Gandolfo earns OVC Player of the Week honors for Southeast Missouri State baseball

Southeast Missouri State senior Garrett Gandolfo secured Ohio Valley Conference Player of the Week honors after his bat helped the OVC-leading Redhawks to four wins last week.

Gandolfo batted .474 with 13 RBIs. He hit three home runs and doubled twice as Southeast improved to 26-10 and 16-2 in conference. He scored seven runs and had a slugging percentage of 1.053 and on-base percentage of .565.

He went 2-for-4 and hit a home run at Arkansas State Tuesday in Southeast's 13-8 win.

He drove in seven runs in the Redhawks' 15-1 series-opening win against Eastern Illinois Friday, going 5-for-6 with a double and a grand slam.

Gandolfo had a two-run double in the second game of the series and capped the week with a two-run home run in the bottom of the eighth of the Redhawks' 20-7 victory in the finale to sweep the series. He extended his hitting streak to 16 games with that homer.

He's started all 36 games and is hitting .352 with 32 RBIs.

The Redhawks face Saint Louis at 6 tonight in St. Louis, and then travel to Jacksonville, Ala., for an OVC showdown between the league's top two teams.