| Breaking News |  | Saturday, May 17th, 1997: Payne Stops Bloomington
The Bloomington Bandits met their match today in Reddick hurler Randy Payne. He kept them guessing the whole game and spun a 5-hit shutout.
"He just worked us over," the Bloomington skipper said. "He probably didn't even take a shower after the game. I don't think he even worked up a sweat. They could probably pitch him again tomorrow."
In the 9-0 victory Payne whiffed 10 and gave up 2 walks.
This season Payne has 4 wins and 3 losses and a 3.18 ERA.
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 | Thursday, May 15th, 1997: Senators Todd Dominates Bandits
All went well for Cornell Todd of the Norristown Senators as he pitched his team to a 1-0 shutout victory over the Bloomington Bandits, limiting them to 6 hits while ringing up 4 strikeouts and surrendering no walks.
In the postgame interview, both managers had glowing things to say about Todd.
His manager described him this way: "He's got a good selection of pitches he can throw at a guy. He changes speed, gives different looks to different hitters. When he's on his game, he's quite a handful."
The Bloomington skipper said, "He doesn't give you anything twice. It's a guessing game with him and today my club was always guessing wrong."
To this point in the season, Todd shows a 4-1 record, 6 starts, 50.1 innings, 28 strikeouts and a 1.61 ERA.
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 | Wednesday, May 14th, 1997: Smashing Success! McErracher Wallops 3 HR!
It wasn't your average day at the ballpark. The fans witnessed Ed McErracher power his way into the record book with three home runs and propel the Bloomington Bandits to a 9-7 win over the Norristown Senators.
He spoke with reporters after his historic day and told them, "I've always loved hitting in Steamships Ballpark. You can see the ball so well."
For the day he collected 4 hits in 5 at-bats, scored 3 runs and had 6 RBIs.
E. McErracher hit a two-run home run off K. Tracy in the 1st, flied out in the 3rd, singled in the 5th, hit a three-run home run off C. Heard in the 7th and hit a solo-shot off R. Álvarez in the 8th.
This year McErracher is hitting .297 with 4 home runs and 19 RBIs to his credit. He has gotten on base at a .411 clip and scored 16 runs.
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| Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | P Ryan Hardy | herniated disc (back) | 4 months | Not on DL | | P Luis Padilla | torn labrum (Shoulder) | 5 months | Not on DL |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 72-58, .554 PCT | | Position in Division | 3rd, 12.0 GB | | Record at home | 42-23, .646 PCT | | Record on the road | 30-35, .462 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 9-7, .562 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 19-21, .475 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 5-7, .417 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 67-51, .568 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 7-3, .700 PCT | | Record in April | 15-13, .536 PCT | | Record in May | 14-15, .483 PCT | | Record in June | 12-14, .462 PCT | | Record in July | 18-10, .643 PCT | | Record in August | 13-6, .684 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .271 - 4th in HLAAA | | On-Base Percentage | .359 - 4th in HLAAA | | Slugging Percentage | .388 - 7th in HLAAA | | On-Base + Slugging | .748 - 6th in HLAAA | | Runs Scored | 653 - 5th in HLAAA | | Hits | 1211 - 5th in HLAAA | | Extra-Base Hits | 326 - 8th in HLAAA | | Home Runs | 89 - 5th in HLAAA | | Bases-On-Balls | 597 - 3rd in HLAAA | | Strikeouts | 722 - 2nd in HLAAA | | Stolen Bases | 109 - 3rd in HLAAA |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.95 - 4th in HLAAA | | Starters' ERA | 3.94 - 5th in HLAAA | | Bullpen ERA | 3.97 - 3rd in HLAAA | | Runs allowed | 557 - 3rd in HLAAA | | Hits allowed | 1117 - 5th in HLAAA | | Opponents AVG | .251 - 5th in HLAAA | | BABIP | .290 - 4th in HLAAA | | Home Runs allowed | 98 - 9th in HLAAA | | Bases-On-Balls | 496 - 4th in HLAAA | | Strikeouts | 832 - 3rd in HLAAA |
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