Eugene, Ore. – Outfielder Jack Swisher is the Titans Men’s Athlete of the Week for Feb. 19 through Reb. 25.
Swisher and the No. 8 Titans baseball team opened their 2020 season with two neutral site games versus No. 3 Everett on Saturday and another two neutral site games versus No. 7 Yakima Valley on Sunday.
In game one on Saturday versus Everett, Swisher led the Titans to a 5-0 win with a 2-3 performance at the plate. He added a walk, sacrifice bunt and scored a run.
In game two versus Everett, Swisher added two more hits and went 2-5 with his first RBI of the season and added a second sacrifice bunt in the Titans 2-2 tie that went 12 innings before the game was called due to darkness.
Then on Sunday in game one versus Yakima Valley, Swisher went 3-5 with his first double of the season, an RBI, his first stolen base of the season and two runs scored in the Titans 13-8 loss.
To finish the weekend, Swisher and the Titans bounced back with a 9-2 win versus Yakima Valley led by a 2-4 performance from Swisher. He added another double, stolen base, RBI and run scored.
On the weekend the Titans went 2-1-1. Swisher went 9-17 at the plate, with two doubles, two stolen bases, three RBI’s and four runs scored.
Season statistical ranking (NWAC rank)
.529 Batting average (10th best in the NWAC, 3rd among players with at least 15 at-bats)
.556 on-base percentage (3rd among players with 18 plate appearances or more)
.647 slugging percentage (4th among players with 17 or more at-bats)
2 stolen bases and 2 extra-base hits (one of only three players with multiple of both)
11 total bases (tied for 7th most)
Jack Swisher and the Titans travel to No. 6 Edmonds for a four-game series on Saturday and Sunday.