THE RATTLERS PLAY THE PACKERS FOR THREE GAMES IN SLO AND SANTA MARIA The SLO Rattlers are 17-21 on the season and 6-20 in CCL play.
San Luis Obispo, CA (July 23, 2010) –
SLO Rattlers vs. Santa Maria Valley Packers The SLO Rattlers will be playing the Santa Maria Valley Packers Friday, July 23 at 6:05 p.m. at Sinsheimer Stadium; Saturday, July 24 at 12:00 p.m. at Elks Field in Santa Maria; and Sunday, July 25 at 2:00 p.m. at Elks Field in Santa Maria. The last time the Rattlers faced the Packers was last week for a game in Santa Maria. The Rattlers won 8-5. They started playing each other in 2008. The Packers lead the overall series at 10-6. All of the games can be heard on the internet/radio at http://www.slorattlers.com/rattler-radio.
The Rattlers play their last home game of the season against the Packers
About the Santa Maria Valley Packers The Santa Maria Valley Packers are hitting .254 and Chris Mallary leads the way with a .336 batting average. The pitching staff has a combined ERA of 3.70 and 253 strikeouts.
Rattlers Batting Stats As a team, the Rattlers are batting .242 with forty-eight doubles, ten triples, three home runs, and 144 RBIs. Gabriel Loweree has the highest batting average at .360. Davey Schultz leads the team with thirty-three hits. Joe Etcheverry has six doubles. Joe Etcheverry has twenty-four RBIs. Robert Vickers has team high eighteen walks. Nigel Morton has a team high two triples. Daniel Howell has three home runs.
Pitching Strikeouts The Rattlers pitching staff has struck out 328 batters this year. On June 2, against the Cal Poly Club Teams, the Rattlers recorded a season high 16 strikeouts. On June 20, against the Santa Maria Valley Packers, the Rattlers recorded a season second best 15 strikeouts. Richie Mirowski leads the team with the 40 strikeouts.
Stealing Extra Bases The SLO Rattlers are 37 for 47 in stealing extra bases this year. Nigel Morton has the most stolen bases with eight. Six players are perfect when it comes to stealing extra bases.
Going… Going… GONE! On June 2 the Rattlers got their first home run of the season from Daniel Howell. He leads the team with three home runs. He hit a grand slam on July 13 against the Santa Maria Valley Packers.
Rattlers on a Roll The hits continue to come for the Rattlers. Jimmy Allen has the longest hitting streak at ten games. Jimmy Allen recorded a hit in every game from July 5 to July 21. Davey Schultz, Joe Etcheverry, and Robert Vickers have the second longest hitting streak at eight games. Davey Schultz recorded a hit in every game from June 30 to July 18. Joe Etcheverry recorded a hit in every game from July 3 to July 20. Robert Vickers recorded a hit in every game from July 5 to July 21. Scott Phillion has the third longest hitting streak on the team at seven games. He recorded a hit in every game from June 13 to June 23. Davey Schultz and Tommy White have the fourth longest hitting streak at five games. Davey Schultz recorded a hit in every game from June 1 to June 5. Tommy White recorded a hit in every game from June 3 to June 13.
It Takes Two… The Rattlers have turned seventeen double plays this year. On June 13, in the second game of the doubleheader against Team Vegas Baseball Club, the Rattlers turned three double plays.
Searching for the Cycle Joe Etcheverry and Zach Steele have been the only two players this year to come close to hitting for the cycle. They were both a home run shy of the cycle on June 29 at the SLO Blues.
Outfield Goes the Distance Center fielder Davey Schultz threw out a Santa Maria Pilots runner at home trying to score from second on July 12. Right fielder Zach Steele gunned down a Team Vegas runner trying score on a fly out on July 18. ###
For more information please visit http://www.slorattlers.com or email Cherie Smith at csmith@slorattlers.com. The next series will be July 27-29 against the MLB Academy Barons in Compton. It will be a league series.