Kruger Flying High in Colorado's Mountain Collegiate Baseball League

by Sports Information
8/1/05

LANCASTER, PA – Franklin & Marshall College senior co-captain Gary Kruger (East Islip, NY/East Islip) is having a season to remember for the Fort Collins (CO) Foxes of the Mountain Collegiate Baseball League.

Kruger, who has been playing third, second and leftfield for the Foxes, has led Fort Collins to the first place in the league with a 32-9 overall record as the team has clinched a playoff spot.

Through July 26, he is hitting .323 (30-for-93) with six doubles, two triples, 10 runs batted in, 23 runs scored, 16 walks and is 10-for-11 in stolen bases.

The Mountain Collegiate League is a four-team league as Fort Collins is joined with Laramie, Cheyenne and Greeley. Fort Collins clinched the top seed in for the best of three Championship series where they will face Laramie August 11, 12 and 13, if necessary.