EL Pitcher/Player of the Week
Published on July 2, 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 1st:
Altoona Curve first baseman Steven Pearce has been named the Eastern League's Player of the Week for the week ending July 1st. Pearce, a native of Lakeland, Florida, had an outstanding week for the Curve, batting .500 (12-for-24) with two doubles, two home runs, nine RBI, four runs scored, three walks and a .850 slugging percentage in seven games. The 24-year old had at least one hit in every game he played in last week, including four multiple hit games, to raise his batting average to .330, which is currently ranked fifth in the league. The 5'11", 200 lb. slugger currently leads the league in slugging percentage (.606) and OPS (1.002) and is tied for fifth in RBI (50) despite spending the first month of the season with the Single-A Lynchburg Hillcats, where he hit 11 homers in 19 games. Steven was selected by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 8th round of the 2005 draft after blasting 42 homers in two seasons at the University of South Carolina.
Pearce's Batting Line for the week ending July 1, 2007:
G Avg. AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R SB BB SLG%
7 .500 24 12 2 0 2 9 4 0 3 .850
Pearce's Batting Line for the season:
G Avg. AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R SB BB SLG%
58 .330 203 67 19 2 11 50 37 1 23 .606
Clay Buchholz, a right-handed starting pitcher for the Portland Sea Dogs, is the Eastern League's Pitcher of the Week for the week ending July 1st. The 22-year old made a pair of starts for the Sea Dogs last week and was 1-0 with a 0.79 ERA. In his first appearance of the week Buchholz struck out 11 batters and walked one while giving up one run on four hits in 6.1 innings of work to earn a victory in Portland's 5-4 win at New Hampshire last Monday. The 6'3", 190 lb. hurler also faced New Hampshire in his second start of the week, this time at Hadlock Field, and he did not allow a hit in five innings while striking out four and walking two in a no-decision on Saturday night. The Lumberton, Texas native currently leads the league in ERA (1.69), strikeouts (115) and WHIP (0.87). Clay, who went 4-1 with a 1.59 ERA in June, was selected by the Boston Red Sox in the sandwich round of the 2005 draft out of Lumberton High School in Texas.
Buchholz's Pitching Line for the week ending July 1, 2007:
G W L S IP H R ER K BB ERA
2 1 0 0 11.1 4 1 1 15 8 0.79
Buchholz's Pitching Line for the season:
G W L S IP H R ER K BB ERA
15 6 2 0 85.1 53 17 16 115 21 1.69
Eastern League Stories from July 2, 2007
- Cats Set Season Highs in Runs and Hits in Rout of Sea Dogs - New Hampshire Fisher Cats
- Season-High Four Homers Not Enough for 'Wolves - Erie SeaWolves
- Baysox Hold Off Curve - Altoona Curve
- Fisher Cats Score Early, Dominate, 13-3 - Portland Sea Dogs
- Defenders Battle for Win - Connecticut Defenders
- Longballs Not Enough for B-Mets In Connecticut - Binghamton Rumble Ponies
- SeaWolves Game Notes - Erie SeaWolves
- Former Curve All-Star Tom Gorzelanny seeking MLB All-Star Game Bid - Altoona Curve
- Sea Dogs Game Notes - Portland Sea Dogs
- Thunder Add Conway; LaFountain To Staten Island - Trenton Thunder
- Reading Scores Twenty-One Runs In Afternoon Rout Of New Britain - Reading Fightin Phils
- Three Baysox Named To 2007 Eastern League All-Star Game - Chesapeake Baysox
- Harrisburg Sends Three to Star Game - Harrisburg Senators
- Four Curve Players Selected To E.L. All-Star Game - Altoona Curve
- Thunder Send Three To All-Star Game - Trenton Thunder
- Four Sea Dogs Selected to the 2007 Eastern League All-Star Game - Portland Sea Dogs
- Five Reading Phillies Named EL All-Stars - Reading Fightin Phils
- Five Fisher Cats Named Eastern League All Stars - New Hampshire Fisher Cats
- Four B-Mets Chosen For EL All-Star Game - Binghamton Rumble Ponies
- Eastern League All Star Game Rosters Announced - EL1
- Buck Night Tonight - Erie SeaWolves
- Steven Pearce Named E.L. Player Of The Week - Altoona Curve
- Clay Buchholz Named Eastern League Pitcher of the Week - Portland Sea Dogs
- EL Pitcher/Player of the Week - EL1
- Red Sox Extend Affiliation with Sea Dogs - Portland Sea Dogs
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