Warhawks Wilkins Gone for Year
A blow for <Willie Wilkins:player#8689> today -- team doctors confirmed he will miss 5 months with a torn meniscus. <Wilkins:player#8689> suffered the injury throwing a pitch. Although officials from the <Illinois Warhawks:team#74> are confident he'll make a full recovery, doubts will persist about <Wilkins:player#8689>'s ability to return fully fit with an injury of this nature.

His stats sheet for the year shows <Wilkins:player#8689> has managed to hold opponents to a .294 average in 16 relief appearances, while putting up 1-0 record with 38 strikeouts and 19 walks in 31.2 innings. He has a 4.55 ERA with no saves.