{"id":16848,"date":"2025-04-15T11:15:23","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T16:15:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/?p=16848"},"modified":"2025-04-15T11:15:23","modified_gmt":"2025-04-15T16:15:23","slug":"alumni-of-the-week-anker-and-miranda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northwoodsleague.com\/mankato-moondogs\/2025\/04\/15\/alumni-of-the-week-anker-and-miranda\/","title":{"rendered":"Alumni of the Week: Anker and Miranda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For your MoonDogs Alumni of the Week, we have fielder Gabe Miranda and pitcher Jack Anker.<\/p>\n<p>Gabe Miranda is a Northern Kentucky University sophomore, who has been making a huge impact for the Norse squad this season. Last week, Miranda had a batting average of .357 over 4 games played. Adding onto his games last week, he had 4 RBIs, 3 runs scored, and reached base 12 times. Miranda also hit a home run against Youngstown State, making it his ninth of the season!<\/p>\n<p>Miranda played for the MoonDogs last year as a first basemen. He played in a total of 39 games, had 133 at-bats, 17 runs, 33 hits, 3 doubles, and 22 RBIs! He ended his season with the batting average of .248 and the on-base percentage of .384. As a first basemen, Miranda had 305 total chances, 264 putouts, 38 assists, and only 3 errors! Miranda\u2019s fielding percentage with the MoonDogs ended at a .990.<\/p>\n<p>Making this his second Alumni of the Week honor is Jack Anker! In Anker\u2019s last outting against San Diego State, he pitched a total of 8 innings, with 16 strikeouts, and only 2 hits. This would lead the Fresno State Bulldogs to a 7-0 win, which would be Anker\u2019s sixth win of the season. Anker was recognized on 64 Analytics as number 1 in Division 1 pitchers right now. So far this season, Anker\u2019s ERA is 5.68, with his last outing being 0.00.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>###<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><em>The Northwoods League is the proven leader in the development of elite college baseball players. Having completed its\u2019 31<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0season, the Northwoods League is the largest organized baseball league in history with 24 teams, drawing significantly more fans, in a friendly ballpark experience, than any league of its kind. A valuable training ground for coaches, umpires, and front office staff, over 370 Northwoods League players have advanced to Major League Baseball, including three-time All-Star and 2016 Roberto Clemente Award winner Curtis Granderson, three-time Cy Young Award winner and two-time World Series Champion Max Scherzer (TEX), two-time World Series Champions Ben Zobrist and Brandon Crawford and World Series Champion and Cy Young Award winner Chris Sale (ATL). As well as 2019 Rookie of the Year and 2019\/2021 Home Run Derby Champion Pete Alonso (NYM) and 2023 World Series Champion, MLB All-Star, MLB Gold Glove, two-time Silver Slugger winner and two-time All-MLB first team shortstop Marcus Semien (TEX). 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