American Association Daily provides insights, features, and recaps of the action from around the American Association of Professional Baseball League, as well as player and coaching profiles and transactions. In today’s edition, the Minor League Sports Report and This Week in the Association name Sioux City Explorers left-hander Patrick Ledet as the PURE Performance Pitcher of the Week for Week 15 of the 2021 American Association season.

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Patrick Ledet Given PURE Performance Pitcher Honors

The Minor League Sports Report and This Week in the Association announced that Sioux City Explorers left-hander Patrick Ledet was named as the PURE Performance Pitcher of the Week for Week 15 of the American Association season. Ledet had an impressive week, going 2-0 with a 0.82 ERA in two starts.

The first start of the week for the left-hander was against the Houston Apollos, where he allowed one earned run in six innings in a 3-2 victory. Houston took a 1-0 lead in the top of the first inning thanks to an error, but Ledet settled in, allowing one hit and one walk over the next three frames. A leadoff homerun in the top of the fifth was the only other run against the lefty in the game. Ledet allowed five hits and three walks while striking out six to earn his seventh victory of the season.

On Sunday, the lefty returned to the hill in the second game of a double-header against Sioux Falls. Ledet was brilliant, allowing two hits and three walks in five shutout innings in a 3-0 victory. Ledet found himself in a little trouble right off, giving up a two-out triple and then a walk in the first, but struck out Zane Gurwitz to close out the inning. The only other hit was a one-out single in the top of the fifth. It was a much needed shot in the arm for a team trying to secure one of the final two playoff positions.

For the week, Patrick Ledet made two starts, tossing 11.0 innings. He allowed seven hits, six walks, and one earned run. The lefty struck out 13. Ledet posted an opponent batting average of .179 and a WHIP of 1.18.

For earning PURE Performance Pitcher of the Week, Patrick Ledet will receive a check for $100 from PURE. This is the second time this season that Ledet has earned PURE Performance Pitcher of the Week honors. He won the award back in Week 5.

2021 PURE Performance Pitchers of the Week

Week 1 – Kevin McGovern, Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks
Week 2 – Michael Mariot, Cleburne Railroaders
Week 3 – Kevin McGovern, Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks
Week 4 – Myles Smith, Milwaukee Milkmen
Week 5 – Patrick Ledet, Sioux City Explorers
Week 6 – Cody Mincey, Kansas City Monarchs
Week 7 – Ryan Flores, Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks
Week 8 – David Holmberg, Milwaukee Milkmen
Week 9 – Myles Smith, Milwaukee Milkmen
Week 10 – Ryan Kussmaul, Milwaukee Milkmen and Tyler Viza, Kane County Cougars
Week 11 – Jack Alkire, Gary SouthShore RailCats
Week 12 – Luke Lind, Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks
Week 13 – Myles Smith, Milwaukee Milkmen
Week 14 – Justin Donatella, Kansas City Monarchs

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by Robert Pannier