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Brubaker Named MAC East Pitcher of the Week
March 30 | Baseball
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CLEVELAND- Akron junior starting pitcher JT Brubaker (New Carlisle, Ohio) has been named the Mid-American Conference East Division Pitcher of the Week for his performance against Toledo, the league office announced Monday.
In a 10-1 win over the Rockets in game one of a doubleheader on Sunday, the New Carlisle, Ohio native, threw 8.0 scoreless innings for the Zips to tie his career-high innings pitched and pick up his second win of the season. He allowed just two hits and fanned a career-high seven batters while walking two.
En route to his eight scoreless innings, Brubaker retired 13 batters in a row between the second and fifth innings, allowing just one Rocket to reach base throughout the opening five frames. He only allowed more than one runner to reach base in a single inning once and faced a total of 27 batters.
On the season, the righty owns a 2-3 record and 2.55 ERA after making seven starts on the mound. Brubaker has tossed 42.1 innings including one complete game. He leads the pitching staff with 29 strikeouts while he has given up 11 walks and 13 runs, 12 earned.
Additionally, Brubaker and starting pitchers John Valek III and Jon Pusateri have been named the Zips' Student-Athletes of the Week. The trio combined to post 23 total innings pitched without an earned run in a three-game series against Toledo over the weekend. The starting rotation allowed just 11 total hits and three walks while posting 24 strikeouts and holding Toledo to a .170 batting average.
The MAC honor is the first for Brubaker this season. He is the fourth Zip to earn a weekly honor from the conference. Junior lefty Valek and redshirt senior outfielder Joey Havrilak swept the East Division awards on March 23 and senior starting pitcher Pat Dyer received East Division Pitcher of the Week honors on March 11.
The Zips (12-13, 4-2 MAC) are back in action when they travel to Buffalo, N.Y., to take on Canisius (11-15, 4-1 MAAC) on Wednesday, April 1 at 3 p.m.
