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The Warriors topped their earlier winning streak by starting the month winning 13 consecutive games- running their record to an incredible 49-12 in the process. We slumped at the end of the month but are still 54-20 overall, nine games up on the Sidney City Scorpions. Our offense is now a raging inferno of run-scoring, leading the league with 390, as well as leading in on-base percentage and slugging percentage. The pitching and defense has been great too, but that's old news.

B.J. Pallister now leads the league with 3.6 WAR, a .366 average, and a 1.052 OPS. Toby Younger is hitting .354 with 12 homers and 51 RBI. Lou Harte is at .326 with 13 homers and 54 RBI. In the rotation, Lucio Montoya has a 2.18 ERA, and Michael Schneider and Nadif Aduah have nine wins apiece. Luis Del Rosario is still struggling, but oh well.

We've had a spate of injuries, but obviously nothing crippling. Rocky Long is out for the next few months with bone chips in his arm, and Zach Traa will likely miss the rest of the year with a torn meniscus. Amusingly, I've sent Traa down a few times this season and every time I get a message saying how glad the team is that he's gone- his personality is described as a "poisonous presence in the clubhouse."

We did sign our top draft pick Shane Johnson to a $5M bonus, but he promptly tore his labrum and will miss the rest of the season. We couldn't afford the best International amateur free agents this year, but I put in a bid for infielder Royce Barlow, from Westhaven. Our #1 overall prospect Miguel Bello has had a horrible season, hitting just .187 in Belltown.

Around the league, Adamond has crashed back to earth with a 29-45 record after the magical season last year. The longtime best team in the league Freeton Crusaders are right there with them. In the West, it's again a tight race with the best three teams from last season.