Return to the Playground: Backyard Baseball 2001

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Amir Khan Blasts Two Home Runs as Melonheads Blank Yankees

New York Yankees (1-3) at Humongous Melonheads (4-0)
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	1	2	3	4	5	6	R
Yankees	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Melonheads	4	2	0	3	1	-	10

Melonhead Hitting
Pete: 1-4, R, K
Derek: 3-4, 2 R, SB (2), K
Pablo: 3-4, 2B, 2 R, SB (10), K
Achmed: 3-4, 2B, 3B, 2 RBI (12), 2 R, SB (1), K
Amir: 3-4, 2 HR (3), 6 RBI (10), 2 R, K
Alex: 1-3, HR (2), RBI (7), R, 2 K
Ernie: 1-2, RBI (6), BB, K
Luanne: 1-2, 2 SB (8), BB
Dante: 1-3, K

Melonhead Pitching
Dante: 6 IP, 4 K, 0 R, 3 H, W (2-0)

Game Summary
Dante got his first start of the season and really impressed. He was
able to keep the Yankees off the scoreboard and mostly off the bases,
only allowing 3 hits. He did so with excellent command and keeping most
balls in play on the ground around the infield. On the offensive side of the
field the Melonheads did most of their damage off of the bat of Amir.
He belted two home runs, a 2 run in the first and a 3 run in the fourth.
Alex hit his second home run in as many games and again it didn’t leave
the park. Although this time he split the outfielders and was able to
hustle around the bases. The Yankee pitching committee was able to get
each batter, except Luanne, guessing with 9 total strikeouts.

Player of the Game:

Amir Khan

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Around the Diamond: Week 5
The Red Sox were able to best the Blue Jays for their first win of
the season. Our non-divisional opponents went 5-3 this week to
improve to 22-18 on the season. Currently three teams sit at 4-1,
the Mariners, Hornets, and Braves.

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Melonheads Keep Rolling and Finish Perfect in Division Play

Toronto Blue Jays (3-2) at Humongous Melonheads (5-0)
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	1	2	3	4	5	6	R
Blue Jays	0	0	0	2	0	1	3
Melonheads	4	6	0	3	1	-	14

Melonhead Hitting
Pete: 2-4, R, 3 SB (10), 2 K
Derek: 3-4, 2B, RBI (6), 2 R, SB (3), K
Pablo: 3-4, 2B, 2 RBI (14), 2 R, 2 SB (12), K
Achmed: 2-4, 3B, RBI (13), 2 R, 2 K
Amir: 4-4, 2B, HR (4), 4 RBI (14), 2 R
Alex: 4-4, HR (3), 3 RBI (10), 2 R, 2 SB (4)
Ernie: 0-4, K
Luanne: 1-3, R, K
Dante: 2-3, HR (1), 3 RBI (3), 2 R, SB (4)

Melonhead Pitching
Ernie: 3.1 IP, 6 K, BB, 2 R, 3 H, W (3-0)
Luanne: 2.2 IP, 5 K, 1 R, 3 H

Game Summary
The Melonheads got rolling early putting up 10 runs in the first
two innings. Alex hit his third home run of the year in the first
and it was the first one to actually leave the ballpark. Amir stayed
hot belting a three-run homer in the second and totaled four RBIs
on the day. The Melonheads are averaging an impressive 11.5 runs
per game through their division schedule, while only allowing 2 runs
per game. On the mound Ernie was able to earn his third win of the
season, striking out six through 3.1 innings. His only hiccup was a
two-run home run off the bat of Raul Mondesi.

Players of the Game:

Amir Khan and Alex Rodriguez

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Around the Diamond: Week 6
The Red Sox bested the Yankees to take over third place in the
division at 2-4. Our non-divisional opponents struggled this week
going 3-5, making them 25-23 on the season. The Hornets and Braves
were able to stay hot, each improving to 5-1. Our opponents next week
are the Fishes, who are currently 2-4.

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Manager’s Report: Week 6
Another three weeks are gone and our divisional match-ups are
behind us. Let’s look and see how we did.

Melonheads 13 vs Red Sox 1
Melonheads 10 vs Yankees 0
Melonheads 14 vs Blue Jays 3

Impressive undefeated start to the season. We’re scoring lots of runs,
and not allowing many at all. Let’s look at how our statistics are.

Hitting
Pete: 16-24 (.666), 3 RBI, 10 R, 10 SB, BB, 4 K
Derek: 11-24 (.458), 2B, HR, 6 RBI, 10 R, 3 SB, BB, 4 K
Pablo: 18-23 (.782), 4 2B, 3B, 4 HR, 14 RBI, 16 R, 12 SB, 2 BB, 3 K
Achmed: 14-25 (.560), 3 2B, 2 3B, 2 HR, 13 RBI, 9 R, 1 SB, 4 K
Amir: 18-25 (.720), 3 2B, 4 HR, 14 RBI, 7 R, 2 SB, K
Alex: 14-23 (.608), 2B, 3B, 3 HR, 10 RBI, 9 R, 4 SB, 3 K
Ernie: 8-21 (.380), 2B, 6 RBI, BB, 5 K
Luanne: 11-19 (.578), 4 R, 8 SB, BB, 4 K
Dante: 7-20 (.350), HR, 3 RBI, 4 R, 4 SB, 6 K

Pitching
Luanne: 1-0, 11.1 IP, 7 R, 3.70 ERA, 11 H, 8 K
Ernie: 3-0, 15.1 IP, 4 R, 1.56 ERA, 13 H, 20 K
Dante: 2-0, 10.1 IP, R, 0.58 ERA, 6 H, 8 K

Our bats cooled off a little bit, but still did some damage. Amir and
Alex really heated up the past three games, driving in 10 runs and
8 runs respectively. They did most of their damage with the home run,
each hit 3 home runs. Four players have already driven in at least
10 runs; Alex (10 RBI), Achmed (13 RBI), Amir (14 RBI), and Pablo
(14 RBI). Pablo and Amir are also hitting the ball just about every time
up, batting .782 and .720 respectively, and they’ve only struck out
4 times of total 50 chances. On the mound Ernie won both of his starts
and lowered his ERA to 1.56 while striking 13 over 9.1 innings. Dante
impressed in his first start, going all six innings and not allowing a run.

We’ll recap again at the half-way point of the rest of schedule and the
opponents we have between then and now are:

@ Fishes 2-4
vs Mariners 4-2
@ Hornets 5-1
vs Twins 2-4

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