2025 Frontier League News

Schaumburg jumped into first place in the West Division with its second straight road shutout, while Down East scored four in the ninth for a comeback win over Trois-Rivières and Gateway won its third straight behind two homers from Jose Cordoba. New Jersey, Brockton, Lake Erie, and Mississippi also opened their series with victories on Tuesday. NEW JERSEY JACKALS 3 @ NEW YORK BOULDERS 2 – The Boulders suffered their season-high fourth straight setback, falling in their series opener with the New Jersey Jackals, 3-2 in 10 innings, on Tuesday afternoon at Clover Stadium. BROCKTON ROX 5 @ JOLIET SLAMMERS 2 – The Brockton Rox grabbed the opening game of the series to the Joliet Slammers, 5-2, on Tuesday night at Slammers Stadium. GATEWAY GRIZZLIES 8 @ FLORENCE Y’ALLS 7 – The Gateway Grizzlies got a huge game at the plate from Jose Cordoba on Tuesday night in Florence, as the newcomer hit two home runs, including the game-winning smash in the ninth inning, to lead them to an 8-7, come-from-behind win over the Y’alls at Thomas More Stadium, the club’s third in a row. LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS 5 @ WASHINGTON WILD THINGS 1 – The Lake Erie Crushers (27-34) got a brilliant pitching performance from their starter and some clutch hitting against the Washington Wild Things (41-20) to take the first game of their 12-game road trip. DOWN EAST BIRD DAWGS 7 @ TROIS-RIVIÈRES AIGLES 5 – The Down East Bird Dawgs trailed heading into the ninth inning but exploded for four runs to stun the Trois-Rivières Aigles 7-5 at Stade Quillorama Tuesday night, opening the series with a dramatic comeback win and improving to 28-33 on the season. EVANSVILLE OTTERS 2 @ MISSISSIPPI MUD MONSTERS 3 – Behind the right arm of Brian Williams, timely hitting and a dazzling defensive play by Kyle Booker, the Mississippi Mud Monsters (26-35) locked down a 3-2 series-opening victory against the Evansville Otters (35-24). SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS 5 @ WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS 0 - The Schaumburg Boomers recorded a second straight road shutout at Windy City, vaulting over the ThunderBolts and into first place in the West Division with a 5-0 win on Tuesday night.

SCHAUMBURG, Ill. — The Schaumburg Boomers scored three runs in the first inning and did not look back, posting a 6-1 win over the Windy City ThunderBolts on Monday night at Wintrust Field. Alec Craig led off the game with a double for the Boomers and scored two batters later on a groundout from Anthony Calarco. Banks Tolley pushed the lead to 3-0 with a two-run homer, his third of the season. Daryl Ruiz homered for Windy City in the second to cut into the deficit. The run would be the lone blemish against Schaumburg starter Derek Salata in the game. Cole Turney, activated from the injured list before the game, homered to open the second and make the score 4-1 and Calarco added an RBI single in the third before another run crossed on an error. Salata allowed just the one run in seven innings of work, scattering five hits while walking two and striking out seven to nab his fourth win of the year. The Westchester, Ill. resident retired 11 straight from the third through the sixth. The Boomers also turned three double plays behind the right-hander. Alex Calarco and Cole Smith both finished with a pair of hits as the Boomers tallied nine in the victory.

AVON, OH – Gateway Grizzlies right-handed pitcher Ben Harris also had a good week, striking out nine over eight shutout innings to claim the Pitcher of the Week Award. Gateway Grizzlies right-hander Ben Harris pitched eight shutout innings against the Lake Erie Crushers on Saturday. Harris struck out nine while allowing four hits and two walks on 116 pitches. He earned the win in the contest and is 7-4 overall this year. Harris now has back-to-back scoreless appearances after blanking the Schaumburg Boomers over five innings on July 10. His 73 strikeouts are the third-most in the league this season, and his 72.1 innings pitched are the fifth-most. The Grizzlies are 8-5 in games that Harris starts this year. Harris is in his second season with Gateway. He originally joined the team in June of last season after pitching for three years at Georgia Gwinnett. Harris was a two-time Continental Athletic Conference Pitcher of the Year (2024 and 2025) and is Georgia Gwinnett’s leader in career wins (30).

