FRESNO... 2B BRIAN DALLIMORE went 5-for-5 with a double on August 21 in a 7-5 loss against Tucson...
OF JASON ELLISON hit safely in 17 straight games (26-60, 5 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI, 5 SB) July 24-August 22...
LHP JEFF URBAN lost 10 straight decisions May 16-August 25, posting an ERA of 6.04 in the 22-game span...
3B LANCE NIEKRO hit .500 (18-36, 1 2B, 1 HR, 7 RBI, 1 SB) in nine games August 17-25....
NORWICH... OF ADAM SHABALA clubbed a grand slam in the top of the second inning for 7-5 victory over Portland August 21. Following a walk by C CHRIS CURRY, a single by C JOHN PACHOT and another walk by 2B RAMON SOLER, Shabala hit his ninth home run of the season with two outs to put his team up 5-0...
SS JAMIE ATHAS hit safely in 17 straight games (27-66, 7 RBI, 2 SB) August 7-22...
RHP JEFF CLARK threw 7 2/3 scoreless innings of three-hit ball, striking out six in a 2-0 win against Erie August 27...
LHP JACK TASCHNER pitched seven scoreless innings (3 H, 3 BB, 0 SO) in a no-decision against Erie August 25....
SAN JOSE... LHP J.T. THOMAS spun seven scoreless innings (4 H, 1 BB, 4 SO) in a 5-0 win against Stockton August 21...
RHP BRION TREADWAY struck out 10 batters over five innings (4 H, 2 R) but left without a decision in a 7-6 defeat to Bakersfield August 25...
SS ANGEL CHAVEZ hit a pair of home runs and a triple, knocking in five runs on August 23 in an 11-6 win at Visalia...
RHP ANTHONY PANNONE went 0-3 with a 13.11 ERA in four games July 8-August 27 (11.2 IP, 23 H, 20 R, 17 ER, 6 BB, 6 SO)....
HAGERSTOWN... OF FRED LEWIS had three hits, including a pair during a five-run sixth inning, as the Suns beat Kannapolis, 12-3, August 21. 1B JULIAN BENAVIDEZ had a double and four walks in his five plate appearances...
RHP MERKIN VALDEZ allowed a run and four hits over eight innings to beat the Intimidators, 5-3, August 22. Valdez walked one and fanned eight, including the side in order in the second inning...
RHP GLENN WOOLARD pitched a two-hitter to blank Lakewood in the first game of a doubleheader August 23. Woolard issued one walk and struck out nine, including seven straight between the first and third innings. It was the first career shutout for Woolard, who was a 10th-rounder in 2002. In the second game, RHP RAFAEL RIGUEIRO struck out four batters in the seventh inning but the BlueClaws scored a run on a passed ball to beat the Suns, 7-6....
SALEM-KEIZER... DH BRAD VERICKER hit a three-run homer to highlight a seven-run second inning in a 13-6 victory over Eugene August 21...
RHP J.B. THURMOND went 5-0 with a 3.24 ERA in six games August 5-27 (25 IP, 27 H, 9 R, 9 ER, 5 BB, 21 SO)...
2B AARON HORNOSTAJ reached base safely in 24 consecutive games July 26-August 27 (39-98, 5 2B, 15 RBI, 4 SB). Through that period, he was second in the league with a .322 average....