Sioux Metropolis Explorers outfielder D’Shawn Knowles and Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks starter Tyler Jandron received the American Affiliation’s Carbliss batter and pitcher of the week awards for the week ending 8/3, the league introduced Monday.
Knowles was one of many lead run-producers of the week, going 10-for-22 (.455) on the plate with a double, a triple and two residence runs and 7 runs pushed in. He additionally walked thrice and scored seven runs whereas placing out simply twice.
In what was a tricky sequence for the league-leading Explorers, Knowles carried them to their lone win in Lincoln over the weekend with a two-homer efficiency and 5 runs pushed in on Friday evening in a sport the Explorers received 7-2.
That is 12 months two for Knowles in Sioux Metropolis after he performed 23 video games a 12 months in the past to a .261 batting common and a .734 OPS. He beforehand spent six seasons within the Los Angeles Angels group.
On the pitching facet, Jandron went the gap on Sunday afternoon in Kane County, shutting out the Cougars with 5 strikeouts in what was a 3-0 win for Fargo-Moorhead.
The left-hander was in a position to work by means of bother with the Cougars racking up 10 hits however he didn’t stroll a batter and saved his pitch rely low sufficient to go the gap.
Jandron has been an innings-eater this season, pitching a minimum of 5 innings in all however two of his 13 begins. His ERA is down to three.64 with a 6-3 file throughout 79 innings pitched.
That is Jandron’s second go-around within the American Affiliation after he spent 2023 with Winnipeg to a 5.67 ERA in a hybrid starter-reliever position. He has additionally performed within the frontier league and spent one season within the Arizona Diamondbacks group.
Carbliss is the founding associate of the American Affiliation.
