UF Baseball's Hudson Randall Named To CB360 Weekly Honor Roll
Tuesday, March 8, 2011 | Baseball
University of Florida sophomore pitcher Hudson Randall (Atlanta, Ga.) was named to the Primetime Performer Weekly Honor Roll produced by CollegeBaseball360.com on Tuesday.
Last Saturday, the right-hander combined with junior reliever Anthony DeSclafani (Freehold, N.J.) for rare one-hitter in a 1-0 win over No. 24 Miami, with the top-ranked Gators going on to sweep the rivalry series. Randall led the way for Florida's first shutout of the Hurricanes since 2004, UF's first shutout of Miami in Gainesville since 1994 and only Florida's seventh shutout in the 226-game history of the series.
He allowed only two base-runners (hit & hit batter) in his 7.0 innings, surviving a pitcher's duel with E.J. Encinosa while facing 23 batters, two above the minimum. Fifteen of Randall's 21 outs came via groundouts (10) and strikeouts (5) in the 86-pitch outing. The righty set down the first seven batters of the game before plunking Dale Carey, who stole second before Randall induced a fly-out from Zeke DeVoss. He then retired the next eight batters before Carey's leadoff single in the sixth (the runner advanced on a sacrifice bunt and groundout, but Shane Rowland's tapper back to the mound preserved the shutout).
Over three starts, Randall (1-0) has compiled a 1.00 earned run average with 15 walks and zero walks this season in 18.0 innings. Opponents are hitting .188 against him.
Primetime Performer Award Criteria (not based solely on raw stats, but rather … )
• Must have been playing for or against a CB360 top-50 team (in the Composite National Rankings) or performed a high level in games that could be key to a team's conference/NCAA postseason qualification; made significant contribution to team's postseason positioning (single-game wins, “quality” wins, series wins, road wins, etc.).
• Involved in clutch performances, such as late game-winning hits, noteworthy comebacks, game-changing plays, team leadership, key defensive efforts, etc.
• Performed at a top level against a team rated highly nationally (or within its conference), with bonus consideration given for key performances away from home field and vs. traditional rivals.
• Overcame adversity or extreme circumstances (for the team and/or individual).
• Any accomplishment that is rare, historic, record-setting, etc., on a national level.
Rice freshman right-hander Austin Kubitza (Colleyville, Texas) and Utah junior first baseman C.J. Cron (Phoenix, Ariz.) headlined the week-3 CB360 Primetime Performers for Division I baseball, with Cron the Primetime Player of the Week and Kubitza the Primetime Pitcher for the week of Feb. 28-March 6, as selected by CollegeBaseball360.com.
The other seven members of the week-3 CB360 Primetime Performers Weekly Honor Roll include: St. Mary's junior RHP Mark Anderson (Tempe, AZ) … Connecticut junior RHP Matt Barnes (Bethel, CT) … Florida State sophomore 1B Jayce Boyd (Contonment, FL) … Cal State Bakersfield junior RHP Tommy Hoenshell (Orange County, CA) … Nebraska sophomore 2B Bryan Peters (Ft. Collins, CO) … Long Beach State junior RHP Shawn Stuart (Turlock, CA) … and Texas-Arlington freshman LF/3B/2B Ryan Walker (Arlington, TX).
The 10 honorees include six pitchers (all RHPs), plus a pair of first basemen, a second baseman and an outfielder/infielder utility player. The group features five juniors, three sophomores and two freshmen – with the 10 hailing from seven different home states: two each from Arizona, California and Texas, plus one each from Colorado, Connecticut, Florida and Georgia. http://collegebaseball360.com/2011/03/08/rice-rookie-pitcher-kubitza-utah-first-baseman-cron-lead-week-3-cb360-primetime-performers/
For all of the latest information on Florida baseball, log on to http://www.gatorzone.com/baseball/ or, for up-to-the-minute updates, follow the team's Twitter account @GatorZoneBB at www.twitter.com/GatorZoneBB.
