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SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Santa Clara baseball junior Jose Vizcaino, Jr. has been named Rawlings West Coast Conference Baseball Player of the Week for the second straight time, announced by the conference Monday. The Broncos swept the Cincinnati Bearcats in the three-game set at Schott Stadium by a combined score of 29-15 to improve to 4-3 on the young season.
Vizcaino, Jr. also garnered the season's first player of the week award last Monday for his efforts on the road against the Vanderbilt Commodores. Santa Clara players and pitchers have combined to win three of the season's first four player of the week awards for baseball; Vizcaino, Jr. and Steven Wilson swept the honors from opening weekend.
All of the shortstop's hits went for extra bases — two doubles and two home runs — for a 1.091 slugging percentage. He led the team in RBIs (6) and runs scored (6) while adding three walks for a .467 on-base percentage.
In his second at-bat of the series, the La Jolla, Calif. native hit a long home run to left to tie the game at 2-2 in the third inning. His RBI double in Game 1 of a Saturday doubleheader started off a four-run seventh to give the Broncos a 10-6 lead en route to a 10-8 victory. As the third batter in Game 2 of Saturday's doubleheader, he hit a two-run homer to left as part of a three-run inning.
Vizcaino, Jr. either scored or drove in the first run in six of Santa Clara's 12 scoring innings on the weekend. In addition to being the offensive catalyst, he recorded six putouts and five assists as part of a second-straight error free weekend in 27 innings at shortstop. He took part in all three of Santa Clara's double plays.
Santa Clara (4-3) plays host to Eastern Michigan for a four-game set beginning Fri., Feb. 27, with a 6 p.m. first pitch from Schott Stadium.
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