| Breaking News |  | Tuesday, April 9th, 1985: Kinston's Kuhabara Sidelined for Season
Shigemori Kuhabara will soon find out from his doctors if his season will continue. The first diagnosis was not too positive and stated the Kinston shortstop could miss the remainder of the year. Kuhabara was injured while throwing the ball in the Indians-Ironbirds clash at Riflemen Ballpark recently. Doctors said he has radial nerve compression and would be out a minimum of 10-11 months.
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 | Monday, August 6th, 1984: 5-Hits Blitz by Kinston's Powell!
History in the making. That's what the fans at Riflemen Ballpark got to see today, when Kinston outplayed the Ironbirds 7-6. Kip Powell of the Indians came to the plate 5 times and came away with a dynamite day as he exploded for 5 hits against Aberdeen.
In the postgame press conference the Aberdeen skipper quipped to reporters, "Hey, we tried to get him out. We threw everything but the kitchen sink against him and he hit it. Maybe we should've thrown the kitchen sink."
K. Powell singled in the 2nd, hit an RBI single in the 4th, hit an RBI single in the 5th, singled in the 7th and hit a two-run home run off C. Sweeney in the 9th.
In 33 games to date Powell has hit at a .224 clip and produced 11 RBIs, 1 home runs and 11 runs scored.
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 | Thursday, July 26th, 1984: Bunch of Base Hits for Sting Guao
After the Eugene 16-9 victory over Kinston and his 5-hit day catcher Tzu-hsia Guao told SION beat writers, "It really doesn't matter whether it's sandlot ball, high school or college ball, two hits in a game is very good...three or four hits even better...5 or more are out of sight...and if it is in pro ball...it is really something special. It will get you in the record books."
The 20-year-old player gained that distinction today at Ballpark of Jersey City with a spectacular 5 for 6 game against the Kinston Indians.
The skipper of the Sting spoke glowingly of Guao, telling SION writers, "His swing is getting there. We want him to be quick with his swing, short and compact. We want him to be patient and go the other way when he can. Tzu-hsia did that to perfection today."
T. Guao singled in the 1st, hit an RBI single in the 2nd, singled in the 4th, singled in the 6th, grounded out in the 7th and hit a two-run home run off R. Cotton in the 8th.
Thus far this year Guao has hit .310 with 3 home runs and 14 RBIs. He has played in 47 games and scored 14 times.
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| Injuries | | Player | Injury | Out for... | Disabled List Status | | SS Shigemori Kuhabara | radial nerve (elbow) decompression surgery | 10 months | Not on DL |
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| Team Information | | Record overall | 5-2, .714 PCT | | Position in Division | 1st, - GB | | Record at home | 3-0, 1.000 PCT | | Record on the road | 2-2, .500 PCT | | Record in X-inning games | 1-0, 1.000 PCT | | Record in one-run games | 2-0, 1.000 PCT | | Record versus LHP | 1-1, .500 PCT | | Record versus RHP | 4-1, .800 PCT | | Record last 10 games | 5-2, .714 PCT | | Record in April | 5-2, .714 PCT |
| Team Batting Stats & Rankings | | Batting Average | .276 - 6th in ILA | | On-Base Percentage | .352 - 4th in ILA | | Slugging Percentage | .394 - 2nd in ILA | | On-Base + Slugging | .747 - 3rd in ILA | | Runs Scored | 37 - tied for 2nd in ILA | | Hits | 68 - 6th in ILA | | Extra-Base Hits | 24 - 1st in ILA | | Home Runs | 1 - tied for 8th in ILA | | Bases-On-Balls | 28 - 1st in ILA | | Strikeouts | 30 - tied for 5th in ILA | | Stolen Bases | 2 - tied for 10th in ILA |
| Team Pitching Stats & Rankings | | Earned Run Average | 3.43 - tied for 5th in ILA | | Starters' ERA | 2.85 - 1st in ILA | | Bullpen ERA | 4.50 - 11th in ILA | | Runs allowed | 31 - 7th in ILA | | Hits allowed | 72 - 8th in ILA | | Opponents AVG | .279 - 7th in ILA | | BABIP | .304 - 7th in ILA | | Home Runs allowed | 3 - tied for 8th in ILA | | Bases-On-Balls | 24 - 7th in ILA | | Strikeouts | 28 - 9th in ILA |
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