His hard work and hustle paid off this week. The hard-working and hard-playing Zurthug the Masher was rewarded with the Shire Conference Player of the Week honors.
The scrappy Minas Ithil Wyrms first baseman hit .400 while collecting 8 hits in 20 at-bats, 6 home runs and 7 RBIs.
At present, the Masher is batting .294 with 87 hits and 18 home runs. He has knocked in 52 runs and scored 43 times.