Aaron Conyers (Sacramento City College) led Brainerd to victory Thursday night against the Rochester Honkers. The 6'0'' lefty from California improved his record to 4-1 on the season in five games started. Conyers threw 7.1 innings and allowed six hits against the Honkers who are now 9-18. The Lunkers improve to 16-9 with the nice performance from Conyers.
Cameron Perkins (Purdue) had a nice night at the plate Thursday at Riverfront Stadium in Waterloo. The 6'5'' 1st basemen from Indianapolis was 4-for-5 on the night with three runs scored and two RBIs. Three of Perkins hits went for extra bases as he doubled twice and homered. Perkins is now hitting .313 in 29 games.
Tom Briner (UC-Davis) was impressive in his start against the Madison Mallards Tuesday night. The 6'2'' right-handed pitcher threw 6.0 innings of three hit baseball to take down the Mallards. Briner is now 2-0 in 2011 in three starts and has a 0.56 earned run average in 16.0 innings pitched.
