St. Louis Closer And Tahlequah Native Ryan Helsley Named NL Reliever Of The Month

St. Louis Cardinals closer and Tahlequah native Ryan Helsley has been named the NL Reliever of the Month for June. This is the 2nd time this season the former NSU Riverhawk has earned the honor. He picked up his 1st NL Reliever of the Month in April.

Helsley pitched in 13 games in June for St. Louis, saving 12 of them. He had a 2.26 ERA with an NL-leading 21 strikeouts in June with just ten walks.

The Oklahoma native is leading MLB in saves with 31 and is the only reliever in all of MLB at the moment to have more than 25 saves.