Baseball | Monday 05/21/2018

DENVER – New Mexico State baseball ace Kyle Bradish was named the Western Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Week after a dominating performance against UT Rio Grande Valley last Thursday in the final series of the regular-season.
 
This is the second weekly honor for Bradish and seventh overall for NM State this season.
 
The Goodyear, Ariz., product pitched six solid innings and gave up just three runs, two earned and scattered five hits with a walk while fanning 12 batters. With his 12 punch outs, Bradish became the Aggie single-season strikeouts leader with 116 and broke the 27-year old record held by Albert Montoya (107).
 
On top of leading the conference in strikeouts and strikeouts per nine innings (12.94), opposing batters are also hitting a league low .208 from the plate against him. Bradish's 116 K's are good for 13th-best in the nation while his 12.94 strikeouts per nine innings is good for 10th-most in the country.
 

?? ?? Your new single season strikeout leader - 116 and counting for @kyle_OO7.

Hard to put into words how good KB has been in the Crimson & White. ??#AggieUp | #TodayMatters pic.twitter.com/So2Iq8M7LX

— NM State Baseball (@NMStateBaseball) May 18, 2018

Heading into the WAC Tournament, Bradish's 287 career strikeouts is 19th-most in the nation amongst active players across all-division and 11th-best when compared to just Division I active pitchers. Meanwhile, the 94 walks issued is the 13th lowest among active pitchers and is also ranked 11th at the Division I level. His 23 career wins is also 12th-most at the Division I level.
 
Bradish and the third-seeded Aggies are headed to Mesa, Ariz., this week for the conference tournament and are scheduled to face the sixth-seeded Runners of CSU Bakersfield at Hohokam Stadium this Wednesday, May 23, at 8 p.m. (MDT)/7 p.m. (MST) local. All games can be seen on the WAC Digital Network or on the radio with Adam Young on the call via 91.5 FM KRUX.