Brown Named International League Player Of The Week

The International League announced today that Columbus OF Jordan Brown has been named the league’s Batter of the Week for the week of May 18-24. It’s Brown’s first award of the season and the second for Columbus (Matt LaPorta, April 20-26).

Brown banged out a league-best 14 hits for the week and was at or near the top of the league in several other offensive categories, posting a .519 batting average (2nd), 3 home runs (T2nd), 7 RBI (T3rd), 6 runs scored (T4th), 6 extra-base hits (T1st), and a 1.000 slugging percentage (T1st). He hit safely in all six games, including two three-hit performances and a 4-for-4 effort yesterday at Buffalo. Among his hits Sunday were two solo home runs, giving him his first multi-homer game of the season. Brown now owns the 3rd-best batting average in the International League (.368) as well as the 3rd-best slugging percentage (.654). His 23 extra-base hits are tied for 3rd in the league.

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