NECBL Stars Update: Missouri duo shine and Kirby excels

Graves (Missouri Baseball)

Graves dazzles in pitcher's duel
Brett Graves (Newport) pitched seven shutout innings on Saturday but was handed a no-descion as Missouri couldn't get onto the board and fell to Wake Forest, 1-0 on a walkoff single. Graves went seven strong, allowing just three hits and striking out six. It was the junior's longest outing since March 2012. Missouri dropped to 3-3.

Miles has excellent run support in win
John Miles (Vermont) threw five solid innings and was backed by 15 runs as Missouri beat Radford 15-3 on Friday. Miles earned his first win of the season and went five innings, allowing seven hits, two runs with three strikeouts and no walks.

Kirby leads top-ranked Virginia to victory
Nathan Kirby (Keene) threw six and a third innings and allowed two earned runs on three hits as the Cavaliers downed Eastern Carolina, 3-2 on Friday. Kirby struck out three and improved to 2-0 with an impressive 1.46 ERA on the season.

Shaw continues tear for BC

Michael Gerber (Photo by Creighton)

Chris Shaw (New Bedford) has been a machine for Boston College as he's hitting .370 over seven games with a team-highs with seven RBIs, five doubles and 10 hits. The 4-3 Eagles recently beat Stetson 8-0 with Shaw knocking in three runs while going 2-4.

Gerber grand slam leads Creighton to win
Michael Gerber (Ocean State) hit a grand slam in the ninth inning to ice a 8-0 win over Minnesota. Gerber leads Creighton with 8 season RBIs and is hitting .231 with a .462 slugging percentage and 12 total bases.