Rochester's Mike Vance appears to be one of the more exciting players in the league. After receiving effusive praise from manager Bernie Carlson in Wednesday's Post-Bulletin sports section, Vance went out and put on a show behind the plate. He flung himself nearly into the dugout on one foul pop and crashed headlong into the backstop in pursuit of another (important point: he did not catch either one). As Rochester shortstop Chad Falk astutely pointed out, Vance is worth the price of admission.
From the bad news department: first baseman Mike Burman went down during infield warm-ups with a twisted ankle and had to be replaced in the line-up by bench coach Scott Thorvilson. Team trainer Todd Hangge said it appeared to be a mid- to high-ankle sprain and suggested Burman use the R.I.C.E. treatment: Rest, Ice, Compression, Elevation. Center fielder Jeff Swanson blamed Burman's new spikes for the injury. Look for Burman to return to action sometime next week.
| 2007 Regular Season Highlights | |||||||
| Team Highlights | Hitting Highlights | Pitching Highlights | |||||
| Team ERA of 5.087 | Team Leaders with 5 or more ABs | ||||||
| Team batting average of .255 | .524 | Chad Falk | 3.114 | Jace Hadaway | |||
| Singles | 138 | .455 | Matt Bologna | 3.600 | Lowell Thomason | ||
| Doubles | 35 | .360 | Jace Hadaway | 3.857 | Matt Jensen | ||
| Triples | 4 | .323 | Mike Vance | 4.125 | Matt Bologna | ||
| Home Runs | 6 | .310 | Scott Steege | 4.500 | Josh Dascher | ||
| Stolen Bases | 39 | .300 | Mike Hohberger | 4.875 | Mike Burman | ||
| .268 | Matt Jensen | 5.269 | David Dahlstrom | ||||
| Post Season | |||||||
| Team Highlights | Hitting Highlights | Pitching Highlights | |||||
| Team ERA of 2.455 | ERA under 5.00 | ||||||
| Team batting average of .307 | .545 | Matt Jensen | 0.000 | Lowell Thomason | |||
| Singles | 33 | .500 | Bob Hohcraffer | 1.286 | David Dahlstrom | ||
| Doubles | 5 | .500 | Matt Bologna | 3.000 | Matt Bologna | ||
| Triples | 1 | .400 | David Dahlstrom | 3.857 | Matt Jensen | ||
| Home Runs | 0 | .400 | Nate Dunfee | ||||
| Stolen Bases | 7 | .375 | Sean Brownlow | ||||
| .333 | Matt Diehl | ||||||