Autin Allen Named Midwest League Player of the Month

Published on May 5, 2016 under Midwest League (MWL1) News Release

SOUTH BEND, Ind. - Minor League Baseball announced today Fort Wayne TinCaps (Padres) catcher Austin Allen was named Midwest League April Player of the Month. Allen had a .460 batting average, .603 slugging percentage and a 1.143 OPS. He walked more times (10) than he struck out (eight) and hit in 11 straight games to start the season, including 8 multi-hit games. Allen, 22, was selected by San Diego in the fourth round of the 2015 First-Year Player Draft out of the Florida Institute of Technology.

Allen, as Player of the Month, joins the following Midwest League April award winners named weekly.

Week Batter/Team Pitcher/Team

4/7-4/17 Austin Allen, Fort Wayne (SD) Justin Donatella, Kane County (ARI)

(.647/.675/.853, 10 G, 22-for-34, 4 2B, 1 HR, 10 RBI, 10 R, 5 BB, 5 K) (2-0, 0.00 ERA, 2 G, 2 GS, 12 IP, 7 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 HR, 1 HBP, 0 BB, 10 K)

4/18-4/24 Will Maddox, West Michigan (DET) Ryan Helsley, Peoria (STL)

(.611/.632/.722, 5 G, 11-for-18, 2 2B, 0 3B, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 3 R, 1 BB, 2 K) (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 G, 1 GS, 6 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 HR, 1 HBP, 2 BB, 11 K)

4/25-5/1 Manny Sanchez, Bowling Green (TB) Franderlin Romero, Dayton (CIN)

(.409/.480/.773, 6 G, 9-for-22, 2 2B, 0 3B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 7 R, 3 BB, 6 K) (1-1, 0.00 ERA, 2 G, 2 GS, 11 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 0 HR, 2 BB, 13 K)

Midwest League Stories from May 5, 2016

• Three Run Captains Second Dooms LumberKings In Series Opener - Clinton LumberKings
• South Bend Beats Beloit 3-2 with 9th Inning Heroics - South Bend Cubs
• Top-Notch Pitching Secures Win - Great Lakes Loons
• Hot Rods Shutout Bees, Win Third Straight - Bowling Green Hot Rods
• Fort Wayne Drops Opener at Kane County - Fort Wayne TinCaps
• Chiefs Hold On to Beat Dragons 4-1 - Peoria Chiefs
• Bees Shutout in Series Opener - Burlington Bees
• Cougars Top TinCaps - Kane County Cougars
• Chiefs Top Dragons 4-1 in Series Opener - Dayton Dragons
• Whitecaps Win Wild One with Wisconsin - West Michigan Whitecaps
• Bandits One-Hit Lugnuts But Lose 1-0 - Quad Cities River Bandits
• Bandits One-Hit Lugnuts, But Nuts Win, 1-0 - Lansing Lugnuts
• Loons Blank Kernels Thursday, 3-0 - Cedar Rapids Kernels
• Autin Allen Named Midwest League Player of the Month - MWL1
• Whitecaps beat Rattlers 5-3 to open series - Wisconsin Timber Rattlers
• Whiting Activated, Sepulveda to Disabled List - South Bend Cubs
• Marlow, Deemes Named Quad Cities April Players of the Month - Quad Cities River Bandits
• Austin Allen Named Midwest League Player of the Month - Fort Wayne TinCaps
• High School Games Conclude Friday - Dayton Dragons
• TinCaps Game Notes: May 5 at Kane County (Game 28) - Fort Wayne TinCaps
• Bowling Green Hot Rods Game Notes (at Burlington) - Bowling Green Hot Rods
• 1978 Heisman Winner Billy Sims to Appear at Bees Game May 13th - Burlington Bees
• Dragons GameDay for May 5 - Dayton Dragons

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