6/11/12

Press Release - Matt den Dekker


Matt Den Dekker Named Eastern League Playerof the Week

BINGHAMTON,NY – The Eastern League has named Binghamton Mets outfielder Matt den Dekker asthe Player of the Week for the period of June 4-10. Den Dekker hit .630 (17-for-27)and collected four doubles, a triple, nine runs scored and four RBI during thesix-game stretch.

DenDekker racked up two hits or more in every game during the week, raising hisbatting average to .340, the highest in the Eastern League. The Florida nativebecame the first B-Met since July 2011 to put together a five-hit game, going5-for-5 against the Trenton Thunder on June 8. He also had a basehit in eightconsecutive at bats, a stretch spanning three games (6/7-9).

Nowin his second season as a B-Met, den Dekker leads the league in hits (81),doubles (21), slugging percentage (.563), runs scored (47) and total bases(134). He is tied for the Eastern League lead in extra-base hits (33).

Selectedin the 5th round of the June 2010 draft by the Mets out of theUniversity of Florida, den Dekker split his 2011 season between the St. LucieMets (High-A) and Binghamton Mets (AA). He hit .296 in 67 games with St. Luciebefore being promoted to Binghamton in late June. Den Dekker hit .235 andslugged 11 home runs in 72 games as a B-Met last year.

DenDekker and the B-Mets (29-30) enjoy an off day Monday before starting athree-game series against the Reading Phillies on Tuesday night at 6:35 PM. LHPMark Cohoon takes the mound for Binghamton against RHP Jonathan Pettibone. TheHorizons Federal Credit Union pre-game show for the day’s action begins at 6:20PM on Newsradio 1290 WNBF.

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