| Breaking News |  | Monday, August 20th, 1923: Spitfires Conley Sidelined for 2-3 Weeks
Kent-2nd-IX reliever Snipe Conley has a strained back muscle, suffered while throwing a pitch. He's expected to be out for 2-3 weeks.
This year Conley has collected no saves in no relief appearances. He has also compiled a 1-9 won-lost mark with a 4.26 ERA and fanned 76 batters in 93 innings. Opponents are hitting him at a .276 clip in 1923.
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 | Monday, August 20th, 1923: Week's Best Player - Kent-2nd-IX's Cora
The Dales has named its Top Player of the Week. The honor went to Alex Cora, shortstop of the Kent-2nd-IX Spitfires.
In an extraordinary hitting display, he belted out hits at a .440 pace to win the award. Cora went 11-25 for the week, totaled 3 home runs, 12 RBIs and scored 4 times.
In the 1923 campaign Cora has hit at a .264 clip with 60 RBIs, 11 home runs and 60 runs scored.
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 | Tuesday, August 7th, 1923: Vandagrift 5-5 for Kent-2nd-IX
History in the making. That's what the fans at Mole Park got to see today, when Kent-2nd-IX outplayed the Bears 10-8. Carl Vandagrift of the Spitfires came to the plate 5 times and came away with a dynamite day as he exploded for 5 hits against Warwickshire-2nd-IX.
In the postgame press conference the Warwickshire-2nd-IX skipper quipped to reporters, "Hey, we tried to get him out. We threw everything but the kitchen sink against him and he hit it. Maybe we should've thrown the kitchen sink."
C. Vandagrift singled in the 2nd, hit an RBI double in the 3rd, hit an RBI single in the 4th, hit a two-run double in the 6th and singled in the 8th.
Vandagrift is batting at a .268 pace in 1923, picking up 37 hits in 138 at-bats with 1 home run, 19 RBIs and 17 runs scored.
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 66-64, .508 PCT | | Position in Division | 3rd, 12.0 GB | | Record at home | 33-32, .508 PCT | | Record on the road | 33-32, .508 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 7-9, .438 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 22-21, .512 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 18-10, .643 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 48-54, .471 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 7-3, .700 PCT | | Record in April | 13-15, .464 PCT | | Record in May | 14-15, .483 PCT | | Record in June | 13-13, .500 PCT | | Record in July | 13-15, .464 PCT | | Record in August | 13-6, .684 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .256 - 3rd in DL | | On-Base Percentage | .343 - 4th in DL | | Slugging Percentage | .349 - 5th in DL | | On-Base + Slugging | .692 - 6th in DL | | Runs Scored | 610 - 5th in DL | | Hits | 1154 - 3rd in DL | | Extra-Base Hits | 281 - tied for 7th in DL | | Home Runs | 58 - 6th in DL | | Bases-On-Balls | 553 - 6th in DL | | Strikeouts | 763 - 4th in DL | | Stolen Bases | 75 - 7th in DL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.54 - 6th in DL | | Starters' ERA | 3.60 - 6th in DL | | Bullpen ERA | 3.48 - 9th in DL | | Runs allowed | 596 - 8th in DL | | Hits allowed | 1157 - 11th in DL | | Opponents AVG | .255 - 9th in DL | | BABIP | .305 - 9th in DL | | Home Runs allowed | 63 - 10th in DL | | Bases-On-Balls | 560 - 8th in DL | | Strikeouts | 885 - 5th in DL |
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