Week 8 Stats: 5 starts, .714 BA (10-for-14), 6 RBI, 3 R, 4 BB, 1.000 slugging pct., .737 OBP
McCarthy is on a tear at the plate, adding 150 points to his batting average over the past seven games. In five starts last week, the catcher hit .714 (10-for-14) and reached base at a .737 clip. He went 3-for-3 with a double and a RBI in a mid-week game against UConn and remained hot throughout the Bulldogs’ weekend series against NEC rival Mount St. Mary’s. McCarthy totaled seven hits and five RBI during Bryant’s four-game sweep of the Mount. He went 2-for-2 with two walks and two runs scored in the series opener, a 9-1 triumph. He led off the fifth inning with a solo home run that upped Bryant’s lead to 3-0 at the time. McCarthy hit safely in both halves of Bryant’s doubleheader sweep on Saturday. In Sunday’s finale, he went 3-for-4 with three RBI.