Championship Series
Glacier Point vs Westchester
Wow! What a first game in this Series! The Wombats parlay an
error by Talons CF Colby Rasmus into a run in the second, and
threaten to make it last. Glacier Point's RF Josh Hamilton is
not content with that, however, and sends one deep in the 7th
to tie it. Pinch-hitter Francisco Cervelli triples off of WW
reliever Sean Burnett in the 8th and scores on a wild pitch as
pinch-hitter Robert Andino stands at the plate. Jonny Venters
comes in to strike out the side in the 9th and the Talons are
up 1-0. Lincecum wins, Venters saves, Burnett loses.
GAME 1
Wombats 1- 3-0 LP-Burnett
Talons 2- 5-1 WP-Lincecum; SV-Venters; HR-Hamilton
Well, World Series Game 2 wasn't quite as exciting as the first
one as early home runs by Josh Hamilton and Colby Rasmus served
up a lead that the Talons wouldn't surrender. Kershaw managed
an RBI to give Glacier Point a four-run lead, and despite crush
by Cano and Votto, Glacier Point prevails 6-3 to protect their
perfect home record during the post-season.
GAME 2
Wombats 3- 9-0 LP-Pettitte; HR-Cano/Votto
Talons 6- 7-0 WP-Kershaw; SV-Bard; HR-Hamilton/Rasmus
Wombats claw their way back into the series taking advantage of facing the back half of the Talons rotation and
a bit of luck against Tim Lincecum
Game 3: Westchester 8, Glacier Point 6
Rasmus singles to lead off and is doubled home by Hamilton. Bottom 2, Norris loads them up with no one out
and pays for it with three runs on singles. However, Rasmus singles and Rollins jacks one into the stands
to tie it up. Next inning Markakis singles, Cano drives him in and Matsui drives him in. This is not going
to be a pitching battle. Norris is KO'd giving up 7 runs on 8 hits in 3 1/3 inning. Montero homer makes it
8-4. Beltre homer and two wombat errors make it 8-6 after 8. McClellan comes in to shut down Glacier Point
in the 9th.
W-Stauffer (1-0), S-McClellan (1); L-Norris (0-1)
Game 4: Westchester 5, Glacier Point 1
McDonald pitches no hit ball through 4, but gives up 3 runs on 5 hits in 5th on a series of singles and doubles.
Top 6th, Beltre blast makes it 3-1, but Martin shot in bottom of 6th, gets the run back. With Cano on second,
Miller walks Votto to get to Matsui who singles him home. Wombat bullpen does its job and preserves the win.
W-Anderson (1-0); L-McDonald (0-1)
Game 5: Westchester 5, Glacier Point 2
Top of the second Beltre and Morrison walk and Smoak and Cervelli single them home. Bottom of the inning
Cairo Baltimore Special make it 3-2 Wombats. This is followed by doulbes by Markakis and Wright as Wombats
get lucky against Lincecum. Bard comes in and hits Cano to load the bases, but strikes out Votto to get out
of the jam. Matsui homer makes it 5-2. Danks tosses a 5 hitter going the distance.
W-Danks (1-0); L-Lincecum (1-1)
Teams now return to Glacier Point to finish up the series.
It's all over as the home team prevails in each of seven games.
Clayton Kershaw outduels Tim Stauffer in the finale, 5-2. The
Talons open with a run in the first inning but the Wombats come
back with two in the fourth as Russell Martin comes through for
the visitors. Stauffer can't hold it, though, as Glacier Point
plates four in the fifth, the big blow being Jimmy Rollins two-
run single. A succession of four Talons relievers -- Belisle,
Bard, Frieri, and Venters -- closes out the final three innings
and Glacier Point surprises their fans and themselves with the
win and a WIBL championship.
Josh Hamilton and Adrian Beltre are named World Series Co-MVPs,
each batting over .400 with multiple HRs and RBIs, but the ex-
tremely honorable mention must go to Rollins, who was as clutch
as it gets.
Great series, Gary!
Cheers!
- SteveB, GPT
GAME 7
Wombats 2- 7-0 LP-Stauffer
Talons 5- 9-2 WP-Kershaw; SV-Venters
Championship Series
Louisiana vs Westchester
Louisiana comes north to see if they can trounce Wombats again in the playoffs.
Game 1: Westchester 9, Louisiana 2
Cajuns strike first with a two run blast by Soriano off Stauffer. Wombats tie it up in the bottom of the
fifth. In the sixth triple by Morse and doubles by Pennington and Pena put Wombats up 5-2 and KO Halladay.
Bottom of 8th Victorino tops it off with a single shot over the left field wall. Kuo then loads them up
before he serves up a triple to Matsui.
W-Stauffer (1-0), L-Halladay (0-1)
Game 2: Westchester 4, Louisiana 0
Single shot by Votto gives Wombats early 1-0 lead. Game continues as great pitching battle between Hanson
and Pettitte. Top 5 Cajuns put two on, but Aybar hits into DP to get Pettitte out of the jam. Top 6th
Teixera walks and Soto doubles, but Teixera is held up at third. Victorino makes a diving catch to save
Pettitte again. Bottom of the 8th, Wright walks with one out and steals second. Cano fans and Votto is
walked intentionally with his 50 regular season homers. Matsui is up, miffed at the insult and sends a
message over the right field wall to give the Wombats a cushion at 4-0.
W-Pettitte (1-0), L-Hanson (0-1)
Wombats take first two and pack up to head south.
Westchester at Louisiana
Game #3
Louisiana jumps out early with two run HRs by Kinsler and Sota in the first for 4-0 lead off Danks but Votto 3 run HR leads charge pulling to 4-3 and then Pennington ties it up off Davis. Aybar and Kinsler plate two more, to put LA up by 6-4 again but Wright and Cano plate two more to tie it up again. Chris Gomez, who entered the game as PR singles to put Wombats up by 7-6 score off Robertson, and Ryan Franklin shuts the Cajuns bats down and Wechester goes up by 3-0 in series.
Game #4
Roy Halladay and Kuo shut down powerful Wombats and Louisiana gets on the board in 1-0 win, and brings series to 3-1. Jason Bay plates Headley for only run in 3rd.
Game #5
Not much to say. Votto goes deep twice to give him 4 HR in series, and Tim Stauffer and trio of Wombat relievers shut down Cajuns in 9-0 win. Cajuns shrink back into the swamps going down 4-1 in Championship Series.
Good luck in the World Series to superior Wombat team. Great season.
Coney Island vs Glacier Point
GAME 1
CIC 3- 6-0 LP-Santana; HR-Uggla
GPT 7-10-1 WP-Norris; SV-Frieri; HR-Beltre(2)/Pedroia
GAME 2
CIC 0- 1-0 LP-Kuroda
GPT 7-14-1 WP-Lincecum
Series returns to Coney Island, with the Cyclones in a deep hole, down 2 games to 0 against Glacier Point:
Game 3 - Kershaw vs Cahill
Back and forth battle, ends with Glacier Point taking it in 12 innings. Both pens are worn out during this
contest. Coney Island, down 3 games to 0.
Game 4 - Norris vs Lester
Coney Island gets tons of run support, and takes this one easily. Glacier Point up 3 games to 1.
Game 5 - McDonald vs Santana
Glacier Point dominates this contest, sending Coney Island home to watch the remainder of the series on tv.
Congrats to Glacier Point on advancing to the World Series. Coney Island returns home to re-tool during
the off season.
Journey on gents!
Division Series
Coney Island vs Tidewater
Well, the good ride is coming to a close. The Cyclones blew into Tidewater and left a mess.
Gm.1 CIC 4-2 W-E.Santana L-CC Sabathia
Tidewater jumped out to a 2-0 lead on a 1st inning 2-run homer by Ryan Zimmerman. We would only get 2 more hits the
rest of the game. Coney Island put up a run in the 3rd on a Hunter Pence RBI single and then went ahead in the 4th on
a 2-run double by A.Escobar. AGon added an insurance run with a solo shot off Tyler Clippard in the 9th.
Over 8 innings, Sabathia allowed only 4 hits and 3 runs ( 1 earned...not that it mattered), but Ervin Santana went 6
and gave up only 2 hits, Aviles' single followed by Zim's homer. The Cyclone bullpen then took over and went 3 innings,
2 hits, no runs, effectively shutting down the Drillers.
Gm.2 CIC 9-1 W-D.Hudson L-C.Lee
A pure butt-kicking. Coney Island pounded out 16 hits. Highlights were many...V.Wells - 3-5, 3 runs, 4 RBI, 2 hr's.
D.Uggla - 3-5, 3 RBI and a home run. A.Escobar 3-5. Pence and Cuddyer with 2 hits each. Tidewater got 5 measly hits.
D.Hudson was solid with 6 innings pitched, 3 hits and 1 run while striking out 6. M.Boggs and W.Lopez threw the last
3 innings giving up 2 hit and striking out 3. C.Lee looked like a Double A player giving up 12 hits and 7 runs in 6
innings.
Tidewater limps into Cyclone Alley in total disarray. Our fortunes hang on the bottom (and I do mean bottom) of a
thin rotation.
Game 3 - Cahill vs. Zito
1ST INNING - Aviles reaches. Zimmerman knocks him into a FC. Huff strands him. TID goes down. Pence walks.
Cuddyer advances him on a FC. Wells strikes out, Gonzo goes down. 0-0
2ND - Ordonez walks. Young lines out, Cabrera hits into a double play. Coney Island, 3 up, 3 down. 0-0
3RD - 3 up 3 down for the visitors. Same for the home team. 0-0
4TH - Aviles goes down, Zimmerman hammers one over the fence! Huff and Ordonez go down. Cuddyer goes down. Wells
reaches. Gonzo hits into a DP. TID up 1-0 (Zito has a no hitter going through 4).
5TH - 3 up 3 down for TID. Same for CIC. Zito still a no-no through 5. TID up 1-0.
6TH - First 2 go down, but Aviles reaches on a double. Zimmerman goes down, ending the threat for the Drillers. 3 up
3 down. Zito, still a no-no. TID up 1-0.
7TH - Huff doubles, Young reaches on an error. Both are stranded, as the next 2 go down in order. The crowd is getting
anxious and are starting to chant for ZITO, as he's pitching the game of his career in a much needed win situation for
Tidewater. Cuddyer goes down, but Wells breaks up the no no with a single on the next pitch. Gonzalez executes a
successful hit and run, now we stand with 1 out, and runners on the corners. Uggla hits into a double play, ending
the threat by the home team. Zito, is now a freaking 20. TID up 1-0.
8TH - Zito is pulled in favor of a pinch hitter. Tidewater goes down in order. Clippard on to pitch. Kubel and
Escobar go down, but Snyder reaches safely. Cahill is pulled for a pinch hitter, Stanton. Stanton goes down, stranding
Snyder at first. TID up 1-0.
9TH - Tejeda on to pitch for CIC. Zimm goes down. Huff reaches on a double. Ordonez and Young both go down. CIC
up to bat. Wilson is called on to pitch. Top of the Cyclone order coming up. Do or die time. Pence goes down.
Cuddyer reaches safely. Cuddyer pulled for a pinch runner, Juan Pierre. Pierre steals 2nd. Pierre steals 3rd,
over runs the bag and is tagged out (what a putz). Wells goes down. Tidewater wins 1-0.
Game 4 - Coleman vs Lester
1ST - Upton reaches, Aviles goes down and Upton is CS. Zimm goes down. Pence singles. Cuddyer crushes one over the
fence (where was that LAST game?). Next 2 go down. CIC up 2-0.
2ND - 3 up 3 down for the visitors. Same for the home squad. CIC up 2-0.
3RD - 3 up 3 down again. Same again for the home boys. CIC up 2-0.
4TH - Zimm reaches on a walk, but Lester K's Huff, for his 6th K of the game, ending the threat. Wells reaches safely,.
Wells CS. Gonzo and Uggla both go down. CIC up 2-0.
5TH - Young singles, but the rest of the order go down, leaving him stranded. Kubel reaches on error. Snyder walks.
Lester attempts a bunt, but hits Kubel into a FC. Runners on 1st and 2nd, 2 outs. Coleman takes out Pence, ending
the threat. CIC up 2-0.
6TH - Coleman K's. Upton reaches on a single. Aviles draws a walk. 2 on, 1 out. Zimm walks. Bases full. Huff
gets the RBI. Runners on the corners. 2 outs. Ordonez strikes out, but a run scores. Cuddyer singles. Coleman
still pitching. Wells goes down. Cuddyer advances on the out. Gonzo strokes a single scoring Cuddyer but is out
trying to take the extra base. Coleman K's Uggla, ending the inning. CIC up 3-1.
7TH - First 2 go down, but Laird reaches. Coleman is pulled for a pinch hitter, Quentin. Lester strikes him out,
ending the threat. Clippard on to pitch. Kubel strokes a double. Escobar advances him on a sac bunt. Snyder gets the SAC RBI. 2 down. Lester pulled for a pinch hitter, Podsednik. Pods goes down. CIC up 4-1.
8TH - Rauch on to pitch for CIC. Upton walks. Aviles hits into a DP. Zimm goes down. Clippard still on to pitch.
3 up 3 down for CIC. CIC up 4-1
9TH - Peralta on to close it for us. Walks the first batter he sees (Huff). Ordonez flies out. Young hits into a
double play. CIC win 4-1.
Game 5 - Sabathia vs Santana
1ST - 3 up 3 down for TID. Same for CIC.
2ND - Young reaches but is thrown out CS. 3 down. CIC goes down too.
3RD - Cabrera reaches, but is stranded by his teammates. Snyder goes deep on the first pitch from Sabathia. The
rest go down. CIC up 1-0.
4TH - Aviles reaches. Huff and Ordonez reach, scoring Aviles. The rest go down, but TID evens the game. Uggla
walks, but its smoke without the fire. TIED 1-1.
5TH - Sabathia reaches on a fluke, then advances to 3rd. The rest of the order fail to produce though. Ervin
Santana, against all odds, hits a fluke double off Sabathia, but it fails to produce. TIED.
6TH - Zimm reaches, then HUFF doubles. Runners on 2nd and 3rd. No outs (yikes). Ordonez pops out. Santana is
pulled for our closer, Peralta, to try to get out of this jam. Young strikes out. Cabrera strikes out, ending
the threat. Cyclones go down in order. TIED.
7TH - Ianetta goes down. Peralta pulled. Boggs on to pitch. Sabathia reaches and is stranded. 3 up 3 down for
CIC. TIED.
8TH - Zimm walks. Boggs pulled. Tejeda in to pitch. Huff goes down. Ordonez hits into a DP. 3 up 3 down for
the home boys. TIED.
9TH - Quentin and Encarnacion come in to pinch hit. Encarnacion hits a double with 2 outs. Venable bats for
Sabathia. Venable singles, scoring Encarnacion. Upton singles, Aviles walks. Bases loaded. Zimmerman does all
kinds of damage, scoring 4 total runs for the visitors. We are now down 5-1 in the bottom of the 9th. Clippard
pitching. 3 up 3 down. TID wins 5-1.
CIC up 3-2 in the series. We now venture back to TIDEWATER to finish up.
Well the ride is over.
