NEL Honors Agramonte, Harden
Published on August 18, 2003 under Canadian American League (Can-Am) News Release
North Shore second baseman Marcos Agramonte and Berkshire right-hander Tony Harden have been named the Daktronics Northeast League Players of the Week for the period ending Sunday, Aug. 17.
After starting the week 2-for-9, Agramonte went 5-for-5 versus New Jersey on Aug. 13 and 4-for-7 and hit for the cycle at Elmira on Aug. 17. The 22-year-old went 14-for-30 (.467) in six games last week with eight runs, three doubles, two triples, one home run, eight RBIs, an .800 slugging percentage, a .484 on-base percentage and one stolen base.
This is the second Daktronics Northeast League Player of the Week honor for Agramonte. He also won the award on July 13.
AGRAMONTE G AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS GDP
Week 6 .467 30 8 14 3 2 1 8 1 4 1 1 0
TOTALS 75 .316 320 51 101 12 13 2 36 11 44 15 14 3
Harden, 27, pitched a two-hit shutout versus Bangor on Aug. 14, allowing two walks and striking out six batters. The win broke a three-start losing skid for Harden.
Harden, a graduate of Indiana State University, pitched four seasons in the independent Frontier League beginning in 1998, a year in which he lead the league in earned run average and went 10-1. He pitched for Yuba-Sutter of the independent Western League in 2002 and compiled a 31-27 record with a 3.93 earned run average in 496 1/3 innings in independent baseball prior to 2003.
HARDEN W- L- S ERA GP IP H R ER HR BB SO
Week 1- 0- 0 0.00 1 9.0 2 0 0 0 2 6
TOTALS 8- 4- 0 4.12 16 94.0 100 55 43 4 31 78
Daktronics is a nationally known manufacturer of electronic scoring and informational display equipment including LED video replay boards. The Brookings, S.D., company can be reached at daktronics.com.
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