Baseball Pitcher of the Week (March 30, 2015)
Trent Downs, University of Rio Grande – Baseball Pitcher of the Week
5-11 Sophomore – Chillicothe, OH
University of Rio Grande sophomore Trent Downs was named the KIAC baseball pitcher of the week by KIAC officials on Monday, March 30th.
Rio Grande finished 5-1 last week. Downs pitched 3 innings and earned the save in a 9-5 win against Pikeville. He only allowed one hit and struck out 5 Pikeville batters. He followed that with a complete game shutout against Brescia on Saturday. The Rio Grande sophomore only allowed 4 hits and struck out 3 Brescia hitters. Downs improved to 2-0 on the season. He has a 2.00 earned run average in 18 innings this season.
The RedStorm are 16-14 overall and 6-2 in conference play. They will return to action on March 31st when they travel to Shawnee State University for a doubleheader.