Week 5 Little Hero of the Week

For the 3rd time this season Anthony Rizzo has been named Little Hero of the week.

Two of the three players to rank ahead of Triple-A Tucson's Anthony Rizzo (Padres) in the Pacific Coast League batting race also play first base—and both the Royals' Eric Hosmer and the Blue Jays' David Cooper have been called to the big leagues in the past week. The 21-year-old Rizzo continues doing his part to get that same call. He batted 10-for-31 (.323) this week with two homers, three doubles, a triple (.677 slugging) and 13 RBIs. His eagerness to please also was apparent with nine strikeouts and zero walks. Regardless, Rizzo leads the PCL (or shares the lead) in six categories: home runs (nine), RBIs (41), hits (44), slugging (.741), extra-base hits (20) and total bases (83) . . .