Cooper Hjerpe Named Pac-12 Pitcher Of The Week
May 24, 2021 | Baseball
SAN FRANCISCO – Oregon State freshman Cooper Hjerpe has been named the Pac-12's Pitcher of the Week, the conference announced on Monday.
Hjerpe is coming off a seven-inning effort versus then-No. 7 Arizona on Saturday. He struck out a career-best 11 batters and held the Wildcats – who came into the game with a .331 batting average – to two hits and a run. Arizona's lone run scored came on an attempted double steal in the sixth inning. That inning also happened to be the only time Hjerpe, a Capay, Calif., native, allowed the Wildcats to put a runner in scoring position.
Hjerpe retired the side in four of his seven innings and never faced more than four batters in a frame.
The win marked Hjerpe's third of the season. He also upped his season strikeout total to 84, which comes into Oregon State's series with Stanford ranking third in the Pac-12.
The honor is the first of Hjerpe's career and the third recognition for an OSU pitcher this season, following Kevin Abel on March 2 and March 30. Oregon State has now had 97 all-time conference Pitcher of the Week honors, which leads the Pac-12.
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Oregon State closes out the regular season with a three-game series at Stanford that starts Thursday night at 6 p.m. PT.
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