NALB - June 2005

K. Fields
2006-10-10T20:13:01-04:00
Baseball

The regular season is at the halfway point with three out of six months down. The Brooklyn Knights had a rough month, posting an 11-12 record in June. However, they still lead their division at 56-25. The Dayton Grizzlies are in second place at 44-37 but failed to gain any ground on the Knights. Las Vegas (41-40) remains in third place and St. Rock (32-49) improved but is still in the division cellar. The Cornfield Axemen (43-38) lead the other division in League 1. Over in League 2, the Stade Maples (52-29) lead their division. The other division has a tie at the top between the Phoenix Rattlers and the Vancouver Wild (both at 38-43).

For the Brooklyn Knights, it was certainly a disappointing month overall. The offense missed out on many opportunities to score runs and the pitching staff was more inconsistent than usual. One bright spot was Kid Detherage, who was named the batter of the month. During June, Detherage had a .362 BA with 7 HR, 21 RBI, and a .485 OBP. Another plus was the return of first baseman Dan Kelley. Kelley strained his achilles tendon running the bases back on June 4. He returned to action on June 23 and responded by hitting a home run in his first game back.