By George Farelli

Canadian Baseball Network

Mike Brettell was stingy.

It was as if he was pitching for the Great Lake Canadians 18U against the Ontario Nationals 15U.

Except Brettell was pitching for the class-A Peoria Chiefs against the Quad Cities River Bandits before 1,860 fans at Dozer Park. The right-hander put eight consecutive zeros to help Peoria score a 2-0 win.

And he had a quality start in an 11-inning 6-5 Peoria win over the Cedar Rapids Kernels in front of 1,637 fans at Perfect Game Field.

The two outings earned Brettell Canadian Baseball Network minor league Player of the Week for Week XXI.

Against Quad Cities, Brettell gave up four hits and two walks, while striking out four. Brettell threw 91 pitches (54 for strikes) getting 10 ground ball outs and six fly ball outs.

Brettell (Fonthill, Ont.) had a 1-2-3 innings in the first, fifth, seventh and eighth. He allowed two singles in the second -- one erased on a caught stealing, the other on a double play), two runners in the third on a single and a walk, a single in the sixth. He walked a runner in the fourth, but he was erased on a double play.

Quad Cities RP R.J. Freure (Burlington, Ont.) allowed one hit and one walk as he fanned six in four scoreless for Quad Cities. Freure threw 57 pitches (37 strikes).

Brettell allowed three runs in the first and then put up five zeros. He allowed three runs on seven hit and four walks, while fanning a pair facing Cedar Rapids. He threw 97 pitches (59 for strikes) getting eight ground ball outs and four fly ball outs.

Top offensive weeks

Player / Class / Team AB R H HR RBI AVG

Kellin Deglan - AA Trenton 15 3 9 1 4 .600

Kyle MacDonald - Rkie Gulf Coast Yankees 17 1 9 1 4 .529

Morgan Lofstrom - A Dayton 15 1 7 - 1 .467

Otto Lopez - A Lansing 34 4 15 - 3 .441

Matt Lloyd - A Dayton 24 6 8 2 5 .333

Demi Orimoloye - A Dunedin 28 5 9 2 6 .321

Jacob Robson - AAA Toledo 19 2 6 1 3 .316

Kole Cottam - A Salem 20 4 6 2 6 .300

Eric Wood - AAA Indianapolis 24 1 7 - 3 .292

Wes Darvill - IND Winnipeg 31 8 12 - 4 .387

Connor Panas - IND Quebec 25 4 9 1 6 .360

(Minimum 10 ABs)

Top pitcing outings

Jake Sims RHP - A Tri City Dust Devils

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

2 4.0 2 - - 1 8 2-0 - 0.75 0.00

Jake Sims is a second year pro pitcher for Tri City the San Diego Padres Single A affiliate in the Northwest League, and the native of Guelph, ON is having an excellent year. This week he had two very good outings, first of which was on Aug. 22 in a 2-0 win over Vancouver Canadians, when he threw two scoreless gave up only two base hits while striking out four Vancouver batters, to earn his second win of the season. He followed that up on Aug. 25 in a 4-2 victory over Boise Hawks as pitched two scoreless allowing zero hits while striking out four Boise hitters to pick up his second win of the week and third of the season. His record with the Dust Devils in nineteen 19 appearances now stands at 3-2 with a 6.08 ERA.

Tyler Gillies RHP - A Wisconsin Timber Rattlers

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

3 3.2 1 - - 2 5 1-0 - 0.94 0.00

Tyler Gillies is a 24 year old pitching prospect from London, Ont. and was signed as a free agent in the off season by Milwaukee Brewers. Assigned to their Single A affiliate Wisconsin Timber Rattlers, he has developed into a key member of the team’s bullpen crew, and this week had three excellent outings. On Aug. 21 in a 5-2 win over the Burlington Bees he threw one scoreless inning, gave up zero hits while striking out one Burlington batter, and was credited with his third Hold of them season. Next, on Aug. 24th in a 4-1 victory over Clinton Lumber Kings he pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings, surrendering one base hit while striking out three Kings batters to pick up his fourth win of the year. The final outing occurred on Aug. 26th in 6-2 loss to Clinton, when he threw 1 1/3 scoreless, hitless innings while striking out one batter, but was not involved in the decision. His record with the Rattlers now stands at 4-2, with two saves and a 3.31, and his 39 relief appearances for the season rank him third in the Midwest League amongst all relievers.

