Collegiate Baseball National Players of the Week (4/12) |
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Bronx, N.Y. – (April 12, 2021) – The awards keep on rolling in for Fordham baseball senior pitcher
Matt Mikulski (Mohegan Lake, N.Y./Lakeland), who today was among the National Players of the Week, as selected by Collegiate Baseball. Mikulski also earned his third consecutive Atlantic 10 Pitcher of the Week award on Monday.
Mikulski had another superb performance on Saturday against St. Bonaventure, improving to 5-0 on the season. He tossed his second consecutive complete game shutout, this time being a seven-inning shutout. He allowed just one hit, which came in the sixth, and just three baserunners overall, while striking out a career-high 16 batters. It marked his fourth straight start with double-digit strikeouts, as he moved into fourth place on the Rams' career strikeout list (216), passing former major league Pete Harnisch (213). Mikulski also extended his scoreless innings streak to 16.2 innings.
On top of this, Mikulski is up for this week's D1Baseball.com Golden Spikes Performance of the Week, which can be voted on
here.
On the year, Mikulski is 5-0 with a 0.96 ERA in 37.2 innings with 68 strikeouts. He currently leads the conference in ERA (11
th nationally), hits allowed per nine innings (3.11 - 6
th nationally), strikeouts (7
th nationally) and strikeouts per nine innings (16.25 – 3
rd nationally).
Mikulski and the Rams will next be in action on Tuesday, April 13
th, when the team hosts Army West Point at Houlihan Park, beginning at 3:00 PM.
