2016 Tech Baseball Capsule
TECH
Head coach: Bill Stuber, 11th season
2015 record: 19-11-1 (11-3 Sunrise, second)
Returning lettermen (starters): Eight (seven)
Top players: 2B Chandler Gehring (Jr.), 3B/P Trevor Kephart (Jr.), SS/P Alexis Acosta (So.) C Jayce Otis (Jr.), OF Jalen Birch (Sr.)
Outlook: Seven starters return for the Roadrunners who are hoping to follow up on last year’s strong campaign.
Acosta (.421, 33 runs, 21 RBIs; 7-1, 2.33 ERA, 58 strikeouts), Kephart (.411, 26 RBIs; 3-3, 2.91 ERA), Gehring (.400, 19 RBIs), Otis (.309, 22 RBIs) and Birch (.288) all return and should be among the top contributors.
“We hope to continue our playoff run and improve on what we did last year,” Stuber said.