13 July 2006


Perfection in the air

Pitcher of the Week

Falmouth pitcher Shooter Hunt (Virginia) made two starts last week, going 1-0 to earn the Coca-Cola Pitcher of the Week. In 13 innings Hunt showed superb command, giving up only five hits and two runs while striking out 14 batters and walking four. His ERA on the week was 1.38. Hunt currently leads the league in strikeouts with 32.

Player of the Week

Josh Donaldson (Auburn) of the Harwich Mariners has been named last week's Coca-Cola Player of the Week. Donaldson knocked out nine hits in 22 at-bats for a .409 average. He drove in seven runs and scored four times himself, including one home run. Donaldson had a slugging percentage of .682 and also hit three doubles in his impressive week at the plate.

MLB Scout Days

The Cape League will again schedule pre-game player workouts for the major league scouts during a six-day period known as Scouts Days. They will take place at the following games: Harwich at Cotuit, July 22; Y-D at Bourne, July 23; Wareham at Y-D, July 25; Falmouth at Cotuit, July 26; Brewster at Harwich, July 27; and Orleans at Chatham, July 28. Workout drills include batting practice, fielding practice and short-distance sprints

Who's hot ... and who's not

There's a heated battle cooking up in the Cape League batting race as Aaron Reza (Oklahoma) of Chatham at .358, Josh Donaldson (Auburn) of Harwich at .342 and Brett Wallace (Arizona St.) of Falmouth at .333 are the leading hitters through Monday's games ... After slugging a two-run homer to lift Falmouth to a 5-3 win at Y-D Friday night, Warren McFadden (Tulane) leads the CCBL with six home runs, while Chatham's Allan Dykstra (Wake Forest) is right behind with four round-trippers ... Matt Rizzotti (Manhattan) of Chatham is still the league leader with 18 RBIs ... Cotuit's Jay Brown (Young Harris) is 3-0 with a perfect 0.00 ERA in 14 innings pitched, including a six-hit, eight inning 5-0 shutout over East Division leader Orleans, when he struck out eight and didn't allow a walk. Shaun Seibert (Arkansas) of Brewster in 23 innings is 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA. Brett Cecil (Maryland) of Orleans, Joshua Fields (Georgia) of Y-D, Daniel Latham of Hyannis and Sam Demel(TCU) of Falmouth lead the league with five saves, while after a slow start, Jared McGuire (Boston College) of Hyannis has improved his batting average from .161 to .276 and compiled multiple hits four times in five games ... Cotuit leads the league with a .271 team batting average and is also the pitching leader with a 1.92 team ERA ... Bourne, which has struggled, is at the bottom of the league statistics in team batting (.197) and pitching (4.32 ERA), but is starting to play better with two wins this past week.