Spenrath Named MW Player of the Week, Pengelly Pitcher of the Week
Following New Mexico Baseball’s third-consecutive weekend series win that kept the Lobos tied for first in the Mountain West standings, Reed Spenrath was named MW Player of the Week and Dayne Pengelly was named Pitcher of the Week, the league announced Monday.
The honors are the first of Spenrath and Pengelly’s careers and the sixth and seventh weekly awards of the season for UNM – the most in a single season since 2017, when the Lobos brought in eight weekly awards.
MOUNTAIN WEST PLAYER OF THE WEEK | REED SPENRATH | SR | 1B
– Batted .385 on the weekend in the Lobos’ series win over Nevada last weekend, finishing with 9 RBI on three homers in the Lobos’ 16-0 series-opening win on Friday night.
– Spenrath hit two grand slams in the same game for the first time since 1992, when Mark Gulseth did it against San Diego State. It’s also the first time in over 12 months that a Lobo has hit three homers in the same game (Justin Olson vs. Fresno State, 4/29/23).
– Batted .444 (4-for-9) with runners on and .500 with two outs on the board this weekend, leading the Lobos in RBI with 10 on the week — the next most from a single player was 4.
-Generated 38 putouts while starting all three games at first without any errors to go with an assist, turning four double plays.
MOUNTAIN WEST PITCHER OF THE WEEK | DAYNE PENGELLY | JR | RHP
– Pengelly struck out 12 – the most in a single game for a UNM player since Justin Armbruster (May 22, 2021) also struck out 12 at San Jose State – for a new career- and team-high over seven scoreless frames, walking three and scattering four hits in that span to improve to 4-4 on the season. UNM’s 16-0 win was their first time shutting out an opponent this season.
– The Lobos’ pitchers posted a 2.33 ERA over the weekend series, their lowest in a three-game span this season.
UP NEXT
After dispatching Nevada 11-5 in a rubber match on Sunday at home to take the series, the Lobos (27-22, 16-11 MW) are tied for first place in the MW standings with just three games left to play – they head to San Jose State (20-30, 13-14 MW) to conclude their regular season, needing just one win to clinch their first MW Tournament bid since 2017. UNM is the only team in the conference that has won seven of its last 10.