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FARGO, ND – The Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks officially added two players acquired earlier this off-season and 3B/1B Richard Lucas and RHP Richie Mirowski have signed contracts with the club.

Lucas, 27, was acquired from the Normal Cornbelters of the Frontier League in January. He batted .282 with 20 doubles, 19 home runs, 77 RBIs and 50 runs scored in 91 games. Lucas finished second in the Frontier League in RBIs and was fifth in home runs. He was selected to play in the 2015 Frontier League All-Star Game for his efforts.

Lucas began his professional career in 2007 after being selected by the New York Mets in the fourth round of that year’s draft out of Wolfson High School in Jacksonville, Florida. He spent seven seasons in the Mets organization, reaching the Double-A level in 2013. He then signed with Normal for the 2014 season and returned to the Cornbelters in 2015.

In nine professional seasons, Lucas has batted .253 with 146 doubles, 14 triples, 74 home runs, 385 RBIs and 398 runs scored in 741 games played. He has played 534 games at third base and has also seen action in 178 games at first base.

Mirowski, 26, was acquired from the Amarillo Thunderheads in November. He was 4-2 with a 3.57 ERA in 11 games (seven starts) for Amarillo in 2015 after he was acquired from the Washington (Penn.) Wild Things of the Frontier League in late July. Mirowski pitched 45.1 innings for Amarillo and allowed just 40 hits and struck out 55 batters. In 19 games (two starts) for Washington, he was 0-3 with a 4.76 ERA and one save. Mirowski struck out 42 batters in 28.1 innings for the Wild Things.

Mirowski was originally selected by the Washington Nationals in the 45^th round of the 2011 draft out of Oklahoma Baptist University. In four seasons in the Nationals organization, he was 17-6 with a 2.37 ERA and 12 saves while advancing as high at Double-A Harrisburg in both 2013 and 2014. In 163.1 innings, he allowed 136 hits and struck out 183 batters. Mirowski also pitched in the prestigious Arizona Fall League in 2013.