Burnaby's Alex Calbick is off to a hot start in the West Coast collegiate summer baseball league.
The University of Maine third baseman currently leads the Bellingham Bells with a .452 batting average and is second in runs batted in with seven in his first eight games this season.
Calbick, who played with the Coquitlam Reds of the Premier Baseball League prior to earning an athletic scholarship to Maine, had a big game in the first of a three-game series against the Kelowna Falcons on Friday.
The third-year NCAA Division 1 infielder had four hits, including a walk-off single that gave the Bells a 7-6 win over the Falcons in the series opener.
He also had a hit and a key run in a game-winning, four-run ninth to help Bellingham win the weekend series against Kelowna with 5-4 victory on Sunday.
In 31 at bats to start the summer league, Calbick is tied with a team-best 14 hits, including a double and one home run, while scoring six times for the Bells.
At school, Calbick batted .280, with 58 hits and 33 RBI. He also led the Black Bears in putouts with 434.
Calbick is one of three players, including pitcher Luke Morrill and Mike Connolly who will sign with the San Francisco Giants later this week, from Maine playing with the Bells.
"I'm thrilled that we could get them all the way over here across the country. They will definitely be critical pieces if we are to win the division," said Bellingham manager Gary Hatch in a team press release.
