Cedotal, Payetta Named Southland Baseball Players of the Week
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FRISCO, Texas – Southeastern Louisiana senior left-hander Kyle Cedotal has been named the Southland Conference Pitcher of the Week and Houston Baptist senior shortstop Louie Payetta have been named the Southland hitter of the week presented by UniversalCoin.com, the league office announced Monday.
Cedotal carried a perfect game into the eighth inning of Southeastern's Southland Conference opener against UIW. Facing the minimum number of batters in his eight innings of work, he fell one strikeout shy of tying his career high. He retired the first 22 batters he faced and at one point fanned seven-consecutive batters.
Payetta led the Huskies to a 2-1 conference series victory on the road at McNeese State, hitting .818 (9-for-11) with three doubles, four RBIs, two walks and a sacrifice to post an .846 on-base percentage and 1.091 slugging percentage. In Friday night’s 3-2 victory, he went 3-for-4 and drove in a pair of runs, then went 3-for-4 with two doubles, an RBI and a run in Saturday’s loss. Payetta closed the series by going 3-for-3 with a double, two walks, one intentionally, two runs and an RBI in Sunday’s 7-5 win. He has a four-game hitting streak and is hitting .349 for the season with four doubles, 10 RBIs and eight runs.
Honorable mention for hitter of the week goes to New Orleans junior third baseman Dakota Dean, Southeastern Louisiana junior first baseman Jameson Fisher and Central Arkansas senior designated hitter Brandon Montalvo. Honorable mention for pitcher of the week goes to Northwestern State junior right-hander Adam Oller, Central Arkansas junior right-hander Jacob Murray, Nicholls senior right-hander Justin Sinibaldi.
Each school’s sports information director nominates and votes for the players of the week, though is not permitted to vote for his own player. To receive honorable mention, a player must receive votes from 25 percent of the Southland sports information directors.