Gm.6 CIC 2-5-0 W- D.Hudson (2-0) SV- J.Peralta (3)
TID 0-3-0 L- C.Lee (0-2)
A good pitchers duel:
Hudson's line reads 8 IP 3 H 0 R 4 BB 8 K's
Lee's line reads 7 IP 5 H 2 R 2 BB 8 K's
In the 2nd Vernon Wells doubled and scored the first run on a C.Ruiz RBI single. The game settled into
goose eggs for the next 4 innings. In the 7th, Mike Stanton doubled and scored on a RBI single by D.Hudson...
who went 2-3 with an RBI...this to go with his outstanding pitching line. The Drillers never really mounted a
threat and the Cyclones will blow into the next round of play.
Congrats to Daymon and and everyone else as they make their way to the WIBL World Series.
Westchester vs Arundel
Arundel visits Westchester for first two games of ALDS. Wombats take both games on basis of 7 homers.
Game 1: Westchester 12, Arundel 4
Wombats strike first with Cano solo shot in bottom of first. In the third Cano doubles and Votto doubles
him home. Arundel gets one back in top of sixth, but solo blasts by Votto and Cust pad the Wombat lead.
Top of the 7th and Edmunds doubles and is doubled home by McCann. Bottom 7, Markakis hits another homer to
knock out Price. Top of the 8th, 2 run homer by Pujols makes it 5-4. Bottom of the 8th, League comes in
and the wheels fall off. He and Carrasco combine to give up 7 hits, 3 walks and 7 runs. Stauffer strikes
out 12 in 7 innings.
W-Stauffer (1-0); L-Price (0-1)
Game 2: Westchester 7, Arundel 2
Markakis leads off with a single, steals second and comes home on a sac fly. Wildcats tie it up the easy
way with a Pujols (of course) homer. Bottom of the second Pennington singles, Pena walks and Victorino
homers. 4-1 "bats. Danks put runners on second and third with no one out, but gets out with only one run.
Votto blast with one on makes it 7-2.
W-Danks (1-0); L-Zambrano (0-1)
Game 3 - Pettitte vs Liriano. Westchester cruises 12-2. Pettitte gets the win and Morse has a HR and 4
RBIs
Game 4 - Andersib vs Price. Westchester wins 1-0. Anderson pitches 6 innings for the win and McClellan
gets the save. The lone run is scored on an RBI double by Markakis.
Gulf Breeze vs Louisiana
The Empire arrived at Hurricane Alley for the first 2 games, and the good guys were able to get off the deck late
in game #2 to salvage a split against their division rivals.
The defending champions laid it on us in the opener, 6-2 as King Felix chose prime time to have his worst outing
of the year. Damon started the scoring with a solo blast, but then Teixiera was picked off 1st and tossed from
the festivities. Buck III moved dh Martinez to 1B and went without the dh the rest of the way. Advantage Gulf
Breeze, right? Nah- even when he isn't here Phil outmanaged me and Halladay had a huge sac with runners at 1st
and 2nd in the 5th, both scoring on VMart's 2R single to make it 4-1 and demoralize the good guys. Soriano's 2R
clout was partially offset by Bautista's 2nd HR of the contest in teh 7th, but that was it as Halladay notched the
CG, allowing just 4 hits, three to Bautista. Meanwhile, VMart had 4 hits for the visitors, scored twice and drove
in a pair. Lou 6-11-0 GB 2-4-2 Cajuns left 10 on base, Rebels 2.
Despair was clearly seen on the Rebels face as Damon opened game #2 with a solo blast enroute to a 4 for 5 day.
Boesch's SF tied things, but Soriano's 2R blast made it 3-1 in the 4th. Rebels loaded 'em up with no outs in the
5th, but O.Hudson then slapped a 6-4-3 and after a walk, Dunn grounded out, so the lead was still intact for the
Cajuns. Wade Davis was replaced by Downs in the 7thm and he did his job, but Parnell started the 8th and allowed
a lead off Dunn 2 bagger, then Butler singled home PR Teahen to tie it up. Kuo got the next two, KK and we were
tied at 3 after 8. Outmanaged again, I sent Myers to the hill to start the 9th and after an out, Headley soloed.
Oh death, despair. wah..... Logan came on for the final 2 outs and it was down tot he final atbats for the good
guys. Enter Lidge by Buck III and it was ugly for the visitors. Posada walked to lead it off, and since I'm the
great manager that I am, I had no PR available and had to stick with Jorgie. Boech then singled and I had to hold
Posada, then Hanley singled and I had to hold Posada at 3rd. Man oh man- talking about station to station....
So they're loaded with no outs- should be able to get one, right? Well, this time it happened as Orlando Hudson
touched one off and ala Texas' Cruz, he went walk off grand slam to win game #2. Yippee- no death and despair
after all! Lou 4-9-1 GB 7-10-0
So on to Cajun country with the series knotted at one and one
Gulf Breeze at Louisiana Game #3
Tommy Hanson takes the hill for the home team with Garland on the mound for Gulf Breeze. GB does the damage
early as Adam Dunn poles a 3 run shot in the 1st. Kinsler plates one with an RBI double in the 3rd to move
the Cajuns closer at 3-1. Louisiana plates 5 in the 5th on a triggered by a Gardner double, Damon BB and rbi
singles by Kinsler and Teixera to tie the game, and a SF by Soriana to put the Cajuns ahead 4-3. A two rbi
single by Aybar capped the inning at 6-3 Cajuns. While GB bats remained silent, the Cajuns kept pouring it on
with 1, 2 and 3 runs in the 6th, 7th and 8th to build a 12-3 lead.
Garland (0-1) took the loss and Hanson (1-0) the win as the Cajuns go up 2-1 in the series.
Gulf Breeze at Louisiana Game #4
GB forced to use Darren O'Day in Game #4 with King Felix not quite ready to go. Roy Halladay is ready for
the Cajuns. Martinez plates two for the Cajuns with a single in the 3rd and douible in the 5th. O'Day
pitches well but leaves behind 2-0 to Halladay who is awesome. He BB Ramirez in the 9th to give way to Kuo
go gets one, then BB Bautista to put two on the basepaths. However, Kuo K's Dunn and Butler to end the game
and a 2-0 Cajun win -- and more importantly up 3-1 in the series.
Halladay (2-0) the win and Kuo (1) the save. O'Day (0-1) the loss.
Gulf Breeze at Louisiana Game #5
King Felix is set for GB with Scott Baker taking on the GB star. Both pitchers are in full control until
the 4th when Soriana triples and Sota HR's for a 2-0 Cajun lead. Baker allows one back in the 5th on a
Ramirez double but Louisiana goes to the pen with Robertson, Downs and Kuo putting up four scoreless
innings to win the game 2-1 and the series 4-1. The 9th was exciting as Crawford BB off Kuo and proceeded
to steal both 2nd and 3rd base to put the tying run on 3rd with only one out. Kuo, however, got PH Cousins
to pop out and then Posada grounded out to end the game, stranding Crawford. Baker (1-0) the win and Herandez
(0-2) the loss. Kuo the save (2)
Congrats to Gulf Breeze, just ran out of steam with the Cajuns pitching the series closed.
Glacier Point vs Turtle Beach
The Turtle Beach Bums visit Glacier Point for the first two games
of the playoffs and are flummoxed by the Talons' pitching, losing
3-1 to Bud Norris in the first game, and then 1-0 to Tim Lincecum
in the second despite out-hitting their hosts in both games. The
only compensation is that there were no injuries.
Cheers!
- SteveB, GPT
GAME 1
TBB 1- 6-1 LP-Weaver
GPT 3- 4-1 WP-Norris; SV-Bard
GAME 2
TBB 0- 4-0 LP-Verlander(CG)
GPT 1- 3-1 WP-Lincecum(CG/SHO); HR-Rollins
Game 3
Justin Smoak hits 2 HR's for the Talons with 2nd one in the top of the 9th as the Talons win 4-2. Bard gets the win.
Game 4
Talons put together a huge 5th inning scoring 7 runs on their way to an 8-4 win. Hamilton picks up 3 rbi's and McDonald gets the win.
Congrats to the Talons as they move on to the 2nd round.
Week of October 2
Westchester vs Jonesboro
Wombats and Crackers finish up the season with Crackers taking 3 0f 5 to finish over .500
Game 1: Jonesboro 4, Westchester 3
Crackers scratch out 2 in first off Stauffer and then put it away on Kouzmanoff's 2 run blast in the third.
Wombats come back with three in the third, but it's all they can muster and Crackers shut them down the rest
of the way.
W-Kazmir (5-4); L-Stauffer (10-2)
Game 2: Westchester 4, Jonesboro 1
This is Joey Votto night as he blasts his 49th and 50th homers to set modern era (since I have had the team)
homer record for the Wombats. This is all John Danks needs as he cruises to his 18th win.
W-Danks (18-8); L-Feldman (4-2)
Game 3: Westchester 7, Jonesboro 5
Matt Diaz grandslam puts up grandslam and knocks out Westbrook and it looks like Crackers are on a roll.
But Wombats tie it up on Markakis and Morse tie it up with solo shots and Wombat bullpen shuts down Crackers
as offense scratches out another run on Duda double.
W-Laffey (1-0); L-Wakefield (0-6)
Game 4: Jonesboro 4, Westchester 3 (12 inn)
Scutar drives in 2 to put Crackers up 3-0 after 4. 2 cracker errors and another Duda double (don't you
just love saying that?) lets 'bats tie it up after 6. Bullpens shut down both sides until the 12th.
Top 12, Pinto walks Ichiro, he steals second and goes to third on groundout. Sweeney SF puts Crackers
up 4-3. Okajima survives a hit and a walk to hold on.
W-Blevins (3-6), S-Okajima (1); L-Pinto (0-1)
Game 5: Jonesboro 8, Westchester 7 (10 inn)
Lots of runs back and forth with mediocre pitching as season winds down. Suzuki has one hit and ends up
with 198. Markakis has 2 and reaches 201, second player for Wombats with 200 hits this year (Cano is other)
Garcia and Talbot both look shaky in end of season audtions for next year.
W-Okajima (1-0); L-Burnett (4-1)
Turtle Beach vs Green Bay
Game 1
Jered Weaver wins his 22nd of the year (22-6) and Longoria, C.Wells, and Weeks homer as the Bums win 8-0.
Game 2
Justin Verlander goes the distance (15-12) as the Bums win 3-1.
Game 3
The Bums use 6 pitchers and overcome an early 2-0 deficit with the help of Rickie Weeks big Baltimore
Special allowing Turtle Beach to win 6-2.
Game 4
Yovani Gallardo secures the National League Wild Card for the Bums as he goes the distance while Casper
Wells bats in 3 and the Bums win it 4-2.
Game 5
The Bums get a gem from M. Maloney ( 8 IP/1 run/0 ER) and the close out the season with a 5-1 win.
So, the Bums who were in deep trouble on August 22nd with a 68-56 record finish with an incredible
flurry going 28 and 8 the rest of the way to qualify for National League Wild Card to nose out a very
good Greensboro team who, with 94 wins, would probably have been a post-season team in most years.
Congrats to Alan B. on a fine year in spite of just missing out. Jake, Stamford, got off to a horrible
start (9-20) but did a great job in getting back in the race in the very competitive NL East.
Glacier Point vs Stamford
Game 1
Jays 5 Talons 4
WP A Wainwright 12-15 LP D Bard 4-3
A pinch hit by Lowell in the 8th gives Jays win. Wainwright fans 8 and Beltre belts 2 homers for Talons
Game 2
Talons 7 Jays 2
WP B Norris 11-8 LP C Billingsley 11-13
Talons are led by Callaspo 3 RBI's and Beltre's 2 RBI's.
Game 3
Jays 5 Talons 1
WP U JImenez 17-8 LP T Lincecum 20-7
The Jays get 11 hits off of Lincecum including a homer by Hawpe. Jimenez fans 7 over 8 innings
Game 4
Talosn 1 Jays 0
WP C Kershaw 16-6 LP B Arroyo 2-6
A pinch hit by Cunningham in the 9th is sole run of game and gives Talon win.
Game 5
Talons 5 Jays 3
WP J McDonald 6-8 LP A Sanchez 15-8
Talons starter McDonald holds Jays in check by fanning 10 for win.
Tampa vs San Diego
San Diego takes 3 of 5
G1: 6-5 SD 5 Run inning capped by A Rod HR wins it for SD
G2: 8-4 TP Lee drives in 3 runs, Chen wins his 16th
G3: 3-0 SD San Diego scores 3 in the 10th to win it
G4: 3-1 TP Hammel picks up his 7th win
G5: 5-1 SD Ethier hits his 14th HR
Tidewater vs Pike City
Tidewater takes 3 out of 5 from Pike City
Pike City 4, Tidewater 1
--->Willie Harris 3rd inning 3-run homer provides all the runs the Pioneers needed. Ricky Romero goes
to 12-15 on the year with the win with Shawn Camp getting his 8th save. Sabathia drops to 23-6 with the
loss.
Tidewater 14, Pike City 2
--->Drillers score 9 runs off Matt Garza in the first 4 innings and add 5 more in the 8th (only one
earned) off Dave Herndon. BJ Upton, Chris Young and Gerald Laird hit homers for the Drillers. Cliff
Lee goes to 17-8 on the year while Matt Garza drops
to 13-11.
Tidewater 5, Pike City 4 (12 innings)
--->Tidewater scores 3 in the ninth to tie it up and scores the winner in the 12th. Ordonez homered
for Tidewater while Travis Hafner homers for Pike City. Mike Adams goes to 6-0 on the year and Jason
Motte gets his 2nd save. Shawn Camp takes
the loss to drop to 4-5.
Tidewater 4, Pike City 3
--->The Pioneers almost fought back from a 4-0 deficit in the 7th but fell one run short. Chris Young
hit his 25th for Tidewater while Allen Craig hit a pinch-hit 2-run homer for the Pioneers. Luke French
got the win and went to 10-4 and Brian Wilson got
his 40th save. Brian Matusz took the loss, dropping to 7-19.
Pike City 8, Tidewater 0
--->Jake Arrieta throuws a 5-hit shutout for the Pioneers in their final game of the year - advancing his
record to 4-7. Blake DeWitt and Adam Lind homered for Pike City and Travis Hafner added 3 ribbies.
David Pauley takes the loss, dropping to 6-8 on the year.
Pike City ends up at 64-98 on the year - with identical 32-49 home and away records. Tidewater finishes
at 106-56 (52-29/54-27 splits)
Greensboro vs Chappaqua
September 28 - In the final series of Greensboro's most successful season, their rivals, the Chappaqua
Comets, arrive in town and open with their ace, Mike Pelfrey. The Hoppers counter with their almost
Worn-Out Max Scherzer. Scherzer tosses a complete game 3-hitter, winning 2-zip as he records his 14th
victory, winding up 14-10 on the season.
September 29 - Derek Holland, making a rare start for Greensboro, faces Ross Ohlendorf in this contest.
This is a see-saw contest as closer Neftali Feliz blows the Save opportunity in the bottom of the 9th
as the Comets come from behind to tie the game at 7 before pinch-hitter Mike Fontenot singles home the
winner in the bottom of the 10th giving the Hoppers the 8-7 win.
