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4th to 10th August, 2059

at Quito Cinchonas (7th in South America): Loss 2-3 (10), Win 5-4, Loss 2-6

At Mogadishu Seashells (13th in Africa): Loss 4-7, Loss 3-7, Win 9-1.

Sheffield Mountain Hares record and standing: 62-50, 7th

A good week for

Adam Koehler, Werner Schilchegger, Ilyas Muraguri and Tuan Samual all racked up OPS’ over 1.000. Schilchegger did this over an impressive 21 at bats.

Rob Graham showed some signs of getting out of his extended slump, hitting for a .333 average and an OPS of .845.

Yushua bin Saqr put in probably the best start of the week, going 6 innings and giving up just 1 run, with an impressive 0.67 WHIP in the Hares’ 9-1 win against Mogadishu.

Moroccan reliever Aladdin Ngunda gave up no runs in 4 innings over 2 games.

A bad week for

Jesus Morales, the centre-fielder managed only 2 hits in 24 at bats.

The Swedish top prospect Espen Aas’ first week in the majors didn’t go as planned, as he hit for a paltry average of .071.

Alois Herzog, the generally reliable starting pitcher was hit for 6 runs in just 3.2 innings before being taken off in his start this week, a 7-3 loss to the Mogadishu Seashells.

Home run watch

Tuan Samual 2 (4)
Jason Portman 1 (4)
Santiago Padilla 1 (4)
Werner Schilchegger 1 (11)
Ilyas Muraguri 1 (11)
Adam Koehler 1 (20)
Tony Ramirez 1 (2)

Thoughts

2 series lost in a row is never good, and a 2-4 record for the week is disappointing. Although one loss was in extra-innings, the rest weren’t particularly close, usually thanks to both pitching and hitting being poor. I hope we bounce back from this week, which has us in 7th place for the first time in a long time and well back from any hope of a wildcard spot to the playoffs. I take some positivity from Rob Graham's good week though, and am not too worried about Espen Aas disappointing start, it's early days yet!