Ottawa's Jackie Urbaez, Evansville's Justin Watland Take Weekly Awards
Ottawa's Jackie Urbaez, Evansville's Justin Watland Take Weekly Awards
Ottawa's Jackie Urbaez and Evansville's Justin Watland were stellar on the field recently and were named Frontier League Players of the Week.
Jackie Urbaez of the Ottawa Titans had an impressive week, despite his team dropping four of its last seven games.
Urbaez collected 11 hits, 13 runs, six home runs and 12 RBIs over the past week with a .366 average, and the schedule included a doubleheader against New York. Three of his six home runs came June 29 against the New Jersey Jackals, and he finished the game 4-for-5 at the plate.
Urbaez owns a .322 AVG, .428 OBP and a .510 SLG.
Here are this week's Player and Pitch of the Week Award Winners!#NewFrontier pic.twitter.com/OwFd2nn7lA
— Frontier League (@FLProBaseball) July 4, 2022
Justin Watland of the Evansville Otters appeared in two games this week against the Joliet Slammers and Gateway Grizzlies and earned wins for both games.
On June, Watland pitched seven scoreless innings, while striking out 11 batters and allowing just one hit. On July 3, he pitched a complete game, allowing just four hits and two earned runs, while striking out 10 batters.
Watland finished the week pitching 16 innings, allowing five hits, walking nine batters and striking out 21 on the way to a 1.13 ERA. He leads the league this season with 68 strikeouts.