Craycraft Named OVC Pitcher of the Week

4/13/2009 7:00:00 PM | Baseball

Murray State junior right hander Chris Craycraft was named the Ohio Valley Conference Pitcher of the Week for the week of April 13, the league office announced Monday. Craycraft becomes the third player to be honored by the conference this season joining left hander Daniel Calhoun (two-time selection) and outfielder Daniel Hill.

Craycraft (Lexington, Ky.) was honored after giving up just two unearned runs on four hits and eight strikeouts in a series-opening victory over Southeast Missouri Friday afternoon. He retired the first seven batters of the game and struck out a pair of hitters in the fourth and fifth innings.

Success against SEMO is nothing new to Craycraft as he tossed a complete-game in a victory over the Redhawks in 2008. In that game, Craycraft allowed three runs on six hits while needing only 109 pitches over the nine innings.

On the season, Craycraft is 5-2 with a 3.83 ERA. He has struck out 44 and walked 12 in 54 innings.