Charleston Riverdogs go 15-12 in second season

The Charleston Riverdogs collegiate level baseball program recently finished its 2014 campaign with a record of 15-12.

The second-year program, established in 2013, is composed of players throughout the southeast Missouri region who are currently playing at the collegiate level.

The Riverdogs play their home games at Saxony Lutheran High School and Hillhouse Park in Charleston, Missouri.

"The team played better as the year went on," Charleston Riverdogs baseball coach Paul Sander said. "We started 1-6, but once the guys got used to playing together we came together pretty well to finish 15-12. We play very good competition in the St. Louis area, and this will only make the college players on the team better for their respective school teams next spring. For a second-year team we were very competitive and we are happy to finish above .500. We will look to build on our team next summer."

17 hitters recorded at least one at-bat for the Riverdogs and 11 pitchers threw at least one pitch.

Tyler Anderson hit three of the Riverdogs' eight home runs.

Spencer Sander tallied a team-high 31 hits, scored a team-high 18 runs and finished with a team-high batting average of .392.

Alex Beussink and Trey Tigart were the workhorses of the pitching staff.

Tigart finished 6-2. He pitched 47 innings.

Beussink was 4-4. He threw 39.2 innings and recorded the team's only save.

"These guys were a great group to coach," Sander said. "I try and keep them organized and manage the games. I don't try to coach them too much. I don't want to change what their college coaches are trying to get them to do. It was a fun atmosphere, but at the same time we played hard to win as many games as we could."

View complete stats for the 2014 summer season below:

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OFFENSIVE STATS

Name AB's Runs Hits Avrg. Walks K's HR's

Jacob Wilson 65 17 19 .292 14 13 1

Spencer Sander 79 18 31 .392 9 4 0

Dylan Koehler 71 16 21 .296 15 14 1

Blake Gaddis 72 17 20 .278 15 20 2

Patrick Shuff 63 13 17 .270 5 13 0

Jared Walker 56 10 14 .250 11 10 0

Caleb McCord 19 1 4 .211 3 5 0

Tyler Anderson 53 13 19 .359 3 11 3

Ian Householder 32 7 8 .250 5 5 0

Greg Craft 32 5 8 .250 9 11 0

Seth Childers 29 11 12 .414 5 6 1

Paul Johnson 12 3 3 .250 1 4 0

Alex Beussink 13 2 1 .077 1 1 0

Cord Sheehy 33 7 11 .333 6 6 0

Jon Winkler 17 1 3 .177 6 3 0

Trey Tigart 10 5 2 .200 0 2 0

Connor Scott 3 0 0 .000 1 2 0

PITCHING STATS

Name Wins Losses IP GP Saves

Tyler Anderson 0 0 2.1 1 0

Cord Sheehy 2 2 3.1 9 0

Ian Householder 1 2 17.2 8 0

Alex Beussink 4 4 39.2 9 1

Trey Tigart 6 2 47 9 0

Justin Wallace 0 0 3.2 3 0

Jared Walker 0 0 1 1 0

Connor Scott 2 1 22 5 0

Justin Simpher 0 1 2.2 2 0

Anders Nelson 0 0 3 2 0

Jon Winkler 0 0 1 1 0