Coastal Plain League Names Players of the Week for Week Seven
Published on July 20, 2011 under Coastal Plain League (Coastal Plain) News Release
The Coastal Plain League announced Wednesday that Florence's Blake Barber and Asheboro's Jacob Wilson were named the Rawlings Co-Hitters of the Week, while the Co-Pitchers of the Week honors went to Asheboro's Charlie McCready and Florence's Matthew Campbell for week seven of action (July 12-July 16).
Barber, a junior at Cal State Fullerton, finished the week batting .583 for the RedWolves. He had seven hits in 12 at-bats, including a double, a triple, and a home run. Furthermore, Barber had four RBIs and five runs scored, while racking up 13 total bases and being walked once.. He also had 13 total bases, a 1.083 slugging percentage, a .615 on-base percentage, and was 2-for-2 on stolen bases attempts.
Meanwhile, Wilson, a junior at Memphis, racked up nine hits in 18 at-bats for a .500 average for the Copperheads. His three doubles were tied for the league best on the week, and he added a triple and a homer as well. Wilson was also tied for the league best in runs scored (8) while driving in another six and recording 17 total bags. He had a .944 slugging percentage, a .550 on-base percentage, was walked twice and also had a stolen base.
On the mound, McCready, a junior at Charleston Southern, pitched a complete game shutout at Forest City on July 15 to finish 1-0 with a perfect 0.00 ERA on the week. In nine innings of work, the 5-10, 175-pound lefty scattered seven hits, walked one and struck out a league high 11 batters.
Campbell, a freshman from Clemson, pitched masterfully in his start against Columbia on July 14. The 5-11, 180-pound right-hander pitched eight innings of one-hit baseball, while walking four and striking out seven to earn a 1-0 record with a unblemished 0.00 ERA. Further, Campbell held Blowfish batters to a lousy .043 average against him.
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