The BLITZ Baseball Players of the Week are Gunnar Akins (Union County) and Caleb Vardo (Towns County). Akins earned the Fan Vote with 21,457 of the 49,542 total votes. Vardo was the BLITZ Pick.

GUNNAR AKINS – UNION COUNTY

Gunnar Akins batted .455 last week for Union County. The Panthers’ junior pitcher also went 1-0 and struck out 14 batters in a couple of games, tallying over 10 innings of work. This is his first POW award.

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CALEB VARDO – TOWNS COUNTY

Freshman Caleb Vardo had a breakout week for the Towns County Indians. The catcher had four hits to the tune of a .667 average. He had four RBI, seven turns scored, and six walks across three games, earning his first POW award.