| Breaking News |  | Sunday, June 1st, 2008: American Selects May's Best Batter
Carlos Pena battered American pitchers all May and wound up taking home the Batter of the Month Award.
"I've been around Major League 2006 long enough to know you really have to work hard day in and day out to be able to put up this kind of consistency," the 30-year-old Pena told reporters. "I put in a lot of work, even on the days I may not take the field and it's always nice when everything comes together for me like it did this last month."
In 29 games, Pena hit .289 with 9 home runs, 25 RBIs and scored 26 runs.
In 2008 Pena is hitting .266 with 45 hits, 14 home runs, 40 RBIs, .431 OBP and has scored 37 runs. |
 | Friday, May 30th, 2008: Baltimore Halts Lind's Hitting Steak
Blue Jays left fielder Adam Lind was one of the hottest hitters in baseball, coming into today's game against Baltimore with a 24-game hitting streak. However, the Orioles put a chill in his bat, at least for today, and held him hitless in 3 at-bats during the Baltimore 7-5 triumph at Rogers Centre.
Currently Lind has 11 home runs and a .294 batting average. |
| Tuesday, May 27th, 2008: League KO's Orioles-Devil Rays Players with 12-Game Suspensions
Baseball officials have suspended two players for "inappropriate and aggressive conduct" in yesterday's Baltimore-Tampa Bay contest at Oriole Park at Camden Yards. The Orioles Magglio Ordonez and the Devil Rays Jon Lieber will have to sit out 12 games for their part in the brawl.
This season Ordonez is hitting .358 with 67 hits, 8 home runs, 37 RBIs, scored 38 runs and played in 46 games.
In 2008 thus far, Lieber has tossed 40.2 innings in 8 starts, fanned 12 batters, walked 12 and put up a 6.64 ERA with 1 win and 3 losses. |
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| Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | LF Luis Terrero | strained bicep muscle | one week | On DL, eligible for return |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 25-25, .500 PCT | | Position in Division | 3rd, 7.0 GB | | Record at home | 15-11, .577 PCT | | Record on the road | 10-14, .417 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 1-2, .333 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 5-7, .417 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 8-7, .533 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 17-18, .486 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 6-4, .600 PCT | | Record in April | 8-13, .381 PCT | | Record in May | 17-12, .586 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .283 - 4th in AL | | On-Base Percentage | .358 - 3rd in AL | | Slugging Percentage | .426 - 5th in AL | | On-Base + Slugging | .784 - 5th in AL | | Runs Scored | 277 - 4th in AL | | Hits | 497 - 4th in AL | | Extra-Base Hits | 132 - 10th in AL | | Home Runs | 57 - 5th in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 199 - tied for 2nd in AL | | Strikeouts | 330 - 10th in AL | | Stolen Bases | 31 - 9th in AL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 5.27 - 10th in AL | | Starters' ERA | 4.82 - 9th in AL | | Bullpen ERA | 6.30 - 13th in AL | | Runs allowed | 272 - 10th in AL | | Hits allowed | 478 - 8th in AL | | Opponents AVG | .275 - 10th in AL | | BABIP | .309 - 7th in AL | | Home Runs allowed | 61 - 13th in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 209 - 14th in AL | | Strikeouts | 328 - tied for 6th in AL |
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