WEEK 5 STATS: 5 starts, .550 BA (11-for-20), 4 XBH, 2 BB, 4 RBI, 5 runs
Frank accounted for four multi-hit performances in five appearances last week. Hitting safely in all five of FDU’s games, the freshman batted .550 (11-for-20) with four extra-base hits, two walks, four RBI and five runs scored. He started the week with two clutch hits against A-10 member LaSalle. Frank, who delivered a two-out RBI single in the second inning, broke an 8-8 tie by lacing a walk-off single down the leftfield line in the 13th frame. In Saturday’s opener against Penn, he led off the game with a triple and came around to give FDU a 1-0 lead in an eventual 6-3 setback. Helping the Knights to a 7-3 win in Game 2, Frank reached base safely on three occasions with the highlight coming in the form of a two-run single in the sixth inning. Batting leadoff, Frank added two more hits in the first half of Sunday’s twin bill, a 3-1 win for FDU. He was responsible for three hits and two runs scored in the series finale, a 16-8 setback.