| Breaking News |  | Tuesday, May 26th, 2009: Holmes Hit String Snapped at 24
Chris Holmes saw his 24-game hitting streak wither and die today during the Virus 4-1 victory over Chula Vista at Ballpark of El Cajon. The 22-year-old second baseman was held hitless in 3 at-bats by Chargers, but his El Cajon teammates produced enough offense to garner the win.
Talking to BNN reporters after the game, Holmes was upbeat, "Am I disappointed about the hit streak? Maybe, just a little bit. How could you be unhappy after you have hit in 24 straight games? I'm just glad it lasted as long as it did. And I am really happy that we won another ballgame today. Life is good."
Thus far in 2009 Holmes is batting .316 with 2 home runs, 20 RBIs and 20 runs scored.
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 | Friday, May 22nd, 2009: Kilmers End Milton's Streak
The Chula Vista Chargers won the game 7-6 over the Salton Sea Kilmers. At the same time the Kilmers mound corps did what no other team could do. They stopped the 24-game hitting streak of Chargers left fielder Eric Milton. But that was still not enough to win the game.
"Our pitchers may have focused a bit too much on stopping Milton," the Salton Sea manager commented afterward. "He had a nice hitting streak going, but the Chargers have other hitters and they did their job today."
A look at his season totals shows Milton with 1 home run, .325 BA, .356 OBP, 17 RBIs and 15 runs scored.
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| Saturday, May 16th, 2009: Milton's Hit Streak Soars to 20 Games
Win, lose or draw -- Eric Milton just keeps on getting base hits -- game after game after game. He has now stretched his hitting streak to 20 games. The Chula Vista Chargers left fielder picked up 1 hit in 5 at-bats today, but it wasn't enough to win the game. His club was defeated 8-3 by the San Luis Río Colorado Rapidos Blancos at Chargers Ballpark.
E. Milton flied out in the 1st, struck out in the 2nd, singled in the 5th, grounded out in the 7th and flied out in the 9th.
This season Milton is swinging the bat at a .317 pace. He has hit 1 home run and scored 12 times, while driving in 14. His on-base percentage is .349 and he has played in 26 games.
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| Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | P Pedro Guzmán | herniated disc (back) | 8 weeks | Not on DL |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 37-32, .536 PCT | | Position in Division | 2nd, 3.0 GB | | Record at home | 21-14, .600 PCT | | Record on the road | 16-18, .471 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 6-4, .600 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 14-8, .636 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 13-8, .619 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 24-24, .500 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 4-6, .400 PCT | | Record in April | 5-6, .455 PCT | | Record in May | 15-13, .536 PCT | | Record in June | 14-12, .538 PCT | | Record in July | 3-1, .750 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .272 - 3rd in BCL | | On-Base Percentage | .345 - 4th in BCL | | Slugging Percentage | .387 - 2nd in BCL | | On-Base + Slugging | .731 - 3rd in BCL | | Runs Scored | 311 - 3rd in BCL | | Hits | 667 - 2nd in BCL | | Extra-Base Hits | 195 - 1st in BCL | | Home Runs | 36 - 2nd in BCL | | Bases-On-Balls | 259 - 7th in BCL | | Strikeouts | 427 - 10th in BCL | | Stolen Bases | 36 - 7th in BCL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.91 - 7th in BCL | | Starters' ERA | 4.17 - 9th in BCL | | Bullpen ERA | 3.50 - 6th in BCL | | Runs allowed | 303 - 8th in BCL | | Hits allowed | 680 - 9th in BCL | | Opponents AVG | .279 - 9th in BCL | | BABIP | .317 - 8th in BCL | | Home Runs allowed | 27 - tied for 7th in BCL | | Bases-On-Balls | 287 - 7th in BCL | | Strikeouts | 354 - 7th in BCL |
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