LAST WEEK: 4 Starts, .471 BA (8-for-17), 2 HR, 2 2B, 9 RBI, 4 runs, .971 slug pct., 1.000 fielding pct.
Ziznewski powered LIU Brooklyn to three wins in four games during the last NEC home stand of the senior shortstop’s career. Ziznewski recorded two hits and one run scored in each of the Blackbirds’ four games against Fairleigh Dickinson. He played an error-free shortstop while batting .471 (8-for-17) with nine RBI during his final four-game series in the Brooklyn BirdCage. He doubled twice and blasted a pair of home runs on the way to a .971 slugging percentage. Ziznewski helped the Blackbirds erase a 3-0 late-inning deficit in Game 2. With the Blackbirds down to their final six outs, the shortstop doubled down the line for his second hit of the game and came around to score the team’s second run one batter later. He sent LIU on its way to an eventual 10-0 victory in Game 3, blasting a second-inning grand slam that gave the Blackbirds a 5-0 advantage. The senior ended the weekend by unloading a two-run bomb in the eighth inning of a 5-0 win in the series finale.