Koperniak Goes 5-for-5 for Minor League Club
DURHAM, N.C. – Hoosac Valley graduate Matt Koperniak Thursday went 5-for-5 with three doubles and five RBIs to lead the Memphis Redbirds to a 9-6 win over the Durham Bulls in Triple-A baseball action.
Koperniak raised his batting average to .319 and his OPS (on-base plus slugging percentage) to .885.
His 56 RBIs in 85 games this summer is second on the St. Louis Cardinals AAA affiliate.
Koperniak has been heating up of late for the Redbirds.
He went 3-for-4 with a double in Wednesday’s 7-4 win at Durham. On Tuesday, he went 2-for-4 with a home run in an 11-6 loss to the Bulls.
Memphis is 13-17 in the second half of the International League season and sits seventh in the 10-team West Division. It finished fourth in the first half of the season with a record of 38-37.
