Brandt Named C-USA Pitcher-of-the-Week
April 12, 2010 | Baseball
April 12, 2010
IRVING, Texas - East Carolina sophomore Kevin Brandt has been named Conference USA Pitcher-of-the-Week following his career-best performance in Sunday's 3-2 victory at Memphis that gave the Pirates a series win on the road league officials announced Monday afternoon.
Brandt tossed his first career complete game in the series finale against Memphis on Sunday, striking out a personal-best 11 batters. He allowed two runs (one earned) on four hits with no walks for his third win of the season. The Fuquay Varina, N.C. native, retired 19 of the last 20 Tigers he faced with Trey Wiedman reaching on an error with two outs in the ninth. From the third inning on he fanned seven batters, including Adam McClain to end the game and he retired the side in five straight innings (4th through 8th).
For Brandt, it is his second career Pitcher-of-the-Week honor following his impressive 10 strikeout performance against No. 1 North Carolina on Apr. 22, 2009 in Greenville, N.C.
The Pirates will be back on the diamond Tuesday, Apr. 13 when they play host to Campbell before hosting UAB in a three-game C-USA series this weekend.
2010 WINNERS:
Hitter-of-the-Week - Feb. 22 - Chris Duffy, OF, UCF; Mar. 1 - Corey Thompson, 3B, East Carolina; Mar. 8 - Cam Freeman, 2B, East Carolina and John Frost, DH, UAB; Mar. 15 - Victor Gomez, C, Marshall and Anthony Rendon, 3B, Rice; Mar. 22 - Tyler Huelsing, OF, Memphis and Rob Segedin, 3B, Tulane; Mar. 29 - Dustin Harrington, SS, East Carolina; Apr. 5 - Tyler Huelsing, OF, Memphis; Apr. 12 - Jeremy Rathjen, Rice.
Pitcher-of-the-Week - Feb. 22 - Todd McInnis, RHP, Southern Miss; Mar. 1 - Conrad Flynn, Tulane; Mar. 8 - Michael Goodnight, RHP, Houston; Mar. 15 - Scott Copeland, RHP, Southern Miss; Mar. 22 - Ryan Fraser, RHP, Memphis; Mar. 29 - Brennon Martin, RHP, Memphis; Apr. 5 - Zach Woods, RHP, East Carolina and Taylor Wall, LHP, Rice; Apr. 12 - Kevin Brandt, East Carolina.
