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April 29, 2002
OXFORD, Ohio - For the second time this season Miami baseball earned Mid-American Conference East Division Player of the Week kudos. This time it was junior first basemen Michael Carlin (Pittsburgh, Pa./Mt. Lebanon), who paced the team in every major statistical category in six games last week. The award is the first of his career.
Carlin played both first base and left field this week in six games against Wright State, Cincinnati and Marshall, going 11-for-21 from the dish to lead the Red and White with a .524 batting average. He also led the team in runs scored (8), doubles (3), triples (1), home runs (5), RBI (10), total bases (31), slugging percentage (1.476) and on-base percentage (.583).
He matched his single-game record of three home runs at Marshall on Friday when he left the park three times in a 16-8 RedHawks' victory. Carlin continued to swing for the fences in the next three games, swatting two more out of the park en route to finishing the weekend with seven dingers. He was 3-for-4 from the plate in Miami's come-from-behind victory at Marshall on Saturday, and was a triple short of the cycle.
Over a six-game span last week, Carlin led the Red and White with four multiple-hit and three multiple-RBI games. Nine of his 11 hits went for extra bases, and he raised his batting average 33 points, from .305 to .338. He leads Miami with 12 home runs.
Miami is 22-20 overall and third in the MAC East Division with a 9-7 tally. The RedHawks relax this week for finals before hosting intra-state rival Ohio University on May 3-5.
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