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Eastern League Weekly Award Winners Announced

April 27, 2015 - 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 April 20th through April 26th:

Altoona Curve second baseman Max Moroff has been selected as the Eastern League Player of the Week for the period of April 20th-April 26th. The 21-year old hit .474 (9-for-19) with four doubles, one triple, one home run, four runs scored, two RBIs, four walks and a .947 slugging percentage in five games for the Curve last week. Moroff, who is a native of Maitland, Florida, had at least one hit in all five games he played in last week and had multiple hits in three of those games, including going 3-for-4 with two doubles, one triple and one run scored in a 6-3 loss against the visiting Harrisburg Senators on Monday. The 6'0", 175 lb. slugger led all Eastern League players in batting average (.474), extra-base hits (6), on-base percentage (.565), slugging percentage (.947) and OPS (1.513) last week. He also tied for the league lead in total bases (18) and doubles (4) while also finishing ranked among the weekly leaders in hits (9-tied 3rd), triples (1-tied 3rd), home runs (1-tied 3rd) and walks (4-tied 8th). Max, who is batting .320 in 14 games for the Curve this season and is currently ranked sixth in the league in on-base percentage (.424) and seventh in OPS (.924), was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 16th round of the 2012 draft out of Trinity Prep School in Winter Park, Florida.

Cody Anderson, a right-handed starting pitcher for the Akron RubberDucks, has been selected as the Eastern League Pitcher of the Week for the period of April 20th-April 26th. The 6'4", 235 lb. hurler started a pair of games for the RubberDucks last week and had a record of 2-0 with 11 strikeouts and a 0.77 ERA. Anderson, who is a native of Quincy, California, made his first start of the week on Tuesday night at Reading and gave up two runs, one earned, over six innings to earn his first win of the season. He surrendered five hits and one walk while striking out six batters. Cody also earned a win in his second start of the week, a 7-1 Akron victory against the visiting Bowie Baysox on Sunday afternoon. He allowed one unearned run on five hits and one walk while striking out five batters over 5.2 innings of work. The 24-year old tied for the league lead in wins (2) last week and also ranked among the weekly leaders in innings pitched (11.2-tied 2nd) and strikeouts (11-tied 4th). Cody, who has pitched a league-high 24 innings in four starts for the RubberDucks this season and has a record of 2-1 with 18 strikeouts and a 1.13 ERA, was selected by the Cleveland Indians in the 14th round of the 2011 draft out of Feather River Community College in Quincy, California.

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