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06Aug
Recently Promoted Kila Kaaihue Named Texas League Player of the Month
Wednesday, August 6, 2008 at 12:08PM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com – Naturals slugger Kila Kaaihue was named as the Topps Texas League Player of the Month for August. Kaaihue, who was promoted last Tuesday to Triple-A Omaha, hit .314 with the Naturals with 26 homers and 79 RBI in 91 games.
In
24 Texas League games during the month of July, Kaaihue, the 24-year
old Hawaii native, hit .400, with a .536 on-base percentage and a .788
slugging percentage. He walked 25 times, striking out just 12 times,
scored 26 runs and drove in 31 during a month shortened by his
promotion to Triple-A. This was the second time Kaaihue had hit .400 in a month-- he also did so in May.
In six games with Omaha, Kila is batting .375 with three homers and six runs driven in.
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