Eastern League Weekly Award Winners Announced for June 22-28
Published on June 29, 2015 under 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 period of June 22nd through June 28th:
Reading Fightin Phils outfielder Brian Pointer has been selected as the Eastern League Player of the Week for the period of June 22nd-June 28th. The 23-year old batted .444 (8-for-18) with one double, three home runs, five RBIs, three runs scored, three walks and a 1.000 slugging percentage in six games for the Fightin Phils last week. Pointer, who is a native of Reno, Nevada, reached base in all six of the games he played in last week and had two multiple hit games, including going 3-for-4 with three homers and five RBIs in an 8-5 win at Portland on Saturday. It was the first three homer game by a Reading player since Jim Deschaine on July 3, 2005. The most recent three homer performance in the Eastern League was by Washington's Bryce Harper on June 28th, 2014 while on a rehab assignment with Harrisburg. The 6'0", 190 lb. slugger led all Eastern League players in on-base percentage (.524) and OPS (1.524) last week and tied for the lead in home runs (3) and total bases (18). He also ranked among the leaders in slugging percentage (1.000-2nd), batting average (.444-tied 2nd), extra-base hits (4-tied 4th), RBIs (5-tied 8th), walks (3-tied 9th) and hits (8-tied 10th). Brian was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 28th round of the 2010 draft out of Galena High School in Reno, Nevada.
Elih Villanueva, a right-handed starting pitcher for the Bowie Baysox, has been selected as the Eastern League Pitcher of the Week for the period of June 22nd-June 28th. The 6'2", 230 lb. hurler started one game for the Baysox last week and posted a record of 1-0 with four strikeouts and a 0.00 ERA. Villanueva, who is a native of Miami, Florida, made his lone start of the week on Monday night against the visiting Trenton Thunder and fired a complete game shutout in Bowie's 6-0 victory. He threw 60 of his 90 pitches for strikes while striking out four batters and scattering four hits and two walks over nine innings of work. The 28-year old tied for the league lead in ERA (0.00), shutouts (1) and complete games (1) last week. He also ranked among the weekly leaders in wins (1-tied 2nd), batting average against (.138-8th), WHIP (0.67-tied 9th) and innings pitched (9.0-tied 9th). With his performance last week Villanueva lowered his ERA to 2.54, which ranks sixth in the league. He also ranks second in batting average against (.205) and third in WHIP (0.93). Elih was signed by the Baltimore Orioles on March 6, 2015 after leading the Dominican League with a 2.63 ERA this past winter. He was originally selected by the Florida Marlins in the 27th round of the 2008 draft out of Florida State University.
Eastern League Stories from June 29, 2015
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- Villanueva Named Pitcher of the Week - Chesapeake Baysox
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