Muckdogs Game Notes
August 3, 2018 - New York-Penn League (NYPL)
Batavia Muckdogs News Release
Today's Game- Batavia hosts the first-place Mahoning Valley Scrappers today in the second game of a three-game series. Batavia is 3-4 on the season against the Scrappers, with five of the seven total games being decided by just one run.
That was last night- After falling into a 5-0 after the top of the first inning, Batavia battled all the way back to take a 6-5 lead in the seventh inning on the power of a JD Osborne HR, and 3RBIs from Jerar Encarnacion. Manuel Rodriguez came in to work four strong innings from the bullpen, and the Muckdogs hung on to the 8-7 victory.
Osborne's outstanding- JD Osborne has been one of Batavia's top bats this season, hitting for a .346 average in the 28 games he has played in, including ten multi-hit games. He has the best OPS on the team with a .928, which had swelled to 1.001 in the month of July.
Two-out trouble- The Muckdogs have had issues getting out of innings once they've reorded two outs. Batavia has given up a .286 average with RISP and two outs. Of Batavia's 231 runs against, 95 of them have crossed the plate with RISP and two outs.
Donadio digging in- Michael Donadio has now hits in 17 of his last 22 games. He's tallied 25 hits, two home runs and has crossed the plate nine times in that span. He is second on the team with four home runs. He left St. John's with the second most all-time hits with 268.
Reynolds Raking- Sean Reynolds has been able to find the power in his bat this season. He currently leads the league in home runs and is second in the lead in the league in RBI's and also leads the league in runs scored. He is also the league leader in walks with 31. Reynolds currently stands in second in the NYPL in extra-base hits
Close Calls- Batavia has played a total of 45 games this season, 27 of which have been decided by two runs or less. The Muckdogs are 14-13 in those games. Batavia has the fourth best reord in one-run games, and the worst record in two-run games at 2-6.
Recent Roster Action- On August 1st, RHP Jameson McGrane was assigned to the Batavia Muckdogs, and LHP Martin Anderson was released.
Marlins Update- The Phillies walked off on the Marlins last night thanks to a four-run ninth inning. Maikel Franco hit the game winning three-run homer off Kyle Barraclough
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