BISONS.COM -
This afternoon, Minor League Baseball announced that Buffalo Bisons UTL Jay Harry has been named the International League Player of the Week for the week of June 23-28.
Harry hit safely in all six games of the series against the Iowa Cubs last week, batting .464 (13-28) that included three multi-hit games against the I-Cubs. The 23-year-old collected four doubles, and three home runs last week, adding 14 RBIs that included a four-RBI game in the series opener on June 23.
He also drew five walks across the series, helping him record a 1.474 OPS last week. He reached base safely five times in Friday’s victory against the I-Cubs with a pair of base hits and three walks. That helped Harry score nine total runs across the six-game set.
The Penn State product batted out of the leadoff spot in all six games of the series, collecting a leadoff base hit in five of the six games. That included a leadoff home run to start the game in Saturday’s victory over Iowa. He became the first Bisons player to hit a leadoff home run to begin a game since INF Otto Lopez on September 1, 2021, in game one of a doubleheader against Scranton/Wilkes-Barre.
Harry is batting .383 overall in 14 games with the Bisons since he was promoted from New Hampshire (AA) on June 12. His four-hit game on June 27 was his second four-hit night with the team, and one of six multi-hit games in Triple-A this year.
The Bisons remain on the road for the second week of their two-week road trip. The first game of a six-game series against the St. Paul Saints is scheduled for an 8:07 p.m. EDT first pitch at CHS Field on Tuesday night.