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Valincius Tabbed To Baseball America National Team Of The Week
March 24, 2026 | Baseball
STARKVILLE – Tomas Valincius tossed seven shutout innings with seven strikeouts and only allowed two hits to Arkansas in his SEC debut and was named the conference's Co-Pitcher of the Week two weeks ago.
The Mississippi State sophomore topped that performance in his second SEC start, striking out a career-high 14 batters across seven innings and picked up another victory over Vanderbilt. That outing earned Valincius a spot on Baseball America's Week 6 National Team of the Week.
Against the Commodores, Valincius once again surrendered just two hits, only walked one and did not allow an earned run.
In six starts this season, he 6-foot-2, 220-pound left-hander from Lockport, Illinois is a perfect 5-0 and tied for fourth in the league with a 1.04 earned run average. Valincius also ranks third in the SEC with 34 2/3 innings pitched and seventh in strikeouts with 47. Opposing hitters are batting just .174 against him.
Baseball America Week 6 National Team of the Week
C: Jack Natili, Cincinnati
1B: Quinton Cotes, Cincinnati
2B: Ryan Cooney, Oregon
3B: Nolan Freund, Little Rock
SS: Eric Becker, Virginia
OF: Brayden Bakes, Illinois State
OF: Landon Hairston, Arizona State
OF: Tristan Bissetta, Ole Miss
DH: Myles Bailey, Florida State
P: Tyler Fay, Alabama
P: Tomas Valincius, Mississippi State
P: Casan Evans, LSU
P: Jason Gerfers, Long Beach State
TWP: Evan Dempsey, FGCU
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The Mississippi State sophomore topped that performance in his second SEC start, striking out a career-high 14 batters across seven innings and picked up another victory over Vanderbilt. That outing earned Valincius a spot on Baseball America's Week 6 National Team of the Week.
Against the Commodores, Valincius once again surrendered just two hits, only walked one and did not allow an earned run.
In six starts this season, he 6-foot-2, 220-pound left-hander from Lockport, Illinois is a perfect 5-0 and tied for fourth in the league with a 1.04 earned run average. Valincius also ranks third in the SEC with 34 2/3 innings pitched and seventh in strikeouts with 47. Opposing hitters are batting just .174 against him.
Baseball America Week 6 National Team of the Week
C: Jack Natili, Cincinnati
1B: Quinton Cotes, Cincinnati
2B: Ryan Cooney, Oregon
3B: Nolan Freund, Little Rock
SS: Eric Becker, Virginia
OF: Brayden Bakes, Illinois State
OF: Landon Hairston, Arizona State
OF: Tristan Bissetta, Ole Miss
DH: Myles Bailey, Florida State
P: Tyler Fay, Alabama
P: Tomas Valincius, Mississippi State
P: Casan Evans, LSU
P: Jason Gerfers, Long Beach State
TWP: Evan Dempsey, FGCU
Visit www.HailState.com for the latest news and information on the baseball program. Fans can also follow the program on social media by searching 'HailStateBB' on X, Facebook and Instagram.
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