IU Southeast's Romero, Asbury's Lush win RSC Baseball weekly honors
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio -- Indiana University Southeast right fielder Marco Romero and Asbury (Ky.) University left-hander Alec Lush earned River States Conference Baseball Player and Pitcher of the Week honors for their performances March 15-21.
Romero, a junior from Caracas, Venezuela, was 9 for 13 for a batting average of .692 on the week. The Grenadiers went 4-0 with Romero slugging 1.000, scoring nine runs, driving in six and walking five times. He started out going 3 for 3 with two doubles, three runs and two walks in a win over Pikeville (Ky). On the weekend, Romero was 6 for 10 with six runs, five RBIs and two doubles in a three-game sweep of Ohio Christian.
Lush, a junior from Sheperdsville, Ky., pitched six shutouts innings in a 14-0 victory over IU Kokomo. Lush gave up just two hits to get the win. He struck out six, walked two and pushed the Eagles to the series victory and the weekend sweep.
IU Southeast (17-11, 9-0 RSC) and Asbury (20-3, 8-1 RSC) are the top two teams in the conference, and they meet this coming weekend for a series.