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Kingham Earns IL Pitcher of the Week Honors

April 16, 2018 - International League (IL1)
Indianapolis Indians News Release


INDIANAPOLIS - The Indianapolis Indians, in conjunction with the International League, today announced that right-hander Nick Kingham was named IL Pitcher of the Week (April 5-15). The weekly honor is the first of Kingham's career.

Kingham, 26, was tabbed as Indy's Opening Day starter and delivered a dominant outing against Columbus while earning no decision. The Pirates' No. 8 prospect, according to Baseball America, froze Clippers batters in winter-like conditions, recording the second 10-strikeout game of his career over five shutout innings. Kingham then capped the Tribe's first homestand with six punchouts over six innings of one-run ball against Toledo in a 4-1 victory.

Kingham is in a three-way tie for most strikeouts (16) in the league. His .114 batting average against (4-for-35) is second lowest among IL starting pitchers, and he ranks fourth in ERA (0.82, 1 ER/11.0 IP) among IL pitchers with two-plus starts this season.

Indianapolis paced the IL a year ago in weekly honors, bringing home six as a team. Steven Brault (twice) and Tyler Glasnow each earned Pitcher of the Week honors, while Jason Rogers, Joey Terdoslavich and Erich Weiss took home the Player of the Week award.

Scranton/Wilkes-Barre infielder Gleyber Torres was the first 2018 recipient of the IL's Player of the Week award.

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