Rogers Chosen as ACC Pitcher of the Week
April 13, 2015 | Baseball
GREENSBORO, N.C. - Louisville sophomore lefthander Josh Rogers was named as the Atlantic Coast Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Week on Monday afternoon.
Making starts to open and close the week, Rogers went 2-0 with a pair of ACC road wins for the conference-leading Cardinals. Last Monday, the New Albany, Indiana native delivered seven shutout innings while allowing just three hits in a dominant effort at No. 14 Virginia to lead Louisville to a 4-0 win and complete a series sweep.
With a 6-1 record on the season, Rogers earned his second victory in seven days on Sunday after striking out seven and allowing just one run in five innings in the Cardinals' 11-1 triumph to clinch the series win at Duke. In his last seven starts, Rogers is 6-0 with a 1.04 ERA and 36 strikeouts.
This marks the second straight week and the third time this season a Louisville player has earned one of the ACC weekly honors. Last week, Corey Ray was chosen as ACC Player of the Week, while on Feb. 16, Kyle Funkhouser was the ACC Pitcher of the Week.
Up next, No. 3 Louisville will make a midweek visit to Ohio State on Tuesday at 7 p.m., ET. The game will be televised by Big Ten Network and will be aired on radio by 93.9 The Ville.
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