| Breaking News |  | Friday, September 5th, 2008: Thon 5-5 for Clinton
Today the Lumber Kings downed the Timber Rattlers 9-1 as Freddie Thon sprayed hits all over Riverview Stadium in a 5-hit explosion, finishing up with 5 hits in 5 at-bats.
The Clinton first baseman said to SION reporters in the postgame interview, "It makes it easier if you get a good pitch. The odds are in your favor then, not the pitcher's. I got a bunch of very pretty pitches to hit today, and I didn't miss any of them."
F. Thon hit an RBI single in the 1st, singled in the 3rd, hit a solo-shot off J. Escalona in the 5th, singled in the 7th and hit a solo-shot off A. Bibens-Dirkx in the 8th.
So far in 2008 Thon is hitting .290 with 12 home runs, 47 RBIs and 67 runs scored. He has 158 hits and played in 132 games.
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 | Monday, September 1st, 2008: Zambrano Best MID Starter in August
Victor Zambrano left little doubt in the minds of Midwest League officials that he should be named August's Pitcher of the Month for his outstanding performance.
"I wasn't always confident at the start of a game," said Zambrano. "Sometimes it's hard to get into the flow -- the calls aren't going your way or you're trying to spot your pitches too much. You just have to relax and use what you've been taught all your life -- get back to basics -- good mechanics, control, location, keep the ball down."
The 33-year-old tossed 47.2 innings of quality baseball -- going 4-2 with a 1.13 ERA and 32 strikeouts.
This season Zambrano has a 12-8 mark in 26 starts with a 2.17 ERA. He has given up 135 hits in 169.2 innings, struck out 139 and issued 48 walks. Opposing clubs have compiled a .215 batting average against him.
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| Saturday, August 9th, 2008: Quad Cities No Match for Zambrano
Victor Zambrano was in command in his outing against the Quad Cities Swing. He hurled the Clinton Lumber Kings to a 4-0 shutout victory, yielded 4 hits and chalked up 3 strikeouts and 1 walk.
"A complete game shutout. That's fun territory for me," he told reporters in the postgame interview. "I had good balance and mechanics and was able to keep the ball down. When I do that, good things happen."
This year Zambrano has gone 10-6 with an ERA of 2.36 and has 115 strikeouts in 141.1 innings.
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| Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | P Wes Obermueller | ruptured ulnar collateral ligament (elbow) | 3 months | Not on DL |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 0-0, .000 PCT | | Position in Division | 1st, - GB | | Record at home | 0-0, .000 PCT | | Record on the road | 0-0, .000 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 0-0, .000 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 0-0, .000 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 0-0, .000 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 0-0, .000 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 0-0, .000 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .000 - tied for 1st in MID | | On-Base Percentage | .000 - tied for 1st in MID | | Slugging Percentage | .000 - tied for 1st in MID | | On-Base + Slugging | .000 - tied for 1st in MID | | Runs Scored | 0 - tied for 1st in MID | | Hits | 0 - tied for 1st in MID | | Extra-Base Hits | 0 - tied for 1st in MID | | Home Runs | 0 - tied for 1st in MID | | Bases-On-Balls | 0 - tied for 1st in MID | | Strikeouts | 0 - tied for 1st in MID | | Stolen Bases | 0 - tied for 1st in MID |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 0.00 - tied for 1st in MID | | Starters' ERA | 0.00 - tied for 1st in MID | | Bullpen ERA | 0.00 - tied for 1st in MID | | Runs allowed | 0 - tied for 1st in MID | | Hits allowed | 0 - tied for 1st in MID | | Opponents AVG | .000 - tied for 1st in MID | | BABIP | .000 - tied for 1st in MID | | Home Runs allowed | 0 - tied for 1st in MID | | Bases-On-Balls | 0 - tied for 1st in MID | | Strikeouts | 0 - tied for 1st in MID |
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