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Walker earns national weekly honor
04/05/21 | Baseball
EUGENE – Collegiate Baseball has named Brett Walker one of its national players of the week after the Oregon right-handed pitcher led the Ducks to 6-1 win in the series finale against New Mexico State on Saturday.
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Walker, who was a NCBWA Preseason All-America selection, picked up the win in the second game of a doubleheader Saturday helping Oregon secure a four-game sweep of the Aggies. Walker struck out a career-high 13 batters in six innings in the win, allowing no runs on just two hits with three walks.
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Walker entered Saturday game with just 15 strikeouts in his first five starts of the season, including a then career-high five punch-outs last Sunday in a win over Arizona.
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Walker is the second Duck to be honored by Collegiate Baseball this season. He joins Kenyon Yovan who swept national honors in early March, after a big series in a sweep at UC Santa Barbara. Yovan is also the last Ducks' pitcher to earn weekly recognition from Collegiate Baseball when he claimed the honor on April 30, 2018.
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Walker, who was a NCBWA Preseason All-America selection, picked up the win in the second game of a doubleheader Saturday helping Oregon secure a four-game sweep of the Aggies. Walker struck out a career-high 13 batters in six innings in the win, allowing no runs on just two hits with three walks.
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Walker entered Saturday game with just 15 strikeouts in his first five starts of the season, including a then career-high five punch-outs last Sunday in a win over Arizona.
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Walker is the second Duck to be honored by Collegiate Baseball this season. He joins Kenyon Yovan who swept national honors in early March, after a big series in a sweep at UC Santa Barbara. Yovan is also the last Ducks' pitcher to earn weekly recognition from Collegiate Baseball when he claimed the honor on April 30, 2018.
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