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Monday, June 02, 2008

2007 GRW Bellamy Helps No. 1 Miami Over No. 2 Florida State, and is added to the Howser Trophy watch list... Posted April 25th, 2008

Sophomore Kyle Bellamy (Geneva '07) made three appearances in three games as first nationally-ranked Miami (Fla.) won two out of three games against second nationally-ranked Florida State this past weekend in Tallahassee, Fla.

Friday night, Bellamy struck out four over two scoreless innings as Miami took the opening game, 11-4. Bellamy held the Seminoles scoreless and hitless after starter Chris Hernandez had allowed four runs on nine hits in the first five innings.

Saturday, the Davie, Fla. native, pitched an inning and two-thirds as Florida State defeated Miami, 9-5. Bellamy allowed one unearned run on two hits. After yielding one run in the sixth, Bellamy retired the side in order in the seventh inning.

The Miami (Fla.) reliever faced four batters on Sunday and retired two. He allowed two runs on two hits, but Miami triumphed, 11-10, in a seven-inning contest.

This spring, Bellamy is 5-0 with two saves and 1.08 earned run average in a team-high 22 appearances. The sophomore has allowed four earned runs in 33.1 innings pitched, walked three and struck out 39. Opponents against Bellamy are batting .128 this season. He leads the top-ranked Hurricanes in earned run average and appearances and he is second on the team in strikeouts and third in victories.

Bellamy has also been added to the Howser Watch List. 50 Collegiate Baseball players are placed annually on the watch list for the Dick Howser Trophy. The Dick Howser Trophy is a national sponsorship that was created on behalf of Dick Howser to promote baseball excellence and scholastic achievement for collegiate baseball. The Howser Trophy is to baseball what the Heisman Trophy is to Football. Last year's winner was Vanderbilt's David Price, the #1 overall draft pick in 2007. Past winners include Jason Varitek, Mark Prior, J.D Drew, Todd Helton, Robin Ventura and Mark Teixiera.

Bellamy was a first team New York Collegiate Baseball League all-star last summer. He was 1-0 with a team-high 14 saves and 0.00 earned run average in 17 appearances. Bellamy pitched 17 innings, struck out 32, walked four and held opponents to a .028 batting average. He helped the Red Wings to the NYCBL playoffs for the first time since 2003.

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