Reliever July's Best Hurler in LLW
Following one of the brightest stretches in his career, the West awarded <St. Cloud:team#60> reliever <Nobuo Matsuda:player#9659> July's Pitcher of the Month trophy.

He was mesmerizing as he held opponents to a .265 batting average and put together a 4-2 mark, 5 saves, 15 strikeouts and a 5.68 ERA during his 12.2 innings of work.

During this season <Matsuda:player#9659> has 42 relief appearances and registered 22 saves. Batters are hitting him at a .288 rate and his season record is 6-8 with a 3.79 ERA. He has logged 54.2 innings and struck out 57.