Joe Yorke, Cal Poly  Baseball Field Player of the Week  Sophomore • First Baseman • Campbell, Calif.

• Joe Yorke batted .579 (11-for-19) in aiding Cal Poly to a perfect 4-0 week that included the Mustangs’ first ever series victory at Cal State Fullerton’s Goodwin Field. He scored four runs and drove in 11 with four doubles, a home run and two walks. Yorke was charged with just his second error of 2022 over 35 defensive chances (.971).
• The sophomore first baseman, a second-year Mustang who spent his freshman season in 2020 at Boise State, extended his reached-base and hit streaks to 25 and 17 games, respectively.
• On Tuesday against Pepperdine, Yorke produced his second five-hit effort in four games and five days. He had gone 5-for-5 against visiting CSU Bakersfield on Friday, May 6, and followed it up by finishing 5-for-6 in another 16-4 home romp over the Waves, with two doubles, two runs and three RBI.
• Yorke’s third home run of the season was a two-run blast in the fourth inning against the Titans on Saturday. He also drove in runs via first-inning double, second-inning walk and ninth-inning single, winding up 3-for-4 with a career-high five RBI in the 6-2 triumph. The Campbell native was 6-for-13 (.462) with eight RBI in Fullerton.
• Cal Poly has won a season-high seven in succession after dropping six straight, and is the only team left that could keep No. 18 UC Santa Barbara from winning The Big West title, sitting four games back with six to go as the Mustangs host UC Davis this weekend.
• Yorke is Cal Poly’s second first-time Big West Field Player of the Week in a row, following true freshman catcher Ryan Stafford. He is the fourth Mustang honoree for 2022 after shortstop Brooks Lee (March 7) and Collin Villegas (April 4). They have also earned three pitcher awards.

Also nominated: James Bell (CSU Bakersfield), Brandon Bohning (CSUN), Kyson Donahue (Hawai’i), Caden Kendle (UC Irvine), Nick Leehey (UC Davis), Chase Luttrell (Long Beach State), Crew Robinson (UC San Diego), Jacob Shanks (UC Riverside)

David Vizcaino, UC Irvine Baseball Pitcher of the Week  RS Freshman • RHP • Chino, Calif.

• Redshirt freshman right-hander David Vizcaino fired eight shutout innings in a 14-4 victory at UC Riverside on Saturday, scattering two singles and striking out four without issuing a walk. In his first major college weekend start, it was the ‘Eaters’ longest outing of the season.
• Vizcaino faced two batters over the minimum. The Saturday result clinched the series victory for fifth-place UC Irvine, with the host Highlanders grabbing a walk-off 3-2 decision in Sunday’s finale.
• The first-year ‘Eater out of Riverside City College produced 1-2-3 frames in the first, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh. Vizcaino retired the first five UCR batters before a two-out single in the second, and then set down the next 17 in a row. No Highlander reached second base.
• Vizcaino improved his win-loss record to 4-0 and lowered his season ERA down to 1.00. He has four starts among his seven appearances.
• Vizcaino is a first-time Big West Pitcher of the Week. He is UC Irvine’s first pitcher selection this season and first since current teammate Nick Pinto on May 24, 2021. Fellow underclassmen Dub Gleed and Thomas McCaffrey have picked up field player awards previously in 2022.

Also nominated: Tucker Juline (UC Riverside) Cory Lewis (UC Santa Barbara), Izaak Martinez (UC San Diego), Jack Noble (Long Beach State), Blaze Koali’i Pontes (Hawai’i), Kaden Riccomini (UC Davis), Adrian Santa Cruz (CSU Bakersfield), Drew Thorpe (Cal Poly), Blaine Traxel (CSUN)
 

2022 Big West Weekly Award Winners