FL Top Batter Trophy Won by Payne
<Chris Payne:player#9983> battered Frontier League pitchers all July and wound up taking home the Batter of the Month Award.

"I've been around American Federation Baseball League long enough to know you really have to work hard day in and day out to be able to put up this kind of consistency," the 27-year-old Payne told reporters. "I put in a lot of work, even on the days I might not take the field, and it's always nice when everything comes together for me like it did this last month."

In 24 games, Payne hit .350 with 9 home runs, 28 RBIs and scored 16 runs.

This year <Payne:player#9983> has hit at a .324 pace and produced 75 RBIs, 32 home runs and scored 77 runs.