Vancil inks deal with Mariners
1/26/2010 9:56:40 PM | Baseball
SEATTLE -- Former ACU all-region pitcher Preston Vancil has signed a minor league contract with the Seattle Mariners and has been invited to their minor league spring training camp.
Vancil, 23, was 6-4 with a 3.26 ERA in 66 1/3 innings of work last summer for the Florence (Ky.) Freedom of the independent Frontier League. He joined the team July 17, two months after his ACU career ended when the Wildcats lost in the NCAA Division II South Central Region Tournament.
In 11 starts with the Freedom, Vancil allowed 42 hits, struck out 61 batters and yielded 44 walks, holding opposing batters to a .182 average. Vancil also threw the first no-hitter in franchise history on July 26 when he blanked Traverse City, 5-0.
Last season Vancil was voted a first team American Baseball Coaches' Association / Rawlings all-region selection. Vancil was only 5-6 on the season, but he posted an ERA of 3.54 while giving up just 49 runs (40 earned) in 101 2/3 innings of work. He ranked in the nation's top 10 in strikeouts with 108.
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