Thursday 3 Sivan 5775 - May 21, 2015
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Baseball (MLB):
Manager Brad Ausmus has led the Detroit Tigers to a 23-17 won-loss record thus
far this season. Tigers' second baseman Ian Kinsler (Jewish father) is batting .314
with 20 runs-batted-in. Milwaukee Brewers' Ryan Braun (Jewish father) is batting
.259 with 9 home runs and 27 RBI. Toronto Blue Jays' Danny Valencia is batting
.333 with 8 RBI. LA Dodgers' Joc Pederson is batting .235 with 10 HR and 21 RBI.
On the pitcher's mound, Boston Red Sox' Craig Breslow has a 3.63 earned-run-
average. In 17 1/3 innings in 14 game appearances, he has recorded 15 strike outs
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Amateur Ten-pin Bowling:
Fifteen year-old Eyal Damari bowled in the Israeli Championship for Youth in the
19 and under age bracket. A total of 18 boys and girls competed in the event, and
Eyal came out on top. He averaged 177.25 for his 4 qualifying games, and won
8 of his 9 matches, averaging 189.55 in the playoffs. Eyal rolled 4 games over 200,
including a 213 in the fifth game of the playofffs, and his low score was 152 in the
event. |
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Women's Golf (LPGA):
Morgan Pressel shot a 66 in the second round of the Kingsmill Championship and
a 77 in the fourth round. The 66 was her second best of the year, and the 77 was
her worst of 2015. Morgan has made the cut in 10 of 11 events this year, with a
scoring average of 71.19 for 42 rounds, and she has earned $443,740. |
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Women's Tennis (WTA):
Shahar Peer is ranked 119th in the World. She has an 11-11 won-loss record in
singles and a 1-4 record in doubles, and earnings of $62,860 thus far in 2015. |