AVON, OH – The Tri-City ValleyCats had a very successful Week 11. After David Glancy and Dylan Broderick each had big moments at the Y’all Star Game, infielder Amani Larry earned Player of the Week honors thanks to his five extra-base hits. Tri-City ValleyCats infielder Amani Larry began his week by going 2-for-3 at the plate in the first game of Friday’s doubleheader against the Québec Capitales. He hit a solo home run in the fifth inning to help the ValleyCats to a 9-0 win. In game two, Larry drew a walk in the sixth inning after coming off the bench, then stole home after reaching third base. Larry was back in the starting lineup on Saturday, when he collected a double and a two-run home run in an 11-5 Tri-City win. Larry added another home run on Sunday in a close loss. Across Tri-City’s four games, Larry slashed .615/.667/1.384 with two doubles, three home runs, and five RBIs. He had just four home runs this season entering the weekend but now has seven. Larry joined the ValleyCats last season after briefly playing for the Evansville Otters in 2024. He played collegiately at Mississippi State in 2023 and 2024, and at New Orleans in 2022.

New Jersey swept their doubleheader against Trois-Rivières behind a big day from the Jackals’ offense, while Washington rallied late to earn its 40th win of the season and Florence secured both the weekend and season series against Mississippi. Down East, Gateway, Tri-City, Joliet, and Evansville also picked up victories on Saturday. DOWN EAT BIRD DAWGS 8 @ OTTAWA TITANS 1 – Two pitchers made their Bird Dawgs debuts, combining for six innings, and Kalae Harrison went four-for-four to lead the Down East Bird Dawgs to an 8-1 victory over the Ottawa Titans at Ottawa Stadium Saturday night, evening the series at one game apiece and setting up a rubber match Sunday afternoon. WASHINGTON WILD THINGS 8 @ NEW YORK BOULDERS 6 – The Washington Wild Things used seven runs in the back third of the game that followed a controversial call in the sixth that allowed New York to take a 5-1 lead to take the middle game from the jaws of defeat and win their 40 th of the season, 8-6. New York stranded the tying and winning runs on base in the ninth, with Max Folkman saving L andon Ginn and picking up his first pro save by getting the final out. MISSISSIPPI MUD MONSTERS 3 @ FLORENCE Y’ALLS 6 – The Florence Y’alls (30-28) defeated the Mississippi Mud Monsters 6-3 on Saturday night to win the three-game series. The win also ensures that Florence won the season-long nine-game series over Mississippi. GATEWAY GRIZZLIES 7 @ LAKE ERIE CRUSHER 0 – The Gateway Grizzlies shut out the Lake Erie Crushers 7-0 on Saturday night at ForeFront Field behind eight shutout innings from Ben Harris (6-4) and timely hitting, drawing even in the weekend series at one game apiece. TRI-CITY VALLEYCATS 11 @ QUÉBEC CAPITALES 5 – The Tri-City ValleyCats offense continued to pound out runs, this time in deuces, as they overcame an early deficit to pick up a 11-5 win at Quebec on July 18. JOLIET SLAMMERS 6 @ SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS 3 – After the Joliet Slammers (26-32) had given up an early lead to the Schaumburg Boomers (27-31) in Friday’s matchup, the Slammers never lost their lead on Saturday and beat the Boomers 6-3. WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS 0 @ EVANSVILLE OTTERS 5 – The Evansville Otters (34-23) took advantage of great pitching to take the second game of the series against the Windy City ThunderBolts (29-28) on Saturday night, 5-0. DOUBLEHEADER: NEW JERSEY JACKALS 14 @ TROIS-RIVIÈRES AIGLES 4 – NEW JERSEY JACKALS 8 @ TROIS-RIVIÈRES AIGLES 2 – The Jackals and Aigles played 11 innings on Saturday continuing a game from June 25th and playing the originally scheduled game in seven innings. The Jackals offense was very much alive in both as they won game one 14-4 and game two 8-2.

