| Breaking News |  | Friday, September 19th, 2008: Kentucky Holds Nutmeggers Scoreless
Minoru Hashimoto shut 'em down and shut 'em out, hurling Kentucky past Connecticut 7-0 in a complete game victory.
He told SION sportswriters in the postgame interview, "This is a game of adjustments and I made some good ones in this game."
Hashimoto held the Connecticut Nutmeggers without a run, tossing a 3-hitter while walking 1 and fanning 5.
So far this season Hashimoto has a record of 8-15 with 56 strikeouts and 78 walks in 173.2 innings and a 4.77 ERA. |
 | Sunday, September 14th, 2008: McCullough Cruises to Shutout
Conan McCullough of the New Orleans Trendsetters spun his magic on the Kentucky Thoroughbreds today. He blanked them 7-0 on 4 hits, registering 8 strikeouts and 1 walk.
"The bottom line was I just kept the ball down," McCullough said. "My breaking stuff was down. Everything was down."
Talking to reporters in the postgame interview, the New Orleans skipper said, "We got solid pitching, good defense and we took great team at-bats in a lot of different situations. This was just a solid performance by everyone."
This season-to-date McCullough has 9 wins and 5 losses and a 2.01 ERA.
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 | Saturday, September 6th, 2008: Nothing Doing for Statesmen, Shutout by Armstrong
Jerry Armstrong of the Kentucky Thoroughbreds put the clamps on the opposition and held the Charleston Statesmen scoreless in a 5-hit whitewash.
"He's got some good stuff, but we should have done better than that," said the Charleston skipper after the 7-0 loss.
Armstrong was on target most of the game and finished with 5 strikeouts and 2 walks.
So far this season Armstrong has compiled a 11-7 record with a 3.10 ERA.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 64-92, .410 PCT | | Position in Division | 6th, 29.0 GB | | Record at home | 31-47, .397 PCT | | Record on the road | 33-45, .423 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 10-7, .588 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 22-29, .431 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 19-23, .452 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 45-69, .395 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 5-5, .500 PCT | | Record in April | 12-11, .522 PCT | | Record in May | 11-17, .393 PCT | | Record in June | 7-18, .280 PCT | | Record in July | 11-18, .379 PCT | | Record in August | 13-16, .448 PCT | | Record in September | 10-12, .455 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .227 - 12th in IL | | On-Base Percentage | .286 - 12th in IL | | Slugging Percentage | .347 - 12th in IL | | On-Base + Slugging | .633 - 12th in IL | | Runs Scored | 559 - 11th in IL | | Hits | 1193 - 12th in IL | | Extra-Base Hits | 384 - 12th in IL | | Home Runs | 115 - 9th in IL | | Bases-On-Balls | 399 - 12th in IL | | Strikeouts | 1119 - 10th in IL | | Stolen Bases | 183 - 1st in IL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.29 - 9th in IL | | Starters' ERA | 4.77 - 11th in IL | | Bullpen ERA | 3.43 - 4th in IL | | Runs allowed | 732 - 9th in IL | | Hits allowed | 1512 - 11th in IL | | Opponents AVG | .273 - 11th in IL | | BABIP | .319 - 11th in IL | | Home Runs allowed | 120 - 3rd in IL | | Bases-On-Balls | 532 - 11th in IL | | Strikeouts | 1056 - 7th in IL |
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