World Series
Louisiana vs Tidewater
The 2009 WIBL World Series opened in Tidewater, Virginia. The opponents...the AL champion Louisianna Cajuns (121-41) and the NL champion Tidewater Drillers (109-53).
Gm.1 LOU 1-4-1 L - R.Halladay (22-7, 2.63 Reg.Season)
TID 4-8-0 W- C.Lee (23-4, 1.58 Reg.Season)
SV - B.Ziegler
Cliff Lee outdueled Halladay by tossing 8 innings of 4 hit ball allowing 1 run while striking out 7. Brad Ziegler came in to face 3 batters in the 9th and preserve the Drillers' win.
In this contest Tidewater got out in front in the 2nd inning. Leading off the bottom of the 2nd, Carlos Quentin stepped into the box..."C. QUENTIN facing R. HALLADAY, B 2nd, No Outs, Bases Empty, Tied 0-0. HALLADAY winds up ... muscled to deep left ... this one has a passport ... adios, amigo it's long gone! Cajuns 0, Drillers 1" After Josh Hamilton robbed Ryan Zimmerman of a homer, Jose Lopez came to the plate..."J. LOPEZ facing R. HALLADAY, B 2nd, 1 Out, Bases Empty, Ahead 1-0. HALLADAY now ... fly ball right center ... BELTRAN on his horse ... but he won't get there it's off the wall ... BELTRAN is chasing it down ... and LOPEZ will make second standing." Chris Iannetta then bounced one off the wall in right for an RBI triple and the Drillers led 2-0.
The score stayed that way until the 7th when Miguel Tejada blasted a deep homer to left that closed the gap to 2-1.But Tidewater came right back in the bottom half of the 7th. With runners at 1st and 3rd and nobody out, Chris Iannatta had another RBI opportunity..." C. IANNETTA facing R. HALLADAY, B 7th, No Outs, 1st and 3rd, Ahead 2-1. Infield back at double play depth ... ZIMMERMAN down the line some at third. HALLADAY rocks and fires ... hit deep to center field ... BELTRAN is racing back, it has double written all over it ... BELTRAN corrals the ball ... ZIMMERMAN scores, LOPEZ rounds third., they're waving him in, and he scores ... IANNETTA's in standing with a double. Cajuns 1, Drillers 4"
Another inning for Lee and then Ziegler closed it. Tidewater gets the first win on good pitching and timely hitting by Jose Lopez, 2-3 with 2 runs, and Chris Iannetta, 2-3 with 3 RBI. Of the Cajuns 4 hits, Geovanny Soto got 2 of them.
Gm.2 LOU 4-7-0 L - B.Sheets (20-0, 2.66 Reg.Season)
TID 8-6-0 W - J.Chamberlain (8-5, 2.60 Reg.Season)
It's funny how loss of control and 1 swing of the bat can change the whole game. Sheets shoulda figured with the start he had, things weren't going to end well. In the 1st inning, Tidewater scored 3 runs as Upton walked, Huff singled, Ordonez smacked an RBI base hit, a WP advanced the runners, Quentin had a SF, and Zimmerman closed it out with a RBI double. Drillers 3 Cajuns 0.
Louisiana got on the board in the 5th. " A. SORIANO facing J. CHAMBERLAIN, T 5th, 1 Out, Bases Empty, Behind 0-3. Here's the pitch ... hit deep ... it's going ... it goes! ... over the left field wall. Cajuns 1, Drillers 3." The Cajuns added another run on back-to-back doubles by B.Sheets and J.Damon making the score 3-2 Tidewater.A solo home run by Orlando Cabrera in the bottom half of the inning put Tidewater up 4-2.
