Big 12 Player of the Week: Conner Mach

Conner Mach became the first MU player to be awarded the Big 12 Player or Pitcher of the Week in 2011.

■ Quartet Collects Phillips 66 Big 12 Baseball Weekly Accolades (big12sports.com)

PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Conner Mach, Missouri, INF, Jr., 6-0, 197Chesterfield, Mo. (Parkway West)

Mach hit .543 on the weekend, helping guide the Tigers to a pair of wins at Baylor. The junior started all three games in the leadoff spot for the first time this season and tallied six hits in 11 at-bats while driving in a team-best five runs on the weekend. His six hits accounted for 10 total bases as he slugged a team-best .909 on the weekend with his first home run of the year, a two-run shot in Friday's contest. He finished the game 4-for-4, reaching base in all five plate appearances as he was hit by a pitch after hitting safely in his first four at bats. The Chesterfield, Mo, native fell a triple shy of hitting for the cycle. He scored the game-tying run in the Tigers' series opener and drove in an insurance run with a an RBI in the seventh and also recorded a pair of RBI in the series finale on Saturday. Mach finished with a team-best .600 OBP on the week, leading Mizzou in runs (two), RBI (five), OBP (.600), slugging (.909) and total bases (10) while ranking second in hits (six) and extra-base hits (two).