May 3, 2010
Jake Taylor, Defiance College, Baseball (Pitcher)
Defiance College’s Jake Taylor (St. Mary’s, Ohio/Memorial) led the Jackets to two wins last week and has been named the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference Baseball Pitcher of the Week.
The freshman went 1-0 with a 1.12 earned run average over two appearances as DC defeated Ohio Northern and Mount St. Joseph.
Taylor tossed seven innings, allowing just one run on four hits while striking out a career-high four batters in a 12-1 win over ONU. Taylor added a scoreless inning of relief to help Defiance hold on to an 8-7 win over Mount St. Joseph Saturday.
Defiance (14-21, 5-13 HCAC) closes out the 2010 season at home against Bluffton and Rose-Hulman this week.
| HCAC Baseball Pitchers-of-the-Week | |
| Week 1 Derek Eitel, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | |
| Week 2 Nick Maloney, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | |
| Week 3 Derek Eitel, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | |
| Week 4 Nathan Ellis, Franklin College | |
| Week 5 Greg Vogt, Anderson University | |
| Week 6 Tyler Gallant, Defiance College | |
| Week 7 Derek Eitel, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | |
| Week 8 Chris Bloch, Transylvania University | |
| Week 9 Jake Taylor, Defiance College | |
| Week 10 | |

