| Breaking News |  | Tuesday, July 3rd, 1962: 5-7 Day for Retzer!
Who needs batting practice? Ken Retzer of Reading apparently doesn't as he battered Las Vegas with a 5-hit outburst in today's game to lead his club to a 19-5 win.
He told the press after the game, "And I didn't even take BP today. I think I have been taking too many swings before game and decided to take a day off. Wow, this was really something... a 5 for 7 day... will my name be in the record books now?"
K. Retzer grounded out in the 1st, flied out in the 2nd, hit a two-run single in the 3rd, singled in the 5th, singled in the 6th, singled in the 8th and hit a solo-shot off J. Hiller in the 9th.
Thus far this year Retzer is batting .308 with 10 home runs, 39 RBIs and 47 runs scored.
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 | Monday, June 18th, 1962: Las Vegas's Hall Gets ALAA Player of the Week
Las Vegas's Jimmie Hall would not be denied the ML Double A Player of the Week Award for this past week. His consistent stroke, which produced 5 hits in 13 at-bats and a .385 average, made him the clear favorite to win the honor.
"You just go out there and do what you have to do," said Hall, "When I'm up, I try to focus and block everything else out of my mind...and have a good at-bat. I'm up there to get a hit or advance a runner, not to get caught up in the emotion of the moment. I hope I can win this award every week."
He also tallied 3 home runs, 9 RBIs and 5 runs scored.
This season Hall is batting .283 with 32 RBIs, 26 runs scored and 6 home runs.
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 | Monday, May 14th, 1962: Star of the Week Named in ALAA
With some great hand-eye coordination and a sweet, compact swing, Las Vegas Gamblers third baseman Coco Laboy took the ML Double A by storm this past week to take the latest Player of the Week honors.
"The ball was looking like a beach ball all week," a happy Laboy said to SION reporters. "When it's that big, it doesn't matter where they throw it -- I can hit it anywhere."
The 22-year-old third baseman hit .517 (15-29) last week with 3 home runs, 18 RBIs and 12 runs scored.
This season Laboy is batting .331 with 42 hits and 5 home runs. He has scored 27 times and has 28 runs batted in.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 53-50, .515 PCT | | Position in Division | 3rd, 17.0 GB | | Record at home | 28-24, .538 PCT | | Record on the road | 25-26, .490 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 6-2, .750 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 11-16, .407 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 12-17, .414 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 41-33, .554 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 6-4, .600 PCT | | Record in April | 8-12, .400 PCT | | Record in May | 20-8, .714 PCT | | Record in June | 10-16, .385 PCT | | Record in July | 15-14, .517 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .252 - 5th in ALAA | | On-Base Percentage | .335 - 3rd in ALAA | | Slugging Percentage | .368 - 3rd in ALAA | | On-Base + Slugging | .703 - 4th in ALAA | | Runs Scored | 478 - 5th in ALAA | | Hits | 896 - 4th in ALAA | | Extra-Base Hits | 250 - 2nd in ALAA | | Home Runs | 73 - 2nd in ALAA | | Bases-On-Balls | 385 - 7th in ALAA | | Strikeouts | 694 - 9th in ALAA | | Stolen Bases | 34 - 11th in ALAA |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.76 - 9th in ALAA | | Starters' ERA | 4.41 - 13th in ALAA | | Bullpen ERA | 2.39 - 2nd in ALAA | | Runs allowed | 453 - 8th in ALAA | | Hits allowed | 865 - 6th in ALAA | | Opponents AVG | .249 - 7th in ALAA | | BABIP | .289 - 6th in ALAA | | Home Runs allowed | 57 - 8th in ALAA | | Bases-On-Balls | 361 - 7th in ALAA | | Strikeouts | 619 - 11th in ALAA |
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