Here's
some team notes culled from the boxscores and monthly stats for April 1990.

AMERICAN
LEAGUE EAST

BLACK
SWAMP--The Salamanders league best 22-6 record included a 14-2 road
record....On 4/11 Jody Reed scored 5 runs against Ruppert.  Reed singled, walked three times and was
hit by a pitch, scoring each time on base....Dave Parker drove in 5 in
the same game....Bruce Hurst hurled 2 April shutouts against Knoxville
and Kitsilano...Black Swamp was 8-1 in games in which Kevin Mitchell
homered....Sam Horn had a walk-off pinch hit homer versus Cedar Rapids
on 4/11.  Horn also pinch hit a game
winning homer in the top of the 10th versus Knoxville six days later...Mitchell
was thrown out twice at home versus Ruppert on 4/11.

LAFAYETTE-The
Colt All-Stars allowed a league low 80 runs in April...Lafayette was a sharp
9-3 versus lefties....Chili Davis and Jay Bell both had two 4-hit
games....On 4/18 against Red Bluff Randy Johnson's line was
9-2-0-0-2-12.  He struckout Wade
Boggs three times!....Nolan Ryan leads the league with 58 strikeouts,
including two 10+ K games....The Big Unit is second with 51...Johnson and Greg
Maddux both lead the league in wins at 5-1.  They're tied with the Salamanders Ron
Darling.

QUIGLEY-On
4/7 Dave Henderson had a walkoff homer versus Cleveland....On 4/25
against Wabash, Brian Giles was 4 for 5 with a homer and double....On
4/15 versus Cedar Rapids Jose Rijo's line was 9-1-1-1-5-11.  His lone hit?  A homer by Franklin Stubbs....On 4/4
versus Ruppert Erik Hanson's line was 9-2-1-1-1-11.  His lone hit?  A homer to Jerald Clark.  Mundy's pitcher Greg Harris struck out
12 also....In his next start on the 8th against Cleveland Hanson one upped
himself with 9-4-0-0-2-11....Bobby Bonilla walked in 7 straight
games(15th-22nd).

LAKE
SUPERIOR-On 4/21 versus Kansas Willie Wilson went 5-2-4-3 with a double
and 3 stolen bases....Glenn Davis and Hubie Brooks both had 2
homer games in April....On 4/21 Brooks drove in 5 against Kansas with a grand
slam and sac fly....Dave Stieb hurled shutouts versus Cleveland and
Ruppert....Davis homered in 4 straight games(8th-12th)....Melido Perez leads
the league with 7 quality starts and a 1.37 ERA.

CAROLINA-On
4/28 Ellis Burks was 5-2-4-2 with a double....On 4/21 top pick Frank
Thomas was 3-4-3-3 with 2 walks.
He homered and doubled.....Thomas hit safely in all 12 games he played
in April.  He had 21 hits and
finished with a .438 average....On 4/7 against Cedar Rapids Scott Lewis was
perfect through 5 innings and had a no-hitter through 7 2/3.  The bottom fell out in the 8th after
that as he gave up 4 hits and 3 unearned runs.  He did get the win and finished with a
perfect 9th inning.

BIRMINGHAM-On
4/6 versus Grosse Pointe Walt Weiss was 5-2-3-5 with a triple....In the
same game Bobby Witt had a line of 7-8-2-2-5-10 for the win....On 4/14
against Ruppert Paul O'Neill was 4-2-3-4.  The 4 ribbies came on a grand slam in
the 5th....Weiss led the league hitting .412(14 for 34) after the 7th
inning.....Don Mattingly hit .500(8 for 16) after the 7th....Tough to
run on Lance Parrish-he threw out 8 of 19 runners attempting to steal.

AMERICAN
LEAGUE WEST

BALTIMORE-Get
em early.  The Redbirds were 17-0
when leading after 7 innings...Baltimore led the league with 171 runs, 130
walks and a hefty .369 OBA.....On 4/24 versus Niskayuna Randy Milligan was
5-1-5-3 with 2 doubles and a homer....On 4/21 against Niskayuna Mickey
Tettleton received 4 walks and didn't score once....On 4/16 fifth starter Steve
Wilson had the gem of the month going 9-1-0-0-1-6.

PANDORA-Eric
Davis leads the league with 31 RBI's....Rob Dibble leads the league
with 7 saves and had a 19/3 K to W ratio in 15 innings pitched....On 4/11
versus Colorado light hitting Felix Fermin smacked 3 doubles...On 4/26
versus Cleveland Sid Fernandez turned in a gem with a line of
9-4-0-0-2-10.

BROOKLYN-Ivan
Calderon leads the league with 10 stolen bases.  He's tied with Willie Wilson....Henry
Cotto swiped three bags in a game, including third base once....Matt
Williams had a 20 game hit streak(7th-27th), batting .349 in the
streak....On 4/24 versus Cleveland George Brett ended a marathon 19
inning affair with a walk-off 3-run homer....John Shelby had two 9th
inning pinch hit singles for team wins.

FRANKFORT-A
bombing raid over Frankfort!  The
Dogs lead the league with 37 homers....Cecil Fielder leads the league
with 11....On 4/11 Fielder was 5-3-3-8.
Three homers and 2 strikeouts.
The big guy is always exciting....In that game Frankfort scored 21 runs
on 23 hits....The Hot Dogs are 9-0 in games in which Fielder homers....The Dogs
had 2 4-HR games and hit the long ball in 11 straight games(14-25th).

