| Breaking News |  | Friday, August 23rd, 2019: Carbaja Bangs Out 5 Base Hits
"It was like I was hitting little league pitching," said Bernardo Carbaja after his 5-hit performance against the Roughnecks. "No offense meant to Chesapeake, but I could see the ball that well. But this wasn't a kid league park, it was Ballpark of Santa Ana!"
The Santa Ana catcher had a fantastic day at the plate, knocking out 5 hits in 5 at-bats and pacing his club to a 8-0 victory.
His manager elaborated after the game to the press, saying, "Bernardo worked the entire offseason on trying to shorten his swing and stay inside the ball and the hard work is paying off in base hits."
"That's what I'm trying to do," Carbaja said. "Be quick to the ball and let it travel a little farther so I get a better look at it."
B. Carbaja hit an RBI single in the 1st, hit an RBI double in the 3rd, singled in the 5th, doubled in the 7th and singled in the 9th.
So far this season Carbaja is batting .278 with 1 home run, 20 RBIs and 26 runs scored. He has 52 hits in 187 at-bats, 12 walks and a .340 OBP. Carbaja has played in 52 games.
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 | Monday, August 12th, 2019: Gutiérrez Gets 5 Hits
It was a hits blitz for Félix Gutiérrez at Doom Ballpark. The Wolf Point Doom first baseman tore into Santa Ana for 5 hits in 5 at-bats to pace Doom to a 22-2 victory and wrote his name into the baseball record book.
The manager for the Diamondbacks bemoaned his pitching, saying, "We fell behind and weren't locating well. Once you get behind in the count, you have to make real good pitches, rather than good pitches, and we weren't able to do that today." He added, "Not to take anything away from Gutiérrez, but bad location was the story of the ballgame. That's why we lost the game."
F. Gutiérrez singled in the 1st, singled in the 2nd, singled in the 3rd, singled in the 4th, singled in the 6th, walked in the 8th and walked in the 9th.
Year-to-date in 51 games Gutiérrez has compiled a .392 batting average with 87 hits and 3 home runs. He has also scored 40 times and knocked in 35 runs.
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 | Thursday, August 1st, 2019: Hot Hitter! Pinto Blisters Smokey Point!
It was high-5 day at Ballpark of Santa Ana, at least for Jorge Pinto of the Santa Ana Diamondbacks. He got a lot of high-5's from his teammates for his outstanding hitting against the Smokey Point Clarions. Pinto smashed 5 hits in 7 at-bats on a his record-setting day, leading his club to a 14-13 win.
His manager said, "Jorge was hitting everything. It really was a special game for him."
In the other dugout the opposing manager told SION beat writers, "He ambushed my boys today. Obviously we didn't have much success against him, but luckily, tomorrow is another day. Hopefully it will be our day to shine."
J. Pinto singled in the 1st, singled in the 4th, hit an RBI double in the 5th, grounded out in the 6th, walked in the 7th, walked in the 9th, singled in the 11th, grounded out in the 13th and hit a solo-shot off T. Wright in the 16th.
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| Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | P Qui-li Shuo | bone chips (elbow) | 5 months | Not on DL |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 27-35, .435 PCT | | Position in Division | 4th, 15.0 GB | | Record at home | 11-20, .355 PCT | | Record on the road | 16-15, .516 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 6-1, .857 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 9-7, .563 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 4-9, .308 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 23-26, .469 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 5-5, .500 PCT | | Record in June | 4-8, .333 PCT | | Record in July | 12-16, .429 PCT | | Record in August | 11-11, .500 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .252 - 7th in SL1 | | On-Base Percentage | .304 - 7th in SL1 | | Slugging Percentage | .322 - 7th in SL1 | | On-Base + Slugging | .625 - 7th in SL1 | | Runs Scored | 237 - 7th in SL1 | | Hits | 553 - 7th in SL1 | | Extra-Base Hits | 120 - tied for 5th in SL1 | | Home Runs | 12 - 6th in SL1 | | Bases-On-Balls | 139 - 6th in SL1 | | Strikeouts | 243 - 5th in SL1 | | Stolen Bases | 43 - 3rd in SL1 |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.48 - 8th in SL1 | | Starters' ERA | 4.39 - 7th in SL1 | | Bullpen ERA | 4.63 - 8th in SL1 | | Runs allowed | 325 - 7th in SL1 | | Hits allowed | 659 - 8th in SL1 | | Opponents AVG | .293 - 8th in SL1 | | BABIP | .321 - 8th in SL1 | | Home Runs allowed | 15 - 4th in SL1 | | Bases-On-Balls | 168 - 5th in SL1 | | Strikeouts | 225 - 5th in SL1 |
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