Week 9 Little Hero of the Week

KYLE CRICK, RHP GIANTS Team: low Class A Augusta (South Atlantic) Age: 19 Why He's Here: 1-0, 7 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 10 SO, 1 BB The Scoop: Crick is a big reason why the Greenjackets lead the South Atlantic League with 9 strikeouts per nine innings, and he enhanced his season rate—which now stands at 11.7 per nine—with the first double-digits strikeout performance of his pro career on Thursday. In the process he held first-place Greensboro to one hit in seven shutout innings. That's not to say that Crick, the 49th pick in last year's draft, hasn't hit any rough patches. He ran up an 8.10 ERA in his three starts prior to this week, failing to escape the fifth inning in any of them. However, Crick has learned from his intermittent struggles, telling The Augusta Chronicle: "When you're throwing more strikes people swing at them. Most of those (strikeouts) were accidents."