| Breaking News |  | Sunday, September 28th, 2008: Great Stroke! Sánchez Gets 5 Hits!
5 hits in 5 at-bats. It doesn't happen every day, and when it does, it's exciting. Today Rodrigo Sánchez of the Stamford Smugglers had a sensational 5-5 game against Scranton at Cubeta Stadium. He rifled base hits all over the ballpark in his team's 5-3 shellacking of the Dunderheads.
In the postgame press conference he joked, "Heck, that's a week's worth of hitting for me and I did it all in one day. I guess I can take the rest of the week off...Right, skipper?"
R. Sánchez singled in the 1st, hit an RBI single in the 3rd, singled in the 4th, hit an RBI single in the 6th and singled in the 8th.
In 2008 Sánchez is batting .324 with 12 home runs.
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 | Monday, September 15th, 2008: Aaron's Hottest Hitter
This week's outstanding performer in the Aaron was first baseman Bob Carpenter of the Scranton Dunderheads.
He racked up a .500 average and was voted the Player of the Week. Over the last week Carpenter plastered 10 hits in 20 at-bats and 3 home runs, drove in 9 runs and scored 11 times.
This season Carpenter is batting .275 with 29 home runs. He has scored 91 runs and driven in 144.
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 | Saturday, September 6th, 2008: Scranton's Arsola Out 8 Months
Luis Manuel Arsola and the Scranton Dunderheads got a bad break in today's game against the Goats as the team confirmed he will miss 8 months with back spasms. The Dunderheads reliever suffered the injury throwing a pitch. The team doctor is confident he'll make a full recovery.
This year Arsola has made 48 relief appearances with 5 saves. In 59.1 innings, he has fanned 44 hitters and recorded 3 wins and 2 losses with a 2.58 ERA.
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| Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | P Luis Manuel Arsola | back spasms | 7-8 months | 57 day(s) left (60-day DL) |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 97-65, .599 PCT | | Position in Division | 1st, - GB | | Record at home | 50-31, .617 PCT | | Record on the road | 47-34, .580 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 15-2, .882 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 33-17, .660 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 27-18, .600 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 70-47, .598 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 8-2, .800 PCT | | Record in April | 15-13, .536 PCT | | Record in May | 18-11, .621 PCT | | Record in June | 12-13, .480 PCT | | Record in July | 16-13, .552 PCT | | Record in August | 17-11, .607 PCT | | Record in September | 19-4, .826 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .268 - 5th in Aaron | | On-Base Percentage | .356 - 4th in Aaron | | Slugging Percentage | .418 - 5th in Aaron | | On-Base + Slugging | .773 - 5th in Aaron | | Runs Scored | 883 - 4th in Aaron | | Hits | 1507 - 6th in Aaron | | Extra-Base Hits | 447 - 7th in Aaron | | Home Runs | 179 - tied for 5th in Aaron | | Bases-On-Balls | 738 - 2nd in Aaron | | Strikeouts | 957 - 4th in Aaron | | Stolen Bases | 125 - 5th in Aaron |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.50 - 8th in Aaron | | Starters' ERA | 4.82 - 7th in Aaron | | Bullpen ERA | 3.95 - 6th in Aaron | | Runs allowed | 819 - 8th in Aaron | | Hits allowed | 1471 - 8th in Aaron | | Opponents AVG | .263 - 8th in Aaron | | BABIP | .297 - 8th in Aaron | | Home Runs allowed | 173 - 7th in Aaron | | Bases-On-Balls | 693 - 10th in Aaron | | Strikeouts | 1053 - tied for 6th in Aaron |
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