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Andrew Sowinski’s pitching and hitting leads him to this week’s ‘Prep Ballplayer’ honors

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Annapolis Area Christian School junior Andrew Sowinski had a big week at the plate.

The left-hander also was dominant on the mound – and that combination helped him win this week’s BaltimoreBaseball.com’s ‘Prep Ballplayer’ honors.

In two games, Sowinski threw 11 1/3 innings without allowing an earned run. He also added a two-run triple in one contest and four hits in the other.

The AACS faithful helped Sowinski secure 10,476 votes, good enough for 56 percent of the more than 19,000 cast – another tremendous response to our weekly poll.

Sowinski received the nod over two other standouts: Winters Mill junior infielder Grant Bradt, who had four homers and 14 RBIs in three games; and Patterson Mill senior right-hander Austin Koehn, who threw a two-hit, complete-game shutout and added a two-run double versus Bel Air.

We’ll have another group of three candidates Monday. Voting is conducted throughout the week and the winner is announced each Friday.

If you’re interested in submitting candidates for our consideration, please send the player’s name, key statistics from the previous week and your contact information by Sunday afternoon to sean@baltimorebaseball.com. We welcome suggestions and your feedback.

Dan Connolly

Dan Connolly has spent more than two decades as a print journalist in Pennsylvania and Maryland. The Baltimore native and Calvert Hall graduate first covered the Orioles as a beat writer for the York (Pennsylvania) Daily Record in 2001 before becoming The Baltimore Sun’s national baseball writer/Orioles reporter in 2005. He has won multiple state and national writing awards, including several from the Associated Press Sports Editors. In 2013 he was named Maryland Co-Sportswriter of the Year by the National Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association. And in 2015, he authored his first book, "100 Things Orioles Fans Should Know & Do Before They Die." He lives in York, with his wife, Karen, and three children, Alex, Annie, and Grace.

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