CAROLINA LEAGUE
Weekly Newsletter
July 28, 1995

ANOTHER NO-HITTER:

Lynchburg righthanders John Dillinger and Jason Pfaff teamed up to no-hit the Kinston Indians in the Tribe’s home park Wednesday, July 26. It was the Carolina League’s fifth no-hitter of the year.

Dillinger, started and went the first seven innings, allowing 5 walks and hitting a batter. He struck out one. Pfaff went the final two innings striking out two and walking none. The Hillcats won 4-0. First baseman Reed drove in all four runs with a double and a home run.

Before this season there had not been a no-hitter in the League since 1992.

Players of the Week

Each week Howe Sportsdata International, the official statistician of the Carolina League selects a batter and a pitcher of the week from games Friday through Thursday. The co-batters of the week are first baseman Nate Holdren of Salem and catcher Reed Secrist of Lynchburg. The pitcher of the week is lefty Tim Byrdak of Wilmington.

Holdren, 23, from Richland WA, was selected in the 16th round of the June 1993 Free Agent Draft by the Rockies. He spent last year in Asheville where he batted .236 and tied for the SAL lead in homers with 28. Currently with the Avalanche he is batting .260 with 11 home runs.

Secrist, 25, is spending his second week in a row as a CL batter of the week. He was signed by the Pirates as a free agent in June 1992. With the Hillcats he is batting .337 with 17 homers and leads the CL in Slugging percentage at .603.

Byrdak, 21, who resides in Oak Forest IL, was selected in the fifth round of the 1994 June Free Agent Draft. In his rookie season in Eugene he finished with a 4-5 record with 77 strike outs and an 3.07 ERA. In his second minor league season he is fourth in CL pitchers with a 7-4 record and a 2.28 ERA. 

Holdren   G  AB  R  H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  AVG   SLUG   OBP   SB
          5  17  8  9  0   0   4    8   .529  1.235  .600  0

Secrist   G  AB  R  H  2B  3B  HR  RBI  AVG   SLUG   OBP   SB
          6  23  8  9  2   0   3   13   .391  .870   .481  1

Byrdak    G  GS  CG  SHO  W-L  ERA   IP    H  R  ER  BB  SO  SAV
          2  2   0    0   2-0  0.00  15.0  4  0  0   1   16   0

CAROLINA LEAGUE WEEKLY NOTEBOOK

DURHAM...SS LOU BENBOW committed three errors, including two on consecutive ground balls in the sixth inning, in a 6-0 loss to Frederick July 25...OF WONDERFUL MONDS hit .125 (6-48, 17 SO) in 14 games July 7-26. Among those hits was a game-winning, 12th-inning RBI single which defeated Frederick 4-3 July 26...Despite allowing three runs in the top of the ninth inning, the Bulls rallied for three in the bottom of the inning, beating Wilmington 8-7 on 1B RANDALL SIMON'S RBI single July 23.

FREDERICK...The middle infield struggled badly in July as SS DAVID LAMB hit .057 (2-35, 6 SO) in 11 games July 10-26 and 2B JESSE GARCIA went 4-for- 47 with 11 strikeouts in 18 games July 1-26...OF HARRY BERRIOS hit home runs in back-to-back wins over Winston-Salem July 22 & 23...OF TROVIN VALDEZ extended his RBI drought to 51 games and 164 at-bats through July 26...RHP CALVIN MADURO was 4-0, 1.60 ERA in five starts June 30-July 23.

KINSTON...RHP JEFF SEXTON (6-2, 2.19 ERA) was promoted from Columbus and got a no-decision July 25 against Lynchburg (8 IP, 8 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 6 SO)...DH BRUCE AVEN struck out five times in a 13-9 loss to Salem July 23...RHP JAY VAUGHT threw a two-hit, 1-0 shutout against Salem July 22 (7 IP, 1 BB, 5 SO)...RHP KRIS HANSON allowed two earned runs or fewer in five consecutive starts June 23-July 21 (27.1 IP, 22 H, 6 R, 4 ER, 6 BB, 13 SO), going 1-1...SS ENRIQUE WILSON hit .133 (4-30, 3 SO) in seven games July 12- 21.

