- RECORD: 5-2
- STANDINGS: 73-27 +14.5
- RUNS SCORED: 594 (1st)
- OPS: .833 (1st)
- RUNS AGAINST: 347 (1st)
- DEFENSIVE EFF: .699 (1st)
- SP ERA: 3..40 (1st)
- BULLPEN ERA: 2.44 (1st)
- OWNERS MOOD: Ecstatic
- FAN INTEREST: 96
- POWER RANKINGS: 1st
THIS WEEK: 2-1 vs Green Bay (39-55) 3-0 vs Ohio (39-53) 0-1 @ Philadelphia (45-49)
7/18: GB 3 AUS 2 Beckers (GB) (W) 8 IP 5 H 1 K 0 BB 2 ER (5-4 3.51) Vance (GB) SV (18) Lach (L) 6 IP 4 H 9 K 4 BB 3 ER (6-3 4.43) Dziedzic HR (16) 2 RBI (71)
7/19: AUS 3 GB 0 Steele (W) 7.1 IP 6 K 5 H 1-3 (9-3 3.66) Laskey SV (26) Tighe 2-4 2 2B (21) 2 R SB (31) Dziedzic HR (17) 2 RBI (73)
7/20: AUS 4 GB 0 Collins CG 10 K 3 H (12-2 2.40) Dziedzic 3-4 2 2B (31) R Nolasco 2-4 HR (16) R 3 RBI (61)
7/21: AUS 3 OH 0 Forney CG 1-hitter 10 K 2 BB (13-1 2.76) Archer 2 RBI (96) Hanna HR (6) RBI (22) 3 straight shutouts.
7/22: AUS 5 OH 3 Archer 3-5 2 2B (33) R RBI (97) Reyes 1-2 3 BB 2 R 3 SB (20) Behrens (W) 6.2 IP 8 H 8 K 3 ER (10-5 3.37) 2-2 2B (1) 3B (1) 2 RBI (6) Laskey SV (27)
7/23: AUS 6 OH 2 Lach CG 13 K 4 H 2 ER (7-3 4.24) Dziedzic 3-4 2 HR (19) 2 R 3 RBI (76)
7/24: PHI 8 AUS 3 Steele (L) 3 HR 6 ER 6 IP (9-4 3.95) Ullrich (PHI) CG 7 H 9 K (4-12 5.15) Reyes 3-4 2 HR (12) 3 R 2 RBI (38) 2 SB (22) Adrian SB (50) Moss (PHI) 3-4 HR (22) 2 R 3 RBI (62)
NEXT WEEK: 2 @ Philadelphia (50-50) 4 vs Ft Worth (51-48) 1 vs Houston (41-60)
ABL HAPPENINGS:
7/19:- Memphis signed 36-year-old Sung-Hyun Jung in early April and today sent him to San Jose along with P Harry Boyle for 3 prospects. San Jose is in last place but just 4 games out.
7/20:- Rich Mertz (PIT) won his 10th game (10-5 3.69) by fanning 10 in a 3-hitter to beat San Jose 7-0.
7/21:- Tim Keen (PHI) out-pitched 2x Koufax winner Jason Keeton (DET) in a 1-0 Philadelphia win. Keen tossed a 2-hitter, walking no one and fanning 6 to go 8-7 4.24 while Keeton tossed a CG allowing 6 hits, walking 5 in the loss to fall to 8-6 2.74. Eric Villalpando's 8th inning 2B plated the games only run.
- Marquis Rush (DAL) went 5-5 in a 8-5 win over Lexington. Rush drilled 2 1B's 2 2B's and a 3B driving in a run.
- Brendon Biernacki (BUF) continued his monster season with yet another powerful performance. The 26-year-old righty fanned 17 Houston hitters in holding them to 5 hits in a 5-2 win and moved to 12-6 2.73 and upped his league-high strikeout total to 258 in just 168.1 IP. He's on pace to strike out 414 hitters in 270 IP. He was a 6th round selection in the 2008 June Draft and prior to a rule change disallowing the trading of players in their 1st professional season Mexico dealt him to Buffalo just 5 months later. He has fanned 10 or more in 17 of 20 starts and 15 or more in 4 starts including his 17 K opening day performance. In his past 3 starts he has thrown 26 innings while fanning 47 hitters and allowing just 16 hits.
7/23:- Jeff Alexander (PHX) won his 10th game of the year (10-9 4.31) making it the 8th straight season with 10 or more wins. He has not won fewer than 12 games in a full season and has won 14 or more in every season but 1. He's 115-91 3.62 in his 265 career starts.
7/26:- Danny Hynes (NE) went 5-5 in a 10-6 win over San Francisco
RUSTLER NEWS:
7/25:- 2014 1st round draft pick (22nd overall) Brad Hathaway took home AAA PotW honors going 12-27 3 HR 7 RBI 7 R
PATRIOT LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Arthur Vaughn RF (SD) 13-24 2 HR 3 RBI 8 R
COLONIAL LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Brian Bauer 2B (NE) 16-31 2 RBI