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Watts-Brown Earns Pitcher of the Week Honors
5/9/2022 12:02:00 PM | Baseball
Juaron Watts-Brown’s no-hitter has earned him national and conference Pitcher of the Week honors.
LONG BEACH, Calif. – Juaron Watts-Brown made history on Sunday against UC Riverside, earning him a long list of weekly honors for the first time in his career. Among them are National Pitcher of the Week from Collegiate Baseball, D1Baseball.com, Perfect Game, NCBWA, and College Baseball Hall of Fame as well as the Big West Pitcher of the Week.
The redshirt freshman threw the first complete game no-hitter in program history in the series finale against the Highlanders. It is just the second no-hitter overall by Long Beach State pitching with the other being a combined no-no in 2015.
He also struck out 16 Highlanders for the game, finishing one shy of the program and marking the most by a Dirtbag pitcher since Jered Weaver set the record in 2004. Going the full nine innings, it is the first complete game shutout by any Long Beach State pitcher since 2015 and the first by a freshman since 2002.
The only blemish against the right-hander was a walk in the fourth inning, retiring the final 16 batters he faced. It took 114 pitches to etch his name into the record books with 75 going for strikes. He now has 26 strikeouts over his last 15 innings of work.
Watts-Brown now ranks 14th nationally in strikeouts per nine with a 13.34 clip, 23rd in hits allowed per nine at 6.02, 43rd in total strikeouts with 82, and 82nd in WHIP at 1.08. His K/9 ranks tops in the Big West.
He is the second Dirtbag to earn National Pitcher of the Week honors and fifth different player to earn conference honors this season.
The redshirt freshman threw the first complete game no-hitter in program history in the series finale against the Highlanders. It is just the second no-hitter overall by Long Beach State pitching with the other being a combined no-no in 2015.
He also struck out 16 Highlanders for the game, finishing one shy of the program and marking the most by a Dirtbag pitcher since Jered Weaver set the record in 2004. Going the full nine innings, it is the first complete game shutout by any Long Beach State pitcher since 2015 and the first by a freshman since 2002.
The only blemish against the right-hander was a walk in the fourth inning, retiring the final 16 batters he faced. It took 114 pitches to etch his name into the record books with 75 going for strikes. He now has 26 strikeouts over his last 15 innings of work.
Watts-Brown now ranks 14th nationally in strikeouts per nine with a 13.34 clip, 23rd in hits allowed per nine at 6.02, 43rd in total strikeouts with 82, and 82nd in WHIP at 1.08. His K/9 ranks tops in the Big West.
He is the second Dirtbag to earn National Pitcher of the Week honors and fifth different player to earn conference honors this season.
Locked on @JuaronWatts for the moment he made history ??
— LBSU Dirtbags (@LBDirtbags) May 9, 2022
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