Hometown Heroes: Nola in top form, Turner hits first homer

While he is pitching for one of the worst teams in Major League baseball, former Catholic High and LSU star Aaron Nola is pitching like one of the best pitchers in Major League baseball for the Phillies.

Nola improved to 9-7 with a very good 3.02 ERA, allowing just two hits and two walks while striking out eight over seven innings in a 3-1 victory over the Mets on Aug. 12. Nola has allowed two runs or fewer in his last 10 starts, the most in the Majors this season, and sports a superb 1.71 ERA in that amazing stretch.

Former St. Thomas More and LSU outfielder Mikie Mahtook continues to sizzle for Detroit. Mahtook has multi-hit games in eight of his last 11 games to raise his average to .300 with 11 doubles, four triples, eight home runs and 27 RBI for the Tigers.

Former Eunice High and LSU-Eunice catcher Stuart Turner belted his first home run of the season for Cincinnati in an 8-3 win at San Diego on Aug. 9.

At Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (New York Yankees) of the International League, former LSU reliever Nick Rumbelow continues his brilliant return from Tommy John surgery. Rumbelow has now pitched in 11 games without allowing a run. Rumbelow is 5-0 with his perfect ERA with four saves.

At El Paso (San Diego Padres) of the Pacific Coast League, former St. Paul’s and LSU star Ryan Schimpf has homered in four of his last six games and has a five-game hit streak to raise his average to .228 with 19 home runs and 41 RBI for the Chihuahuas.

At Double-A Pensacola (Cincinnati Reds) of the Southern League, former St. Paul’s and Southeastern Louisiana pitcher Tanner Rainey picked up his first win of the year Monday night in a 9-7 home victory over Mobile. Rainey is 1-1 with a 2.45 ERA in six appearances for the Blue Wahoos.

At Double-A Altoona (Pittsburgh Pirates) of the Eastern League, former Riverside and Southeastern Louisiana hurler Tate Scioneaux picked up his 12^th save Tuesday night, pitching a scoreless ninth inning and striking out one in a 5-3 win at Portland. Scioneaux is 6-5 with a 1.92 ERA.

At Class A Bradenton (Pittsburgh Pirates) of the Florida State League, former Tulane star Stephen Alemais went 7-for-8 in consecutive games on Aug. 13-14 to raise his average to .383 with three doubles and 15 RBI.

At Palm Beach (St. Louis Cardinals) of the Florida State League, former UL-Lafayette hurler Eric Carter picked up his first win and his first save this past week for the Cardinals. Carter is 1-0 with a perfect ERA in six appearances with three saves.

At Vermont Lake (Oakland Athletics) of the New York-Penn League, former Brother Martin and LSU slugger Greg Deichmann has a six-game hit streak (8-for-24/.333) to raise his average to .324 with seven doubles, three triples, four home runs and 20 RBI. Deichmann homered in consecutive games Aug. 11-12 for the Monsters.

At Kane County (Arizona Diamondbacks) of the Midwest League, former LSU pitcher Riley Smith won consecutive games on Aug. 10 and Aug. 15 to improve to 2-0 with a 2.55 ERA for the Cougars.

At Class A Eugene, former LSU star Alex Lange is showing why he was a first-round draft pick of the Chicago Cubs.

In a 2-1 loss to Spokane Monday night, Lange pitched three innings, allowing no runs on one hit, striking out five in his third outing as a professional.

At Auburn (Washington Nationals) of the New York-Penn League, former Sam Houston star Kameron Esthay has a six-game hit streak (9-for-23/.391) to raise his average to .290 with 10 doubles, one triple, three home runs and 18 RBI for the Doubledays.

