| Breaking News |  | Sunday, August 12th, 2007: Bennett Whitewashes Victory
The Melbourne Victory struggled at the plate today against Royals hurler Lee Bennett, who shackled them on 5 hits while hurling a complete game 17-0 shutout.
"What can you say? We didn't hit well," said the Victory skipper in his postgame comments.
"Hopefully we shake this off and bounce back tomorrow."
Bennett finished the game with 7 strikeouts and 1 walk in an excellent mound performance.
"He pitched real well," his manager said. "Lee 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."
Bennett in 2007 has fashioned a 13-6 mark, 2.48 ERA and thrown 170.2 innings in 23 starts. Opposing clubs are batting .198 against him.
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 | Tuesday, August 7th, 2007: Carlos Magnificent in Los Angeles Win
Felipe Carlos of the Melbourne Victory spun his magic on the Los Angeles Stars today. He blanked them 4-0 on 3 hits, registering 6 strikeouts and 4 walks.
"The bottom line was I just kept the ball down," Carlos said. "My breaking stuff was down. Everything was down."
Talking to reporters in the postgame interview, the Melbourne 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 by everyone."
In season stats Carlos shows a 7-8 record in 25 games, 156.1 innings, 69 strikeouts and a 3.51 ERA.
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 | Tuesday, May 22nd, 2007: Barquisimeto's Sánchez Stands Out in Shutout
"He was too darn good for us today," grumbled the Melbourne manager after his club suffered a 9-0 shutout at the hands of Luis Sánchez of the Barquisimeto Musicos. He held the Melbourne Victory scoreless in a 2-hit whitewash.
Sánchez was in a zone of his own most of the game and finished with 9 strikeouts and no walks in a strong outing.
In a postgame quote his own skipper added, "He pitched his butt off, had good velocity, good movement and had those guys off balance. Luis did a whale of a pitching job."
So far in 2007 Sánchez has compiled a 5-3 record with a 2.92 ERA.
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| Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | P Sean Houghton | ruptured tricep tendon | 3 months | Not on DL |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 63-57, .525 PCT | | Position in Division | 4th, 11.5 GB | | Record at home | 32-28, .533 PCT | | Record on the road | 31-29, .517 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 6-4, .600 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 18-16, .529 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 26-20, .565 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 37-37, .500 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 5-5, .500 PCT | | Record in April | 15-7, .682 PCT | | Record in May | 13-13, .500 PCT | | Record in June | 11-18, .379 PCT | | Record in July | 14-12, .538 PCT | | Record in August | 10-7, .588 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .268 - 4th in WH | | On-Base Percentage | .339 - 3rd in WH | | Slugging Percentage | .362 - 3rd in WH | | On-Base + Slugging | .701 - 3rd in WH | | Runs Scored | 504 - 5th in WH | | Hits | 1098 - 6th in WH | | Extra-Base Hits | 271 - 4th in WH | | Home Runs | 41 - 5th in WH | | Bases-On-Balls | 412 - 2nd in WH | | Strikeouts | 896 - 7th in WH | | Stolen Bases | 108 - 6th in WH |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.93 - 6th in WH | | Starters' ERA | 3.83 - 5th in WH | | Bullpen ERA | 4.14 - 5th in WH | | Runs allowed | 537 - 6th in WH | | Hits allowed | 1150 - 6th in WH | | Opponents AVG | .276 - 7th in WH | | BABIP | .331 - 7th in WH | | Home Runs allowed | 39 - 1st in WH | | Bases-On-Balls | 349 - tied for 2nd in WH | | Strikeouts | 771 - 6th in WH |
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