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Eastern League Announces Weekly Award Winners

September 8, 2009 - Eastern League (EL1) News Release


PORTLAND, ME - The Eastern League is pleased to announce the winners of the Eastern League Player of the Week Award and Eastern League Pitcher of the Week Award for the week ending September 7th:

Connecticut Defenders first baseman Brett Pill has been named the Eastern League Player of the Week for the week ending September 7th. The 6'4", 211 lb. slugger had an excellent week for the Defenders, batting .382 (13-for-34) with two doubles, four home runs, nine RBI, seven runs scored, three walks and a .794 slugging percentage over nine games. Pill, who also took home the award earlier this season for the week ending July 5th, had at least one hit in all but two of the games he played in last week and drove in multiple runs in four of those games, including going 3-for-6 with one double, one home run, three RBI and two runs scored in a 6-5 win over New Hampshire on Thursday.

With his performance last week the San Dimas, California native pushed his season total in RBI to 109, which led the league and is the highest total by an Eastern League player since 1999. He also finished among the league leaders in total bases (253-2nd), hits (157-3rd), doubles (37-3rd), extra-base hits (57-3rd), slugging percentage (.480-4th), home runs (19-tied 4th), OPS (.828-tied 5th) and batting average (.290-6th). Brett, who turns 25 this Wednesday, was selected by the San Francisco Giants in the seventh round of the 2006 draft after hitting .328 as a junior at Cal State Fullerton University.

Steve Johnson, a right-handed starting pitcher for the Bowie Baysox, is the Eastern League Pitcher of the Week for the week ending September 7th. The 6'1", 200 lb. hurler made a pair of starts for the Baysox last week and was 2-0 with 14 strikeouts and a 1.42 ERA in 12.2 innings pitched. Johnson made his first appearance of the week on Tuesday night at Prince George's Stadium against Binghamton, just one day after his 22nd birthday. He struck out eight batters and walked three while giving up just one run on two hits to earn the win in a 6-1 Bowie victory over the B-Mets.

The Baltimore, Maryland native made his second start of the week on Sunday afternoon against Harrisburg and surrendered only one run on five hits while striking out six batters and hitting one batter in a 5-2 win over the Senators. The win improved his record to 3-2 since joining the Baysox in early August. In his seven starts with the Baysox, Johnson has posted a 2.84 ERA while striking out 37 batters and giving up just 24 hits over 38.0 innings of work. Steve, who was originally drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 13th round of the 2005 draft, was acquired by the Baltimore Orioles as part of the trade for reliever George Sherrill on July 30, 2009.

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