DURHAM, NC- The official statistician of the American Association, Pointstreak, has announced that Laredo Lemurs INF Travis Denker (pictured) has been named this week’s Pointstreak Player of the Week for the week ending May 25.
Denker picked up hits in five of his six games this week, going 10-for-24 (.417). Denker had four doubles, four home runs and 13 RBIs in games against the Winnipeg Goldeyes and Grand Prairie AirHogs. He registered a pair of three-hit games during the week – a 3-for-5 night against the Goldeyes on Monday and another 3-for-5 game against the AirHogs Saturday evening. He homered and knocked in four runs in both games. Denker also had a 2-for-5 game on Friday against the AirHogs, where his hits were a double and a home run. Laredo won four games this week, including both contests in which Denker went 3-for-5.
On the season, Denker is hitting .350 with 17 RBIs and five home runs. The Brea, California resident is in his 12th season of professional baseball, third in independent baseball, and first with the Lemurs. He played the 2012 and 2013 seasons with the Lancaster Barnstormers of the Atlantic League.
Denker and the Lemurs begin a four-game road series at the Wichita Wingnuts tonight, May 26, at 7:05 p.m. Central time.
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