SEWANEE, Tenn. – Sewanee's
Zach Fortman and
Austin Graber were voted SAA Player and Pitcher of the Week, respectively, on Monday after their performances for the Tigers in games versus Covenant College and Asbury University.
Fortman batted .733 (11-for-15) with one double, two triples, three home runs, nine runs scored and 18 RBIs in four games for the Tigers. He was 3-for-5 with a double and three runs scored in a midweek contest against Covenant.
In Saturday's doubleheader versus Asbury, he singled home a run and hit a two-run homer before breaking a 5-5 tie in the seventh inning with a bases-clearing triple, giving him six RBIs in game one (4-for-4 in the game).
In the second contest he tripled home a run and added an RBI on a bases-loaded walk before hitting a grand slam and then a three-run homer, all in the first five innings, giving him nine RBIs in the game and 15 for the day. He added a single and a run scored (was also hit once) in the series finale.
Fortman is batting .463 with three triples, three homers, 25 RBIs and 17 runs scored in 14 games this season.
Graber allowed one run on three hits with three strikeouts in a career-best seven innings of work, inducing three groundball doubleplays and keeping Asbury off the scoreboard over his final six innings.
He retired the side in order in the third and fourth innings and worked around two walks in the fifth and an error in the sixth. Asbury grounded into doubleplays to end the first, fifth and seventh innings and was unable to take advantage of three walks and a hit batter issued by Graber. He threw just 79 pitches in the seven innings.
