Indiana University Athletics
Pyne Earns National, B1G Player of the Week
5/15/2023 4:30:00 PM | Baseball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – With an extra base hit and multiple RBIs in each game last week, Indiana baseball sophomore Josh Pyne was named the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Associaton National Player of the Week and Big Ten Player of the Week as announced by the conference office on Monday (May 15) and NCBWA on Tuesday (May 16).
Pyne helped Indiana a perfect 4-0 week, its first sweep of Purdue since 2016 and a series-record 51 runs scored over three games. He finished the week with a .588/1.235/.667 slash line, 10 hits, nine runs scored and 14 RBIs over four starts at third base. He is the first Hoosier to earn the NCBWA honor since Matt Lloyd in 2017.
With three multi-hit games and three multi-run games to go along with his four multi-RBI contests, Pyne had at least one hit, one RBI and one runs scored in all four games. He also collected an extra base hit in each game as he played an errorless third base on 10 chances.
He drove in a career-high five RBIs and scored twice in a 3-for-4 day at the plate with a home run to help IU secure the sweep of Purdue. He scored a career-high four runs and tied a career-high four hits in the series opener with four RBIs in that contest and one home run. In the middle game of the series, Pyne plated three RBIs on a pair of hits, which included a triple, and added two runs scored.
The Linton, Indiana, native opened the week with a home run and sacrifice fly at Xavier.
It is the second career weekly award for Pyne, who was the Big Ten Freshman of the Week in 2022.
Indiana sits tied atop the Big Ten with a 15-6 record and is 38-14 overall entering the week. A home game against Evansville at 6 p.m. on Tuesday will wrap up the regular season home schedule, before a three-game series at Michigan State from Thursday-Saturday. All four games will be televised on the Big Ten Network and carried on the Indiana Hoosiers Sports Network.
Pyne helped Indiana a perfect 4-0 week, its first sweep of Purdue since 2016 and a series-record 51 runs scored over three games. He finished the week with a .588/1.235/.667 slash line, 10 hits, nine runs scored and 14 RBIs over four starts at third base. He is the first Hoosier to earn the NCBWA honor since Matt Lloyd in 2017.
With three multi-hit games and three multi-run games to go along with his four multi-RBI contests, Pyne had at least one hit, one RBI and one runs scored in all four games. He also collected an extra base hit in each game as he played an errorless third base on 10 chances.
He drove in a career-high five RBIs and scored twice in a 3-for-4 day at the plate with a home run to help IU secure the sweep of Purdue. He scored a career-high four runs and tied a career-high four hits in the series opener with four RBIs in that contest and one home run. In the middle game of the series, Pyne plated three RBIs on a pair of hits, which included a triple, and added two runs scored.
The Linton, Indiana, native opened the week with a home run and sacrifice fly at Xavier.
It is the second career weekly award for Pyne, who was the Big Ten Freshman of the Week in 2022.
Indiana sits tied atop the Big Ten with a 15-6 record and is 38-14 overall entering the week. A home game against Evansville at 6 p.m. on Tuesday will wrap up the regular season home schedule, before a three-game series at Michigan State from Thursday-Saturday. All four games will be televised on the Big Ten Network and carried on the Indiana Hoosiers Sports Network.
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