University of Minnesota Athletics

Summer Roundup: Aug. 10
8/10/2015 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Aug. 10, 2015
Major Leagues
- Glen Perkins picked up his 30th save of the season and has accomplished that feat for the third year in a row.
- Paul Molitor's Twins are still in the hunt for a playoff berth.
- Alec Crawford tallied a pair of strikeouts in 2.2 innings of work in his last appearance for the Grand Junction Rockies.
- Seth Rosin of the Lehigh Valley IronPigs hasn't surrendered an earned run in seven of his last 10 relief appearances.
- Tom Windle made back-to-back appearances, surrendering only one hit for the Reading Fightin Phils.
- DJ Snelten of the August GreenJackets tossed seven clean innings with six strikeouts in his last start on the mound.
- Lance Thonvold of the Everett AquaSox struck out three in two innings of work in his last contest.
- Ben Meyer lowered his ERA to 1.37 after tossing 2.2 innings without a blemish in his last appearance for the GCL Marlins.
- Terrin Vavra (Duluth Huskies) has 10 hits, including two doubles, in his last 10 games.
- Toby Anderson (Duluth Huskies) was named NWL Pitcher of the Night on Aug. 7 (6.0 IP, 0 ER, 4 K).
- Micah Coffey (Kenosha Kingfish) tallied a pair of hits, an RBI and a stolen base in the final game of the regular season.
- Jordan Jess (La Crosse Loggers) hurled two scoreless innings to earn a win in his last relief appearance (Aug. 8).
- Matt Fiedler (Rochester Honkers) laced a three-run homer and added an RBI single in a 7-4 win over Alexandria (Aug. 9).
- Lucas Gilbreath (St. Cloud Rox) is the only pitcher in the NWL with a perfect record in five decisions who also has 50-plus strikeouts in over 40 innings pitched.
- Brian Glowicki (St. Cloud Rox) holds a 3-0 record with three strikeouts and a save in his last four outings.
- Austin Athmann (St. Cloud Rox) is currently riding an eight-game hitting streak and has an RBI in seven of his last eight contests.
- Matt Stemper (St. Cloud) became the first player in NWL history to play all nine positions in a single game (Aug. 9).
- Tyler Hanson (Willmar Stingers) leads the team in innings pitched (60.1) and strikeouts (45).
- Eddie Estrada (Willmar Stingers) has a .459 batting average in his last 30 games, leading the NWL in that span.
- Dan Motl's (Willmar Stingers) .438 on-base clip ranks third among league competition.
- Troy Traxler (Wisconsin Woodchucks) is riding a seven-game hitting streak with three multi-hit games in that span.
- Eddie Estrada and Dan Motl were recognized by the Northwoods League for their outstanding play.
- Motl has been a star for Willmar this summer.
Players Mentioned
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