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Pennington Named John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Week
4/19/2022 10:42:00 AM | Baseball
Redshirt Sophomore Jacob Pennington Earned the National Award Presented by the National College Baseball Hall of Fame
Murray State baseball player Jacob Pennington was named the John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Week by the National College Baseball Hall of Fame on Tuesday morning. The award is given weekly to the player that displays impressive performance both hitting and pitching.
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Pennington certainly plays the two-way role for the Racers as the redshirt sophomore has thrown 32.1 innings on the mound for MSU with a 3.34 ERA on the year. At the plate, Pennington is batting .326 to with four home runs and four doubles this season.
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In the Racers sweep of UT Martin, Pennington was 4-for-9 at the plate with a home run, a double, two RBIs, and a stolen base. On the mound, he went three innings with three strikeouts while allowing just one run in the series finale victory for Murray State.
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Pennington certainly plays the two-way role for the Racers as the redshirt sophomore has thrown 32.1 innings on the mound for MSU with a 3.34 ERA on the year. At the plate, Pennington is batting .326 to with four home runs and four doubles this season.
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In the Racers sweep of UT Martin, Pennington was 4-for-9 at the plate with a home run, a double, two RBIs, and a stolen base. On the mound, he went three innings with three strikeouts while allowing just one run in the series finale victory for Murray State.
ÂBig Congrats to Jacob Pennington on being named the 𝙅𝙤𝙝𝙣 𝙊𝙡𝙚𝙧𝙪𝙙 𝙏𝙬𝙤-đť™’đť™–đť™® 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙮𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙒𝙚𝙚𝙠‼️ pic.twitter.com/K2XY0HBknm
— Murray State Sports (@MSURacers) April 19, 2022
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