BATON ROUGE — Pitcher Louis Coleman of LSU and infielder Nick Mitchell of UNO were named Tuesday as the Louisiana Sportswriters Association Baseball Players of the Week.
Coleman, a senior right-hander from Schlater, Miss, was named Pitcher of the Week as he turned in a dominant outing against Arkansas on Saturday, recording a complete-game shutout as the Tigers posted a 5-0 victory. Coleman’s shutout was the first by an LSU pitcher since Greg Smith blanked Vanderbilt, 3-0, on May 1, 2005.
Only three Arkansas batters reached base against Coleman, who allowed two hits in nine innings with one walk and six strikeouts. After surrendering a single to start the second inning, Coleman retired 19 straight Razorback hitters before Arkansas recorded its second hit with one out in the eighth inning.
Coleman improved his record to 9-2 on the year ? he leads the SEC in wins ? with a 2.71 ERA in 76.1 innings. He has recorded 92 strikeouts and 17 walks, and opponents are hitting just .211 against him.
Mitchell, a senior from Maitland, Fla., was named Hitter of the Week as he helped the Privateers clinch their third straight Sun Belt Conference series with a strong weekend at Florida Atlantic. He was 7-for-12 (.583) at the plate with two home runs and eight RBI during the three-game series.
Mitchell had his first career multi-home run game on Friday, hitting two round-trippers in a19-12 victory while collecting a career-high four hits.