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Infielder Blaine Prescott on Monday was named the South Atlantic League’s Player of the Week./CRAWDADS PHOTO
HICKORY – Infielder Blaine Prescott is the fourth Crawdads player this season to win the South Atlantic League’s Player of the Week award this season.
Prescott, who hit .367 with four home runs, two doubles and seven RBIs over a seven-game stretch, was announced as the award winner by SAL officials – for the week of July 3-9 – on Monday.
Hickory won five of seven games on a homestand and, as of Monday afternoon, was in the lead in the second-half standings of the SAL’s Northern Division (Hagerstown, Md., is a half-game back and plays Monday night).
Prescott was drafted in the 28th round by the Texas Rangers in 2015. He’s a Texas native now batting .255 with seven home runs (leads the Crawdads) and 14 RBIs.
Hickory’s other players to win the league award this season are: Kyle Cody (Week 10), Yanio Perez (Week 3) and Jonathan Hernandez (Week 6).