TOLEDO, Ohio – Juniors Kyle Jones and Mason Sykes of the Toledo baseball team both earned weekly awards from the Mid-American Conference on Monday.
Jones was named Co-Pitcher of the Week and Sykes was named Co-Player of the Week.
For the second straight week, Jones turned in a terrific pitching performance to help Toledo open a weekend series with a victory. On Friday at High Point, Jones tossed seven shutout innings while striking out nine to help lead Toledo to an 8-1 win. He allowed a two-out single in the bottom of the second inning, but proceeded to retire 16 straight batters before leaving the game following the bottom of the seventh.