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Current Week: 4-2 (18-7 - GB 1st (+4.5))
Next Week: 2 @ Ocean City Tourists, 4 @ Dover Generals
Power Ranking: 2 (-1)
Fan Interest: 60
Owners Mood: Ecstatic

Game 20
Norfolk 6, Annapolis 4
Geoffrey Bayles (3-0) bounced back from a rough start to go 5 solid innings, giving up 4 runs on 7 hits for the win. Edgar Matsuda continued being solid out of the pen going 2 shutout innings. Bill Lee pitched the final 1.2 for the save (1). Chris Shopland lead the offense with a 2-4 day, with a HR (1) and driving in 3. Tomas Reyes went 1-3 with 2 runs and 2 RBI. Ron Alder stole base #12.

Game 21
Norfolk 2, Annapolis 3 (13 innings)
Don Sweetapple (ND) went 6.2 innings, allowing 1 run on 9 hits while striking out 7, but took the ND as the offense couldn't give him the needed run support. Edgar Matsuda gave up his first two runs of the season in the 13th for the loss (0-1). The offense had 11 hits, but left 9 men on base. Pablo Freitas went 3-6 with 2 RBI on a 2-run HR (7) in the 8th. Brian Cline and Jose Rodriquez also added two hits.

Injury Report: Carlos Rodriquez has been diagnosed with elbow sorness and will be out for about 2 weeks. He will be placed on the 15-day DL. Sun Ho has been brought up and will be placed in the bull-pen. Sun is 1-1 5.23 in 3 AAA Starts. Ron Harris will take over the closer role while Carlos is out.

Game 22
Norfolk 9, Baltimore 4
Carlos Mateo (4-1) went 6 solid innings, giving up 3 runs on 4 hits for the win, as Elmer Hawkins and Dalton Whitaker finished things off. The offense exploded for 14 hits, with Ron Alder and Jesus Rivera getting 3 apiece and Tomas Reyes, Mauro Candelaria and Brian Cline getting 2. Reyes led the team with 3 RBI.

** End of April **

Game 23
Norfolk 14, Baltimore 4
Tsuneo Sato (5-0) gave up 14 hits and 4 runs over 7.1 innings and was the benefactor of an offense that had 20 hits! Elmer Hawkins finished the Barons off pitching the final 1.2 innings. The offense had 20 hits, but only 2 extra-base hits, a 2B by Tomas Reyes and a HR by Mauro Candelaria (2). Pablo Freitas and Tomas Reyes each had 4 hit games and Jacob Chaney and Mauro Candelaria added 3-hits a piece. Mauro and Tomas each had 3 RBI's.

Game 24
Norfolk 10, Baltimore 5
Karl Armstrong (3-0) continued his successfully first month of 2015 with a 7.1 inning performance. Karl gave up 4 runs, on 8 hits (including 3 HR's). Pablo Freitas lead the Cav's offense going 2-5 with a HR (8), 3 runs and 4 RBI. Tony Soto added 3 hits and 3 runs, and 4 other Cav's tallied 2 hits.

Game 25
Norfolk 5, Baltimore 8
Geoffrey Bayles (3-1) took the loss, as the Barons kept from getting swept. Bayles went 5.1 innings, giving up 10 hits and 7 runs. Edgar Matsuda gave up 1 run in 2 innings of relief. Pablo Freitas hit a HR (9) and drove in 3 runs. Jose Rodriquez was the only player with more than 1 hit, getting 2, including a HR (4).

Players of the Week:
Delaware: Charles Culligan, New Castle Colonials, 10-23 6 HR, 16 RBI
MarVa: Steve Williams, Annapolis Admirals, 11-27 3 HR, 10 RBI

Weekly Highlights:
Jeff Lewis, Newark Millers, hit for cycle.
Gilberto Carrabello, Dover Generals, threw a no-hitter. The frist ever non-Cavaliers no-hitter, and the 3rd one thrown in the DBL.

Major Injury Highlights:
Edward Adams, Annapolis Admirals, will be out 9 months with a ruptured ulnar collateral ligament. He is 2-0 in 4 starts this season.
Jose Martinez, Washington Senators, will be out 9 months with a torn ACL. On the season Jose was hitting .392-4-16
Jose 'Mushy' Martinez, Newark Millers, will be out 5-6 months with bone chips in his elbow. Mushy has pitched in 10 games, going 0-0 2.08. Looked like getting out of Norfolk helped Mushy out, hopefully he will bounce back.

Power Rankings:
1) Lewes Braves (132.5)
2) Norfolk Cavaliers (130.6)
3) Chesapeake Blue Crabs (128.4)
4) New Castle Colonials (122.0)
5) Annapolis Admirals (115.0)

GM Thoughts/Notes: Come April in review I will have to look at my teams short comings and see if there is anything I can do. Right now I have a couple potential worry spots. Relief pitchers throwing strikes, and my 3rd outfielder... We had a great first month, including an 8-game win streak, even if it was followed by 19 scoreless innings, I will take it... We are scoring runs, which we didn't do last season, which has been a pleasant surprise... Pablo Freitas has 9 HR's, its nice to have his bat back in the lineup... Its a long season and we started off hot, last season we had a losing April. Hopefully we will continue to stay hot and hold off Washington.