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May 2, 2005
Justin Thomas Earns CBF, Horizon League Honors
Indianapolis --
Youngstown State junior Justin
Thomas was named to the Collegiate
Baseball Foundation National Honor
Roll and was named the Horizon
League Pitcher of the Week for his
effort against Wright State last
weekend.
Thomas allowed only two hits and one unearned run in a
nine-inning complete game to lead
the Penguins to a 5-1 win over the
Raiders. Wright State, which came
into the game hitting .312 as a
team, had its only two hits of the
game in the third inning and had
only one baserunner after the third.
After the walk to Vickers, Thomas forced a 4-6-3
inning-ending double play and went
on to retire the final 16 hitters of
the game. The junior southpaw also
struck out the side in the ninth to
finish the game with eight
strikeouts. With the effort, Thomas
improved to 6-3 overall and 2-0 in
the Horizon League. In 18 innings
against league opponents, Thomas has
not allowed an earned run, has
allowed only six hits and has struck
out 23 hitters. He also moved into
second-place in school history in
career strikeouts with 229. He also
leads the team in wins (6), innings
pitched (61 1/3), strikeouts (67),
starts (10) and pickoffs (5) and ERA
(3.38).
This marks the second time Thomas has earned both awards. He
also received the accolades on April
12.
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