In the 7th inning the Cajuns were able to tie it up on A.Soriano's 2nd solo homer of the game and then J.Chamberlain was lifted after he walked Gordon. Biemel replaced him and gave up a double to J.Damon putting runners at 2nd and 3rd. C.Beltran now the batter. " C. BELTRAN facing J. BEIMEL, T 7th, 1 Out, 2nd and 3rd, Behind 3-4. Infield deep ... GORDON alert at third ... he comes home ... it's hacked high and far, deep into the right field corner ... could be trouble for QUENTIN ... now he has it in range just shy of the track ... and he squeezes it ... and he gets rid of the ball desperately, both runners tag...the coach has the windmill churning ... he's trying to score...here comes the throw home...here's the play at the plate ... and he's ... in standing. BELTRAN picks up a sac fly and an RBI ... and DAMON holds at second. Cajuns 4, Drillers 4"
With Sheete out of the game and Joey Devine in the game, the Cajuns were in good shape...or were they? Talk about the unthinkable happening... " B. UPTON facing J. DEVINE, B 8th, No Outs, Bases Empty, Tied 4-4 ... UPTON draws a walk. O. CABRERA facing J. DEVINE, ...CABRERA doesn't offer and he draws a free pass ... a pair of walks and a rocky start for DEVINE here in the 8th. A. HUFF facing J. DEVINE, B 8th, No Outs, 1st and 2nd, Tied 4-4. The runners take their lead ... here he comes ... misses the strike zone ... HUFF ambles to first. DEVINE is upset with himself ... his control has deserted him for the moment...that fills the bases ... "
What happened next was not part of the Cajuns strategy..." C. QUENTIN facing J. DEVINE, B 8th, 1 Out, Bases Loaded, Tied 4-4. The Cajuns are looking for the play at the plate ... the runners take their lead ... he brings it in and QUENTIN goes out and gets it ... a long drive to deep left field ... DAMON galloping back...back ... back ... and DAMON watches it disappear ... a grand slam home run for QUENTIN!. QUENTIN will take a tour of the bases ... he loves a trip downtown...you can't get away with a pitch like that ... not in this league. DEVINE does some landscaping on the mound. Cajuns 4, Drillers 8."
Once again the Drillers called on Zeigler and he responded by facing 3 batters to end the game. With the first three batters in the Tidewater lineup scoring 2 runs each and Carlos Quentin driving in 5 runs with a SF and a grand slam, the Drillers offset A.Soriano's 2-4 2 homer day and took a 2-0 series lead.
Now the series shifts to the swampy confines of the Cajuns where the Drillers will get to use an extra hitter in an offense that has already scored 12 runs on 14 hits in 2 games.
World Series Game in the Swamp
Game #3
CC Sabathia takes the mound against Scott Baker. The Cajuns have their backs against the wall down two games to none. CC pulls up lame in the 2nd and has to leave the game and is replaced by E. Ramirez. Baker looks in control early and Jeff Hamilton puts Louisiana up by 2 in the bottom of the third with a two RBI hit. The Drillers are tough to hold down and Tidewater plates 3 runs in the top of the 5th, and another in the 6th to move on top by 4-2. Soto brings the Cajuns on step closer with a game tying HR off Gregg with Beltran putting Louisiana ahead with a solo shot off Beimel. Louisiana goes to Lewis and then Devine in the 8th and Joe puts down five in a row to squeak out the first Cajun win.
W – Baker (1-0)
L - Beimel (1-1)
S – Devine (1)
HR – Chris Young (1)
Jose Lopez (1)
Geovanny Soto (1)
Carlos Beltran (1)
Game #4
Tidewater sends Carlos Marcum against Louisiana ace Roy Halladay in game #4. Tidewater doesn’t seem intimated and plate 3 runs off Halladay in the opening inning on a Carlos Quentin bomb. Louisiana comes right back with two runs in the 2nd with Quentin giving two back on a throwing error. Louisiana adds two more in the 3rd behind Johnny Damon HRs to tie it up. Marcum deals up a 2nd HR to Soto in the 6th and the Cajuns have the lead. Louisiana goes to Alfredo Aceves for 3 great innings and then Lohse and Lidge finish the 9th and Louisiana ties up the series with a 6-4 win.
W – Aceves (1-0)
L – Marcum (1)
S – Lidge (1)
HR – Quentin (3)
Damon (1)
G. Soto (2)
Game #5
With a 6th game guaranteed, the two teams are set for a classic game. Cliff Lee faces Ben Sheets. The Cajuns draw first blood on a double by Soto again and a Teixeira single in the 1st. With Ben Sheets putting up goose eggs while always pitching out of trouble, the Cajuns add another in the 4th on a Jeff Hamilton single plating Teixeira for a 2-0 lead. Zimmerman scores a run on a Gerald Laird single and Louisiana goes to Scott Lewis in the 8th, and sticks with him for six consecutive batters for the save.
