The Miners can taste an ABL Championship coming down the stretch. Mat-Su needs a win plus a Bucs loss tonight to clinch to title outright. But even in the midst of the race some individuals are getting some recognition.
At the team banquet last weekend, GM Pete Christopher gave out the teams awards as voted on by the coaches and the Mat-Su Miners executive board:
Best Position Player: Jonathan Johnson, Loyola Marymount (2B)- .323 avg., 9 RBI, 5 2B, 2 3B, 20 BB, .444 OBA
Best Pitcher: Justin Kraft, Centenary- 3-1, 6 GS, 1.14 ERA, 47.1 IP, 32 K, .186 Opp Avg.
Team MVP: James Ramsey, Florida St.- .323 avg., 1 HR, 23 RBI, 12 2B, 33 BB, .460 SLG
Stan Zaborac (Overall team spirit): Will Musson, Eastern Connecticut St.
Meanwhile, the league all-star team was announced before the game today. 3 of the 4 Miners listed above are also representatives there: Johnson, Ramsey and Kraft were honored on the team. Johnson picked up the ABL Gold Glove Award as well and Head Coach Russell Raley was named ABL Coach of the Year. Here's the rest of the team:
C- Austin Barnes, Bucs
1B- Ben Minard, AIA
2B- Jonathan Johnson, Miners AND Gunner Glad, Pilots
SS- Justin Schafer, Goldpanners
3B- Jason Martinson, Bucs
OF- James Ramsey, Miners AND Drew Heid, Pilots AND Brian Bello, Bucs
DH- Andrew Pollack, Goldpanners
SP- Justin Kraft, Miners AND Logan Darnell, Pilots AND Ryan Carpenter, Pilots AND Ryan Millard, AIA AND Cody Kendall, Oilers
RP- Kevin Jacob, Bucs AND Kyle Brule, Goldpanners AND DJ Mauldin, Pilots
Player of the Year- Drew Heid, Pilots
Top Prospect- Kevin Jacob, Bucs
Gold Glove- Jonathan Johnson, Miners
Silver Slugger- Drew Heid, Pilots
Coach of the Year- Russell Raley, Miners
We'll have more reaction to this in the coming days and on tonight's broadcast, which you can hear starting at 5:50 AK time.
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