| Breaking News |  | Saturday, August 16th, 2014: Chikafuji Torches Tornados for 5 Hits
It was a hits blitz for Yoshino Chikafuji at Ballpark of Ponce. The Ponce Leones first baseman tore into Knoxville for 5 hits in 5 at-bats to pace the Leones to a 15-3 victory and wrote his name into the baseball record book.
The manager for the Tornados bemoaned his pitching, saying, "We fell behind and weren't locating well. Once you get behind in the count, you have to make real good pitches, rather than good pitches, and we weren't able to do that today." He added, "Not to take anything away from Chikafuji, but bad location was the story of the ballgame. That's why we lost the game."
Y. Chikafuji hit an RBI single in the 1st, singled in the 3rd, hit an RBI single in the 3rd, singled in the 5th and doubled in the 7th.
So far this year Chikafuji is batting .302 with 14 home runs, 82 RBIs and 69 runs scored.
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 | Saturday, June 28th, 2014: Ontiveros Raps Madagascar for 5 Hits
5 hits in a game doesn't happen every day. Knoxville's Jorge Ontiveros had a very special day against the Dragons when everything came together for him and he did just that -- collected 5 hits in 5 at-bats -- and led the Knoxville Tornados to a 9-5 win at Knoxville Fields.
"I'm just out there to try and help the team win," Ontiveros said after the game, "I had some real good at-bats today. I made good, solid contact and luckily no one caught 'em."
J. Ontiveros singled in the 1st, singled in the 3rd, singled in the 4th, doubled in the 6th and hit a solo-shot off J. Unknown in the 7th.
Ontiveros is hitting .311 this season with 5 home runs, 47 RBIs and 44 runs scored. He has 96 hits in 309 at-bats.
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 | Tuesday, May 27th, 2014: Yi Hurls Tornados to Shutout Victory
Won-u Yi of the Knoxville Tornados blanked Killarney 11-0 on a 2-hit complete-game shutout, striking out 4 batters and walking 2.
This season Yi has compiled a 7-2 record with a 3.46 ERA in 12 starts.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 77-44, .636 PCT | | Position in Division | 1st, - GB | | Record at home | 43-18, .705 PCT | | Record on the road | 34-26, .567 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 8-4, .667 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 21-16, .568 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 20-10, .667 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 57-34, .626 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 7-3, .700 PCT | | Record in April | 19-9, .679 PCT | | Record in May | 21-8, .724 PCT | | Record in June | 14-11, .560 PCT | | Record in July | 16-13, .552 PCT | | Record in August | 7-3, .700 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .291 - 7th in EL | | On-Base Percentage | .349 - 6th in EL | | Slugging Percentage | .395 - 7th in EL | | On-Base + Slugging | .745 - 5th in EL | | Runs Scored | 644 - 3rd in EL | | Hits | 1252 - tied for 6th in EL | | Extra-Base Hits | 327 - 7th in EL | | Home Runs | 41 - 14th in EL | | Bases-On-Balls | 309 - tied for 10th in EL | | Strikeouts | 604 - 12th in EL | | Stolen Bases | 179 - tied for 1st in EL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.59 - 5th in EL | | Starters' ERA | 3.53 - 5th in EL | | Bullpen ERA | 3.99 - 9th in EL | | Runs allowed | 501 - 5th in EL | | Hits allowed | 1150 - 7th in EL | | Opponents AVG | .270 - 5th in EL | | BABIP | .302 - 4th in EL | | Home Runs allowed | 49 - tied for 9th in EL | | Bases-On-Balls | 309 - 9th in EL | | Strikeouts | 575 - 10th in EL |
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