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July 12, 2004 - Eastern League (EL1) News Release


Reading's Howard Is Chase Monthly MVP For June

The Chase Bank has named Reading Phillies first baseman Ryan Howard as the Eastern League's Chase Most Valuable Player for the month of June. Howard, a 24-year old native of Wildwood, Missouri, was a unanimous selection for the award after hitting .386 with 10 doubles, 15 home runs, 43 RBI, 28 runs scored, 11 walks, a .458 on-base percentage and a .868 slugging percentage in 30 games for the R-Phils in June. The 6'4", 230 lb. slugger has blasted a league-best 33 home runs and driven in a league-high 87 runs in 81 games this season.

The 2003 Florida State League MVP is also currently leading the league in slugging percentage (.705), runs scored (63) and extra-base hits (51). Howard's 33 homers this season ties him with Greg Luzinski for the Reading Phillies single-season home run record, which Luzinski set for the R-Phils in 1970. Ryan, who was named the Eastern League Player of the Week for the weeks ending June 13th and June 27th, was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies out of Southwest Missouri State University in the fifth round of the June 2001 draft.

Howard will receive his award later this month in an on-field presentation at First Energy Stadium in Reading, Pennsylvania and he will also be recognized at the Chase MVP Awards banquet when the season ending award winners are announced.

Now in its eighth season, the Chase Awards Program is designed to recognize the monthly achievements and season long accomplishments of Eastern League players. Chase and the Eastern League will name a monthly most valuable player throughout the season, as well as a season ending Chase Eastern League MVP. In addition, Chase will select a Chase Pitcher of the Year, Chase Rookie of the Year and a Chase Manager of the Year at the end of the season. All award winners are chosen by Eastern League sports writers and radio announcers and will be recognized at a season ending awards banquet.

Howard Week By Week- June ‘04
G H 2B 3B HR RBI R
6/01-6/06 6 4 1 0 1 5 2
6/07-6/13 7 15 5 0 4 13 10
6/14-6/20 7 8 1 0 3 7 5
6/21-6/30 10 17 3 0 7 18 11
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June 30 44 10 0 15 43 28
Season 86 101 18 0 33 89 64

Fisher Cat Short Stop Shines In Futures All-Star Game

New Hampshire Fisher Cats Short Stop Aaron Hill was named the Most Valuable Player of the Major League Baseball Futures Game Sunday afternoon at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas. Hill Made the most of his only at-bat of the game, delivering a tworun double in the fifth inning that gave the US team a 4-0 lead over the World team. The US team went on to win 4-3.

Hill was a late addition to the Futures Game, taking the roster spot of injured Short Stop Russ Adams, another top Toronto Blue Jays prospect. Hill joins current Major Leaguers Alfonso Soriano (Rangers), Sean Burroughs (Padres) and Jose Reyes (Mets) to win the Futures MVP award.

Fisher Cats Mascot Has A Name

The New Hampshire Fisher Cats have announced the name of their newest player. Prior to Friday night's contest with the Harrisburg Senators the Fisher Cats welcomed their mascot by his new name. Fungo was welcomed with roaring applause but this time fans and teammates now know what to call him.

The name Fungo was submitted by numerous fan suggestions at Gill Stadium during the period of June 18-25 of and was ultimately declared the winner on July 9, 2004, as a result of the team's website voting which took place from June 28-July 8, 2004. The Fisher Cats are very excited about the creative name that the fans have chosen. The name Fungo has dual symbolism. In a baseball context, the word Fungo is the name of the type of bat that is used to hit baseballs to players during team practices. Another interesting quality of the name is that it has the word "fun" in it. After all, "where ever the fun goes, he will go!"

