| Breaking News |  | Friday, September 19th, 2008: Fargo Wins, Shuts Out Owls
He didn't put a spell on them. It wasn't black magic, it was just old-fashioned good pitching. That's how Roberto Sparticello of the Fargo Bomb Dogs blanked the Bristol Owls 4-0.
After tossing a complete game 2-hit shutout, he was all smiles, saying, "I threw a lot of my pitches for strikes in this game. I mixed it up and tried keeping these guys off balance."
His own skipper said, "He's at his best when he gets ahead of the hitters." Sparticello walked 2 and struck out 5 in the victory.
The Owls manager commented on their lack of success against him, saying, "He was throwing his breaking ball for strikes and we never capitalized on any of his mistakes."
So far this season Sparticello has a record of 14-13 with 184 strikeouts and 81 walks in 223.2 innings and a 4.06 ERA.
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 | Monday, September 8th, 2008: Potent Bat Pays Off, Davis Player of the Week
Bailey Davis of the Fargo Bomb Dogs was locked in all week as he bullied the Ruth pitchers he faced. Davis put up some great numbers and hauled in the Ruth Player of the Week trophy.
He hit .517 with 1 home run and 7 RBIs. The 29-year-old first baseman also scored 9 runs and for the week went 15-29.
This year Davis has collected a .265 batting average to date with 151 hits in 569 at-bats, 83 RBIs, 19 home runs and scored 87 times. He has played in 143 games.
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| Saturday, September 6th, 2008: Davis Slams 5 Hits for Fargo
Bailey Davis really did a number on the Bearcats in the Fargo 11-3 victory. Not just anyone can get 5 hits in 5 at-bats. But Bailey Davis did just that today for the Bomb Dogs and gave his batting average a healthy boost and sparked his club in the win.
"I felt real good in the batter's box today. I had confidence in my swing and knew that it was there and that I could get the job done," the 29-year-old first baseman said after his record-setting performance.
B. Davis singled in the 1st, hit a two-run single in the 3rd, hit an RBI single in the 4th, tripled in the 6th and hit a solo-shot off D. García in the 8th.
A look at his season totals shows Davis with 17 home runs, .262 BA, .347 OBP, 81 RBIs and 85 runs scored.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 69-93, .426 PCT | | Position in Division | 3rd, 21.5 GB | | Record at home | 31-50, .383 PCT | | Record on the road | 38-43, .469 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 4-8, .333 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 22-21, .512 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 17-29, .370 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 52-64, .448 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 5-5, .500 PCT | | Record in April | 12-16, .429 PCT | | Record in May | 15-14, .517 PCT | | Record in June | 7-18, .280 PCT | | Record in July | 13-16, .448 PCT | | Record in August | 11-17, .393 PCT | | Record in September | 11-12, .478 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .252 - 11th in Ruth | | On-Base Percentage | .327 - 11th in Ruth | | Slugging Percentage | .399 - 7th in Ruth | | On-Base + Slugging | .726 - 10th in Ruth | | Runs Scored | 743 - 9th in Ruth | | Hits | 1390 - 11th in Ruth | | Extra-Base Hits | 452 - 6th in Ruth | | Home Runs | 165 - 5th in Ruth | | Bases-On-Balls | 568 - 10th in Ruth | | Strikeouts | 1029 - 10th in Ruth | | Stolen Bases | 74 - 7th in Ruth |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.78 - 9th in Ruth | | Starters' ERA | 4.99 - 8th in Ruth | | Bullpen ERA | 4.29 - 7th in Ruth | | Runs allowed | 866 - 9th in Ruth | | Hits allowed | 1487 - 6th in Ruth | | Opponents AVG | .269 - 8th in Ruth | | BABIP | .293 - 6th in Ruth | | Home Runs allowed | 172 - 9th in Ruth | | Bases-On-Balls | 784 - 12th in Ruth | | Strikeouts | 859 - 9th in Ruth |
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