{"status":"ok","count":1,"count_total":1002,"pages":1002,"posts":[{"id":5415,"type":"post","slug":"schypinski-heatherly-earn-miaa-top-baseball-honors","url":"http:\/\/blogs.detroitnews.com\/collegesports\/2013\/05\/07\/schypinski-heatherly-earn-miaa-top-baseball-honors\/","status":"publish","title":"Schypinski, Heatherly earn MIAA top baseball honors","title_plain":"Schypinski, Heatherly earn MIAA top baseball honors","content":"

Albion College senior Mike Schypinski earned the title of MIAA Most Valuable Pitcher in voting by the league baseball coaches.<\/p>\n

Schypinski, a native of Sterling Heights, was 6-2 with a 3.07 earned-run-average. He led the MIAA in innings pitched (45.2) and was second in strikeouts (37) and victories (5).<\/p>\n

Schypinski was at his best in a 4-0 complete game shutout over Calvin April 26, allowing just six hits.<\/p>\n

Schypinski also defeated MIAA-power Adrian 3-2 April 6, pushing his record to 4-0 and Albion’s league mark to 7-2. However, Albion lost 16 of its final 19 MIAA games to finish 10-18 in the league, missing the four-team postseason tournament while suffering a sixth straight losing season.<\/p>\n

Adrian rebounded from that loss to win 15 of its final 19 league games to earn a share of the regular-season title with Hope.<\/p>\n

Dan Heatherly (Trenton) of Adrian was named Position Player of the Year. He hit .366 in league games with four home runs and 21 RBI.<\/p>\n

Hope College will host the MIAA Baseball tournament this week, earning the right by winning three of four games in the series with Adrian.<\/p>\n

First-round games will be held at two sites Wednesday with No. 4 seed Calvin (16-23) playing at No. 1 seed Hope (26-13) while No. 3 seed Trine (22-18) plays at No. 2 seed Adrian (28-12). The games start at 4.<\/p>\n

The tournament shifts to Boeve Stadium in Holland Thursday with the two winners playing at 10 a.m. and the two losers at 1. The championship will be decided Friday.<\/p>\n","excerpt":"Albion College senior Mike Schypinski earned the title of MIAA Most Valuable Pitcher in voting by the league baseball coaches. Schypinski, a native of Sterling Heights, was 6-2 with a...","date":"2013-05-07 17:51:39","modified":"2013-05-07 17:51:39","categories":[],"tags":[],"author":{"id":42,"slug":"dgoricki","name":"David Goricki","first_name":"David","last_name":"Goricki","nickname":"dgoricki","url":"","description":"","simple_local_avatar":""},"comments":[],"attachments":[],"comment_count":0,"comment_status":"open","custom_fields":{}}]}