By George Farelli
Canadian Baseball Network
Like counting sheep ...

One zero, two zeros, three zeros ...

That was RHP Brock Dykxhoorn in his final start of the year for the class-A Lancaster JetHawks.

Four zeros, five zeros, six zeros ...

He picked up the win as Lancaster made sure the earth was soild underneath him facing the Rancho Cucamonga Quakes.

Seven zeros ...

Dykxhoorn (Goderich, Ont.) pitched seven scoreless in a 15-1 Lancaster win at the The Hangar before 1,796 fans to earn the Canadian Baseball Network Minor League player of the week honors. 
 
Dykxhoorn, a sixth round pick from Central Arizona College by the Houston Astros from the 2014 draft he bumped his record to 10-4 and lowered his ERA to 5.02. Dykxhoorn allowed a double to 1B Matt Beaty, a single to Ariel Sandoval and a double to Andre Ethier, the 10-year major-league veteran.

He retired the final eight men in order including three strikeouts. In his 89-pitch outing he walked a pair and struck out eight. Dykxhoorn has six ground ball outs and two fly ball outs.

And in other news this week

_ OF Tyler O’Neill (Maple Ridge, BC) capped off a remarkable season with the Jackson Generals as he was selected the Double A Southern League’s Most Valuable Player and he was also named to the post-season All Star Team.

_ O’Neill will play for the Peoria Javalenas in the Arizona Fall League along with four other Canucks. The others: Pittsburgh Pirates farmhand 3B Eric Wood (Pickering, Ont.) with the Surprise Saguaros and St. Louis Cardinals RP Rowan Wick (North Vancouver, BC) of the Glendale Desert Dogs. Milwaukee Brewers’ Dave Chavarria (Burnaby, BC) will serve as the pitching coach with the Salt River Rafters and Blue Jays coach Vince Horsman (Halifax, NS) will be the pitching coach with the Mesa Solar Sox.
 
_ Nick Pivetta (Victoria, BC) won his start this week with Philadelphia Phillies triple-A Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs, ending the 2016 season with 12 wins, the most for any Canadian Pitcher in the Minor Leagues.
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_ Eric Gagne (Mascouche, Que.) signed with the Ottawa Champions of the Independent Can Am League. Gagne was activated and started Ottawa’s game Sept. 5 against the Quebec Capitales, before a franchise record 7,886 fans. Gagne, 40, the former major leaguer did not disappoint. His pitching line was five innings, two base hits, one earned run, zero walks and six strikeouts. He was not involved in the decision. It was a remarkable performance, given his age and lack of any game action all season.

BEST  OFFENSIVE  PERFORMANCES
Player/Class/Team                                             AB      R      H     HR     RBI      AVG
Charles Leblanc  -  A  Spokane                      12        4        6        -        2        .500
Jacob  Robson  -  A  Connecticut                  19        4        9        -        2        .474
 
Rene Tosoni  -  IND  Sugar Land                    26        6      12      -        2        .462
Maxx Tissenbaum  -  IND  Quebec              25        5      11      2     10      .440
Wes Darvill  -  IND  Winnipeg                         21        4        9        -        6      .429
Larry Balkwill  -  IND  Windy City                  14        5        6        1      5      .429
Sebastien Boucher  -  IND  Ottawa              21        3        8        1        3     .381
Michael Crouse  -  IND  New Britain            16        5        6        3        6     .375
Lachlan Fontaine  IND  Quebec                     12         3        4        1      2      .333
Jonathan Malo  -  IND  Quebec                      22        6         7        -        2     .318
Marcus Knecht  -  IND  Quebec                      19        4         6        1      4      .316
(Minimum 10 AB’s required.)
 
BEST  PITCHING  PERFORMANCES
BROCK  DYKXHOORN    RHP    -    A  LANCASTER  JETHAWKS
APP     IP     H      R     ER     BB     K     W-L     SV      WHIP     WK ERA
1        7.0     3      -        -         2        8      1-0        -          0.71          0.00
In his final start of the season for Lancaster, Brock Dykxhoorn ended with an outstanding performance.  On Aug. 31st in a 15-1 victory over Rancho Cucamonga Quakes he pitched seven scoreless innings, gave up three base hits while striking out eight Quakes batters, to earn his 10th win of the year.  This outing improved his record with the Jethawks in 24 appearances in the Single A California League, to 10-4 with a 5.02 ERA.

 
RYAN  KELLOGG     LHP    -    A    SOUTH  BEND  CUBS
APP     IP     H      R     ER     BB     K     W-L     SV      WHIP     WK ERA
1        6.0     5      -        -         -        6      1-0        -            0.83          0.00
Another Canadian Pitcher on a roll, this week Ryan Kellogg won his sixth game in a row for the Cubs on Sept. 5th, in a 3-0 win over Dayton Dragons.  He threw six scoreless allowing five base hits while striking out six Dayton batters, to earn his ninth win of the season.  He improved his record with South Bend in 24 appearances in the Single A Midwest League to, 9-7 with a 3.03 ERA.

