| Breaking News |  | Tuesday, August 20th, 2013: Hooray for García! Hammers 5 Hits!
"Ever since I picked up my first bat my coaches were always saying to keep your eye on the ball, don't overswing... just make contact and ya never know what'll happen," St. Paul's Pablo García told reporters after the game. "That's all I did today. I made contact and it turned out well."
It definitely turn out well for García today as he collected 5 hits in 6 at-bats against Pacolet. It turned out well for his team, too, as the Swing knocked off the Prancing Pansies 11-1 at Field of the Swing.
P. García doubled in the 1st, hit a three-run home run off M. Mei in the 2nd, flied out in the 3rd, singled in the 5th, hit an RBI single in the 6th and hit a solo-shot off K. Oka in the 8th.
This year García is batting .243 with 16 home runs and 72 RBIs.
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 | Sunday, August 18th, 2013: Chávez Smacks 6 Hits for Prancing Pansies
6 hits in a game doesn't happen every day. Pacolet's Jorge Chávez had a very special day against the Swing when everything came together for him and he did just that -- collected 6 hits in 6 at-bats -- and led the Pacolet Prancing Pansies to a 6-3 win at Prancing Pansies Ballpark.
"I'm just out there to try and help the team win," Chávez said after the game, "I had some real good at-bats today. I made good, solid contact and luckily no one caught 'em."
J. Chávez doubled in the 1st, singled in the 3rd, doubled in the 6th, singled in the 8th, singled in the 10th and hit a three-run home run off L. MacNidder in the 11th.
This season in 121 games, Chávez has hit at a .296 clip with 134 hits, 14 home runs, 68 RBIs and 72 runs scored.
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 | Friday, August 9th, 2013: Zero Hour: Salas Blanks Talons
Pedro Salas of the St. Paul Swing was firing on all cylinders against the Phoenix Talons. He blanked them 5-0 on 1 hit and posted 10 strikeouts and no walks.
This season to date, Salas has fashioned a 12-7 mark and 3.36 ERA in 155.1 innings. Opposing clubs are batting .242 against him and he has logged 107 strikeouts.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 69-61, .531 PCT | | Position in Division | 1st, - GB | | Record at home | 37-28, .569 PCT | | Record on the road | 32-33, .492 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 6-7, .462 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 14-22, .389 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 17-25, .405 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 52-36, .591 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 7-3, .700 PCT | | Record in April | 15-13, .536 PCT | | Record in May | 14-15, .483 PCT | | Record in June | 13-13, .500 PCT | | Record in July | 17-11, .607 PCT | | Record in August | 10-9, .526 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .279 - 3rd in EL | | On-Base Percentage | .337 - 2nd in EL | | Slugging Percentage | .397 - 4th in EL | | On-Base + Slugging | .734 - 2nd in EL | | Runs Scored | 601 - 5th in EL | | Hits | 1276 - 3rd in EL | | Extra-Base Hits | 340 - 9th in EL | | Home Runs | 86 - tied for 7th in EL | | Bases-On-Balls | 328 - tied for 9th in EL | | Strikeouts | 817 - 16th in EL | | Stolen Bases | 96 - 6th in EL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.61 - 7th in EL | | Starters' ERA | 3.93 - 12th in EL | | Bullpen ERA | 2.91 - 2nd in EL | | Runs allowed | 519 - 5th in EL | | Hits allowed | 1162 - 5th in EL | | Opponents AVG | .258 - 4th in EL | | BABIP | .299 - 7th in EL | | Home Runs allowed | 83 - 11th in EL | | Bases-On-Balls | 322 - 7th in EL | | Strikeouts | 813 - 5th in EL |
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