| Breaking News |  | Sunday, August 30th, 2015: Hoover Dominates, Whitewashes Rainiers
In a splendid 11-0 shutout performance, Bud Hoover of the Portland Beavers subdued the Tacoma Rainiers on a 2-hitter.
His manager said in postgame comments, "He kept hitting his spots and putting up zeroes."
Hoover registered 11 strikeouts and no walks.
Looking at his season stats, Hoover has won 12 and lost 13, collecting 209 strikeouts and 64 walks in 196.1 innings with a 3.44 ERA.
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 | Friday, August 28th, 2015: Rainiers Benítez Tosses Masterpiece
"I hope we miss him next time," the Portland manager said. "Benítez certainly pitched a strong game against us today. He was in a groove, throwing everything for strikes. Throwing hard. Changing speeds."
Tacoma starter Vicente Benítez tamed the Portland Beavers 8-0 with a 4-hit shutout, finishing the game with 4 strikeouts and 1 walk in a sharp outing.
"I enjoy facing a team like that where I can get an out on one, two or three pitches," Benítez said. "It gives me a chance to be a lot more aggressive."
In 28 starts this season Benítez has gathered 14 wins while suffering 5 losses. He has pitched 205 innings, allowed 168 hits, struck out 182 and has a 2.55 ERA.
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 | Friday, August 14th, 2015: Nielsen and Fick Brawl, League Suspends Them
Today the league office handed out 2-game suspensions to Scott Nielsen of the Beavers and Larry Fick of the Rainiers for their roles in a benches-clearing skirmish at PGE Park yesterday.
The league commissioner said in the statement to both organizations, "This league does not condone fighting and aggressive conduct on the field, thus we had to take action to discourage this behavior in the future."
Thus far this season in 114 games Nielsen is batting .235 with 21 home runs, 76 RBIs and 62 runs scored. He has 97 hits in 413 at-bats.
Fick has posted a 17-2 record in 2015 with a 2.06 ERA. Teams are hitting .214 against him and he has rung up 173 strikeouts in 166 innings.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 73-71, .507 PCT | | Position in Division | 2nd, 30.0 GB | | Record at home | 38-34, .528 PCT | | Record on the road | 35-37, .486 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 8-4, .667 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 19-13, .594 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 21-26, .447 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 52-45, .536 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 5-5, .500 PCT | | Record in April | 13-8, .619 PCT | | Record in May | 16-14, .533 PCT | | Record in June | 17-11, .607 PCT | | Record in July | 13-15, .464 PCT | | Record in August | 10-20, .333 PCT | | Record in September | 4-3, .571 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .248 - 15th in PCL | | On-Base Percentage | .324 - 13th in PCL | | Slugging Percentage | .387 - 9th in PCL | | On-Base + Slugging | .711 - 11th in PCL | | Runs Scored | 685 - 11th in PCL | | Hits | 1210 - 15th in PCL | | Extra-Base Hits | 418 - 9th in PCL | | Home Runs | 110 - 7th in PCL | | Bases-On-Balls | 528 - 5th in PCL | | Strikeouts | 1066 - 5th in PCL | | Stolen Bases | 182 - 12th in PCL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.49 - 8th in PCL | | Starters' ERA | 4.33 - 6th in PCL | | Bullpen ERA | 4.89 - 12th in PCL | | Runs allowed | 701 - 7th in PCL | | Hits allowed | 1398 - 11th in PCL | | Opponents AVG | .277 - 12th in PCL | | BABIP | .328 - 8th in PCL | | Home Runs allowed | 106 - 8th in PCL | | Bases-On-Balls | 440 - tied for 7th in PCL | | Strikeouts | 1010 - 12th in PCL |
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