POCONO--Reverse
vulture.  Tough luck Roger
McDowell is 0-5 in relief....On 4-19 Gene Larkin banged out 5 hits
versus Niskayuna including 2 doubles.
He couldn't find home plate and was left stranded all five times....Greg
Olson was on base 7 times versus Beard on 4/15.  He singled, doubled twice and walked
four times in the 13 inning loss.
He didn't score a run....The Redd Stixx had a 9 game losing
streak(14th-23rd).

CHICAGO-Chris
James had a great month leading the AL with 47 hits, 12 doubles and a .379
average....Walt Terrell and Kevin Gross were a combined 0-9 and
Chicago was 0-14 in games in which they started....Kevin Appier saved
the starters reputation with 2 shutouts versus Beard and Grosse Pointe.

NATIONAL
LEAGUE EAST

NISKAYUNA-Despite
scoring 31 fewer runs than they allowed, the MicroMets were 9-1 in one-run
games and sit alone atop the NL East....They lead the NL with a .261 BA.....Danny
Tartabull has an active streak of striking out in 21 straight games.  He K'd 31 times in those games....The
Mets had only 2 batters hit better than .300 and they did it with style.  Alvin Davis hit .362 and Ron
Oester hit .360....Ramon Martinez(5-2) and John Smoltz(4-1)
are a combined 9-3.  The rest of the
staff is 7-9.

RUPPERT-Their
35 homers were tops in the NL....The Mundy's 121 runs also led the senior
circuit....On April 4 Greg Harris threw a gem 9-6-2-2-3-12, and
lost!....Edgar Martinez had a 22 game hit streak, hitting .419 with a
.485 OBA during that stretch....Dave Valle is tough to run against
having thrown out 7 of 17 runners attempting to steal against him.

KITSILANO-The
Hogs are 4-0 in extra innings....Tom Pagnozzi has gunned down 7
baserunners attempting to steal.  10
have been successful....On 4/23 versus the Hot Dogs, Pagnozzi drove in 5 runs,
4 on a grand slam....On 4/2 against Lake Superior, Phil Bradley had a
walk-off double....On 4/20 Mark Salas hit a game ending homer in the
10th versus Pandora's monster closer Rob Dibble.

COLORADO-On
4/15 versus Frankfort Shane Mack went 5 for 5 including a double....Jose
Canseco had an eight game RBI streak(13th-21st).  The big guy plated 12 in that
stretch....Canseco also had 2 three run homers in April.

CLEVELAND-The
Buckeyes scored a major league low of 81 runs in April....They batted in 257
innings and didn't score a run in 205 of those....On 4/20 against Birmingham Pedro
Guerrero drove in 4 with a grand slam.
He also had 2 three run homers in April....Roberto Kelly leads
the league with 39 hits....David Wells leads the league with a 1.24 ERA.

GROSSE
POINTE-The Giants struggled against portsiders, going only 1-9 versus the
lefthanders....Jeff Robinson was 1-5 with a 4 game losing streak going
into May....Steve Crawford pitched in 12 games in April and the Giants
lost all 12!.....The Giants had an 8 game losing streak on way to a major
league worst 8-20.

NATIONAL
LEAGUE WEST

RED
BLUFF-The Rough Riders were 13-0 when leading after 7 innings....On 4/17
against Lafayette, Ron Hassey gunned down the speedy Otis Nixon
twice....Junior Felix banged 2 three run homers in April....Felix was
the top RBI man for Red Bluff in April with 18....Mike Schooler appeared
in 10 games a had 9 saves to go along with a 1.69 ERA.

BEARD-Eddie
Murray has an active 15 game hit streak....On April 4th Mark Whiten's pinch
hit single in the top of the ninth gave Beard a 4-3 win over Pocono....Rob
Ducey was 5 for 11(.455) as a pinch hitter....Roger Clemens leads
the NL with 49 K's.

WABASH-The
Rivers .322 OBA was tops in the NL....Ken Griffey, the Elder, had a big
day versus the Q's on the 26th-4 for 4, 5 RBI's, 2 doubles, a homer and a
walk....On 4/11 versus Pocono, Paul Molitor came into the game in the
5th and still managed to swipe 3 bases....The pen is mightier than the
rotation.  Wabash relievers won 7
games and the starters only 5....On 4/4 versus the Hot Dogs, Mike LaCoss had
a no-hitter through 6 innings, gave up a hit and a walk, had his defense commit
two errors and Frankfort tied it up with 4 unearned runs.  Dale Murphy popped a two run
homer in the bottom of the inning securing a 6-4 win for the Rivers.

KNOXVILLE-On
4/16 versus Lake Superior Lonnie Smith went 4-2-4-5 with a double and 2
homers....On 4/21 versus Birmingham, Cal Ripken went 4-2-4-5 also with a
double and 2 homers....Ripken was the top Blue Jay hitter going 7-19-.284 for
April....Gary Pettis swiped 11 bases, getting caught only once.

CEDAR
RAPIDS-Tough luck
Mark Gubicza had 6 quality starts but only had a 2-4 record to show for
it....The Cyclones had a 7 game losing streak from the 13th to the 20th....On
4/20 versus Lake Superior, Jaime Navarro had a line of 9-4-0-0-1-2.  All four hits were harmless singles.

KANSAS-Ken
Griffey, the Younger had back to back game ending hits versus the Q's tough
lefty closer Randy Myers.  On the
17th he punched a 2 run single and the next day he crushed a 3 run homer to
finish things for the day....Matt Nokes tossed out 12 would be
basestealers.  16 were successful
against him.....On 4/8 versus Baltimore Charlie Hayes had a steal of
home....Doc Gooden had a line of 8-7-3-1-3-11 versus Lake Superior