AVON, OH – L eft-handed pitcher Rob Hensey pitched 14 shutout innings across two starts for the Sussex County Miners to earn the Pitcher of the Week Award. Sussex County Miners left-handed pitcher Rob Hensey started on Tuesday, pitching a complete game shutout in a 6-0 win against the Lake Erie Crushers. He conceded two hits and one walk while striking out five in the contest. Hensey got the ball again on Sunday, going five shutout innings against the Evansville Otters. Hensey totaled eight strikeouts in the win, giving him a league-leading 80 on the season. The Miners have now won Hensey’s last six starts and are 8-4 overall when he pitches this season. He’s allowed three or fewer earned runs in ten of his 12 starts, leads the league in innings pitched (73.2), and ranks second in wins (7). Hensey is the first Miner to be named Pitcher of the Week since Tyler Thornton took home the award in Week 13 of 2025. Hensey was recently named an All-Star, an honor he’s now earned in each of his first two seasons in the Frontier League. Before joining Sussex County, Hensey last pitched within the Cincinnati Reds organization. The left-hander made it as high as the Single-A Dayton Dragons in 2023. The Reds selected Hensey in the 9th round of the 2022 MLB Draft out of Monmouth University.

AVON, OH – For the second time this season, the first-place Québec Capitales earned a Player of the Week Award. Outfielder Chavez Young slashed .571/.655/.857 to claim the honor this week. Québec Capitales outfielder Chavez Young reached base four times in each of his team’s three games against the Brockton Rox. Young began his week with a perfect day at the plate, going 4-for-4 with two doubles and a steal on Tuesday. Young collected two more hits on Wednesday, along with a walk and a hit-by-pitch. In the series finale, Young drew two more hit-by-pitches and tallied two hits. In the Capitales’ final series before the All-Star break, Young — an All-Star himself — hit his first home run of the week in a Friday loss to the Trois-Rivières Aigles. Young picked up hits in each of Québec’s final two games of the series, both wins. He finished the week with three doubles, a home run, eight RBI, and three stolen bases. Young is in his first season with the Frontier League. He joined the Capitales after spending parts of the previous two seasons with the American Association’s Lake County DockHounds and Kane County Cougars. Young spent parts of eight seasons playing Minor League Baseball for three different organizations. He also played for Team Great Britain in the 2023 World Baseball Classic.

The second half of the Frontier League season is underway, with Washington using strong pitching to top New York and Windy City rallying late for a dramatic win over Evansville. Brockton, Ottawa, Lake Erie, Florence, New Jersey, and Schaumburg also picked up victories, while Tri-City and Québec split a doubleheader at Stade Canac. GATEWAY GRIZZLIES 4 @ LAKE ERIE CRUSHER 8 – The Lake Erie Crushers (26-32) defeated the Gateway Grizzlies (26-31) 6-4 at ForeFront Field to kick off the second half. The Grapes took the lead early, and refused to give it up. WASHINGTON WILD THINGS 3 @ NEW YORK BOULDERS 1 – The Washington Wild Things opened the Frontier League’s second half with a 3-1 win at New York on Friday night with a strong pitching night from the combination of Jack Brodsky, Michael Foltz Jr., Mack Anglin and Landon Ginn. Brodsky turned in 5.2 innings of one-run ball (the run was unearned) for his second win of the year and his career. DOWN EAT BIRD DAWGS 5 @ OTTAWA TITANS 8 – Following a four-day pause, the Ottawa Titans (30-26) kicked off the second half with a bang, defeating the Down East Bird Dawgs (26-32) by an 8-5 on Friday night. SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS 1 @ BROCKTON ROX 3 – A three-run seventh frame from the Brockton Rox secured another comeback at Campanelli, as the home squad bested the Sussex Miners 3-1 in game one of the series. MISSISSIPPI MUD MONSTERS 6 @ FLORENCE Y’ALLS 8 – The Florence Y’alls (29-28) defeated the Mississippi Mud Monsters 8-6 on Friday night. NEW JERSEY JACKALS 10 @ TROIS-RIVIÈRES AIGLES 2 – The Jackals pitching staff dominated as the offense provided run support on the way to a 10-2 Friday night against the Aigles in Trois. JOLIET SLAMMERS 3 @ SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS 3 – The Schaumburg Boomers returned from the four-day Frontier League All-Star break with a victory, blasting three homers in a 9-3 decision over the Joliet Slammers at Wintrust Field on Friday night. WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS 8 @ EVANSVILLE OTTERS 7 – Daryl Ruiz hit an eighth-inning grand slam and Jared Beebe brought home the winning run with a sacrifice fly in the ninth as the ThunderBolts defeated the Evansville Otters 8-7 at Bosse Field Friday night. DOUBLEHEADER TRI-CITY VALLEYCATS 9 @ QUÉBEC CAPITALES 0 – Tri-City starting pitcher Adam Maher nearly no-hit the hottest team in the Frontier League to lead ValleyCats into the second half of the 2026 season with a 9-0 win in the first game of a doubleheader at Quebec on July 17. TRI-CITY VALLEYCATS 5 @ QUÉBEC CAPITALES 7 – The Québec Capitales take back the night after dropping game 1 of the doubleheader against the Tri-City ValleyCats, winning game 2 5-7 at Stade Canac on Friday night.