LYNCHBURG...OF CHARLES PETERSON went 5-for-6 with a homer and seven RBI in an 18-6 win at Prince William July 24...DH REED SECRIST hit .500 (13-26, 3 2B, 5 HR, 20 RBI, 1 SB) in seven games July 16-26 to earn Player-of-the-Week honors....RHP JOHN DILLINGER (7 IP, 5 BB, 1 SO) and RHP JASON PFAFF (2 IP, 0 BB, 2 SO) combined on a no-hitter in a 4-0 win at Kinston July 26...3B RAUL RODARTE hit .588 (10-17, 2 2B, 1 HR, 4 RBI) in four games July 21-24.

PRINCE WILLIAM...LHP STEVE WORRELL allowed no runs in seven consecutive games June 23-July 22 (12.2 IP, 6 H, 3 BB, 11 SO), picking up a win and a save...OF MAGGLIO ORDONEZ hit .098 (5-51, 9 SO) in 15 games July 2- 21...LHP TODD RIZZO allowed no runs in four consecutive games July 12-24 (9 IP, 3 H, 6 BB, 10 SO)...LHP RICH PRATT threw seven scoreless innings (3 H, 0 BB, 4 SO) in a 3-0 win against Lynchburg July 23.

SALEM...RHP BRENT CROWTHER tossed a four-hitter, but lost 1-0 at Kinston July 22 (6 IP, 1 R, 1 ER, 4 BB, 5 SO), his third straight losing start...C JASON SMITH (0-20, 10 SO) and DH FORRY WELLS (0-16, 7 SO) were both slumping while OF JOHN GIUDICE, after going 1-for-19, broke out with home runs in back-to-back wins over Salem July 23 & 24.

WILMINGTON...LHP TIM BYRDAK won four straight starts July 6-26 (26 IP, 13 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 26 SO), including eight scoreless innings (3 H, 1 BB, 9 SO) in a 4-0 win against Winston-Salem...LHP JOSE ROSADO allowed two earned runs or fewer in five consecutive starts June 30-July 25 (27.2 IP, 29 H, 8 R, 7 ER, 7 BB, 20 SO), going 2-2...OF RAUL GONZALEZ hit safely in eight straight games (8-31, 1 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI) July 12-25, although his average dropped from .271 to .269.

WINSTON-SALEM...RHP JASON ROBBINS went 5-0, 3.38 ERA in eight starts May 21-July 25 (45.1 IP, 34 H, 20 R, 17 ER, 20 BB, 27 SO)...C JOHNNY BESS hit .022 (1-45, 17 SO) in 15 games June 29-July 26 to drop his average under .200...2B CHAD AKERS hit .355 (11-31, 4 2B, 10 RBI, 5 SB) in nine games July 10-22...2B DEE JENKINS went 22 games and 44 at-bats without an RBI June 15- July 25.

Transactions

DURHAM: James Arnold, RHS, off DL 7/22. Sean Smith, C, on DL 7/26. Kenneth Warner, OF, on DL 7/27.

FREDERICK: Jeffrey Mansur, LHR, off DL 7/12.

KINSTON: Jeff Sexton, RHR, from Columbus GA 7/20. Igor Oropeza, RHS, to Columbus 7/20. Travis Driskill, RHR, from Canton 7/25.

LYNCHBURG: Michel Laplante, RHS, and Sergio Mendez, C, on DL 7/21. Jeffrey Conger, OF, to Carolina 7/27.

PRINCE WILLIAM: Wayne Lindemann, LHS, and Eric Richardson, OF, to South Bend 7/27.

SALEM:

WILMINGTON: Kenneth Ray, RHS, and Christopher Sheehan, RHR, to Wichita 7/21. Eric Anderson, RHS, and Javier Gamboa, RHS, from Springfield 7/23. Kevin Hodges, RHS, off DL 7/24.

