Murray State University Athletics
Craycraft Earns Pepsi Athlete Of The Week Honors
5/13/2009 1:15:00 PM | Baseball
Murray State junior right hander Chris Craycraft was named the MSU-Pepsi Athlete of the Week Wednesday after he tossed a complete-game five-hit shutout against UT Martin May 9.
The Lexington, Ky. native was also named Ohio Valley Conference Pitcher of the Week, the second for Craycraft this season after earning the award April 13. It is the fifth conference pitching honor this season as Daniel Calhoun was honored a school-record three times.
Craycraft tossed his first complete-game shutout of his career against the Skyhawks.
He allowed five hits and tied his career-high with nine strikeouts. He did not walk a batter and no UT Martin base runner advanced passed second base.
The most impressive inning of the game was the third as Craycraft needed only three pitches in the inning. He got a foul out to first and pair of groundouts to short, all on the first pitch. All in all, Craycraft needed only 103 pitches over the nine innings.
The victory improved Craycraft to 9-2 on the season and lowered his ERA 4.29.
