Continental League Announces May's Best Batter
Monday, June 1st, 2207
Beach balls were coming in at
Ramón Hernández in May and he banged, bashed and blasted them all over the park, putting up a .385 batting average and hauling in the Continental League Batter of the Month trophy.
The 23-year-old
Baltimore left fielder collected 45 hits last month in 28 games. He put up 8 home runs, 20 RBIs and 27 runs scored.
Hernández also drew 18 walks and compiled a .463 on-base percentage.
This year
Hernández is batting .339 with 13 home runs and 31 RBIs.
RL's #1 Batter Announced
Monday, June 1st, 2207
The vote is in and
Manolo Vargas, the 27-year-old left fielder for
Toronto, is the winner. Today he was honored with the Republic League Batter of the Month award.
In May,
Vargas wowed voters with a .383 average while posting up 5 home runs, 20 RBIs, 20 runs scored and a .443 on-base percentage.
In 56 games Vargas is hitting .344 this season with 74 hits, 6 home runs, 29 RBIs, 19 walks, .398 OBP and has scored 26 runs.