Lugnuts' Tellez Named MWL Player of the Week
May 18, 2015 - Midwest League (MWL1)
Lansing Lugnuts News Release
Lansing Lugnuts First Baseman Rowdy Tellez
(Lansing Lugnuts)
LANSING, Mich. -- Lansing Lugnuts first baseman Rowdy Tellez has been named the Midwest League's Player of the Week for the week of May 11 - May 17, as selected by MiLB.com.
Tellez, 20, batted .357 in ten games, going 10-for-28 with five doubles, one home run, seven RBIs and three walks as the Lugnuts finished off a ten-game road trip at Fort Wayne, South Bend and West Michigan.
Drafted in the 30th round in 2013, the 6'4, 250-lb. Tellez leads the Midwest League in extra-base hits and ranks second in total bases and third in runs batted in.
He is the first Lugnut honored by the Midwest League with a weekly award in 2015.
The Lansing Lugnuts are 20-17, knotted in a three-way tie for second place in the MWL's Eastern Division and trailing the first place Bowling Green Hot Rods by two games.
Lansing opens an eight-game homestand tonight at 7:05 p.m., squaring off against the South Bend Cubs for the first of four. Shane Dawson (4-2, 2.91 ERA) receives the start opposite Jeremy Null (4-0, 0.74 ERA). For more information, call (517) 485-4500 or visit lansinglugnuts.com.
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