photo: Scott Hurst (Brian Walton/The Cardinal Nation)
State College Spikes press release
Major League Baseball Advanced Media announced on Monday that State College Spikes outfielder Scott Hurst has been named the New York-Penn League’s Player of the Week for the week of August 14-20, 2017.
Hurst earned the honors after racking up four multi-hit games during the Spikes’ road trip through West Virginia and Auburn. The Glendora, CA native also became just the second player in franchise history to record back-to-back four-hit games when he did so on Saturday and Sunday in Auburn, and hit the latest home run in Spikes history with a 15th-inning blast to win Friday night’s game at West Virginia.
The Cardinals’ 2017 third-round draft choice out of Cal State-Fullerton, Hurst is now sixth in the NYPL in hitting with a .309 average, and his .463 slugging percentage ranks fifth-best in the league.
Hurst follows Evan Mendoza, who earned consecutive Player of the Week awards for July 24-30 and July 31-August 6, as Spikes to cop weekly honors this season.
The three NYPL Player of the Week awards earned by Spikes this season are the most in a single season since the club earned three Player of the Week and two Pitcher of the Week awards in 2010.
Brian Walton’s take
Specifically, for the week, Hurst went 10-for-20, including nine singles and a home run. The NYPL All-Star selection drew one walk, scored just twice (due to no fault of his own) and plated three. Hurst fanned five times. His slash line was .500/.524/.650/1.174.
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