Shorebirds' Hall wins Pitcher of Week again

Make that two in a row for DL Hall.

The fourth-ranked Orioles prospect garnered his second consecutive South Atlantic Pitcher of the Week award Monday after turning in a scoreless six-inning outing with eight strikeouts -- both career highs -- last Wednesday against Charleston. It was the first professional victory for the Delmarva left-hander.

Hall allowed two hits and did not walk a batter during the outing. He threw 56 of his 79 pitches for strikes.

"It was pretty cool to get the win," the 2017 first-round Draft pick told MiLB.com after the start. "I didn't think much about it coming into the year. You really don't think of wins. It's more about development and trusting the process, but it was definitely awesome to get that first one under my belt."

The Georgia native extended his scoreless streak to 15 2/3 innings. During his previous start, which earned him his first Pitcher of the Week award, he turned in 5 2/3 hitless innings with seven strikeouts on a career-high 90 pitches.

"It's fun to be a in groove like this," Hall said. "I've just been building my confidence up since the beginning of the season through tonight. That's what has been the biggest key for me this season. Being confident in my stuff, going out there and competing. There's definitely some luck sprinkled in, but that goes for everyone in our sport."

Prior to the last two starts, Hall had recorded an out past the fourth inning just twice.

"It's definitely a lot better to go deep into these games," he said. "Even tonight, I wanted more, but when they say it's time to cut it off, that's it. I trust they're doing it to my benefit and to help me develop."

Here are the other Pitchers of the Week for July 9-15:

League	Player	Team	MLB	Stats
International	Brandon Waddell	Indianapolis	PIT	1-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 G, 1 GS, 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 9 K
Pacific Coast	Daniel Poncedeleon	Memphis	STL	1-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 G, 1 GS, 1 SHO, 9 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
Eastern	Sean Brady	Akron	CLE	0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 G, 1 GS, 7 2/3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 HBP, 0 BB, 5 K
Southern	Jimmy Lambert	Birmingham	CWS	2-0, 0.64 ERA, 2 G, 2 GS, 14 IP, 8 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 2 BB, 19 K
Texas	Reed Garrett	Frisco	TEX	0-0, 0.00 ERA, 4 G, 0 GS, 2 SV, 4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
California	Nate Bertness	Inland Empire	LAA	1-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 G, 1 GS, 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
Carolina	Patrick Sandoval	Buies Creek	HOU	1-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 G, 1 GS, 7 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 8 K
Florida State	Willy Ortiz	Charlotte	TB	2-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 G, 1 GS, 1 SHO, 9 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 HBP, 4 BB, 8 K
Midwest	Packy Naughton	Dayton	CIN	2-0, 0.00 ERA, 2 G, 2 GS, 14 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 12 K
South Atlantic	DL Hall	Delmarva	BAL	1-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 G, 1 GS, 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 8 K
New York-Penn League	Michael Mercado	Hudson Valley	TB	1-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 G, 1 GS, 5 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 6 K
Northwest	Hans Crouse	Spokane	TEX	1-0, 0.00 ERA, 2 G, 2 GS, 8 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 11 K
Appalachian	Jake Higginbotham	Danville	ATL	1-0, 0.00 ERA, 2 G, 0 GS, 6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K
Pioneer	Marcos Tineo	Missoula	ARI	1-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 G, 1 GS, 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K