WINNIPEG, MB – For the third time this season and second consecutive week, Winnipeg Goldeyes ace Joey Matulovich has been recognized as American Association Pitcher of the Week for the period ending Sunday. He previously won the award June 10 and July 22 and was also honoured as the Rawlings Pitcher of the Month for June.
After returning from the American Association All-Star Game where he represented the West Division, the 27-year-old was spectacular yet again in his Sunday, July 28 start against the Sioux Falls Canaries. He tossed 6.2 innings of shutout baseball while allowing just three hits.
The right-hander leads the American Association with a 1.96 earned run average, 102 strikeouts and 91.2 innings pitched. He is second in the league with eight wins. Sunday was Matulovich’s eleventh quality start of the season and also stretched his shutout streak to 22.2 innings, dating back to his July 10 start against the Kansas City Monarchs.
A native of Walnut Creek, California, Matulovich joined the Goldeyes during the first week of the 2023 campaign and finished the season with a 5-9 record and a 3.93 ERA in 20 starts. His 121 strikeouts were just three shy of the league lead, and he ranked fifth with 116.2 innings pitched.
Matulovich was originally drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 20th round of the 2018 Major League Baseball June Amateur Draft out of the University of California (Berkeley, California).
He spent parts of five seasons in the Brewers’ system, reaching as high as Class-A Advanced with the Midwest League’s Wisconsin Timber Rattlers. Matulovich appeared in 95 career games in the affiliated minor leagues, primarily out of the bullpen. He compiled a 12-10 record with a 4.66 ERA and two saves.
The Goldeyes return to Blue Cross Park Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. CDT when they will open a seven-game homestand against the Kansas City Monarchs. Landen Bourassa (6-3, 3.12 ERA) will start for Winnipeg, with Connor Curlis (1-4, 5.76) expected to take the mound for Kansas City.
Trevor Curl will have the pregame show on CJNU 93.7 FM and cjnu.ca at 6:00 p.m. The game will also be broadcast in French on L’Univers de L’Info with Yanick LaRoche handling the play-by-play. The video stream of all games is available free of charge at AABaseball.TV.
Tuesday is “Ukrainian Night”. The national anthems will be performed by the Hoosli Ukrainian Male Chorus and there will be routines by the Troyanda Ukrainian Dance Ensemble on field.
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