Hanson Helps Trenton Generals to ACBL Playoffs
BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- Rising junior outfielder Matt Hanson of the Moravian College baseball team has continued his strong play from the spring into the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League this summer with the Trenton Generals, helping the squad to the top seed in the ACBL playoffs that begin Friday, August 2nd in Ridgefield Park, N.J.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. --- Rising junior outfielder Matt Hanson of the Moravian College baseball team has continued his strong play from the spring into the Atlantic Collegiate Baseball League this summer with the Trenton Generals, helping the squad to the top seed in the ACBL playoffs that begin Friday, August 2nd in Ridgefield Park, N.J.
Hanson was a key player for the Greyhounds as the squad captured the 2013 Landmark Conference title back in May and played in the NCAA Division III Auburn N.Y. Regional before he headed to the wooden bat league for the summer. The Generals finished the ACBL regular season with a 27-13 and earned the top seed in the playoffs through a tiebreaker with the Allentown Railers. (http://www.trentongeneralsbaseball.com/view/home.html)
Hanson joined the Generals halfway through the ACBL season and has helped Trenton to an 11-6 record in the 17 games he has seen action in. Hanson has started 14 of the 17 contests he has played including 13 in right field, and he is batting in the leadoff position for Trenton. Hanson is hitting .275 with 14 hits in 51 at-bats, and he has added 13 runs scored, nine walks, 14 RBI, three stolen bases, three doubles, a triple and a pair of home runs, one in each game of a doubleheader at the Staten Island Tide on July 28th including a grand slam.
Hanson started 39 games for the Greyhounds last spring and led the squad with a .377 average including 52 hits, 33 runs, 13 doubles, five triples, 20 RBI, 15 walks and 15 stolen bases. He was named to the Landmark All-Conference First Team and the American Baseball Coaches Association/Rawlings All-Mid-Atlantic Region Third Team in May.
The Generals, who have won eight straight games heading into the ACBL playoffs, will play the fourth-seed North Jersey Eagles in the opening game of the double-elimination tournament on Friday at 2:00 p.m. at Overpeck-Ridgefield Park, the Eagles home field in Ridgefield Park. The entire ACBL playoffs can heard on IYM Sports Radio at http://www.iymsportsradio.com/listen.asp.