WINSTON-SALEM:

ATTENDANCE REPORT
(UNOFFICIAL-BASED ON GAME REPORT INFORMATION)

 
                   TOTAL TO DATE  OPENINGS  AVERAGE

DURHAM                289,774        49     5,914
WILMINGTON            262,470        53     4,952
FREDERICK             182,792        44     4,154
PRINCE WILLIAM        145,489        47     3,096
WINSTON-SALEM         115,031        48     2,396
KINSTON               109,183        53     2,060
LYNCHBURG              78,881        44     1,793
SALEM                  62,363        43     1,450

CAROLINA LEAGUE LEADERS
(THROUGH GAMES OF 7/27/95) 

            BATTING TOP 10 (MINIMUM 275 PLATE APPEARANCES)             

       BATTER            CLUB    AVG   G  AB   R   H HR RBI           

Abbott, Jeff             PRW    .348  70 264  41  92  4  47           
Secrist, Reed            LYN    .337  76 252  42  85 17  65           
Sexson, Richie           KIN    .321 101 380  62 122 16  64           
Rodarte, Raul            LYN    .306  87 294  52  90 11  41           
Velasquez, Edgard        SAL    .294  95 367  50 108 10  52           
Medrano, Anthony         WIL    .288  87 330  56  95  3  34           
Zapata, Ramon            LYN    .286  99 346  51  99  5  32           
Davis, Tommy             FRE    .284  98 380  49 108 14  46           
Broach, Donald           W-S    .281  85 334  55  94  8  31           
Akers, Chad              W-S    .278  75 266  32  74  2  23           


               HOME RUNS                      
Meggers, Mike             W-S    20           
Betzsold, James           KIN    18           
Thomas, Juan              PRW    17
Secrist, Reed             LYN    17
Several Players Tied at          16


                  RBI                         
Secrist, Reed             LYN    65           
Sexson, Richie            KIN    64           
Brown, Ray                W-S    61           
Aven, Bruce               KIN    57           
Several Players Tied at          54           


             STOLEN BASES                     
Gutierrez, Ricky          KIN    36           
Valdez, Trovin            FRE    29           
Collier, Lou              LYN    29           
Several Players Tied at          26           
                                              


   TEAM BATTING      AVG   AB   R    H   HR  BB   SO  SB  CS          

LYNCHBURG            .271 3308 514  896  91 389  643 137  84          
SALEM                .256 3440 483  882  91 410  743  60  39          
WILMINGTON           .255 3350 410  853  52 288  563  85  60          
KINSTON              .254 3343 465  848  90 363  654 116  62          
DURHAM               .250 3209 410  802  78 310  728 109  76          
PRINCE WILLIAM       .248 3361 437  834  62 348  645  70  28          
WINSTON-SALEM        .247 3405 469  840 104 328  728  80  48          
FREDERICK            .232 3151 351  730  50 300  722   7   6          



             PITCHING TOP 10 (MINIMUM  81 IP)

PITCHER                   CLUB   W-L    ERA  IP   H  BB  SO

Colon, Bartolo            KIN   13- 3  1.81 124  84  35 149
Fordham, Tom              PRW    9- 0  2.04  84  66  35  78
Rusch, Glendon            WIL    9- 6  2.12 123  87  25 105
Byrdak, Tim               WIL    7- 4  2.28 118  77  35  89
Wright, Jamey             SAL    9- 5  2.59 125 116  55  75
Peters, Chris             LYN    8- 5  2.87 110 106  27 105
Lyons, Curt               W-S    6- 8  2.93 120 108  43  86
Maduro, Calvin            FRE    5- 5  2.93  95  91  24  90
Pfaff, Jason              LYN    4- 5  3.16  83  77  19  68
Reed, Chris               W-S    7- 5  3.18 108  86  51  74


                WINS
Colon, Bartolo            KIN    13
Several Players Tied at           9


               SAVES
Graves, Dan               KIN    21
Chaves, Rafael            LYN    21
Vazquez, Archie           PRW    17
Byrd, Matt                DUR    17
Lemp, Chris               FRE    15


