March 6, 2013
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Players of the Week
National Player
A.J. Reed (Terre Haute, Ind.)
Kentucky sophomore first baseman/pitcher
Reed went 10 for 19 (.526) at the plate in five games with three
home runs, one double, six runs and 15 RBI. He had 20 total bases for a slugging
percentage of 1.053. Reed walked once and was plunked three times for an on-base
percentage of .609. Reed also pitched six innings with four strikeouts against
Akron on Friday.
National Pitcher
Kevin Ziomek (Amherst, Mass.)
Vanderbilt junior left-hander
Ziomek tossed his first collegiate complete game, allowing one
hit in a 9-0 win over UIC. He recorded a career-high 15 strikeouts and retired
22 of the final 23 batters. Ziomek fanned at least one in eight of the nine
frames and he struck out two or more in six innings. The lone hit was a single
in the second.
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Regional Players of the Week
Northeast Player
Adam Wayman (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.)
Rider senior third baseman
Wayman hit .600 (9 for 15) in four games for the Broncs. He had
three doubles, five runs and five RBI in four victories. Wayman walked four
times and posted a slugging percentage of .800. Wayman was perfect in the field
as well, handling six assist and one putout with no errors.
Northeast Pitcher
Mike Bradstreet (Lansdale, Pa.)
Rhode Island senior right-hander
Bradstreet pitched a 3-0 shutout against Ohio on Saturday. He
carried a no-hitter into the seventh and allowed just two hits in the contest.
Bradstreet did not walk a batter and struck out a career-high 10. Bradstreet
needed just 98 pitches over the nine innings and faced two batters over the
minimum.
Southeast Player
Zane Evans (Roswell, Ga.)
Georgia Tech junior catcher
Evans batted .579 (11 for 19) in five games with four home runs,
eight runs and nine RBI. Evans posted a slugging percentage of 1.212 in five
wins. He walked three times and did not strike out, registering an on-base
percentage of .636. Evans went 3 for 5 with two homers and five RBI on Tuesday
at Georgia Southern.
Southeast Pitcher
DJ Johnson (Adel, Ga.)
Mercer junior right-hander
Johnson pitched a one-hit shutout against Miami (Ohio) on
Saturday. Johnson did not walk a batter and struck out four. He needed 111
pitches for the 11-0 victory. Johnson has not surrendered a run in his past two
starts and extended his personal consecutive scoreless innings streak to 18.0.
Central Player
Forrestt Allday (Friendswood, Texas)
Central Arkansas senior outfielder
Allday went 11 for 20 (.550) in five games with a homer, eight
runs and eight RBI. He also went 5 for 5 on stolen base attempts in the five
victories. Allday went 3 for 5 with a dinger and four RBI against Mississippi
Valley State on Tuesday. He was 4 for 5 in a win over Wichita State on Saturday.
Central
Pitcher
Jordan Hymel (Gramercy, La.)
Southeastern Louisiana senior left-hander
Hymel pitched the fifth no-hitter in program history on Sunday in
a 9-0 win over Texas Southern and the first since 1979. Hymel walked six, hit
one batter and struck out seven. It was his first collegiate complete game and
his first victory of the season as he evened his record at 1-1.
West Player
Austin Byler (Peoria, Ariz.)
Nevada sophomore third baseman
Byler batted .615 (8 for 13) in four games with three doubles,
three home runs, five runs and 13 RBI. His slugging percentage was 1.538 during
the 3-1 week. Byler had a pair of game-winning hits against Holy Cross, a
three-run homer in the eighth on Saturday and RBI single in the bottom of the
ninth on Sunday.
West
Pitcher
Mark Appel (Houston, Texas)
Stanford senior right-hander
Appel pitched a three-hit shutout against Texas on Friday, a 2-0
victory. Appel carried a no-hitter in the sixth. He walked one and tied his
career high with 14 strikeouts. Following a first-inning walk, Appel retired 13
consecutive batters. Appel has recorded double-figure strikeouts in his past two
starts.
Note -
regional players of the week are chosen based on their conference affiliation.
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