Lake Nation DockHounds outfielder Imanol Vargas and Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks starter Jake Dykhoff gained the American Affiliation’s Carbliss batter and pitcher of the week awards for the week ending June 29, the league introduced Monday.
Vargas led the league in hitting this week and led the DockHounds to a humongous 5 wins on the highway in Cleburne. Of his 9 hits (.500 common), 4 had been dwelling runs and 4 had been doubles.
Vargas additionally walked 4 instances and scored 9 runs whereas driving in 10 runs. In one of many uncommon low-scoring battles of their collection down south, he drove in three of 4 runs for Lake Nation in a 4-0 win on Friday with two dwelling runs.
Vargas is a newcomer to the league after spending components of six seasons within the Dodgers’ group and one every within the Angels’ and Pirates’ techniques previously two years.
On the pitching aspect, Dykhoff had an enormous week for the RedHawks, profitable video games as each as a starter and reliever.
On Monday, he got here in aid within the third inning and pitched 5.2 innings permitting two runs in a decent 7-6 win over Milwaukee. Then on Saturday he shined, throwing a whole sport, two-hit shutout in opposition to Lincoln with 12 strikeouts in a 5-0 win.
It was a heck of a primary begin of the season for Dykhoff, who beforehand made 18 bullpen appearances with an ERA of two.63, which is now all the way down to 1.91 on the season.
That is yr three for Dykhoff after taking part in his faculty ball not too distant at Minnesota-Crookston. He was an excellent arm within the pen a yr in the past, making 42 appearances with a 2.21 ERA throughout 57 complete innings.
Carbliss is the founding accomplice of the American Affiliation.
