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Rettig Earns Second Patriot League Pitcher of the Week After Breaking Career Strikeout School Record
5/2/2023 1:31:00 PM | Baseball
BETHLEHEM, Pa. – Lehigh baseball's fifth-year left-handed pitcher Luke Rettig was selected as the Patriot League Pitcher of the Week for the second time this season after his performance on the mound versus Navy.
Rettig made his 11th start of the season and delivered a two-hit shutout for his second complete game of the year. He struck out 11 Midshipmen becoming Lehigh's record holder in career strikeouts. Rettig surpassed Mitch Smith '79 (262 strikeouts) and now has 269 strikeouts heading into the final weekend of the regular season.
The Mountain Hawks (20-25, 7-14 Patriot League) will return to J. David Walker Field at Legacy Park on Thursday, May 4 when they host Cairn University in their final non-league game of the year with first pitch scheduled for 3:30 p.m.
Lehigh will wrap up the regular season with a couple of doubleheaders versus Army West Point and Holy Cross on Saturday and Sunday, May 6-7. The Mountain Hawks and Black Knights will play Saturday at 12 p.m. when the squad will honor their three graduating seniors. Holy Cross and Lehigh will conclude the season with a twin bill on Sunday beginning at 12 p.m.
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Rettig made his 11th start of the season and delivered a two-hit shutout for his second complete game of the year. He struck out 11 Midshipmen becoming Lehigh's record holder in career strikeouts. Rettig surpassed Mitch Smith '79 (262 strikeouts) and now has 269 strikeouts heading into the final weekend of the regular season.
The Mountain Hawks (20-25, 7-14 Patriot League) will return to J. David Walker Field at Legacy Park on Thursday, May 4 when they host Cairn University in their final non-league game of the year with first pitch scheduled for 3:30 p.m.
Lehigh will wrap up the regular season with a couple of doubleheaders versus Army West Point and Holy Cross on Saturday and Sunday, May 6-7. The Mountain Hawks and Black Knights will play Saturday at 12 p.m. when the squad will honor their three graduating seniors. Holy Cross and Lehigh will conclude the season with a twin bill on Sunday beginning at 12 p.m.
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