March 20, 2013
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Players of the Week
National
Player
Kris Bryant (Las Vegas, Nev.)
San Diego junior third baseman
Bryant went 5 for 12 (.417) in a three-game West Coast Conference
sweep of BYU with four home runs and eight RBI. His slugging percentage was
1.417 and on-base percentage of .588. Bryant had a three-run game-winning homer
in the series opener and a two-run game-winner in the 14th in the series finale.
National Pitcher
Pat Young (The Woodlands, Texas)
Villanova junior right-hander
Young hurled seven scoreless innings with three hits, no walks
and a career-high 18 strikeouts in an 8-2 victory over Chicago State. He faced
26 batters and only six balls were put in play, with three singles and three
groundouts. Young struck out the side in six innings and fanned the highest
total in Division I over the past two seasons.
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Regional Players of the Week
Northeast Player
Dominic Fratantuono (Linthicum, Md.)
Towson junior outfielder
Fratantuono went 12 for 22 (.545) in five games with three
doubles, one homer, eight runs and 11 RBI. He posted an on-base percentage of
.653 and slugging percentage of .919 as the Tigers won four of five contests.
Fratantuono scored seven and knocked in six in a three-game CAA sweep at
Hofstra.
Northeast Pitcher
Shawn O’Neill (Philadelphia, Pa.)
La Salle junior left-hander
O’Neill pitched a complete game one-hitter on Saturday in a 7-0
win over Chicago State. He allowed a pair of walks and struck out 10. O’Neill
faced just three over the minimum. It was his first career victory as an
Explorer, having transferred from Richmond. O’Neill sat out in 2012 after
transferring to La Salle.
Southeast Player
Zane Evans (Roswell, Ga.)
Georgia Tech junior catcher
Evans drove in nine in a three-game ACC sweep of Boston College.
Evans went 7 for 15 (.467) with two doubles, a triple, two homers and five runs.
He posted a slugging percentage of 1.133. Evans snapped a 2-2 tie with a two-run
homer in the fifth in Friday’s 12-5 victory over the Eagles.
Southeast Pitcher
Benton Moss (Enfield, N.C.)
North Carolina sophomore right-hander
Moss carried a no-hitter into the sixth in Saturday’s ACC victory
over Miami (Fla.). Moss allowed two hits and three walks in seven scoreless
innings. He tied a season high with nine strikeouts. The win was the fifth of
the season for Moss, the top mark in the ACC. His 39 strikeouts are fourth in
the conference.
Central Player
Mike Kozlowski (Crown Point, Ind.)
Murray State senior first baseman
Kozlowski batted .571 (12 for 21) in five games with six doubles,
one triple, one homer, six runs and 11 RBI. His slugging percentage was 1.095
and on-base percentage of .583 as the Breds won four of five. Kozlowski had a
pair of four-hit games and hit for the cycle on Saturday against UT Martin.
Central Pitcher
Jonathan Gray (Chandler, Okla.)
Oklahoma junior right-hander
Gray struck out a career-best 12 in a 1-0 complete-game win over
Northwestern State on Friday. Gray scattered five hits and did not walk a
batter. He improved to 4-1 and has not allowed a run in 16 consecutive innings.
Gray is second in the Big 12 with 39 strikeouts and 35.2 innings.
West Player
Brian Mundell (Valencia, Calif.)
Cal Poly freshman designated hitter
Mundell went 8 for 16 (.500) in four games with two doubles, two
homers, four runs and four RBI. He had the game-winning hit in both Mustang
victories. Mundell had a home run in the bottom of the 10th in a 6-5 win over
San Jose State on Tuesday. His three-run dinger on Thursday snapped a 3-3 tie in
a 6-3 win over Notre Dame.
West
Pitcher
Matt Boyd (Mercer Island, Wash.)
Oregon State senior left-hander
Boyd allowed two hits in seven innings in a 6-2 victory at
Arizona Friday to kick off Pac-12 play. Boyd surrendered one extra-base hit and
one earned run. He walked one and struck out six. Boyd recorded his fourth win
of the season and improved his career mark to 15-1, a school-record .938 winning
percentage.
Note -
regional players of the week are chosen based on their conference affiliation.
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