Eastern Michigan Athletics
Jeff Fischer Named MAC West Pitcher of the Week
4/24/2007 2:25:10 PM | Baseball
Fischer notches third-career weekly honor
YPSILANTI, Mich.
— Eastern Michigan University junior pitcher Jeff Fischer (Farmington, Mich.-Farmington) has been named Mid-American Conference West Division Pitcher of the Week for the period ending April 23. This marks the third time Fischer has won the weekly award in his career.Over the weekend, Fischer notched his fourth consecutive conference victory allowing only one earned run on five hits with nine strikeouts in 7.0 innings of work in an 8-3 EMU victory over Ball State, April 20. Fischer’s nine strikeouts moved him into third place all-time in EMU history with 230 career strikeouts.
For the season, Fischer has made nine appearances with a 4-3 record and 2.88 ERA. He is near the top in many MAC statistical categories: second in strikeouts (64, 9.71 per game) and shutouts (1), third in opponents batting average (.233) and eighth in ERA (2.88). Fischer recorded his second career complete game shut out to lead EMU to a 2-0 victory over Ohio University (April 13) going the distance allowing just four scattered hits while striking out five to record his sixth career complete game. During the contest, Fischer did not allow an Ohio runner past second base all game.
Fischer also was named to the College Baseball Foundation National Honor Roll Players of the Week ending April 10 and earned Great Lakes Region Performance of the Week from InsidePitching.com following a career-high 14 strikeout performance against Buffalo (March 31). He also tallied 10 strikeouts in a win against Miami (April 6), going 7.2 innings, allowing only three hits and one run that snapped the RedHawks’ 10-game winning streak, which was the third longest active winning streak in the nation at the time.
