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Rijo is Frontier League Player of the Week
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03 Jun Rijo is Frontier League Player of the Week

Posted at 14:24h in Jackals News by

PATERSON, N.J. – New Jersey Jackals infielder Nilo Rijo has been named the Frontier League Player of the Week for the week of May 28th-June 2nd, the first weekly honoree for the Jackals in 2024.

In six games, Rijo finished the week 9-21 (.429) with six RBI’s and six stolen bases. The Passaic, New Jersey native opened the week by walking and scoring a run in the Jackals’ 10-5 loss to New England. The next day, he followed by going 1-2 with a walk and scoring twice in New Jersey’s 7-5 win over the Knockouts. During Thursday’s 8-4 win, he had three RBI’s that included his first home run of the season. In the series opener against the Sussex County Miners, Rijo went 2-4 with a double and a walk in the Jackals 8-0 shutout win. He built on that the next day with his second three-RBI performance of the week after he reached base all five times (4-4, BB). Rijo currently ranks fifth in the league in stolen bases with 11, 11th in RBIs with 18 and 7th in extra-base hits with ten.

The Jackals return home on Tuesday, June 4th against the Tri-City ValleyCats. First pitch at Hinchliffe Stadium is scheduled for 6:35 p.m.