The Friarhood has selected starting pitcher Jeremy Hefner and fist baseman Kyle Blanks as the Tucson Padres players of the month for the month of June.

Jeremy Hefner held 4-1 record, including three wins in a row to start the month. Hefner only had one game in June when he did not pitch at least five innings. The right handed starting pitcher had a 4.68 earned run average with 13 strikeouts in the month. Hefner’s best outing of the month came on June 9, when the T-Pads hosted the Las Vegas 51s. He threw seven shutout innings and recorded the 6-0 win.

Kyle Blanks has been absolutely locked in at the plate. Blanks joined the team in early June and in 20 games he had six homeruns and 16 runs batted in with a .390 batting average. Blank’s primarily plays first base but has also seen time in left field. With an on base percentage of .466 and a .792 slugging percentage Blanks has been a huge contributor the Tucson Padres recent success and offensive production.