Washington closed out the first half atop the Central Division and Midwest Conference, while Gateway rallied late to win its rubber match against Schaumburg and Sussex County swept a doubleheader in Evansville. Tri-City, Florence, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, and Québec also entered the All-Star Break with victories on Sunday. TRI-CITY VALLEYCATS 12 @ OTTAWA TITANS 10 – The Tri-City ValleyCats jumped out early and picked up win, 12-10, slugfest over the Ottawa Titans in the final game of the first half of 2026 season on Sunday, July 12. GATEWAY GRIZZLIES 4 @ SCHAUMBURG BOOMERS 3 – Darryl Lee played hero for the Gateway Grizzlies on Sunday afternoon at Wintrust Field, launching a go-ahead three run home run with two outs in the eighth inning to cap a four-run frame and stun the Schaumburg Boomers 4-3 in the rubber game of the weekend set. FLORENCE Y’ALLS 7 @ JOLIET SLAMMERS 1 – The Florence Y’alls (28-28) evened the four-game series with a 7-1 win over Joliet on Sunday afternoon, led behind stellar pitching from Evan Webster. MISSISSIPPI MUD MONSTERS 4 @ WINDY CITY THUNDERBOLTS 2 – The Mississippi Mud Monsters (25-32) took the final series before the 2026 All-Star Break with a 4-2. NEW JERSEY JACKALS 9 @ BROCKTON ROX 6 – The Jackals battled back to win the final game before the All-Star Break and finish the first half of the year at .500. NEW YORK BOULDERS 6 @ DOWN EAST BIRD DAWGS 5 – The Boulders fell to 2-3 in their six-game series at Grainger Stadium in Kinston, NC, losing Saturday night’s matchup 5-1. LAKE ERIE CRUSHERS 2 @ WASHINGTON WILD THINGS 8 – T he Washington Wild Things ended the first half of the 2026 season with a convincing 8-2 win against the Lake Erie Crushers. Washington sits atop both the Central Division and Midwest Conference with a 38-19 record as they head into the All-Star break. QUÉBEC CAPITALES 7 @ TROIS-RIVIÈRES AIGLES 4 – The Québec Capitales defeated the Trois-Rivières Aigles 7-4 on Sunday Night. DOUBLEHEADER SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS 5 @ EVANSVILLE OTTERS 0 – The Sussex County Miners take game 1 of the Thursday double header with a 5-0 final score against the Evansville Otters, improving their record to 27-27. SUSSEX COUNTY MINERS 9 @ EVANSVILLE OTTERS 0 - The first half of the 2026 season has officially wrapped up in the Frontier League. The Sussex County Miners had a stretch full of ups and downs, why not end the rocky road on a high note? That was exactly what Sussex County did this afternoon in Evansville. After a 5-0 win over The Otters in the first game of the doubleheader, The Miners sealed the door shut with a 9-0 victory in game two.

























