Lots of games played all at once

Only one day's worth of games had been played coming into this week, but APBA's Superior League has caught up to April 22nd on the schedule. Here are some team records:

East
Miami 11-6
Louisville 10-7
Baltimore 10-7
NY Knights 10-7
Boston 9-8
Orlando 8-9

Central
Chicago 9-8
Cleveland 8-9
Springfield 7-10
Charlotte 6-11
Toledo 6-11

West
Utah 11-6
Mars 9-8
Texas 9-8
Phoenix 7-10
Las Vegas 6-11

Offense is up slightly, with the league ERA around 4.70 Three players have been head and shoulders above the rest of the league, and two of them are complete surprises.

Utah's Ryan Ballard has been the top hitter in the game. He's hitting .403 with a .519 OBA and 1.113 slugging. Ballard leads the league with 13 homers, 32 RBI, and 23 runs. He's taken 16 walks. Ballard homered in 6 consecutive games, which is possibly a league record.

Texas rookie Nick McConroy is hitting .388 with 7 homers, 20 RBI, and 18 runs scored. He's been hitting in the #8 spot of the order.

Miami second year shortstop Everett Jimenez is hitting .344 with 5 homers, 19 RBI, and a .719 slugging. Jimenez hit his 5th homer in the team's 8th game. Last year he had 425 at bats, and hit 2 homers all season. He's already halfway to his 2005 RBI total. He hit 2 homers with 6 RBI on April 8th.

Luis Carrasco of Las Vegas has a 1.45 ERA through 31 innings, and Miami's Bill Nolan is 3-0 with a 1.48 ERA.