Baseball Players of the Week (March 4)

3.4.19

INDIANAPOLIS – Teams are scattered throughout the South Region for Spring Break trips as Great Midwest Athletic Conference Baseball Players of the Week selections continued on Monday.  
 
Player of the Week
Chase Andrews
Kentucky Wesleyan 
Catcher
Junior
Lebanon, TN (Lebanon HS / Lee University) 
 
Andrews had at least two hits in each game as the Panthers went 3-1 in a week that included a win at Valdosta State and a series win against Florida Southern. 
 
Andrews was tough against opposing pitching as he batted .600 (9-15) with a pair of doubles and a home run. He had six RBI and scored four times while slugging .933 and sporting an on-base percentage of .684. 
 
Andrews was the extra-innings hero with the game-winning RBI in the top of the 10th inning against Valdosta State to close out a three-game series.
 
Then, against Florida Southern, he doubled and crossed the plate with the winning run in extras again, this time in the top half of the eighth inning. 
 
To open the series against the Mocs, Andrews was 3-for-4 with four RBI and a home run, his second of the spring. It was part of a power surge for the KWC bats with three long balls hit by the team. 
 
Pitcher of the Week
Eric Mullet
RHP
Malone
Junior
Berlin, OH (Hiland HS)
 
Mullet’s second turn through the rotation was a gem as he helped the Pioneers beat Davenport for a Midwest Region victory.
 
Mullet struck out eight and gave up just one run on two hits for his first winning decision. He finished the complete game in one of three one-run outcomes against Davenport
 
Mullet gave his offense a chance to win it walkoff style in the bottom of the seventh inning. The junior righty is now 2-2 through 12 innings pitched with a 3.75 ERA and 15 K holding opposing hitters to a .209 average.