Wes Hodges of the Akron Aeros Named Bank of America Eastern League Player of the Week

MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - AKRON , OH – Aeros third baseman Wes Hodges was named Bank of America Eastern League Player of the Week today for the week ending June 15^th. He is the third Akron player to receive a weekly award after LHP David Huff (May 18^th) and RHP Randy Newsom (June 1^st) earned Pitcher of the Week Honors earlier this season.

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Hodges hit .522 (12-23) last week with a double, a home run, nine runs scored, and eight RBI for an Aeros team that went 5-1 on their homestand against New Hampshire and Portland . Hodges is currently riding a season-high 10-game hitting streak, during which he is hitting .436 (17-39).

Hodges became the first Aero with a four-hit game this season in Tuesday’s come-from-behind 8-6 win against the Fisher Cats, including a single and a run scored in Akron’s five-run ninth inning that beat New Hampshire. The Eastern League RBI leader also drove in a pair of runs in the game.

Thursday, Hodges clocked a three-run homer to left field and became the first Aero this season to score four times in a 13-6 win that completed a three-game sweep of the Cats. The Georgia Tech product also provided the difference in a 4-2 victory over Portland Saturday night in the completion of Friday’s rain-suspended game, driving in Trevor Crowe with an RBI single to left to give Akron a 3-2 lead in the bottom of the eighth. Hodges also drove in the only two Akron runs in an 11-2 loss Sunday.

On the year, Hodges is hitting .322 with eight home runs and 53 RBI. The right-handed swinger is on pace for 114 RBI, which would shatter the previous franchise record for RBI in a single season (96, set by Chan Perry in 1997). The Indians drafted Hodges in the second round of the 2006 June Draft. A year ago, Hodges was named to the Carolina League Post-Season All-Star team, hitting .288 with 15 homers and 71 RBI in 104 games at Class-A Kinston. Baseball America named Hodges the 4^th-best prospect in the Tribe’s system prior to this season.

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