| Breaking News |  | Tuesday, July 31st, 2029: Ramos Hurls Tulsa to Shutout Win
Don Ramos had an impressive outing today. He hurled the Tulsa Express to a shutout victory over the Lexington Crusaders, yielding 5 hits, fanning 6, and walking 1. "He threw strikes and he was always around the plate," the Lexington skipper said. "The ball was doing everything he wanted it to do, and we hit some balls at guys."
Currently Ramos has registered 20 wins and 4 losses and pitched 195 innings. Opposing clubs are batting .178 against the Tulsa starter. He also has piled up 157 strikeouts and sports a 1.89 ERA.
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 | Sunday, July 22nd, 2029: Paris Whitewashes Crusaders
John Pittman of the Paris Greens spun his magic on the Lexington Crusaders today. He blanked them on 4 hits, registering 6 strikeouts and 1 base on balls. "The bottom line was I just kept the ball down," Pittman said. "My breaking stuff was down. Everything was down." Talking to reporters in the postgame interview, the Paris skipper said, "We got solid pitching, good defense, and we took great team at-bats in a lot of different situations. This was just a solid performance throughout the lineup."
On the year, Pittman has recorded no saves with a 6-9 record over 151 innings. He has mowed down 97 and walked 53, with an ERA of 2.68.
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 | Saturday, July 21st, 2029: Sol Extra Sharp in Shutout of Lexington
Relying on precision control and an effective arsenal of pitches, Ezequiel Sol of the Tulsa Express held the Lexington Crusaders scoreless today. He scattered 3 hits over 9 innings and fanned 8 on his way to the victory.
This season Ezequiel Sol has compiled a 12-3 mark, 2.35 ERA, made 18 starting appearances, fanned 129 batters, issued 46 bases on balls, tossed 134 innings and held the opposition to a .164 batting average.
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| Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | P Vern Shelton | Ruptured Bicep Tendon | 3 weeks | Not on DL |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 75-45, .625 PCT | | Position in Division | 2nd, 20.0 GB | | Record at home | 36-24, .600 PCT | | Record on the road | 39-21, .650 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 9-7, .563 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 18-15, .545 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 24-11, .686 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 51-34, .600 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 5-5, .500 PCT | | Record in April | 16-12, .571 PCT | | Record in May | 21-8, .724 PCT | | Record in June | 17-8, .680 PCT | | Record in July | 16-13, .552 PCT | | Record in August | 5-4, .556 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .252 - 2nd in SL2 | | On-Base Percentage | .315 - 2nd in SL2 | | Slugging Percentage | .349 - 2nd in SL2 | | On-Base + Slugging | .663 - 2nd in SL2 | | Runs Scored | 515 - 2nd in SL2 | | Hits | 1053 - 2nd in SL2 | | Extra-Base Hits | 275 - 2nd in SL2 | | Home Runs | 49 - tied for 2nd in SL2 | | Bases-On-Balls | 372 - 2nd in SL2 | | Strikeouts | 737 - 2nd in SL2 | | Stolen Bases | 116 - 1st in SL2 |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 2.72 - 2nd in SL2 | | Starters' ERA | 2.82 - 2nd in SL2 | | Bullpen ERA | 2.39 - 3rd in SL2 | | Runs allowed | 366 - 2nd in SL2 | | Hits allowed | 926 - 3rd in SL2 | | Opponents AVG | .224 - 3rd in SL2 | | BABIP | .265 - 3rd in SL2 | | Home Runs allowed | 58 - 4th in SL2 | | Bases-On-Balls | 243 - 1st in SL2 | | Strikeouts | 791 - 2nd in SL2 |
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