Doxakis Earns Golden Spikes Award Performance of the Week

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – USA Baseball honored Texas A&M pitcher John Doxakis with the Golden Spikes Award Performance of the Week.

 

The Aggie southpaw was recognized for his career-high tying 12-strikeout performance in a season-opening win against the Fordham Rams. He allowed just one hit, an infield single in the second inning, and no runner reached scoring position during his 7.0 innings of work to earn the win. Doxakis held Fordham to an .042 on-base percentage (and slugging percentage) and retired the last 12 batters he faced.

 

Doxakis led all SEC players in strikeouts the opening weekend and garnered SEC Pitcher of the Week status for his effort.
 
Friday night's outing was the third consecutive double-digit strikeout performance for Doxakis. He fanned 10 in an SEC Tournament victory over Auburn in which he outdueled Casey Mize, the No. 1 pick in the 2018 MLB Draft, and he recorded 12 strikeouts in the Aggies' victory over Indiana to open the 2018 NCAA Austin Regional.

 

Doxakis entered the 2019 campaign as a Preseason All-SEC Second Team selection and earned Preseason All-America recognition from D1Baseball.com. He finished 2018 with an 8-5 record, 2.70 ERA, .212 opponent batting average and 92 strikeouts in 93.1 innings.