MAC Baseball Co-Players of the Week
Zach MacDonald, Miami, OF      
Junior, Portage, Michigan (Portage Central)       
Zach MacDonald went yard four times this weekend to lead Miami to a sweep over Toledo on the road and bring his season total to 15 home runs. Two of his homers came in game two to give the RedHawks the edge over the Rockets in a game that ended 4-3 in extras. During the weekend he totaled seven hits on 11 at bats, hitting .636 and slugging 1.727. Additionally, he came across seven times and accumulated 10 RBIs.
 
Nathan Archer, Bowling Green, Outfield              
Junior, Lagrange, Ohio (Keystone)           
Nathan Archer was outstanding at the plate for the Falcons over the last week, leading BGSU to a 3-1 record, including a 2-1 MAC standing. Archer's best game came in BGSU's 26-5 win over Ohio on Saturday (April 20). In the game, Archer blasted two home runs for the Falcons while logging six RBI and scoring five times. In part of the two home runs, he tallied three hits and drew a walk in the game. The pair of home runs marked a stretch of four home runs over three games for Archer. He hit one against Youngstown State on Tuesday (April 16) and another in the series opener on Friday (April 19). Against the Penguins, he scored twice with two hits, three RBI and a double. As for Friday, he scored three times with an RBI on three hits and another double.
 
MAC Baseball Co-Pitchers of the Week
Jared Schaeffer, Akron, RHP       
Sophomore, Katy, Texas (Taylor HS)       
Throwing his first collegiate complete game, Jared Schaeffer helped lead the Akron Zips to a 7-2 victory over Eastern Michigan on Saturday, April 20. The sophomore righty went the full nine innings where he allowed just two unearned runs, none earned, walking none, allowing nine hits while tying his season-high for strikeouts with six and set a new collegiate high for innings pitched.
 
Ben Vitas, Central Michigan, RHP            
Senior, Shorewood, Ill. (Providence Catholic)     
Vitas pitched first nine-inning complete-game shutout for CMU since 2016 MAC tournament in 2-0 victory over Central Florida in the series opener Friday. He scattered five hits, two walks through nine innings and finished the completed game with 133 pitches. Vitas forced UCF into its first shutout loss of the season.
 

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