Fresno's Saito Chosen ELE Batter of the Month
<Yoshiki Saito:player#8860> battered East pitchers all August and wound up taking home the Batter of the Month Award.

"I've been around Explorer 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 32-year-old Saito 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 27 games, Saito hit .389 with 11 home runs, 30 RBIs and scored 32 runs.

For the year <Saito:player#8860> has hit .363 with 33 home runs, 91 RBIs and scored 99 runs.