PSAC BASEBALL ATHLETES OF THE WEEK - 5
LOCK HAVEN, Pa. --- The Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference office this week’s baseball athletes of the week. From the East, Kutztown University's Mitchell Peers and Bloomsburg University's Logan Hile were honored, while in the West, California University of Pennsylvania's Patrick Brogan and University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown's Dylan Heid were selected.
Baseball Eastern Division Athlete of the Week
Mitchell Peers – Kutztown
Junior
Outfielder
Boyertown, Pennsylvania
Mitchell Peers had at least one hit in each of the fives games he started for KU last week. For the week, he totaled 10 hits, including two home runs and three doubles, 12 RBI's and six runs. In a win at East Stroudsburg last Tuesday, Peers set new season-highs in hits, going 3-for-4 at the plate, and in RBI's with five, also adding two runs scored. He went 2-for-4 with an RBI and two runs scored in game one vs. Mansfield, and followed that up with a 1-for-3 game and three RBI. In the two games against the Mounties the next day, Peers combined to go 4-for-6 with three RBI's and two runs scored.
Baseball Eastern Division Pitcher of the Week
Logan Hile – Bloomsburg
Freshman
Pitcher
Winfield, Pennsylvania
Bloomsburg turned to an unlikely hero, freshman Logan Hile, to preserve a 9-8 victory in game one against visiting East Stroudsburg on Saturday afternoon. Hile was summoned from the bullpen with runners at first and second and one out in the top of the seventh and the Huskies clinging to a one-run lead. After a double steal put runners at second and third, Hile got a fielder's choice groundout with the runner at third thrown out at the plate for the second out. He then retired Ben Piripavel - who had reached base in all four trips to the plate at the point - on a flyout to left to seal the win. It was Hile's first career save in just his fourth career outing. He then pitched in game two, tossing a perfect seventh inning with a strikeout as the Huskies completed the sweep with a 7-2 win in the nightcap.
Baseball Western Division Athlete of the Week
Patrick Brogan – California (Pa.)
Junior
Outfielder
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Brogan posted a .467 average with seven RBI and five runs scored over the weekend, as the Vulcans swept the four-game series against IUP. He registered a .733 slugging percentage and a .529 on-base percentage while collecting at least one RBI in each of the four victories. In game one on Friday, Brogan delivered a two-run single and scored in the bottom of the first. The Pittsburgh native then went 2-for-4 with a two-run homer, three RBI, two runs scored and one stolen base in game two. Brogan reached base in all five plate appearances (three singles, two walks) in game one on Saturday and added one RBI and one run scored. He closed the series with an RBI double and scored in the top of the fifth on Saturday.
Baseball Western Division Pitcher of the Week
Dylan Heid – Pitt-Johnstown
Senior
Pitcher
Malvern, Pennsylvania
Dylan Heid led Pitt-Johnstown to a 2-1 PSAC Western Division victory to open a 4-game series at Mercyhurst on Friday. Heid pitched six innings, allowed one unearned run on three hits, struck out 10 and walked only one to improve to 4-0. Heid is a two-time PSAC-West and 2-time NCBWA All-Atlantic Region Pitcher of the Week so far in 2021.