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11th to 17th August, 2059

Results

vs Vienna Whistlers (4th): Loss 1-4, Win 4-1, Loss 4-7
vs Paris Black Cats (11th): Win 11-9, Win 7-3, Loss 2-9

Sheffield record and standing: 65-53, 7th.

A good week for

Fans of the Hares. Results aside, the surprise return of top prospect Eskinder Ali and Honduran star Sergio Rutz from injury in the same week had fans very excited for results to improve.

Fortunately for those fans, Eskinder Ali and Sergio Rutz both came back with a bang, rocking a 1.089 and 1.413 OP respectively. Admittedly Rutz only had 7 at bats, but their combined 3 home runs (2 for Ali, 1 for Rutz) had fans singing their names at the top of their lungs.

Eskinder Ali’s return on the mound also deserves a mention; he went 5 innings and gave up only 1 run in a 7-4 loss to the Whistlers.

Espen Aas found his WBL groove having struggled in his first week, netting his first home run for the team, and going 2 for 8 at the plate.

Jesus Morales also had an improved week at the plate, going 6 for 16, with 3 RBIS and an OPS just over 1.000

Nestor Berrios racked up two saves, giving up only 1 hit and no runs in 3 innings as the Hares’ most reliable closer.

Starters struggled this week, but Giobbe Marinello deserves a mention here. He went deep, going 7 innings while only giving up 2 runs in a 7-3 win against Paris.

A bad week for

Alois Herzog, who gave up 8 runs in 12 innings in his 2 starts with a WHIP of 1.9.

Rob Graham and Ilyas Muraguri both hit for OPS’ below .500, with .211 and .118 batting averages respectively.

Home run watch

Eskinder Ali 2 (8)
Santiago Padilla 2 (6)
Adam Koehler 2 (22)
Kolya Saetgaliev 1 (10)
Espen Aas 1 (1)
Jason Portman 1 (5)
Sergio Rutz 1 (19)

Thoughts

3-3 is fine if unspectacular for the week’s fixtures, however the return of Rutz and Ali, two of my favourite players, has me very much on a high, and hopeful for the final quarter of the season.