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. Robert Pannier recaps the one game in the American Association on Monday, including Angel Ventura tossing six shutout innings as the Sioux Falls Canaries down the Houston Apollos. Plus, PURE Performance Pitcher and Player of the Week named. This and much more.

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Ventura Dominates for Canaries

Angel Ventura tossed six shutout innings as the Sioux Falls Canaries defeated the Houston Apollos, 6-3. Ventura allowed three hits and struck out five in earning his seventh win of the season.

The Canaries scored three runs in the second and three in the eighth and looked like they would run away with this contest, but the Apollos rallied for three in the ninth before Sioux Falls was able to close out the victory. Mitch Glasser homered and drove in two for the Canaries. Shamoy Christopher went 2-3 with two runs and an RBI. Cade Gotta was 2-4 with an RBI and brother Nick Gotta went 3-4.

Hudson Bilodeau led the Apollos, going 2-5 with an RBI. Jared Fry was 2-3 with a run and Blake Berry was 1-5 with two runs drive in.

Sioux Falls Canaries Recap by Joey Zanaboni

Boxscore

Three Stars of the Night

No. 3 – Mitch Glasser (Sioux Falls Canaries) 1-4, R, HR, 2 RBI

No. 2 – Shamoy Christopher  (Sioux Falls Canaries) 3-2, 2 R, 2 Doubles, RBI, BB

No. 1 – Angel Ventura (Sioux Falls Canaries) 6.0 IP, 3 H, 2 BB, 0 ER 5 K

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American Association Daily Notes

Kansas City Monarchs Ryan Grotjohn was named the PURE Performance Player of the Week after hitting .520…Milwaukee Milkmen RHP Myles Smith was named the PURE Performance Pitcher of the Week for the third time this season. Smith struck out 22 in 14.0 innings pitched.

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By Robert Pannier