NALB - August 2013

With only one month to go in the regular season, the playoff picture is becoming a little clearer. The Brooklyn Knights fell as many as 14.5 games behind the St. Rock Mudcats. A surge late in the month brought them back to within 11 games, still a tough deficit to overcome. The Firecats are now a solid nine games in front of the Otters while the Corals widened their lead to 9.5 games over the Allies. The best divisional race is between Phoenix and Richmond. Thanks to the fearsome bat of Tony Rodarte, the Slam overtook the Rattlers and now hold a three game lead.

Brooklyn’s hopes at gaining ground on St. Rock were again dashed by injuries. In August, Flavio Marquez, Angel Santago, Gilberto Guerra, Bruce MacOmish, Carl Gwinn, and Porfírio Portio were all sent to the Knights’ disabled list.

August 2013 awards:

League 1
Batter of the Month: Travis Araoz (St. Rock Mudcats)
Pitcher of the Month: Tyler Stivers (Brooklyn Knights)
Rookie of the Month: Jonathan Grandberry (Cornfield Axemen)

League 2
Batter of the Month: Tony Rodarte (Richmond Slam)
Pitcher of the Month: Benny Alazardo (Richmond Slam)
Rookie of the Month: Marc-André Lavoie (Quebeck Sky Chiefs)