Rodriguez, Kelly Repeat Honorees
Published on June 23, 2003 under Canadian American League (Can-Am) News Release
Québec centerfielder Carlos Rodriguez and North Shore right-hander John Kelly repeated as winners of the Daktronics Northeast League Players of the Week on Monday for the period ending Sunday, June 22.
Rodriguez won back-to-back awards by going 10-for-29 (.345) with five runs, one triple, four homers and 12 RBIs in the June 16-22 week. He slugged .828 and posted a .355 on-base percentage. Last week he went 9-for-22 (.409) with six runs, three doubles, four home runs, 10 RBIs, a 1.091 slugging percentage and a .519 on-base percentage in six games versus Bangor and at New Jersey.
Rodriguez, who turned 26 years old last week, is a former 11th-round choice of the Boston Red Sox in 1998. He played in the Boston system for five years, finishing at Single-A Sarasota of the Florida State League in 2001-02.
Rodriguez G AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS GDP
Week 7 .345 29 5 10 0 1 4 12 1 6 0 0 2
TOTALS 20 .360 75 17 27 4 1 10 28 9 18 0 0 2
John Kelly, 30, won the pitching award for the second time in three weeks and ran the consecutive streak of North Shore pitchers winning the award to three (RHP Klae Calvert won the award last week).
Kelly, who played last year for Codogno in Italy, threw 15 innings in two wins during the week. He allowed 14 hits, five runs, four earned runs, two walks and struck out 21. He threw a complete game five-hitter (and one run) at Elmira on June 16 and allowed three earned runs in six innings versus New Jersey on June 21. Kelly has dominanted so much this season that the ERA during the week actually raised his yearly ERA 50 points from 0.98 to 1.48.
Kelly W- L- S ERA GP IP H R ER HR BB SO
Week 2- 0- 0 2.40 2 15.0 14 5 4 0 2 21
TOTALS 5- 0- 0 1.48 6 42.2 31 8 7 0 7 48
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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