Adam Loewen, CBN POW, Week 14
* OF Adam Loewen (Surrey, BC) went 7-for-15 (.467) with two homers and seven RBIs when he returned to triple-A Buffalo after a foot injury ….
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By George Farelli
New York Mets OF Adam Loewen was wearing a boot in April after being diagnosed with a stress fracture of the second metatarsal in his right foot.
Well, the boot is off and Loewen is hitting line drive at triple-A Buffalo, now that he’s off the disabled list.
The injury happened in April and had been nagging Loewen. Loewen felt discomfort tracking a ball in the right-center gap. The next half-inning, while being thrown out on a play at the plate, Buffalo manager Wally Backman noticed Loewen had difficulty accelerating.
Loewen, who was beaten out by Mike Baxter for the lefty-hitting back-up outfield job with the Mets, was hitting .270 with three homers in 37 at-bats with the Bisons at the time of the injury.
Now that he’s back Loewen has earned the Canadian Baseball Network Player of the Week honours, as the best of the 107 Canadians in the minors in Week XIV.
And how his week went when he returned as he
_ Went for-for-3 with a walk against the Syracuse Chiefs in a 5-0 loss.
_ Hit a homer, knocking in three runs in 9-8 victory over Syracuse.
_ Singled, doubles and drove in a pair of runs in a 7-6 win over Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees.
_ Doubled, homered and drove two runs in a 10-3 win over Scranton/WB.
For the week Loewen hit .467 (7-for-15) with two homers and seven RBIs.
BEST OFFENSIVE PERFORMANCES for WEEK XIII
Player / Class / Team AB R H HR RBI AVG
Adam Loewen - AAA Buffalo 15 5 7 2 7 .467
Luke Carlin - AAA Columbus 13 3 6 1 6 .462
Tim Smith - AA Mississippi 13 2 5 – - .385
Nick Weglarz - AA Akron 17 3 6 – 2 .353
Justin Atkinson - Rkie GCL Blue Jays 21 4 7 1 4 .333
Shawn Bowman - AA Jacksonville 15 1 5 1 3 .333
Jim Adduci - AAA Iowa 16 6 5 – 1 .313
Keaton Briscoe - Rkie GCL Red Sox 13 3 4 – 6 .308
Dustin Houle - Rkie AZL Brewers 13 1 4 – 1 .308
Emerson Frostad - IND Lancaster 11 1 5 – 1 .455
Jonathan Malo - IND Quebec 27 10 11 – 5 .407
David Cooper - IND Gary 27 7 10 – 2 .370
Jeff Helps - IND Quebec 30 9 10 – - .333
Josue Peley - IND Quebec 28 4 9 2 10 .321
David Narodowski - IND Winnipeg 28 2 9 – 3 .321
Sebastian Boucher - IND Quebec 22 5 7 1 7 .318
(Minimum 10 At Bats required.)
(Jim Adduci was promoted to triple-A Iowa Cubs, totals above include two games double-A Tennessee Smokies.)
BEST PITCHING PERFORMANCES for WEEK FOURTEEN
SHAWN HILL RHP – AAA LAS VEGAS 51’s
APP IP H R ER BB K W – L SV WHIP WK ERA
1 8.0 3 1 1 1 9 1-0 - 0.50 1.13
On July 7, Hill made another outstanding start, as he beat the Tucson Padres 7-1 surrenderng only three hits and one earned run, strking out nine batters in eight innings of work. The win improved his record with Las Vegas to 2-0 with a 4.68 ERA.
EVAN RUTCKYJ LHP – A STATEN ISLAND YANKEES
APP IP H R ER BB K W – L SV WHIP WK ERA
1 6.0 4 1 1 1 4 1-0 – 0.83 1.50
On July 5, Rutckyj had an excellent outing for the Yankees in a 2-1 victory over Jamestown Jammers. He tossed six solid innings and gave up four hits and one earned run while striking out four Jammers. The win improved his record wth Staten Island to 2-1 with a 1.93 ERA. His overall record for 2012, including a stint with Single-A Charleston River Dogs is 5-3 with a 3.25 ERA.
JAMES HENDERSON RHP - AAA NASHVILLE SOUNDS
APP IP H R ER BB K W – L SV WHIP WK ERA
3 2.2 - - – – 3 – 3 0.00 0.00
The Memphis Redbirds will be happy if they don’t have to see Henderson again this season, as he made three appearances against them this week and earned three saves. On July 4, he closed out a 6-4 win with 1 1/3 innings, for his ninth save of the year. He followed that on July 6 with another save in 2-0 win over the Redbirds, and then on July 8, he ended the week with his 11th Save in another 2-0 victory. He did not give a hit or a run in the three appearances, and his overall record with Nashville is now 3-3, 11 saves with a 1.70 ERA.
JEFF DUDA RHP – IND QUEBEC CAPTALES
APP IP H R ER BB K W – L SV WHIP WK ERA
1 9.0 2 - – - 12 1-0 – 0.22 0.00
Continuing his excellent season with the Can Am League’s Quebec Capitales, on July 4, Duda tossed a gem in beating Newark Bears with a complete game 6-0 shutout. He gave up only two hits, striking out 12 Newark batters. This game improved his overall record with the Capitales to 7-0, with one save and a 2.61 ERA. His seven wins and 62 strikeouts place him second, and his 2.61 ERA places him third in the Can Am League.
TOM BOLESKA RHP – IND FARGO-MOORHED REDHAWKS
APP IP H R ER BB K W – L SV WHIP WK ERA
5 4.1 4 - – – 4 1-0 4 0.98 0.00
Boleska had what must be considered a “dream week“ for any closer, as he made 5 Appearances for the RedHawks, and earned one win and four saves. The hectic week began on July 4, a 5-3 win over arch rivals the Winnipeg Goldeyes, he threw one inning and gave up zero hits and picked up his 12th save of the year. On July 6 he closed out another 5-3 victory over the Goldeyes, and in 1 1/3 scoreless innings gave up two hits. On July 7, he earned his 14th save of the year in a 6-2 win over the Kansas City T-Bones, throwing 2/3 of an inning and, on July 8, he saved 3-1 victory over the T-Bones. He ended the week on July 10th, earning his first win of the season in 6-5 victory over Kansas City as he tossed 1/3 of an inning and struck out one. His over-all record with the RedHawks is now 1-1, 15 Saves and an impressive 1.93 ERA.
PREVIOUS WINNERS
Week 1 — James Paxton (Ladner, BC)
Week 2 — 1B Jordan Lennerton (Langley, BC)
Week 3 — RHP Jameson Taillon (Woodlands, Tx)
Week 4 — LHP Jeff Francis (North Delta, BC)
Week 5 — INF Carter Bell (Courtenay, BC)
Week 6 — RHP Colin Kleven (Kamloops, BC)
Week 7 — INF Jamie Romak (London, Ont.)
Week 8 — RHP Scott Richmond (North Vancouver, BC)
Weeek 9 — INF Wes Darvill (Langley, BC)
Week 10 — RHP Phillippe Aumont (Gatineau, Que.)
Week 11 — OF Nick Weglarz (Stevensville., Ont.)
Week 12 — Steve Wickens (Whitby, Ont.)
Week 13 — Jordan Lennerton (Langley, BC)
