You know, DJ Larocca has been good this season -- but his August was unreal. Fresh off a hamstring injury in July, he doubled his home run total in a single month, jumping from 10 to 20, and arguably kept the Rams in the Wild Card hunt.
The Wellington Bees may have fallen to the bottom of the NZ South Division, but at least the fans have the antics of 2B Stuart Ellis to enjoy. The ball looks like a beach ball to this switch hitter as he picks up hit after hit.
His most memorable game of the month was against the Penrith Blues, when his solo home run tied the game in the 7th. The Bees would go on to win.
It’s been tough to score on Ropiha this month. He put together a 17-inning scoreless streak and capped the month (separate from that streak) with a CGSO against the Hawkes Bay Moonshots -- who might be getting used to being shut out, considering they suffered the same fate against the next guy too.
It’s been an incredible season for Espley so far, and he stepped it up in August with some of his most iconic games yet. First, there was a no-hitter against the Hawkes Bay Moonshots -- Espley protected a 1–0 lead, striking out 11 Moonshot hitters and walking two.
He backed that up in his next game with a CGSO against the Counties Manukau Stallions, again with 11 strikeouts.
