Friday, May 13, 2011

From the Notes - May 13th

Silver Hawks Team Hitting: .243 – 8th                  
Silver Hawks Team Pitching: 3.77 ERA – 8th

Hot Rods Team Hitting: .231 – 15th                                 
Hot Rods Team Pitching: 3.91 ERA – T-12th

LAST GAME:  A four run fourth innings was the difference in West Michigan’s 5-3 defeat of the South Bend Silver Hawks on Thursday night.  Three singles against Jeff Shields (LP, 1-4) started the inning and loaded the bases, then Steven Moya and Jeff Rowland had back-to-back two run doubles to turn a 2-1 deficit into a 5-2 lead.  Kevin Eichhorn (WP, 2-2) allowed only two runs against his former organization.  Raywilly Gomez and Jhoan Pimentel had a RBI each for the Silver Hawks, who remained tied with West Michigan in the Eastern Division standings after splitting the four game series.

TEAM NOTES:

·         The Silver Hawks bullpen has allowed just six earned runs in the last 55.2 innings pitched (0.97 ERA since April 28th).

·         The defense has turned 36 double plays in 34 games this season – ranking third in the league.

·         The team is in the middle of a six-day, eight-game road trip to West Michigan and Bowling Green.  Currently 2-2 on trip.

INDIVIDUAL NOTES:

·         Yazy Arbelo ranks 1st in the MWL with nine home runs and 29 RBIs.

·         Raywilly Gomez had a 6 game hitting streak come to a close last night.  His streak is tied with Mike Freeman for longest on team.

·         Eury De La Rosa has stretched his consecutive scoreless innings streak to 10.0 – tying Tyler Green for team high.

·         Blake Cooper has not allowed a run in his last 8.1 innings pitched. 

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