Louisiana goes up by 3-2 margin in another nail biter.
W – Sheets (1-0)
L - Lee (1-1)
S – Lewis (1)
HR – None
The series moves back to Tidewater for the final game(s) of 2009.
Having won the first 2 games at home, Tidewater lost the next 3 at Louisiana. The series came back to Tidewater.
Gm.6 LOU 3-7-2 L- R.Ramirez
TID 4-7-1 W- J.Chamberlain
Needing the win, the Drillers sent Joba Chamberlain to the mound and he responded with 8 innings of 4 hit ball, walking 1 and striking out 8. Tidewater put their runs on the board mainly with the long ball. C.Young popped a solo shot in the 3rd and the hot hitting Carlos Quentin ripped a solo blast in the 5th and another one in the 8th. The fourth run came on a Cajun error in the 6th. For Louisiana, the runs came in the 8th and 9th. Chamberlain gave up a ph RBI single to M.Tolbert in the 8th and B.Ziegler was touched for a 2 RBI double in the 9th by A.Soriano, who was 2-4 in the game.M.Adams came in to bail Ziegler out and force a game 7.
Gm.7 LOU 5-7-1 L- R.Halladay
TID 8-12-0 W-E.Ramirez
Forced to start S.Marcum when CC Sabathia was injured in Louisiana, the Drillers crossed their fingers. It worked. Neither of the starting pitchers made it past the 5th. The Driller's Marcum got in trouble right from the start..." So settle in ... this is a championship game...J. DAMON facing S. MARCUM, T 1st, No Outs, Bases Empty, Tied 0-0. The pitch ... DAMON sends it in the air ... deep right center field ... UPTON goes over...QUENTIN goes over ... and the ball goes over the fence ... DAMON with a round tripper. Cajuns 1, Drillers 0" It got worse. Beltran, the next batter, singled and then C.Jones sent the next pitch over the RF wall for a 2-run homer. First three batters...3 runs, no outs. The 4th run of the inning scored on a single by A.Soriano. Cajuns led 4-0 before the Drillers got to hit.
In their half of the inning Tidewater got a run on a RBI double by Huff and scored it's 2nd run on a throwing error by C.Jones. At this point it looked like it was going to be a wild one.
Having already given up 2 homers in the game, Marcum served up number 3 to M.Tejada in the 4th as Louisiana goes up 5-2. But Tidewater just wouldn't go away. " J. LOPEZ facing R. HALLADAY, B 4th, 2 Outs, 2nd and 3rd, Behind 2-5. The pitch ... there's a little blooper ... down the left field line ... it might drop in...DAMON has a long run ... and it drops in! ... one run scores ... two runs score...LOPEZ's headed for second ... here's DAMON's throw ... and he slides in safely...Cajuns 5, Drillers 4"
With Marcum out after the Tejada homer, the Driller bullpen pitched the game of it's life. E.Ramirez, J.Beimel, M.Adams, and B.Ziegler combined for 5.1 innings allowing 1 hit, no runs, 1 BB, and 2 K's. And the Driller offense continued it's assault. In the 5th A.Huff tied the game with a no doubter. M.Ordonez followed with a double and C.Quentin steps up..." C. QUENTIN facing R. HALLADAY, B 5th, 2 Outs, Runner on 2nd, Tied 5-5 ... HALLADAY rocks and fires...this one is creamed ... DAMON turns and runs ... he can't get it ... ORDONEZ's around third...he'll score ... Drillers have the lead! ... DAMON picks it up and fires it in...a two-base hit for QUENTIN. Cajuns 5, Drillers 6"
Tidewater would add 2 more in the 8th on a PH 2 RBI triple by W.Venable and the Tidewater Drillers win their first World Series title and the first for the NL since Mokena in 2004.
For the series:
Tidewater posted an ERA of 3.60, Louisiana 4.58.
