ORE-IDA® TATER-TOTS EMOJI SUMMARY OF THE WEEK:
HITTERS OF THE WEEK: Dennis French - 12-for-28, 1 HR, 8 RBI, 4 SB (.429 AVG, 1.038 OPS)
PITCHER OF THE WEEK: Timofei Bakitski - 1 SV, 7 IP, 4 K, 0 BB (1.29 ERA, 0.57 WHIP)
GAME OF THE WEEK: The Spuds rallied down 6-0 to Edmonton to beat the Jackrabbits 10-6 on September 7th. Francisco Ruíz was roughed up, allowing three runs in the first inning, only to be pulled for Marcos Sánchez, who gave up three runs of his own in 1⅔ innings. The game was still 6-0 after six innings, but with two outs in the top of the 7th, Dennis French hit a two-run single, followed by another RBI single by Yunosuke Terada. The Spuds would take the lead for good in the top-half of the 8th, thanks to a French grand slam. French's six RBI game gives him 103 on the year, the first time the young centerfielder has eclipsed the century mark.
Frick League Frontier Division Standings
TEAM | WINS | LOSES | WIN% | GB | RD |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Calgary Pioneers | 75 | 67 | .528 | - | +49 |
Edmonton Jackrabbits | 72 | 69 | .511 | 2.5 | +63 |
Seattle Storm | 72 | 71 | .503 | 3.5 | -22 |
Boise Spuds | 69 | 73 | .486 | 6 | -7 |
Vancouver Mounties | 56 | 86 | .394 | 19 | -152 |
NEWS AND NOTES: Boise made the following call-ups at the start of the week in conjunction with active rosters expanding up to 40 players: RP Laurent Durand, RP Marcos Sánchez, RP Tom Warren, C Howard Beauregard, 2B Héctor Flores, INF Guy Webb, and RF Louis Oshin...Boise claimed 3B Jorge Reyes off waivers from Omaha and placed him on the active roster...Boise has twenty regular season games remaining, fourteen of which will be on the road, including the final nine games of the year...Ramón Vela has been cleared (strained rib cage muscle) by the training staff to resume playing on a regular basis...Yunosuke Terada continued his excellent second-half, batting .391 during the week with five walks, upping his season total to 99 base-on-balls, sixth best in the entire Brewster
DOWN ON THE FARM: Salt Lake City (AAA) finished the season 65-70, going 11-1 under new manager Damon Rutherford Jr...closer Naomichi Harada ended the year with 32 saves, leading all of Triple-A...Buffalo (AA) ended the year winning its last two games to almost finish the season .500 with an 65-66 record...Félix Román finished with 4.4 WAR for the Bisons, 7th best in Double-A despite playing only 76 games for Buffalo...Tulsa's (A) disappointing season comes to an end with a 56-75 record, a last place finish in the Gulf Coast Division...Hot Springs (Short Season) went 35-35 on the year, good enough for 3rd place in the Mainland Division...Tijuana (Rookie) missed the playoffs by one game despite going 37-27