Major Leagues
Alex Bregman—Astros (LSU) .272, 29 doubles, 5 triples, 13 HR, 45 RBI, 12 SB
Clay Buchholz—Phillies (McNeese St.) 2G, 0-1, 12.27 ERA, 7.1 INN, 5 K’s (60-day D.L.)
Kevin Gausman—Orioles (LSU)  26G, 9-8, 5.08 ERA, 140 INN, 132 K’s
Nick Goody—Indians (LSU) 40G, 1-2 2.83 ERA, 41.1 INN, 31 H, 55 K’s
Will Harris—Astros (Slidell, LSU)  34G, 2-2, 2.86 ERA, 2 SV, 34.2 NN,  28 H, 39 K’s (10-day D.L.)
**Aaron Hill—Giants (LSU) .132, 2 doubles, 1 triple, 1 HR, 7 RBI (Released)
James Hoyt—Astros (Centenary) 36G, 1-0, 4.89 ERA, 42.1 INN, 60 K’s
Wade LeBlanc—Pirates (Barbe) 42G, 4-2, 4.48 ERA, 1 SV, 60.1 INN, 58 H, 47 K’s
DJ LeMahieu—Rockies (LSU) .308, 22 doubles, 1 triple, 4 HR, 50 RBI, 5 SB
Aaron Loup—Blue Jays (Hahnville, Tulane) 51G, 2-2, 4.47 ERA, 44.1 INN, 44 H, 46 K’s
Jonathan Lucroy—Rangers (UL Lafayette) .242, 15 doubles, 4 HR, 27 RBI
Seth Lugo—Mets (Parkway, Centenary) 12G, 5-3, 4.85 ERA, 68.2 INN, 52 K’s
Mikie Mahtook—Tigers (St. Thomas More, LSU) .300, 11 doubles, 4 triples, 8 HR, 27 RBI
Phil Maton—Padres (Louisiana Tech) 29G, 2-0, 4.73 ERA, 1 SV, 26.2 INN, 25 H, 29 K’s
Wade Miley–Orioles (Loranger, SLU)  25G, 6-10, 5.21 ERA, 126 INN, 112 K’s
Logan Morrison—Rays (Northshore) .249, 18 double, 1 triple, 28 HR, 67 RBI
Aaron Nola—Phillies (Catholic, LSU)  19G, 9-7, 3.02 ERA, 119.1 INN, 102 H, 125 K’s
Alex Presley—Detroit (Neville) .313, 7 doubles, 1 HR, 12 RBI
Jace Peterson—Braves (Hamilton Christian, McNeese) .205, 6 doubles, 2 triples, 1 HR, 10 RBI
Rob Segedin—Dodgers  (Tulane) 2G, .250 (1-for-4), 1 R  (10-day D.L.)
Andrew Stevenson—Nationals (St. Thomas More, LSU) 18G, .172 (5-for-29), 1 R
Stuart Turner—Reds (Eunice, LSU-E) .170 (7-for-42), 3 doubles, 1 HR, 5 RBI
Jason Vargas—Royals (LSU) 23G, 14-6, 3.45 ERA, 129.2 INN, 128 H, 95 K’s
Taijuan Walker—Diamondbacks (Shreveport) 19G, 6-6, 3.76 ERA, 110.1 INN, 101 H, 100 K’s
**Rickie Weeks Jr.—Rays (Southern) .216, 6 doubles, 2 HR, 8 RBI (Released)

