Sandoval Named Player of the Week
July 28, 2008 - Eastern League (EL1)
Connecticut Defenders News Release
NORWICH, CT-Teammates and Coaches have noticed since his arrival and now everyone has jumped on the bandwagon. Defenders catcher, Pablo Sandoval has been named Eastern League Bank of America Player of the Week ending July 27th.
Sandoval received the promotion to Connecticut on June 25th from San Jose, High A affiliate of the SF Giants and since then he has made a major impact. Sandoval strung together an impressive 13 game hitting streak from July 6th-22nd where he batted .419 delivering 7 doubles, 4 homeruns and drove in 16. Pablo was selected to participate in the 2008 Futures Game at Yankee Stadium on July 13th and drove in the World Team's first run while he started at first base. Sandoval is the third Defender to claim Player of the Week honors joining fellow teammate Ben Copland and former teammate Travis Ishikawa who claimed the honor earlier this season. Pablo is the fifth overall Defender to have the title as pitchers Joey Martinez and most recently Nate Bump were named Pitchers of the Week. Below is Sandoval's information for the press release by the Eastern League.
The Defenders hit the road today for an 8 game road-trip with stops in Binghamton and New Hampshire. Tonight they will resume a rain suspended game vs. the B-Mets from NYSEG Stadium with a 7 inning game to follow. Catch all the action on the Defenders Radio Network or on www.ctdefenders.com starting at 5:50pm. Connecticut returns home on Monday, August 4th for a 7 game home-stand featuring the Trenton Thunder, NY Yankees affiliate and the Portland Sea Dogs, Boston Red Sox affiliate.
For more information, please call the Defenders at (860)-887-7962 or visit on the web at www.ctdefenders.com.
Connecticut Defenders catcher Pablo Sandoval has been named the Bank of America Eastern League Player of the Week for the week ending July 27th. The 21-year old had an excellent week for the Defenders, batting .421 (8-for-18) with two doubles, two home runs, 11 RBI, three runs scored and a .842 slugging percentage over four games. Sandoval, who is a native of Puerto Cabello, Venezuela, had multiple hits in three of the four games he played in during the week, including going 3-for-7 with a double, a home run and six RBI in an 18-6 win at Portland on Tuesday night. The 5'11", 245 lb. slugger joined the Defenders in late June after receiving a promotion from Class-A San Jose, where he hit .359 with 25 doubles, 12 homers, 61 runs scored and 59 RBI in 68 games and was selected as a California League All-Star. Pablo, who was a member of the World Team in the 2008 Futures Game and drove in one run in the game, was signed by the San Francisco Giants as a non-drafted free agent on May 8, 2003.
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