| Breaking News |  | Saturday, August 5th, 2017: Spleengobber Hurls Lightning to Shutout Win
The Erebor Fire Drakes struggled at the plate today against Lightning hurler Gromwakh Spleengobber, who shackled them on 1 hit while hurling a complete game 14-0 shutout.
"What can you say? We didn't hit well," said the Fire Drakes skipper in his postgame comments.
"Hopefully we shake this off and bounce back tomorrow."
Spleengobber finished the game with 2 strikeouts and 2 walks in an excellent mound performance.
"He pitched real well," his manager said. "Gromwakh made pitches when he had to. He hit his spots and did a great job of mixing in his changeup and using his fastball effectively."
This season Spleengobber has a 10-6 mark in 19 starts with a 2.28 ERA. He has given up 109 hits in 130 innings, struck out 73 and issued 29 walks. Opposing clubs have compiled a .225 batting average against him.
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 | Saturday, July 8th, 2017: Gorind Sizzles! Smokes Lightning for 5 Hits!
It doesn't happen very often, but it happened for Farauron Gorind -- a 5-hit day. He went on a rampage and really shined on the diamond at Casseroles Ballpark, but the performance lost a little glitter when the Casseroles were downed 4-3 by the Langflood Lightning.
After his sparkling batting performance the Tuna second baseman told the press, "I just tried to get myself in a good count and have a good at-bat. That's all I can control." His batting theory paid some great dividends today. He slammed 5 hits in 5 tries and put his name in the record book. "I just wish we had added a win in the record book today, too."
F. Gorind singled in the 1st, singled in the 3rd, singled in the 6th, singled in the 8th and hit a solo-shot off W. Trull in the 10th.
This season Gorind is batting .333 with 2 home runs.
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 | Monday, June 26th, 2017: Langflood Second Baseman Nabs FL Weekly Award
A hot-hitting week got Lenny the Dork the Frodo League Player of the Week trophy. He really wore out his welcome with league pitchers.
The Langflood second baseman slammed them for a .545 average, 18 hits in 33 at-bats, no home runs, 3 RBIs and scored 9 runs.
In the postgame press conference, the Dork shared his hitting philosophy with the SION scribes: "Just look for the seams and hit between them...nothin' more than that."
A look at his season totals shows the Dork with no home runs, .512 BA, .533 OBP, 4 RBIs and 12 runs scored.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 68-52, .567 PCT | | Position in Division | 2nd, 6.0 GB | | Record at home | 35-25, .583 PCT | | Record on the road | 33-27, .550 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 9-8, .529 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 26-22, .542 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 20-17, .541 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 48-35, .578 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 7-3, .700 PCT | | Record in April | 12-16, .429 PCT | | Record in May | 16-13, .552 PCT | | Record in June | 15-10, .600 PCT | | Record in July | 19-10, .655 PCT | | Record in August | 6-3, .667 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .278 - 8th in FL | | On-Base Percentage | .329 - 10th in FL | | Slugging Percentage | .342 - 10th in FL | | On-Base + Slugging | .671 - 10th in FL | | Runs Scored | 576 - 8th in FL | | Hits | 1210 - 7th in FL | | Extra-Base Hits | 212 - 12th in FL | | Home Runs | 23 - 11th in FL | | Bases-On-Balls | 300 - 12th in FL | | Strikeouts | 583 - 6th in FL | | Stolen Bases | 150 - 5th in FL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.62 - 2nd in FL | | Starters' ERA | 3.59 - 2nd in FL | | Bullpen ERA | 3.88 - 4th in FL | | Runs allowed | 486 - 2nd in FL | | Hits allowed | 1102 - 2nd in FL | | Opponents AVG | .263 - 2nd in FL | | BABIP | .299 - 2nd in FL | | Home Runs allowed | 52 - 11th in FL | | Bases-On-Balls | 420 - 8th in FL | | Strikeouts | 632 - 4th in FL |
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