Tidewater batted .239, Louisiana .210.
Each team had 10 homers.
MVP - Carlos Quentin 12 hits... .444 BA ...1.111 SLG ....448 OBP ...6 RUNS ...12 RBI ...5 HR . Tops in each category. And he had hits in all 7 games.
Soriano led Louisiana with 8 hits... 4 RUNS...5 RBI...2 HR and a .320 BA.
I would like to congratulate Phil on a great season and a super World Series.
Championship Series
Staten Island vs Tidewater
The NLCS opened at Tidewater where Staten Island hooked up with the Tidewater Drillers.
Gm.1 TID 6-8-0 W- CC Sabathia (25-3 1.97 regular season...2-0 playoffs)
SIS 2-4-2 L- E. Santana ( 14-9 4.13 regular season... 1-1 playoffs)
Living on stellar pitching and timely hitting, the Drillers welcomed the Staten Island Stallions and then proceeded to get to business. Tidewater put up the first run in the 2nd after Carlos Quentin doubled...
"* J. LOPEZ facing E. SANTANA, B 2nd, 1 Out, Runner on 2nd, Tied 0-0. The pitch ... yanked toward short ... WILSON there ... he fields it ... flips to TRACY and throws it away ... QUENTIN starts home ... he's digging ... the throw home hits him in the back as he slides in safely! ... LOPEZ ends up at second that should be an error on WILSON. Stallions 0, Drillers 1"
The Drillers padded their lead by picking up 3 runs in the 3rd. It started when the Stallions misplayed O.Cabrera's pop fly and allowed it to fall in for a hit. Aubrey Huff followed...
" A. HUFF facing E. SANTANA, B 3rd, 1 Out, Runner on 1st, Ahead 1-0 And the pitch ... hit hard to right center ... PENCE scampering back ... at the track ... he leaps...gone ... home run for HUFF ... and two runs score. Stallions 0, Drillers 3
Santana settled and struck out Ordonez. But Quentin crushed a doulbe off the wall and Zimmerman walked. Santan now faced Jose Lopez...
" * J. LOPEZ facing E. SANTANA, B 3rd, 2 Outs, 1st and 2nd, Ahead 3-0. The runners take their lead ... the pitch ... on the ground to deep short ... WILSON can't get there it's through for a base hit ... PODSEDNIK running in ... still coming. QUENTIN is well around third ... ZIMMERMAN is rounding second TRY TO SCORE? (1-yes, 2-no*) they're waving QUENTIN in TRY FOR THIRD ALSO? (1-yes, 2-no*) THROW HOME? (1-yes, 2-no*) QUENTIN scores ... they're holding ZIMMERMAN at second ... as the throw comes in to second. Stallions 0, Drillers 4"
Staten Island was able to get a run in the 5th when Sabathia threw a mistake pitch...
" SABATHIA into the wind ... and PENCE has hit it ... deep left center ... it has serious distance will it hit off the wall? ... no! ... it's long gone! ... a home run for PENCE. Stallions 1, Drillers 4"
Tidewater got that run back in the bottom half of the inning..." * C. QUENTIN facing E. SANTANA, B 5th, 1 Out, Bases Empty, Ahead 4-1. Here he comes ... uh-oh! ... way back ... PODSEDNIK looks up ... put it on the board. Stallions 1, Drillers 5" and then scored their final run the next inning when Upton scored on a SF by Cabrera. Staten Island made the final score 6-2 on back-to-back doubles in the 8th.
Once again the Drillers got excellent pitching from CC Sabathia who pitched a CG allowing 2 runs on 4 hits and striking out 9. He received plenty of offense from Carlos Quentin who had 2 doubles, a homer, and scored 3 runs. Along with Huff's 2-run homer and Lopez' 2 hits and RBI, the Drillers cruised to a game one victory.
