Players of the week


Ian Exposito turned in a brilliant start last Monday (June 18) in a 7-0 blanking of Winnipesaukee to account for one of the league’s best single-game outings by a pitcher this summer. He went eight innings with only one hit allowed, but more impressively, he fanned nine of the 25 batters he faced while allowing just a single walk.
The rising senior at St. Thomas University (NAIA) and Florida native has now gone 1-1 in two starts with the Swamp Bats. He has a 4.50 ERA in that span with 12 strikeouts, four walks and six hits, while opponents are batting only .171 against him.

Exposito is coming off a spring that saw him pitch 77.0 innings with a 3.04 ERA, a 9-1 record, 70 strikeouts and just 19 walks.
 Also congratulations to Michael Woodworth (Keene/UConn) for making the week three honor roll.
Mike led the league with 14 hits last week, going 3-3-4-2-2 in terms of hits in each of the first five games he played last week. Batted .538 altogether with five runs and seven RBIs.
Read the full press release here.

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