Nike® #HLBASE Players of the Week (April 25)
INDIANAPOLIS – Milwaukee’s Luke Seidel and Oakland’s Brandon Decker received this week’s Nike® #HLBASE Players of the Week awards as the Horizon League announced them on Tuesday. When the game mattered most, both Seidel and Decker stepped up to the task, as Seidel had a game-winning walk-off single in the Panther’s win over Northern Kentucky, while Decker came strong out of the pen to shut the Penguins down as he picked up two multi-inning saves.
#HLBASE Batter of the Week
Luke Seidel | Milwaukee | Senior | Outfielder | Inverness, Ill.
Senior Luke Seidel hit .727 on the week with eight hits in 11 at bats including the game-winning walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth to give Milwaukee a 5-4 win over league-leading Northern Kentucky on Friday afternoon. Seidel had three extra-base hits with two doubles and a triple, with three runs batted in and four runs scored from his leadoff spot in the lineup. Seidel walked once and was 2-for-2 on stolen base attempts on the week and is third in the Horizon League with 16 stolen bases on the year.
#HLBASE Pitcher of the Week
Brandon Decker | Oakland | Junior | Right-Handed Pitcher | Farmington Hills, Mich.
Junior right-hander Brandon Decker closed out the final two games of Oakland’s three-game sweep of Youngstown State on April 20 and 21, working a total of 5.1 shutout innings and holding the Penguins to two hits with just a lone walk and six strikeouts. Picking up his third save in Game 2 of the April 20 doubleheader, Decker handled the final four frames and did not allow a Youngtown State hit while issuing one walk and sitting down three on strikes. Impressively, he took to the mound again and picked up save No. 4 the very next day, recording the final four outs of the April 21 series finale, three of which came via strikeout. All four of Decker’s saves this season have come in Horizon League play, which leads the conference, and among Golden Grizzlies this year, he is second on the team in strikeouts with 42 and third in both batting average against (.255) and innings pitched (42.1).
2023 Nike® #HLBASE Batters of the Week
February 21 – Noah Fisher, Northern Kentucky
February 28 – Trey Law, Youngstown State & Liam McFadden-Ackman, Northern Kentucky
March 8 – Braedon Blackford, Purdue Fort Wayne
March 14 – Gehrig Anglin, Wright State
March 21 – Noah Fisher, Northern Kentucky
March 28 – Andrew Patrick, Wright State
April 4 – Ben Higgins, Purdue Fort Wayne
April 11 – Noah Fisher, Northern Kentucky
April 18 – Julian Greenwell, Wright State
April 25 – Luke Seidel, Milwaukee
2023 Nike® #HLBASE Pitchers of the Week
February 21 – Jake Shirk, Wright State
February 28 – Travis Perry, Youngstown State
March 8 – Nick Gilhaus, Milwaukee
March 14 -- Bryce Konitzer, Oakland
March 21 – Ben Gerl, Northern Kentucky
March 28 – Sebastian Gongora, Wright State
April 4 – Riley Frey, Milwaukee
April 11 – Ben Gerl, Northern Kentucky
April 18 – Kaden Echeman, Northern Kentucky
April 25 – Brandon Decker, Oakland