Washington State University Athletics
Kyle Manzardo Named Pac-12 Player of the Week
March 10, 2020 | Baseball
PULLMAN, Wash. – Washington State sophomore Kyle Manzardo was named the Pac-12 Conference Player of the Week, the conference office announced Tuesday.
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Manzardo is the first Cougar position player to earn the conference weekly honor since Trek Stemp in 2016. Brandon White was named the Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week following week two of last season.
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Manzardo had a monster weekend at the plate in the Cougars' four-game series sweep of Niagara in Pullman. The sophomore first baseman hit .556 (10-for-18) with 11 runs scored, two doubles, two home runs and nine RBI while slugging 1.000 and posted an on-base percentage of .619 in WSU's first four-game series sweep since 2017.
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In Thursday's series opener, Manzardo recorded two hits, drove in three runs and scored twice while in Friday's contest, the lefthanded hitter drove in four and broke a 3-3 tie with a go-ahead three-run home run in the eighth inning for a 6-3 Cougar win. Saturday, the Coeur d'Alene, Idaho native collected four hits and scored three times and capped his weekend by reaching base five times and scored five runs highlighted by a two-run home run in his final at bat of the weekend.
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Manzardo entered the week tied for first in the Pac-12 in hits (25), second in hitting (.431), fourth in runs scored (20) and slugging (.655), tied for fourth in doubles (7) and tied for seventh in on-base percentage (.500). Manzardo has hit safely in all 15 games to start 2020, tied for the seventh-longest hitting streak in program history.
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Manzardo is the first Cougar position player to earn the conference weekly honor since Trek Stemp in 2016. Brandon White was named the Pac-12 Pitcher of the Week following week two of last season.
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Manzardo had a monster weekend at the plate in the Cougars' four-game series sweep of Niagara in Pullman. The sophomore first baseman hit .556 (10-for-18) with 11 runs scored, two doubles, two home runs and nine RBI while slugging 1.000 and posted an on-base percentage of .619 in WSU's first four-game series sweep since 2017.
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In Thursday's series opener, Manzardo recorded two hits, drove in three runs and scored twice while in Friday's contest, the lefthanded hitter drove in four and broke a 3-3 tie with a go-ahead three-run home run in the eighth inning for a 6-3 Cougar win. Saturday, the Coeur d'Alene, Idaho native collected four hits and scored three times and capped his weekend by reaching base five times and scored five runs highlighted by a two-run home run in his final at bat of the weekend.
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Manzardo entered the week tied for first in the Pac-12 in hits (25), second in hitting (.431), fourth in runs scored (20) and slugging (.655), tied for fourth in doubles (7) and tied for seventh in on-base percentage (.500). Manzardo has hit safely in all 15 games to start 2020, tied for the seventh-longest hitting streak in program history.
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