Alexis Tapia Appalachian League PiOW 080315 to 080915

Alexis Tapia of the Princeton Rays was selected the Appalachian League Pitcher of the Week for the span of August 3, 2015 through August 9, 2015. For the week he was 1-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 GS, 6.0 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 HR, 0 HBP, 0 BB and 8 K. This season the RHP is 1-0, 1.38 ERA, 14 K, 0.92 WHIP, .208 BAA in 13.0 IP over 3 games at Princeton with 2 GS, 1-2, 3.82 ERA, 33 K, 1.33 WHIP, .280 BAA in 33.0 IP over 6 games at Rookie Elizabethton and 0-0, 0.00 ERA, 1 K, 1.00 WHIP, .286 BAA in 2.0 IP over 2 games at Class A Advanced Fort Myers. Princeton is a Rookie team of the Tampa Bay Rays. He originally signed with the Twins in 2012 as an amateur free agent out of Venezuela and traded to the Rays on July 31, 2015. Tapia turned 20 on August 10.