The 5 names that were apart of the final stage of the contest were as follows:
1. Fungo
2. Klawz
3. Fletch
4. Fisky
5. Trackz

Transactions

Akron Aeros
Received 3B Kevin Orie from Extended Spring Training
Placed 3B Kevin Orie on the DL
Activated C Clint Chauncey from the DL

Altoona Curve
Sent RHP Patrick O'Brien to Lynchburg (A)
Activated RHP Bobby Bradley from the DL
Sent INF Ray Navarrete to Lynchburg (A)
Received OF Jorge Cortes from Lynchburg (A)
Activated LHP Brady Borner from the Temporary Inactive List
Placed RHP Dave Lundquist on the DL

Binghamton Mets
None

Bowie Baysox
Placed RHP Mike Paradis on the DL
Received RHP Ruben Quevedo from Ottawa (AAA)
Released RHP Joe Gannon
Received RHP Denny Bautista from Baltimore

Erie SeaWolves
Sent LHP Wilfredo Ledezma to Detroit

Harrisburg Senators
None

New Britain Rock Cats
None

New Hampshire Fisher Cats
Received RHP Chris Baker from Syracuse (AAA)

Norwich Navigators
Activated OF Carlos Valderrama from the DL
Placed 1B Tyler Von Schell on the DL
Activated 3B Mike Cervenak from the DL

Portland Sea Dogs
Sent INF Jimmy Alvarez to Pawtucket (AAA)
Received P Mark Deschenes
Sent RHP Charlie Zink to Sarasota (A)
Received P Joe Rogers from Sarasota (A)

Reading Phillies
Sent INF/OF Kurt Keene to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA)
Received C Russ Jacobson from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA)
Placed 2B Brian Hitchcox on the DL
Received INF/OF Kurt Keene from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre (AAA)

Trenton Thunder
None

Line of the Week

July 6, 2004
IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
8 7 3 3 0 9 2 3.38

Wilfredo Ledezma, Erie Seawolves

Erie Seawolves LHP Wilfredo Ledezma pitched eight innings while striking out nine to receive the victory on Tuesday July 6th. Later in the week Ledezma was called back to the Major Leagues, Wilfredo was a Rule- 5 Draft selection from the Red Sox last year and therefore spent all of last season with the Detroit Tigers.

Quote of the Week

"The only problem with success is that it does not teach you how to deal with failure."

Tommy Lasorda, Los Angeles Dodgers

News and Notes From Around The League
Week Ending July 11, 2004

Akron Aeros

2B Scott Youngbauer has a hit in seven of his last eight games. Youngbauer is hitting .300 (9-for-30) with six runs scored, one double, one triple, three RBI and two stolen bases over that span. P Dan Denham went 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA and four strikeouts in one start last week. Nate Grindell hit .458 (11-for-24) with four doubles, one triple and five runs batted in last week.

Altoona Curve

Altoona won its fifth game of the season after trailing entering the ninth inning when it came back to beat Portland 2-1 in 10 innings Friday. OF Ray Sadler set a new single-game franchise record with four stolen bases Saturday at Portland. RHP Bryan Bullington tossed a perfect sixth inning for the US team during Sunday's All- Star Futures Game.

Binghamton Mets

P Ken Chenard went 2-0 with a 2.45 ERA and 10 strikeouts in his two starts last week. Chase Lambin hit .600 (12-for-20) with four runs scored and four runs batted in last week. Angel Pagan hit .333 (9-for-27) with two doubles, one home run and eight runs batted in last week.

Bowie Baysox

On Saturday The Allen Iverson Celebrity Softball Classic brought some of the NBA's hottest stars, most notably Lebron James, Steve Francis, Allen Iverson and Tracy McGrady, to Bowie. McGrady was the star of the game hitting three home runs including a grand slam in the final inning.

Erie SeaWolves

P Kenny Baugh went 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA and six strikeouts in one start last week. P Mark Woodyard went 1-1 with a 0.82 ERA and seven strikeouts in two starts last week. Ryan Raburn hit .455 (10-for-22) with three doubles, two home runs and seven runs batted in last week.

Harrisburg Senators

P David Maust went 0-0 with a 2.25 ERA and four strikeouts in one start last week. Rich Lane hit .304 (7-for-23) with one home run and three runs batted in last week. New Britain Rock Cats P Henry Bonilla went 1-0 with a 1.88 ERA with four strikeouts in two starts last week. Luis Maza hit .321 (9-for-28) with two home runs last week.