September 30 - Mike Leake faces the Hoppers' 20-game winner Mark Buehrle in this one. Buehrle has a
rare bad start as the Comets jump all over him and hang on for an 11-7 win. Infante and Jones go yard
for the Comets, while Rios (his 26th), Fielder (his 31st), Panda (7th), and Alvarez go long for the home
team.
October 1 - Nick Blackburn faces Chris Capuano in this contest of end-of-season arms. Capuano delights
the home town crowd by tossing a complete game 4-hit 9-0 shutout as Jason Heyward finally breaks his
season-long slump with a 3-3 performance, including his 16th homer.
October 2 - In the finale to this long season, James Shields faces yet another seldom used Hopper pitcher,
Sean O'Sullivan. Chappaqua takes the finale 5-3 as the Hoppers leave the potential tying run on base in
the bottom of the 9th.
Greensboro takes 3 of the 5 and winds up 2011 at the best ever record, 94-68, while the Comets wind up 67-95.
Both teams anticipate a busy off-season!
Week of September 26
Tidewater vs Turtle Beach
Turtle Beach (in my humble opinion the better team in our Division) comes to Tidewater
and takes 3 of 5.
Gm.1 TID 6-5 A 10 inning game in which Sabathia gave up 3 homers.
Gm.2 TBB 4-3 Weaver wins #21 behind Vlady's 4-5 4 RBI 2 Homer day.
Gm.3 TBB 4-3 Another 10 inning game. Vlady cranks another homer.
NOTE: Vlady's first 3 game totals - 9-13, 6 runs, 6 RBI, 4 Homers
Gm.4 TBB 12-0 Take that! Gallardo wins #15 and is 2-5, 2 runs, 3 RBI, and a homer.
Gm.5 TID 3-1 10th inning walk off homer by BJ Upton.(First game in which Vlady didn't
get a hit. He finishes at 12-21, 7 runs, 7 RBI and 4 HR's.)
Best of luck to Steve as he battles for the Wildcard.
Buffalo vs Arundel
Buffalo takes 3 of 5 in a very close series.
Game 1 - Buffalo wins 3-2. Floyd tosses 7 strong for the win and Bell
gets save #36. Lopez and Bourn homer.
Game 2 - Arundel wins 3-2 as Reyes gets the win in relief.
Game 3 - Buffalo wins 4-3. Minor pitches 6 innings for the win and
Bell gets Save #37. Bernadina hits a 3 run homer.
Game 4 - Buffalo wins 5-3. Silva goes 6 innings for the win and Bell
gets save #38.
Game 5 - Arundel wins 3-2 in extra innings. Reyes gets the win in
relief. Pujols and Young homer.
Tampa vs Coney Island
Tampa faces off against Coney island with one shot to make up the difference in the division lead, fall flat and lose 4 of 5.
Game 1:15-7 CI Gonzalez hits a grand slam and drives in 6 runs
Game 2: 5-3 TP Chen wins his 15th, Lee homers
Game 3: 7-5 CI Uggla homers and Lester moves to 16-9
Game 4: 6-4 CI Pence homers, Kuroda wins his 16th
Game 5: 6-5 CI Cuddyer and Wells each homer
Greensboro vs Glacier Point
September 22 - Greensboro staggers home after dropping 4 of 5 as a direct result of manager brain-freeze
(yours truly neglected to include rotations for the last series so LM chose guys like Sean O'Sullivan, a
3, to remind us to be more careful henceforth). The Talons come in with a 2 game lead and open with Joe
Blanton against the Hoppers' Jonathan Sanchez. The Talons jump out to a quick 7-zip lead, and they hold
on for a 7-2 win.
September 23 - Max Scherzer faces Clayton Kershaw in this one as Greensboro takes its first lead of the
series, 1-0, in the 2nd, increasing it to 4-0 after 5. Greensboro wins as Scherzer (13-10) tosses a
complete game 4-0 shutout.
September 24 - Bud Norris faces Shaun Marcum in game 3 as Glacier Poitn holds on for an 8-6 win, thanks to
2 homers by "slugger" Wilson Valdez. Homers by Nick Swisher (his 30th), Alex Rios, and Jason Heyward go for naught.
September 25 - Neftali Feliz gets the Save as the Hoppers hold on for a 5-4 win as Mark Buehrle (20-5)
caps a tremendous season, winning his 20th game despite being rated a 6. Lincecum (20-6) drops his 6th.
September 26 - In the finale, Chris Capuano gets the nod for Greensboro as James McDonald takes the hill
for the visitors. Feliz blows the Save opportunity in the bottom of the 9th as the Talons tie the game
at 5. The game remains a tie until Fielder opens the 13th with his 30th homer, giving the Hoppers a 5-4 win.
Greensboro takes 3 of 5 and is now only 1 game back as they await the arrival of the Comets while the
Talons head off to Stamford.
San Diego vs Tampa
After dropping the first two games, the Breeze won 3 straight to clinch the division over their nemesis,
the Cajuns.
Game #1: Lou 7-15-0 GB 6-6-0 Breeze off to a quick start and had 3-0 and 5-2 leads thanks to Butler's
21st bomb (now 100 rbi) but Empire rebounded to make it 6-5 Breeze in the ninth. With O'Day in for the
save, V.Mart went yard with 2 outs on a 2R blast and Lidge hung on for the save despite 3 walks. Mijares
(2-2) gets the save while O'Day (3-4) got the loss and his 12th (count 'em- 12) blown save. Cajuns outhit
the good guys 15-6, but Breeze garnered 10 BB.
Game #2: Lou 3-5-0 GB 0-5-1 All Doc Halladay as he notched the CG win allowing just 5 singles and a
single walk. V.Mart again had a big hit- a 2 out rbi single and Teixiera got in the act with a double
and run scored as well as his 1st SB (and a C/S). Brett Myers blew a chance at 20 wins with his 8th loss
against 18 wins.
Game #3: Lou 1-3-0 GB 4-10-2 King Felix' turn to stop the bleeding and he responded with a CG and no
earned runs allowed, getting his record to 19-6 with 10 more Ks. Offense was paced by Hanley Ramirez who
smoked his 17th bomb- a 3R shot- in the 5th to offset a 1-0 Cajun lead. Dioner Navarro was plunked by a
pitch and will miss the rest of the regular season.
Game #4: Lou 5-11-1 GB 8-10-1 (11) In dramatic fashion, Posada jacked a 3R walk off bomb to make
the good guys 8-5 winners in this one. The game was tied at 5 after 5 as DeRosa and Bautista had the
big knocks for their teams- Bautista's blast being #54 on the year. But offenses then went south until
the Posada blast off Lidge (3-3). O'Day backed in to the win (4-4). Cral Crawford was HBP in this
one and will miss the next 5.
Game #5: Lou 5-10-0 GB 8-9-0 Breeze clinches the division and keeps the Cajuns from clinching the wild
card in this one. Again the offenses were hot early and it was 5-5 after 3 with both pitchers being
downgraded. V.Mart had #17 in the first (3R) and Boesch had his 16th (grand slam) in the 4th. In
nearly dramatic fashion and a "deja vu" feeling here at the yard, Dan Johnson went yard for 2 in the
5th and he was concerned that he might never get another chance in the "real" world. Hmmmmm. Patterson's
rbi 3 bagger closed the scoring and Capps was the winner (6-6) over Jordan Zimmerman (1-1). V.Mart
finished a nice series at 3 for 5 with 2 runs and Posada had another 2 hit day.
The Rebels go on the road to finish up with the Bandits while Louisiana returns home to square off
with Beantown next week.
Week of September 20
San Diego vs Tampa
Game One
Tampa Bombs San Diego led by Hart's 31st homerun and Lee's 26th. 7-1 Tampa
Game Two
San Diego scores often against 5 Tampa pitchers. 11-5 San Diego
Game Three
Tampa gets 2 in the 8th, 1 in the 9th to pull out the win. San Diego's 4 errors doomed
Strasburg to a no decision despite 8 strong innings. 4-3 Tampa
Game Four
Fowler drives in Francisco with the wining run in the bottom of the 11th. Again San Diego
has 3 errors. 4-3 San Diego
Game Five
Hammel goes strong 8 innings to best Carpenter. 3-2 San Diego
East Coast vs Baton Rouge
East Coast and Baton Rouge split the 6-game series.
Game 1: Baton Rouge jumps out early with a 2-0 lead in the top of the first and that proves to
all they needed as they take game 1 with a final score of 5-0.
Game 2: In the first game of a day/night doubleheader, East Coast takes the game 4-2. Another well
pitched game by both sides but to East Coast needs, another complete game by its pitching staff.
Game 3: The bats wake up in the night cap of the day/night doubleheader with both teams scoring
a combined 18 runs on total of 35 hits but it was East Coast at lasting Baton Rouge winning the
game 10-8.
Game 4: East Coast continues to roll and takes game 4 by a score of 4-1.
Game 5: It is Baton Rouge’s turn as they take game 4 by a large margin of 10-2.
Game 6: East Coast, being strapped for pitching, calls on Carlos Marmol to take them all the
way but Baton Rouge had other plans and wins the finally 9-5.
Week of September 15
Arundel vs Long Island
Game 1 - Long Island wins 8-4 behind 8 solid innings from Carl Pavano
and a save from Brian Fuentes. Cody Ross had 3 RBIs.
Game 2 - Arundel wins 13-4 as Lannan gets the win. Pujols had a HR and 4 RBIs.
Game 3 - Arundel wins 10-1 as David Price throws a complete game and
has 19 ks. Brian McCann and Ian Desmond had a HR and 3 RBIs each.
Game 4 - Long Island wins 3-2. Nieve gets the win and Fuentes the save.
Game 5 - Long Island wins 5-2. Cueto pitches 8 innings for the win.
Hanigan had 2 RBIs.
Mokena vs Tampa
Game 1:
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Tampa 0-7-0
Mokena 3-5-0
Richard vs Fister
Fister (6-9) throws a shutout striking out 9. Quintero hits his 5th homer to help Mokena.
Borbon and Hart collect 2 hits each for Tampa.
Game 2:
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Tampa 0-5-0
Mokena 2-9-1
Chen vs Suppan
Suppan (3-2) throws another shutout for Mokena. Michaels hits a pinch hit homer in the 9th off
Chen (14-6) for the game's only runs. Chen also throws a complete game for the loss.
Game 3:
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Tampa 3-7-1
Mokena 4-9-1
Niemann vs Hernandez
McCutchen hits an rbi double in the bottom of the 9th to give the Roozys the win. Ryan Howard
goes 2-5 with a double and 2 rbi for Tampa.
Game 4:
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Tampa 3-8-2
Mokena 6-4-0
Hudson vs Wells
Hudson (8-16) yields just one earned run over 6 innings but gets no help in the loss. Hudson's
6 walks gives Mokena the help it needed combined with just 4 hits.
Game 5:
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Tampa 4-8-1 (12 innings)
Mokena 2-7-1
Carpenter vs Cain
Lee and Pierzynski homer to help Tampa. Carpenter goes 9 but gets no decision.
Mokena takes 4 of 5
Tidewater vs Turtle Beach
game 1
Vlad homers for the Bums as they win 6-2 behind Verlander.
game 2
A costly 2nd inning error by the Bums allows the Drillers to win 2-1 in spite of having only 3 hits.
Lee gets the win and has now won 15 games for Tidewater.
game 3
Gallardo tosses a 3 hit shutout as the bums win 5-0.
game 4
Jered Weaver faces 29 batters and tosses a NO-Hitter as the Bums win 3-0.
game 5
Bums continue to lose 1 run games (21-28) as they fall 8-7. Zito gets the win for Tidewater.
Stamford vs Chappaqua
Game 1
Comets 7-12-0
Jays 5-10-2
WP J Garcia 12-8 LP A Wainwright 10-14
The Comets score 5 runs off of Jays starter Wainwright and behind 7 strong innings from Garcia
take first game. Overby has 3 RBI's for Comets.
Game 2
Jays 6-7-1
Comets 2-8-0
WP C Billingsley 9-12 LP M Pelfrey 11-12
A 3 run homer by Uribe in the 7th gives Jays lead. Starter Billingsley goes 7 innings for win,.
Game 3
Comets 6-6-0
Jays 5-5-0
WP P Coke 1-3 LP U JImenez 14-8
Comets score 3 runs in the 8th off of a tried Jimenez to take the lead and the win. Jimenez walks
8 in losing effort. Renteria, Uribe and Zobrist go deep for Jays
Game 4
Jasy 10-14-0
Comets 1-6-0
WP J Santana 12-9 LP N Blackburn 6-11
Jays bats wake up led by 3 homers and 6 RBI's from Braun. Santana gives up 3 hits over 7 innings for win.
Game 5
Jays 6-6-1
Comets 1-7-1
WP A Sanchez 14-6 LP J SHiled 8-13
Sanchez goes 8 strong innings yielding 6 hits for win. Zobrist hits 2 homers and 4 RBI's for Jays.
Greensboro vs Glacier Point
Wow!! Quite a series as the two powers in the NL East squared
off at Glacier Point. Greensboro came in with no defined rota-
tion, relying on micromanager Buck Miller IV to know what to do
and he dutifully started four lefties in the five games to keep
Josh Hamilton on the bench. Nonetheless, the Talons were able
to score just enough runs to take four of the five games. The
good news for both teams is that there were no injuries.
Cheers!
GAME 1
Hoppers 1- 3-1 LP-Capuano
Talons 3- 3-3 WP-Kershaw; SV-Perez
GAME 2
Hoppers 4- 8-2 LP-O'Sullivan; HR-Heyward
Talons 7-12-2 WP-Blanton; SV-Frieri; HR-Hinske(2)
GAME 3 (10 innings)
Hoppers 4-10-1 LP-Moylan
Talons 6-12-0 WP-Frieri; HR-Callaspo/Rasmus
GAME 4 (10 innings)
Hoppers 6- 8-0 WP-Buchholz; SV-Kirkman
Talons 4- 9-0 LP-Romo; HR-Rasmus
GAME 5
Hoppers 0- 1-0 LP-Holland
Talons 2- 9-1 WP-Lincecum(CG/SHO); HR-Repko
Week of September 9
Long Island vs Glab
Glab took 4 of 6 from Long Island in an extremely interesting series...
Game 1 - Glab pounds out 23 hits to defeat Long Island in a slugfest by the score of 19-12. Mitch Maier
led the Owls offense with 4 hits and 5 RBI's. Mar Reynolds had 3 hits and 4 RBI's. Long Island's Ike
Davis had a 3 run double and a 3 run homer in the game.
Game 2 - Rookie Yonder Alonso had a pair of singles and 4RBI's to lead Long Island to a 10-6 win. Will
Rhymes chipped in for the Ducks with 2 hits and 3 RBI's.
Game 3 - Wow! Glab routed Long Island 18-8 with another 23 hit attack. The story of this game was Glab's
Mark Reynolds who launched 4 homers and drove in 7 runs before being REMOVED from the game after 7 innings!
The Owls hit a total of 8 homers in the game, including a pair by Bengie Molina, who twice went back to back
with Reynolds.
Game 4 - Another rout, this time by Long Island as the Ducks defeated the Owls 14-3. Cody Ross had 3 hits
and 4 RBI's for Long Island and Shin-Soo Choo had 4 hits and 3 RBI's.
