Weekly Wrapup: August 5, 2004
Axetorturer and *Elensar win Player of the Week award
MIDDLE EARTH - Burt Axetorturer wins his 1st Player of the Week award. Shire Conference pitchers couldn't figure out how to retire this guy all week long. Burt was on fire, hitting .393 with 3 HR and 8 RBI. Mordor's pitcher Maeglin *Elensar had some reason to celebrate as well, as the league named him the Mordor Conference Player of the Week. Maeglin went 2-0 with an ERA of 0.00, while fanning 16 in 17.2 innings of work. He hurled a shutout as well.
Balldicer Injures Back, Out For Good!
BYWATER - Injury has claimed the career of 31-year-old Bounders closer Cork Balldicer. The face of the snarling goblin will no longer menace opposing hitters from the mound in the late innings. In what turned out to be his final game on August 3, with the bullpen exhausted, he came in to pitch a perfect 7th inning, cutting down the heart of the Wilderland order--Silverhead, Imreogorn and Imrilron. Then in the top of the 8th, he raced over to cover the bag as pinch-hitter Nirbag Giantthrottler grounded to first. Balldicer fielded the throw from Sean Radigast, getting the runner, but immediately fell to the ground in agony. Apparently, in his move to first, Cork had wrenched his back so severely that he tore a muscle. Doctors say there is nothing they can do for him, and he is definitely finished as a major league pitcher. Balldicer finished the season with a 2-4 record, 12 saves and a 4.08 ERA. For his short career, he was 10-14 with 46 saves and a 3.68 ERA. He finished 4th in saves in 2003. He is 15th all-time.
Hidush Elfbelly dominates Bywater, gives up just 2 hits
BYWATER - All you need to win is a dominating pitching performance. And Mirkwood's Hidush Elfbelly did so on August 1st, in a 2-hit shutout against Bywater. 'My catcher called a very good game. I have to give credit to him.' Elfbelly (8-4) struck out 2 and walked 1, throwing 54 of 93 pitches for strikes. The hitting star for Mirkwood was leftfielder Gandolf Gameahir, he finished with 1 hit in 4 AB, with 2 RBI. The final score of the game was 4-0.
Hobbitgobbler, Elfbelly named Pitcher of the Month
MIDDLE EARTH - The best month of July in the Shire Conference certainly had Mirkwood's left-hander Hidush Elfbelly, earning him the Pitcher of the Month award. He went 4-0 in July and finished the month with an ERA of 1.07. He struck out 21 in 42 innings. Hidush pitched a shutout as well. In 15 starts this year Hidush struck out 45 batters in 102 innings of work. His ERA is 4.24, his record 7-4. Hidush has pitched one shutout and 4 complete games. Winner of this months Mordor Conference Pitcher of the Month award is Mordor's Pudush Hobbitgobbler. His ERA of just 1.85 helped him to a 4-2 record in July. He worked 48.2 innings, striking out 28 hitters while walking 4. Pudush pitched a shutout as well. This season Hobbitgobbler compiled an ERA of 3.08, going 10-5 in 25 starts. He fanned 97 while giving up 151 hits in 154.2 innings. He has one complete game and one shutout. He's 4th in the Mordor Conference in wins!
Red hot Facedragger and Dwarfcrawler win Batter of the Month award
MIDDLE EARTH - It's the 4th time that the Shire Conference Batter of the Month award goes to Bucklebury's rightfielder Kogar Facedragger. Kogar pounded opposing pitchers, hitting .353 with 12 and 30 RBI while slugging .824. Facedragger has hit 38 longballs this year while batting .361. He adds 12 doubles, along with 103 runs scored. He's 2nd in the Shire Conference in batting, 1st in homeruns and 2nd in RBI! The Mordor Conference's best player of the month was Grey Havens' Grukak Dwarfcrawler, who wins the award for the 1st time in his career. Grukak went 25 for 69 (.362), while hitting 8 HR and collecting 32 RBI. Dwarfcrawler has hit for a .299 average this season. He has 49 extra base hits along with 197 total bases, resulting in a .595 slugging percentage. He's 5th in the Mordor Conference in RBIs and 7th in homeruns!
Dagorlad Shortstop Out With Injury
DAGORLAD - The Disaster will be without the services of infielder Vaor Thrarith for at least the next 10 weeks. He injured his elbow after making a throw in a game against Mordor on July 29. Physicians are pretty sure it's a ruptured ligament. The 10th round draft pick for Dagorlad in 2003 is making his 2nd trip to the DL this year. He was batting .224 with 13 HR and 41 RBI.