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Newport News Cut Throats (AAA) 10-19-1958
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| Breaking News |  | Saturday, August 9th, 1958: Fairfax Flames Win Virginia State Championship
This is the time of the year when grown men are sometimes reduced to tears. This year the Fairfax Flames shed tears of joy and the Newport News Cut Throats shed some sad ones, all because of a baseball game.
The Flames eliminated the Cut Throats today 7-3 at Fairfax Grounds and locked up their 4th Virginia Baseball League Virginia State Championship championship, winning the series 3-2.
The Flames finished the regular season in the with a 65-47 record, ending up in second place in the division standings.
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 | Wednesday, August 6th, 1958: Loflin to Miss 7-8 Months
The Newport News Cut Throats will have to make do without Vered Loflin for 7-8 months. He suffered a torn back muscle while running the bases in the game today against the Fairfax Flames. His teammates, understandably, were upset about losing the center fielder. "That's a tough break for him," one of them said. "But this team is resilient. We will just fill in until he gets back." Loflin will miss 7-8 months.
Thus far this year Loflin has hit .327 with no home runs and 3 RBIs.
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 | Wednesday, July 30th, 1958: Incle Fires Shutout in Newport News Win
Claudio Incle pitched a strong game in blanking the Harrisonburg Mountaineers 2-0, allowed no runs on 5 hits, totaled 7 strikeouts and gave up 2 walks.
The Newport News manager said he could tell right away it was going to be a good game for Incle. "Right from the start, you could see how economical he was," he said. "He threw a lot of strikes."
In 1958 Incle has a 10-5 record with a 2.91 ERA in 16 starts.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 68-44, .607 PCT | | Position in Division | 1st, - GB | | Record at home | 41-15, .732 PCT | | Record on the road | 27-29, .482 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 6-2, .750 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 11-13, .458 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 19-16, .543 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 49-28, .636 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 6-4, .600 PCT | | Record in April | 20-8, .714 PCT | | Record in May | 14-12, .538 PCT | | Record in June | 14-14, .500 PCT | | Record in July | 20-9, .690 PCT | | Record in August | 0-1, .000 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .285 - 2nd in VBL | | On-Base Percentage | .365 - 1st in VBL | | Slugging Percentage | .429 - 2nd in VBL | | On-Base + Slugging | .793 - 2nd in VBL | | Runs Scored | 650 - 1st in VBL | | Hits | 1112 - 2nd in VBL | | Extra-Base Hits | 330 - 2nd in VBL | | Home Runs | 103 - 3rd in VBL | | Bases-On-Balls | 445 - 1st in VBL | | Strikeouts | 638 - 2nd in VBL | | Stolen Bases | 137 - 1st in VBL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 4.40 - 2nd in VBL | | Starters' ERA | 4.51 - 3rd in VBL | | Bullpen ERA | 4.31 - 1st in VBL | | Runs allowed | 543 - 2nd in VBL | | Hits allowed | 1034 - 2nd in VBL | | Opponents AVG | .267 - 2nd in VBL | | BABIP | .318 - 5th in VBL | | Home Runs allowed | 84 - 2nd in VBL | | Bases-On-Balls | 369 - 3rd in VBL | | Strikeouts | 803 - 1st in VBL |
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