Baseball (MLB): As of July 20, ,manager Brad Ausmus was leading the Detroit Tigers to a 54-41 won-loss record, 1st place in the American League Central Division. Tigers' second baseman Ian Kinsler (Jewish father) is batting .294 with 11 home runs and 53 runs-batted-in. Milwaukee Brewers' left fielder Ryan Braun (Jewish father) is batting .298 with 12 HR and 54 RBI. Minnesota Twins' center fielder Sam Fuld (Jewish father) is batting .269 with 2 HR and 17 RBI. Kansas City Royals' third baseman Danny Valencia is batting .291 with 2 HR and 10 RBI. Houston Astros' pitcher Scott Feldman (Jewish father) has a 4-7 won-loss record with a 4.30 earned-run-average in 96 1/3 innings in 17 games. He has struck out 57 batters and walked 27 thus far this season. |
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Basketball (NBA): On July 16, Mavericks' guard Gal Mekel scored 17 points, grabbed 5 rebounds and dished off 6 assists in a disappointing 81-82 loss to the Charlotte Hornets. Mekel played in 4 of the 5 games in the NBA Summer League held in Las Vegas, NV, starting all of them. He averaged 11.5 points, 4.3 rebounds and 3 assists in an average of 28.3 minutes per game. |
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Women's Golf (LPGA): As of July 20, Morgan Pressel has made the cut in 14 of the 17 events she has played in 2014. She has a scoring average of 71.475 and earnings of $260,205 thus far this year. |
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Men's Tennis (ATP): Dudi Sela has improved his World ranking to 94th place. He has a singles' won-loss record of 11-16, with earnings of $228,770. In doubles, he has a 1-3 won-loss record and he has earned an additional $4785. |
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Women's Tennis (WTA): Shahar Peer is currently ranked 90th in the World on the WTA circuit. She has a singles' won-loss record of 10-17 and a doubles' record of 7-8, with combined earnings of $196,124 in the 17 events she has played this year. |