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Published August 06, 2008 09:13 am - Bandits happy with best season ever By LYNN WOMACK Press special writer TAHLEQUAH DAILY PRESS — The Oklahoma Bandits finished the season with a 28-15 record, breaking the win total of 16 wins in 2006 and 18 in 2007.
Wes Newman finished as batting champion with an average of .496 with 117 at bats. Newman was the leader in doubles 19. Brad Shankle led the team with 35 RBI. Greg Jackson scored the most runs with 41. Jackson and Shankle shared the tops in triples with two each. Josh Linn was the home run champion with seven. Jason Travis was second in batting average at .427 with 103 at bats followed by Jackson at .365 with 115 at bats. Shankle batted .339 with the most at bats with 124. Newman was the team leader in hits with 58. Jackson led led the Bandits in stolen bases with eight. Shankle was the leader in sacrifices with five followed by Newman and Chance Ross with four each. Linn batted .319 followed by Brandon Espinal with a an batting average of .303 for the Bandits who batted over .300. Shankle led the team with six hit-by-pitches. Wayne Coldwell was the leader in wins with six and also led the team with 65 strike outs. Coldwell faced the most batters with 314 and pitched the most innings with 65.2. Shankle and Newman were co-leaders in ERA at 3.15. Newman and Jake Fisher had one save each. Jason Travis, Jarrett Travis and Fisher had five wins each. Shankle finished the season with four wins and no losses. Shankle give up the least earned runs with 18 with 40 by innings pitched. Ross gave up only 16 earned runs in nine innings pitched. Jason Travis pitched in 65 innings while Fisher pitched 59 innings. Fisher was second in strike outs with 61. Linn had the most fielding chances with 244. He had 235 put outs and three assists. Shankle had 222 chances with 188 put outs and 28 assists. Ross had the most assists with 83. He had 132 chances and had 39 put outs. Jackson had the best fielding average at1.000 as he had 53 chances with 52 put outs and one assist and no errors. The two biggest day at the plate came against Fort Smith Kerwins as Jackson scored six runs and Linn went five-for-five at the plate. Pitching wise Coldwell and Shankle each pitched a one hitter in a double header against Three Rivers. Shankle had the most strike outs in game with 12 against Woodward. 
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