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MISSOULA OSPREY NEWS RELEASE July 10, 2017
For Immediate Release
For More Information, please contact: Cooper Perkins, Broadcaster/Media Relations
@ (406) 543-3300

Diaz Tabbed Player of the Week

Osprey outfielder earns Pioneer League honor to begin July
MISSOULA, MONT. - The Pioneer League announced on Monday that Missoula Osprey outfielder Eduardo
Diaz was named the leagues Player of the Week for the window between July 3-9. The honor is the first
such designation for any member of the 2017 Osprey.

In six games, Diaz hit .481 (13-for-27) with two doubles, two home runs, and nine RBI. Diaz collected at
least one hit and one RBI in each game that he played in the process of helping the Osprey win four of six
games. Diaz posted five multi-hit games and three multi-RBI games, elevating his overall batting average
to .352 and his RBI total to a team-high 19, which is tied for the fifth-highest mark on the circuit.

Diaz is the first member of the Osprey to earn Player of the Week honors since Paxton De La Garza did so
for the week of August 22-28 in 2016. Diazs recognition also marks the second-earliest in the season that
any player in franchise history has been named Player of the Week. Only Danny Pulfer in 2012 (June 25-
July 1) did so earlier in a season.

Diaz and the Osprey return to action on Monday night in Helena, concluding a three-game series with the
Brewers. The Osprey return to Missoula on July 20 for the first part of a 10-game home stand.

For tickets to any game, visit the MSO Hub in downtown Missoula, call 543-3300, or log on to Mis-
soulaOsprey.com.
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