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| Breaking News |  | Sunday, June 28th, 2009: Kurihara Spins Shutout Against Mighty Moose Sitka's Yoshihide Kurihara used his full arsenal today to shoot down Anchorage 1-0. All day long, he exhibited fine command of all his pitches, giving up no walks and striking out 4. Kurihara allowed the Anchorage 6 hits in the victory.
|  | Sunday, September 14th, 2008: Sledge Dogs Shut Out Capitals Arturo Morán was stingy with runs in his latest outing against the Capitals. He shut them out 3-0 on 5 hits with 2 strikeouts and no walks.
The Wasilla manager said, "Arturo was very aggressive tonight. He threw everything he had with a lot of confidence."
The losing manager had praise, too. "He was throwing strikes with all his pitches and mixing it up well. Morán has a sneaky fastball, and whatever that offspeed pitch was, it was keeping our timing off."
Morán has a 7-6 season record so far. In 17 starts, he has fanned 56 batters in 119.1 innings with a 2.04 ERA. |  | Monday, September 1st, 2008: Sitka's LaFrance Winner, AL Best Hitter in August When David LaFrance stepped up to the plate in August, he did it with confidence and today he was honored with the Alaskan League Batter of the Month award.
The young Sitka center fielder posted a .400 batting average with 2 home runs, 13 RBIs and scored 20 runs. LaFrance also worked pitchers for 7 walks to post a .429 on-base percentage.
LaFrance on the season is batting .363 with 3 home runs. His totals include 24 RBIs and 33 runs scored. He has played in 46 games. | | | | Team Information | | Record overall | 10-15, .400 PCT | | Position in Division | 4th, 8.0 GB | | Record at home | 4-5, .444 PCT | | Record on the road | 6-10, .375 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 0-2, .000 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 4-7, .364 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 3-4, .429 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 7-11, .389 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 6-4, .600 PCT | | Record in June | 9-13, .409 PCT | | Record in July | 1-2, .333 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .271 - 4th in AL | | On-Base Percentage | .323 - 8th in AL | | Slugging Percentage | .347 - 7th in AL | | On-Base + Slugging | .670 - 8th in AL | | Runs Scored | 103 - 6th in AL | | Hits | 235 - 4th in AL | | Extra-Base Hits | 49 - 8th in AL | | Home Runs | 7 - tied for 5th in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 60 - 11th in AL | | Strikeouts | 104 - 9th in AL | | Stolen Bases | 27 - 5th in AL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.61 - 11th in AL | | Starters' ERA | 4.98 - 11th in AL | | Bullpen ERA | 3.76 - 10th in AL | | Runs allowed | 129 - 11th in AL | | Hits allowed | 277 - 11th in AL | | Opponents AVG | .306 - 11th in AL | | BABIP | .337 - 11th in AL | | Home Runs allowed | 10 - tied for 10th in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 72 - tied for 4th in AL | | Strikeouts | 101 - 3rd in AL |
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