Graham Osman Award Pitcher of the Week Week Of 4/3/2023 Sport Baseball School Long Beach State Year Position Hometown Morrison, Colo. High School Colorado Academy Graham Osman threw 6.0 shutout frames in a 10-2 Long Beach State victory over Cal Poly on Friday night on Bohl Diamond at Blair Field to become the first two-time Big West Pitcher of the Week for 2023. The fourth-year junior southpaw and first-year Arizona State transfer scattered six singles, one walk and a hit-by-pitch while striking out nine Mustangs (seven looking and at least one in each inning) in the 87-pitch performance. Osman’s win-loss record improved to 4-0, with league-leading totals of a 1.54 ERA and .182 opponent batting average. Osman collected three called strikes around a one-out single in the first inning, and worked around a single and hit-by-pitch to lead off the second, getting a fourth strikeout looking and a flyout with Cal Poly runners at second and third after handling a sacrifice bunt. With the bases suddenly full with no outs through three singles on four pitches in the third, Osman preserved a narrow 1-0 Dirtbag edge thanks to a fifth called third strike and an around-the-horn double play. Osman set down 11 of the last 13 Cal Poly batters faced, with just a two-out infield single in the fourth and a leadoff walk in the fifth. Osman’s LBSU debut in the team’s season opener back on Feb. 17, a combined shutout (7.0 IP, H, BB, 8 K) also at home over Wichita State, had netted the product of Morrison, Colo., that first Big West Pitcher of the Week award on Feb. 20. Teammate and fellow newcomer Nico Zeglin was the March 13 selection.