51s’ Gavin Cecchini receives PCL player of the week award
Las Vegas 51s shortstop Gavin Cecchini tags out Memphis Redbirds batter Tommy Pham at second base after Pham tried to stretch a single into a double in the sixth inning of their minor league baseball game at Cashman Field in Las Vegas Friday, May 27, 2016. Las Vegas won 4-1. (Josh Holmberg/Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Shortstop Gavin Cecchini was named the Pacific Coast League Player of the Week after hitting .440 between June 13-19.
Cecchini went 11-for-25 with two home runs and 10 RBIs on the week. He hit safely in six of the games and had multiple hits in four.
On Sunday, he went 2-for-5 with four RBIs and a key three-run home run in the third inning to propel the 51s over the Salt Lake Bees.
Cecchini, the Mets’ 2012 first-round draft pick, is hitting .328 with four home runs and 29 RBIs in his first season in Triple-A. This is the first time he’s been given this award.
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