Long Beach State University Athletics
Long, Osman Earn Weekly Honors
4/3/2023 11:59:00 AM | Baseball
The Dirtbags swept this week’s Big West weekly honors.
LONG BEACH, Calif. – The duo of Jonathon Long and Graham Osman have swept the Big West weekly honors after leading the Dirtbags to another undefeated week, extending their win streak to eight consecutive games.
Long earned his first ever National Player of the Week from Collegiate Baseball as well as Big West Player of the Week honors after slashing .444/.500/1.167 with a double and four home runs. Three of his four homers gave the Dirtbags the lead, including two coming in walkoff fashion.
Recording a hit in each of the four games, his lone hit against CBU was a walkoff solo home run in the bottom of the ninth before recording seven hits in the three-game series with Cal Poly. His second walkoff of the week came in game two against the Mustangs capping off a 3-for-5 day with two home runs and three RBI.
The junior now leads the team with a .340 average, 1.075 OPS, 33 hits, seven home runs, 27 RBI, 62 total bases, a .639 slugging percentage, 17 walks, and a .436 on-base percentage.
Osman put together another lights out start on the mound in the series opening win over Cal Poly on Friday. Tossing six scoreless innings, he scattered six hits and a walk while striking out nine Mustangs. He would earn the win in the 10-2 victory, moving him to a perfect 4-0 on the season.
The southpaw owns four quality starts this season and has never surrendered more than two earned runs in a ballgame. For the season, he owns a Big West leading 1.54 ERA and a .182 opponent batting average. His 21 backwards K's also lead the league while his 49 total strikeouts ranks fourth.
His ERA is also ninth in the NCAA while ranking 35th in hits per nine, 51st in wins, 52nd in total strikeouts, 65th in WHIP, and 66th in walks per nine.
Long earned his first ever National Player of the Week from Collegiate Baseball as well as Big West Player of the Week honors after slashing .444/.500/1.167 with a double and four home runs. Three of his four homers gave the Dirtbags the lead, including two coming in walkoff fashion.
Recording a hit in each of the four games, his lone hit against CBU was a walkoff solo home run in the bottom of the ninth before recording seven hits in the three-game series with Cal Poly. His second walkoff of the week came in game two against the Mustangs capping off a 3-for-5 day with two home runs and three RBI.
The junior now leads the team with a .340 average, 1.075 OPS, 33 hits, seven home runs, 27 RBI, 62 total bases, a .639 slugging percentage, 17 walks, and a .436 on-base percentage.
Osman put together another lights out start on the mound in the series opening win over Cal Poly on Friday. Tossing six scoreless innings, he scattered six hits and a walk while striking out nine Mustangs. He would earn the win in the 10-2 victory, moving him to a perfect 4-0 on the season.
The southpaw owns four quality starts this season and has never surrendered more than two earned runs in a ballgame. For the season, he owns a Big West leading 1.54 ERA and a .182 opponent batting average. His 21 backwards K's also lead the league while his 49 total strikeouts ranks fourth.
His ERA is also ninth in the NCAA while ranking 35th in hits per nine, 51st in wins, 52nd in total strikeouts, 65th in WHIP, and 66th in walks per nine.
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