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Baseball Carr and Painter Join Richmond RiverRats For Immediate Release: RICHMOND, Ind. — Earlham College will be represented this summer as baseball returns to McBride Stadium for the first time since 2005 with the initial season of the Richmond RiverRats in the Prospect League.
Junior Jake Carr (Richmond, IN/Richmond) and sophomore Adam Painter (Ft. Wayne, IN/Snider) are on the 26-player roster that features college players using wood bats. RiverRats manager Tyler Lairson is pleased to have both Earlham players. “Jake Carr brings a good left-handed bat,” said Lairson, who is a Richmond High School graduate and former professional player in the Frontier League. “We’re going to play Carr in our catching rotation, at third base and at designated hitter,” Lairson added. “It’s going to be nice to have him around.” Painter is expected to be a starting pitcher. “I hear very good things about him,” said Lairson, who is now a student assistant coach at Southern Illinois University where he played college baseball. “Pitchers love wooden bats. They try to see how many they can break. It should help with his success at the college level.” This will be the second summer for Carr in a wooden bat league. “The experience taught me a lot about hitting,” said Carr, who played last year in Portland, Ind. “I’m excited to see where I stand now and how much I’ve improved. It’s all about getting better.” An All-North Coast Athletic Conference First Team performer at catcher, Carr finished this season as the Earlham’s career batting average leader at .397 in three years. Carr, who shared Earlham’s Most Valuable Player honor this season, had a single-season record 55 hits this spring. He also set the career record for doubles with 33 and the single-season mark with 17. He also broke the single-season record for runs scored with 37 runs.
Painter was named Earlham’s Pitcher of the Year after leading the team with a 4.55 ERA and topping the squad with a 4-3 record. He led the team with four complete games and was also second on the team with 45 strikeouts. “It’s going to be a great opportunity for me,” the All-NCAC Second Team hurler said. “I’m really going to learn how to pitch.” Painter is happy about having a college teammate in the dugout this summer. “We’ve both talked about it non-stop,” he said. “It’s going to great to have him here with me. Off the field, he’s one of my best friends.” Richmond’s players report to training camp on May 31 with the season beginning at Chillicothe on June 4. The RiverRats home opener is against DuBois County at McBride Stadium on June 6. The Prospect League has 11 teams with players who have completed at least one year of collegiate baseball. The wooden bat league is in its first season, but it formed with the six-team Central Illinois Collegiate League that had operated since 1963. Local story in Richmond Palladium-Item. — EC — Contact: |
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Earlham College · 801 National Road West · Richmond,
Indiana 47374-4095 |