This weeks Player of the Week is Kit Pellow. Kit was 5-17 (.294) with one double, two homeruns and five RBI in his first five games at Colorado Springs.
Highlights:
Matt Erickson was 5-18 (.278) with one double (16), two stolen bases (9) and two RBI (17).
Ryan Fox was 4-12 (.333) with one double, two homeruns, six RBI, two stolen bases and seven walks in five games this week. Also, he is now Catching.
Eric Hinske had one double (9), one homerun (7) and three RBI (34).
Brian Kirby had one double (8), one stolen base (1), one homerun (10) and four RBI (34).
Rodney Nye had one double (16) and five RBI (30).
Andy Wilson had one double (7), one homerun (3), one stolen base (6) and two RBI (13).
Andrew Wishy had one stolen base (6), one homerun (9) and three RBI (37) in three games.
Lance Franks gave up one run in six innings in his only start of the week. He walked four and struck out six.
Charlie Isaacson made his first start of the year. He gave up three runs in five innings, walked one and struck out six.
Cliff Lee (7-1, 3.86) won his only start of the week with six strong innings against the Chicago White Sox.
Lowlights:
Matt Erickson made one error (3).
Eric Hinske was caught stealing once (4) and grounded into one double play (10).
Brian Kirby struck out (48) in 9 of his 18 at-bats this week.
Kit Pellow made two errors (2).
Brad Chedister gave up three runs in 1.1 innings this week.
Jarrett Gardner (8-3, 2.13) lost his only start of the week. In his worst start of the year he gave up five runs in 5.2 innings.
Gary Hogan (1-2, 5.28) had one loss in three games. He gave up ten runs in 3.2 innings.
Scott Roehl (1-3, 4.68) suffered one loss this week. He gave up five runs in four innings over two games.
Streaks:
Matt Erickson lost a 12 game hit streak on June 24.
Transactions / Injuries:
Kit Pellow was optioned down to Colorado Springs (AAA) on June 21.
Jud Kindle signed with Springfield / Ozark of the indy Frontier League on June 25.
Awards:
Jarrett Gardner was chosen as a replacement to the Southern Division team of the South Atlantic League All-Star team on June 18.
Notes:
Kit Pellow played his 900th minor league game on June 23.
Cliff Lee dropped his appeal of his suspension on June 24.
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