Class AAA
Brian Bogusevic—Pawtucket (Tulane) .277, 12 doubles, 2 triples, 9 HR, 34 RBI
Reid Brignac—Fresno (St. Amant) .255, 14 doubles, 3 triple, 13 HR, 50 RBI, 4 SB
Joe Broussard—Oklahoma City (Holy Cross, LSU)  37G, 4-1, 3.00 ERA, 3 SV, 53.1 INN, 45 H, 60 K’s
Wil Browning—Buffalo (ULM) 35G, 4-1, 6.06 ERA, 1 SV, 52 INN,  52 K’s
Joey Butler—Syracuse (UNO) .215, 3 doubles, 2 HR, 8 RBI  (7-day D.L.)
Garin Cecchini—Omaha (Barbe) .262, 19 doubles, 2 triple, 4 HR, 32 RBI
Gavin Cecchini—Las Vegas (Barbe) .267, 27 doubles, 3 triples, 6 HR, 39 RBI, 5 SB
J.T. Chargois—Rochester (Sulphur)  2G, 0-0, 1 SV, 2.2 INN, 1 H, 2 K’s (7-day D.L.)
Preston Claiborne—Round Rock (Tulane) 38G, 3-1, 1.89 ERA, 16 SV, 38 INN, 37 H, 42 K’s (7-day D.L.)
Louis Coleman—Reno (LSU) 20G, 0-0, 1.77 ERA, 20.1 INN, 10 H, 23 K’s
Jose De Leon—Charlotte (Southern) 3G, 1-0, 2.19 ERA, 12.1 INN, 10 H, 16 K’s
James Dykstra—Round Rock (LSU) 18G, 2-7, 7.65 ERA, 57.2 INN, 42 K’s
Danny Farquhar—Charlotte (UL Lafayette) 7G, 0-0, 3.38 ERA, 1 SV, 8 INN, 6 H, 11 K’s
Johnny Giavotella—Norfolk (St. Thomas More, LSU) .306, 22 doubles, 4 triple, 5 HR, 45 RBI, 4 SB
TJ House—Buffalo (Slidell) 23G, 9-11, 4.27 ERA, 130.2 INN, 104 K’s
Jacoby Jones—Toledo (LSU) .239, 19 doubles, 2 triples, 8 HR, 41 RBI, 11 SB
Tyler Jones—Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (LSU) 37G, 6-4, 4.34 ERA, 3 SV,  56 INN, 47 H, 70 K’s
Mason Melotakis—Rochester (Northwestern State) 15G, 2-0, 1.45 ERA, 18.2 INN, 16 H, 18 K’s
Jim Miller—Rochester (ULM)  Has not pitched
**Jared Mortensen—Fresno (LSU-S) 3G, 0-0, 13.50 ERA, 4.2 INN, 4 K’s (Released)
Austin Nola—New Orleans  20G, .167 (10-for-60), 3 doubles, 1 HR, 3 RBI
Nick Rumbelow—LSU  11G, 5-0, 0.00 ERA, 3 SV, 20.1 INN, 1 H, 20 K’s
Ryan Schimpf–El Paso (St. Paul’s, LSU) .228, 5 doubles, 1 triple, 19 HR, 42 RBI
Kade Scivicque—Gwinnett (St. Thomas More, LSU) 11G, .237 (9-for-38), 3 RBI
Josh Zeid—Memphis (Tulane) 28G, 8-3, 5.50 ERA, 93.1 INN, 83 K’s

Class AA
**Caleb Adams—Mobile (UL Lafayette)  .196, 1 double, 1 HR, 3 RBI   (Released)
Tyler Bray—Springfield (ULM)  29G, 7-0, 3.69 ERA, 2 SV,  39 INN, 36 H, 34 K’s
Ryan Eades—Chattanooga (Northshore, LSU) 22G, 2-2, 3.19 ERA, 62 INN, 40 H, 52 K’s
Ian Gibaut—Montgomery (Tulane) 37G, 4-1, 2.53 ERA, 9 SV, 46.1 INN, 30 H, 54 K
Andrew Guillotte—New Hampshire (Sam Houston, McNeese) .259, 4 doubles, 3 HR, 10 RBI, 6 SB
Jordan Harrison—Montgomery (UL-Lafayette) 46G, 3-3, 3.06 ERA, 2 SV, 50 INN, 40 H, 37 K’s
**Brock Hebert—Arkansas (South Terrebonne, SLU) .171, 1 double, 2 HR, 6 RBI (Released)
Collin Kober—AZL Mariners (Sam Houston, McNeese State) 4G, 0-0, 6.23 ERA, 4.1 INN, 3 K’s
**Leon Landry—Pensacola (Baker, LSU) .198, 3 doubles, 2 triples, 3 RBI (Released)
Tyler Mapes—Harrisburg (Tulane) 7-day DL
Tyler Moore—Binghamton (LSU) 23G, .213 (10-for-47), 2 doubles, 6 RBI
Tanner Rainey—Pensacola (St. Paul’s, SLU) 6G, 1-1, 2.45 ERA, 7.1 INN, 6 H, 12 K’s
Austin Ross—Louisville (Captain Shreve, LSU) 14G, 7-0, 1.56 ERA, 81 INN, 64 H, 56 K’s
Tate Scioneaux—Altoona (Riverside, SLU) 40G, 6-5, 1.92 ERA, 12 SV, 75 INN, 54 H, 61 K’s
Blake Trahan—Pensacola (Kinder, UL Lafayette) .209, 13 doubles, 2 HR, 24 RBI, 11 SB
Jacob Waguespack—Reading (Dutchtown) 3G, 1-0, 4.50 ERA, 16 INN, 16 K’s
Justin Williams—Montgomery (Terrebonne) .293, 15 doubles, 3 triple, 9 HR, 54 RBI, 6 SB

