RedHawks deal with under .500 start to season

For the first time in the 14-year history of the franchise, the F-M RedHawks are under .500 at the all-star break. Should fans be worried? WDAY 6's Trevor Peterson takes a closer look.

"How do you lead the league in hitting, 2nd in pitching, and you are one game under .500?

There are more questions than answers for the F-M RedHawks right now. An abyssmal 8-15 record to start the season, followed by a 12-3 turnaround in late June, then a 1-4 slide heading into the all-star break.

"One day we don't pitch, next day we score 10 runs, next day we don't pitch, next day it's 8 runs. Its up and down, we gotta play better, find some consistency.

The recent 1-4 slide coincides with the departure of the best player in the league in the first half, Sherendell Decaster, to the Yankees organization, and an injury to former major leaguer Randall Simon, but it goes deeper than that.

"We've missed in some areas. We've walked too many guys, we've given up too many unearned runs. We haven't played as a team good enough to compete at the top."

As good as Simunic's track record has been at finding talented players, even he admits at this point in the season, there aren't many good options left.

"If you think there's to

ns of players waiting to come to Fargo to play, let me know. I can't find a whole lot. You gotta hopet the people we have catch fire and right themselves."

The saving grace for the RedHawks is that, besides Winnipe, everyone else int he Northern Leauge is muddling along around .500 as well. Remember 4 of the 6 teams make the playoffs and the Hawks know from experience that regular season success often doesn't translate to playoff sucess. Still, Simunic would like to see things turn around soon.

"I'm feeling like it will fix itself, if it doesn't it'll be a bumpy road.

The RedHawks have missed the playoffs just once in 14 years.