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Current Week: 2-4 (20-11 - GB 1st (+2.5))
Next Week: 4 @ Milford Clippers, 3 @ Washington Senators
Power Ranking: 4 (-2)
Fan Interest: 60
Owners Mood: Ecstatic

Game 26
Norfolk 3, Ocean City 5
Don Sweetapple threw a complete game, but took home the loss (1-2). Sweetapple gave up 9 hits, 3 HR's, 5 Runs and struck out 6. Jose Rodriquez had 2 hits and scored 2 times, Chris Shopland added 2 hits and Mauro Candelaria knocked in 2.

Game 27
Norfolk 3, Ocean City 4
Carlos Mateo, threw an 8-inning CG and took the loss as well (4-2). Mateo gave up 4 runs (a run HR in the 5th doomed him) on 8 hits and struck out 5. The offense only managed 6 hits, including 3 XB hits: A solo HR by Jose Rodriquez (5), a triple by Ron Alder and a double by Mauro Candelaria.

Game 28
Dover 1, Norfolk 7
Tsuneo Sato (6-0) remained perfect with a 7 solid innings of 5 hit ball. Sato gave up 1 run, but did walk 5 hitters. Elmer Hawkins pitched the final to to close the door. The offense woke up for 11 hits, Jesus Rivera went 2-2 with 2 RBI and his first HR of the season. Jacob Chaney had 2 hits and 2 RBI. Brian Cline and Jose Rodriquez also added 2 hits.

Game 29
Dover 7, Norfolk 3
Karl Armstrong (3-1) got roughed up over 7 innings, giving up 5 runs on 6 hits, including 2 HR's. Mauro Candelaria and Chris Shopland each had 2 hits. Tomas Reyes had the only XB hit with his 11th dobule.

Game 30
Dover 1, Norfolk 6
Geoffrey Bayles (3-2) gave up 5 runs in 5.2 innings of work, on 7 hits, 2 of which landed on the wrong side of the fence. The offense had 10 hits and left 8 men on base. Pablo Freitas had 2 hits including a double and a HR (10). Tomas Reyes also had 2 hits.

Game 31
Dover 2, Norfolk 3
Don Sweetapple (ND) threw 5.2 inninings, giving up 7 hits and 2 runs while striking out 6. He didn't allow any HR's. Sun Ho (1-0) pitched 1.1 innings of perfect ball to take home the win, and Ron Harris pitched a hit-less 9th for the save (1). The offense had 8 hits, lead by Mauro Candelaria's 2 and Tony Soto's 2-run HR (5).

Players of the Week:
Delaware: Anthony Dundee, Georgetown Sixteens. 2 GS, 2 CG, 2 W, 2 SHO, 7 Hits, 1 BB.
MarVa: Cliff Jones, Washington Senators, 13-26, 2 HR, 12 RBI

Weekly Highlights:
Carlos Martinez, New Castle Colonials, pitched the 2nd no-hitter of the season. Martinez didn't walk anyone and struck out 6. Carlos faced a total of 29 batters in his masterpiece. In the 4th inning Carlos hit a batter and had a fielding error, for the only blemishes during 5-0 win over the Milton Brewers. This is the first season with more than 1 no-hitter pitched.

Major Injury News:
George Waller, the Baltimore Barons 2-time all-star second baseman, the 26-year old is expected to miss the next 3 months with a partially torn labrum.

Power Rankings:
1) Annapolis Admirals (136.9)
2) Chesapeake Blue Crabs (132.7)
3) Milford Clippers (125.1)
4) Norfolk Cavaliers (117.1)
5) Lewes Braves (113.0)

GM Thoughts/Notes: Our starting pitching wasn't as good as it has been, we just gave up way too many HR's, but it wasn't helped by our weak offensive showing. Hopefully this is just a cold spell and not what is going to be... Washington closed in on us a little bit, but I think they will be on our tail or with us all season long. Going to be a long battle... Sweetapple is starting to get more consistent. Last season he had a string of 8 or 9 wins in a row. We could see that coming again soon (hopefully)... Alder didn't get on base much this week, lost 40 points on his average, which would explain why he only had 1 SB. He is still on pace to break the record of 60 though... The team average dropped 10+ points this past week... Defense efficiency is up to .709. I will stay put with Soto at short for the time being... This will be BIG week for us, going up against the #3 team in the power rankings and our #1 Rival, all on the road.