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Anthony Sherwin Named Patriot League Player of Week, Bison Athlete of Week after Big Series vs. Navy
3/21/2023 1:00:00 PM | Baseball
LEWISBURG, Pa. – On the heels of a sensational four-game series at Navy over the weekend, Bucknell junior shortstop Anthony Sherwin has garnered a pair of weekly honors. The Pittsburgh native has been selected as the Patriot League Player of the Week and the Bison Athlete of the Week after going 8-for-15 (.533) at the plate with four doubles, eight runs batted in, and six runs scored.
After dropping two close games to start the series, the Bison battled back to salvage a split with 17-4 and 6-3 wins in the final two games. Sherwin was the catalyst in both victories. In the second game of Saturday's doubleheader, he went 4-for-4 with a career-high six RBIs. His two-run single in the fourth inning and his three-run double in the fifth broke the game open.
Bucknell spotted Navy a 3-0 first-inning lead in Sunday's series finale before rallying to tie the game with three runs in the fourth inning. Then in the fifth, Sherwin's double up the left-center alley scored the go-ahead run. He added another RBI with a sac fly for a key insurance run in the top of the ninth inning.
Sherwin lifted his season average to .412 and his OPS to 1.076 after the big weekend. He missed nine games earlier in the year with an injury, but since returning he has hit safely in eight of his nine appearances while posting a .488 on-base percentage. His six doubles are tied for the team lead, despite only playing in half of the team's games.
Bucknell is 7-11 on the season and 2-2 in Patriot League play heading into a five-game homestand. The Bison host Villanova on Tuesday, and then Patriot League rivals Lafayette and Lehigh come in for doubleheaders over the weekend.
After dropping two close games to start the series, the Bison battled back to salvage a split with 17-4 and 6-3 wins in the final two games. Sherwin was the catalyst in both victories. In the second game of Saturday's doubleheader, he went 4-for-4 with a career-high six RBIs. His two-run single in the fourth inning and his three-run double in the fifth broke the game open.
Bucknell spotted Navy a 3-0 first-inning lead in Sunday's series finale before rallying to tie the game with three runs in the fourth inning. Then in the fifth, Sherwin's double up the left-center alley scored the go-ahead run. He added another RBI with a sac fly for a key insurance run in the top of the ninth inning.
Sherwin lifted his season average to .412 and his OPS to 1.076 after the big weekend. He missed nine games earlier in the year with an injury, but since returning he has hit safely in eight of his nine appearances while posting a .488 on-base percentage. His six doubles are tied for the team lead, despite only playing in half of the team's games.
Bucknell is 7-11 on the season and 2-2 in Patriot League play heading into a five-game homestand. The Bison host Villanova on Tuesday, and then Patriot League rivals Lafayette and Lehigh come in for doubleheaders over the weekend.
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