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Month: April 2015
Buster Posey hits for the cycle!
Newcastle’s Buster Posey demolishes Edmonton Trappers pitching in game 1 of the 3 game series played tonight, as he goes 5 for 5 with a 2 singles, a double, a triple and a homer in the 15-3 Newcastle win. Newcastle took 2 of 3 from Edmonton to run their record to 14-16, while Edmonton’s dropped to 20-10. Posey is hitting .299/.346/.453 on the season with 4 home runs.
Ouch! Payette’s Bryce Harper out for the season
The Payette Outlaw IPAs got dealt a tough blow in game 1 of their series vs rival Newcastle today, as they lost slugging DH Bryce Harper for the season.
Harper (pictured above in good spirits) was drilled by a fastball by Aaron Harang in the 2nd inning. The umpires felt the HBP was intentional and ejected Harang, who learned after the game that he’d been suspended an additional 7 games.
Harper finishes the year having played in only 25 games, hitting just .216/.269/.309 with 2 home runs.
Top Defensive Plays of Week One
I’m a sucker for awesome defensive plays, so below are some of the top plays from the first week; which one do you think was the best?
First BLB week observations
Nelson Cruz of Texas has been doing a lot of this:
this year as he leads the league with an insane .974 slugging percentage!
Other notes:
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