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Pastime Baseball League – Baseball Bi-Weekly
Vol. 3, Monday, May 18, 2009 (cont.)

Orlando Orcas
Record: Last 2 Weeks (5-5), Overall 21-16

2-Week Synopsis: Lost both at Sacramento, Swept 3 vs Las Vegas, Swept 2 vs San Antonio, Lost 3 at Memphis

Leaders:
Avg – Ezra Sutton .347
HRs – Ryan Howard 9
RBIs – Ryan Howard 35

Wins - Chuck Smith/Sam Leever 6
ERA – Sam Leever 3.17
Ks – Sam Leever 60

Top Performance: Mark Hendrickson threw 8 innnigs of 1-run ball despite not striking out a batter in a 5-1 win over San Antonio on May 12.

Round Trip (Four miscellaneous points about the team):

1) It's been a slow climb, but Honus Wagner seems to be coming around. After hitting only .212 in April, Wagner is hitting .291 in May while slugging .600. He's now riding a 10-game hitting streak.

2) The league's best offense cooled down a bit the past two weeks, averaging 4.5 runs a game, down from the 6.03 they had scored previously.

3) Swapping trendlines with Wagner has been Sam Crawford, who after posting a 1.127 OPS in April has put up a .217 average and .700 OPS in May.

4) Since getting knocked around in a spot start, Chien Ming-Wang has posted a 2.79 ERA over his last 7 relief appearances.

San Antonio Sheriffs

Record: Last 2 Weeks (3-7), Overall 16-19

2-Week Synopsis: Swept 2 vs New York, Lost 2 of 3 at Memphis, Lost both at Orlando, Lost 3 vs Las Vegas

Leaders:
Avg – Jimmy Williams .318
HRs – Jimmy Williams 6
RBIs – Jimmy Williams/Hugh Duffy 22

Wins – Joe McGinnity 4
ERA – Joe McGinnity 2.55
Ks – Noodles Hahn 85

Top Performance: Scott Podsednik went 4-for-4 with 3 runs scored and an RBI.

Round Trip (Four miscallaneous points about the team):
1) How long does it go before San Antonio is forced to do something about Hugh Duffy? It's a question to which nobody seems to have an answer. But Duffy, viewed as a possible MVP candidate coming into the season has seen his average fall to .194, including .154 this month.

2) Ace Noodles Hahn bookended a stellar complete game, 1-run outing with two poor efforts on either side, giving the early season dynamo a 1-3 mark with a 4.62 ERA over his past 5 starts.

3) Buck O'Neil has been stellar this month, batting .367 thus far.

4) The Sheriffs remain the PBL's best team defensively, having made only 17 errors in their first 35 games.