South Atlantic League names players of the week
Published on June 28, 2006 under South Atlantic League (SAL1) News Release
Pitcher of the Week
Daniel Griffin - Augusta GreenJackets
Daniel Griffin earned BC® Powder South Atlantic League Pitcher of the Week honors by pitching a four- hitter for Augusta on Friday, June 23 against the Greensboro Grasshoppers. The 6-foot-7 right-hander allowed four hits, walked only one and struck out seven in the seven-inning game to improve his record to 5-4. Griffin did not need relief as he went on to pitch all seven-innings. This season Griffin has thrown a 3.65 ERA, striking out 71 batters faced in 66.2 innings of work.
Batter of the Week
Ned Yost - West Virginia Power Ned Yost earned BC® Powder South Atlantic League Batter of the Week honors by delivering a walk off Grand Slam on Saturday night at Appalachian Power Park, capping off a 5-2 come from behind Power victory over the Kannapolis Intimidators. Yost went 6 for 13 in the series with eight runs batted in, a triple and two runs scored. The night before he hit the walk off Grand Slam, Yost came a homerun away from the cycle going 3 for 6 in the game with two runs batted in. Yost smacked two triples in the series and he is the team leader in three baggers with four on the year. Yost is a second year player from the Universtiy of Wisconsin Oshkosh.
South Atlantic League Stories from June 28, 2006
- Suns beat up on Shorebirds - Hagerstown Suns
- BlueClaws defeat Captains 3-2 - Lake County Captains
- Crawdads and Kannapolis split double-dip - Hickory Crawdads
- GreenJackets to host anger management night - Augusta GreenJackets
- Welch gives great effort in loss to Augusta - Charleston Dirty Birds
- Rain halts Gnats and Braves - Savannah Sand Gnats
- Drive Sputter Late In 7-5 Loss To Legends - Greenville Drive
- Intimidators Ready for Nation's Best Independence Day: Are You? - Kannapolis Cannon Ballers
- Catfish Reschedule Latino Night - Columbus Catfish
- Suns, Municipal Stadium dry out, game on for tonight - Hagerstown Suns
- Miller placed on suspended list - Charleston Dirty Birds
- South Atlantic League names players of the week - SAL1
- Doubleheader Scheduled for Catfish, Sand Gnats - Columbus Catfish
- Gnats schedule doubleheader for Saturday - Savannah Sand Gnats
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