Game 5 - Glab took the opener of a twinbill 8-4. Kevin Milwood went 6 decent innings for the win and Nate
Robertson went the final 3 innings for the save.
Game 6 - Glab was left with only one rested pitcher for the second game of the twinbill, reliever Chris Perez.
Perez knew he was gonna have to take one for the team and pitch the entire game. So what does he do? He
fires a no-hitter! Perez walked 7 and fanned 12 as he led the Owls to a 4-0 win.
Coney Island vs Tampa
Coney Island narrowly increases its lead over Tampa, taking the series 3 games to 2.
Game 1 - CIC 5, TB 1
W - Cahill (10-8); L - Richard (10-10); Sv - none
HR: none
Both teams a bit sluggish to start the series.
Game 2 - TB 6; CIC 5
W - Chen (14-5); L - Lester (15-7); Sv - Rivera (29)
HR: Rosales 2 (3,4)
Chase Utley is injured for 6 days in this contest. Hart goes down for 1.
Game 3 - CIC 9; TB 0
W - Kuroda (14-10) - CG SHO; L - Niemann (8-10); Sv - none
HR: Gonzo (30); Snyder (1)
Kuroda catches fire in this one.
Game 4 - CIC 2; TB 0
W - Santana (9-7) - CG SHO; L - Hudson (8-15); Sv - none
HR: Snyder (2)
Back to back shutouts by two of the Cyclone pitchers.
Game 5 - TB 5; CIC 1
W - Carpenter (13-10); L - Morrow (1-4); Sv - none
HR: Hart (30)
Carpenter is untouchable.
Turtle Beach vs Pike City
Game 1
Jered Weaver improves to 18-6 as homers by Raburn and Vlad pave the way in the 11-4 win.
Game 2
Luke Scott went deep with 2 on in the 11th to give the Bums an 8-5 win.
Game 3
The Bums scored 1 in the 13th to edge Pike City 3-2. Raburn homered for TB (11).
Game 4
For the 3rd day in a row it went into extra innings and the Bums once again pulled it out as they
won 7-6. Barton had 2 homers and Granderson 1 for TBB. Bruce hit his 12th for the Pioneers.
Game 5
It didn't go extra innings but the Bums had to score 4 in the 8th to pull out another close one by
the score 6-5.
So, the Bums with one of the worst 1 run game records in the league finally win some close games to
extend their winning streak to 6.
East Coast vs Westchester
Long time rivals East Coast and Westchester square off in flooded out Wombat stadium.
Game 1: Westchester 3, East Coast 0
Mazzaro and Stauffer have a nice pitchers' duel as Wombats do it with little ball.
W-Stauffer (9-1), S-McClellan (16); L-Mazzaro (6-10)
Game 2: East Coast 6, Westchester 1
Rockies jump out to quick lead with Cabrerra homer in the first. Wombats bet one back but Garcia
walks a run in to make it 3-1.Span triples with 2 on to make it 6-1 and the Rockies never look back.
W-Jackson (11-9); L-Garcia (12-5)
Game 3: East Coast 15, Westchester 6
Danks has gopher ball issues with Cabrera and Sanchez nailing homers early. Wombasts tie it up
in third with boring little singles. Rockies show they can play little ball as well and get two
more back in 4th. Danks not looking good, folks. Pinto comes in and give up 4 more. Porcello
has control problems and Wombats get within 3 at 9-6 Hughes comes in and when the smoke clear it's
15-6. The crowd has gone home by now, I've gone home by now and the 9 year old kid next door is
sitting in the dugout with the line up card cursing me out.
W-Porcello (6-10); L-Danks (15-7)
Game 4: East Coast 4, Westchester 3
East Coast continues to abuse Wombat pitching as Cabrerra triples in two in top of first. 4
straight hits off Pettitte makes it 4 zip after two, but Victorinio homer gets Wombats back within
2. Pettite loads them up in the fhird, but gets out of with with DP. Wombats can't plate the
tying run as Rockies squeak out 4-3
W-Wolff (12-10), S-Marmol (14) L-Pettite (10-7)
Game 5: Westchester 13, East Coast 3
Although Cabrera drives in an early run to put the Rockies up first. Victorino nails one to put the
Bats up 2-1 Mike Morse homer makes it 5-1 Victorino's second homer makes it 7-1 Wombat bats finally
wake up and it's 11-1 after 5. Laffey comes in to pitch the 9th and gives up two, but Wombats have 13
by then and even Laffey can't ruin the win.
W-Anderson (10-3); L-Oliver (2-3)
Rockies take the series 3-2 and returns home to host Jonesboro while Wombats travel to Baton Rouge.
Mokena vs San Diego
Game 1:
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San Diego 1-5-1
Mokena 8-13-0
Hammel vs Fister
Castro goes 3-5 with a homer and 3 rbi to lead Mokena. Hammel (5-14) gets the loss while Fister
moves to 5-9.
Game 2:
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San Diego 4-11-0
Mokena 3-10-1
Slowey vs Suppan
Figgins goes 3-5 to help San Diego win with a 9th inning rally against Uehara. LaRoche hits a
homer and goes 2-3 with 3 rbi for Mokena.
Game 3:
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San Diego 1-7-0
Mokena 3-7-2
Cook vs Hernandez
Cook (5-6) collects the loss after going 6 innings. Castro (3-5 with 1 run scored) leads Mokena while
Livan Hernandez (9-9) goes all 9 for the win.
Game 4:
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San Diego 4-8-2
Mokena 10-12-2
Strasburg vs Wells
Strasburg (2-4) goes just 1 for San Diego yielding 6 runs. Castro grabs 2 more hits while Quintero
and McCutchen push across 2 rbi each for Mokena. Randy Wells (4-11) goes 7 for the win.
Game 5:
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San Diego 5-9-2
Mokena 2-3-1
Braden vs Cain
Etheir hits his 12th homer and knocks in 2 for San Diego. Braden (10-12) goes 8 giving up
no earned runs. Soria gets his 28th save. Cain (12-11) goes 8 yielding just 2 ER in the loss.
Game 6:
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San Diego 2-3-0 (10 innings)
Mokena 3-6-2
Hammel vs Carmona
Carmona (6-15) goes 9 with a no decision as Rodney swoops in for 1 inning to get the win in relief.
No hitting stars for either team as hits were scarce.
Mokena takes 4 of 6
Greensboro vs Freeport
September 5 - The Stamford Jays arrive in town to face the very tired Hoppers. Ace Adam Wainwright
opens against Walkman Sanchez. Miraculously, the Hoppers pull this one out on a bottom of the 9th squeeze
play by pinch-hitter Roy Fontenot. Wainwright drops to a surprising 10-13, while reliever Peter Moylan
even more surprisingly manages to not walk a single batter as his ERA drops to an infinitesimal 8.86.
September 6 - The Jays hold on in this one, winning 5-4 as the Hoppers strand the potential tying run
in the bottom of the 9th. A missed opportunity to squeeze in the 8th was a tactical mistake buy the
Hoppers hapless manager.
September 7 - Almost a repeat of the prior game as the Jay relievers again manage to prevent the
potential tying run from scoring in the bottom of the 9th. Stamford wins this one, 4-3.
September 8 - Stamford takes this one, 5-2, behind Johan Santana, despite Fielder's 28th.
September 9 - In the finale, Greensboro prevails, winning 2-1 in the bottom of the 10th.
Stamford takes 3 or 5 in this very tight series. The Jays head home to host the Comets as Greensboro
heads to Glacier Point to face their division rivals.
Gulf Breeze vs Freeport
Bandits came to Hurricane Alley this week and were on the losing end of a rain-abbreviated Hoover.
Opener was a 12-2 Gulf Breeze win as they hammered Hamels (now 6-18) and Greinke finally pitched a
decent game (6-10). Twelve hit GB attack led by Butler's 17th bomb and rbi 2 bagger and Dunn smacked
#17.
Game #2 went to GB 8-2, as they clubbed 4 HR and Myers won for the 16th time against 7 defeats.
Lowrie was 3 for 4 with his 6th HR.
Game #3 was a 5-2 GB success as King Felix goes to 17-5 and struck out 10 in 8 frames, O'Day notching
his 30th save. C.Carrasco took the loss (2-5). Bautista rapped #49 and Hanley Ramirez had a large 2
run double in the 2nd.
Game #4 was rained out in the 4th with the Breeze holding a 1-0 advantage.
Finale was a great one with Bautista's rbi single in the 6th being the only score. Peavy (8-10) and
Garland (16-7) locked horns in this one and both were marvelous. Eric Patterson walked and stole 2nd,
then came around on Bautista's hit. Trio of GB relievers finsihed up the combination shutout, O'Day
saving #31.
Next week, the Breeze heads to the Evil Empire to take on 2nd place Louisiana while Freeport returns
home to take on Beantown.
Week of September 3
Tidewater vs Pike City
Gm.1 TID 5-0 CC Sabathia improves to 21-4 on 6.2 of 1 hit ball. But he nails PH'er W.Harris in the
7th and gets tossed. O-Dog is the offense with 3 hits and 3 RBI.
Gm.2 TID 2-0 Superb game from C.Lee who goes 10 innings allowing 3 hits, no runs and striking out 14.
But he doesn't get the win. Motte gets win 7 on S.Rodriguez' 2 run walkoff in the 10th.
Gm.3 PIK 6-2 Pioneers get the win as Garza holds Drillers to 4 hits and 2 runs in 8 IP. B.DeWitt gets
3 hits, including a solo shot and LaRoche contributes a 2-run double. L.French drops to 9-3 but is lost to
injury for 18 days..
Gm.4 TID 7-1 Zito, 8 IP, 6 hits, 1 run (0 ER), 8 K's. C.Quentin is 2-4 with a homer and 5 RBI.
Gm.5 TID 7-5 PIK jumps out to 4-3 lead on a 2-run homer by J.Bruce but TID gets 3 in the 5th on a
2-run double by Venable and an RBI single by O.Cabrera to take a lead that B.Wilson turned into save #34.
Jonesboro vs East Coast
The East Coast Rockies visited the Crackers for a 5 game set, and Crackers take 3 of 5
Game 1-Crackers win 6-2. Dickey(9-11) is the winner and Mazzaro(9-11) is the loser. Izturis hits number 4
for the Crackers
Game 2-Rockies win 18-9. Marmol(3-5) is the winner, Smith (1-1) the loser. Cabrera(32) goes deep for the Rockies
Game 3-Crackers in 5-2. Porcello(5-10) is the loser, Oswalt(11-10) the winner Hensley(25) gets the save.
Cabrera(33) homers for the Rockies, Kouzmanoff(15) for the Crackers
Game 4-Rockies win in another blowout 16-8. Wolf(11-10) is the winner, Kazmir(3-3) the loser. Izturis(5),
Kouzmanoff(16) homer for the Crackers. Cabrera(34), Young(12) and Gonzalez(23) for the Rockies
Game 5-Crackers win 9-4. Oliver(2-2) is the loser, Feldman(3-1) the winner. Sanchez(16) and Castro(2)
homer for the Crackers
Arundel vs Glab
Game 1 - Arundel wins 7-6 as Carrasco gets the win in relief. Stubbs
and Gibbons leave the yard for Arundel.
Game 2 - Arundel wins 9-0 as Liriano throws a complete game 3 hit shut
out. Pujols, Beckham and Rivera hit homers.
Game 3 - Glab wins 13-3. Millwood improves to 6-12. Berkman paces
the offense with a HR and 3 RBIs.
Game 4 - Arundel wins 14-2. Lannan improves to 8-11. Stubbs and
Beckham hit HRs.
Game 5 - Glab wins 10-1. Reynolds has a HR and 3 RBIs and robertson
gets the win.
Westchester vs Baton Rouge
Baton Rouge comes north to visit hurricane ravaged Westchester and after bailing out the dugout, settles in
for the series.
Game 1: Westchester 9, Baton Rouge 1
Westbrook continues his streak of getting great support and actually pitches well this time giving up
5 hits and 1 run over a complete game effort. Not so for Bush and Affelt who combine to give up 13
hits and 7 runs over 7 innings. Cano, Votto, Cust and Wright all homer for 'bats. Lee provides one
for Lightning.
W-Westbrook (12-6); L-Bush 4-16
Game 2: Westchester 6, Baton Rouge 5
Garcia continues his recent poor pitching and falls behind 4-1 after 5. Drew 2 run homer is KO punch.
Dempster is sailing through 5 2/3 and then puts a couple on and advances them with a couple of wild pitches,
which actually do not matter as Matsui gets the wombats back in with a bases clearing triple to bring
Wombats within one at 5-4. Salas comes on and does well until the 8th when he faces Joey Votto with
one on, Boom! second homer of the game (and third of the series) and Wombats are up 6-5 after 8.
Webb, Burnett and Germano toss 4 shut out innings to preserve the win.
W-Webb (1-4), S-Burnett (6); L-Salas (0-1)
Game 3: Westchester 13, Baton Rouge 4
Haren gets off to shaky start in first. Wright (second batter) homers, Votto singles and Cano homers.
Freese gets two back with a homer in the top of the second. In the third there are some wierd plays
with baseballs bouncing everywhere and Danks ends up with the bases loaded and one out, but strikes
out the next two batters to keep the lightning off the boards. Bottom of the third Martin walks and
Pennington (yes, Pennington) lauches one to make it 6-2. Not to make this part too long but the game
goes on in the same vein and Affeldt takes one for the team in the 8th as both teams pile in the subs.
W-Danks (15-6); L-Haren (8-16).
Game 4: Westchester 15, Baton Rouge 1
teams trade runs on little ball until Votto puts Wombats up 2-1 with his 4th homer of the series
and 40th of the season. Lopez is wild in the 5th, walking the bases full and plunking Votto to
force in a run. Since this occurred the next at bat after his dinger, the benches clear, but
things settle down. Lopez still struggles and when the dust has cleared, it's 8-1. Miller III
leads him in to start the 6th and Markakis leads off with a blast over the left field fence.
With two out Votto gets his second homer of the game. Rouge pitching continues to look puzzled
and when it's over, Wombats have 15 runs on 23 hits.
W-Cecil (14-9); L-Lopez (5-13)
Game 5: Westchester 3, Baton Rouge 1
In a nice change, game 5 is a real pitchers duel. It's 1-0 Wombats thur 7 1/2 with the difference
being a Robbie Cano solo homer. Rodruguez strikes out 10 and
Anderson has 8. Markakis gives some padding with a 2 run shot in the bottom of the 8th. McDonald solo
shot makes it 3-1, but McClellan shuts down the Lightning the rest of the way.
W-Anderson (9-3), S-McClellan (15); L-Rodruguez 8-11.
Wombats sweep series and get ready to host long time arch rival East Coast. Lightning travels to
Jonesboro.
Glacier Point vs Stamford
Stamford's Jays visited Glacier Point and tight games were the
order of the day: Three one-run, one two-, and one three-. The
Jays lost Kevin Youkilis to a lengthy injury in the first game,
but it really didn't seem to slow them down too much. Glacier
Point emerged with a slight 3-2 series edge as they try to keep
pace with the front-running Greensboro Grasshoppers.
Cheers!
