AMARILLO, Texas (KFDA) – Amarillo Sod Poodles infielder Cristofer Torin earned Texas League Player of the Week honors for May 18-24 after his performance in a home series against Northwest Arkansas, Minor League Baseball announced.
Torin’s recognition extends a streak to three consecutive weeks that an Amarillo player has received a Texas League weekly award.
Dominant week at the plate
Torin recorded at least one hit in all five games against the Naturals, starting four games at shortstop and one at designated hitter.
He posted his best game Thursday, going 4-for-4 with three RBIs. Torin came within a triple of hitting for the cycle and strung together hits in eight consecutive plate appearances during the series.
Leading Double-A in key categories
Torin finished the week 12-for-22 (.545) with seven runs scored, four doubles, two triples and his fourth home run of the season.
His 1.610 OPS led all qualified Double-A hitters for the week. Torin’s 12 hits and seven extra-base hits were the most across Double-A.
Fourth Amarillo player honored this season
Torin is the fourth Sod Poodles player to earn a Texas League weekly award this season, joining Manny Pena and Gavin Conticello on the hitting side and pitcher Josh Grosz.
The Sod Poodles are 23-21 and sit half a game behind first place in the Texas League South. Amarillo begins a six-game series Tuesday at Momentum Bank Ballpark against the first-place Midland RockHounds.
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