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Current Week: 5-1 (74-18 - GB (+27))
Next Week: 2 vs Virginia Beach Surf Dawgs, 4 @ Washington Senators, 1 vs Baltimore Barons
Power Ranking: 1
Fan Interest: 84 (-2)
Owners Mood: Ecstatic

Runs Scored: 584 (1st)
Avg: .308 (1st)
Runs Against: 256 (1st)
Starters ERA: 2.65 (1st)
Pen ERA: 2.29 (1st)
Def Eff: .722 (1st)

Injury News: Before a diagnosis was available we placed Derek Campbell on the 15-day DL. This was pretty much jsut for precautionary measure, but with Mauro Candelaria ready to play figured it was the best bet. Mauro, an low rated RF, will assume Cambpells spot in RF. Jeff Lewis will bat 4th and Mauro 5th. The reason for this is Mike Ford who came up to fill in for Mauro when he was on the DL is on a tear hitting .369-1-12 in 21 games.

Game 87:
Annapolis 3, Norfolk 7
Jose Matos (13-2) only lasted 5.1 innings, throwing 97 pitches. The bullpen kept the Admirals at bay with Jamie King throwing a perfect final 2.2 for the save (3). The offense was lead by Jeff Lewis with 3 hits and 2 RBI's, including a HR (17), and King Brock who added a 2-run HR (16). Mike Ford, Jesus Rivera and Augusto Rodriquez all had 2 hits.

Game 88:
Annapolis 1, Norfolk 5
Arturo Ramirez (12-2) went 5.2 innings, allowing 5 hits, no runs and striking out 4. Derek Carter and Will Rose finished off the game. Mauro Candelaria and King Brock each had 2 hits, Candy had 3 RBI's and Brock 2.

Trade 1: The Cavaliers pulled off two trades today. Our first move was to ship Jose Escamilla off to the Milford Clippers. Jose was due approximatley $2 million in arbitration so it made the move easy. In return we got Sergio Galvez a 20 year old outfielder and the 79th prospect in the DBL, as well as Mario Reyes, a SS who is rated as the #13 prospect in the DBL. The fan intersted dropped 2 points with the departure of Escamilla. Escamilla was hitting .204-3-19 in 53 games for the Cav's. He will be the starting SS for the Clippers.

Trade 2: With the departure of Escamilla we have a huge hole in the utility fielder role... so we called up the Seaford Blue Jays and brought Joe Payne back. Payne was a utility man for us in 2015 and 2014. A little older, but still a solid fielder. Payne hit .259 for the Admirals last season, and after no one wanted him he signed on with the single A Ottawa team, his rights were late aquired by the Blue Jays. He was only hitting .289 in A-ball this season. All we had to send Seaford was a 9th round draft pick.

Game 89:
Annapolis 3, Norfolk 4
Shawn Brock (ND, 2 L's and 2 ND's last 4 starts) went 6.1 innings, allowing 3 runs on 7 hits. Will Rose (5-1) took the win throwing the final 1.2 innings, allowing 3 hits, as the Cav's walked off. Roberto Perez lead the offense with 2 hits and 3 RBI's, including a HR (14). Mauro Candelaria and Augusto Rodriquez each had 2 hits, Augusto scored 2 times.

Injury News: Francisco Gonzalez gave us a call regarding Derek Campbell it is good news. Derek Campbell will miss 4 more days. All-in-all he will only miss about a week. He will rejoin the team in 11 days.

Game 90:
Annapolis 10, Norfolk 9
Ron Reilly (10-3) got roughed up, going 6.1 innings, allowing 10 hits and 7 runs, as the offense fought back, but feel just short. The offense had 15 hits, with Augusto Rodriquez leading the way with a 4-4 day, he also drove in 3. Ed Duke, King Brock, Roberto Perez and Kent Davis each had 2 hits. Brock drove in 2.

Team News: It was an off day today, but we got some good news as we were able to resign our manager Alastair Trucotte to a 4 year extension. Turcotte was our Bench Coach in 2013, then took over as manager in 2014. Since then he has guided us to a 487-251 record, and 3 Championships.

Game 91:
Virginia Beach 1, Norfolk 9
Miguel Contreras (12-1) took hom the win with a strong 8 innings, allowing 9 hits and 1 run. Roberto Perez lead the offense with 4 hits and 2 runs. Ed Duke added 2 hits, and Mike Ford and Kent Davis each had 2 hits. Bryan O'Neil hit a 2-run HR (3).

Game 92:
Virginia Beach 3, Norfolk 6
Jose Matos (14-2) went 7.1 innings, allowing 7 hits and 3 runs. Dalton Whitaker threw the 9th for the save (23). Jeff Lewis, Bryan O'Neil and Jesus Rivera each had 2 hits, Lewis scored 2 runs, and King Brock added 2 RBI's.

Around the League:
Oddly enough there was no real news this week. A couple of small trades so I will leave you with the stat of the week:
What rookie starting pitchers are leading the DELMARVA Baseball League in strike outs?
Joe Gould, Georgetown Sixteens, 94
Arturo Ramírez, Norfolk Cavaliers, 87
Carlos Hernández, Milton Brewers, 81
Emmett Atkins, Richmond Cardinals, 63
Ralph Roberts, Chesapeake Blue Crabs, 42

Players of the Week:
Delaware: Billy Moore, Milford Clippers, 10-19, 4 HR's, 7 RBI's
MarVa: Abraham Thomas, Washington Senators, 10-24 4 HR's, 13 RBI's, 7 Runs

Power Rankings:
1) Norfolk Cavaliers (152.8)
2) Dover Generals (114.5)
3) Annapolis Admirals (112.6)
4) New Castle Colonials (105.7)
5) Washington Senators (99.0)

GM Notes: Kent Davis is hitting .328 so far this month, and his average has dropped 30 points. Crazy to think hitting that high will drop your average. But when you are hitting .430 that is what happens. He is now at .415, hitting 400 may soon be out of the question, but the record batting average may still be in reach. Cliff Jones hit .383 in 2015... Jeff Lewis extended his hit streak to 29 games and will try to become the 4th player with a 30 game hit-streak next week... Miguel Contreras has some work ahead of him if he wants to win another triple crown. He is top 3 in all categories, but catching Matos and Barney Butler (K's) is going to be tough... Dalton Whitaker is on pace for 97 strikes outs, he has struck out over 100 for the past 5 seasons... I was a little disappointed in how long it took to diagnose Derek Campbell, but maybe its for the better, he gets some off days to heal so we don't risk greater injury. Plus it allows me to push of my roster decision for a little while longer...