GREENWOOD, Ind. – On the strength of a three-game sweep, Kentucky Wesleyan’s Matt Lasley and Johnathan Eberhardt claimed Great Midwest Athletic Conference baseball weekly honors as announced on Monday.
 
Lasley was named the G-MAC Pitcher of the Week and Eberhardt billed the G-MAC Player of the Week as a result of their efforts against Claflin over the weekend.
 
 
G-MAC Pitcher of the Week
Matt Lasley
Kentucky Wesleyan
Sophomore
Starting Pitcher
Louisville, KY
 
Lasley turned in a seven-inning gem to polish off the series sweep against Claflin in South Carolina, limiting the Panthers to just one unearned run on five hits. He struck out four and walked just one.
 
It was the sophomore lefty’s second start of the spring after he toed the rubber against North Greenville earlier this spring. He retired the side in order in both the first and sixth innings. 
 
Lasley mixed his 96 pitches to the tune of eight flyouts while inducing seven groundouts. KWC defeated Claflin by a score of 7-1 after breaking the game open with a four-run sixth inning.
 
 
G-MAC Player of the Week
Johnathan Eberhardt
Kentucky Wesleyan
Junior
Outfield
Indianapolis, IN
 
Eberhardt continued his torrid start to the season, extending his hit streak to six straight games after hammering Claflin pitching for five hits, including a triple and two home runs.
 
Eberhardt was 2-for-4 in the series opener, lacing a triple in his first at-bat. In his next plate appearance, he worked the count in his favor at 3-1 before depositing a pitch for a two-run blast to straightaway center field.
 
In the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader, Eberhardt scored three times and was 2-for-5 at the dish as the Panthers won in a high-scoring affair.
 
To wrap up the weekend, Eberhardt singled and had a sacrifice fly in Sunday’s matchup.
 
The junior slugger is among the G-MAC leaders at 10-for-23 with a .435 batting average and four extra-base hits (two home runs, triple, double) in six games this year.