River Cats Jai Miller Earns Pacific Coast League Player of the Week
Published on April 25, 2011 under Pacific Coast League (PCL1)
Sacramento River Cats News Release
WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif., April 25, 2011 - Sacramento River Cats center fielder Jai Miller was named the Pacific Coast League (PCL) Player of the Week for the week of April 18-24, League officials announced Monday. This marks the first time a River Cats player has won the weekly award this season.
The 26-year-old drove in four home runs through six games as the River Cats went 4-2. Miller totaled four multi-hit games for the week, while knocking in eight runs. In the series against Reno, Miller tallied three doubles, four home runs, seven runs scored and eight RBI, finishing 10-for-17 (.588) against the Aces. Miller currently leads the PCL in slugging percentage (.826) and ranks ninth in batting average (.391). He leads the Cats in home runs (5) and RBI (16).
Miller, from Selma, Alabama, is in his ninth professional season and his second stint with the River Cats. To begin the 2010 season he was claimed off waivers by Oakland and played 10 games with the River Cats before being claimed off waivers by the Royals less than a month later. At the conclusion of the 2010 season, Miller elected free agency and signed a minor league contract with Oakland this past offseason.
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