| Breaking News |  | Friday, August 1st, 2008: Cincinnati's Encarnacion Bags NL Batting Award
Nobody was better with the bat in July!
Edwin Encarnacion caught everyone's attention with some hot hitting and today he came away with the Batter of the Month award.
Cincinnati's third baseman put together a solid month with a .414 batting average, 7 home runs, 24 RBIs and 23 runs scored.
This year Encarnacion is hitting .323, produced 87 RBIs and 22 home runs, scored 59 times and gotten on base at a .388 rate.
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| Monday, July 7th, 2008: Hopper Chosen #1 Player
Today the National League announced the Player of the Week Award. This week's honoree is Cincinnati center fielder Norris Hopper. When he steps into the batter's box, it's usually bad news for pitchers.
For the week he batted .500 (12-24) with 1 home run and 5 RBIs.
Presently Hopper is batting .364 with 125 hits and 4 home runs. He has knocked in 28 runs and scored 67 times.
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| Friday, July 4th, 2008: Reds Hopper Smacks 5 Hits!
It was a parade of hits for Norris Hopper of the Cincinnati Reds...one right after another...a total of 5 for the day. He ravaged the Cleveland Indians for 5 hits in his 6 at-bats and propelled the Reds to a 13-4 victory.
"Hopper was really good and we were really bad," groaned the Indians manager. "Next time he's that hot, we'll just walk him."
N. Hopper singled in the 1st, hit an RBI single in the 2nd, singled in the 3rd, tripled in the 6th, hit a three-run home run off A. Fultz in the 7th and struck out in the 8th.
So far in 2008 Hopper is hitting .365 with 4 home runs, 28 RBIs and 66 runs scored. He has 123 hits and played in 78 games.
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| Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | 2B Brandon Phillips | torn labrum (Shoulder) | 9-10 months | Not on DL |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 65-54, .546 PCT | | Position in Division | 2nd, 5.5 GB | | Record at home | 36-26, .581 PCT | | Record on the road | 29-28, .509 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 6-2, .750 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 19-16, .543 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 21-17, .553 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 44-37, .543 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 6-4, .600 PCT | | Record in April | 13-9, .591 PCT | | Record in May | 13-14, .481 PCT | | Record in June | 14-13, .519 PCT | | Record in July | 16-10, .615 PCT | | Record in August | 9-8, .529 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .281 - 2nd in NL | | On-Base Percentage | .355 - 2nd in NL | | Slugging Percentage | .475 - 1st in NL | | On-Base + Slugging | .830 - 1st in NL | | Runs Scored | 697 - 1st in NL | | Hits | 1163 - 3rd in NL | | Extra-Base Hits | 441 - 2nd in NL | | Home Runs | 171 - 2nd in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 434 - 5th in NL | | Strikeouts | 762 - 4th in NL | | Stolen Bases | 81 - 8th in NL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 5.20 - 14th in NL | | Starters' ERA | 5.65 - 15th in NL | | Bullpen ERA | 4.53 - 13th in NL | | Runs allowed | 703 - 15th in NL | | Hits allowed | 1206 - 14th in NL | | Opponents AVG | .284 - 14th in NL | | BABIP | .318 - 12th in NL | | Home Runs allowed | 179 - 16th in NL | | Bases-On-Balls | 350 - 2nd in NL | | Strikeouts | 838 - 7th in NL |
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