San Jose Giants Clayton Blackburn Named California League Pitcher of the Week

July 29, 2013 - California League (CalL) San Jose Giants

SAN JOSE, CA- San Jose Giants right-handed pitcher Clayton Blackburn was named California League Pitcher of the Week for the week ending on July 28. In Lancaster on Thursday night, Blackburn threw eight innings and allowed just one run on three hits in the Giants' 4-3 victory over the Jethawks. The right-hander carried a perfect game into the seventh inning, retired 20 straight hitters to begin his start, walked none and struck out six while throwing just 83 pitches.

Selected by the San Francisco Giants in the 16th round of the 2011 draft, Blackburn was 8-4 with a 2.54 ERA last season for the Single-A Augusta GreenJackets. This season, he holds a 4.02 ERA and opponents are batting just .223 against him.

Blackburn is the fifth San Jose Giant to receive Player of the Week honors in 2013:

April 15 - April 21 - RHP Austin Fleet

April 22 - April 28 - OF Devin Harris

May 20 - May 26 - LHP Ty Blach

July 1 - July 7 - LHP Edwin Escobar

The San Jose Giants begin a three-game series against the Visalia Rawhide at Municipal Stadium on Tuesday, July 30. On Tuesday, the team will host its first-ever Mustache Night and all fans who have a mustache or are sporting mustache apparel will receive two free future game tickets. On Wednesday, fans will want to make arrangements to come to the stadium because the Royal Couple will be in attendance along with their newborn, the Prince of Cambridge. All fans with the name George, Alexander or Louis can show their ID at the box office and receive FREE admission to the game. In addition, fans will be able to find tickets to Wednesday and Thursday's contests at local Orchard Supply Hardware Stores. Visit sjgiants.com for a list of participating locations.

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