KOR - The Marauders received bad news this morning. Yorkin Javio will miss 7-8 weeks due to a herniated disc. In the San Juan-Jeonju game he sustained the injury while making a defensive play. “I’m disappointed more than anything,” he told reporters later in the day. “You can’t help your team on the bench,” Javio sighed. “I’ll do the rehab work and hope for a quick recovery.”
PUR - Flying Squid third baseman Raúl García went ballistic today with the bat. He smoked the Bulldogs for 5 hits and sparked Osan to a 11-5 win over Bayamon at Flying Squid Ballpark.
PAN - Balboa Barracudas are on an 11-game win streak. They went 22-4 in June.
CAN - The San Lorenzo Legends have finalized a deal with the Hong Kong Giants for the services of 24-year old starting pitcher Jermayne McTary. In exchange, the Giants will receive 19-year old minor league shortstop Kwang-chih Rang and 22-year old left fielder Er Nan.
CUB - AAA news (Toa Baja). SS Benjamin Godina collect 5 hits (2 singles, 2 doubles and a triple and score 4 runs) and teammate C Ivan Flores collect 6 hits (4 singles, 1 double and a HR and collect 7 RBIs) out of the 18 by the team.
CHN - The Rizao Rally Cats may have angered Lady Luck. Their starting pitcher, Luz Veolásquez, was injured yesterday while saving a woman from being attacked by a mugger and he suffered a damaged meniscus. According to team physicians, the injury will keep him off the playing field for about 2 weeks.
USA - San Lorenzo’s training room is filling up - their top three starting pitchers are all out of action right now. Hector Villamor (out 2 more weeks) will be joined on the DL by Sukejuro Nakamura, who is out for 2 months. Heung-su Pak will only miss his next start, but for now, the Legends are running thin on arms. Currently tied for first place with Akashi, the Legends young arms need to really step up to keep them in the race.
PAN - It was a dismal game for the Tigre Blancos with Wayne Hammett on the hill. The Pittsburgh starter was in top form and made it a long day for Rio Abajo with a 5-0 shutout. He surrendered a total of 2 hits and piled up 1 strikeout to pick up the win in a route-going effort.
VEN - The Moca Machine goes 11-15 in June after a strong May where the club went 20-9. Injuries appear to be taking a toll.
MEX - June 23 was a good day for Nuevo Laredo and an exceptional day for Yeon-kyu Hwang. The 27-year-old left fielder sent three bombs out of the park to help the Border Jumpers beat the Tijuana Grasshoppers 8-0 at Border Jumpers Ballpark.
CHN - The shenanigans between the Hamilton Steelers and Shanghai Golden Eagles will leave them a little short-handed for a few games. The Steelers Bobby Stead and the Golden Eagles Jesús Herrerea were suspended by the league for 2 games following the on-field battle this week at Steelers Ballpark.
DOM - Manny Jurasín of the Nagasaki Blues and Junichiro Oikawa of the Hiroshima Aftermath received official notice today from the league commissioner’s office that they had been suspended 5 games for their roles in the on-field disturbance in a recent game at Blues Ballpark.
USA - Maracay and Akashi team officials have been notified by the league office that the Fighting Jalapenos Gui-fan Wang and the Fordians Soshu Ozawa will be suspended 5 games each for their altercation in yesterday’s game at Ballpark of Maracay. They were the two main combatants in the bench-clearing brawl.
CUB - Is the Toronto Sting toying with division rivals? The club went 10-16 in June after going 22-7 in May, but they still lead the division by 6.0 games.
JPN - Lagunillas fans held their breath as Luís Sultero left yesterday’s Aces & Eights-Loros contest with an injury. After the game, the team’s medical staff said that the 23-year-old right fielder had suffered a torn rotator cuff muscle while throwing the ball. It’s estimated that he will be out 4 months.
USA - Sukejuro Nakamura of the San Lorenzo Legends was injured in today’s game against Akashi and had to be helped off the field by the trainers. The initial diagnosis is a torn bicep muscle and he is expected to be out for up to 2 months. It happened while Nakamura was throwing a pitch. “It hurt a lot, to be honest. I just hope it heals soon and I can get back on the field.”
DOM - Saints fans were divided today as Santo Domingo confirmed that the front office has signed Jesús Gorbea to a 1-year extension at a rate of $3,000,000 per year.
CHN - Lhasa fans celebrated as word of a signing became reality. Sze Li won’t be pulling up stakes anytime soon, as he has signed a 2-year extension at a pay rate of $8,330,000 per annum.
KOR - Cabo Rojo Renegades go 3-12 in their last 15 games.
MEX - The Cancun Mojitos had a touhg June. They went 8-18 after going 17-12 in May.
VEN - The Tokyo Tanuki use a solid June to take the LAD lead.
PUR - The Incheon Inchworms go 8-18 in June.
CUB - AA news (Toa Baja). SP Quin-fu Bei has thrown back to back CG 3 hit SHO in his last 2 outings. On 6/15 he walked 1 batter and had 10 Ks. On 6/20 he gave up 0 walks and had 11 Ks.
PAN - The Bonao Bananas will lose the services of closer Adán Churape after he sustained a torn labrum while throwing a pitch in today’s game against the Colon Cougars. “I’ll get through it,” Churape said. “The key now is to stay positive.” His trainer said he is expected to be sidelined for the next 7-8 months.
JPN - The Toledo Mudhens are having a tough time drawing fans. The team is currently sixed in attendance even though they have the best record in the league.
Stead’s suspension took place and ended the previous week.
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