From the Notes - June 14th

South Bend Silver Hawks (31-32 Overall)
@ Lansing Lugnuts (35-26 Overall)

 Cooley Law School Stadium, Lansing, Michigan – 7:05 PM Eastern Time

                                                                                   

Season Series: 4-3 Lugnuts
@ Coveleski Stadium: 4-3 Lugnuts
@ Cooley Stadium: 0-0 Tie

Silver Hawks Team Hitting: .255 – 4th                  
Silver Hawks Team Pitching: 3.80 ERA – 8th

Lugnuts Team Hitting: .260 – T-2nd                                 
Lugnuts Team Pitching: 3.81 ERA – 9th

LAST GAME:  The Peoria Chiefs completed a three game sweep of the Silver Hawks on Sunday afternoon, winning 5-1 in the series finale.  Greg Rohan had two hits and two RBIs while Richard Jones had a two run double to lead Peoria.  Austin Kirk (WP, 4-2) threw 6.0 innings without allowing a run, striking out seven in the winning effort.  Patrick Schuster (LP, 5-3) turned in his ninth quality start in 12 tries, but suffered the loss for South Bend.  Mike Freeman had two hits for the Silver Hawks and extended his hitting streak to 15 games – the second longest in the league this season. 

TEAM NOTES:

·         Playoff Chase:  The Hawks are 5.0 games out of first and 4.5 out of the wild card with six to play in the first half.

·         The Silver Hawks allowed 11 runs on 16 hits on Saturday – both season highs.

·         The pitching staff has thrown five shutouts since May 20^th, yet had none before that point.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES:

·         Yazy Arbelo ranks 1st in the MWL with 16 home runs, 51 RBIs, .595 Slugging PCT, 36 XBH, and 128 Total Bases. 

·         Mike Freeman has a team high 15 game hit streak.  He’s hit in 26 of his last 28 games to raise his average from .209 to .280. 

·         David Holmberg has not allowed a run in his last 21.0 innings pitched – dating back to May 22^nd at Great Lakes.

·         Chris Odegaard had not allowed a run in 10.2 innings with the Silver Hawks.