SEC baseball players of the week



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SEC Baseball Players of the Week (April 13, 2015)

Player of the Week: JJ Schwarz, Florida

• Batted .529 (9-for-17) with 15 RBI, 12 runs and seven homers as Florida captured all four games last week, including a sweep of No. 21 South Carolina.

• Amazingly, Schwarz's seven-homer barrage surpassed the six homers Taylor Gushue had in 63 games last year to lead the Gators.

• All nine of his hits went for extra-bases (seven homers, two doubles) and he recorded a slugging percentage of 1.882.

• Belted a school-record four homers against Stetson, tying the SEC's single-game mark set in 1982 by Kentucky's Bill Sandry, and established a UF single-game mark with 18 total bases.

• Went 5-for-6 against the Hatters and totaled a career-high 10 RBI, second-most ever by a Gator, with a two-run homer in the second inning, a two-run blast in the third inning, a three-run jack in the fourth, a solo big fly in the seventh and a two-run double in the eighth.

• Hit .364 (4-for-11) with a team-high seven runs, five RBI and three homers during the three wins over the Gamecocks.

• Completed the weekend by going 3-for-4 with three RBI and a pair of round-trippers, a solo shot in the fourth and a two-run dinger in the eighth.

• Started the series with USC with a run-scoring double in the fifth and a leadoff homer in the seventh.

• Leads the Gators in homers (12) and RBI (45) and has a .309 overall average.

Co-Pitcher of the Week: Keegan Thompson, Auburn

• Pitched his second-straight complete game in a dominating 6-1 road victory over No. 1 LSU ... the CG was the fourth of his career.

• Allowed just one run and one walk with three strikeouts against the SEC's top-rated offense in becoming the first Auburn pitcher since 2000 to throw consecutive complete games.

• Has the lowest ERA (2.50) among the SEC's top 10 innings pitched totals, a category where he ranks at the top.

• Leads the SEC overall with seven victories, including four in conference play which also ranks first.

• Helped Auburn to first win over a team ranked No. 1 since 2007.

• Thompson has pitched at least 6.2 innings in his last seven starts (6 vs. SEC & 1 vs. Georgia Tech) and has a 2.50 ERA with 50 strikeouts in 54 innings in those games.

Co-Pitcher of the Week: Scott Weathersby, Ole Miss

• Pitched a career-high six innings of relief, striking out a career-high 10 batters to help Ole Miss knock off No. 1 Vanderbilt in 16 innings.

• Retired 18 of the 21 batters he faced, giving up just two hits and issuing one walk.

• Pitched out of a bases-loaded jam with nobody out in the bottom of the 11th to keep the Rebels alive.

• Struck out the final two batters of the game to cap off the come-from-behind victory.

• Has held opponents to a .150 batting average this season in 11 appearances.

• For the season, he holds a 2.11 ERA with two saves, 35 strikeouts and just six walks over 29.1 innings.

Freshman of the Week: Cody Henry, Alabama

• Led the Crimson Tide in hitting across the four-game stretch this week.

• Collected a then-career-high tying three hits in the contest at Samford.

• His four hits in Friday's contest were a career high and tied the season high by an Alabama hitter.

• Reached base safely in all four plate appearances on Sunday, recording two hits and two walks.

• Owns a seven-game hitting streak across which he is batting .600 (15-25) with three doubles, a triple, six RBI, four runs scored and seven walks.

• Has put together multi-hit efforts in five of his last six games.