Luis Ramirez Award Pitcher of the Week Week Of 3/21/2022 Sport Baseball School Long Beach State Year Sophomore Position Hometown East Los Angeles, Calif. High School Salesian HS After being inactive for a week, Luis Ramirez took to the hill again in dominant fashion to combine with Matt Fields on a two-hit shutout of Hawai’i (4-0) in The Big West opener at home on Friday night. The third-year sophomore matched his season long of 7.0 innings, allowing two singles, one walk and a hit-by-pitch while reaching double-figure strikeouts for his second time as a collegian with 10 punch-outs, including the side in order in his final frame. Ramirez (2-0) posted the first double-digit strikeout performance by a Dirtbag in 2022. Ramirez continues to lead The Big West in ERA, which was lowered on Friday down to a minuscule 0.36, fourth nationally. It marked his third scoreless outing of 2022 among his four starts. Ramirez is a two-time Big West Pitcher of the Week, having also earned this season’s first such acclaim on Feb. 21 after his combined shutout at then-third-ranked defending national champion Mississippi State.