| Breaking News |  | Saturday, September 27th, 2008: Sandgnats Stewart Blanks Reno
Crystal Lake rode the magical arm of Bryan Stewart in a 6-0 shutout win over Reno. He shackled them on 6 hits and fanned 10. Almost to a man, the Reno Tenpinners said he had them guessing wrong all game long.
Stewart has gone 11-2 this season with an ERA of 1.98 and 193 strikeouts in 182 innings pitched. Other clubs are hitting .223 against him.
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 | Wednesday, September 17th, 2008: De La Rosa Tags Tenpinners 5 Hits
"Ever since I picked up my first bat my coaches were always saying to keep your eye on the ball, don't overswing... just make contact and ya never know what'll happen," Tempe's Jesús De La Rosa told reporters after the game. "That's all I did today. I made contact and it turned out well."
It definitely turn out well for De La Rosa today as he collected 5 hits in 5 at-bats against Reno. It turned out well for his team, too, as the Knights knocked off the Tenpinners 11-1 at Knights Stadium.
J. De La Rosa doubled in the 3rd, hit an RBI double in the 4th, singled in the 5th, hit an RBI single in the 7th and hit a solo-shot off M. Sparling in the 9th.
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 | Monday, August 11th, 2008: SL's Best Player, Erickson of Reno
This week's top performer in the Sovereign League was left fielder Brooks Erickson of the Reno Tenpinners.
He pounded out a .500 average and was voted the Player of the Week. Over the last week Erickson connected for 12 hits in 24 at-bats and 3 home runs, drove in 7 runs and scored 8 times.
This season Erickson is hitting .306 with 29 home runs.
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| Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | CF Jeff Patterson | fractured skull | one week | On DL, eligible for return (60-day DL) | | P José Reyes | back spasms | 3 months | On DL, eligible for return (60-day DL) |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 77-85, .475 PCT | | Position in Division | 4th, 35.0 GB | | Record at home | 36-45, .444 PCT | | Record on the road | 41-40, .506 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 8-7, .533 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 17-21, .447 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 16-17, .485 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 61-68, .473 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 3-7, .300 PCT | | Record in April | 12-11, .522 PCT | | Record in May | 16-12, .571 PCT | | Record in June | 12-13, .480 PCT | | Record in July | 17-12, .586 PCT | | Record in August | 11-18, .379 PCT | | Record in September | 9-18, .333 PCT | | Record in October | 0-1, .000 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .270 - 5th in SL | | On-Base Percentage | .339 - 5th in SL | | Slugging Percentage | .422 - 5th in SL | | On-Base + Slugging | .761 - 4th in SL | | Runs Scored | 836 - 4th in SL | | Hits | 1547 - 5th in SL | | Extra-Base Hits | 488 - 6th in SL | | Home Runs | 180 - 4th in SL | | Bases-On-Balls | 556 - 5th in SL | | Strikeouts | 1211 - 9th in SL | | Stolen Bases | 73 - 10th in SL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.69 - 7th in SL | | Starters' ERA | 4.74 - 6th in SL | | Bullpen ERA | 4.61 - 10th in SL | | Runs allowed | 839 - 9th in SL | | Hits allowed | 1545 - 8th in SL | | Opponents AVG | .271 - 7th in SL | | BABIP | .316 - 10th in SL | | Home Runs allowed | 127 - 4th in SL | | Bases-On-Balls | 610 - 11th in SL | | Strikeouts | 1079 - 6th in SL |
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