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Keegan McGovern named Midwest League Player of the Week

July 23, 2018 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Clinton LumberKings News Release


Fort Wayne, IN - Clinton LumberKings outfielder Keegan McGovern has been named by Minor League Baseball as the Midwest League Player of the Week for July 12th through the 22nd. McGovern becomes the first LumberKing to be honored with a Player of the Week award since Gareth Morgan was so honored in the 2017 season.

McGovern, 22, earned the nob with a blistering week at the plate in which he batted .429 (9-for-21) scoring five runs, with a double, two home runs, eight RBIs, five walks, and a steal of home. Over the week, the LumberKings went 9-2 winning three series including a three-game series sweep of the Lansing Lugnuts at Ashford University Field.

The week featured career highs for McGovern. On Thursday July 19th in Lake County he drew three walks to set a professional career high for walks worked in a game. The series at Classic Park with the Captains featured both of his home runs for the week, the first time in his career he had homered twice in the same series.

The Seattle Mariners selected McGovern in the ninth round of the 2018 MLB Draft out of the University of Georgia and assigned him to Clinton following a brief four game stint with the Everett AquaSox of the Northwest League.

The LumberKings will be in action tonight with the conclusion of their three-game series with the Fort Wayne TinCaps at Parkview Field. Clinton will throw right-handed pitcher Randy Bell (2-2, 7.48) against lefty Ben Sheckler (1-2, 3.4) as the LumberKings look for their first three-game series sweep at Fort Wayne in franchise history. Game time is slated for 6:05 PM (CDT). Fans looking to listen to the game can hear Erik Oas on the call on 100.3 FM WCCI and online at lumberkings.com via the tunein radio ap at 5:45 PM with the pregame show.

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