ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A pair of division one student-athletes garnered New York Collegiate Baseball League honors this week. Zach Lauricella (St. John’s) earned hitter of the week, and Chris Murphy (Texas Christian University) took home pitcher-of-the-week honors.
Lauricella finished the week with nine hits in 20 trips to the plate. The native of Clarence Center, N.Y. collected four doubles, two home runs and nine RBI. His two home runs and and seven RBI led the way as the first-place Syracuse Jr. Chiefs throttled the Geneva red Wings 22-10 on Friday.
Murphy hurled a complete game on Sunday as the Geneva Red Wings downed the Adirondack Trail Blazers, 6-1. The antive of Newark, DE struck out six, walked one, surrendered seven hits and one earned run for his third win of the season. After allowing three hits and one run in the second, the right-hander form Newark, DE settled down and allowed just one baserunner between the fourth and eighth innings.
Earlier this season, he failed to get past the fifth inning in three straight losses. Murphy has gone at least eight innings in his last two outings. He has won his last two decisions. In his last start, he allowed three runs over eight innings but did not figure in the decision.
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