Class A
Stephen Alemais—Bradenton (Tulane) 18G .383, 3 doubles, 15 RBI
Luis Anguizola—Fort Wayne (Loyola) 1G, .500 (1-2), 1 R
Adam Atkins—Columbia (La. Tech) 23G, 3-0, 0.86 ERA, 31.1 INN, 23 H, 29 K’s
Grant Borne—Potomac (Catholic-BR, Nicholls) 14G, 4-4, 2.50 ERA, 2 SV, 72 INN, 60 H, 60 K’s (7-day D.L.)
Brayden Bouchey—Vancouver (ULM) 18G, 0-0, 5.16 ERA, 22.2 INN, 19 H, 26
Ben Braymer—Hagerstown (Catholic High/LSU-Eunice) 3G, 1-1, 8.56 ERA, 13.2 INN, 11 K’s
Braden Bristo—Charleston (Ouachita Christian/LA Tech) 2G, 0-0, 1.80 ERA, 1 SV, 5 INN, 3 H, 3 K’s
Parker Bugg—Greensboro (LSU) 18G, 2-3, 5.04 ERA, 1 SV, 30.1 INN, 35 K’s
Dylan Burdeaux—West Michigan (West Monroe) .264, 3 doubles, 1 triple, 1 HR, 9 RBI
**David Burkhalter—Wisconsin (Ruston) 10G, 0-4, 6.75 ERA, 1 SV, 32 INN, 18 K’s (Released)
Domenick Carlini—Cedar Rapids (SLU) 17G, 4-8, 5.18 ERA, 83.1 INN, 66 K’s (7-day D.L.)
Eric Carter—Palm Beach (UL Lafayette) 6G, 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 3 SV,  5 INN, 4 H, 5 K’s
Kyle Cedotal—Boise (Denham Springs, SLU) 17G, 0-2, 3.49 ERA, 1 SV, 28.1 INN, 18 K’s
Chris Chinea—Palm Beach (LSU) .246, 22 doubles, 5 HR, 41 RBI
Zach Clark—Wisconsin (Springfield) 10G, .105 (4-for-38), 1 double, 1 HR, 3 RBI
Andro Cutura—Cedar Rapids (Pearl River, SLU) 7-day DL
Ryan Deemes—Buies Creek (Holy Cross, Nicholls) 6G, 2-0, 5.40 ERA, 2 SV, 10 INN, 14 K’s (7-day D.L.)
Greg Deichmann—Vermont Lake (Brother Martin, LSU) .324, 7 doubles, 3 triples, 4 HR, 20 RBI, 3 SB
Phillip Diehl—Charleston (LA Tech) 25G, 9-3, 3.51 ERA, 2 SV, 74.1 INN, 68 H, 94 K’s
Jose De Leon—Charlotte (Southern) 4G, 1-0, 1.88 ERA, 14.1 INN, 11 H, 18 K’s (7-day D.L.)
Kameron Esthay—Auburn (Sam Houston) .290, 10 doubles, 1 triple, 3 HR, 18 RBI
Jameson Fisher—Winston-Salem (Zachary, SLU) .230, 12 doubles, 1 triple, 6 HR, 22 RBI
Kaleb Fontenot—Hickory (Sacred Heart-VP, McNeese) 36G, 5-3, 3.00 ERA, 6 SV, 72 INN, 54 H, 85 K’s
Jared Foster—Inland Empire (Barbe, LSU) .275, 7 doubles, 1 triple, 4 HR, 18 RBI, 4 SB (7-day D.L.)
Jake Fraley—Charlotte (LSU) .170, 3 doubles, 1 triple, 1 HR, 12 RBI (7-day D.L.)
Trent Giambrone—Myrtle Beach (Grace King) .245, 15 doubles, 12 HR, 40 RBI, 6 SB
Taylor Guilbeau—Potomac (Zachary) 20G, 4-3, 4.58 ERA, 88.1 INN, 72 K’s
**Conner Hale—Boise (LSU) .224, 2 doubles, 1 RBI  (Released)
Nate Harris—Boise (Louisiana Tech) 6G, 1-1, 6.00 ERA, 9 INN, 13 K’s
