| Breaking News |  | Tuesday, July 31st, 2007: David Bashes 5 Base Hits
"It was like I was hitting little league pitching," said Pascal David after his 5-hit performance against the Sharks. "No offense meant to Durban, but I could see the ball that well. But this wasn't a kid league park, it was Ballpark of Koln!"
The Koln second baseman had a fantastic day at the plate, knocking out 5 hits in 5 at-bats and pacing his club to a 11-10 victory.
His manager elaborated after the game to the press, saying, "Pascal worked the entire offseason on trying to shorten his swing and stay inside the ball and the hard work is paying off in base hits."
"That's what I'm trying to do," David said. "Be quick to the ball and let it travel a little farther so I get a better look at it."
P. David singled in the 1st, doubled in the 3rd, doubled in the 4th, singled in the 6th and hit a two-run home run off L. Ladbrooke in the 7th.
Looking at his season stats, David has compiled a .347 batting average and a .395 on-base percentage, while hitting 3 home runs and driving in 40 runs.
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 | Wednesday, July 18th, 2007: Zarauza Dominates Drei Konige in Shutout
Juan Zarauza of the Liverpool Scousers was one tough customer on the hill today. He blanked the Koln Drei Konige 1-0 on 5 hits, registering 5 strikeouts and 1 walk.
"When he's on, he's tough to hit," said the Koln manager after the game. "He's just a bulldog out there."
In 2007 Zarauza has compiled a 8-9 mark with a 3.77 ERA in 21 starts. In pitching 150.1 innings he has 87 strikeouts and 40 walks while limiting the opposition to a .279 batting average.
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 | Monday, June 25th, 2007: Hatherall Strong Arms Drei Konige in Shutout
The Koln Drei Konige were almost helpless today in their 5-0 loss to Liverpool hurler Riley Hatherall. He kept them confused the entire ballgame and spun a 4-hit shutout.
The Koln manager said in the postgame interview, "Tip your hat to Hatherall. He kept us off balance all night."
Hatherall said, "It just happened to be one of those games where even when I made mistakes, they either fouled them off or someone would make a fine defensive play. It was just one of those games that things went my way."
He had 1 walk and 7 strikeouts in a strong performance.
In pitching stats this season Hatherall has rung up 6 wins and 7 losses in 17 games. He has an ERA of 3.49 and has fanned 73 batters in 116 innings.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 58-62, .483 PCT | | Position in Division | 4th, 16.0 GB | | Record at home | 27-33, .450 PCT | | Record on the road | 31-29, .517 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 3-9, .250 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 15-22, .405 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 15-10, .600 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 43-52, .453 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 5-5, .500 PCT | | Record in April | 9-13, .409 PCT | | Record in May | 12-14, .462 PCT | | Record in June | 16-13, .552 PCT | | Record in July | 11-15, .423 PCT | | Record in August | 10-7, .588 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .252 - 7th in EH | | On-Base Percentage | .332 - 5th in EH | | Slugging Percentage | .364 - 5th in EH | | On-Base + Slugging | .696 - 5th in EH | | Runs Scored | 517 - 6th in EH | | Hits | 1039 - 8th in EH | | Extra-Base Hits | 285 - 6th in EH | | Home Runs | 73 - 4th in EH | | Bases-On-Balls | 421 - 3rd in EH | | Strikeouts | 831 - 3rd in EH | | Stolen Bases | 75 - 6th in EH |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.94 - 3rd in EH | | Starters' ERA | 3.49 - 2nd in EH | | Bullpen ERA | 5.10 - 7th in EH | | Runs allowed | 531 - 3rd in EH | | Hits allowed | 1159 - 6th in EH | | Opponents AVG | .272 - 5th in EH | | BABIP | .330 - 7th in EH | | Home Runs allowed | 80 - 8th in EH | | Bases-On-Balls | 277 - 1st in EH | | Strikeouts | 908 - 1st in EH |
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