Astros Minor League Player and Pitchers of the Week: Week 11

It's time to look back at Week 11 and acknowledge some winning performances for the week commencing Sunday, June 8th and continuing through Saturday, June 14th.

PLAYER OF THE WEEK

First my honorable mentions for the week, and there are a lot of them! Those go to Oklahoma City's L.J. Hoes (.476/.560/.571), Gregorio Petit (.440/.440/.640) and Preston Tucker (.364/.391/.818); Quad Cities' Jon Kemmer (.471/.538/.550); Lancaster's Danry Vasquez (.476/.500/.619), Carlos Correa (.381/.500/.524) and Conrad Gregor (.360/.429/.640); DSL Blue's Joan Mauricio (.368/.480/.632), Oliver Toribio (.353/.508/.471) and Juan Fuente (.500/.588/.571); and DSL Orange's Frankeny Fernandez (.421/.517.526), Vicente Sanchez (.400/.500/.700), Rodrigo Ayarza (.350/.480/.500) and Luis Vasquez (.409/.458/.500.

There was really no contest, though, for my winner. Hitting six home runs in a week, three in one game, is pretty special by anyone's standards!

3B Matt Duffy (Oklahoma City)
.370/.452/.1074
10H 6R 2B 6HR 10RBI 2BB 3SO 2HBP

PLAYER OF THE WEEK: 3B MATT DUFFY

Matt Duffy - April 2014

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STARTING (TANDEM) PITCHER OF THE WEEK

My honorable mentions this week include Oklahoma City's Nick Tropeano and Bobby Doran; and Lancaster's Kent Emanuel and Josh Hader. But there were two performances that stood out for me. First the runner-up:

RHP Kyle Smith
0.00 ERA/1.200 WHIP
5IP 4H 2BB 9SO
Held batters to a .222 batting average

Our winner had no opening day jitters. He allowed only two hits and walked no batters to set the right tone for the Tri-City opener.

RHP Austin Chrismon (Tri-City) - Win
1.80 ERA/.0.400 WHIP
5IP 2H 1R 0BB 4SO
Held batters to a .125 batting average

STARTING (TANDEM) PITCHER OF THE WEEK: RHP AUSTIN CHRISMON

Austin Chrismon - August 2013

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RELIEF PITCHER OF THE WEEK

There has been some really excellent relief pitching of late throughout the system. So this week, I'm going to highlight four runners-up in addition to my winner.

RHP Jorge de Leon (Oklahoma City) - 1 win
0.00 ERA/1.059 WHIP
5.2IP (3 games) 2H 4BB 3SO
Held batters to a .118 batting average
2 inherited runners/0 scored

LHP Kevin Chapman (Oklahoma City) - 1 win
0.00 ERA/0.643 WHIP
4.2IP (3 games) 1H 2BB 5SO
Held batters to a .071 batting average
2 inherited runners/0 scored

LHP Patrick Urckfitz (Corpus Christi)
0.00 ERA/0.600 WHIP
3.1IP (3 games) 2H 0BB 2SO
Held batters to a .200 batting average
2 inherited runners/1 scored

RHP Josue Uribe (DSL Astros Blue)
0.00 ERA/0.900 WHIP
3.1IP (2 games) 1H 2BB SO
Held batters to a .091 batting average
5 inherited runners/1 scored

Our winner has not only had a good week, he has had a very good season thus far. In 8 appearances (12IP), he has yet to allow an earned run. He has walked only two batters while striking out 17.

RHP Frederick Tiburcio (Quad Cities) - 1 save
0.00 ERA/0.500 WHIP
2IP (2 games) 0H 1BB 3SO
Held batters hitless for the week
3 inherited runners/1 scored

RELIEF PITCHER OF THE WEEK: RHP FREDERICK TIBURCIO

Frederick Tiburcio - August 2012

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