Week 4 begins for Tarp Skunks
League announces Week 3’s top players
NEW HARTFORD — Many players made their mark on the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League last week, but of the countless plays and moments, the performances of four players earned them Player and Pitcher of the Week Awards for Week 3. These awards take into account all of the stats for the games from June 15-21.
WEST DIVISION
Geneva righty Caden Breault (Susquehanna University) racked up 11 strikeouts in nine innings pitched to earn West Division Pitcher of the Week. He did not allow a run in either of his outings and held hitters to a .100 batting average surrendering just three hits.
Breault’s first outing came on Tuesday in a 16-14 loss to the Batavia Muckdogs. In that slugfest, Breault provided two hitless innings with four strikeouts. In Saturday’s doubleheader at Newark, Breault pitched a complete-game shutout for the Red Wings in a 7-0 win. He allowed three hits and two walks with seven strikeouts in that game.
In a 6-1 week for the Batavia Muckdogs, Jackson Inman (Salisbury University) went 13 for 22, good for a .591 batting average to earn West Division Player of the Week. With a homer and two doubles, Inman drove in 10 runs and scored five while stealing four bases. In Tuesday’s 16-14 win at Geneva, Inman reached base five times with two doubles and two walks, and drove in five runs while scoring three.
EAST DIVISION
Saugerties’ own Matt Murtagh (Siena University) had a dominant week on the mound to earn East Division Pitcher of the Week. The righty, who was part of the 2025 Stallions Championship team, made two appearances this past week out of the bullpen and in those seven innings allowed no runs on no walks and just one hit surrendered. Opponents had a .048 batting average off Murtagh while he collected six strikeouts.
Murtagh was the winning pitcher last Monday in Oneonta as the Stallions defeated the Outlaws 4-2. He allowed one hit in four innings of relief and recorded four strikeouts. He pitched again on Sunday when the Stallions defeated Glens Falls 5-0 at home, throwing three hitless innings with two punchouts.
The Amsterdam Mohawks went a perfect 5-0 this week, thanks in large part to third baseman Gabriel Rivera (Rutgers University), the East Division Player of the Week. Collecting nine hits in 18 at-bats for an even .500 batting average, Rivera had two home runs, four doubles, 15 RBIs, seven runs scored and three stolen bases.
On Wednesday, Rivera tied the Mohawks team record, which stood alone for 13 years, as he drove in eight runs. The Mohawks picked up an 18-3 victory as Rivera clubbed two three-run home runs. On Thursday, with his team trailing 4-2 in the seventh, Rivera stepped in with the bases loaded and produced a three-run double to put Amsterdam up 5-4 in an eventual 6-5 win over Saugerties.