               STRIKEOUTS
Colon, Bartolo            KIN   149
Rusch, Glendon            WIL   105
Peters, Chris             LYN   105
Stewart, Rachaad          FRE    95
Pratt, Rich               PRW    94


   TEAM PITCHING     W-L     ERA    H CG SHO SV  HR  BB   SO

WILMINGTON          56- 44  2.93  718  1  12 32  46 298  721
KINSTON             64- 39  3.32  787  5   7 32  79 320  724
WINSTON-SALEM       52- 52  3.41  818  7   9 22  76 320  613
PRINCE WILLIAM      50- 53  3.89  855  7  10 26  89 325  717
LYNCHBURG           50- 52  4.22  903  3   6 23  77 290  658
SALEM               51- 51  4.38  898  5   3 27  97 416  674
FREDERICK           40- 58  4.39  842  5   7 23  78 377  717
DURHAM              43- 57  4.40  864  5   2 24  76 390  602

CAROLINA LEAGUE ADDITIONAL LEADERS
(THROUGH GAMES OF 7/27/95) 

ADDITIONAL BATTING LEADERS                                       

                  HITS                                           
Sexson, Richie            KIN   122                              
Davis, Tommy              FRE   108                              
Velasquez, Edgard         SAL   108                              
Wilson, Enrique           KIN   106                              
Zapata, Ramon             LYN    99                              

                DOUBLES                                          
Sexson, Richie            KIN    30                              
Wilson, Enrique           KIN    23                              
Culp, Brian               SAL    22                              
Lopez, Mendy              WIL    22
Several Players Tied at          21

                TRIPLES                                          
Gutierrez, Ricky          KIN     6                              
Velasquez, Edgard         SAL     6
Wilson, Enrique           KIN     5
Conger, Jeff              LYN     5
Several Players Tied at           4

           ON-BASE PERCENTAGE                                    
Betts, Todd               KIN  .425                              
Secrist, Reed             LYN  .414                              
Abbott, Jeff              PRW  .404                              
Sexton, Chris             SAL  .404                              
Several Players Tied at        .397                              


          SLUGGING PERCENTAGE                                    
Secrist, Reed             LYN  .603                              
Meggers, Mike             W-S  .540                              
Sexson, Richie            KIN  .526                              
Rodarte, Raul             LYN  .486
Several Players Tied at        .485


            EXTRA-BASE HITS                                      
Sexson, Richie            KIN    46                              
Meggers, Mike             W-S    39                              
Davis, Tommy              FRE    36                              
Wells, Forry              SAL    35                              
Several Players Tied at          34                              


              RUNS SCORED                                        
Sexton, Chris             SAL    63                              
Sexson, Richie            KIN    62                              
Betzsold, James           KIN    61                              
Medrano, Anthony          WIL    56                              
Broach, Donald            W-S    55                              

ADDITIONAL PITCHING LEADERS

               GAMES
Byrd, Matt                DUR    44
Graves, Dan               KIN    38
Vazquez, Archie           PRW    38
Larock, Scott             SAL    38
Several Players Tied at          36

           COMPLETE GAMES
Vaught, Jay               KIN     3
Call, Mike                PRW     3
Several Players Tied at           2


             SHUTOUTS
Several Players Tied at           1


          INNINGS PITCHED
Vaught, Jay               KIN 127.1
Wright, Jamey             SAL 125.1
Colon, Bartolo            KIN 124.1
Etler, Todd               W-S 124.1
Rusch, Glendon            WIL 123.0


             LOSSES
Woods, Brian              PRW    11
Etler, Todd               W-S    10
Several Players Tied at           9


               WALKS
Green, Jason              DUR    65
Million, Doug             SAL    56
Wright, Jamey             SAL    55
Stewart, Rachaad          FRE    52
Several Players Tied at          51


         HOME RUNS ALLOWED
Vaught, Jay               KIN    16
Pool, Matt                SAL    14
Lawrence, Sean            LYN    14
Leroy, John               DUR    14
Several Players Tied at          13