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Cook Named Big Ten Co-Pitcher of the Week
5/1/2023 4:31:00 PM | Baseball
Spartan hurler picked up first career save as part of 7.1 scoreless innings in two relief appearances.
EAST LANSING, Mich. -- Michigan State baseball's Harrison Cook has been named the Big Ten Conference Co-Pitcher of the Week, announced by the conference office Monday afternoon.
Cook, a junior from Solon, Iowa registered his first collegiate save as part of 7.1 IP in two appearances without a run and only three hits, last week, in helping MSU win both games he appeared in.
He started the week going 4.1 IP in a relief appearance on Tuesday night against Notre Dame, coming on in the first inning after the Irish jumped out to a 3-0 lead on just two hits and taking advantage of one MSU error, chasing the Spartans' starter. Cook came on and closed the door on the ND rally, getting a lineout to third to end the frame with the bases loaded, but MSU trailing 3-0. Cook worked a three-up, three-down inning in the second and third frames, only yielding one extra batter in the fourth, then after yielding a single, induced a double play by final batter faced.
In game one of Saturday's doubleheader in the 8-3 Victory for MSU over Northwestern, Cook pitched the final 3.0 IP with one hit, no runs, two BB and one K to earn his first save of his collegiate career.
This is Cook's first B1G weekly award of his career.Â
After earning only two B1G weekly awards last season, Michigan State now has five so far this season, the most since 2013 when MSU collected six weekly award honors.
Cook is the second Spartan to earn Pitcher of the Week honors this season, as sophomore teammate Dominic Pianto was also named Co-Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 21 for the opening week of the season. Freshman pitcher Joseph Dzierwa was also the Freshman of the Week on April 10, while junior infielder Brock Vradenburg (Feb. 21) and junior outfielder Jack Frank (April 17) have earned B1G Player of the Week accolades.
Michigan State is off this week for Finals week on MSU's campus, before opening the May ledger and the final month of the regular-season by hitting the road to Champaign, Ill., to take on Illinois in the three-game B1G weekend series, Friday-Sunday, May 5-7. The Spartans vs. Fighting Illini series opens on Friday at 7 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. CT, then the series second game on Saturday at 4 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. CT, and wrapping up with the series finale on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. CT.
MSU's schedule is subject to change, stay tuned to MSUSpartans.com and @MSUBaseball on Twitter for schedule updates.
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Cook, a junior from Solon, Iowa registered his first collegiate save as part of 7.1 IP in two appearances without a run and only three hits, last week, in helping MSU win both games he appeared in.
He started the week going 4.1 IP in a relief appearance on Tuesday night against Notre Dame, coming on in the first inning after the Irish jumped out to a 3-0 lead on just two hits and taking advantage of one MSU error, chasing the Spartans' starter. Cook came on and closed the door on the ND rally, getting a lineout to third to end the frame with the bases loaded, but MSU trailing 3-0. Cook worked a three-up, three-down inning in the second and third frames, only yielding one extra batter in the fourth, then after yielding a single, induced a double play by final batter faced.
In game one of Saturday's doubleheader in the 8-3 Victory for MSU over Northwestern, Cook pitched the final 3.0 IP with one hit, no runs, two BB and one K to earn his first save of his collegiate career.
This is Cook's first B1G weekly award of his career.Â
After earning only two B1G weekly awards last season, Michigan State now has five so far this season, the most since 2013 when MSU collected six weekly award honors.
Cook is the second Spartan to earn Pitcher of the Week honors this season, as sophomore teammate Dominic Pianto was also named Co-Pitcher of the Week on Feb. 21 for the opening week of the season. Freshman pitcher Joseph Dzierwa was also the Freshman of the Week on April 10, while junior infielder Brock Vradenburg (Feb. 21) and junior outfielder Jack Frank (April 17) have earned B1G Player of the Week accolades.
Michigan State is off this week for Finals week on MSU's campus, before opening the May ledger and the final month of the regular-season by hitting the road to Champaign, Ill., to take on Illinois in the three-game B1G weekend series, Friday-Sunday, May 5-7. The Spartans vs. Fighting Illini series opens on Friday at 7 p.m. ET / 6 p.m. CT, then the series second game on Saturday at 4 p.m. ET / 3 p.m. CT, and wrapping up with the series finale on Sunday at 2 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. CT.
MSU's schedule is subject to change, stay tuned to MSUSpartans.com and @MSUBaseball on Twitter for schedule updates.
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