Well, not only did we sweep Pittsburgh, we won the first two games of the Boston series to extend the winning streak to 16 games before losing on Sunday. We now have a 5 game lead in the Fed. There is still a lot of baseball left and a lot can happen--in mid-July the Chiefs were trailing the Miners by 4 games after all. And 7 of the next 10 games are with St. Louis (4 this week in St. Louis). The Pioneers can be a dangerous club, so this is their chance to get back into the race.
The Chiefs finished July at 19-9 (.679) and are 36-18 (.667) at home and 31-19 (.620) on the road.
7/27 vs Pittsburgh, W, 2-3 (13)
7/28 vs Pittsburgh, W, 11-12 (10)
7/29 vs Pittsburgh, W, 4-6
7/30 vs Pittsburgh, W, 1-7
7/31 vs Boston, W, 2-6
8/1 vs Boston, W, 1-2 (12)
8/2 vs Boston, L, 8-5
Top Performances
- Bennie Griffith: .400/.455/.667, 1 2B, 2 3B, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 5 R
- Ron Rattigan: .438/.471/.531, 1 2B, 1 3B, 6 RBI, 4 R
- Pete Layton: .323/.382/.613, 3 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 7 R
- Ron Coles: 0-0, 0.93 ERA (19.1 IP, 11 H, 3 R, 7 K)
Pete Layton wasn't quite as blistering hot last week, but his July was enough to win the Batter of the Month award in the Fed. For July, Layton hit .432/.492/.712 with 8 HR and 30 RBI.
Bennie Griffith also had a strong July as he is establishing himself as the starting center fielder: .351/.405/.571, 5 2B, 3 3B, 2 HR, 9 RBI, 16 R.
Ron Coles was the definition of a hard luck pitcher last week. He had two great starts (on Saturday he allowed 1 run in 11 innings). Both games went into extra innings, and while the club won both of the games, Coles wasn't involved in either decision.
Al Miller won his 4th Rookie of the Month award.
