SIOUX CITY, Iowa — After sharing the field as American Association All-Stars earlier this summer, Napoleon products Zach Willeman and Art Warren both took the field in a regular season matchup between their two squads and played key roles in a 4-3 win for the Kane County Cougars over the Sioux City Explorers.

Willeman, a 2014 Napoleon grad, started for Sioux City and hit double-digit strikeouts for the third time this season. The 30-year-old righthander struck out 10 in six innings, scattering seven hits and three runs with no walks, leaving with his team down 3-1 before Sioux City tied it in the seventh and lost the lead in the eighth.

In that eighth inning, the 33-year-old Warren came on with one out and alternated walk-strikeout-walk-strikeout to pitch 0.2 scoreless innings. The 2011 Napoleon product recorded his 12th ohld of the year.

On the year, Willeman is 5-8 in 18 starts with a league-best 120 strikeouts along with 54 walks and a 5.97 ERA in 120 innings. Meanwhile, Warren has made 38 relief appearances spanning 38.1 innings with four saves, 60 strikeouts, 21 walks and a 2.58 ERA.

Newman keeps hot bat

FREDERICK, Md. — After having his 18-game hit streak snapped Tuesday against the Frederick Keys, Archbold product DJ Newman tallied a hit against the Keys in each of the three games over the weekend for the Asheville Tourists (High-A).

Newman, 22, started in the outfield and batted ninth in all three games. The former Bluestreak tallied an RBI double in Sunday’s 6-0 win while driving in a pair of runs with a base hit in the seventh inning of Saturday’s 8-7 loss and tallying a fifth-frame single in a 4-2 setback Friday.

With the month of August complete, Newman batted a scorching .403 in 17 games (16 with Asheville) in the month with 25 hits, 11 runs, 15 RBIs, five doubles, three homers and three steals with a .422 on-base percentage.

Overall this season, the Houston Astros’ rookie prospect is hitting .333 in 54 games with 56 hits, 32 runs, 15 doubles, six homers, 37 RBIs and 15 stolen bases.

Multi-hit nights for Williams

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Jeron Williams continued his stellar start to his tenure with the independent-league Lake Erie Crushers, tallying at least two hits in each of the three games this weekend against the Evansville Otters.

Saturday was the high mark of the seven-hit weekend for the 25-year-old prospect as he batted 3-for-5 with two RBIs and two runs scored in a 9-3 victory. Williams hit a single and double in Friday’s 7-2 loss while rapping two singles and scoring a run in a 7-6 loss on Sunday, batting second and starting in right field all three nights.

In 15 games with Lake Erie, the former Toledo standout and Houston Astros’ draft pick is hitting .417 with a .438 on-base percentage, 25 hits, two doubles, eight RBIs and four stolen bases.