Wild Things’ Roa named Frontier League Player of the Week
For the second consecutive week, a Washington Wild Things outfielder has been named the Frontier League Player of the Week by Pointstreak, the official statistical provider of the league. Right fielder Hector Roa won this week’s award Monday after leading Washington to a 4-2 road trip.
Center fielder James Harris was named the Player of the Week last Monday and Chase Cunningham was the Pitcher of the Week. It is the first time since August of 2014 that Washington has had players win league awards in consecutive weeks.
Roa, who in his second season with the Wild Things after playing in the Houston Astros’ farm system for five years, batted .462 for the week, going 12-for-26 with three home runs, seven runs, two walks and 10 RBI. Each of Roa’s home runs came in the series at Gateway and he added seven hits in the weekend series at Southern Illinois. The efforts of the past week helped Roa raise his batting average to .313.
Traverse City’s Jordan Desguin was named the Pitcher of the Week. Desguin allowed one run in nine innings and improved his record to 4-0.
Roa and Desguin both will be at Wild Things Park Tuesday night when Washington opens a three-game series with the Beach Bums.