Firecracker Sports Pitcher of the Week

Matt Pappalardo, Lowell Spinners (Endicott College)

Firecracker Sports Pitcher of the Week

Pappalardo turned in a spectacular pitching performance in Lowell's 1-0 win over Nashua on Thursday, allowing just two hits and one walk while striking out nine across six shutout innings. The veteran righty, who previously pitched for the Silver Knights, is the first Futures League weekly honoree in Spinners history and now has 10 strikeouts through 15.1 innings on the season so far.

2026 PITCHERS OF THE NIGHT & WEEK:

Date Player Team College
5/27 Gavin Price Worcester Worcester State University
5/28 Robby Wunsch New Britain UMass Boston
5/29 Zach Worzel Westfield Central Connecticut State University
5/30 Janvier Diaz Norwich Eastern Connecticut State University
5/31 Tyler Dunlea Westfield UMass Lowell
Week 1 Gavin Price Worcester Worcester State University
6/1 Tanner Wall New Britain Western New England University
6/2  Matt Tabet Norwich Amherst College
6/3 Dominic Carollo New Britain Salve Regina University
6/4 Garret Garbinski New Britain University of Connecticut
6/5 Will Perkowski Nashua University of Dayton
6/6 Nigel Cross Nashua Wentworth Institute of Technology
6/7 Ian Keusch Lowell Brown University
Week 2 Nigel Cross Nashua Wentworth Institute of Technology
6/8 Josh Mayo Westfield Springfield College
6/9 Cam Piwnicki Nashua Brown University
6/10 Garret Garbinski New Britain University of Connecticut
6/11 Gavin Price Worcester Worcester State University
6/12 Cam Fisher Westfield UMass Boston
6/13 Keeler Vogt Vermont Coby College
6/14 Tripp Woytowicz Westfield University of Richmond
Week 3 Josh Mayo Westfield Springfield College
6/15 Josh Mayo Westfield Springfield College
6/16 Malcolm Klingler Nashua Northeastern University
6/17 Stephen Rickert Worcester Eastern Connecticut State University
6/18 Will Perkowski Nashua Southern New Hampshire University
6/19 Janvier Diaz Norwich Eastern Connecticut State University
6/20 Caden Smith Lowell Saint Anselm College
6/21 Alvin Gomez Vermont American International College
Week 4 Will Perkowski Nashua Southern New Hampshire University
6/22 Ethan Freed Vermont Quinnipiac University
6/23 Josh Bryant Lowell Saint Anselm College
6/24 Trey LaMay New Britain Stonehill College
6/25 Matt Pappalardo Lowell Endicott College
6/26 Dylan Izenman Lowell Mount St. Mary's University
6/27 Brandon Metivier Nashua Bellarmine University
6/28 Josh Florence Nashua Stonehill College
Week 5 Matt Pappalardo Lowell Endicott College
6/29 Ty Lohsen Nashua Lasell University
6/30 Garret Garbinski New Britain University of Connecticut
7/1 Robby Wunsch New Britain UMass Boston
7/2 Davis Kahn Worcester Harvard University
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