NALB - August 2005

K. Fields
2006-10-29T13:33:32-05:00
Baseball

There is only one month to go in the NALB regular season now that we are through August. The Brooklyn Knights have all but wrapped up their division with a 93-43 record. The Knights' magic number is only 5 and they have a 22 game lead over the Las Vegas Luck (71-65). Dayton fell to 66-70 and finally lost their grip on second place. St. Rock played .500 ball in August and stayed in last place with a 56-80 record. The Cornfield Axemen (74-62) kept their place atop Division 2, maintaining a 9 game lead over the Luisville Beasts. Over in League 2, the Stade Maples (78-58) continued their slide but maintained a tenuous hold on first place. The Washington Allies (77-59) are only 1 game back and are knocking on the door. The Phoenix Rattlers (63-73) relinquished first place to the Vancouver Wild (65-71) in League 2, Division 2.

For Brooklyn, it was a spotty month. We lost 4 out of 5 games in one stretch. Due to a quirk in the scheduling, we played Dunedin 14 times in August. We split with the Otters, winning only 7 out of 14. Relief pitching was a particular problem. We let several games slip away and blew a lot of leads in the late innings.