Rio Grande's Mettler wins RSC Baseball Pitcher of the Week
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- University of Rio Grande (Ohio) freshman Lane Mettler earned a victory in relief to pick up River States Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Week for Feb. 8-14.
Mettler, from Bainbridge, Ohio, worked 2.0 scoreless innings of relief to lift the RedStorm to a 5-4 win over Lindsey Wilson (Ky.). He came on in the sixth to get out of a bases-loaded jam and keep the score 4-4. He also worked a scoreless seventh and got the win when the RedStorm took the game in walkoff fashion.
In his outing Mettler gave up one hit, struck out three and walked one.