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First Base Robert Fick, West Michigan
Second Base Jim Chamblee, Michigan
Third Base Jose Leon, Peoria
Shortstop Brent Butler, Peoria
Outfield Jason Conti, South Bend
Julio Ramirez, Kane County
Brady Clark, Burlington
Catcher Chad Moeller, Fort Wayne
Designated Hitter Tyrone Horne, Kane County
Left Handed Pitcher Phillip Norton, Rockford
Right Handed Pitcher Dave Borkowski, West Michigan
Left Handed Reliever Chris Garza, Fort Wayne
Right Handed Reliever Francisco Cordero, West Michigan
September
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September 11
- Lansing defeats Kane County to win the League Championship Series, 3 games to 2.
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September 5
- Lansing and Kane County win their semi-final playoffs
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September 3
- Lansing wins the wild card playoff
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September 2
- Kane County, Cedar Rapids, and Fort Wayne win their divisional playoffs.
- Michigan 13, Lansing 8
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September 1
- Cedar Rapids 14, Burlington 12
- Cedar Rapids: 9 runs in the bottom of the 9th!
August
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August 31
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Season Final:
- West Michigan's Robert Fick tied for the minor league lead in doubles with 50 (this is the best doubles count since 1988)
- Cedar Rapids' Ramon Ortiz lead the minors in strikeouts (225) and shutouts (4), and tied for the lead in complete games (8)
- West Michigan attendance: 10,944
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August 30
- Kane County 4, Peoria 3 (12 innings)
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August 28
- West Michigan continues to lead the full-season minors with a .705 (91-38) Won/Lost percentage.
- West Michigan's Robert Fick continues to lead the minors with 50 doubles.
- Cedar Rapids' Ramon Ortiz is tied for the minor league lead with 8 complete games.
- Cedar Rapids' Ramon Ortiz leads the minor leagues with 225 strikeouts.
- Quad City 2, Clinton 1 (G1)
- Kane County attendance: 12,172
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August 26
- Kane County 2, Fort Wayne 1
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August 25
- Cedar Rapids 16, Quad City 2
- Clinton 2, Burlington 1 (G2, 8 innings)
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August 24
- Kane County's Aaron Cames: no hitter!
- Clinton 2, Cedar Rapids 1
- Kane County 1, Peoria 0
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August 23
- Wisconsin 11, South Bend 9 (10 innings)
- Kane County attendance: 13,759!
- West Michigan attendance: 10,908
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August 22
- Wisconsin 2, South Bend 0 (G1; 7 innings)
- Beloit 1, West Michigan 0 (12 innings!)
- West Michigan's Craig Quintal: 10 shutout innings (no decision)
- Beloit's John O'Reilly: 9 shutout innings (no decision)
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August 21
- West Michigan continues to lead the full-season minors with a .713 (87-35) Won/Lost percentage.
- West Michigan's Robert Fick continues to lead the minors with 48 doubles.
- West Michigan's Francisco Cordero is tied for the minor league lead with 34 saves.
- Cedar Rapids' Ramon Ortiz is tied for the minor league lead with 7 complete games.
- Rockford 14, Michigan 7
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August 19
- Beloit 2, Fort Wayne 1
- Michigan 2, Kane County 1
- South Bend 16, Wisconsin 4
- Lansing attendance: 12,390
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August 17
- Peoria 5, Wisconsin 1 (12 innings)
- Lansing attendance: 11,193
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August 16
- West Michigan's Robert Fick hit his 48th double to set a new MWL standard.
- Fort Wayne 2, Beloit 1
- Burlington 11, Clinton 9
- West Michigan attendance: 10,181
- Lansing attendance: 11,480
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August 15
- Lansing attendance: 12,135
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August 14
- West Michigan's Robert Fick continues to lead the minors with 47 doubles.
- West Michigan's Francisco Cordero leads the minor leagues with 33 saves.
- Rockford's Phillip Norton is tied for the minor league lead with 6 complete games.
- West Michigan continues to lead the full-season minors with a .709 Won/Lost percentage.
