| Breaking News |  | Sunday, August 11th, 2019: Hooray for Smith! Hammers 5 Hits!
Eli Smith really sizzled at the plate today. In a game played at Knighthawks Ballpark, the New Haven left fielder blistered the Chesapeake Roughnecks for 5 hits in 5 at-bats to pace his club to a 9-5 victory.
"Smith was too tough to get out today," the Roughnecks skipper said in his postgame interview. "No matter what we threw him, he hit it. And he hit some good pitches, too."
E. Smith singled in the 1st, singled in the 3rd, hit an RBI single in the 4th, singled in the 6th and hit a two-run home run off A. Cabrera in the 7th.
Thus far this season Smith is hitting .362 with 1 home run, 25 RBIs and 22 runs scored. He has 68 hits in 188 at-bats and has played in 48 games.
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 | Friday, August 9th, 2019: 5-5 Day for Yamanoue
Players get multi-hit games all the time. But a 5-hit game only comes around once in a blue moon. It happened at Roughnecks Ballpark when Yoshinaka Yamanoue of Chesapeake scattered 5 hits all over the ballpark against the New Haven Knighthawks.
He walloped 5 hits in 5 at-bats in his career-day performance to help the Roughnecks get by the Knighthawks 15-4.
In a talkative and jovial mood after the game, the catcher of the Roughnecks exclaimed, "Whoa, my swing was really, really there today. I made some good, sweet-spot contact and when that happens...good things happen...like 5-5. I could get used to a lot of days like this one."
Y. Yamanoue singled in the 3rd, hit an RBI single in the 4th, hit a two-run double in the 6th, singled in the 7th and hit a solo-shot off L. Middleton in the 8th.
Looking at his season stats, Yamanoue has compiled a .258 batting average and a .297 on-base percentage, while hitting 2 home runs and driving in 19 runs.
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 | Wednesday, July 3rd, 2019: Catron Holds Shinglehouse Scoreless
New Haven's Ernest Catron brought his "A game" to the park, shutting down and shutting out the Shinglehouse Whalers 2-0. He racked up 7 strikeouts, surrendered 3 hits and issued no walks on his way to the victory.
In 2 starts this season Catron has gathered 2 wins while suffering 1 loss. He has pitched 21.2 innings, allowed 9 hits, struck out 16 and has a 0.42 ERA.
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| Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | P Dillon Higgins | torn back muscle | 8 weeks | Not on DL |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 25-37, .403 PCT | | Position in Division | 3rd, 13.0 GB | | Record at home | 14-17, .452 PCT | | Record on the road | 11-20, .355 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 0-6, .000 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 6-11, .353 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 7-9, .438 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 18-28, .391 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 3-7, .300 PCT | | Record in June | 7-5, .583 PCT | | Record in July | 12-16, .429 PCT | | Record in August | 6-16, .273 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .268 - 5th in SL1 | | On-Base Percentage | .321 - 5th in SL1 | | Slugging Percentage | .337 - 5th in SL1 | | On-Base + Slugging | .658 - 5th in SL1 | | Runs Scored | 257 - 4th in SL1 | | Hits | 585 - 4th in SL1 | | Extra-Base Hits | 124 - 3rd in SL1 | | Home Runs | 10 - 7th in SL1 | | Bases-On-Balls | 169 - 4th in SL1 | | Strikeouts | 232 - 4th in SL1 | | Stolen Bases | 15 - 8th in SL1 |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.22 - 7th in SL1 | | Starters' ERA | 4.01 - 6th in SL1 | | Bullpen ERA | 4.61 - 7th in SL1 | | Runs allowed | 330 - 8th in SL1 | | Hits allowed | 635 - 6th in SL1 | | Opponents AVG | .282 - 5th in SL1 | | BABIP | .310 - 6th in SL1 | | Home Runs allowed | 21 - 8th in SL1 | | Bases-On-Balls | 173 - tied for 6th in SL1 | | Strikeouts | 249 - 3rd in SL1 |
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