Things remain incredibly tight across the board heading into June, with the Blues' 4-game margin in the South still the widest margin of the four divisions.
In what has become a definite pattern for the PBL, the bats are slowly starting to heat up after the pitchers hold sway in the early going.
Monthly Award Winners
Northwest League- Batter – Jesse Burkett (Las Vegas): 357 / 2 HR / 11 RBI
- Pitcher – Greg Maddux (Boston): 6-1 / 1.32 / 31 K / 61.1 IP
Southeast League- Batter – John Olerud (Carolina): 379 / 6 HR / 24 RBI
- Pitcher – Pete Alexander (Kansas City): 4-0 / 2.07 / 36 K / 61 IP
Weekly Award Winners- 3rd: Bill Dickey (Las Vegas) / Lou Gehrig (Kansas City)
- 10th: Jacob deGrom (New York) / Johnny Damon (Virginia)
- 17th: Cole Hamels (Portland) / Mel Ott (Carolina)
- 24th: Rafael Palmeiro (Boston) / Buck Leonard (Virginia)
- 31st: Oscar Charleston (New York) / Albert Pujols (Florida)
Milestones- 100 SV: Pink Hawley
- 100 HR: Frank Thomas, Robinson Cano
Other Observations and Points of Interest- Jerry Koosman picks up just his 3rd PBL win and first since 1961.
- Mookie Betts, who belted 31 HR last season, needs 113 AB for his first in this one. Cristobal Torriente, who has 20+ in each of his four seasons to date, needs 144.
- Zack Wheat hits just his 5th career HR, Willie Stargell his 3rd.
- KC's Pete Alexander and Carolina's George Uhle both remain unbeaten at 9-0.
- LA continues to struggle, losing 10 straight at one point, and have the league's worst record at 19-35, 9 games out of first in the West.
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