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O'Neill, Yarbrough Sweep Weekly Honors

Generals have Southern League Player and Pitcher of the Week
By Brandon Liebhaber
May 31, 2016

Sevierville, Tenn. - The Generals were rewarded after going 6-1 last week, as Tyler O'Neill was named Player of the Week and Ryan Yarbrough was named Pitcher of the Week by the Southern League Tuesday morning. Jackson has received three weekly awards this season, and the team swept both for the first time since 2013.

O'Neill continued his stellar start to 2016 with RBIs in all seven of Jackson's games last week. The slugger went 8-for-24 with a home run, a triple, four doubles, 11 RBIs and six walks in contests against Chattanooga and Montgomery. The highlight of his week was a 3-for-4 performance with a pair of doubles and three RBIs at Riverwalk Stadium in a win on Friday.

The 20-year-old outfielder is all over the Southern League leaderboard, ranking third in average (.315), tied for second in home runs (9), first in RBI (38), tied for first in hits (58), third in slugging percentage (.560), tied for second in extra-base hits (25) and first in total bases (103). This is the second career weekly player of the week award for O'Neill, who took home Midwest League honors with Clinton in 2014.

Yarbrough dominated in two starts for the Generals last week, going a combined 2-0 while allowing only two runs (one earned) on nine hits in 13 innings. He struck out 13 and walked two. Last Monday against Chattanooga, the southpaw struck out seven in seven shutout innings while allowing just three hits. He followed that up with a solid six-inning effort against Montgomery in the finale on Sunday. Yarbrough has picked up the win in each of his last six starts for the Generals.

The lefty is the second Jackson hurler to be named Pitcher of the Week this season. Dylan Unsworth won the award earlier this month after taking a no-hitter into the seventh inning against Jacksonville.

This marks the first time the Generals have swept the weekly awards since the beginning of 2013. Brad Miller and Hector Noesi were the first honorees that season.

For more information on the Jackson Generals or to find out about upcoming promotions, call the team at (731) 988.5299, stop by The Ballpark or go online to jacksongeneralsbaseball.com.