The Offense is almost there

The past series in Cleveland saw things begin to come together for the Palms. The team hit double digits in hits all four games, along with some decent pitching to take three of four games from the Indians. The problem was that the offense came from singles and solo home runs. The team neads to start stringing to together their hits better, and getting their home runs after men get on base.
Lately, the Palms have found themselves on the losing end when their opponents have hit multi-run homers, despite being able to get upwards of 15 hits. Some of the problem stem from where the home runs are being hit. While he was in the leadoff roll, Randy Winn hit three bombs this month. Martin Prado moved to the lead off spot and hit a homer. At the bottom of the order, Ayoz Sadan has a pair, and Ryan Henning finally hit his first three of the season. When moved down, Winn stopped hitting, and Henning when moved to the center of the order became mired in a 1-20 slump. Billy Dupont, the clean up hitter, has gone the entire month without a home run. Perhaps a trip to Oakland and the young staff there will help to straighten out the offense the rest of the way.

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