8/11/1980
Week #18 Recap
Record: 80-35
Position: 1st (10 1/2 games ahead of San Diego)
Runs Scored: 579 (1st in Hickory League)
Runs Allowed: 378 (1st in Hickory League)
Defense: .724 (1st in Hickory League)
Power Ranking: 132.2,o (1st in TBL)
Owner Mood: Ecstatic; Fan Interest: 73/100
The Mallards go 4-2 this week:
8/5 - beat Milwaukee 6-1 (W-Leyva, 13-6, L-Williams, 0-1) - 3 hits, including 2 triples, by Mario Mora. Mora, Rainey, Musgrave each with 2 RBI.
8/6 - beat Milwaukee 7-5 (W-Solis, 9-3, S-Patterson (9), L-Calhoun, 1-1) - HRs by Grier (23), Schwartz (12), Rainey (9). 3 hits each by Grier, Schwartz, Rainey, and Auld. 4 RBI by Schwartz.
8/7 - loss to Milwaukee 3-2 (W-Theus, 7-12, S-Turner (26), L-Amador, 9-2) - 3 hits by Mora.
8/8 - beat Pittsburgh 5-4 (W-Straub, 4-1, L-Hudgins, 1-1) - HRs by Grier (24), Schwartz (13). 2 RBI by Auld.
8/9 - loss to Pittsburgh 4-3 (W-Stafford, 10-9, S-Molsbee (27), L-Schubert, 4-5) - HR by Swan (14). 2 RBI for Swan.
8/10 - beat Pittsburgh 10-9 (W-Patterson, 3-2, L-Frappier, 0-1) - 4 hits by Grier. 3 RBI for Auld and Mora.
Hitting Notes- Ian Auld’s .347 average leads the team. Schwartz is 2nd at .325.
- Grier’s 24 home runs lead the team. Next highest are Auld and Swan with 14 each.
- Grier’s 88 RBI lead the team, followed by Schwartz with 79 and Auld with 70.
- Swan has a 6.8 WAR, Schwartz 6.3, Grier 5.2, and Carroll 3.7 to lead the hitters/fielders.
Pitching Notes
- Leyva’s 6.2 WAR leads the club, followed by Jose Amador at 2.6, and Bob Figiel and Ruben Solis at 1.6.
- Amador and reliever Hal Holmes are “hot” right now. Both are pitching really well. Holmes has a 0.95 ERA in 19 innings.
Other Team News- Bill White has let me know that 2B Bobby Bugbee, playing at AAA Porterville, may be ready for the Big Leagues. Nowhere to put him now, and no need, so he will stay at AAA for the time being.
- Cy Nugent picked up a win in his first appearance in A Cascadia City. He pitched an inning of scoreless ball.
Next Week- 3 games @ Montreal (43-72)
- 3 games vs. Baltimore (71-44)
Standings Notes- Philly holds steady with a 2 game lead over Baltimore with their 73-42 record.
- The Los Angeles Bluebirds are 49 games back of us in the HL West.
- Cleveland’s 61-54 record has them 2 games up on Detroit in the AL East.
- St. Louis is hanging on with a 1 game lead over Kansas City in the AL West.
- Top 10 in Power Rankings:
- Milburn
- Philadelphia
- Baltimore
- San Diego
- Kansas City
- St. Louis
- Los Angeles Seraphs
- Chicago Stars
- Washington
- Toronto
Around the League- Kansas City LF Scott Ingram knocked out 6 hits August 5th against the Los Angeles Bluebirds.
- All-Star closer Jim Howard, traded to San Diego earlier this season, signed a contract extension of 3 years that will pay him $1,208,000 over that span.
- Detroit Zephyrs CF Vic Baez hit the 300th home run of his career on August 6th against the Atlanta Thrashers. For his career he is batting .275 with 421 doubles, 100 triples, 300 home runs, and 1339 RBI.
- St. Louis Saints SP Tom Gerber notched the 100th win of his career on August 6th in the Saints game against Cleveland.
- Toronto Maple Leaf LF Jeff Wooten hit the 200th home run of his career on August 7th against the Dallas Texans.
- Cincinnati Redbirds 1B Jay Parker was named HL Player of the Week after batting .571 with 2 home runs and 7 RBI.
- The Ash League named Toronto LF Jeff Wooten as its Player of the Week this week after he hit .435 with 4 home runs and 11 RBI.