Thursday 17 Sivan 5775 - June 4, 2015
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Baseball (MLB):
Manager Brad Ausmus' Detroit Tigers have a 28-25 won-loss record after two
months of action this season. Tigers' second baseman Ian Kinsler (Jewish
father) is batting .266 with 1 home run and 22 runs-batted-in. Milwaukee
Brewers' Ryan Braun (Jewish father) is batting .258 with 12 HR and 38 RBI.
LA Dodgers' Joc Pederson is batting .260 with 16 HR and 31 RBI. Toronto
Blue Jays' Danny Valencia is batting .320 with 1 HR and 11 RBI. Blue Jays'
Kevin Pillar is batting .234 with 4 HR and 21 RBI. Oakland A's Ike Davis is
batting .282 with 2 HR and 11 RBI and Sam Fuld (Jewish father) is batting
.191 with 8 RBI.
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On the pitcher's mound,
Houston Astros' Scott Feldman (Jewish father) has
a 4-4 won-loss record and a 4.80 earned-run-average. In 60 innings in 10
games, he has struck out 37 batters and walked 14. Cincinnati Reds' Jason
Marquis also struck out 37 batters and walked 14. He has a 3-4 won-loss
record and a 6.46 ERA in 47 1/3 innings in 9 games. Boston Red Sox' Craig
Breslow has a 4.22 ERA in 21 1/3 innings in 17 games. He has struck out
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Women's Golf (LPGA):
Morgan Pressel shot a 66 in the first round of the ShopRite LPGA Classic
presented by Acer, and coasted to a tie for 3rd place in the event. She has
made the cut in 11 of 12 events thus far this year, and has a 71.07 scoring
average and earnings of $531,226. |
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Roll Back the Clock:
PBA bowling champ Mark Roth won his first National title, the King Louie
Open, in Overland Park, KS in 1975. That year, he earned $45,541 in 24
events. In 1995, he won his 34th National title, the IOF Foresters Open,
in Markham, Ontario, Canada. That year, he earned $57,270 in 18 events. |
