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Date:  Source: NECBL Newport Gulls

NEWPORT, R.I. — The seventh duo of Solar Signings, powered by A1 Roofing, are rookies, RHP Tate DeRias from University of Miami and outfielder AJ Evasco out of Kansas State.

 

DeRias — a top 10 pitcher out of New Jersey, according to Perfect Game — has a 2.60 ERA in 34.2 innings across 15 games with the Hurricanes. The reliever has fanned 26 batters and only allowed 11 walks.

 

In April, DeRias reached his season-high strikeout count against Georgia Tech with five and exceeded his season-high in innings pitched with 5.1.

 

Evasco, the No. 1 outfielder out of Nebraska, is batting .293 as April winds down. He’s clocked 41 hits and 38 RBIs in just 37 games. 

 

On March 8 against William & Mary, Evasco set a season-high in two categories, batting in four runners and getting three hits.

 

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The Newport Gulls, members of the 13-team New England Collegiate Baseball League (NECBL), are a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, founded as the Rhode Island Gulls in 1998 in Cranston, R.I., before moving to Newport in 2001. In addition to recruiting, fielding, and developing a team of the nation’s top collegiate baseball athletes and attracting 50,000 fans annually to Cardines Field, the predominantly volunteer organization strives to benefit the community via summer camps, reading programs, fundraisers, scholarships, and charitable donations – totaling over $1 million since 2001. The Gulls are eight-time champions of the NECBL – the winningest franchise in league history – and were ranked as the overall No. 1 summer collegiate baseball team in the country by Perfect Game USA in 2012.

 

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