| Breaking News |  | Tuesday, October 28th, 2031: Alin Acuña Chosen AL's Best Hitter Alin Acuña of the Baltimore Orioles proved that you can step out of the shadows and onto the stage if you've got the talent and the drive to hone your skills. Hard work, long hours and a tireless resolve paid off for him today in the form of the American League Most Valuable Player.
Acuña hit for a .293 average while collecting 176 hits, 36 doubles, 1 triple, 48 home runs, 151 RBIs and scoring 106 times. |  | Thursday, October 2nd, 2031: Acuña Tags 3 HR Against Mariners Alin Acuña, the Baltimore shortstop, put on a dazzling display of power today at Oriole Park at Camden Yards against the Seattle Mariners. In the 8-5 victory Acuña penned his name into the record books, slamming a trio of home runs in one of baseball's finest single day efforts.
What a display it was -- three home runs, 3 hits in 4 at-bats, 7 RBIs and 3 runs scored. It certainly was a day for the league record books.
"He can hit them out anywhere, right, center, left, it doesn't matter," the Seattle manager said. "He's super strong and stays on the ball so good."
Talking about his theory of hitting after the game, Acuña said, "Life will always throw you curves, just keep fouling them off... the right pitch will come and when it does, be prepared to run the bases... or trot around the bases... like I did today."
So says the latest person to hit three homers in a game.
A. Acuña hit a three-run home run off G. García in the 1st, grounded out in the 3rd, hit a solo-shot off G. García in the 5th and hit a three-run home run off P. Nieves in the 7th.
So far this season Acuña has hit .292 with 48 home runs, 148 RBIs and and scored 106 times. |  | Wednesday, October 1st, 2031: AL's #1 Batter Chosen Matthew Mendes battered American League pitchers all September and wound up taking home the Batter of the Month Award.
"I've been around Hickory Baseball League long enough to know you really have to work hard day in and day out to be able to put up this kind of consistency," the 29-year-old Mendes told reporters. "I put in a lot of work, even on the days I may not take the field and it's always nice when everything comes together for me like it did this last month."
In 27 games, Mendes hit .383 with 11 home runs, 29 RBIs and scored 25 runs.
This year Mendes has hit at a .312 pace and produced 93 RBIs, 26 home runs and scored 82 runs. | | | Pitching Staff | | Role | Throws | Pitcher | W | L | SV | ERA | | | | Team Information | | Record overall | 90-74, .549 PCT | | Position in Division | 2nd, 1.5 GB | | Record at home | 50-33, .602 PCT | | Record on the road | 40-41, .494 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 7-6, .538 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 23-22, .511 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 21-17, .553 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 69-57, .548 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 7-3, .700 PCT | | Record in April | 13-9, .591 PCT | | Record in May | 14-15, .483 PCT | | Record in June | 16-11, .593 PCT | | Record in July | 8-18, .308 PCT | | Record in August | 19-10, .655 PCT | | Record in September | 18-9, .667 PCT | | Record in October | 2-2, .500 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .274 - 2nd in AL | | On-Base Percentage | .332 - 6th in AL | | Slugging Percentage | .446 - 4th in AL | | On-Base + Slugging | .778 - 4th in AL | | Runs Scored | 881 - 3rd in AL | | Hits | 1569 - 2nd in AL | | Extra-Base Hits | 548 - tied for 4th in AL | | Home Runs | 205 - 2nd in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 471 - 10th in AL | | Strikeouts | 929 - 1st in AL | | Stolen Bases | 168 - 1st in AL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.65 - 7th in AL | | Starters' ERA | 4.75 - 8th in AL | | Bullpen ERA | 4.43 - 8th in AL | | Runs allowed | 823 - 7th in AL | | Hits allowed | 1440 - 4th in AL | | Opponents AVG | .254 - 4th in AL | | BABIP | .278 - 2nd in AL | | Home Runs allowed | 223 - 11th in AL | | Bases-On-Balls | 615 - 9th in AL | | Strikeouts | 1052 - 6th in AL |
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