(Tennessee Athletics) -- Tennessee baseball pitcher Steven Gruver recently was named the La Crosse Loggers Player of the Week after getting off to a 3-0 start this season in the Northwood League. Gruver earned his third victory of the year June 23, pitching seven innings while allowing two runs on six hits and striking out seven.

A rising sophomore, Gruver has a 1.95 ERA and has struck out 26 in 27.2 innings and has made five starts. The Canfield, Ohio, native picked up his first save of the season Saturday after he worked two scoreless innings in the Loggers’ 10-9 victory over the Battle Creek Bombers. The left hander allowed two hits with two strikeouts.

“My teammates have been making some great plays behind me,” Gruver told La Crosse Loggers.com. “You have to look to your fielders when giving credit. They have been picking me up, and that gives you confidence.

“This is a great experience. We’re getting a lot of work in here. That’s why I wanted to play summer ball, to get more experience and become a better pitcher.”

Gruver was 0-1, with a 5.93 ERA in 18 appearances as a freshman at Tennessee.

UPDATES ON OTHER VOLS IN SUMMER BALL--

Tennessee catcher Blake Forsythe is batting .333 with two doubles and a .556 on-base percentage in his first week with the USA National Team…Pitcher Will Locante is 1-0 with a 0.90 ERA and 13 strikeouts in 10.0 innings for the Florence Redwolves of the Coastal Plains League…Third-team All America Cody Hawn is batting .300 for the Hyannis Mets of the Cape Cod League…The rising junior has two home runs and six RBIs in six games…Volunteer newcomer Matt Duffy has started 13 games for the Chatham Anglers…The transfer from Vermont is batting .205 with a pair of doubles…Right-handed pitcher Dylan Hochevar has a 2-1 record with a 5.33 ERA in six appearances for the Liberal Bee Jays of the Jayhawk League…Hochevar has struck out 22 while walking only six in 27.0 innings pitched.