- SteveB, GPT
GAME 1
STA 5- 9-0 LP-Wainwright; HR-Braun/Youlikis
GPT 8- 9-0 WP-Purcey; SV-Venters; HR-Beltre/Callaspo/Pedroia
*Kevin Youkilis (STA) injured, 23 days
GAME 2
STA 4- 8-0 WP-Contreras; SV-Storen; HR-Zobrist(2)
GPT 3- 5-1 LP-Romo
GAME 3
STA 5- 6-0 WP-Jimenez(CG); HR-Uribe/Zobrist
GPT 3- 8-0 LP-Blanton
GAME 4
STA 1- 3-3 LP-Santana
GPT 2- 6-0 WP-Lincecum; SV-Venters
GAME 5
STA 2- 5-0 LP-Berken
GPT 3-12-2 WP-Romo; SV-Venters; HR-Hinske
Gulf Breeze vs Beantown
Beantown came to Hurricane Alley and the good guys grabbed the first 4, before a kid "needed the computer",
and when I came back the Bombers took the finale.
Game #1 was dominated by Maholm who was making a spot start. He tossed 6.1 frames of 1 ER ball and H.Ramirez'
2R clout (14) did most of the damage in a 6-2 GB win. Correia was pelted in the loss (5-8) and Breeze
outhit 'em 12-4. Two Beantown boots on back to back plays in the 5th set up Teahen's 2 rbi single- he
had 2 rbi on the day. Maholm raised his record to 4-6 and O.Hudson had 3 base knocks.
Offenses were sluggish in game #2 which wound up 3-1 Rebs. It started Piniero (8-10) against Myers (15-7)
and finished that way as both hurlers notched complete games. Breeze 2R 4th was the difference as Dunn
drove home one, then Butler followed with an rbi 2 bagger. Boesch (12)'s solo ended the GB scoring,
while Jose Molina got an rbi single in the 9th for the lone Beantown marker.
Bombers continued to not bomb and Rebels got "just enough" in game #3, a 4-0 win. King Felix (16-5)
was sharp and struck out 14 while walking just one in the CG shutout. Crawford had a decent day with
2 hits and 2 rbi and Hanley Ramirez had a pair of base knocks. Butler grounded in to his 31st DP- is
that even possible? Saunders took the loss for the visitors, he's now 5-14.
Game #4 was the best of the lot. It looked as if GB would win handily as they plated 3 in the 2nd
with a big Posada 2 R double being the big hit, but slumbering Bombers suddenly awoke after being
down 6-2 in the 8th with Posada's boot setting the table for a 2R Alex Gonzalez double, but Bonifacio
(RF) threw a runner at the plate to keep it 6-5 GB. In the 9th came the closer, O'Day, and a BB
followed by a 2R Manny blast (12) gave Beantown the lead. But the Breeze scracthed out a run in
the home 9th off Leo Nunez and then won it in the 12th in part to E.Gonzalez' 2nd boot of the contest.
Gonzalez threw away Eric Patterson's attempted sac bunt to allow the winner. Capps (5-6) got the win
while Masset (3-4) took the loss. Beantown's Jose Molina was HBP and will miss 22- OUCH!
After a Calculus session, the series was resumed and of course, the tables had been turned.
Brad Bergesen pitched the game of his life- a 4 hit shutout and Beantown cruised to a 4-0 win.
Alex Gonzalez smoked his 16th bomb- a 2R blast with 2 outs in the first and Inge rapped a 2 out
2R triple in the 3rd for all the game scoring. Bombers gathered 12 hits in the contest as Garland
took the loss (15-7). Bergesen is now 7-11 Buck had 3 hits for the winners- he may be forced in
to action the rest of the way with Molina out.
Beantown returns home next week to take on the Cajuns while Gulf Breeze continues the home
stand with a 5 pack against Freeport.
San Diego vs Coney Island
Coney Island holds firm at home, taking the series 4-1.
Game 1 - CIC 5; SD 1
W - Cahill (9-8); L - Hammel (5-13); Sv - none
HR: Stanton (11)
Game 2 - CIC 5; SD 3
W - Lester (15-6); L - Slowey (9-10); Sv - F-Rod (15)
HR: Uggla (22); AGonzo (29)
Game 3 - CIC 8; SD 4
W - Kuroda (13-10); L - Cook (5-5); Sv - none
HR: Smith (16); Kottaras (9)
Game 4 - CIC 5; SD 4 (11 innings)
W - Peralta (3-1); L - Monasterios (1-3); Sv - none
HR: Wigginton (14); Wells (27); Cuddyer (5)
Game 5 - SD 9; CIC 2
W - Braden (9-12); L - Morrow (1-3); Sv - none
HR: A.Ramirez (19); Guillen (19)
Week of August 30
Stamford vs Coney Island
The Stamford Jays takes 4 of 5 from the Coney Island Cyclones
Game 1
Cyclones 7
Jays 3
WP J Rauch 3-3 LP A Wainwright
The Jays cannot hold lead as the Cyclones explode for 5 runs in the 9th for win. Inning is highlighted by a Kubel
grand slam
Game 2
Jays 6
Cyclones 4
WP J Berken 4-5 LP J Rauch 3-4
Jays bounce back scoring 3 in the 8th for the win. Ruiz homers for Cyclones while Jackson goes deep for Jays.
Game 3
Jays 4
Cyclones 3
WP U JImenez 12-7 LP F Rodriguez 4-4
A single by Jaso in bottom of the 9th gives Jays win. Jimenez throws a complete game
Game 4
Jays 2
Cyclones 1
WP J Santana 10-8 LP R Tejda 4-8
A Lowell single in 8th drives in winning run for Jays. Santana fans 9 for win.
Game 5
Jays 6
Cyclones 4
Jays score early but Cyclones make it close scoring 3 in the 8th. Hawpe belts 2 run homer for Jays while A
Gonzalez goes deep for Cyclones.
Glacier Point vs Tidewater
The powerful Tidewater Drillers visit Glacier Point to take on
the undermanned Talons who are missing regulars Miguel Montero
and Justin Smoak (both done for the year) and rotation lefties
Clayton Kershaw and Manny Parra (both injured). Two Talon wins
would have been cause for celebration. Three is a miracle! Joe
Blanton's two-hit shutout in the second game was the highlight
of the series. There were no injuries.
Cheers!
- SteveB, GPT
GAME 1
Drillers 8-13-0 WP-Sabathia; HR-Brignac
Talons 4-10-1 LP-Hochevar; HR-Hamilton
GAME 2
Drillers 0- 2-1 LP-Lee
Talons 2- 5-0 WP-Blanton(CG/SHO); HR-Gordon
GAME 3
Drillers 4-11-0 LP-Pauley
Talons 8-11-0 WP-Lincecum; HR-Gordon/Rasmus(2)
GAME 4
Drillers 9-10-1 WP-Chamberlain; SV-Wilson
Talons 7-13-4 LP-McDonald; HR-Beltre
GAME 5
Drillers 8-12-1 LP-Wilson
Talons 9-14-1 WP-Romo; HR-Hamilton/Norris
Week of August 23
Freeport vs Long Island
GAME ONE
Matt Kemp homered twice and drove home four runs in support of Josh Johnson
who struggled early but stiffened as Freeport wins game one 6-5. Casey McGehee
drove home a pair for the Ducks. Choo was drilled with the opening pitch and
was lost to the Ducks for the next two.
L 5 9 2
F 6 8 1
W- J.Johnson (12-8)
L- Hellickson (1-1)
S- Soriano (28)
HR- L - McGehee (15), Branyan (14)
F- Kemp 2 (19), K. Johnson (18)
GAME TWO
David Ortiz 2 run triple game the Bandits the lead in the 6th and the Freeport
bullpen made it hold up as the Bandits win game two 4-3. Cole Hamels worked seven
strong innings to improve to 6-15. Marlin Byrd hit a pair of homers for Long Island.
The beanballs continued as the Ducks' Mark Ellis was lost for 5 days and Freeports
Paul Konerko will also miss the remainder of the season.
L 3 6 0
F 4 7 0
W- Hamels (6-15)
L- Niese (8-12)
S- Soriano (29)
HR- L- Byrd 2 (6)
GAME THREE
Ike Davis hit a pair of homers and drove in four and Carl Pavano picked up his 15th
win as the Ducks win 5-2. Wil Rhymes, Branyan, McGehee and Andrus each collected a
pair of hits for Long Island. David Ortiz hit his 25th for Freeport.
L 5 10 0
F 2 7 1
W- Pavano (15-8)
L- C. Carrasco (1-3)
S- Thornton (14)
HR- L- Davis 2 (15)
F- K. JOhnson (19), Ortiz (25)
GAME FOUR
Kyle Kendrick tossed a one hit shutout and Jhonny Peralta had four hits as the
Bandits blanked Long Island 10-0. Yorvit Torrealba had the lone hit off Kendrick.
Matt Wieters drove in three for Freeport
L 0 1 0
F 10 16 0
W- Kendrick (13-8)
L- Cueto (12-9)
HR- F- Ortiz (26), Kemp (20), Wieters (8).
GAME FIVE
Jake Peavy allowed one run over 6 innings and Kelly Johnson had three hits and drove
in a pair of runs as Freeport picked up the 6-2 win. Torrealba had three hits for the
Ducks.
L 2 5 1
F 6 10 1
W- Peavy (7-9)
L- Kennedy (6-12)
HR- F- K. Johnson (20).
Mokena vs Stamford
Game 1:
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Stamford 1-6-1
Mokena 2-6-0
Wainwright vs Hernandez
Wainwright (10-10) gets the loss despite going all 9 for Stamford. Hernandez went 8 with no decision
for Mokena. Quintero singles in Colvin in the 9th for the Roozy win. Uribe goes 2-3 with a run for Stamford
while Colvin and Quintero collect 2 hits each for Mokena.
Game 2:
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Stamford 5-12-0
Mokena 1-5-0
Billingsley vs Wells
Burrell goes 2-5 with 3 rbi and a homer to lead Billingsley (7-12) and Stamford to victory. Wells (3-9)
goes just 2.2 for Mokena for the loss.
Game 3:
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Stamford 6-11-0
Mokena 2-5-0
Jimenez vs Fister
Jimenez (11-7) whiffs 9 in a complete game victory. Jaso (3-5, 3 rbi, 2 runs scored) and Burrell homer for
the winners. Fister (3-9) absorbs the loss.
Game 4:
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Stamford 8-12-0
Mokena 7-13-0
Santana vs Cain
Santana goes just 3.2 for Stamford but escapes without a loss. Youkilis goes 3-5 with a double and homer
while also going 3-5 with 3 rbi for Stamford. Pagan was 4-4 with a double and homer for the Roozys.
Game 5:
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Stamford 0-4-1
Mokena 2-4-0
Sanchez vs Carmona
Carmona (6-15) and Sanchez (12-6) both go the distance but Carmona yields no runs for the win.
Stamford takes 3 of 5
Greensboro vs Tampa
Ah, real baseball. No dh- real grass, day games... we've all been there at some point. Your son by your side, as you
begin to explain the game to him he sees the ice cream guy. So much for baseball.
Regardless, Tampa and Greensboro took their acts to "neutral" Gulf Breeze in a benefit series for the Rebels. Manager
Berger up and left his club ala Riggleman and the historic franchise's future is up in the air. But reading this from
some other part of the world, chances of Berger returning are good as long as the league would accept him back after
his truancy.
On to baseball- real baseball- as the clubs played National League rules which I, of course, have no idea about.
I thought it was funny that there was no dh- and the pitchers had to bat, but then realized that the pitchers in this
series had 4 more hits that the dh in the recent GB/Wes series. Go figure.
The clubs arrived for the opener and immediately began complaining about the stadium conditions in Hurricane Alley.
A water spout touched down in the 3rd inning down at Carolina Beach, but the clubs were forced to play on for the
sparse crowd. "hoppers won the opener behind J.Sanchez' (10-10) 7 inning performance and a solid 4 for 5 for the
most exciting player in baseball. Reyes doubled and homered (17) and Rios chipped in his 15th. Fielder was 0 for
5 with 4 whiffs. The Rays' Howard and Bartlett had a pair of base knocks and Brantley a PH 3 bagger in the 9th.
Clayton Richard took the loss (9-9). Three miscues by both clubs were blamed on the tractor pull from the night
before. I even had to try and figure out which button was the sac button for Sanchez but- no kidding- someone
missed a sign and it was not successful.
With a better idea of the conditions the two teams met for game #2 and this was a good one, going to the 'hoppers
4-3 on Rios' 2 run 8th inning jack. Down 2-0 in the 6th, Stingrays went to work with a C.Lee rbi double and a
Pierzynski 2 Run bomb (6). But that set the stage for Rios' blast and a Feliz save (30). I even got a win (4-1)
and a hitless inning out of Moylan whose ERA now stands at 9.82. Hey- must be getting votes right now for manager
of the year, and I'm sure Berger couldn't do that! Scott Rolen was 3 for 3 and Reyes had another pair of base knocks.
J.Lopez (3-7) took the loss.
Tampa said "enough of this" in game #3 and pounded out 15 hits and 10 ruins in a vicious 10-4 victory. It was
over very early as Capuano just did not have it and the pen wasn't much better. Borbon stroked his first HR
and drove in 4 on teh day while Utley (15) smoked a 3R bomb in the 1st before anyone was out. Niemann notched
the win (6-9). Rios (17) and Rolen (14) went yard for the Grasshoppers.
Game #4 was all Greensboro until the end when Tampa made it exciting. Scherzer (12-9) and Tim Hudson (6-14...
are you kidding me? A 14 is 6-14? Ouch) started things off and it was 5-0 'hoppers after 5 thanks to another
Reyes big hit and a Heyward bomb (10). The teams exchanged 2 spot in the 8th as Hart homered (25) for Tampa,
then Tampa plated 3 against Kirkman in the 9th. With the bases juiced, Utley drove all 3 in with a 2 bagger,
then was gunned down at 3rd running on his own with 1 out. Oh man... I hope Buck IV has a long term contract!
He-he...sounds like I was reading that. But Feliz was summoned for the final oit and got it for save #31 and a
7-5 Greensboro win.
Grasshoppers outhit the visitors in game #5 11-9, but it was the Stingrays on top in the runs department 5-2 when
the smoke had cleared. This one was all Corey Hart as he doubled twice and homered in the 5th on a 3 for 4 day,
and Utley chipped in with his 16th homer later. Carpenter (11-9) was dominant through 7.1, allowing just an
unearned tally, then Lopez allowed a run in the 9th to make it 5-2. 'hoppers then got two more on with 2 outs
and Cecil's boy came to the plate. Lopez a LH 16 to Fielder, a LH PR5- no wait! Buck IV brings in the Sandman
for the final out losing the platoon advantage! What did he know that no one else knew? So here's the pitch-
I can just hear Harry right now, "popped him up...." and that was your game.
So it was entertaining to say the least and Berger owes me big time as the benefit 5 games left me just 25 cents
after expenses. I'll get it from him- if he ever resurfaces!
The 'hoppers continue their road trip as they head to the frozen tundra of Green Bay next week, while Tampa
heads to the house to entertain Turtle Beach.
San Diego vs Turtle Beach
Game 1
Bums win 10-6.
