Eastern League Announces Weekly Award Winners
Published on July 30, 2007 under Eastern League (EL1) News Release
PORTLAND, ME - The Eastern League is pleased to announce the Major League Baseball Advanced Media selections for the Eastern League Pitcher and Player of the Week for the week ending July 29th:
Bowie Baysox first baseman Luis Antonio Jimenez has been named the Eastern League's Player of the Week for the week ending July 29th. The 25-year old had an excellent week for the Baysox, batting .429 (12-for-28) with two doubles, three home runs, 12 RBI, five runs scored, one walk and a .750 slugging percentage in seven games. Jimenez, a native of Bobure, Venezuela, had at least one hit in each of the games he played in last week and drove in at least one run in six out of seven games while leading the Baysox to a 7-0 record. In 62 games for the Baysox this season the 6'4", 205 lb. slugger is hitting .326 with 14 homers and 46 RBI. Luis, who hit .276 with 17 home runs and 70 RBI in 115 games for the Portland Sea Dogs last season, was signed by the Baltimore Orioles as a minor league free agent on May 14, 2007 and assigned to Bowie after starting the year with the Pawtucket Red Sox of the Triple-A International League.
Jimenez's Batting Line for the week ending July 29, 2007:
G Avg. AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R SB BB SLG%
7 .429 28 12 2 0 3 12 5 0 1 .750
Jimenez's Batting Line for the season:
G Avg. AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R SB BB SLG%
62 .326 224 73 13 0 14 46 36 1 26 .571
Radhames Liz, a right-handed starting pitcher for the Bowie Baysox, is the Eastern League's Pitcher of the Week for the week ending July 29th. Liz, a native of El Seybo, Dominican Republic, started two games for the Baysox last week and went 1-0 with 16 strikeouts and a 1.29 ERA. In his first start of the week the 6'2", 185 lb. hurler gave up one run on four hits and two walks and struck out six batters in seven innings of work to earn a victory against the Reading Phillies at Prince George's Stadium last Tuesday night. The 24-year old made his second appearance of the week on Sunday at Binghamton and gave up two runs, one of which was earned, on two hits and three walks while striking out 10 batters in six innings of work in a no-decision. Radhames, who has a league-high 131 strikeouts and was also the Pitcher of the Week for the week ending June 3rd, was signed by the Baltimore Orioles as a nondrafted free agent on February 15, 2003.
Liz's Pitching Line for the week ending July 29, 2007:
G W L S IP H R ER K BB ERA
2 1 0 0 13 6 3 2 16 5 1.29
Liz's Pitching Line for the season:
G W L S IP H R ER K BB ERA
21 9 4 0 116.1 83 47 42 131 61 3.25
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