Southern League Names Hitter and Pitcher of the Week
Published on April 27, 2009 under Southern League (SL1) News Release
Hitter of the Week
RHYNE HUGHES, 1B, MONTGOMERY BISCUITS
Hughes entered the week with two home runs but managed to triple his season total in just seven games with an impressive power display. While the 25-year-old Picayune, Miss., native has never topped 14 home runs in a single season of his four-year minor league career, he slugged four last week and drove in seven runs. Hughes hit .375, scored five runs and had two multi-RBI games. His primary victim was Mobile, as three of his homers came off BayBears pitching. He also had a four-hit game against Mobile on April 20. Hughes currently leads the league with six homers and 10 extra base hits and is tied for fourth with 13 RBI.
AB R H RBI 2B 3B HR SB AVG
Hughes 24 5 9 7 2 0 4 1 .375
Pitcher of the Week
CHRIS CODY, LHP, HUNTSVILLE STARS
With two dominant starts last week, Huntsville lefty Chris Cody takes Southern League Pitcher of the Week honors. Cody, who resides in Brewster, N.Y., picked up a pair of victories, yielding one earned run in 12 innings. He surrendered just four hits and struck out three in six innings of work against Carolina on April 21 and held Chattanooga to two hits and fanned five on April 26. On the offensive end, he also added a triple and a run against the Lookouts. Cody did not walk a single batter in his two starts and has helped the Stars to a 10-7 record, a half game better than Tennessee at the top of the North Division. On April 15, Mississippi's Kala Ka'aihue ended Cody's streak of 39.2 innings without allowing a home run. He has not allowed a homer in 12.1 innings since.
W-L IP SO BB H ERA SV
Cody 2-0 12.0 8 0 6 0.75 0
Southern League Stories from April 27, 2009
- Braves to Welcome 1,000,000th Fan - Mississippi Braves
- Biscuits Walk Away With 6-5 Victory - Montgomery Biscuits
- Jaxx win 6-5 on passed ball in ninth - Jackson Generals
- Carolina tops Tennesse, 6-4 - Carolina Mudcats
- Top Prospect Parker Heading to Mobile - Mobile BayBears
- Biscuits Walk-Off with Monday Win Over Suns - Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp
- BayBears Bounced by Barons in 2nd Straight Defeat - Mobile BayBears
- Errors prove costly in Smokies loss Monday - Knoxville Smokies
- Lookouts Trump Stars, 6-3 - Chattanooga Lookouts
- Stars' Win String Snapped - Huntsville Stars
- Diamond Jaxx Transactions - Jackson Generals
- Jacksonville Suns Transaction - Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp
- Southern League Names Hitter and Pitcher of the Week - SL1
- Hughes Named SL Hitter of the Week - Montgomery Biscuits
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