| Breaking News |  | Sunday, July 21st, 2013: Easley Shuts Out Patagonia
"He was kind of teasing them with his offspeed stuff and his fastball was moving everywhere," the Easley skipper said in postgame comments after Allen Bell had shut out the Patagonia Giant Sloths 5-0 on a 5-hit masterpiece.
Bell numbered 8 strikeouts and issued no walks in a gem of a performance.
"We just didn't swing the bats very well . . . or he just pitched good, whichever way you want to look at it," complained the Patagonia manager after the defeat.
Season-to-date Bell has rung up 8 wins and 10 losses in 22 appearances. He has an ERA of 4.11 and has fanned 62 batters in 142.1 innings.
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 | Tuesday, July 16th, 2013: Silva Spins Shutout Against Nine
Jesús Silva of the Patagonia Giant Sloths was on top of his game today. He tantalized the Yellow Springs Nine with crisp curves and changeups, mixed in with just enough fastballs to keep the batters honest and came away with a 8-0 shutout.
In the postgame comments, the Yellow Springs skipper said, "He had the changeup working. You knew it was coming and you still grounded out -- and then he threw it even slower."
The Patagonia hurler had 3 strikeouts, gave up 2 walks and surrendered 4 hits in his complete game effort.
Silva told reporters after the game, "To be successful in this league, you have to keep the ball down. If you don't, they'll make you pay."
In 11 starts this season Silva has chalked up a 6-0 record and a 2.49 ERA.
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 | Monday, July 15th, 2013: EL's Top Player Named
The Eastern League made it official today: Arturo Vélez is the Player of the Week.
He really stood out on the diamond this week with a .520 average to take home the award. The Patagonia right fielder went 13-25, drove in 4 runs, scored 5 times and hit no home runs.
This season Vélez is swinging the bat at a .298 rate with 42 hits in 141 at-bats. To date he has hit 3 home runs, scored 18 runs and driven in 24.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 59-61, .492 PCT | | Position in Division | 3rd, 19.0 GB | | Record at home | 32-28, .533 PCT | | Record on the road | 27-33, .450 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 9-10, .474 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 22-18, .550 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 15-13, .536 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 44-48, .478 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 1-9, .100 PCT | | Record in April | 17-11, .607 PCT | | Record in May | 15-14, .517 PCT | | Record in June | 14-11, .560 PCT | | Record in July | 12-17, .414 PCT | | Record in August | 1-8, .111 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .273 - 13th in EL | | On-Base Percentage | .336 - 12th in EL | | Slugging Percentage | .394 - 10th in EL | | On-Base + Slugging | .730 - 11th in EL | | Runs Scored | 550 - 12th in EL | | Hits | 1169 - 13th in EL | | Extra-Base Hits | 335 - tied for 5th in EL | | Home Runs | 75 - tied for 5th in EL | | Bases-On-Balls | 363 - tied for 4th in EL | | Strikeouts | 703 - 15th in EL | | Stolen Bases | 67 - tied for 10th in EL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.33 - 10th in EL | | Starters' ERA | 4.40 - 12th in EL | | Bullpen ERA | 4.18 - 11th in EL | | Runs allowed | 562 - 10th in EL | | Hits allowed | 1221 - 11th in EL | | Opponents AVG | .286 - 10th in EL | | BABIP | .321 - 9th in EL | | Home Runs allowed | 50 - 1st in EL | | Bases-On-Balls | 338 - 8th in EL | | Strikeouts | 580 - 16th in EL |
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