| Breaking News |  | Monday, June 30th, 1958: Hot Hitter Wins WL Award
Today the West announced the Player of the Week Award. This week's honoree is Ithaca shortstop Mal Smith. When he steps into the batter's box, it's usually bad news for pitchers.
For the week he batted .536 (15-28) with 1 home run and 11 RBIs.
Smith is hitting .429 in 1958 with 75 RBIs and 4 home runs.
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 | Wednesday, June 25th, 1958: Hits Galore: Espinosa Drills 5 Hits
It was a good day all around. Syracuse whipped Ithaca 11-8 and Audy Espinosa displayed a hot bat, enjoying an outstanding 5-hit day at Spiders Ballpark.
"Some days, lady luck is on your side," he modestly told BNN reporters after the game. His manager told the beat writers otherwise, "His hitting wasn't luck today. It's his solid approach to hitting. Audy is focused, patient and he hits to all fields. The more solid at-bats you put together, the more success you're going to have."
The 21-year-old second baseman for the Spiders collected 5 hits in 6 at-bats to get his name in the record book.
A. Espinosa struck out in the 1st, singled in the 3rd, singled in the 5th, hit an RBI single in the 6th, hit an RBI double in the 7th and singled in the 9th.
This season Espinosa is hitting .412 with 35 hits, 1 home run, 14 RBIs, scored 13 runs and played in 23 games.
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 | Wednesday, June 25th, 1958: Year Ends for Terry McHaney in Ithaca
Terry McHaney will soon find out from his doctors if his season will continue. The first diagnosis was not too positive and stated the Ithaca reliever could miss the remainder of the year. McHaney was injured while throwing a pitch in the Scholars-Spiders clash at Scholars Stadium recently. Doctors said he has a ruptured ulnar collateral ligament and would be out a minimum of 7 months.
For the season McHaney has made 36 relief appearances, recorded no saves, compiled a 1-4 won-lost mark and a 9.17 ERA. In pitching 52 innings, he has totaled 17 strikeouts and 33 walks.
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| Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | P Terry McHaney | ruptured ulnar collateral ligament (elbow) | 3 months | Not on DL | | P Carl Trépanier | back spasms | 3-4 months | Not on DL |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 33-49, .402 PCT | | Position in Division | 5th, 18.0 GB | | Record at home | 16-25, .390 PCT | | Record on the road | 17-24, .415 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 1-2, .333 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 10-13, .435 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 10-25, .286 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 23-24, .489 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 4-6, .400 PCT | | Record in April | 15-13, .536 PCT | | Record in May | 7-19, .269 PCT | | Record in June | 11-17, .393 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .351 - 4th in WL | | On-Base Percentage | .412 - 4th in WL | | Slugging Percentage | .467 - 5th in WL | | On-Base + Slugging | .879 - 5th in WL | | Runs Scored | 657 - 4th in WL | | Hits | 1128 - 3rd in WL | | Extra-Base Hits | 266 - 6th in WL | | Home Runs | 39 - 3rd in WL | | Bases-On-Balls | 355 - 5th in WL | | Strikeouts | 640 - 6th in WL | | Stolen Bases | 157 - 1st in WL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 8.44 - 5th in WL | | Starters' ERA | 8.51 - 6th in WL | | Bullpen ERA | 8.32 - 5th in WL | | Runs allowed | 748 - 5th in WL | | Hits allowed | 1144 - 5th in WL | | Opponents AVG | .360 - 5th in WL | | BABIP | .411 - 4th in WL | | Home Runs allowed | 45 - 5th in WL | | Bases-On-Balls | 456 - 5th in WL | | Strikeouts | 464 - 6th in WL |
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