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August 13
- Lansing attendance: 10,293
- Beloit 2, South Bend 0 (G1)
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August 12
- Clinton 1, Cedar Rapids 0 (G1, 7 innings)
- Kane County 2, Wisconsin 0
- Peoria 1, Rockford 0
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August 11
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August 10
- Rockford 2, Fort Wayne 1
- Lansing 14, Peoria 3
- Kane County 7, Michigan 6 (12 innings)
- Lansing attendance: 11,127
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August 8
- Burlington 14, Cedar Rapids 6
- Michigan 2, Kane County 1
- West Michigan attendance: 10,241
- Lansing attendance: 10,186
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August 7
- Cedar Rapids' Ramon Ortiz: no hitter!
- West Michigan's Robert Fick continues to lead the minors with 44 doubles.
- West Michigan's Francisco Cordero is tied for the minor league lead with 31 saves.
- Rockford's Phillip Norton is tied for the minor league lead with 6 complete games.
- Cedar Rapids' Ramon Ortiz leads the minors with 182 strikeouts.
- West Michigan continues to lead the full-season minors with a .700 Won/Lost percentage.
- Cedar Rapids 12, Quad City 0
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August 6
- Fort Wayne 1, South Bend 0 (15 innings!)
- Rockford 2, Kane County 0
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August 5
- Cedar Rapids' Denny Greene: no earned runs in 14 relief appearances.
- Cedar Rapids 2, Quad City 1
- Wisconsin 1, West Michigan 0
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August 4
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August 2
- West Michigan continues to lead the minors in Won/Lost percentage at .721.
- West Michigan's Robert Fick continues to lead the minors with 41 doubles.
- West Michigan's Francisco Cordero leads the minors with 30 saves.
- West Michigan attendance: 10,784
- Kane County attendance: 11,464
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August 1
July
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July 31
- Rockford 10, Beloit 8 (12 innings)
- Kane County 2, Wisconsin 0
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July 30
- Clinton 19, Fort Wayne 5
- Quad City 1, South Bend 0
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July 29
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July 28
- Kane County 11, Clinton 1
- Fort Wayne 2, West Michigan 1 (10 innings)
- Lansing 14, Rockford 2
- Wisconsin 1, Quad City 0
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July 27
- Rockford's Trevor Schaffer: 14 relief appearances without an earned run.
- Clinton 13, Kane County 3
- Burlington 2, Peoria 1
- West Michigan 12, Fort Wayne 2
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July 26
- West Michigan continues to lead the full-season minors in Won/Lost percentage (.722).
- West Michigan's Robert Fick is tied for the minor league lead in doubles with 40.
- Cedar Rapids pitcher Ramon Ortiz leads the minors in strikeouts with 157.
- West Michigan attendance: 10,171
- Lansing attendance: 10,452
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July 25
- Michigan's Rafael Betancourt: no earned runs over 12 relief appearances.
- Fort Wayne stole 4 bases in the eighth.
- Lansing attendance: 10,011
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July 24
- West Michigan 2, Michigan 1
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July 23
- Rockford 11, Burlington 1 (G1)
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July 20
- Cedar Rapids' Denny Greene: no runs allowed in 10 relief appearances.
- West Michigan 17, Fort Wayne 1
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July 19
- West Michigan's season-long .714 Won/Lost percentage is the best in the minors.
- Cedar Rapids' Ramon Ortiz leads the minors in strikeouts with 148.
- Kane County's Tyrone Horne had a 48-game "on-base" streak.
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July 18
- Burlington's Brady Clark: 3 homers
- Beloit 11, Burlington 10 (11 innings)
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July 17
- South Bend's Jason Crews had a 26.2 inning string without allowing a run.
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July 16
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July 15
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July 14
- Wisconsin 9, Burlington 7 (13 innings)
- Rockford 2, Clinton 1 (11 innings)
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July 13
- Clinton 2, Rockford 1
- Fort Wayne 12, Michigan 11 (10 innings)
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July 12
- Clinton's Rodney Lindsey leads the minors in steals (52).
- West Michigan continues to lead the minors in Won/Lost percentage (.714)
- Rockford 2, Cedar Rapids 1
- South Bend 3, West Michigan 1 (12 innings)
- Kane County attendance: 13,540
- West Michigan attendance: 10,044
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July 11
- Lansing attendance: 10,818
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July 9
- West Michigan 2, South Bend 1
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July 7
- Fort Wayne 2, Michigan 1 (G1; 9 innings)
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July 5
- West Michigan's season-long .718 Won/Lost percentage is the best in the minors.
