| Breaking News |  | Wednesday, August 6th, 2014: Martínez on Fire: 5-6 for Anchorage
Today the Frigates downed the Sharks 20-4 as José Martínez sprayed hits all over Anchorage Grounds in a 5-hit explosion, finishing with 5 hits in 6 at-bats.
The Anchorage left fielder said to reporters in the postgame interview, "It makes it easier if you get a good pitch. The odds are in your favor then, not the pitcher's. I got a bunch of very pretty pitches to hit today and I didn't miss any of them."
J. Martínez hit a two-run triple in the 1st, hit an RBI double in the 2nd, grounded out in the 3rd, hit a two-run double in the 4th, doubled in the 6th and hit an RBI double in the 8th.
This season Martínez is swinging the bat at a .286 rate with 133 hits in 465 at-bats. To date he has hit 9 home runs, scored 74 runs and driven in 66.
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 | Wednesday, August 6th, 2014: Morrow Bangs out 5 Base Hits
History in the making. That's what the fans at Anchorage Grounds got to see today, when Anchorage outplayed the Sharks 20-4. Evan Morrow of the Frigates came to the plate 6 times and came away with a dynamite day as he exploded for 5 hits against Honolulu.
In the postgame press conference the Honolulu skipper quipped to reporters, "Hey, we tried to get him out. We threw everything but the kitchen sink against him and he hit it. Maybe we should've thrown the kitchen sink."
E. Morrow singled in the 1st, tripled in the 2nd, singled in the 3rd, singled in the 4th, struck out in the 5th and doubled in the 8th.
In 2014 Morrow has put up a .335 batting average with 143 hits, 7 home runs and 45 RBIs.
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| Tuesday, August 5th, 2014: Morrow 5-5 for Frigates
Evan Morrow really sizzled at the plate in today's 5-3 win over Sharks. The Anchorage second baseman blistered Honolulu for 5 hits in 5 at-bats.
"Morrow was too tough to get out today," the Sharks skipper said in the postgame interview. "No matter what we threw him, he hit it. And he hit some good pitches, too."
E. Morrow singled in the 1st, singled in the 3rd, doubled in the 4th, tripled in the 7th, walked in the 9th and hit a two-run home run off J. Bracelino in the 11th.
This season Morrow is batting .328 with 138 hits, 7 home runs, 45 RBIs, .396 OBP and has scored 76 runs.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 67-53, .558 PCT | | Position in Division | 2nd, 8.0 GB | | Record at home | 31-29, .517 PCT | | Record on the road | 36-24, .600 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 5-5, .500 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 22-16, .579 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 12-12, .500 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 55-41, .573 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 6-4, .600 PCT | | Record in April | 17-11, .607 PCT | | Record in May | 20-9, .690 PCT | | Record in June | 13-12, .520 PCT | | Record in July | 12-17, .414 PCT | | Record in August | 5-4, .556 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .290 - 1st in WL | | On-Base Percentage | .350 - 1st in WL | | Slugging Percentage | .398 - 3rd in WL | | On-Base + Slugging | .749 - 2nd in WL | | Runs Scored | 605 - 3rd in WL | | Hits | 1233 - 1st in WL | | Extra-Base Hits | 291 - 8th in WL | | Home Runs | 67 - 5th in WL | | Bases-On-Balls | 376 - 4th in WL | | Strikeouts | 617 - 3rd in WL | | Stolen Bases | 86 - tied for 7th in WL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.69 - 6th in WL | | Starters' ERA | 3.39 - 5th in WL | | Bullpen ERA | 4.45 - 16th in WL | | Runs allowed | 506 - 8th in WL | | Hits allowed | 1094 - 5th in WL | | Opponents AVG | .262 - 6th in WL | | BABIP | .299 - 6th in WL | | Home Runs allowed | 48 - tied for 2nd in WL | | Bases-On-Balls | 283 - 4th in WL | | Strikeouts | 629 - 11th in WL |
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