Prep Baseball Report

PBR NC Player of the Week for April 3-9: Jake Kuchmaner & Canaan Silver



By Brandon Hall
Director of Scouting, PBR NC

Follow Prep Baseball Report of NC
Twitter: @PrepBaseballNC
Instagram: @PrepBaseballNC
Facebook: @PrepBaseballNC

Player of the Week nominations are submitted by High School coaches across North Carolina each week.  Along with the nominations, Prep Baseball Report is diving into box scores, talking to coaches and scouts, and attending as many games as possible.  

For the week of April 3-9 two players stood out to earn PBR’s NC Players of the Week.  Jake Kuchmaner (LHP, Marvin Ridge HS, 2017) and Canaan Silver (LHP, McDowell HS, 2017) each threw no-hitters in conference play to win games by the score of 1-0.

Kuchmaner, an East Carolina commit, fired 81 pitches, 58 or which were strikes, en route to the no-no vs. Piedmont HS, striking out twelve.

Silver, a Spartanburg Methodist JC commit, worked a very similar line vs. Erwin HS.  In his complete game, Silver punched seventeen, using 94 total pitches.

PBR North Carolina Players of the Week – April 3 – 9, 2017

Jake Kuchmaner, LHP, Marvin Ridge HS, 2017
+ No Hitter in a 1-0 win over Piedmont HS
+ 7 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 12 K’s
+ 58 of 81 pitches for strikes.  Worked ahead in the count vs 16 of the 22 hitters faced
+ Also recorded 3 hits and 5 RBI’s in the 3 game sweep of Piedmont

Canaan Silver, LHP, McDowell HS, 2017
+ Threw a No-Hitter in a 1-0 win over Erwin HS
+ 7 IP, 0 H, 0 BB, 17 K’s
+ 66 strikes in his 94 pitches.  Worked ahead of 15 of the 23 hitters faced
+ Also had 3 hits in the 3 games during the week

Honorable Mentions

Riley Cameron, C/RHP, Union Pines HS, 2017
+ In 3 games, went 6-9 (.667) with 2 doubles, 1 HR, 6 RBI’s and 2 BB
+ Also pitched getting a win, moving his record to 4-2 overall
+ 6 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K’s

Shane McLeary, P, Union Pines HS, 2017
+ Complete Game Win
+ 7 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 K
+ Moves overall record to 4-1

Isaiah Hayes, SS, Reidsville HS, 2017
+ In 4 games went 8-14 (.571) with a double and triple
+ Week included 8 RBI’s, with four coming in one game
+ Scored 11 runs, including 5 in one game

Will Sandy, LHP, Leesville Road HS, 2018
+ Recorded the Win over Heritage HS
+ 7 IP, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 12 K’s

Christian Yarbrough, RHP/2B, Spring Creek HS, 2018
+ Recorded the win over Hobbton HS on the bump
+ Continued his hot hitting, which has increased his overall average to .468
+ Continued to reak havoc on the bases, increasing his stolen base number to 15

Carter Payne, RHP, Page HS, 2017
+ Got the win over rival Grimsley, working a 1 hit shutout
+ 5 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 6 K’s
+ Only needed 69 pitches in the outing

Josh Pike, RHP, Northern Guilford HS, 2017
+ Complete game 2-hitter in a win over Rockingham County
+ 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 11 K’s
+ Pike also had 2 hits and an RBI in the game