| Breaking News |  | Saturday, August 2nd, 2014: Cameron's 20-Game Hitting Streak Ends
The Zhengzhou Monks lost to the Samoan Navigators 4-1 today at Monks Ballpark, but perhaps the bigger news was the end of Boyd Cameron's 20-game hitting streak.
"We felt if we could slow down Cameron, we would win the game," the Navigators manager explained after the game. "They really seemed to feed off of his streak, so we really wanted to make sure they had nothing to feed off of."
Thus far this season Cameron is hitting .346 with 10 home runs, 49 RBIs and 27 runs scored. He has 101 hits in 292 at-bats and has played in 87 games.
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 | Friday, August 1st, 2014: Hit Parade: Ortíz Pops 5 Hits
It was high-5 day at Monks Ballpark, at least for Francisco Ortíz of the Zhengzhou Monks. He got a lot of high-5's from his teammates for his outstanding hitting against the Chihuahua Dorados. Ortíz smashed 5 hits in 7 at-bats on his record-setting day, leading his club to a 5-4 win.
His manager said, "Francisco was hitting everything. It really was a special game for him."
In the other dugout the opposing manager told BNN 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."
F. Ortíz singled in the 2nd, singled in the 4th, singled in the 6th, struck out in the 7th, flied out in the 10th, doubled in the 12th, was hit by a pitch in the 14th and singled in the 16th.
Ortíz is hitting .260 in 2014 with 4 home runs, 42 RBIs and 50 runs scored. He has 100 hits in 385 at-bats and played in 103 games.
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 | Friday, August 1st, 2014: Super Swinger -- Sandoval Slams 5 Hits
José Sandoval put on a hitting clinic today as the Monks dumped the Dorados 5-4 at Monks Ballpark. The Zhengzhou second baseman sprayed hits all over the ballpark by lashing Chihuahua pitching for 5 hits in 9 at-bats in the game.
He told BNN reporters after the game that he just hit it where they pitched it. "Too often I try to pull the ball too much. Today I just went with the pitch."
J. Sandoval flied out in the 1st, singled in the 3rd, singled in the 5th, grounded out in the 6th, flied out in the 8th, singled in the 11th, singled in the 13th, flied out in the 15th and hit an RBI single in the 16th.
Currently Sandoval is batting .318 with 83 hits and 4 home runs. He has knocked in 31 runs and scored 30 times.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 59-71, .454 PCT | | Position in Division | 5th, 18.0 GB | | Record at home | 36-29, .554 PCT | | Record on the road | 23-42, .354 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 10-3, .769 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 19-23, .452 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 20-21, .488 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 39-50, .438 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 4-6, .400 PCT | | Record in April | 13-15, .464 PCT | | Record in May | 12-17, .414 PCT | | Record in June | 13-13, .500 PCT | | Record in July | 14-14, .500 PCT | | Record in August | 7-12, .368 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .279 - 3rd in WL | | On-Base Percentage | .334 - 6th in WL | | Slugging Percentage | .398 - 6th in WL | | On-Base + Slugging | .732 - 6th in WL | | Runs Scored | 588 - tied for 9th in WL | | Hits | 1310 - 3rd in WL | | Extra-Base Hits | 338 - 11th in WL | | Home Runs | 94 - 6th in WL | | Bases-On-Balls | 346 - 13th in WL | | Strikeouts | 865 - 18th in WL | | Stolen Bases | 51 - 15th in WL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.04 - 10th in WL | | Starters' ERA | 3.89 - 9th in WL | | Bullpen ERA | 4.48 - 13th in WL | | Runs allowed | 644 - 14th in WL | | Hits allowed | 1318 - 17th in WL | | Opponents AVG | .280 - 15th in WL | | BABIP | .325 - 16th in WL | | Home Runs allowed | 72 - 2nd in WL | | Bases-On-Balls | 312 - 3rd in WL | | Strikeouts | 799 - 9th in WL |
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