[Muskies]

Record: 60-36, .625, - GB
Position: 1st (2 games up on Columbus)
OBP: .338 (4th in NL)
Starter ERA: 3.70 (2nd in NL)
Bullpen ERA: 4.75 (16th in NL)
Defense: .712 (1st in NL)
Fan Interest / Owner Mood: 100 / Delighted
Power Ranking: 119.5- 3rd in ABL

Week (5-2) : 1-0 vs. San Francisco, 2-1 vs. Phoenix, 2-1 vs. New York

7/9: MAD 4, SF 2
WP: G. Davis (7-3, 4.68), LP: D. Brown (7-9, 4.40), SV: Tavares (24)
HR: M. Kuono (13), E. Hunter (13)
POG: G. Davis 7 IP, 2 ER, BB, 4 K

7/10: MAD 4, PHO 1
WP: K. Campbell (11-5, 2.83), LP: R. McGinnity (7-5, 2.65), SV: A. Garcia (3)
HR: K. Nishikawa (19)
POG: K. Nishikawa 2-4, R, 2 RBI, HR

7/11: MAD 7, PHO 0
WP: J. Polledo (9-3, 2.49), LP: R. Lopes (6-9, 3.87)
HR: D. Chamings (9), M. Kuono (14)
POG: J. Polledo 9.0 IP, 3 H, 2K
Columbus acquired 30 year RF Tomas Gonzalez from Indianapolis.
Hollis Lee (NAS) collected hit number 3000

7/12: PHO 8, MAD 3
WP: R. Wurzbach (1-0, 0.00), LP: A. Johnson (5-6, 3.40)
HR: A. Huggins (8), D. Browingin (11), H. Fukuda (6)
POG: H. Fukada 1-4, R, 3 RBI, HR
Ends the Mallards 9 game winning streak

7/13: MAD 3, NY 2
WP: P. Juarez (10-2, 3.81), LP: F. Hernandez (3-6, 3.19), SV: L. Bishop (5)
HR: Nishikawa (20)
POG: K. Nishikawa 2-4, R, 3 RBI, HR
V. Davenport (NAS) hits for the cycle (2nd this season)

7/14: NY 15, MAD 5
WP: S. Myers (10-9, 3.33), LP: G. Davis (7-4, 5.07)
HR: R. Ricks (8), D. Johnson (9), K. Nishikawa (21), M. Ruiz (17), D. Chamings (10)
POG: D. Johnson 3-6, 3 R, 5, RBI, HR
Davis only lasted 3 innings and allowing 6 ER, In relief Davila lasted 1.1 allowing 5 ER and Salazar last 0.1 allowing 2 ER. On a positive note V. Houston pitched 2 innings allowing 0 ER. The leash on G. Davis is going to start getting short in favor of V. Houston.

7/15: MAD 7, NY 6
WP: K. Campbell (12-5, 2.89), LP: A. Robinson (8-7, 3.87), SV: Tavares (25)
HR: L. Stevenson (18), M. Ruiz (18)
POG: L. Stevenson 2-4, R, 5 RBI, HR
A nervous 9th inning as Bishop and Tavares allowed 3 earned runs

Next Week: 3 @ Baltimore (54-42), 3 vs. Tampa (39-57)

Players of the Week
NL – Ross Richards (JAC) 12-28, 4 HR, 11 RBI (1x)
AL – A. Waddingham (HOU) 13-31, 3 HR, 4 RBI, 8 R (2x)

Who are the ABL career leaders in complete games
Donald Patrick, LB, 70
Orlando Franco, -, 68
Elton West, MEM, 58
Dane Binzer, -, 55
Tom Cooley, SF, 54

Mallard News
7/10: Marc Callahan (A – Moreno Valley) was suspended for 5 games for a bench clearing brawl.
7/12: Miguel Ruiz is continuing to look for a contract to extend his stay in Madison. His current starting point is 3 years at $24 million, that is up significantly from his earlier request of $16.5 million. The dilemma is he is better than any of my other options. Defensively he is top notch.
7/12: Looking over next years contracts. G. Martinez will be in his last year of arbitration, with the possibility of Free Agency. He is looking for 3 years at $18.5 million per year. That is a tough number to swallow given my salary commitment are already at $110 million. It is a deal that I can do in 2013 for 2014 but not this year.
7/15: Mallards will receive Compensation picks in 2nd, 3rd and 4th rounds as they did not sign draft picks from those rounds.
7/15 – North Berwick remains number one in the power rankings in AA (134.5) with a record of 59-23