JACKSON, Miss. – The awards continue to stack up for Millsaps baseball junior left fielder Sam Pitre as he was named to the D3baseball.com Team of the Week on Wednesday.

On Monday, Pitre garnered the Southern Athletic Association Baseball Player of the Week recognition. He becomes the third Major to be named to the D3baseball.com Team of the Week, joining Bradley Pelle and Chambers McGilberry. Both received the honor on Feb. 15.

Pitre finished the weekend 8-for-11 (.727) with three home runs total in three games. He became the first Major to homer in three consecutive contests during the SAA era. Pitre also totaled eight RBIs, five runs and one walk as Millsaps won two of three over Centre.

Millsaps joined the SAA upon its creation beginning with the 2013 season. Only a handful of Majors have homered in back-to-back games, yet along three straight.

In game one of Saturday's doubleheader, Pitre went 4-for-5 with three RBIs, two runs scored and a homer. He followed that performance with another home run, a run scored and RBI in game two. He then polished off his weekend with four RBIs, three hits, two runs scored and another home run on Sunday.

The Team of the Week is D3baseball.com's weekly honor roll, in its tenth season of recognizing the top performers at each of nine positions from the previous week. Players are selected from nominations from their school's sports information directors. This is the fourth Team of the Week of the 2022 season.

Millsaps next travels to Centenary College for a Wednesday clash and will then host MUW on Thursday. Both games are slated to start at 4 p.m. with live stats and video available at gomajors.com.


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