New Hampshire Fisher Cats

RHP Jamie Vermilyea's streak of 41 eastern league batters retired in a row ended Tuesday when Altoona Curve 1B Josh Bonifay singled leading off the game. While Vermilyea's hitless stretch ended his scoreless streak continued. He pitched five shutout innings, giving him 18 straight scoreless frames with the Fisher Cats. However, his scoreless streak ended when he gave up seven runs in four innings on Sunday against the Senators.

Norwich Navigators

OF Doug Clark has gone 10-for-21 in his last five games, he has not gone two straight games without a hit since June 8th. INF Derin McMains had his 10-game hitting streak snapped on July sixth, during the streak McMains hit .286 (12-for-42).

Portland Sea Dogs

RHP Joe Nelson, who starred for the Sea Dogs earlier this season, was called up to the Boston Red Sox Friday and made his Red Sox debut Saturday night with a scoreless ninth inning against the Texas Rangers. C Jeff Bailey was named the Boston Red Sox Minor League Player of the Month for the month of June. Bailey hit .349 (29-for-83) with four home runs and 12 RBI in 26 games.

Reading Phillies

During Reading's 83rd game of the year on July 6th 1B Ryan Howard hit his 33rd home run of the season matching the franchise single season home run record set by Greg Luzinski in 1970. The Eastern League record for home runs in a single season is 41, set in 1930 by Ken Strong of Hazelton and matched by Buffalo's Rick Lancellotti in 1979.

Trenton Thunder

OF Mitch Jones has hit a career-high 24 home runs this season and is just one home run short of the single season franchise record. 1B Aaron Rifkin won Sunday's game on a three-run walkoff homer, the first of his career.

Eastern League Player of the Week

MITCH JONES, an outfielder for the Trenton Thunder, is the Eastern League's Player of the Week for the week ending July 11th. Jones, a native of Orem, Utah, had an excellent week for the Thunder, hitting .419 (13-for-31) with two doubles, five home runs, nine RBI, 10 runs scored and a .968 slugging percentage in seven games. The 26-year old tied a Thunder franchise record by hitting a home run in five straight games last week from July 5th through July 9th. On the season the 6'2", 215 lb. slugger has blasted 24 home runs, which is one short of the Trenton franchise single-season record. Mitch, who is currently ranked among the league leaders in RBI, slugging percentage and extra-base hits, was selected by New York Yankees in the 7th round of the June 2000 draft.

Mitch Jones's Batting Line for the week ending June 11, 2004:
G Avg. AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R SB BB SLG%
7 .419 31 13 2 0 5 9 10 0 0 .968

Year to Date:
G Avg. AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R SB BB SLG%
82 .241 299 72 11 2 24 58 52 4 28 .532

Eastern League Pitcher of the Week

JASON STEVENSON, a right-handed pitcher for the Harrisburg Senators, has been named the Eastern League's Pitcher of the Week for the week ending July 11th. The 6'1", 175 lb. hurler was 2-0 with nine strikeouts and a 1.93 ERA in a pair of starts for the Senators last week. In his first appearance of the week Stevenson, a native of Redding, California, struck out four batters and walked three while giving up only four hits in seven shutout innings of work to pick up a win against the Bowie Baysox at Commerce Bank Park. In his second appearance of the week the 22-year old gave up three runs on six hits while striking out five batters and not allowing a walk, to earn a win against the New Hampshire Fisher Cats at Gill Stadium. Jason was selected by the Montreal Expos in the 12th round of the June 2000 draft.

Jason Stevenson's Statistics for the week ending June 11, 2004:
G W L S IP H R ER K BB ERA
2 2 0 0 14 10 3 3 9 3 1.93

Year to Date:
G W L S IP H R ER K BB ERA
17 6 7 0 100 90 47 42 59 41 3.78

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