Nick Hartman—Lansing (LSU-Eunice) 2G, 2-1, 3.12 ERA, 2 SV, 34.2 INN, 33 K’s
Nick Heath—Wilmington (Northwestern State) .238, 6 doubles, 1 HR, 10 RBI, 15 SB
Chaz Hebert—Tampa (Breaux Bridge) 4G, 0-1, 6.32 ERA, 15.2 INN, 13 K’s
Taylor Henry—Columbia (Airline, Centenary) 32G, 3-0, 3.40 ERA, 1 SV,  47.2 INN, 30 K’s
Kyle Keller—Greensboro (Jesuit, SLU)  30G, 1-0, 2.56 ERA, 8 SV, 52.2 INN, 40 H, 62 K’s
Mark Laird—Clearwater (Ouachita Parish, LSU) .279, 14 doubles, 4 triples, 2 HR, 22 RBI, 11 SB
Alex Lange–Eugene (LSU) 1G, 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 2 INN, 3 K’s
Rannd LeBlanc—Fort Myers (Covington, Tulane)  6G, 2-1, 2.60 ERA, 34.2 INN, 21 K’s
Josh Magee—Tri-City (Franklinton) .208, 3 doubles, 1 triple, 7 RBI, 4 SB
Wyatt Marks—Vermont Lake (St. Thomas More/ULL) 7G, 1-0, 3.18 ERA, 22.2 INN, 17 H, 28 K’s
Adam Oller—West Virginia (Northwestern State) 13G, 3-2, 1.24 ERA, 1 SV, 29 INN, 23 H, 30 K’s
Michael Papierski—Tri-City (LSU) .182, 3 doubles, 2 HR, 7 RBI
Jared Poche’—Vermont Lake (Lutcher, LSU) 1G, 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 2 INN, 2 K’s (60-day D.L.)
Robbie Podorsky—Tri-City (Dutchtown, Delgado, McNeese) .330, 5 doubles, 2 triples, 7 RBI, 10 SB
Kramer Robertson—Peoria (LSU) .265, 7 doubles, 3 HR, 9 RBI, 6 SB
Austin Robichaux—Inland Empire (Notre Dame, UL-Lafayette) 19G, 5-8, 6/80 ERA, 87.1 INN, 55 K’s
Colin Rodgers—Wilmington (Parkview Baptist) 19G, 2-4, 4.68 ERA, 73 INN, 72 H, 68 K’s
Jake Rogers—Buies Creek (Tulane) .270, 16 doubles, 2 triples, 10 HR, 49 RBI, 13 SB
Ty Ross—San Jose (LSU) Restricted List
Steven Sensley—Charleston (University High, ULL) 13G, .286, 4 doubles, 3 HR, 15 RBI
Trevor Simms—Kane County (Tulane) 16G, 3-1, 2.53 ERA, 4 SV, 21.1 INN, 24 K’s
Riley Smith—Kane County (LSU) 10G, 2-0, 2.55 ERA, 35.1 INN, 33 H, 34 K’s
Jesse Stallings—Dayton (Grant, LSU)  40G, 1-4, 4.72 ERA, 1 SV, 55.1 INN, 34 K’s
Tyree Thompson—Spokane (Karr) 10G, 4-1, 3.88 ERA, 51 INN, 46 H, 32 K’s
Nick Thurman—Clinton (Belle Chasse, UL Lafayette) .235, 9 doubles, 1 triple, 4 HR, 20 RBI
Stefan Trosclair—Peoria (Sulphur, LSU-E, UL Lafayette) .284, 15 doubles, 6 triples, 10 HR, 45 RBI. 14 SB
John Valek, III—Boise (LSU) 13G, 3-6, 6.52 ERA, 49.2 INN, 22 K’s
Chase Vallot—Wilmington (St. Thomas More) .231, 22 doubles, 12 HR, 37 RBI (7-day D.L.)
Jake Winston—Kane County (Vidalia) 30G, 1-1, 4.35 ERA, 3 SV, 98.1 INN, 31 K’s

