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A1 Solar Signings

Date:  Source: NECBL Newport Gulls

NEWPORT, RI — Newport is thrilled to announce two more Solar Signings, powered by A1 Roofing, in redshirt sophomore LHP Chris Grothues from UCLA and redshirt freshman infielder Petey Craska from North Alabama.

 

Grothues has pitched 16.1 innings for the No. 14 Bruins so far with 18 strikeouts to show for it. 

 

In a series against Penn State from April 25-27, his combined 4.2 scoreless innings pitched lowered his ERA to 1.65, the lowest it’s been all season.

 

As of May 1, Craska is batting .326 for North Alabama with 46 hits and 22 RBIs in 42 starts. He’s ranked No. 2 in Georgia, his home state, in first basemen, via Perfect Game.

 

Stay tuned for more Solar Signings, powered by A1 Roofing, before the summer. Go Gulls!

 

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.

 

For more information about the Newport Gulls, visit facebook.com/newportgulls, follow the Gulls on Twitter @NewportGulls or visit www.newportgulls.com.