Michael McCaffrey of Baseball Earns Second Career NESCAC Pitcher of the Week Award

2018 Apr 10

After not allowing a single hit in six innings of work during a 1-0 win over NESCAC West Division-rival Middlebury in Game 1 of a three-game series on April 7 at Dresser Diamond, junior Michael McCaffrey of the Wesleyan University baseball team was named NESCAC Pitcher of the Week for the second time in his career on April 9.

McCaffrey (2-2), who also garnered Pitcher of the Week acknowledgement on April 3, 2017, is the third Cardinal to earn a weekly conference award in baseball this spring. Wesleyan has compiled a 13-6 overall record and an unblemished 3-0 mark in the NESCAC West Division.

McCaffrey, who hails from Warwick, R.I., currently leads the NESCAC with 37 strikeouts on the season, as he also earned the win on the mound during the team's 5-2 season-opening win over Dubuque in Tucson, Ariz., on March 11, as he only gave up one earned run on six hits in 4 1/3 innings, to go along with five strikeouts.