Jon Morse of Somerville Alibrandis’ was named Pitcher of the Week for the week of June 27 – July 3.

By Yawkee Baseball League

With America’s Birthday shortening the schedule of games the week of June 27 – July 3, there was no shortage of pitching performances deserving of POW notoriety. After some deliberation, the award went to Jon Morse of the Somerville Alibrandis.

Jon has been almost unbeatable in 2016, and that week he threw a complete game shutout of the Maddogs. Only giving up 3 hits and 2 walks, Jon recorded another 6 strikeouts, one of which put him over the hump of 500 career Ks.

Fantasy Impact: In a move so bold, so brazen, so downright villainous that it has nearly torn apart the Red Army, Morse was the first pitcher selected by “Chicks Dig the WongBall” (Manager Mike Maguire). And while it ruffled some feathers, the WongBall would do it all over again as Morse has gone 5-1 with a sub-1.00 era and a 37:10 k:bb ratio.

Honorable Mention: While Morse took home the “hardware,” we would be negligent to not commend the efforts of Sam Kennedy-Smith of the Brighton Braves for his efforts before the holiday.

Sam came in on Tuesday for 2.2 innings of relief, giving up no hits or runs and striking out 5 batters to pick up the save against Charlestown. Only a couple days later he was called on again, this time for an emergency start on Thursday against Stoneham. In that game he went 5.2 innings, yielding 3 hits and 3 runs for the win.

Somerville Alibrandis 2016 schedule:

July:

13 Wed 8:00 p.m. Revere Rockies @ Somerville
Alibrandis Trum Field

14 Thu 8:00 p.m. Somerville Alibrandis @ South End Astros
Jim Rice Field

15 Fri 8:00 p.m. AlThomas Athletics @ Somerville Alibrandis
Trum Field

20 Wed 8:00 p.m. East Boston Knights @ Somerville Alibrandi
Trum Field

24 Sun 1:00 p.m. Somerville Alibrandis @ AlThomas Athletics
TBD

25 Mon 8:00 p.m. Brighton Black Sox @ Somerville Alibrandis
Trum Field

27 Wed 8:00 p.m. Malden Maddogs @ Somerville Alibrandis
Trum Field

29 Fri 8:00 p.m. Savin Hill Dodgers @ Somerville Alibrandis
Trum Field

31 Sun 5:00 p.m. Somerville Alibrandis @ Stoneham Sabers
Recreation Park

August:

1 Mon 7:30 p.m. Somerville Alibrandis @ Charlestown Townies
TBD

2 Tue 8:00 p.m. McKay Club Beacons @ Somerville Alibrandis
Trum Field

5 Fri 8:00 p.m. East Boston Knights @ Somerville Alibrandis
Trum Field