Aukland's cage work pays off!
Bad Boys leadoff man Matt Aukland wins Most Improved award. Matt finished the season on fire! Matt not only ended the season on a 6-game hitting streak, but a 6-game 2-hit streak. In his last six games he was 12-23, a .522 avg. In those six games he posted a .607 OB% and Slugged a whopping .652. To go along with those gaudy numbers Aukland had 10 SB's, scored 8 runs, had all 4 of his RBI's, and all 3 of his doubles. In 6 games! Way to go Matt! For the year Matt finished with a .315 avg. and set the bar ridiculously high on the basepaths with 18 stolen bases in 17 games, he also led the team with 16 runs scored. |