SCC Names Henry McAree and Luke Merkel As Co-Baseball Players of the Week

SCC Names Henry McAree and Luke Merkel As Co-Baseball Players of the Week:

Shoreline Community College announced on Tuesday that freshman pitcher Henry McAree and freshman outfielder Luke Merkel have been named "Co-Baseball Players of the Week" for the final week of the baseball season in 2013.

McAree fired a no-hitter on Friday night against Olympic College, allowing 2 walks with 8 strikeouts in the 7 inning game. Henry also threw 11 innings of shutout pitching the week before against Skagit Valley College, just allowing 3 hits, in a 14 inning 1-0 loss for SCC to the Cardinals.

Merkel went 3 for 7 (.429) in the doubleheader against Olympic College, scoring 2 runs with 3 RBIs plus had a stolen base and a sacrifice

The SCC team split a doubleheader with Olympic on Friday night, winning the no-hitter, 4-0 but then dropping a 5-4 game to the Rangers in the nightcap. OC forfeited to SCC on Sunday in the final games of the season.

Shoreline ended the season 21-21-1, the first .500 or better record in 23 years for the Dolphins.