Mike Brettell Rhp - A Peoria Chiefs

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

2 14.0 11 3 3 6 6 1-0 - 1.00 1.93

Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 15th round of the 2018 draft, Mike Brettell is currently honing his pitching skills with their Single A affiliate in the Midwest League. This week the 22-year old native of Fonthill, ON made two solid starts, the first of which was Aug. 21 in a 2-0 shutout over Quad Cities River Bandits. He threw eight scoreless giving up four base hits while striking out four

Quad Cities hitters, to earn his fifth win of the season. On Aug. 26 in a 6-5 victory over the Cedar Rapids Kernels he pitched six innings, surrendered seven base hits and three earned runs while striking out two batters, but was not involved in the decision. His record with Peoria in 25 pitching appearances, now stands at 5-9 with a 5.15 ERA.

Previous Players of the Week

Week 1 _ INF Charles Leblanc (Laval, Que.) Double A Frisco Roughriders (Rangers).

Week II _ RHP Cal Quantrill (Port Hope, Ont.) Triple A El Paso Chihuahuas (Padres).

Week III _ RHP R.J. Freure (Burlington, Ont.) Class-A Quad Cities River Bandits (Astros).

Week IV _ INF Adam Hall (London, Ont.) Class-A Delmarva Shorebirds (Orioles).

Week V _ RHP Jordan Balazovic (Mississauga, Ont.) Class-A Fort Myers Miracle (Twins).

Week VI _ RHP Curtis Taylor (Port Coquitlam, BC) double-A Montgomery Biscuits (Rays)

Week VII _ RHP Nick Pivetta (Victoria, BC) triple-A Lehigh Valley Iron Pigs (Phillies) and 3B Abraham Toro (Longueuil, Que.) double-A Corpus Christi Hooks (Astros).

Week VIII _ 1B Jim Adduci (Burnaby, BC) triple-A Iowa Cubs (Cubs).

Week IX _ INF Adam Hall (London, Ont.) Class-A Delmarva Shorebirds (Orioles).

Week X _ RHP R. J. Freure (Burlington, Ont.) class-A Quad Cities River Bandits (Astros).

Week XI _ OF Gareth Morgan (North York, Ont.) class-A Inland Empire ‘66s (Angels).

Week XII _ OF Demi Orimoloye (Orleans, Ont.) class-A Dunedin Blue Jays (Jays).

Week XIII _ OF Jacob Sanford (Cole Harbour, NS) class-A Staten Island Yankees (Yankees).

Week XIV _ RHP Kyle Thomas (Mississauga, Ont.) class-A Connecticut Tigers (Tigers).

Week XV _ RHP Alex Nolan (Burlington, Ont.) class-A Vancouver Canadians (Jays).

Week XVI _ OF Demi Orimoloye (Orleans, Ont.) class-A Dunedin Blue Jays (Jays).

Week XVII _ LHP Rob Zastryzny (Edmonton, Alta.) double-A Tulsa Drillers (Dodgers).

Week XVIII _ INF Otto Lopez (Montreal, Que.) class-A Lansing Lugnuts (Jays).

Week XIX _ INF Abraham Toro (Longueuil, Que.) triple-A Round Rock Express (Astros).

Week XX _ RP Brandon Marklund (North Vancouver, BC) class-A Lexington Legends (Royals).

Week XXI _ RHP Mike Brettell (Fonthill, Ont.) class-A Peoria Chiefs (Cardinals).