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Pitcher of the Week
August 3-9, 2009
Travis Banwart, Midland RockHounds
2 starts, 2-0 record, 0.00 ERA, 2 strikeouts, 2 walks
13 innings pitched, eight hits, 2 runs, 0 earned runs
After struggling with his command for nearly three full months, RockHounds starter Travis Banwart rediscovered his early-season magic, firing two excellent games this past week. For his efforts, he has been named Texas League Pitcher of the Week.
On August 4, Banwart handcuffed the Frisco RoughRiders, throwing seven shutout innings, allowing just three hits and no walks, while striking out two. The 4-0 victory was just Banwart's second win in his last 12 starts, giving him seven total wins on the season. Then, on August 9, Banwart nearly replicated his earlier performance in a 3-2 win over Corpus Christi. In that ballgame, he took a 3-0 shutout into the seventh, finishing with 6-plus innings, five hits and two walks, with two unearned runs. The victory gave Banwart his first wins in back-to-back starts since April, when he went 3-0 with a 1.31 ERA in four starts.
Banwart, a 23-year-old righthander from Wichita, Kansas (Wichita State University), is 8-5 with a 4.91 in his first season in the Texas League. He has thrown 113 2/3 innings, his first professional season clearing the 60-inning mark. A fourth-round draft pick in 2007, Banwart was tabbed the ninth-best righthanded starting pitcher in the Oakland system by Baseball America. He becomes the fourth different Midland hurler to win the Pitcher of the Week award, following Bobby Cramer, two-time winner Jason Fernandez and Arnold Leon, who shared the award with Fernandez last week.
August 3-9, 2009
Travis Banwart, Midland RockHounds
2 starts, 2-0 record, 0.00 ERA, 2 strikeouts, 2 walks
13 innings pitched, eight hits, 2 runs, 0 earned runs
After struggling with his command for nearly three full months, RockHounds starter Travis Banwart rediscovered his early-season magic, firing two excellent games this past week. For his efforts, he has been named Texas League Pitcher of the Week.
On August 4, Banwart handcuffed the Frisco RoughRiders, throwing seven shutout innings, allowing just three hits and no walks, while striking out two. The 4-0 victory was just Banwart's second win in his last 12 starts, giving him seven total wins on the season. Then, on August 9, Banwart nearly replicated his earlier performance in a 3-2 win over Corpus Christi. In that ballgame, he took a 3-0 shutout into the seventh, finishing with 6-plus innings, five hits and two walks, with two unearned runs. The victory gave Banwart his first wins in back-to-back starts since April, when he went 3-0 with a 1.31 ERA in four starts.
Banwart, a 23-year-old righthander from Wichita, Kansas (Wichita State University), is 8-5 with a 4.91 in his first season in the Texas League. He has thrown 113 2/3 innings, his first professional season clearing the 60-inning mark. A fourth-round draft pick in 2007, Banwart was tabbed the ninth-best righthanded starting pitcher in the Oakland system by Baseball America. He becomes the fourth different Midland hurler to win the Pitcher of the Week award, following Bobby Cramer, two-time winner Jason Fernandez and Arnold Leon, who shared the award with Fernandez last week.