by Matt Plante
Vice President

Week 7: MLB/MiLB Alumni Roundup
Roark throws a gem for the Reds vs. Oakland this past week, to get the win giving up 0 runs in his 6 innings of work.

Tanner Roark, Cincinnati Reds
Roark continues to be a stud on the mound for the Reds as he picked up a win in his only start this past week. Roark got the win vs. the Oakland A's, tossing 6 scoreless off of 3 hits and 2 walks while striking out 3. Roark is 3-1 on the year with a 3.27 ERA with 37 strikeouts in 41.1 innings. Cincinnati Reds are 18-23 overall and are last in the NL Central Division.

Paul DeJong, St. Louis Cardinals
DeJong went 5 for 22 this past week with another homer, a double and 4 RBI's. On the year, DeJong continues to be one of the top hitting shortstops in the League, hitting .321 with 15 doubles, 7 homers and 19 RBI's. The Cardinals however struggled this past week losing 2 of 3 to Philadelphia and 3 of 4 to Pittsburgh to fall to 22-19 overall and 4th place in the NL Central Division, only 3.5 games out of 1st.

MiLB:
Jeremy Rhoades, Salt Lake Bees, Triple A (Affiliate of the LA Angels)
Rhoades made 3 relief appearances this past week, tossing a total of 5 innings giving up 1 earned run off 4 hits while striking out 8. Rhoades is 1-1 with a 5.79 ERA with 19 strikeouts in 18.2 innings.

Zach Lewis, Winston-Salem Dash, High A (Affiliate of the Chicago White Sox)
Lewis made one start this past week, getting a no-decision going 3 innings giving up 7 runs off 9 hits and 1 walk while striking out 6. Lewis is 2-1 with a 6.91 ERA with 31 strikeouts in 27.1 innings.

Will Kincanon, Winston-Salem Dash, High A (Affiliate to the Chicago White Sox)
Kincanon made one relief appearance this past week, tossing 2 innings giving up 0 runs off 0 hits and 1 walk while striking out 2. Kincanon is 0-2 with a 1.38 ERA with 17 strikeouts in 13 innings of relief work.

Sean Hjelle, Augusta GreenJackets, Low A (Affiliate to the San Francisco Giants)
Hjelle made two starts this past week, picking up a win in one of his starts. In total, Hjelle tossed 9.1 innings giving up only 1 earned run off 8 hits and 2 walks while striking out 12. Hjelle is 1-2 with a 2.50 ERA with 40 strikeouts in 36 innings.

Independent Baseball

American Association
Mitch Glasser, Sioux Falls Canaries
Glasser has no stats cause they don't start till this week.

Casey Crosby, Chicago Dogs
Crosby has no stats cause they don't start till this week.

Atlantic League
Tyler Ladendorf, High Point Rockers
Ladendorf is 17 for 60, hitting .411 with 5 doubles, 2 homers and 8 RBI's to start off the season.

Frontier League
Ryan Koziol, Joliet Slammers (East Division)
Koziol made two relief appearances in the opening week of play, picking up a win and a save. Koziol went 3 innings in total giving up 0 runs off 3 hits and 1 walk while striking out 3.

Blake Hickman, Windy City Thunderbolts (East Division)
Hickman made one relief appearance in the opening week of play, tossing 2 innings giving up 0 runs off 1 hit while striking out 3.

Dane Hutcheon, Lake Erie Crushers (East Division)
Hutcheon went 1 for 11 in the opening week of play for the Crushers.

Jack Landwehr, Schaumburg Boomers (East Division)
Landwehr hasn't made an appearance yet this year.

Anthony Ray, Gateway Grizzlies (West Division)
Ray went 0 for 7 in the opening week of play with a stolen base.

United Shore League
Sam Cottingham-Beard, Utica Unicorns
Cottingham-Beard made one relief appearance in opening week giving up 2 runs off 2 hits in one inning of work.