06/18: A-Jax Only Human...
Posted by: James
Senor Action only went 2 for 5 to extend his hitting streak to 9 games. However, his games with a HR streak came to an end at 4.
However, the Trenton OF didn't go homerless for the night. Jose Tabata, the younger (by a year and a half, mind you) and seemingly more bratty outfielder connected for his second HR of the season...and pulled his average up over .240 and his OPS over .600. He's now hitting .241/.319/.298/.617 for the season. Not pretty...but slowly getting better from the horrendous .200/.308/.233/.542 line he put up in April.
Also, speaking of recovering after a bad start, how about Chris Malec? Man, all this guy does is hit. He started out the season .226/.294/.355/.649 in April and has proceeded to lift his stats up to .307/.391/.449/.840 for the season. I hope he can keep it up and get to AAA before the end of the season. Malec, if you don't recall, was diagnosed with testicular cancer during his senior season at UC Santa Barbara and underwent surgery. You check out his profile over at IGWT aka Mike A. classic as well as an article over at ESPN from when he was drafted. Seems like a good guy with a good head on his shoulders...can't help but root for a kid like that.
However, the Trenton OF didn't go homerless for the night. Jose Tabata, the younger (by a year and a half, mind you) and seemingly more bratty outfielder connected for his second HR of the season...and pulled his average up over .240 and his OPS over .600. He's now hitting .241/.319/.298/.617 for the season. Not pretty...but slowly getting better from the horrendous .200/.308/.233/.542 line he put up in April.
Also, speaking of recovering after a bad start, how about Chris Malec? Man, all this guy does is hit. He started out the season .226/.294/.355/.649 in April and has proceeded to lift his stats up to .307/.391/.449/.840 for the season. I hope he can keep it up and get to AAA before the end of the season. Malec, if you don't recall, was diagnosed with testicular cancer during his senior season at UC Santa Barbara and underwent surgery. You check out his profile over at IGWT aka Mike A. classic as well as an article over at ESPN from when he was drafted. Seems like a good guy with a good head on his shoulders...can't help but root for a kid like that.
Mike A. wrote: