[Muskies]

Record: 73-74, .497, 10 GB
Position: 4th in NL Central
Avg.: .275 (2nd in NL)
OBP: .335 (9th in NL)
Bullpen ERA: 4.68 (15th in NL)
Defense: .695 (5th in NL) – injuries have played a role in this
Fan Interest: 98
Power Ranking: 93.8++ (13th in ABL)

Week 5-1

3-0 vs. Phoenix

9/3: MAD 9, PHO 3
WP: Polledo (13-9, 3.82), LP: Lopes (9-14, 4.91)
HR: Vallejo (7), Hubbard (18), Kuono 2 (17), Ortega (11)
POG: Kuono 3-4, 3 R, 2 RBI, 2 HR

9/4: MAD 4, PHO 3 (10)
WP: Aquino (7-8, 3.26), LP: Smith (1-2, 2.53)
HR: Kouno (18), Murakami (8), Montgomery (12)
POG: Kouno 2-5, 2 R, RBI, HR
Ruiz was injured throwing a pitch diagnosis pending.

9/5: MAD 14, PHO 4
WP: MacFadden (3-2, 4.76), LP: Carlson (7-8, 4.15)
HR: Ricks (1), Kouno (19), Nishikawa 2 (40), Davis (1)
POG: Nishikawa 4-5, 3 R, 4 RBI, 2 HR

2-1 vs. Mesa

9/5: MAD 5, MES 4 (13)
WP: Snow (7-4, 2.94), LP: Kephart (9-4, 3.86)
HR: Nishikawa (41)
POG: Nishikawa 2-6, 2 R, 3 RBI, HR

9/6: MAD 9, MES 7
WP: Campell (13-8, 3.21), LP: Burton (6-3, 3.84), SV: Aquino (15)
HR: Thomas (15), Nichols (10), Vallego (8), Nishikawa (42), Hubbard (19)
POG: Hubbard 2-3, 2 R, 3 RBI, 2B, HR

9/7: MES 7, MAD 0
WP: Stewart (16-7, 4.31), LP: Polledo (13-10, 3.84)
HR: Montoya (20)
POG: Stewart – 8 IP, 5 H, 2 BB, 4 K

Mallard News
9/5: Ruiz diagnosed with a strained hamstring, listed as day to day for a week
9/7: Howell let me know he was not satisfied with his role on the team.

Around the League
9/2: Alfonso Limon (DET) notched his 300th save (17th in the all time list)
9/5: Chris Campbell (LA) got his 2000th hit

ABL Road Saves Leaders
Doug Lewis, SJ, 23
Carl More, OKC, 21
Tim Brown, SF, 19
Julio De La Rosa, MEM, 19
Lorenzo Garcia, CHI, 19

Players of the Week
NL – Kouno 10-27, 5 HR, 5 RBI
AL – Cameron Parkinson (LA) – 15-30, HR, 4 RBI, 6 R

Next week: 3 @ New York (68-78), 3 vs. Baltimore (80-67)