SCRATON, Pa. ‑ For the first time is his career, Scranton slugger Steve Randolph has been placed on the disabled list. Randolph, the MVP runner up in each of the last two seasons goes on the 15-day DL after pulling his hamstring during a routine ground ball during a 10-5 win over Norfolk. Dunder-Mifflin owner John Wustrow expects his star to be out for 2-3 weeks.
“We’re going to give him time to recover,” Wustrow said. “Obviously we want him to be healthy down the stretch as we try to grab a playoff spot.”
Scranton, which is currently tied with Salem for the final wild card spot in the NL, has made the playoffs in every year Wustrow has been the owner. A big part of that is the result of the efforts of Randolph, who has hit 235 HRs and 673 RBIs during those five seasons. He has been named an All Star in each of those years, and was named the player of the week last week.
Last season he finished behind Texas’ Billy Hernandez in MVP voting, a year after finishing behind Ramon Jang the season before. This season, he is eighth in the NL with 26 HRs, and fourth with 83 RBIs, but his .339 batting average is the best of his career, and third in the NL.
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When asked about this "tragic" turn of events, Pawtucket pitcher Frank Harris replied "that it's a real shame for the game of baseball that this had to happen the day before the Scranton/Pawtucket 4 game set kicked off."
Asked to elaborate, Harris is quoted as saying, "Every season Randolph and his great skills choke bigtime against Pawtucket. We look forward to playing him, because Mr Big Time can't handle the good teams, which is part of the reason Scranton is a great regular season team who will never amount to anything."
The four game set between Scranton & Pawtucket kicks off this evening.
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