Knights Slugger Roman Garcia Earns WCL Player of the Week Honors.

July 25, 2016

San Diego First Baseman Extends Hit Streak to 8 Games

The West Coast League Player of the Week and Pitcher of the Week, as announced by league president Donnie Marbut, for the week of July 18-24 were San Diego junior first baseman Roman Garcia of the Corvallis Knights and UC Riverside junior pitcher Jacob Worrell of the Cowlitz Black Bears.

Garcia (pictured at Goss Stadium), a senior-to-be at University of San Diego, extended his hit streak to eight games with hits in all five of the Knights games post the All-Star Game, including four multiple hit games. The right-handed hitting slugger went 10-for-22 with 6 runs scored, three doubles and 5 RBIs for the week.

This past spring, Garcia had 83 at bats and hit .313 for the Toreros with 3 homers and 12 RBIs. For the summer, Roman is hitting .290 with 8 doubles, a homer and 17 RBIs for Corvallis.

Worrell pitched six no-hit innings last night at Vince Genna Stadium to earn the win in a combined shutout of Bend, 6-0. Earlier in the week, Worrell threw a key 2/3 innings of scoreless relief vs. the Elks, recording both outs by strikeout, in the Black Bears critical 5-4 victory at Cowlitz's David Story Field.

Cowlitz posted a 4-1 week following the WCL All-Star Game break to move within 3 games of first place in the South second-half at 7-7.

At UC Riverside in 2016, Worrell, who will be a senior this fall, made 15 appearances and one start. The right-hander went 0-3 with a save while posting a 5.89 ERA for the Highlanders.

Worrell has made 11 appearances and 2 starts for the Black Bears and is 3-3 with a 2.36 ERA.