Dewayne Wise & Ross Ohlendorf Honored As International League Players Of The Week
April 16, 2012 - International League (IL1) News Release
The International League announced today that Scranton/Wilkes-Barre outfielder Dewayne Wise and Pawtucket pitcher Ross Ohlendorf have been named the League's Batter and Pitcher of the Week for the period from April 9-15. Each is the first from his respective club to win an IL weekly award in 2012.
DEWAYNE WISE, Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees IL BATTER OF THE WEEK
Dewayne Wise's 2012 season got a late start as he was away from the team to be with his wife while she gave birth. He was activated from the Temporarily Inactive List last Monday, and in his first game of the season at Syracuse he went 3-4 with a double and a home run. Then after a suspended game on Tuesday, the Yankees traveled to Buffalo where Wise helped the team win two out of three from the Bisons. He hit a three-run home run on Wednesday, doubled and scored twice on Thursday, and concluded the series with a four-hit performance on Friday afternoon that included two more doubles. Another home run Saturday capped off a week in which Wise led the International League with a .458 batting average and was 2nd with three homers, seven runs scored, and a 1.042 slugging percentage.
34-year-old Dewayne Wise is a veteran of 445 games in the Major Leagues with the Blue Jays, Braves, Reds, White Sox, and Marlins. His most recent time in the International League came in 2010 with Lehigh Valley. Wise is a native of Columbia, South Carolina.
ROSS OHLENDORF, Pawtucket Red Sox IL PITCHER OF THE WEEK
Right-handed pitcher Ross Ohlendorf made his first start of the season on Tuesday, trying to salvage a split for his Pawtucket Red Sox in the last of a four-game series with North-leading Lehigh Valley. Ohlendorf blanked the IronPigs for six innings as Pawtucket cruised to an 8-0 victory. He faced just one batter over the minimum and threw 42 of 62 pitches for strikes in an efficient outing, his first after missing most of the 2011 season with a right shoulder injury. Ohlendorf surrendered only two hits and one walk in 6.0 innings. His WHIP of 0.50 was the best among all IL starters during the week.
29-year-old Ross Ohlendorf signed with the Red Sox as a minor league free agent in February. He was with the Pirates during his injury-plagued 2011 campaign. Ohlendorf is a native of Austin, Texas.
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