Game 2
Bums walk 11 and S.D. cruises to a 7-1 win. Slowey gets the win.
Game 3
Bums walk 8 and pay for it as S.D. wins 9-4. Figgins has 3 rbi's.
Game 4
Bums walk 6 more and Wiggington has a 3 run homer as S.D. wins 5-4.
Game 5
Bums play better when I sim. One walk and they win 11-4.
Gulf Breeze vs Westchester
Wombats waddled in to Gulf Breeze and left no doubt in anyone's mind who the better club is. 'bats took 4 of 5
pausing just long enough to throw the home team a bone in game #2, and 11-4 GB success.
Tim Stauffer (8-1, 2.81) was totally dominant in the opener tossing a 3 hit shutout and being supported by David
Wright's 21st HR and 2 Votto rbi (now 100 for the season). It was no contest, the Breeze "amassing" 3 singles and
one BB on the day. Brett Myers- fresh off a skipped start- falls to 14-7 as he allowed all 3 runs. Votto finished
3 for 3 on the day and Wombats stole 3 bases.
Breeze rebounded in game #2 by pummeling Freddy Garcia (12-4) and smacking 4 long balls on the day. Five run GB
2nd iced it and Felix Hernandez was shaky, but still won his 15th against 4 losses. Teahen (2), Hanley Ramirez (13),
and Lowrie (5) all had HR and 3 rbi.
Game #3 was the back breaker. Wombats plated one in the tenth to take a great game- 5-4. It started Danks and
Jurrjens amd neither were around after 7. Westchester got off to a 3-0 lead with Matusi, Cust, and Martin all
having large doubles. Bautista's 45th dong made it 3-2, but Godzilla smoked another rbi single in the 5th for
a 4-2 bad guy lead. Crawford stroked a 2 run single to tie it, and managers continues to out maneuver themselves
through 9. Votto was tossed in the 1st inning for arguing balls and strikes- well, I guess he would have been
arguing strikes, right? But anyway, Morse was in and walked to lead off the 10th. Godzilla strode to the plate
and you could just hear the deafening silence (get it- hear the silence???) as we all knew what he could do.
Yep- you guessed it, Matsui squared to bunt and sacrificed Morse to 2nd. Note to the commissioner- I protest
this game as the result of Matsui bunting is impossible. We'll see what becomes of that. Hanley clanked Cust's
ground ball without advancing Morse, then I brought O'Day on and he whiffed Martin. I just "had a feeling" with
2 outs and took a long time to click, but Branyan Pena then won the game with a base knock off the 18 reliever
for the lead.
If there had been dice- they would have been in, no make that through, the wall. Guess we've all been there.
Ryan Franklin was then the curious choice for the home 10th and Buck III may still be laughing as he got the
good guys 1-2-3. Stoopid game....
Oh well, there's always tomorrow and I was sure that the beloved would respond. Scoreless and hitless through
2, Wombats scored 6 on 7 hits and GB scored 4 on 4 hits in the third so it was 6-4 visitors after 3. A David
Wright grand slam late made a good game into a laugher unless you were crying for the home team. Cecil (13-8)
took the win while Greinke (5-10) pitched a season high 3 innings. Well- maybe not, just seems like he's been
a little nervous lately.
Cripes- let these guys borrow my bus and get out of here! Andy stinkin- retired Pettitte was dominant in
the finale as Westchester won 8-1 in a not as close as the final score game. Wright homered for the third
time in the series (23) and 13 hit Wombat attack was paced by Markakis and Pennington both having 3 hits.
Garland (14-6) was shellacked for the home team. Did I mention this was a stupid game?
Oh well- Breeze goes back out on the road in their beat up DC-3 ala "Major League" to Long Island to meet
up with the Dux. Westchester takes their 757 to Glab next week.
Week of August 17
Tidewater vs Glacier Point
Gm.1 TID 4-0 Sabathia 9 IP, 2 hits, no runs. C.Young with 2 hits a homer and 2 RBI.
Gm.2 GPT 2-0 Lincecum 9 IP, 6 hits, no runs, 10 K's. A.Gordan and Lincecum with RBI's.
Gm.3 TID 7-6 Iannetta 2-5, a homer and 4 RBI. Upton with GW hit in 10th.
Gm.4 TID 9-6 Encarnacion's 3-run homer sparks come-back win. GPT commits 4 E's.
Gm.5 TID 2-0 L.French goes 8 giving up 3 hits. Ordonez and Quentin drive in the runs.
Westchester vs Louisiana
Louisiana comes to Westchester to waken memories of past post season games. A great series with several amazing games.
Game 1: Westchester 3, Louisiana 1
Westbrook continues to pitch over his head giving up 4 hits and 1 run over 7 innings. Hanson also pitches
well, but Buck Miller III has short hook and he is yanked after only 5 2/3. Nevertheless, Webb and McClellan
shut down Cajuns for rest of the game. Tex' homer only run for Louisiana.
W-Westbrook (11-5), S-McClellan (14); L-Hanson (9-7)
Game 2: Westchester 3, Louisiana 2 (10 inn)
Teams trade single runs in 1st and 7th inning. Wombat runs on homers by Wright and Votto. Good starts
by Davis and Garcia. Garcia tosses a complete game win. Davis is followed by Mijares and Downs who
collectively give up only 2 hits and no runs over three innings. Bobby Parnel comes in and gives up a
single to Lucroy. Greene pinch runs and steals second. Cairo pinch hits for Gomez and lashes a "walkoff"
double scoring Greene.
W-Garcia (12-3); L-Parnell (1-2)
Game 3: Westchester 5, Louisiana 4
Cajuns jump out to 3-1 lead and combination of 7 walks by Danks and 3 wombat errors makes it look
like it should stick. However, Louisiana fails to capitalize on several opportunities (interesting
note that three times with runners on first and third and one out, fast runners (15 or higher) were
not sent home on long flyouts...given my outfielders have arms of 36 and 37, but with these fast
runners, I thought it was a surprizing AI decision. Cano ties it up with a two run homer and the
Wombats go on to another walkoff win in the 9th on Cairo's blast.
W-Valverde (3-1); L-Kuo (6-4)
Game 4:Louisiana 5, Westchester 1
Cajuns put up a 2 spot in the second with a series of singles and aggressive baserunning. Baker
keeps putting himself in a 2 on, 2 out situations, but keeps wiggling out of it. Wombats get one
back in 5th on triple by Gomez and SF by Markakis. However, back to back doubles by Aybar and
Headley put Cajuns up 4-1 and a homer by Headley salts it away
W-Baker (13-5); L-Cecil (12-8)
Game 5: Westchester 8, Louisiana 2
Wombats strike early against Halladay as Markakis doulbes and is singled home by Cano. Votto then walks
putting two on for Morse who then triples. Matsui then sends a sac fly deep enough to get him home and make
it 4-0 after one. two walks and a hit batsman loads them up for Cajuns with one out in the third, but Pettite
fans Damon and Soto to get out of the jam. Solo shot in 4th by Victorino makes it 5-0. Pettite takes no
hitter into the 7th, but gives up a single and has a throwing error to put Cajuns back in the game. Matsui
homers and the Wombats finish up. Louisian strikes out 9 Wombats and Westchester fans 10 Cajuns
W-Pettitte (9-5); L-Halladay (15-9)
Next Cajuns travel to Glab and Wombats are off to Gulf Breeze.
Mokena vs Green Bay
Game 1:
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Green Bay 0-5-1
Mokena 3-6-0
Lilly vs Hernandez
Hernandez (8-9) gets the win going all 9 for Mokena. Lilly (4-3) went 7 for the hard luck loss.
Pagan went 2-4 with a double and 2 runs scored for Mokena.
Game 2:
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Green Bay 3-10-0
Mokena 6-11-0
Nolasco vs Wells
Nolasco (5-6) gets roughed up giving up 6 ER in just 4 innings. Wells (3-8) gave up 3 ER over 7.1
innings for the win. Castro goes 3-5 and Kennedy homers and knocks in 3 for Mokena. Cruz triples and
goes 3-4 for Green Bay.
Game 3:
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Green Bay 10-17-3
Mokena 14-21-1
Lowe vs Fister
Both starters watch the game from the clubhouse as they are both gone by the 4th inning in a wild game.
Mokena raps 7 doubles. Pagan goes 4-5 with 3 RBI and 3 runs scored, and McCutchen goes 4-4 with 2 RBI
and 2 runs scored for Mokena.Dunca goes 3-4 with 3 RBI and 2 runs scored for Green Bay.Green Bay jumped
out to a 6-0 lead early, but Mokena plates 14 runs between the 4th and 7th innings
Game 4:
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Green Bay 3-8-1
Mokena 2-3-1
Latos vs Cain
Latos (8-7) goes 8 innings striking out 10 and yielding but 2 ER. Gomes homers and knocks in 2 for Green Bay.
Colvin goes 2-4 with a homer and 2 RBI for Mokena.
Game 5:
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Green Bay 7-14-0
Mokena 3-9-0
Lacky vs Carmona
Carmona (5-15) gives up 6 runs over just 6 innings for the loss. Lackey (6-9) goes 6 for the win.Nix homers
and drives in 3 for Green Bay. Pagan and Dobbs go 2-4 for the Roozys in the loss.
Mokena takes 3 of 5
Westchester vs Louisiana
Louisiana comes to Westchester to waken memories of past post season games. A great series with several amazing games.
Game 1: Westchester 3, Louisiana 1
Westbrook continues to pitch over his head giving up 4 hits and 1 run over 7 innings. Hanson also pitches well,
but Buck Miller III has short hook and he is yanked after only 5 2/3. Nevertheless, Webb and McClellan shut down
Cajuns for rest of the game. Tex' homer only run for Louisiana.
W-Westbrook (11-5), S-McClellan (14); L-Hanson (9-7)
Game 2: Westchester 3, Louisiana 2 (10 inn)
Teams trade single runs in 1st and 7th inning. Wombat runs on homers by Wright and Votto. Good starts by
Davis and Garcia. Garcia tosses a complete game win. Davis is followed by Mijares and Downs who collectively
give up only 2 hits and no runs over three innings. Bobby Parnel comes in and gives up a single to Lucroy.
Greene pinch runs and steals second. Cairo pinch hits for Gomez and lashes a "walkoff" double scoring Greene.
W-Garcia (12-3); L-Parnell (1-2)
Game 3: Westchester 5, Louisiana 4
Cajuns jump out to 3-1 lead and combination of 7 walks by Danks and 3 wombat errors makes it look like
it should stick. However, Louisiana fails to capitalize on several opportunities (interesting note that
three times with runners on first and third and one out, fast runners (15 or higher) were not sent home
on long flyouts...given my outfielders have arms of 36 and 37, but with these fast runners, I thought
it was a surprizing AI decision. Cano ties it up with a two run homer and the Wombats go on to another
walkoff win in the 9th on Cairo's blast.
W-Valverde (3-1); L-Kuo (6-4)
Game 4:Louisiana 5, Westchester 1
Cajuns put up a 2 spot in the second with a series of singles and aggressive baserunning. Baker
keeps putting himself in a 2 on, 2 out situations, but keeps wiggling out of it. Wombats get one
back in 5th on triple by Gomez and SF by Markakis. However, back to back doubles by Aybar and Headley
put Cajuns up 4-1 and a homer by Headley salts it away
W-Baker (13-5); L-Cecil (12-8)
Game 5: Westchester 8, Louisiana 2
Wombats strike early against Halladay as Markakis doulbes and is singled home by Cano. Votto then
walks putting two on for Morse who then triples. Matsui then sends a sac fly deep enough to get him
home and make it 4-0 after one. two walks and a hit batsman loads them up for Cajuns with one out in
the third, but Pettite fans Damon and Soto to get out of the jam. Solo shot in 4th by Victorino makes
it 5-0. Pettite takes no hitter into the 7th, but gives up a single and has a throwing error to put
Cajuns back in the game. Matsui homers and the Wombats finish up. Louisian strikes out 9 Wombats and
Westchester fans 10 Cajuns
W-Pettitte (9-5); L-Halladay (15-9)
Next Cajuns travel to Glab and Wombats are off to Gulf Breeze.
Turtle Beach vs Tampa
Game 1
Jered Weaver fans 16 as the Bums win 3-1.
Game 2
Verlander leads the Bums to an 8-0 win.
Game 3
Stingrays win 7-6 behind A.J.'s 3 rbi's.
Game 4
Bums score 1 in the 9th to win 5-4.
Game 5
Carpenter in control as he shuts out the Bums as the stingrays win 5-0. Hart had a 2 run homer.
Greensboro vs San Diego
August 13 - The Armadillos come to town to face the slumping Hoppers. Jason Hammel opens for the visitors
against Jonathan Sanchez. Greensboro's bats wake up after a couple of weeks of s-lumber as they pound the
Armadillos for a 19-2 win. Nick Swisher hits his 24th, Prince Fielder blasts his 20th, and Brandon Phillips
goes yard for his 16th. Ex-Hopper Jose Guillen hits his 16th for the 'Dillos.
August 14 - In a very exciting see-saw contest that was a sharp contrast to the opener, San Diego led 3-2
till the bottom of the 9th when Greensboro rallied for a 5-3 win climaxed by a 3-run pinch-hit homer by Jim
Thome. Nick Swisher hit his 25th and Alexei Ramirez hit his 17th for the Armadillos.
August 15 - Another slug-fest as Greensboro again pounds the San Diego pitchers, this time for an 18-6 win.
Swisher homers again, his 26th.
August 16 - Game 4 sees rookie phenom Steven Strasburg face young Max Scherzer in a battle of young arms.
Strasburg records his first victory as Ramierz homers again (his 18th), and San Diego prevails, 4-1.
August 17 - In the finale, Hopper ace Clay Buchholz opposes San Diego ace Dallas Braden. Close contest
with the Hoppers winning 5-3, as Buchholz wins his 14th.
Greensboro takes 4 of 5 and moves on to face Tampa while San Diego returns home to host Turtle Beach.
Coney Island vs Stamford
Game 1 - CIC 4; STA 3
W - Tejeda (4-7); L - Contreras (2-2); Sv - none
HR: Uribe (2); Wells (25); Kubel (9)
Game 2 - CIC 3; STA 2
W - Lester (13-6); L - Berken (2-5); Sv - F-Rod (12)
HR: Youkilis (9); Zobrist (6); Gonzalez (25)
Game 3 - CIC 4; STA 1
W - Kuroda (12-9); Jimenez (10-7); Sv - none
HR: Youkilis (10); Gonzalez (26); Stanton (10)
Game 4 - STA 3; CIC 2
W - Contreras (3-2); L - F-Rod (4-3); Sv - Storen (1)
HR: Wells (26)
Game 5 - STA 5; CIC 0
W - Sanchez (12-5) CG SHO; L - Morrow (0-1); Sv - none
HR: Youkilis (11)
Week of August 11
Baton Rouge vs Long Island
The Baton Rouge Lightning loses 3 out of 5 to the Long Island Ducks. Dave Bush tossed a 5-hit shutout
for the Lightning in the opener. In the finale, Molina singled home the game-winning hit in the bottom
of the 9th for a 5-4 Baton Rouge win. In the 4th game, where Rodrigo Lopez got hammered, the Ducks put
up 17 runs, with Ike Davis producing 5 RBIs
San Diego vs Turtle Beach
Game One
Ethier's 10th homerun and 4 RBIs from Ramirez power San Diego to the win. 11-5 SD
Game Two
San Diego spots the Bums 3 in the first, but come back with 2 in the 5th and 2 in the 6th. Keppinger's
homerun leads it as Slowey goes 8 and Soria gets his 22nd save. 4-3 San Diego
Game Three
Cook, with help from Soria, throws a 4 hit shutout and tops Verlander and the Bums. 1-0
Game Four
Strasburg lasts only 5 and gives up 3, enough for Tamba Bay despite ARod's 25 homerun. 5-2 Tampa Bay
Game Five
San Diego gets only 3 hits and Tampa gets 12, but the Bums get 2 in the 8th for the win. 4-2 Tampa Bay
Tidewater vs Mokena
Gm.1 TID 7-5 C.Iannetta's 2 homers and 4 RBI put TID up 6-0 early. But MOK fights back and knocks Sabathia
out in the 8th as they put 4 runs on the board with the help of C.Guillen's 2-run double. However, the TID
bullpen comes in to put out the fire.
