Monday, June 21, 2004

MORAVIAN’S MIKE TRIMBLE, ETHAN ORDOG & STEVE TOMASZEWSKI
RANKED IN FINAL NCAA BASEBALL STATISTICS

INDIANAPOLIS, IN --- A trio of players from the Moravian College baseball team are ranked among the nation’s leaders in the final 2004 NCAA Division III statistics ranking of the season released Monday.

Junior catcher/third baseman Mike Trimble (Bethlehem, PA/Bethlehem Catholic HS) led the nation in sacrifice hits per game with an average of 0.37 after 11 sacrifice bunts in 30 contests. Senior outfielder/designated hitter Ethan Ordog (Roebling (NJ/Holy Cross HS) was ranked 100th in the same category with an average of 0.16 sacrifice hits per game (five sacrifice bunts in 11 games).

Junior pitcher Steve Tomaszewski (Bethlehem, PA/Bethlehem Catholic HS) finished the season 59th in the nation in earned run average with a 2.30 ERA. Tomaszewski, who had a 5-3 record for the Greyhounds, allowed just 14 earned runs in a team high of 54 2/3 innings this season.

Moravian finished the year with an overall record of 15-22, and the Greyhounds played I the 2004 Commonwealth Conference championship game, the first time Moravian had played for the conference title since 1990.