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Cleveland(ACL) Snaps Rice Streak at 21
Tuesday, July 14th , 2026
Lady Luck was not on the side of Jamie Rice or his teammates at Progressive Field.
Everything went the way of the Cleveland(ACL) Guardians, who not only came away with the 12-5 victory over Milwaukee(ACL), but also held Rice hitless in 3 at-bats to put an end to his 21-game hitting streak.
"It was a good run," Rice said afterward. "It would be much easier to take right now if we had won."
This season, Rice is batting .402 with 49 hits, 6 home runs, 17 RBIs, 10 walks, .448 OBP and has scored 25 runs. He has played in 29 games.
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Swofford Bangs Out 5 Base Hits
Tuesday, July 14th , 2026
A jubilant Trent Swofford joined the postgame press conference at Ballpark of San Francisco(ACL) to offer some unusual words of encouragement -- for the Kansas City(ACL) Royals Gold pitching staff he had just vanquished.
"It may not have looked like it," said the San Francisco(ACL) Giants Black third baseman, "but I saw some awful good pitches today. If luck hadn't been on my side it might have turned out a lot different."
That would not have been the conclusion of anyone who saw his dominant 5-for-5 hitting performance, which led to the 7-6 Giants Black win.
"He made it look easy," said Jason Bell, manager of the Royals Gold. "We never figured out what to do with him. Obviously."
Trent Swofford singled in the 2nd, singled in the 4th, singled in the 6th, singled in the 7th and hit an RBI single in the 9th.
Swofford is currently batting .625 with no home runs, 3 runs scored and 1 RBIs. His OBP is .667.
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Bates Put in Cooler, Hitless Against San Francisco(ACL)
Monday, July 13th , 2026
ACL first baseman Noah Bates went 0-for-2 in ACL's 13-6 triumph over the San Francisco(ACL) Giants Orange, snapping his 27-game hitting streak.
Bates spoke to BNN after the game and said he "knew the hitting streak would end sooner or later."
"I just would have preferred later," he said with a laugh. "It was fun though."
When Bates made an out in his last chance at the plate, his teammates congratulated him in the dugout. In the clubhouse after the game, he seemed unbothered by the streak ending.
"There's nothing scientific about it, that's for sure," Giants Orange manager Ben Barber said of Bates's streak. "He had a nice little run. Let him start another one when we finish the series here."
So far this season, Bates is hitting .424 with 2 home runs.
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