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Clemson's Wagner, FSU's Messick Earn ACC Weekly Honors

GREENSBORO, N.C. (theACC.com) – Clemson third baseman Max Wagner earned Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Week honors for the second week in a row, while Florida State lefthander Parker Messick was recognized as ACC Pitcher of the Week for the fourth time this season.
 
ACC baseball weekly honors are determined by a vote of a select 15-member media panel and announced on Mondays throughout the regular season.
 
Clemson’s Wagner continued to stay red hot at the plate, going 13-for-20 (.650) with four homers, two doubles, 14 RBI, 11 runs, a 1.350 slugging percentage, four walks and a .708 on-base percentage in five games, four of which were against top-25 teams. The Green Bay, Wisconsin, sophomore reached base via a hit or walk in 17 of his 24 plate appearances.
 
Wagner went 3-for-5 with two homers and six RBI in Clemson's 17-4 win over No. 22 Wofford on Wednesday, then went 9-for-12 (.750) with two homers, two doubles, seven RBI, six runs, a 1.417 slugging percentage and a .786 on-base percentage in three games at No. 10 Louisville over the weekend. In the series finale, he went 4-for-5 with two homers and five RBI. On the season, he is hitting .403 with 21 homers and 61 RBI.
 
Messick’s scoreless innings streak at FSU’s Dick Howser Stadium now stands at 28.2 innings over his past four starts (versus Duke, No. 16 Notre Dame, No. 9 Louisville and No. 7 TCU).

In Friday night’s 10-0 win over seventh-ranked TCU, Messick tied a career high with 14 strikeouts, his third game this season reaching that mark (no other ACC team has a pitcher with a 14-strikeout game), while allowing just two hits without a walk in seven innings.  He took a perfect game into the fifth inning and a no-hitter into the sixth.

 Messick combined with reliever Ross Dunn for 19 strikeouts in Friday night’s win, the most in school history without a walk. Over his current scoreless streak at Howser, Messick has allowed just 13 hits and two walks with 53 strikeouts. The Plant City, Florida, sophomore leads the country with 116 strikeouts. He owns 12 career double-digit strikeout games, seven of which have come this spring.

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