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Troy's Smartt, ULM's Barnes Named Community Coffee Baseball Players of the Week

Baseball Player/Pitcher of the Week - May 7

COMMUNITY COFFEE PLAYER OF THE WEEK

Chase Smartt, Troy (Sr., C, Troy, Ala.)
Chase Smartt was sensational in Troy's four games this week batting .632 (12-of-19) with six doubles, two home runs, nine RBIs and a 1.263 slugging percentage. He had multiple doubles in two of the games and recorded an extra-base hit in all four contests. Troy knocked off SWAC East Division Champion Alabama State on Tuesday and took 2-of-3 from Sun Belt East Division leader Georgia Southern over the weekend.

COMMUNITY COFFEE PITCHER OF THE WEEK

Ty Barnes, ULM (Jr., RHP, Petal, Miss.)
Barnes pitched the first complete game shutout by a ULM pitcher in four years (Feb. 28, 2015) and the first by a ULM pitcher in Sun Belt Conference play in seven years (vs. Middle Tennessee, April 21, 2012). He scattered seven hits with just one walk, and allowed only one base runner to reach third base in picking up his fourth win of the season. Prior to Friday, Barnes had not pitched past 5 1/3 innings in any start this season. Barnes had to work out of a little trouble late in the game to preserve the shutout, giving up a lead off double in the seventh inning, but used a pop up, line out and strike out to get out of the inning. Again in the eighth, he gave up a one-out double, but forced a pop up and a fly out to retire the side.

2019 Weekly Award Winners
Player
February 19: Kyle Skeels, Coastal Carolina
February 26: Parker Chavers, Coastal Carolina
March 5: Dylan Paul, UTA
March 12: Luke Drumheller, Appalachian State
March 19: Mason McWhorter, Georgia Southern
March 26: Hayden Cantrelle, Louisiana
April 2: Kyle Skeels, Coastal Carolina
April 9: Andrew Beesley, ULM
April 16: Riley Pittman, Little Rock
April 23: Noah Ledford, Georgia Southern
April 30: Will Hollis, Texas State
May 7: Chase Smartt, Troy

Pitcher
February 19: Connor Reich, Texas State
February 26: Drake Nightengale, South Alabama
March 5: Nicholas Fraze, Texas State
March 12: Levi Thomas, Troy
March 19: Hunter Gaddis, Georgia State
March 26: Nate Alberius, Arkansas State
April 2: Austin Kitchen, Coastal Carolina
April 9: Brandon Young, Louisiana
April 16: Hayden Arnold, Little Rock
April 23: Drake Nightengale, South Alabama
April 30: Tyler Tuthill, Appalachian State
May 7: Ty Barnes, ULM