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Otters Sweep CCAA Weekly Baseball Awards


After helping Cal State Monterey Bay to its third CCAA series sweep of the season, Brian Morley and Ethan McRae have been named CCAA Player and Pitcher of the Week for March 25-31, respectively.

Morley was the Otters’ best hitter during the sweep of Cal State Dominguez Hills, going 8-for-15 at the plate with 11 RBI and four extra-base hits including two homers. The senior first baseman from Carmichael compiled  a .533 batting average along with a 1.067 slugging percentage. In the second game of the series to open up play on Saturday, Morley put together a 3-for-4 outing with two doubles, a home run, six RBI and a 2.000 slugging percentage while helping turn two double plays in the field for perhaps his most fruitful game of the four, a 10-5 victory for Cal State Monterey Bay.

Weekly pitching honors go to McRae, a junior from Hanford, who punctuated the series by notching the 6-0 shutout over the Toros on Sunday. McRae threw eight innings in the combined shutout, the first for the Otters in 2019, striking out four while allowing four hits and walking two.

The sweep lifted Cal State Monterey Bay to third in the CCAA standings, where they trail just No. 3 UC San Diego (20-5, 15-5 CCAA) and RV San Francisco State (16-5-1, 14-5 CCAA).

The Otters are currently scheduled to host Cal Poly Pomona this weekend with the four-game series slated to start Friday evening, weather permitting.

Also nominated:
Player -
Richard Castro, Cal State San Bernardino
Jack Harris, San Francisco State
Adam Hollar, Cal State East Bay
Alexis Paz, Stanislaus State
Shay Whitcomb, UC San Diego
Pitcher -
Brian Martinez, Cal State East Bay,
Brandon Weed, UC San Diego
Tyler Williams, Cal State San Bernardino

 
2019 CCAA Baseball Weekly Awards
Player of the Week Pitcher of the Week
Jan. 28-Feb. 3 Grant Buck, Cal State San Marcos Mike Lopez, Cal State San Marcos
Feb. 4-10 Gabe Chavez, Cal State San Bernardino Rylan Tinsley, Stanislaus State
Feb. 11-17 Austin Ott, Cal State San Marcos Chase Wheatcroft, Stanislaus State
Feb. 18-24 Brian Morley, Cal State Monterey Bay Tim Holdgrafer, Cal Poly Pomona
Feb. 25-March 3 Aaron Kim, UC San Diego Chase Wheatcroft, Stanislaus State
March 4-10 Brandon De La Guardia, Stanislaus State Grant Larson, Chico State
March 11-17 Shay Whitcomb, UC San Diego Kenton Carruthers, Chico State
March 18-24 Grant Buck, Cal State San Marcos Tyler Murphy, Stanislaus State
March 25-31 Brian Morley, Cal State Monterey Bay Ethan McRae, Cal State Monterey Bay