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4/13/1981

Week #1 Recap
Record: 3-4
Position: Tied for 5th (2 games behind Pittsburgh)
Runs Scored: 23 (Tied for 6th in Hickory League)
Runs Allowed: 23 (Tied for 8th in Hickory League)
Defense: .708 (12th in Hickory League)
Power Ranking: ( in TBL)
Owner Mood: Ecstatic; Fan Interest: 82/100

The Mallards go 3-4 this week:
4/6 - beat LA 5-3 (W-Leyva, 1-0, S-Patterson (1), L-Ryan, 0-1) - 2 hits for Carroll, Rainey, Bugbee. 1 HR for Swan (1).
4/7 - beat LA 11-5 (W-Riggs, 1-0, L-Cotton, 0-1) - HRs by Grier 2 (2), Schwartz (1). 4 RBI for Grier, 3 RBI for Schwartz.
4/8 - loss to San Francisco 2-0 (W-Anthony, 1-0, S-Siciliano (1), L-Solis, 0-1) - Just 2 hits for the Mallards.
4/9 - beat San Francisco 3-1 (W-Amador, 1-0, S-Patterson (2), L-Toland, 0-1) - 3 hits for Schwartz.
4/10 - loss to San Francisco 5-2 (W-Beauford, 1-0, L-Carithers, 0-1) - HR by Schwartz (2).
4/11 - loss to San Diego 2-1 (W-Miller, 1-1, S-Runyan (3), L-Leyva, 1-1) - 2 hits for Auld and Bugbee.
4/12 - loss to San Diego 5-1 (W-Munoz, 2-0, L-Riggs, 1-1) - HR by Carroll (1).

Hitting Notes

• Schwartz off to a hot start, hitting .333/.379/.630 with 2 home runs and 5 RBI.
• Bobby Bugbee has 4 of his 5 hits thus far in 2 games.
• Ken Baldridge is off to a 0-7 start.
• Swan off to a slow start, batting .185/.312/333 with 1 HR and 1 RBI.

Pitching Notes

• Pedro Medina is the only bullpen pitcher to give up a run thus far.
• Jimmy Riggs has walked 10 batters in 15 innings thus far. He has also struck out 10.

Other Team News

• None

Next Week

• 3 games vs. Montreal
• 3 games @ Minnesota

Standings Notes

• Pittsburgh leads the HL East with a 5-2 record.
• Chicago Stars are off to a 6-1 start to lead the HL West.
• New York Metropolitans are also off to a 6-1 start to lead the AL East.
• Dallas, Seattle, Houston, and Chicago Unions are all tied at 4-3 atop the AL West.
• Top 10 in Power Rankings:

1. New York Metropolitans
2. Chicago Stars
3. San Diego
4. Boston
5. Minnesota
6. Pittsburgh
7. Houston
8. Philadelphia
9. Seattle
10. Toronto

Around the League

• Boston’s Bill Asher leads TBL with 4 home runs.
• Boston’s Steve Pope shut out the Washington Generals April 7th. He gave up 3 hits over 9 innings, striking out 10 and walking 1 in the Colonials’ 15-0 win.
• Boston star 2B Eric Turner has a hamstring strain and will miss 3 weeks.
• RF Don Barstad, who signed as a free agent with Cleveland, got the 1000th hit of his career on April 11th against the New York Metropolitans. He has a lifetime .305 average.
• Phil McFarren, pitching now for the Metropolitans, shut out his former team, Cleveland, on April 12th. He gave up 6 hits, striking out 3 and walking 3.
• New York Mammoths SP Paul Sutphen was named HL Player of the Week after going 2-0 this week. He worked 16 innings, striking out 10 and did not give up a run.
• Boston’s Bill Asher was named AL Player of the Week after batting .393 with 4 home runs and 11 RBI.