- West Michigan's Robert Fick leads the minors in average (.375) and is tied for the lead in doubles (33).
- South Bend 13, Kane County 3
- Quad City attendance: 12,032
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July 4
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July 3
- Kane County 12, Wisconsin 0
- West Michigan attendance: 10,056
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July 2
- Michigan 15, Burlington 3
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July 1
- Fort Wayne 2, Peoria 0
- Kane County 12, Rockford 2
- Burlington 14, Michigan 0
June
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June 30
- Wisconsin's Denny Stark: 14 strikeouts
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June 29
- West Michigan's season-long .718 Won/Lost percentage is the best in the minors.
- Clinton's Rodney Lindsey leads the minors in steals (47).
- Peoria 12, Wisconsin 1
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June 28
- Kane County attendance: 11,495
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June 21
- West Michigan's .734 Won/Lost percentage is the best in the minors.
- West Michigan's Robert Fick is tied for the minor league lead in doubles (29).
- Clinton's Rodney Lindsey leads the minors in steals (42).
- Kane County's Tyrone Horne has a 22-game hitting streak [snapped on June 22].
- Michigan 16, Clinton 10
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June 20
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June 19
- Clinton 19, Michigan 8
- Fort Wayne 2, Quad City 0
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June 15
- Burlington 17, Cedar Rapids 5 (G2, 7 innings)
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June 14
- West Michigan's .755 Won/Lost percentage is the best in the minors.
- West Michigan's Robert Fick leads the minors in doubles (27).
- Clinton's Rodney Lindsey leads the minors in steals (40).
- Clinton's Domingo Guzman is tied for the minor league lead in complete games (5).
- Burlington: 6 homer game (7 innings)
- Beloit 14, Wisconsin 3
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June 13
- West Michigan 1, Lansing 0
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June 12
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June 9
- West Michigan's .755 Won/Lost percentage is the best in the minors.
- West Michigan's Robert Fick leads the minors in doubles (27).
- West Michigan's Greg Romo is tied for the minor-league lead in wins (9).
- Kane County 13, Beloit 1
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June 8
- Rockford 7, Wisconsin 4 (15 innings)
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June 5
- West Michigan's Greg Romo had a 9 game win streak, April 16 to June 5
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June 4
- Fort Wayne 2, South Bend 0
- West Michigan 11, Lansing 1
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June 3
- Cedar Rapids 6, Clinton 5 (G2, 13 innings)
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June 2
- Wisconsin 4, Peoria 3 (13 innings)
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June 1
- West Michigan's .739 Won/Lost percentage is the best in the minors.
- West Michigan's Robert Fick leads the minors in doubles (25).
May
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May 31
- Quad City's Brian Braswell: 15 strikeouts!
- West Michigan's Greg Romo won 6 games in May; tied for best in the minors.
- West Michigan's Francisco Cordero saved 12 games in May; this was the best in the minors.
- Kane County 12, Lansing 1
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May 30
- Lansing 15, Kane County 0
- Rockford 1, Wisconsin 0 (G2, 7 innings)
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May 28
- Kane County's Julio Ramirez: 18 game hitting streak.
- Fort Wayne 2, Michigan 1
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May 27
- West Michigan 16, South Bend 2
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May 26
- Rockford 2, Beloit 1 (G1, 7 innings)
- Michigan 5, Lansing 4 (14 innings)
- Wisconsin 1, Fort Wayne 0
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May 24
- West Michigan's Robert Fick leads the minors in average (.397) and doubles (24).
- West Michigan's .744 Won/Lost percentage is the best in the minors.
- Michigan 11, Kane County 9
- Lansing 12, Cedar Rapids 11
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May 23
- Clinton's Steve Hoff: 14 consecutive wins without a loss (streak began last season; ended June 4).
- Fort Wayne 6, West Michigan 5 (13 innings)
- Peoria 11, Rockford 10 (12 innings)
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May 22
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May 21
- Quad City 2, Cedar Rapids 1
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May 20
- Kane County 2, South Bend 1 (G2)
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May 18
- Rockford 2, Cedar Rapids 0
- West Michigan 2, Michigan 1
- Quad City 2, Clinton 1
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May 17
- West Michigan's Robert Fick leads the minors in doubles (23), extra-base hits (32), and slugging (.839).
