MAC Baseball Player of the Week
Garret Pike, Toledo, CF 
Junior, Waterville, Ohio (Anthony Wayne)          
Junior Garret Pike enjoyed a monster week at the plate with a .529 batting average, six home runs, and 10 RBIs in four games. The junior outfielder also scored nine runs and drew three walks while registering an eye-popping 1.588 slugging percentage to help Toledo post a 3-1 record and win its Mid-American Conference series vs. Northern Illinois. After opening the week with a homer and three RBIs vs. Youngstown State on Tuesday, Pike registered two homers in back-to-back contests to help the Rockets win the first two games of their series vs. the Huskies. He then homered for a fourth-straight game in Saturday’s series finale. Pike's big week helped him take over the team lead in batting average (.352), runs (26), home runs (9), and RBIs (26).
 
MAC Baseball Pitcher of the Week
Merritt Beeker, Ball State, LHP 
Junior, Lexington, N.C. (North Davidson)              
Beeker (3-2) didn't allow a hit and faced the minimum through the first five innings and struck out multiple Ohio batters in five innings to lead the Cardinals to a 12-3 win over the Bobcats on Friday. The lefty pitcher struck out the side in the fourth and increased his season strikeout total to 59 with the dominant performance. Beeker has struck out double digit batters in four games this year.
 

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