Gm.2 TID 6-4 TID scored 4 runs in the 1st and added single runs in the 5th and 6th to take the second game
of the series in spite of just a total of 5 hits in the game. MOK got 3 of their 4 runs on homers by A.Pagan
and C.Guillen.
Gm.3 TID 6-5 A crazy one here. MOK scored 4 first inning runs on a lead off home run by S.Castro, a single
by A.Pagan, a double by the third batter, A.NcCutchen and a 3-run bomb by cleanup batter T.Helton. With a 5
run lead going into the bottom of the 9th, it looked good for MOK. Untill S.Linebrink came in. He faced 5
batters, gave up NO hits, 2 runs, hit a batter and walked a batter. Then K.Uehara came in to pitch...his
line 1/3 inning, 3 hits, 3 runs, 1 BB. Talk about starting a fire. TID plated 5 runs to win with C.Quentin
getting the game winning hit.
Gm.4 TID 5-4 A.Pagan and R.Cedeno had 2 hits apiece for MOK and F.Carmona went 9 innings giving up 12
hits and 4 runs. For TID, F.Gutierrez and M.Aviles had 3 hits each and B.Zito lasted only 6 innings while
giving up 4 runs. It was tied at 4 after 9 innings. The difference, again, was the pen. TID's pen went
5.1 innings giving up NO hits, striking out 7 batters, and allowing only 1 base runner...a walk. MOK on
the other hand, 2.1innings, 1 hit, 1 run, and 3 walks...all 3 walks by F.Rodney who walked in the winning
run. Another tough loss for MOK.
Gm.5 MOK 9-6 Roozys' finally get one while rocking out 21 hits!! A.Casilla goes 3-6 and launches a
3-run homer in a 6 run 6th inning. W.Carter adds 3 hits, Colvin 2 hits, a home run with 2 RBI,
Pagan 4 hits and Guillen and Cedeno 2 hits and 2 RBI each. M.Cain picks up win #12.
Jonesboro vs Freeport
The Crackers take 3 of from the visiting Freeport Bandits
Game 1- Jonesboro jumps to a 2 run lead before falling 12-4. Johnson(10-8) is the winner, Dickey(8-8) the loser.
Konerko(21) Ortiz(22), Johnson(16) and Pie(3) homer for the Bandits. Ludwick(8) and Kelly(13) for the Crackers
Game 2-Crackers win 4-2,Talbot(8-9) is the winner, Hensley(21) gets the save. Meeks(3-4 ) is the loser.
Olivo hits number 10 for Jonesboro
Game 3-Crackers win 4-3 Ziegler(4-2) is the winner Hensley gets save 22. Kouzmanoff2(13) homers for the Crackers
Game 4-Crackers win a pitching duel 1-0 Kendricks(11-8) is the loser. Oswalt(9-10) is the winner. Hensley
gets Save number 23
Game 5-Bandits win 5-3 Peavy(6-8) is the loser Soriano gets save 27 Hunter (9-6) is the loser Ortis(23),
Kemp(16) homer for the Bandits. Kelly(14) for the crackers
Glacier Point vs Coney Island
GAME 1
CIC 7-11-1 LP-Volquez; HR-Stewart
GPT 12-12-1 WP-Parra; HR-Callaspo/Rasmus/Smoak
GAME 2
CIC 1- 4-2 LP-Lester; HR-V.Wells
GPT 3-11-1 WP-Lincecum; SV-Bard
GAME 3
CIC 10- 8-0 WP-Tejeda; SV-Peralta; HR-Gonzalez/Stanton
GPT 7-10-1 LP-Blanton; HR-Rasmus(2)/Smoak
GAME 4
CIC 3- 7-3 LP-Rauch; HR-Stewart
GPT 4- 8-0 WP-Belisle; SV-Romo
GAME 5
CIC 2- 9-0 LP-Hughes; HR-Stewart
GPT 3- 4-0 WP-McDonald; SV-Venters; HR-Hinske
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"And if California slides into the ocean like the mystics and
statistics say it will, I predict this hotel will be standing
until I pay my bill."
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All -
Coney Island visits Glacier Point and wins only one of the five
games. There were no injuries during the series.
Cheers!
- SteveB, GPT
GAME 1
CIC 7-11-1 LP-Volquez; HR-Stewart
GPT 12-12-1 WP-Parra; HR-Callaspo/Rasmus/Smoak
GAME 2
CIC 1- 4-2 LP-Lester; HR-V.Wells
GPT 3-11-1 WP-Lincecum; SV-Bard
GAME 3
CIC 10- 8-0 WP-Tejeda; SV-Peralta; HR-Gonzalez/Stanton
GPT 7-10-1 LP-Blanton; HR-Rasmus(2)/Smoak
GAME 4
CIC 3- 7-3 LP-Rauch; HR-Stewart
GPT 4- 8-0 WP-Belisle; SV-Romo
GAME 5
CIC 2- 9-0 LP-Hughes; HR-Stewart
GPT 3- 4-0 WP-McDonald; SV-Venters; HR-Hinske
Stamford vs Pike City
The Stamford Jays takes 3 of 5 from the Pike City Pioneers
Game 1
Jays 7-7-4
Pioneers 5-7-1
WP A Wainwright 10-9 LP T Byrdak 0-1
Wainwright survives 4 Jays errors for the win. Catcher Kendall drives in 3 for the Jays
Game 2
Pioneers 4-8-1
Jays 1-6-2
WP Romero 8-12 LP C Billingsley 6-12
Romero tosses 6 hitter on the way to complete game win
Game 3 ( 11 innings)
Jays 1-7-0
Pioneers 0-2-1
WP C Balester 0-1 LP J PUtz 1-4
Despite a 14 K performance by starter Jimenez and receiving 8 walks , the Jays cannot score
until a pinch hit single in bottom of the 11th by Inglett drives in winning run.
Game 4
Pioneers 5-6-1
Jasy 4-9-1
WP L Cormier 2-2 LP J Santana 9-8
Santana gives up homers to DeWitt, Jones and Shoppach and despite 9 K's takes the loss
Game 5
Jays 6-7-1
Pioneers 5-8-1
WP A Sanchez 11-5 LP L COrmier 2-3
Burrell has 4 RBI's for Jays including a run homer which gives the Jays the margin of victory.
Week of August 6
Westchester vs Freeport
Game 1: Westchester 6, Freeport 3
Jake Westbrook continues his tactics of just pitching well enough and with a bit of luck.
Jack Cust's 2 run homer makes the difference. Johnson give up 6 walks in 5 innings to undo
himself.
W-Westbrook (10-4); S-Burnett (5); L-Johnson (9-8).
Game 2: Freeport 6, Westchester 5
The odds finally catch up with Freddy Garcia as he gives up 4 in the second. Howver, Wombats
claw back with three in the third to tie it up. Wombats push one across in the 7th to go up 5-4,
but reliable Westchester relievers prove that if you give up enough singles in an inning, you
will give up runs without any extra base hits. Meek and Soriano shut out the Wombats for the
last three innings. Wieters drives in three including the winning rbi.
W-Meek (3-3), S-Soriano (25); L-Webb (0-4).
Game 3: Freeport 7, Westchester 4
Bandits get off to quick 1-0 lead as Kemp nails the first pitchof the game over the left
field wall. Medlin is shaky in the bottom of the first loading them up with one out, and
doesn't do much to help himself giving up a triple to Matsui for three quick runs. Peralta
then throws away a simple grounder to make it 4-1 after one. Danks doesn't settle down and
give up his second homer in two innings (to Heisey). In the third, Danks gives up his third
homer of the game to Konerko to fall behind 5-4 In the 6th he gives up yet again one more
additional homer to Peralta and exits stage left.
W-Medlen (8-6), S-Soriano (26); L-Danks (12-6)
Game 4:Freeport 6, Westchester 2
For a change a Wombat starter gets out of the first inning unscathed. Votto 2 run homer
puts Wombats up 2-0 in the first. Maybin counters with his 2 run homer in the 3rd. Sac
Fly by David Ortiz puts Bandits up by one in the 6th Two run homer by Konerko salts it
away for the Bandits and their third straight win in the series.
W-Kendrick (11-7): L-Cecli (11-7)
Game 5: Westchester 5, Freeport 0
Wieters error extends the second inning and Wombats plate 4 unearned to take a 4-0 lead.
Anderson et al. shut down Bandits for rest of game
W-Anderson (8-2); L-Peavy (5-8)
Freeport takes series 3-2 and travels to Jonesboro while Wombats shuffle (can Wombats shuffle?)
off to Buffalo.
Tidewater vs Stamford
The Stamford Jays lose 3 of 5 to the Tidewater Drillers
Game 1
Drillers 3-10-1
Jays 1-3-1
WP C Sabathia 16-4 LP A Wainwright 9-9
Sabathia holds Jays in check giving up 3 hits over 8 plus innings. He aids own cause with two hits
Games 2
Drillers 9-13-0
Jays 2-5-0
WP L French 7-5 LP C Billingsley 6-11
French holds Jays to 5 hits over 8 innings. Upton ( 3 RBI’s), Young ( 3 RBI’s) and Huff go deep for Drillers.
Jays scores runs on 2 solo blasts by Braun.
Game 3 ( 11 innings)
Jays 5-11-
Drillers 4-7-0
WP J Contreras 2-1 LP J Matte 4-2
A Jaso single scores winning run for Jays in the 11th. Encarnacion has 3 run homers for Drillers while
Burrell goes deep for Jays
Game 4
Drillers 12-10-1
Jays 2-8-2
WP I Nova 1-2 LP J Santana 9-7
Drillers score 4 in the first and 5 in the 7th for easy win. Nova fans 7 for win. S. Rodriguez, Huff
and Quentin homer for Drillers
Game 5
Jays 4-7-2
Drillers 2-5-2
WP A Sanchez 10-5 LP A Rowland Smith 1-2
Sanchez goes 8 strong innings fanning 6 for win. Youklis and Spilborghs homer for Jays. Huff homers
again for Drillers.
Baton Rouge vs Buffalo
The Baton Rouge Lightning takes 3 out of 5 from the Buffalo Brewers. Baton Rouge won all 3 of their
games on walk-off hits. Papelbon blew 2 saves for the Lightning. In the second game, Gio Gonzalez
(9-8) and Kevin Gregg combined for a 2-hit shutout for the Brewers.
Greensboro vs Coney Island
August 2 - The Western Division 1st place Cyclones arrive in town and open with their ace Trevor Cahill against
Hopper ace Clay Buchholz as ex-Cyclone John Thole faces his ex-teammates for the first time. It's a really
hard-fought contest that goes 13 innings before the visitors prevail 3-1.
August 3 - Another extra-inning loss for the Hoppers, this one in 10 innings, as the Cyclone bullpen shows its
depth compared to the hapless Hopper pen.
August 4 - Max Scherzer (11-7) pitches a much-needed complete game 4-3 win to give the Greensboro relievers a
desperately needed rest.
August 5 - Believe it or not, yet another extra-inning bullpen breakdown by Greensboro as the pen implodes
for 7 runs in the 10th in a 12-5 blowout as Jose Reyes goes down for 6 games.
August 6 - Coney Island takes the finale 3-1 as they wind up with 4 wins in this 5 game series.
Next for Coney Island is Glacier Point while Greensboro travels to face tough Tampa.
Gulf Breeze vs Arundel
The Arundel Wildcats came to town and enjoyed a 3-2 series win over the home standing Rebels.
Game #1: Aru 4-9-1 GB 6-10-2 In a fantastic (on paper) match up, it was King Felix vs David Price, but the game
was decided late on Varitek's 2R dying quail in the home 8th, making Kameron Loe (6-0) the winner with O'Day (22)
notching the save. Betemit's 2 out PH HR in the visiting 8th tied things before the 2R single by Varitek. 'cats
had gotten out to a 3-0 lead in the first with Edmonds big 2 bagger being paramount, but good guys kept chipping
away to take the lead into the 8th. Prado (9) and Betemit (16) went yard for the visitors, Dunn (30) for the Rebs.
Price hung around long enough to take the loss (9-8). Both teams lost their starting catchers with injury for the
rest of the series. It always happens in game #1, doesn't it?
Game #2: Aru 7-13-0 GB 5-7-1 Fireworks late in this one as it was 1-0 Arundel after 6. But the Breeze hung up
a 5 spot on Liriano and everything looked great into the 9th when Stubbs launched a grand salami to tie it.
Capps entered for the 10th and it was Betemit and Desmond launching long balls, then Benoit came on for his 24th
straight save. As the game tells us- "he's pitching well". Right. Sleep impaired Braddock won for the 2nd time
against 3 defeats and Capps (2-6) took the ugly loss. Thames (7) went yard for the Rebels, but Betemit (17),
Desmond (10), and Stubbs (17 GS) more than offset that. Wildcats did outhit the Breeze 13-7, but 9 Liriano walks
kept GB in the game.
Game #3: Aru 2-8-1 GB 8-8-0 Breeze made the most of 8 hits and Brett Myers was strong for 7 frames (13-6) in
a good ball game for the home crowd. Orlando Hudson continued super hot with a 4 for 5 day driving in a pair
and Butler had a 2R double. The Z-man lost (8-7) but didn't go off on anyone. Prado hit in his 21st straight
game. Butler grounded in to his 24th DP- is that even possible?
Game #4: I made the mistake of letting a kid on the computer for awhile and when I came back all the chips were
unaligned and the Breeze dropped the final 2. Aru 5-8-0 GB 2-7-0 Lannan was especially sharp in this one as
the game was never really that close. The lefty tossed 6 innings in gathering his 7th win against 9 losses.
Benoit saved #25 in a row (game gave him so many accolades I wanted to pull the plug). Prado hit in his 22nd
straight. Garland (13-5) took the loss. Stubbs (18) and Beckham (7) went yard while Butler smacked #13 and
didn't ground into a DP.
