HUNTER POE OF MCMURRY UNIVERSITY, a junior right-handed pitcher from Midland, Texas, has been named the SCAC Baseball Pitcher of the Week for games played from Monday, March 31 through Sunday, April 6. SCAC Baseball Release - Week 9
Poe tossed a complete game shutout in the War Hawks, 7-0, win over Austin College to help lift McMurry to a sweep over the ‘Roos. Poe scattered just three hits and allowed just one walk, while striking out six in nine innings of work. He posted a 0.44 WHIP to go along his perfect 0.00 ERA.
Other outstanding performances in the SCAC:
First-year pitcher Tony Barcelona V of Centenary shined in his first start of the season for the Diamond Gents on Saturday in the third and final game of Centenary's weekend sweep over Southwestern on the road. He worked a season-high seven innings and limited the Pirates to two earned runs and five hits with one walk and five strikeouts. He faced 30 batters and threw 99 pitches (57 strikes). Senior right-hander Landon Massey of Ozarks pitched 4.1 scoreless and hitless innings to help the Eagles secure their first conference sweep of the season against Dallas in game three. Massey fanned five and did not issue a walk in relief to receive the win. He threw 2.1 innings of relief against Lyon College midweek and allowed just one earned run. For the week, he totaled six strikeouts and allowed just one run. Junior right-hander Parker Schutte of Texas Lutheran made two scoreless appearances last week for the Bulldogs. Schutte tossed five innings over two appearances, scattering just three hits and issuing one walk, while striking out two. He finished the week with a 0.80 WHIP and a perfect 0.00 ERA. First year pitcher Jake Beck of Trinity led the Tigers to an SCAC weekend series sweep against Schreiner, winning the final two games to clinch the series. Beck came in and pitched 3.2 shutout innings in relief of game three of the series, setting up the Tigers for a late rally to win the weekend. Beck allowed just three hits and struck out a pair of hitters in his only outing of the weekend.
SCAC Baseball Pitchers-of-the-Week | |
Week 1 | Otto Franz, Concordia University (Texas) |
Week 2 | Triston McGowan, Texas Lutheran University |
Week 3 | Landon Murray, University of St. Thomas |
Week 4 | Trajan Lee, Trinity University |
Week 5 | Otto Franz, Concordia University (Texas) |
Week 6 | Ryan Corbett, Southwestern University |
Week 7 | Triston McGowan, Texas Lutheran University |
Week 8 | Trajan Lee, Trinity University |
Week 9 | Hunter Poe, McMurry University |
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