Chris Bisson CBN POW, Week 19

by George Farelli + on August 20, 2012

* INF Chris Bisson (Orleans, Ont.) former anchor of Don Campbell’s Ottawa-Nepean Canadians infield, hit .448 to earn CBN POW honours ….

By George Farelli

Chris Bisson hits lead-off for the Lake Elisnore Storm.

And he was atop the list of the 119 Canadians in the minors to earn Canadian Baseball Network Player of the Week honours.

Bisson had the most hits for the week batting .448 (13-for-29) and knocking in two runs.

How the week that was went for Bisson (Orleans, Ont.) as the former Ottawa-Nepean Canadian had:

_ Two hits and drove in a run in a 6-3 win against Inland Empire ‘66ers.

_ Two hits in a walk in an 8-6 loss to Inland Empire.

_ Three hits in five at-bats, including a double and stole a base in a 13-1 romp over the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes.

_ Two hits and an RBI in a 14-2 loss to Rancho Cucamonga.

_ Singled in a 5-4 loss to Rancho Cucamonga.

_ Three hits raising his average to .295 and scored three times in an 11-9 win over Inland Empire.

BEST OFFENSIVE PERFORMANCES for WEEK 19

Player / Class / Team AB R H HR RBI AVG

Terrence Dayleg - A Jupiter 14 4 7 – 2 .500

Chris Bisson - A Lake Elsinore 29 5 13 – 2 .448

Kellin Deglan - A Hickory 18 3 8 3 6 .444

Jamie Romak - AA Springfield 24 6 10 1 3 .417

Nick Weglarz - AA Akron 20 5 8 1 7 .400

Mike Blanke - A Winston-Salem 18 3 7 1 5 .389

Carter Bell - A Visalia 13 3 5 – 3 .385

Justin Marra - Rkie Arizona Cubs 13 2 5 – 1 .385

Trevor Gretzky - Rkie Arizona Cubs 22 5 8 – 3 .364

Peter Orr - AAA Lehigh Valley 25 4 9 1 1 .360

Wes Darvill - A Peoria 23 4 8 – 1 .348

Cory Scammell - Rkie Arizona Mariners 21 3 7 – 5 .333

Shawn Bowman - AAA New Orleans 18 3 6 1 1 .333

Stephen Wickens - A Beloit 15 5 5 – 3 .333

Josue Peley - IND Quebec 27 3 10 – 6 .370

Jonathan Malo - IND Quebec 28 8 9 1 3 .321

Sebastian Boucher - IND Quebec 23 5 7 1 2 .304

(Minimum 10 At Bats required.)

PITCHING PERFORMANCES

CHRIS LEROUX RHP – AAA INDIANAPOLIS INDIANS

APP IP H R ER BB K W – L SV WHIP WK ERA

1 7.0 3 - – 1 4 1-0 - 0.62 0.00

For the third week in a row, a Leroux start has earned mention in our pitching highlights of the Week. On Aug. 11 he earned his second win of the season in a 4-0 victory over Columbus Clippers, as he tossed seven scoreless innings, allowing three hits, while striking out four Clippers. The win improved his over-all record with the Indians to 2-0 with a 1.93 ERA.

NICK BUCCI RHP – A BREVARD COUNTY MANATEES

APP IP H R ER BB K W – L SV WHIP WK ERA

1 5.0 4 - – 2 6 1-0 – 1.20 0.00

Bucci began the season on the disabled list, and has only been active for four weeks. After a brief stint with the Rookie Class Arizona Brewers, he was moved by Milwaukee to Single-A Brevard County and on Aug. 10, earned his first win for the Manatees in an 8-6 victory over Tampa Yankees. He threw five scoreless innings, gave up only four hits and struck out six. The win bumped his record with Brevard County to 1-0 and a 0.00 ERA.

PHILLIPPE AUMONT RHP – AAA LEHIGH VALLEY IRON PIGS

APP IP H R ER BB K W – L SV WHIP WK ERA

2 2.0 1 1 1 1 3 - 1 1.00 4.50

Aumont continues to excel as the closer for Lehigh Valley, and this week had a no decision and earned one save. On Aug. 12 in a 10-0 loss to the Rochester Red Wings, he threw one inning gave up one hit and one run. On Aug, 13, he earned his 14 save of the year in a 4-0 win over the Red Wings, as the tossed one scoreless inning, gave up zero hits and struck out one. The two appearances improved his overall record with the Iron Pigs to 2-1, 14 Saves and a 3.67 ERA.

JEFF DUDA RHP - IND QUEBEC CAPITALES

APP IP H R ER BB K W – L SV WHIP WK ERA

2 14.0 5 3 2 4 16 2-0 – 0.64 1.29

Duda continues his outstanding season as the ace of the Quebec starting staff, and this week picked up two wins. On Aug. 8 he earned his 11th win of the season in a 5-3 victory over the Rockland Boulders, as he tossed seven innings, surrendering only two hits and two earned Runs, while striking out six. He followed that up on Aug. 13 with another win in a 3-0 victory over New Jersey Jackals, he gave up three hits and struck out 10 Jackals. His overall record with the Capitales improved to 12-1, one save and a 2.31 ERA, and his 12 Wins lead the IND Can Am League.

TOM BOLESKA RHP - IND FARGO-MOORHEAD REDHAWKS

APP IP H R ER BB K W – L SV WHIP WK ERA

1 7.0 4 - – – 3 1-0 – 0.57 0.00

Hard to believe any Reliever in the minorss could be performing at a higher level than Boleska, the Closer for Fargo-Moorhead in the IND American Association and this week he earned a win and two more saves. On Aug. 9, in a 5-3 victory over St. Paul Saints, he picked up his 24th save with one scoreless inning in which he have up only one hit, striking out two. On Aug. 10, he earned his second win of the year in an 8-6 victory over Sioux Falls Pheasants, with one inning. On Aug. 13, he closed out a 5-3 victory over arch rivals the Winnipeg Goldeyes, tossing one scoreless inning and struck out one, to earn his 25th save of the season. His overall record with the RedHawks now stands at 2-1, 25 Saves and a 1.85 ERA.

PREVIOUS WINNERS

Week 1 — LHP 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.)