HOM:
Don Conrad (ROC): .306 AVG, 7 HR, 28 RBI, 16 RS
POM:
Steven Hembrow (DUL): 5-1, 2.66 ERA, 61 IP, 40 K
ROM:
John Newman (DUL): .243 AVG, 7 HR, 23 RBI
HOM:
Elton Caldwell (CAN): .353 AVG, 5 HR, 30 RBI, 23 RS
POM:
Jesus Deleon (EVA): 5-0, 2.15 ERA, 46 IP, 38 K
ROM:
Mike Church (JC): .263 AVG, 6 HR, 16 RBI, 13 RS
Injury Reports
- After a miserable second chance with South Bend, former Closer of the Year Award winner
Russell Sheppard will be sidelined for the remainder of the season with a strained forearm.
- 1984 All Star nominee
Ron Gordan (South Bend) was also injured for the season with a strained hamstring. If he makes a speedy recovery, he could possibly join the team for the playoffs -- if they can overcome Rochester in the final two weeks.
News and Notes:
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Nick Barnstaple (DUL) will return from an injury endured in spring training, and will finally see action for the first time this season.
- Superstar
Bobby Bergeron of Cedar Rapids remains unsigned, could be the most pursued free agent in years.
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Andrew Rodgers of Cedar Rapids leads the entire HBL in IBB with seventeen.
- Of the four teams pursuing a postseason birth, none of them have reached the championship before.