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Tuesday, April 17
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Danny Collins (l) & Joe Hernandez (r)
Troy Sweeps Sun Belt Weekly Baseball Honors; Travel to Auburn Tuesday
4/16/2012 11:13:00 AM | Baseball
NEW ORLEANS – Troy swept the weekly Sun Belt Conference baseball honors as Danny Collins was named Hitter of the Week and Joe Hernandez was named Pitcher of the Week, the league office announced Monday afternoon.
The pair are the first to earn Sun Belt honors for the Trojans this season and mark just the second time this season that a single school has swept both awards; Florida Atlantic won both after sweeping Alabama the opening weekend of the season. Troy second baseman Tyler Vaughn was named the Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week back on March 5, but did not receive Sun Belt honors.
Collins, who was one of four Trojans to hit over .400 on the week, was 7-for-16 (.438) with a double, a triple and two home runs to help Troy to a 3-1 record on the week and a series victory over Middle Tennessee.
The sophomore third baseman from Niceville, Fla., opened the week with a pair of hits and four RBIs in Troy's 15-7 victory over Jacksonville State. Collins followed that with five hits, five RBIs, a double and two homers in the first two games against Middle Tennessee.
Collins slugged 1.000 on the week, drove in nine runs and scored seven times. He was also perfect on nine total chances defensively at third base. The Trojans averaged 10.3 runs over their four games last week.
After watching Middle Tennessee rack up 21 hits in the series opener, Hernandez shut down the Blue Raiders over 6.1 innings in game two before having to leave the game due to cramps on a warm Saturday evening. The junior from Mobile, Ala., struck out eight Middle Tennessee batters without issuing a walk.
Hernandez allowed just two unearned runs in the first inning after the third out of the frame was dropped on a routine fly ball to the outfield. He held the Blue Raiders to five hits in just his second career Sun Belt Conference start.
Troy travels to Auburn on Tuesday night for the first of a home-and-home with the Tigers; Auburn plays at Riddle-Pace Field next Tuesday. First pitch at Plainsman Park is set for 6 p.m.
It will be a battle of freshmen right-handers on the mound as Troy (16-19) will send Jeremy McGowan (0-0, 4.22) to the bump for his second career start and Auburn (19-16) will call on Rocky McCord (0-0, 3.86) for his third career start.
The pair are the first to earn Sun Belt honors for the Trojans this season and mark just the second time this season that a single school has swept both awards; Florida Atlantic won both after sweeping Alabama the opening weekend of the season. Troy second baseman Tyler Vaughn was named the Louisville Slugger National Player of the Week back on March 5, but did not receive Sun Belt honors.
Collins, who was one of four Trojans to hit over .400 on the week, was 7-for-16 (.438) with a double, a triple and two home runs to help Troy to a 3-1 record on the week and a series victory over Middle Tennessee.
The sophomore third baseman from Niceville, Fla., opened the week with a pair of hits and four RBIs in Troy's 15-7 victory over Jacksonville State. Collins followed that with five hits, five RBIs, a double and two homers in the first two games against Middle Tennessee.
Collins slugged 1.000 on the week, drove in nine runs and scored seven times. He was also perfect on nine total chances defensively at third base. The Trojans averaged 10.3 runs over their four games last week.
After watching Middle Tennessee rack up 21 hits in the series opener, Hernandez shut down the Blue Raiders over 6.1 innings in game two before having to leave the game due to cramps on a warm Saturday evening. The junior from Mobile, Ala., struck out eight Middle Tennessee batters without issuing a walk.
Hernandez allowed just two unearned runs in the first inning after the third out of the frame was dropped on a routine fly ball to the outfield. He held the Blue Raiders to five hits in just his second career Sun Belt Conference start.
Troy travels to Auburn on Tuesday night for the first of a home-and-home with the Tigers; Auburn plays at Riddle-Pace Field next Tuesday. First pitch at Plainsman Park is set for 6 p.m.
It will be a battle of freshmen right-handers on the mound as Troy (16-19) will send Jeremy McGowan (0-0, 4.22) to the bump for his second career start and Auburn (19-16) will call on Rocky McCord (0-0, 3.86) for his third career start.
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