For his strong play against Cal last week Ryan Ortiz was named the Pac-10 Baseball Player of the Week (full story here).
Ryan went 6 for 12 with four RBIs, and had hits in every game with the highlight in game three where he had walk-off winning hit against Cal in the 11th inning. With this strong play (along with what I also saw as solid defensive play behind the plate) he helped lead the Beavs to their first sweep over a Pac-10 team since 2006. Ryan's slugging percent was .667 and his on-base percentage was .571.
Overall this year Ryan is now batting .304 with 19 RBIs and 24 runs.
He has struggled a bit on offense this season, but when at home leadership was needed he stepped up nicely and I look forward to his continued leadership and improvement on offense!
Greg Peavey was also nominated this week for pitcher of the week (the honor went to ASU's Josh Spence)
via grfx.cstv.com
