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Sowers and Jones on Top 30 List of Golden Spikes Award Watch List 5/12/2004
Sowers and Jones on Top 30 List of Golden Spikes Award Watch List Junior left-handed pitcher Jeremy Sowers and sophomore second baseman Warner Jones are two of 30 players on the 2004 Golden Spikes Award “Watch List.” The Golden Spikes Award is presented annually by USA Baseball to the nation’s outstanding amateur player. Sowers owns a 7-4 record and 3.16 ERA. His seven wins matches a career season-high. He has recorded double-digit strikeouts three times this season and at least eight strikeouts five times. He averages 9.2 strikeouts per nine innings while registering an SEC-best 5.8 — 1 strikeout-to-walk ratio. He’s ranked second in the SEC with 87 strikeouts and totals 295 career strikeouts, second in VU school history. He has allowed only 12 extra-base hits in 59.1 innings against SEC opponents and is tied for fourth in the league with four runners picked off. Jones has started all 47 games at second base and leads the team in batting average (.413), base hits (78) and doubles (24). His 24 doubles lead the nation and he is second in doubles per game with a 0.55 mark. His .413 batting average is second in the SEC and 21st in nation. Earlier in the season, he set the Vanderbilt and SEC record with a 32-game hitting streak (spanning over two seasons). He was named the NCBWA National Hitter of the Week and SEC Player of the Week after breaking the record. He has hit safely in 39 games and reached base in 43 of 47 games this season. He totals 21 multiple hit games, including a 5-5 performance at Baylor. USA Baseball will announce their five finalists for the 2004 Golden Spikes Award in June. |
