Kansas City, Mo. - For the first time in his career, Central Methodist senior pitcher Marcus Pritchard was named the Heart of America Baseball Pitcher of the Week by the conference office.
He joins three other Eagle pitchers to earn weekly honors from the conference this season.
In the final game of the regular season against Culver-Stockton, Pritchard tossed six and two third innings for the Eagles, allowing just one earned run on three hits and a walk. He also struck out eight batters en route to his fifth win on the bump this year.
Central has earned the No. 1 seed in the upcoming conference tournament, which is set to begin Friday, May 3 in Springfield, Mo.
To view the conference release on this week's Heart Baseball Players of the Week, please click here.
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