From: Herb Morell [hmorell@sympatico.ca]
Sent: June 29, 2006 7:25 AM
To: IBL Media
Subject: Rawlings IBL Player of the Week, June 26/06
The Rawlings IBL Player of the Week for the week ending Sunday, June 25 is London Majors first baseman Simon Galarraga.
 
Galarraga was 8-for-14 with three doubles and seven RBI's as London went 2-2, won-lost record last week, good for third place, 3 games behind first-place Toronto Maple Leafs.
 
Galarraga was 3-for-5 with a double and five RBI's in London's 13-4 win over Stratford on June 23. He was 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI on June 20 in a 10-9 win over Guelph and also 3-for-6 with a double and RBI on June 25 in their doubleheader losses in Toronto.
 
Galarraga is now batting .314 (22-for-70) in 19 games with four doubles, five home runs and 23 RBIs this season. He is third in RBI's with 23 and tied for fifth in home runs with five.
 

2006 IBL Players of the Week

May 22 - Lee Delfino, Brantford Red Sox

May 29 - Adam Montgomery, Hamilton Thunderbirds

June 4 - Jason Gotwalt, Brantford Red Sox
June 11 - Justin Wendt, Kitchener Panthers
June 18 - Jordan Lundberg, Barrie Baycats
June 25 - Simon Galarraga, London Majors
 
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For more information:
 
Jim Rooney, Commissioner
jrooney@icbaseball.com
 
Herb Morell, Statistician
Tel: (905) 238-5264
Fax: (905) 238-6241
Email: hmorell@icbaseball.com