jacobson's k's

I just looked through 400 or so box scores. It didn't take as long as I thought it would. My eyes hurt, though.

But anyways.

It appears that Brett Jacobson's 15-strikeout performance for Harwich last night is the best single-game mark of the season. The previous high for one game was 12 strikeouts. Christian Friedrich did it for Falmouth June 26 and Pat McAnaney did it for Orleans July 22.

More impressive is that Jacobson did it in just six innings. As I mentioned earlier, he got all but three outs by strikeout, which is pretty astounding.

Jacobson will be a junior at Vanderbilt this year. The 6'6" righty has been labeled as a big prospect in the past and Baseball America rated him as the 12th-best pro prospect coming out of high school in 2005. Jacobson started 13 games for Vandy as a sophomore, going 6-3 with a 3.15 ERA. He struck out 58 in 74.1 innings.

For Harwich this summer, Jacobson is 2-3 with a 3.67 ERA. His big night lifted his strikeout total to 51 in 41.2 innings.