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SCHEDULE:
1 vs Alaska
3 @ Milwaukee
3 vs Denver

RESULTS:

• 9/5: Florida 6 Alaska 1
• W-Pollock (15-9 3.81) L-Bournes (6-5 4.87)
• HR: FLA-Adams (17*)
• POTG: Pollock CG 7 H 1 ER 7 K 123 pitches

• Shoshichi Katagiri (BUF) struck out 6 in a 4-0 win over San Antonio. He's 3-3 4.30 since the Nickels acquired him from Phoenix earlier this year

• 9/6: Milwaukee 7 Florida 3
• W-J Mendoza (9-7 4.06) L-Samvdio (16-11 3.12) S-Provost (27)
• HR: FLA-Chase (40)
• POTG: J Mendoza 7 IP 6 H 2 ER 9 K

• 9/7: Florida 11 Milwaukee 9
• W-Coronado (8-4 3.60) L-Stanfield (6-10 6.15)
• HR: FLA-Elizondo (9) Chase 2 (42) Bursey 2 (19) MIL-Ayala 2 (3) Knipp (6)
• POTG: D Ayala 3-5 2B (2) 2 HR ties Milwaukee club record with 7 RBI

• The win clinches the AL East with 9 games to go. Cortezo due back tomorrow. We'll start giving days off and mixing in starts for September call-ups.

• 9/8: Florida 6 Milwaukee 1
• W-Willoughby (21-4 4.40) L-Moya (8-17 4.87)
• HR: FLA-Ogden (1) Hayashi 2 (25) MIL-Faulcon (15)
• POTG: Willoughby CG 3 H 1 ER 8 K Retired 1st 17. 100 pitches

• 9/9: Florida 8 Denver 1
• W-Sugihara (15-10 3.84) L-Bowman (0-2 6.23) S-Ballard (2)
• HR: FLA-Funicello (12) Hayashi (26) Hallamore (17)
• POTG: Sugihara 5 IP 4 H 1 ER 8 K Ballard 4 IP 1 H 6 K
• Sugihara comes out after 5. He's got some back issues and will head to the DL for 10 days at least. Luis Balderas will move into the rotation from the bullpen

• Arturo Mendoza (STL) scattered 6 hits in beating Phoenix 1-0. He struck out 8 to move to 8-11 4.97. He's hitting .277 with 11 HR and 31 RBI in 60 games at 3B.

• 9/10: Florida 8 Denver 5
• W-Balderas (3-5 6.15) L-Duenas (0-8 6.92) S-Turner (27)
• HR: DEN-Futrell (36) A Lee (4) Preece (15) FLA-Flores (9) Adams (18) Nakamura (12)
• POTG: Nakamura 2-3 BB HR 2 R 2 RBI (45)

• Talib bin-Musa (LV) won his 15th (15-10 4.63) on a 5-hit shutout of Alaska.
• Nehemiah Waith (POR) scattered 9 hits in beating Texas 4-0. He's 8-13 6.21

• 9/11: Florida 10 Denver 0
• W-Pollock (16-9 3.70) L-Daugherty (8-12 3.47)
• HR: FLA-Chase (43)
• POTG: Pollock 6 IP 5 H 1 BB 4 K
• Bursey 3-4 3B (5) R 3 RBI (81) CS (5) Cooke, Skeens, Umoh 3 IP 2 H 6 K

• AL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Dan Goodman (MEM) 11-25 5 HR 7 RBI (.276-43-114)
• NL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Juan Reyna (KC) 12-23 3 HR 10 RBI (.296-29-100)

• RECORD: 6-1 (95-52)
• STANDINGS: 1st +23
• RUNS FOR: 848 2nd
• RUNS AGAINST: 619 1st
• DEFENSE: .701 1st
• POWER RANKINGS:

1. Washington
2. Florida
3. Pittsburgh
4. Ohio
5. Los Angeles