A 6-0 week; we definitely needed that after being just 4-9 through mid-July. We are now riding a 10-game winning streak and are tied with Pittsburgh for the top spot in the Fed. And the Miners are coming to town for a big 4-game series starting today.
7/20 Off day
7/21 vs Washington, W, 0-1
7/22 vs Washington, W, 5-8
7/23 vs Washington, W, 1-5
7/24 vs Philadelphia, W, 4-6
7/25 vs Philadelphia, W, 1-3
7/26 vs Philadelphia, W, 0-10
Top Performances
- Pete Layton: .500/.542/.818, 1 2B, 2 HR, 10 RBI, 5 R
- Bill White: .364/.391/.545, 1 2B, 1 HR, 5 RBI, 6 R
- Al Miller: 2-0, 0.00 ERA
- Rabbit Day: 1-0, 0.90 ERA
I want to highlight just what kind of month that
Pete Layton is having. His slash line for July is .466/.530/.739. His OPS+ is 221 and wRC+ is 237, both of which are leading the Fed by a good margin. Pittsburgh is coming to town with a hot bat of its own:
Lou Kelly was the FA Player of the Week last week when he hit 6 home runs, half of his season total of 13. Kelly is hitting .345/.392/.538 on the season.
This week was all about the pitching. If there were any doubts creeping in about the performances of
Al Miller and
Rabbit Day since the all-star break, this week alleviated them. After giving up 6 runs in 6 innings on July 15th against Washington in the worst start of his career (game score of 28), Miller threw two shutouts last week (which were the first shutouts and the best starts of his career; both had a game score of 80). Since he just pitched yesterday, he is not scheduled to pitch in the Pittsburgh series.
