Press Release: - SP - Mark Cohoon

For the second consecutive week, Savannah LHP Mark Cohoon has been named the South Atlantic League Pitcher of the Week. He was honored for the week of May 31-June 6, and now for the week of June 7-June 13.  Cohoon’s only outing in the week was Thursday night, when he shutout the Greensboro Grasshoppers on three hits, in Savannah’s 7-0 win. In his last 18 innings pitched, Cohoon has struck out fifteen batters, walked two, hit a batter and given up just six hits. His are the only two nine-inning complete game shutouts in the South Atlantic League in 2010. Cohoon has not allowed a run in his last three starts and now has a 24.1 innings scoreless streak dating back to May 22nd.  The 22-year-old Cohoon leads the SAL in ERA (1.44) and in innings pitched (81.1). He is fourth in strikeouts (68) and fourth in fewest base-runners allowed (9.07/9 IP). Cohoon is fourth in all of Minor League Baseball in ERA and is ninth in innings pitched. The last player to earn consecutive Pitcher of the Week awards in the South Atlantic League was Madison Bumgarner of the Augusta GreenJackets in 2008. The San Francisco Giants’ prospect earned his awards June 9-15 and June 16-22. Coming into this season, Baseball America ranked Bumgarner as the Giants’ #2 prospect behind C Buster Posey. Bumgarner is currently 6-1 with a 3.13 ERA with 47 strikeouts and 20 walks in 12 starts for AAA Fresno in the Pacific Coast League.  The Gnats' pitching staff not only boasts the best ERA (2.54) in the SAL, but holds the best ERA of any team in minor league baseball.  Cohoon was 9-2 with a 2.15 ERA in 14 starts for the Brooklyn Cyclones in the New York-Penn League last year. The Mets drafted Cohoon in the 12th round of the 2008 draft out of North Central Texas College.