Lopez has one of the more intriguing bloodlines in the sport with his father being none other than former Atlanta Braves catcher Javy Lopez, the star backstop who called the signals for Greg Maddux, Tom Glavine, Steve Avery and John Smoltz.
Lopez made his mark with a monster series as the Trojans swept Malone with four multi-hit games and six extra-base hits.
The sophomore batted .588 while going 10-for-17 at the plate. He legged out four doubles and clobbered a pair of home runs against a talented Pioneers’ pitching staff.
He had eight RBI, scored nine runs and walked once.
Lopez homered in back-to-back games of Friday’s doubleheader to start the series and had five RBI in game two alone. The Trojans generated 25 runs of offense on Saturday and Lopez doubled twice with two more RBI and three runs scored in the series finale.
Lopez is currently the league leader in hits with 31 and total bases with 44. Among qualified hitters he is third in batting average (.388) and now has eight extra-base hits with 12 RBI in 18 games played.