Minicozzi and Rosin Win Weekly Awards

PORTLAND, ME - The Eastern League is pleased to announce the winners of the Eastern League Player of the Week Award and Eastern League Pitcher of the Week Award for the period of May 20th through May 26th:

Richmond Flying Squirrels infielder Mark Minicozzi has been selected as the Eastern League Player of the Week for the period of May 20th-May 26th. The 30-year old batted .500 (13-for-26) with two doubles, two home runs, nine RBI, nine runs scored, eight walks and a .808 slugging percentage in seven games for the Flying Squirrels last week. Mark, who is a native of Wayne, Pennsylvania, had at least one hit in all seven games he played in last week and had multiple hits in five of those games, including going 3-for-4 with two runs scored and one RBI in a 12-5 win at Altoona on Saturday. The 6'1", 210 lb. slugger led all Eastern League players in runs scored (9) and OPS (1.436) last week. He also finished ranked among the weekly leaders in batting average (.500-2nd), hits (13-2nd), total bases (21-tied 2nd), RBI (9-tied 2nd), walks (8-tied 2nd), on-base percentage (.629-3rd), slugging percentage (.808-3rd), home runs (2-tied 6th) and extra-base hits (4-tied 10th). Minicozzi, who leads the league with a .347 batting average and currently has a 12-game hitting streak during which he is hitting .479, was signed by the San Francisco Giants as a free agent in May of 2012. He was originally drafted by the Giants in the 17th round of the 2005 draft out of East Carolina University.

Mark Minicozzi's Batting Line for the period of May 20-26, 2013

Mark Minicozzi's Batting Line for the 2013 Season

 

Seth Rosin, a right-handed starting pitcher for the Reading Fightin Phils, has been selected as the Eastern League Pitcher of the Week for the period of May 20th-May 26th. The 6'6", 250 lb. hurler started two games for the Fightin Phils last week and had a record of 2-0 with 13 strikeouts and a 1.29 ERA. Rosin, who is a native of Fargo, North Dakota, made his first start of the week on Monday night against the visiting Altoona Curve and gave up two runs on three hits and one walk while striking out eight batters over eight innings to earn the win in Reading's 6-3 victory. Seth also picked up the win in his second start of the week on Saturday night at Harrisburg, giving up just one unearned run in six innings in a 5-1 Reading victory. He scattered five hits and one walk and struck out five batters while improving his record to 3-3 on the season. The 24-year old finished ranked among the weekly leaders in innings pitched (14-1st), wins (2-tied 1st), WHIP (0.71-tied 2nd), batting average against (.163-4th), strikeouts (13-tied 5th) and ERA (1.29-8th). Seth was acquired by the Philadelphia Phillies as part of the trade with the San Francisco Giants for Hunter Pence on July 31, 2012. He was originally selected by the Giants in the fourth round of the 2010 draft out of the University of Minnesota.

Seth Rosin's Pitching Line for the period of May 20-26, 2013

Seth Rosin's Pitching Line for the 2013 Season