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Yeison Asencio Named TL Player of the Week

July 20, 2015 - Texas League (TL1)
San Antonio Missions News Release


San Antonio -The San Antonio Missions are proud to announce that outfielder Yeison Asencio was named Texas League Player of the Week for July 13-19.

In his six games this past week, Asencio hit .458 (11-for-24) with three doubles, two homers, 12 RBI and five runs scored. For the week, Asencio led the TL in both RBI and OPS (1.313). He was also T-1st in both total bases (20) and SLG (.833), 2nd in AVG, and T-2nd in both homers and extra-base hits (5).

Asencio began his week with a monster performance against Tulsa on July 13 at Wolff Stadium, where he hit a pair of homers and drove in all six of San Antonio's runs in a 6-5 win. The six RBI for Asencio set a new career high.  The last six-RBI performance for San Antonio was by James Darnell on May 17, 2011 at Corpus Christi.  Asencio's two-homer game was his second of the season and his sixth of his career.  Five of the six have come as a Mission.

The outfielder added three more multi-hit games for the week, which included a season-high four-hit performance in San Antonio's 11-10 win at Midland on July 18. Asencio leads the Missions with 28 multi-hit games this season.

In 85 games this season for San Antonio, Asencio is batting .297 (94-for-317) with 16 doubles, one triple, eight homers, 44 RBI and 34 runs scored. Asencio is currently 6th in the TL in both AVG and hits.

This is the second TL Player of the Week honor for Asencio, who was the club's first award winner last season (May 19-25).

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