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LANG, SAMSON AND SERMO NAMED ALL-STARS09/03/2018 8:56 AM
![]() LANG, SAMSON AND SERMO NAMED ALL-STARS LANG, SAMSON AND SERMO NAMED ALL-STARS
Wichita, KS – The Sioux City Explorers announce that three members of the 2018 team have been named as American Association Post-Season All-Stars. Outfielder Michael Lang, short stop Nate Samson and third baseman Jose Sermo.
Michael Lang this season for Sioux City is batting .303 with 9 home runs 45 RBI’s and 16 stolen bases. Lang also leads the American Association with 85 runs scored. The nine home runs for Lang are a new career high as well. For Lang it is his second American Association All-Star selection as he was also chosen as an all-star in the 2015 season. The 2018 season for the Dumont, NJ native was a historic one as he broke many franchise records. He set the new franchise mark for hits in an Explorers uniform as he passed previous record holder Nolan Lane with his 530th hit on July 26th. This year Lang has also passed Lane in runs scored, at-bats, plate appearances and games played. Lang in his sixth season with the Sioux City Explorers was also part of the 2015 club that won a league record 75 games as the 2018 Explorers are just the fourth team in league history to have won at least 70 games in a season.
Nate Samson also has been named an American Association all star for the third straight time as he was named an all star short stop and player of the year during the 2016 season and represented the American Association in the 2017 all-star game. Samson leads the league in batting average .341 and hits 141. The 141 hits for Samson are a new franchise single season record that had been held previously by himself in 2016 when he had 137. Samson has also hit 15 doubles, 4 home runs, driven in 73 runs which ranks sixth in the league, and has scored the second most runs in the league with 79. He also has flashed the usual defensive prowess that Explorers fans have come to expect as he leads all qualifying short stops with a .966 fielding percentage this season. Samson has also had a great finish to the 2018 season batting .398 in all 29 games in the month of August for Sioux City.
The newest member of the all star crew is Jose Sermo as he has also had a monster season for the Sioux City Explorers. Sermo began the year with the Winnipeg Goldeyes and played in four games for the fish before being released and the X’s scooped him up. Sermo has hit at a .314 clip, he’s second in the league with 22 home runs, he also leads the league with 81 RBI’s, ranks third in runs with 76 and tied for fifth with 24 stolen bases. Jose Sermo is only the third player in franchise history to put together a twenty home run season, and the first player in Explorers history to have a 20 home run, 20 stolen base season. In fact he becomes the third player in league history to put together the rare 20/20 season. And becomes the first player in American Association history to compile a season of at least 20 home runs, 20 stolen bases and 20 doubles.
The Explorers will face the Kansas City T-Bones in the South Division Series for the beginning of the 2018 American Association Post-Season. The series will be a best of five game series with games one and two being in Kansas City on Monday, September 4th, and Tuesday, September 5th, and starting at 7:05. Game three will be in Sioux City on Friday September 7th with first pitch scheduled for 7:05. Games four and five will both be played in Sioux City if necessary with game four being Saturday, September 8th at 7:05 and game five being Sunday, September 9th, at 6:05. There will be live entertainment preceding each game and the gates will be open two hours before first pitch.
2018 Playoff tickets are on sale now, reserve your seats by stopping down to the stadium box office, order online at www.xsbaseball.com or by calling the Sioux City Explorers at 712-277-WINS (9467). Group Discounts available for groups of 10 or more! |