The Kernels were 67-53, in second place in the High-A Central/West, eleven games behind Quad Cities.  They qualified for the two-team playoff, but lost to Quad Cities 3-2 in the best-of-five series.

For rate stats, I used a qualifying standard of 100 at-bats and 30 innings pitched.

BATTING LEADERS

AVERAGE

1. Yunior Severino, .321
2. Spencer Steer, .274
3. Trey Cabbage, .266

OBP

1. Severino, .414
2. Steer, .409
3. Edouard Julien, .397

SLUGGING

1. Cabbage, .538
2. Matt Wallner, .508
3. Steer, .506

OPS

1. Steer, .915
2. Severino, .907
3. Julien, .891

HOME RUNS

1. Michael Helman, 19
2. Alex Isola, 17
3. (tie).  Julien and Wallner, 15

RBI

1. Helman, 57
2. Wander Javier, 53
3. Isola, 52

STOLEN BASES

1. Helman, 21
2. Gabriel Maciel, 17
3. Julien, 13

WORTH NOTING

1. Aaron Sabato batted .253/.402/.613 in 75 at-bats
2. Jeferson Morales batted .266/.342/.538 in 93 at-bats

PITCHING LEADERS

ERA

1. Louie Varland, 2.10
2. Zach Featherstone, 2.13
3. Tyler Beck, 2.47

WINS

1. Derek Molina, 7
2. Varland, 6
3. (tie).  Jordan Gore and Ben Gross, 5

SAVES

1. (tie).  Melvi Acosta, 9
   Featherstone, 9
   3. Ryan Shreve, 2

INNINGS

1. Gross, 82
2. Andrew Cabezas, 70.2
3. Tyler Watson, 69.2

STRIKEOUTS

1. Gross, 106
2. Featherstone, 93
3. Cabezas, 82

WHIP

1. Gore, 0.96
2. Varland, 0.99
3. Beck, 0.99

AVERAGE AGAINST

1. Featherstone, .149
2. Gore, .156
3. Shreve, .167

WORTH NOTING

1. Matt Canterino had an ERA of 0.86, a WHIP of 0.67, and an average against of .135 in 21 innings.
2. Erik Manoah had an ERA of 1.86, a WHIP of 0.93, and an average against of .200 in 19.1 innings.