| Breaking News |  | Monday, August 13th, 2007: Week's #1 Player - Newark's Ugueto
Pitchers who faced the Newark Claws last week were happy to see Luis Ugueto in the rear view mirror. The 28-year-old third baseman was dubbed the Sub League 1 Player of the Week for a 5-game tear that saw him hit at a .571 clip.
For the week He also chalked up 12 hits in 21 at-bats, 2 home runs, 6 RBIs and 6 runs scored.
Hitting .302 to date, Ugueto has 10 home runs and 75 RBIs. He has played in 111 games. |
 | Saturday, August 4th, 2007: Newark's Buchholz Shuts Out Gnats
The Sigourney Gnats were almost helpless today in their 4-0 loss to Newark hurler Clay Buchholz. He kept them confused the entire ballgame and spun a 5-hit shutout.
The Sigourney manager said in the postgame interview, "Tip your hat to Buchholz. He kept us off balance all night."
Buchholz 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 2 walks and no strikeouts in a strong performance.
Over the season Buchholz has thrown 118.2 innings and dished out 16 strikeouts with a 7-10 mark and a 3.87 ERA. |
| Sunday, July 1st, 2007: SL1 Honors Sears, Best Hitter in June
The Sub League 1 has made it official -- Todd Sears is the winner of the Batter of the Month trophy.
In June, the Newark first baseman starred with a .365 batting average, 8 home runs and 29 RBIs. Sears also had 15 walks, posted a .450 on-base percentage and scored 23 times.
A look at his season totals shows Sears with 14 home runs, .354 BA, .449 OBP, 57 RBIs and 55 runs scored. |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 68-52, .567 PCT | | Position in Division | 3rd, 5.0 GB | | Record at home | 36-24, .600 PCT | | Record on the road | 32-28, .533 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 8-1, .889 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 12-18, .400 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 17-19, .472 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 51-33, .607 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 7-3, .700 PCT | | Record in April | 15-9, .625 PCT | | Record in May | 17-12, .586 PCT | | Record in June | 14-12, .538 PCT | | Record in July | 13-15, .464 PCT | | Record in August | 9-4, .692 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .280 - 2nd in SL1 | | On-Base Percentage | .340 - 6th in SL1 | | Slugging Percentage | .415 - 4th in SL1 | | On-Base + Slugging | .754 - 4th in SL1 | | Runs Scored | 745 - 3rd in SL1 | | Hits | 1203 - 2nd in SL1 | | Extra-Base Hits | 346 - 5th in SL1 | | Home Runs | 103 - 3rd in SL1 | | Bases-On-Balls | 379 - 9th in SL1 | | Strikeouts | 521 - tied for 14th in SL1 | | Stolen Bases | 117 - 1st in SL1 |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.69 - 8th in SL1 | | Starters' ERA | 3.92 - 16th in SL1 | | Bullpen ERA | 3.33 - 2nd in SL1 | | Runs allowed | 644 - 14th in SL1 | | Hits allowed | 1092 - 8th in SL1 | | Opponents AVG | .254 - 6th in SL1 | | BABIP | .271 - 7th in SL1 | | Home Runs allowed | 90 - 20th in SL1 | | Bases-On-Balls | 410 - tied for 13th in SL1 | | Strikeouts | 513 - 11th in SL1 |
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