| Breaking News |  | Monday, August 18th, 1969: Sprague Tosses Shutout
In a very sharp performance at Marlies Ballpark Ed Sprague of the Toronto Marlies blanked the Kansas City Monarchs 3-0. He permitted 3 hits, struck out 4 strikeouts and had 1 walk in the Marlies victory.
Sprague has made 67 relief appearances this year and notched 2 saves. To date in 190.2 innings he has a 10-11 record, 4.25 ERA with 109 strikeouts and 92 walks.
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 | Saturday, August 9th, 1969: Koufax Shuts out Twin Cities
The Toronto manager told reporters after the game, "When he started out, his command wasn't that good, but he's a tough guy. The more pitches he throws, the better his command is."
He was talking about Sandy Koufax, who had just hurled a fine 2-hit shutout over the Twin Cities Trappers. He had 15 strikeouts and 2 walks in the Toronto 3-0 victory.
"An outstanding job," the Twin Cities manager said. "We couldn't get anything going. Every time we got a hit, he got out of the jam. He pitched a terrific game."
In 1968, Koufax has chalked up 9 wins and 10 losses in 23 starts with 153 strikeouts in 165 innings and a 3.22 ERA.
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 | Tuesday, August 5th, 1969: John Wyatt Out for Season
The news is bad in Toronto. The Marlies have lost the services of reliever John Wyatt for the rest of the season due to a torn labrum. Wyatt was injured in a recent game with the Montreal Alouettes while throwing a pitch and is expected to miss 12 months.
To this point in the season, Wyatt has put up these figures: 1-2 record, 66 relief appearances with 96 innings, no saves, 67 strikeouts, 42 walks and a 5.53 ERA. He has limited other teams to a .282 batting average.
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| Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | P John Wyatt | torn labrum (Shoulder) | 10 months | Not on DL | | LF Charlie Maxwell | ruptured disc (back) | 5 weeks | Not on DL |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 30-102, .227 PCT | | Position in Division | 4th, 36.0 GB | | Record at home | 17-49, .258 PCT | | Record on the road | 13-53, .197 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 5-5, .500 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 8-12, .400 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 15-26, .366 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 15-76, .165 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 2-8, .200 PCT | | Record in April | 6-22, .214 PCT | | Record in May | 3-26, .103 PCT | | Record in June | 8-19, .296 PCT | | Record in July | 8-21, .276 PCT | | Record in August | 5-14, .263 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .244 - 11th in IL | | On-Base Percentage | .299 - 12th in IL | | Slugging Percentage | .332 - 11th in IL | | On-Base + Slugging | .632 - 12th in IL | | Runs Scored | 465 - 12th in IL | | Hits | 1115 - tied for 10th in IL | | Extra-Base Hits | 261 - 11th in IL | | Home Runs | 61 - 7th in IL | | Bases-On-Balls | 359 - 12th in IL | | Strikeouts | 581 - 8th in IL | | Stolen Bases | 56 - 7th in IL |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 5.03 - 12th in IL | | Starters' ERA | 5.29 - 12th in IL | | Bullpen ERA | 4.46 - 12th in IL | | Runs allowed | 816 - 12th in IL | | Hits allowed | 1367 - 12th in IL | | Opponents AVG | .291 - 12th in IL | | BABIP | .313 - 12th in IL | | Home Runs allowed | 97 - 12th in IL | | Bases-On-Balls | 636 - 12th in IL | | Strikeouts | 552 - 8th in IL |
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