathersby worked a perfect fifth inning with a strikeout.
The junior right-hander is 4-0 with a2.08 ERA. He also has 23 strikeouts against six walks in 24.1 innings overseven games as both a starter and reliever. His best outing came against the AcademyBarons on July 8 when he allowed just one hit with no walks and six strikeoutsin five scoreless innings.
Watchin my boy @S_Weathersby40 on SportSouth!! #CCL All Star!!!
-- Tanner Mathis (@tgmathis12) July 18, 2013
Denny plays for the Baltimore Redbirds ofthe Cal Ripken Collegiate Baseball League. He was named to the North DivisionAll-Star team but did not appear in the game.
The sophomore left-hander is 2-1 with a2.66 ERA, which included a 16-inning scoreless streak. He also has 21strikeouts against eight walks in 23.2 innings over five starts. His best outing came against the HerndonBraves on June 29 when he worked six scoreless innings, allowing just two hitswith no walks and five strikeouts.
Another Ole Miss player who has impressedthis summer has been junior right-hander Chris Ellis, who plays for the CotuitKettleers of the Cape Cod League. He ranks ninth in the league in opponents'batting average and 10th in earned run average.
Ellis is 2-2 with a 2.05 ERA. He also has20 strikeouts against nine walks in 30.2 innings over six starts, whilelimiting opposing hitters to a .212 batting average. Among the six starts, hetossed six shutout innings on three separate occasions.
In his best outing, the junior right-hander took a no-hitter intothe seventh inning against the Harwich Mariners on June 21, allowing just one unearnedrun on one hit with two walks and three strikeouts.