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Aurora Sonics (AAA) 08-16-1998
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| Breaking News |  | Thursday, August 13th, 1998: 28-Game Streak Ends, Merloni Hitless
Aurora brought Lou Merloni's hitting spree to a screeching halt today in its 8-3 victory over Belgrade at Ponies Ballpark. The Sonics mound staff snapped the 27-year-old second baseman's hitting streak at 28 games. Merloni failed to get a hit in 3 at-bats to end it.
Merloni is presently batting .313 with 8 home runs, 55 runs scored and 66 RBIs. His OBP is .390. |
| Monday, August 3rd, 1998: Norton Sticks it to SL2 Pitchers
There's nothing like being in the prime of your baseball career -- and playing like it. Just ask Greg Norton, the Aurora third baseman, who swung a sweet bat all week to not only aid his team, but also pick up the Sub League 2 Player of the Week honors.
Norton piled up 11 hits in 24 at-bats, 3 home runs and 9 RBIs while hitting .458.
So far in 1998 Norton has hit .284 with 21 home runs and 82 RBIs. He has played in 99 games and scored 76 times. |
| Saturday, August 1st, 1998: Beltre Wins Best Bat Trophy in July
Even though he is a newcomer to MLB Triple A, Adrian Beltre put up some good numbers in July and brought home the SL2 Batter of the Month trophy.
He was one of Aurora's offensive leaders with a .358 average in 27 games. He also racked up 9 home runs, 27 RBIs and 26 runs scored.
A look at his 1998 stats shows Beltre with a .304 average, 35 home runs, 112 RBIs and 91 runs scored. He has played in 107 games.
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| Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | C Bill Haselman | fractured foot | 3 weeks | Not on DL |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 78-47, .624 PCT | | Position in Division | 1st, - GB | | Record at home | 38-24, .613 PCT | | Record on the road | 40-23, .635 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 5-3, .625 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 15-13, .536 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 18-14, .563 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 60-33, .645 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 5-5, .500 PCT | | Record in April | 20-8, .714 PCT | | Record in May | 20-9, .690 PCT | | Record in June | 15-11, .577 PCT | | Record in July | 15-13, .536 PCT | | Record in August | 8-6, .571 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .281 - 1st in SL2 | | On-Base Percentage | .358 - 2nd in SL2 | | Slugging Percentage | .431 - 1st in SL2 | | On-Base + Slugging | .789 - 1st in SL2 | | Runs Scored | 761 - 1st in SL2 | | Hits | 1251 - 1st in SL2 | | Extra-Base Hits | 395 - 2nd in SL2 | | Home Runs | 126 - 2nd in SL2 | | Bases-On-Balls | 542 - 2nd in SL2 | | Strikeouts | 841 - 4th in SL2 | | Stolen Bases | 123 - 3rd in SL2 |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.78 - 5th in SL2 | | Starters' ERA | 3.80 - 3rd in SL2 | | Bullpen ERA | 3.74 - 6th in SL2 | | Runs allowed | 507 - 3rd in SL2 | | Hits allowed | 959 - 1st in SL2 | | Opponents AVG | .228 - 1st in SL2 | | BABIP | .277 - 1st in SL2 | | Home Runs allowed | 102 - 11th in SL2 | | Bases-On-Balls | 500 - 10th in SL2 | | Strikeouts | 1006 - 2nd in SL2 |
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