This month's GeoClan.com Player Of The Month
(April) is Kevin Millwood of the Philadelphia
Phillies. After coming over to Philadelphia this
off-season in the surprise trade with the Atlanta
Braves for minor league catcher Johnny Estrada,
Millwood was expected to become number one in the
Phillies starting rotation and so far he hasn’t
disappointed. The past month saw Millwood go 4 –1,
with opposing batters hitting .200. This to go with
29 strikeouts, compared to 14 bases on balls and only
12 earned runs given up.

The crown jewel for Millwood this month and one for
the history books was Millwood’s April 27th no -
hitter versus Barry Bonds and the red hot San
Francisco Giants on a beautiful Sunday afternoon. A
year to the day Derek Lowe’s pitched a no hitter the
previous season for the Boston Red Sox, Millwood faced
29 batters, threw 108 pitches in 9 innings, 72 of them
being strikes, struck out 10 batters and walked 3
hitters. Millwood’s no – hitter was the first of the
2003 Major League Baseball season.

In a season many expect the Phillies to contend at
least for a wild-card spot, it is nice to see Millwood
let his presence on this team be felt early in the
season.

Who is your player of the month?
email me at clayton@geoclan.com.