Kramer Robertson, Zach Hess Earn SEC Weekly Awards

by Staff Reporter

May 22, 20170 Comments

LSU shortstop Kramer Robertson was named SEC Player of the Week and pitcher Zack Hess was named SEC-Co Freshman of the Week by the league office on Monday. Per SECSports.com:

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Player of the Week
Kramer Robertson, LSU

-LSU's Kramer Robertson batted .526 (10-for-19) in the Tigers' four wins last week, and he helped lead LSU to a three-game sweep of Mississippi State and a share of the 2017 SEC regular-season championship.

-Robertson, LSU's lead-off hitter, recorded two doubles, one triple, one homer, three RBI, eight runs and a .591 on- base percentage.

-Robertson batted .429 (6-for-14) in the Mississippi State series with one triple, two RBI, five runs and a .529 on-base percentage.

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Freshman of the Week
Zack Hess, LSU

-LSU's Zack Hess made two appearances in the Tigers' three-game sweep of Mississippi State, working a combined 4.2 shutout innings with two hits, one walk and eight strikeouts.

-He earned the save in LSU's Game 2 victory, which clinched the SEC Western Division title for the Tigers.

-Hess fired 3.2 innings in Game 2, allowing two hits with one walk and six strikeouts. He entered the game in the sixth inning with one out and the tying run on deck, and he fired consecutive strikeouts to retire lead-off hitter Ryan Gridley and SEC batting leader Brent Rooker to end the inning.