SPRINGFIELD –Three future Drifters from UC Davis highlight this week’s Drifters Debrief as Evan Gentil, Keenan Anzai, and Zach Story all had amazing performances for the Aggies.
Gentil, a catcher from Elk Grove, Calif., had a ginormous week at the plate, going 4-for-13 with three home runs, one double, and 12 RBIs in three games vs. Nevada and one game against Cal. Anzai, a right-handed pitcher who recently signed with the Drifters, had his best performance of the season on Saturday, striking out eight batters across four frames. The sophomore from Trabuco Canyon, Calif., has 16 strikeouts in his last 10 innings pitched.
Story had a storybook ending for the Aggies in game one of their series against Nevada, blasting a solo shot in the bottom of the 10th for a walk-off winner for the Aggies. Story finished his weekend 4-14 with a home run, a double, and a pair of RBIs.
The trio’s future teammates, Matthew Tacheny and Griffin Scott, also performed well this weekend. Tacheny threw seven scoreless innings and struck out four for Linfield in a game against George Fox, and Scott struck out seven batters across five scoreless innings of one-hit baseball for Lane Community College to pick up his first win of the season – against Mt. Hood Community College.
Hunter Meyer, who will join the Drifters this summer from Cal St. Fullerton, has had a strong start to his freshman season and continued to shine this weekend against Xavier.
The outfielder from Rancho Cucamonga, Calif., went 5-12 for the Titans with two doubles and an RBI. Meyer has hits in five of his past six games.
Joining Meyer in the outfield this summer is Karsten Hansen from Lower Columbia College. Hansen had another great weekend, hitting .600, going 6-for-10 at the plate while walking six times for a .667 on-base percentage in four games for the Red Devils.
Three Drifters alumni had multi-home run performances this past week. Kayle Pisano (2024) had a remarkable 10 RBI with two homers in three games against Eastern Arizona for Central Arizona.
In Las Vegas, Dominic Hellman (2022) smashed two home runs and picked up three RBIs for Oregon as the Ducks won the Live Like Lou Vegas Classic with three games against Arizona, UC Irvine and Vanderbilt.
Nate Stevens (2022, ’24), a senior at Bushnell, homered in the final two games against the University of British Columbia to finish 5-for-12 with four RBIs for the Beacons. Stevens is hitting .361 with hits in 11 of the past 12 games.
Other notable performances from Drifters alumni include Sam Weber (2022, ’25), going 9-for-21 at the plate with two doubles and three RBIs for Lewis-Clark State and Nolan Miller (2024, ’25), the Drifters’ all-time hit leader, going 4-for-11 with a double and an RBI for Portland.
Miller leads the Pilots with 11 hits and a .314 batting average across nine starts on the bluff.
You can view the full list of Drifters alumni playing college baseball at driftersbaseball.com.
■ The Drifters begin their fifth season of West Coast League baseball on May 29, with their first home game scheduled for June 2. Season tickets are on sale at the team’s website, with single-game tickets available beginning April 2.
■ Team officials are building out their new website and fans can still stay up to date by following the team’s social media pages where player signing posts are made every Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
