The American Affiliation has chosen Chicago Canine infielder Matt Bottcher and Milwaukee Milkmen starter Christian Younger as Rawlings Batter and Pitcher of the Month for June, the league introduced Sunday.

Bottcher was a success machine for the Canine, main the league in complete hits for the month of June by margin with 44 in 26 video games performed, hitting .386. Bottcher additionally hit 5 house runs in June whereas driving in 15 runs, strolling seven instances and hitting 5 doubles.

Bottcher additionally made a huge impact on the bottom paths in June, stealing seven bases and scoring 23 runs, which was additionally amongst the league leaders this month.

The Illinois native is now main the American Affiliation with a batting common of .371 on the season and likewise main the league in complete hits with 65.

On the pitching aspect, Christian Younger continues his excellent season for the Milwaukee Milkmen. In June, Younger made 5 begins for Milwaukee, ending with a report of 4-1 and an ERA of 0.93. 

Younger pitched 29 full innings in June, hanging out 31 hitters and strolling simply 10 whereas permitting solely three complete earned runs. Arguably his greatest begin of the month got here on the street in opposition to close by rival Chicago, the place he went six shutout innings permitting simply three hits and hanging out seven Canine.

The New York native is second on the league ERA leaderboard with a good 2.00 mark for the season, simply behind his teammate Gregori Vasquez at 1.93. He’s additionally second within the league with 55 strikeouts and tied for first within the league with 5 wins.

Rawlings is the official baseball of the American Affiliation.