University of Minnesota Athletics
Summer Roundup: Aug. 18
8/18/2015 12:00:00 AM | Baseball
Aug. 18, 2015
Major Leagues
- Glen Perkins lowered his ERA to 2.49 after picking up his 31st save of the season.
- Paul Molitor offered his support to fellow Gopher alum Flip Saunders after Saunders was diagnosed with lymphoma.
Minor Leagues
- Alec Crawford (Grand Junction Rockies) has made four straight relief appearances surrendering only one hit or fewer.
- Seth Rosin (Lehigh Valley IronPigs) has been shutting down opposing hitters during the day as the opposition is hitting just .266 against the right-hander.
- Tom Windle (Reading Fightin Phils) made his sixth straight appearance without surrendering an earned run.
- DJ Snelten (Augusta GreenJackets) has struck out at least six batters in his last 10 starts, including nine games of seven or more.
- Lance Thonvold (Everett AquaSox) tallied five strikeouts in two innings of relief in his last appearance (Aug. 15).
- Ben Meyer (Jupiter Hammerheads) has lowered his ERA to 2.81 through his first 13 appearances.
Northwoods League
- Luke Pettersen (Alexandria Blue Anchors) finished his summer with a hit in six of his last seven games, picking 12 hits in that span.
- Fred Manke (Battle Creek Bombers) recorded multiple strikeouts in nine appearances, including three games with four or more strikeouts.
- Toby Anderson (Duluth Huskies) made the most starts on the mound for Duluth.
- Terrin Vavra (Duluth Huskies) tallied a hit in five of his last six games and seven of his last 10.
- Micah Coffey (Kenosha Kingfish) finished fifth on his team in average over the last 10 games, including the postseason.
- Jordan Jess (La Crosse Loggers) finished third in ERA among pitchers who have made at least 20 apperances and thrown 30-plus innings.
- Reggie Meyer (Mankato MoonDogs) surrendered the fewest extra-base hits on his team among pitchers to throw at least 15 innings on the season.
- Matt Fiedler (Rochester Honkers) tied for the fourth-highest batting average in the NWL to have played in at least 40 games.
- Austin Athmann (St. Cloud Rox) led the team in RBI, tied for first in homers and finished third in batting average.
- Lucas Gilbreath (St. Cloud Rox) maintained the second-lowest ERA on the team among starters.
- Brian Glowicki (St. Cloud Rox) recorded four strikeouts and three wins in his last six relief appearances (14.1 IP).
- Toby Hanson (St. Cloud Rox) tied for fourth on the team in sacrifice flies during the season.
- Alex Boxwell (Waterloo Bucks) finished second on the team in RBI and third in batting average.
- Matt Stemper (Waterloo Bucks) held a midseason streak of getting at least one hit in 14 of 19 games.
- Tyler Hanson (Willmar Stingers) hurled the most innings on the team and held the lowest ERA among teammates to make at least 10 starts.
- Eddie Estrada (Willmar Stingers) led the NWL in average (.443) and ranked third in on-base percentage (.485) over the final 30 days of the season.
- Dan Motl (Willmar Stingers) finished in the top-15 in the NWL in average, runs, triples and walks.
- Troy Traxler (Wisconsin Woodchucks) ended the season third on the team in batting average.
News Clippings of Note
- Coffey and the Kenosha Kingfish won the Northwoods League Collegiate World Series.
- Head coach John Anderson gave his take on player safety in baseball.
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