Rookie

Ted Andrews—AZL White Sox (Tulane) 9G, 0-0, 3.24 ERA, 8.1 INN, 2 H, 7 K’s
Reagan Bazar—AZL Giants (ULL) 10G, 2-1, 6.92 ERA, 13 INN, 10 K’s
Carson Crites—Elizabethton (SLU) .327, 10 doubles, 3 HR, 25 RBI, 4 SB
Brent Diaz—AZL Brewers (Louisiana Tech) 11G, .375, 3 doubles, 1 triple, 4 RBI
Patrick Duester—Ogden (Tulane) 15G, 2-2, 3.90 ERA, 1 SV, 27.2 INN, 23 H, 27 K’s
Blayne Enlow—GCL Twins (St. Amant) 4G, 1-0, 1.29 ERA, 14 INN, 7 H, 14 K’s
Raphael Gladu—Kingsport (Louisiana Tech) .293, 4 doubles, 2 HR, 12 RBI
Evan Guillory—Johnson City (Jennings, ULL) 14G, 2-1, 2.97 ERA, 33.1 INN, 30 H, 30 K’s
Tyler James—AZL Royals (Salmen) .233, 5 doubles, 3 triples, 6 RBI, 21 SB
Kolton Kendrick—Elizabethton (Oak Forest) .250, 6 doubles, 4 HR, 15 RBI
Hunter Kiel—AZL White Sox (LSU) 9G, 0-0, 11.74 ERA, 7.2 INN, 7 H, 10 K’s
Jake Latz—AZL Rangers (LSU) 2G, 0-1, 6.75 ERA, 2.2 INN, 5 K’s
Jacob Pearson—AZL Angels (West Monroe) .221, 4 doubles, 1 triple, 10 RBI
Tanner Raiburn—GCL Red Sox (Grambling) 12G, 1-0, 1.65 ERA, 4 SV, 16.1 INN, 9 H, 14 K’s
Mac Sceroler—Billings (Denham Springs, SLU) 7G, 0-2, 3.57 ERA, 22.2 INN, 22 H, 25 K’s
Shawn Semple—GCL Yankees East (UNO) 8G, 2-0, 2.08 ERA, 8.2 INN, 9 K’s
Cole Stapler—Missoula Osprey (Dutchtown, Nicholls) 10G, 1-1, 2.25 ERA, 1 SV, 20 INN, 17 H, 29 K’s
Brandon Texiera—Helena (LSU-Shreveport) 11G, 0-1, 4.42 ERA, 1 SV, 18.1 INN, 17 H, 18 K’s

Mexico

Matt Clark—Acereros del Norte (LSU) .277, 23 doubles, 21 HR, 75 RBI
Chad Gaudin—Acereros del Norte (Crescent City) 43G, 2-3, 2.93 ERA, 29 SV, 43 INN, 52 K’s
Santos Saldivar—Pericos de Puebla (Southern) 23G, 0-2, 7.86 ERA, 26.1 INN, 25 K’s (Reserve List)

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