 

MIKE  SOROKA    RHP    -    A    ROME  BRAVES
APP     IP     H      R     ER     BB     K     W-L     SV      WHIP     WK ERA
1        7.0     3      1        1        1      9      1-0        -          0.57          1.29
On Aug. 31st in a 9-1 win over Greenville Drive Mike Soroka made an excellent start, he pitched seven innings surrendered three base hits and one earned run while striking out nine Greenville hitters, to earn his ninth win of the season.  The win was his seventh in a row, and improved his record in 25 appearances with Rome in the Single A South Atlantic League, to 9-9 with a 3.02 ERA.

 
SHANE  DAWSON     LHP  -    AA  NEW  HAMPSHIRE  FISHER  CATS
APP     IP      H      R     ER     BB     K     W-L     SV      WHIP     WK ERA
1        7.0      5      2      2         -        3      1-0        -          0.71         2.57
Shane Dawson has been a consistent starter for the Fisher Cats all season, and this week had another excellent outing.  On Sept. 3rd in a 5-2 win over Portland Sea Dogs he pitched seven innings, gave up five base hits and two earned runs while striking out three Portland hitters to earn the win.  His record in 26 appearances with New Hampshire in the Double A Eastern League ended up at 10-4 with a 4.29 ERA.

 
PLAYER  MOVEMENTS  AND  TRANSACTIONS
OF  Dalton Pompey (Mississauga, Ont.)  -  Called up to Major League Roster by the Toronto Blue Jays from Triple A Buffalo Bisons
 
RHP  Jameson Taillon  (The Woodlands, TX)  -  Re called to Major League Roster by Pittsburgh Pirates from Rookie Class Bristol Pirates
 
LHP  Evan Grills  (Whitby, Ont.)  -  Activated from the Inactive List by the Houston Astros at Triple A Fresno Grizzlies.
 
LHP  Scott Diamond  (Toronto, Ont.)  -  Placed on the Inactive List by Toronto Blue Jays at Triple A Buffalo Bisons.
 
C Owen Spiwak  (Mississauga, Ont.) - Moved by Toronto Blue Jays to Single A Vancouver Canadians from Rookie Class Gulf Coast Blue Jays.
 

LHP  Evan Rutckyj  (Windsor, Ont.) - On Re Hab Assignment moved by New York Yankees to Single A, Staten Island Yankees from Rookie Class Gulf Coast Yankees - East.
 
SS  Sean Jamieson (Simcoe, Ont.) -  Activated from the  Disabled List by Arizona Diamondbacks at Triple A Reno Acess.
 
RHP  Jordan Romano  (Markham, Ont.)  -  Activated from the Disabled List by Toronto Blue Jays at Single A, Lansing Lugnuts.
 
 
RHP  Eric Gagne  (Mascouche, Que.)  -  Free Agent signs with Ottawa Champions IND Can Am League, and was activated for a special honorary pitching start in the Champions final home game of the 2016 regular season.  
 
C  Simon Gravel  (Montreal, Que.)  -  Released by Trois Rivieres Eagles IND Can Am League.

Weekly Winners

Week XXII _ RHP Brock Dykxhoorn (Goderich, Ont.) Astros

Week XXI _ Bruce Yari (Waterloo, Ont.) Reds.

Week XX _ OF Ismael Pena (Montreal, Que.) Mariners

Week XIX _ RHP Jordan Romano (Markham, Ont.) Blue Jays

Week XVIII _ LHP Ryan Kellogg (Whitby, Ont.) Cubs

Week XVII _ LHP Rob Zastryzny (Edmonton, Alta.) Cubs

Week XVI _ C Jordan Procyshen (Calgary, Alta.) Red Sox and OF Brett Siddall (Windsor, Ont.) A’s.

 

Week XV _ 1B Josh Naylor (Mississauga, Ont.) Marlins.

Week XIV _ RHP Alex Webb (Surrey, BC) Reds.

Week XIII _ OF Gareth Morgan (North York, Ont.) Mariners and OF Cole Bauml (Meunster, Sask.) Tigers.

Week XII _ Connor Panas (Toronto, Ont.) Blue Jays.

Week XI _ RHP Nick Pivetta (Victoria, BC) Phillies.

 

Week X _ RHP Jordan Romano (Markham, Ont.) Blue Jays.

Week IX _ OF Dalton Pompey (Mississauga, Ont.) Blue Jays.

Week VIII _ RHP Chris Leroux (Mississauga, Ont.) Blue Jays

Week VII _ LHP Rob Zastryzny (Edmonton, Alta.) Cubs

Week VI _ LHP Evan Grills (Whitby, Ont.) Astros

 

Week V _ RP Rowan Wick (North Vancouver, BC) Cardinals.  

Week III _ LHP James Paxton (Ladner, BC) Mariners.

Week II _ OF Brett Siddall (Windsor, Ont.) A’s. 

Week I _ C Dustin Houle (Penticton, BC) Brewers.