- Fick's hitting streak has reached 32 games. [It ended May 18.] MWL record is 35 games (Tony Toups, Waterloo, 1977).
- West Michigan's .758 Won/Lost percentage is the best in the minors.
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May 15
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May 14
- Kane County 1, Clinton 0
- Rockford 2, Burlington 0
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May 13
- West Michigan's Robert Fick's slugging percentage (.830) leads the minors.
- Clinton 2, Kane County 1
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May 11
- Clinton's Brian McClure has a 30-game on-base streak.
- Beloit 18, Cedar Rapids 16
- Fort Wayne 12, Lansing 0
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May 10
- Quad City 18, South Bend 10
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May 8
- Rockford 2, Kane County 1 (G1, 7 innings)
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May 6
- Wisconsin's Luis Figueora didn't strike out from April 4 to May 6 (23 games, 86 at bats)
- West Michigan 14, Cedar Rapids 6
- Clinton 2, Wisconsin 1
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May 5
- Peoria 13, Rockford 10
- Lansing 14, Quad City 13 (11 innings)
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May 4
- West Michigan 13, Cedar Rapids 3
- Clinton 5, Wisconsin 4 (14 innings)
- Michigan 12, South Bend 1 (G2, 7 innings)
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May 3
- West Michigan's .800 Won/Lost percentage is the best in the minors.
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May 1
- Lansing 7, Michigan 6 (12 innings)
- Quad City 23, Peoria 5
April
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April 30
- Whitecaps 15-4 (.789) won/lost record for April was the best in the minors.
- Lansing, 12, Michigan 10
- Peoria 13, Cedar Rapids 0
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April 29
- Burlington's Mike Hampton: 7 RBIs!
- Burlington 17, Wisconsin 9
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April 27
- Cedar Rapids' Rob Sasser stole at least one base every game from April 21 to 27 (7 games)
- Beloit 1, Kane County 0
- Peoria 14, Lansing 8
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April 25
- Kane County 28, Cedar Rapids 11!
- Burlington 13, Peoria 1
- Clinton 2, South Bend 1 (10 innings)
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April 24
- Peoria 7, Burlington 6 (12 innings)
- West Michigan 2, Fort Wayne 1
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April 22
- Cedar Rapids 12, Kane County 8
- Michigan 18, Quad City 0
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April 21
- Beloit 12, Peoria 1
- Clinton 13, Rockford 3
- Wisconsin 2, Michigan 1
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April 20
- West Michigan's Dave Borkowski: no hitter!
- Lansing 11, Fort Wayne 10
- Quad City 2, Cedar Rapids 0
- Clinton 13, Rockford 3
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April 19
- West Michigan's .875 Won/Lost percentage is the best in the minors.
- West Michigan's Clay Bruner has won his last 9 consecutive starts (including last season).
- West Michigan 12, Kane County 2
- Wisconsin 2, Michigan 1
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April 18
- Lansing 2, Fort Wayne 1 (17 innings!)
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April 10
- Burlington 12, Lansing 8
- Beloit 2, Michigan 1 (G2; 7 innings)
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April 9
- Clinton 1, Fort Wayne 0 (G1; 7 innings)
- Peoria 2, South Bend 1 (G2; 7 innings)
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April 7
- Fort Wayne 13, Kane County 0
- Clinton 1, Peoria 0 (G2; 7 innings)
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April 5
- Clinton 24, Peoria 8 (completion of suspended game)
- Rockford 2, Lansing 1
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April 4
- West Michigan 1, Wisconsin 0
- Clinton 24, Peoria 8
- Clinton: 13 runs in the second
Most items listed met at least one of the following criteria:
- Winning team scored two or fewer runs.
- Winning team won by at least a ten run margin.
- Combined score was at least 20 runs.
- Game lasted at least 12 innings.
- Either a team or a player had a really exceptional game performance.
- Game attendance topped 10,000.
- A team or player was leading the minor leagues in some category or other.
- Ends of long hitting (and similar) streaks are noted.
Sources included Howe SportsData's daily league writeups, daily box scores, notes in Total Baseball's daily email newsletter, and other electronic media; paper sources included the Lansing State Journal, Baseball America, and Baseball Weekly. Since I did not see every day's reports, some worthy events were certainly missed.
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