Game #5: Aru 12-15-0 GB 4-9-1 I was so sick of the Benoit thing that I figured I'd lose in a big way and not
have to hear about him again. I was able to pull that off, and 'cats embarrassed the home crew 12-4. Matt
Harrison was dominant in 6 frames and is now 4-3, while Greinke was his usual undominant (my spell checked says
that isn't a word- but you know what I mean) self by allowing 4 ER in 6 (now 4-9). Desmond was 4 for 5 to pace
the attack and Adam Moore (2) went yard. Dunn had a pair of long balls (32) for the Breeze. Prado notched a
base hit in the 9th inning to stretch his streak to 23 games. Benoit sat in the bullpen- Ha!
The Breeze heads out next week to Glab for a battle with the Owls, while Arundel heads home to take on the Evil
Empire.
Week of July 31
Tidewater vs San Diego
TID eeks out a 3-2 series win over SDA.
Gm.1 TID 3-2 Good pitching duel. Braden 8 IP 7H 8K's. Sabathia 9 IP 5H 8K's. Game tied 2 all in bottom
of 9th when Ryan Zimmerman knocks in Aviles to give CC his 15th win of season. ARod and Viciedo went deep for
both of SDA's runs.
Gm.2 TID 7-6 A 2-run double by Ethier in the 1st staked SDA to a 2-0 lead and they held a 4-2 lead after
5 and 1/2. In the bottom of the 6th the Drillers' E.Encarnacion blasted a PH GrandSlam in a 5 run inning and,
eventually, Mike Adams and Brian Wilson (SV-#26) made it stand. SDA's M.Moreland would add a 2 run homer off
B.Sanches in the 7th to account for the final score.
Gm.3 SDA 5-1 A solo homer from SDA's J.Guillen and an RBI single by TID's O.Cabrera were the only runs
allowed by starters Guthrie and Zito. Unfortunately, the Drillers' T.Clippard gave up 2-run homers to D.Fowler
and ARod as the Armadillos put 4 on the board in the 9th and J.Soria came in to collect Save #21.
Gm.4 TID 9-8 23 hits in a see-saw battle. Seth Smith and Alexi Ramirez had 5 of the Armadillos' 10 hits
and 5 of the RBI's. Both went yard...Ramirez TWICE! TID got 3 hits and 3 runs from Sean Rodriguez, 2 RBI's
from a C.Young double, a 3-run homer from Huff and most importantly...a solo home run from Carlos Quentin that
gave TID a 9-8 lead in the 7th. M.Adams and B.Wilson finished the game for TID as Wilson picked up Save #27.
Gm.5 SDA 12-3 Pay back for losing the close one in Gm.4 11 hits, 11 RBI, 12 runs...Effecient! SDA's
Barry Enright cruised...6 IP 3H 9K's for the win. The Armadillos scored 6 in the 4th and added 5 in the 6th
to destroy the Drillers. ARod only got 1 hit, his 24th homer, but had 4 RBI for the game. A.Ethier added a
2-run homer and T.Wigginton chipped in with a solo shot. Even that pesky A.Ramirez knocked in 3 runs with a
2-4 day. An easy win for SDA to end the series on a high note.
Chappaqua vs Mokena
COMETS TAKE THREE OF FIVE FROM MOKENA ROOZYS
Game 1
CHA 5 MOK 4 10 innings
Lyle Overbay homered in the 8th (his 12th) to tie the game 4-4 and the Comets then won it in the 10th
on a 2 out bases loaded single by Melky Cabrera (3-5). Buster Posey (12) also homered for the Comets.
Ramon Ramirez (3-4) won it in relief. Uehara (1-3) took the loss.
Game 2
CHA 7 MOK 0
Comets win easily as Mike Pelfrey (9-7,3.53) pitches a 4 hit complete game shutout. Doug Fister (3-7) is routed,
allowing 6 runs in 2 innings and take the loss. Danny Valencia goes 4-5 and 2 doubles for the Comets.
Game 3
MOK 5 CHA 2
Angel Pagan hit a 2 run HR (6) in the 3rd to give Mokena a 3-2 lead which they never relinquished. Matt Cain
( 11-5,2.48 ) got the win, striking out 10 in 7 2/3 innings. Kyle Farnsworth got the save (5). Lyle Overbay
hit his 13th HR for the Comets. Mike Leake (7-13) struck out 7 in 6 2/3 but took the loss.
Game 4
MOK 3 CHA 2
Roozys break 2-2 tie in the 9th to win it. The winning runs scores against Andrew Bailey in relief of Brandon
Lyon (2-3) who took the loss. Fausto Carmona (5-13,3.66) goes 8 innings to get the win with Uehara getting his
16th save (3 blown). Andy LaRoche hit his first HR of the year for the Roozys.
Game 5
CHA 6 MOK 5
Comets trail 4-0 and 5-4 before tying it 5-5 in the 4th and winning it in the 6th on a HR (5) by light hitting
SS Paul Janish. Nyjer Morgan goes 3-5 for CHA. Mokena’s Tyler Colvin goes 3-3 with 2 doubles. Veteran Greg Dobbs
hits 2 HRs (11). James Shields (6-8,5.13) goes 6 innings to get the win. Bailey gets his 19th save (0.87).
Livan Hernandez (7-8,5.00) is the loser.
Comets are now 44-62, last in the NL East. They have the third worst record in WIBL. Mokena is 46-60, last
in the NL West. Next: Chappaqua travels to Pike City. Mokena hosts Turtle Beach.
Tampa vs Stamford
Tampa takes 3 of 5 from Stanford
G1: 2-1 Tampa Richard wins his 9th
G2:12-1 Tampa Lee hits his 20th HR and drives in 4
G3: 3-2 Stan Jaso's homer in the 9th is the difference
G4: 3-2 Tampa Tampa scores 2 in the bottom of the 9th to win
G5: 6-4 Stan Uribe wins it with 2 rbi in the 12th
Greensboro vs Turtle Beach
Nothing short of a pitiful showing by the Bums as they group all their homers in the game they win by a blowout
and then hit 0 for the rest of the series. Win the close games? Not a chance. The Hoppers, alternatively,
used their speed, timely hitting, and defense to dominate the series.
Game 1
Blame this one on the home manager as we pitched to Fielder with a base open and the homerun was the difference
as the Hoppers won 6-4.
Game 2
Bums win 9-2.
Game 3
Hoppers had only 3 hits but all extra base ones as they win 2-1.
Game 4
Jered Weaver doesn't walk anyone and fans 13 but it's wasted in the 4-0 loss as Marcum dominates the Bums.
Game 5
Homerun power by the Hoppers produce 4 runs in the 4-3 win. Verlander (8-9) continues to struggle as he
loses his 2nd game of the series.
Glacier Point vs Green Bay
Oh, my! This wasn't pretty at all. Not only did Green Bay lose
all five games, they suffered the only injury during the series.
Cheers!
- SteveB, GPT
GAME 1
GBG 3- 5-2 LP-Lowe
GPT 7-11-2 WP-Parra
GAME 2
GBG 3- 8-1 LP-Huff
GPT 11-14-2 WP-Blanton; HR-Beltre(2)
GAME 3
GBG 1- 7-0 LP-Latos
GPT 7- 7-0 WP-McDonald; HR-Rasmus
GAME 4
GBG 0- 3-1 LP-Bailey
GPT 1- 6-0 WP-Kershaw(CG/SHO); HR-Hamilton
GAME 5
GBG 1- 6-1 LP-Lackey
GPT 10-13-0 WP-Norris
*Xavier Nady (GBG) injured, 6 days
Gulf Breeze vs Baton Rouge
Well, something is in the water. Baton Rouge came to Gulf Breeze and scored a total of 2 runs in the 5 games
losing all 5 to the home team.
Tied at one in the 9th of game #1, Corey Patterson dropped a 2 out fly ball to lose it 2-1 for the Lightning. D.Lee's
2 out rbi single had put the visitors up by a run, but Crawford's solo shot (13) tied things in the 6th. Dave Bush
was outstanding for the Lightning as he pitched 8 strong frames, but it was Papelbon (3-3) taking the loss. King
Felix won for the good guys as he notched the CG 3 hitter, he's now 13-4. Ageless and huge pickup Jason Varitek
was 3 for 3 for the Breeze.
Game #2 was all Gulf Breeze as they plated 7 and Jurrjens (5-3) tossed the CG shutout. Marcus Thames had a pair of
2 run triples and drove in 4 while Bautista left the yard for the 39th time. Dempster was spanked around for the Rouge,
dropping to 8-9.
A nail biter all the way in game #3 and it was another shut out for the home team, 1-0. Brett Myers shrugged off 6
BB and allowed just 3 hits in the CG and is now 12-6, while Haren took the tough loss (6-12). The games lone tally
scored on a Posada 2 out rbi single in the 6th. Just 9 total hits in the game for both teams.
At least Baton Rouge scored in game #4 as they broke a 31 inning scoreless streak in the 8th on a Willigham base knock.
Only problem was that the Breeze plated 9 against them and it was a 9-1 win. Garland (13-4) tossed 8 strong frames
while Rodrigo Lopez (4-10) took the loss. Lightning did amass 9 hits in this one with Corey Patterson, J.D.Drew,
and Eckstein each having a pair, but it was a huge 6 run 4th that did 'em in- Posada launching a grand slam (5) and
Scott Cousins finishing 3 for 5 with 2 runs and 2 rbi.
You talk about your snakebit teams... Breeze won the finale 4-0. Here is how it started for the Lightning- Patterson
singled and was gunned down trying for 2nd. Jeter and Willingham both singled, then Willingham was picked off 1st.
Lee made out, but it was the old no runs on 3 hits in the first frame. Rebs scored a pair in the first on Bautista's
2R bomb (40), then in the 6th for the visitors, Corey Patterson doubled and was gunned down trying to stretch it.
Oh brother..... Varitek's (10) solo shot in the 7th and Carwford's rbi double in the 8th ended the scoring. Wandy
Rodriguez dropped to 7-8 on the season while Greinke finally tossed a nice game (4-8).
Baton Rouge will head home next week and check into that missing offense as they take on the Brewers of Buffalo.
Gulf Breeze hangs around and will meet up with Arundel.
Week of July 25
San Diego vs Coney Island
Game One
Braden tosses a 3 hit shutout. 4-0 San Diego
Game Two
Slugger Rosales' (???) three run homerun is the difference. 5-2 Coney Island
Game Three
Coney Island gets 4 in the 4th to put it away despite a late rally by San Diego 6-5 San Diego
Game Four
Wigginton's 2 run homerun in the bottom of the ninth gets the win. 3-1 San Diego
Game Five
San Diego bombs Coney Island. The Armadillos score 6th in the 7th to put it away. 11-4 San Diego
Game Six
Again, San Diego gets two in the bottom of the ninth to pull out a thriller. 7-5 San Diego
San Diego takes 4 of 6
Chappaqua vs Glacier Point
GLACIER POINT TALONS TAKE THREE OF FIVE FROM DIVISION RIVAL CHAPPAQUA COMETS
Game 1
GPT 3 CHA 0 Joe Blanton (7-7) pitches 8 shutout innings, walks none and strikes out 13!
Game 2
GPT 4 CHA 0 Clayton Kershaw (10-4) pitches complete game win, striking out 7. Justin Smoak hits
his 10th HR of the year.
Game 3
CHA 10 GPT 4 Lyle Overbay (11) and Buster Posey (11) homer to lead the rout. Mike Leake (7-12)
walks 6 in 8IP but gets the win
Game 4
GPT 4 CHA 1 Dustin Pedroia (4) and Adrian Beltre (22) homer to lead the Talons. Bud Norris (7-6) walks
5 in 6 2/3 but gets the win. Comets starter Nick Blackburn hits two batters and is ejected in the 6th
Game 5
CHA 4 GPT 2 WOW! Teams combine for 28 strikeouts as James Shields (5-8) goes 7 1/3 fanning 13 and
walking none. Linecum strikes out 7 in 3 2/3 before leaving with a minor injury. Andrew Bailey gets his
18th save and fans two.
Mokena vs Tampa
Game 1:
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Tampa 8-11-0
Mokena 6-10-5
Carpenter vs Wells
Carpenter (7-9) gets the win but going 8.1 innings. Rivera picks up the save (20). Howard hitts his
25th homer for Tampa. 5 Roozy errors spell doom in the loss, though, Dobbs, McCutchen and Pagan hit
homers.
Game 2:
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Tampa 3-8-0 (11 innings)
Mokena 4-10-3
Richard vs Fister
3 more Roozy errors, however they overcome the sloppiness and get the win. Helton goes 3-5
for Mokena. Brantley collects 2 for Tampa. Richard deserved the win, but Rivera blows the save
in the 9th.
Game 3:
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Tampa 2-6-1
Mokena 4-5-1
Chen vs Cain
Cain (10-5) goes 8 innings for the win. He was helped by a triple and HR by McCutchen. Chen absorbs the loss
and falls to 11-4.
Game 4:
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Tampa 7-9-1
Mokena 5-10-1
Niemann vs Carmona
Pierzynski scores 3 runs and homers to aid Tampa in the win. Carmona (4-13) takes the loss for Mokena.
Game 5:
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Tampa 5-11-1 (11 innings)
Mokena 4-10-1
Padilla vs Francis
Howard goes 3-4 for Tampa, as does Castro for Mokena. Another blown save for Rivera, but Crain and Rhodes
stop Mokena in extra innings to give Tampa the win.
Game 6:
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Tampa 12-17-2
Mokena 5-7-0
Hudson vs Hernandez
Utley and Lee (3-5, 4 RBI) homer for Tampa to help Hudson (5-12) win. Hernandez (6-6) gives up 6 ER over
6.1 innings for Mokena in the loss.
Tampa takes 4 of 6
Stamford vs Greensboro
The Stamford Jays hosts divisional rivals the Greensboro Grasshoppers in a 6 game set.
Game 1
Greensboro 3-6-1
Stamford 1-8-1
WP M Buehrle 13-3 LP J Berken 2-4
Starter Buehrle holds Jays in check for 8 innings for win. Fielder homers for Greensboro
Game 2
Greensboro 3-8-0
Stamford 2-4-0
WP C Buchholz 11-3 LP C Volstad 0-1
Buchholz holds Jays to 3 hits over 8 innings for win. A Rios belts 2 run homer for Greensboro. Jays score
2 in 8th to make it close
Game 3
Jays 6-6-0
Greensboro 0-1-4
WP A Wainwright 9-7 LP J Sanchez 8-8
Wainwright fans 14 while tossing a complete game 1 hitter. Greensboro starter Sanchez fans 11 but walks
7. His defense fails him as Greensboro commits 4 errors including 2 by catcher Thole.
Game 4
Jays 4-8-1
Greensboro 2-6-0
WP U Jimenez 9-6 LP M Scherer 9-7
A 2 run homer by Jays Burrell in 8th gives Jays margin of win. Jimenez fans 8 for win.
Game 5
Jays 6-10-1
Greensboro 5-7-1
WP J Santana 9-6 LP S Marcum 8-10
Santana goes 7 plus innings for win. Swisher has 2 homers for Greensboro including a 3 run blast in
the 8th to make it close. Hill has 3 hits including 2 doubles for Jays.
Game 6
Jays 4 -9-0
Greensboro 3-10-0
WP D Storen 1-0 LP P Moylan 3-1
The Jay have comeback win scoring 2 in the 7th to tie and win an on walk off homer by Spilborghs in
the bottom of the 9th.