Zac Gallen Earns Second NL Player of the Week Award

Gallen's 13.2 scoreless innings against the Brewers and Marlins earned Gallen his second career Player of the Week honors.

Zac Gallen had an impressive week, throwing 13.2 scoreless innings with 18 strikeouts in his two starts against the Milwaukee Brewers and Miami Marlins. His efforts earned him National League Player of the Week honors for the week of April 10th to April 16th.

Gallen began his week with seven scoreless innings with 11 strikeouts in a 3-0 win against the Brewers then outdueled 2022 NL Cy Young Award winner Sandy Alcántara, firing 6.2 scoreless innings with seven strikeouts against the Marlins. After two subpar starts to begin the season, the D-backs ace is rounding back into his second half form that helped him finish in the Top 5 in the NL Cy Young voting.

This is Gallen's second player of the week award of his career, having previously won it for the week of August 29th to September 4th with 14 scoreless innings against the Philadelphia Phillies and Milwaukee Brewers. 

Gallen, also won the NL July Pitcher of the month award  last year. His record so far this season is 2-1, with a 3.33 ERA in four starts.