Gm.2 TID 6-11-0 W-C.Lee (23-4 1.58 regular season...2-0 playoffs)
SIS 0-4-1 L-J.Lester (12-17 3.28 regular season...1-1 playoffs)
Up by one, the Drillers sent ERA leader Cliff Lee out to the mound to face the young John Lester. Lee was masterful. He went 8 innings, faced 27 batters, allowed 4 hits, no runs, walked none and struck out 10. It was his game. Offensively, the Stallions could never get anything going. The Drillers on the other hand pounded out 11 hits against four Stallion pitchers. For Tidewater, Jose Lopez had another good outing as he went 3-4 with a homer and 2 runs scored, BJ Upton was 3-4 with a double and 3 RBI, and Ordonez had a 2-run homer in 4 AB's.
As the series goes to Staten Island the Drillers are confident in doing well.
In an uneblievably tight 3 games, the Drillers took 2 of 3 to win the series. I will try to write mroe detailed summaries later but here it the f file.
Game 3 : Tide 1-0 in 13 innings. UGH!!! Joba had a no hitter .. !
Game 4: Stallions 3-0 behind Kuroda
Game 5: Tide 2-1.
Very, very tough losses at home as the miracle season comes to a close.
Louisiana vs Westchester
Game #1
Wiley veteren Jamie Moyer opens the series for he Wombats against Cajun Ace Roy Halladay. Westchester suffers early setback as Moyer leaves in after 1st with elbow tenderness. The Cajuns get to replacement Westbook on a 2-run HR by Miquel Tejeda for a 2-0 lead. Giambi adds a solo shot in the 5th for a 3-2 lead. Halladay shuts down Westchester into 6th before Hidecki Matsui plates Martin and Markakis off Joey Devine to bring it to 3-2. Louisiana gets a single run back in the bottom of the inningGiambi gets one back for Louisiana with a HR in the bottom of the inning to make it 4-2, then add another in the 7th and two in the 8th for a solid 7-2 lead. Louisinaa goes to Alfredo Aceves for the final two innings for a save and the 1-0 Cajun lead in the series.
L Westbook (0-1)
W Halladay (1-0)
S Aceves (1)
HR: Tejeda (1), Giambi (1)
Game #2
The Swamps are never a hospitble place for visitors, and Ryan Rowland-Smith took the mound against Scott Baker for the home team. Mark Teixeira dras first bolod on an RBI double in the 1st with Damon scoring the 1st rund of the game. Jeff Hamilton addes two big runs off Rowland-Smith with a long HR in the 3rd. Scott Baker continued to surpirse the Louisiana faithful as he carried a shutout into the 7th until Robinson Cano doubled in Shane Victoriano to make it 3-1. Mgr Phil Medon went to the bullpen to stave off the Wombats and Ohman, Hanrahan and Lidge finished off the game by a 6-1 score.
L Rowland-Smith (0-1)
W Baker (1-0)
HR J Hamilton (1)
The Cajuns have relied on pitching in the early parts of the playoffs but will have to produce more offense soon to make a serious run. The series switches back to Westchester.
Wombats limp back from Louisiana and, unfortunately, the Cajuns follow them.
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Game 3: Westchester 13, Louisiana 4
Cajuns scratch out a run in the first, but Wombats get it back quickly on solo shot by Markakais. Damon triples in the third and scores, but Sheets puts two on to lead off the bottom of the third and Votto puts the next pitch into the bullpen for a 4-2 Wombat lead. Uribe jacks one in the 4th to make it 5-2. Sheets puts two more on to challenge Votto who promplty hits his second three run homer to make it 9-2. Wright hits another one for the 5th homer off Sheets to knock him out of the game. Giambi hits a two run dinger top of the 6th to get Cajuns back into the game. a couple of runs get traded and then Wright hits his second and the Wombats 6th homer of the game to ice it for Westchester
W-Danks (1-0); L-Sheets (0-1)
Game 4:Louisiana 7, Westchester 0
This time Cajuns trot out their vaunted power first and Soto's three run blast in the 4th gets them the early lead. Teixiera hits another to make it 5-0. The wheels come off Westbrook in the 7th as he tries to recover for his emergency fill in for the injured Moyer in game one and he is down 7-0. It would be worse, but Beltran is called out for leaving third too early. It goes as scripted as the Cajun attack which got lost in the first game shows up in force.
W-Lohse (1-0); L-Westbrook (0-2)
Game 5:Westchester 4, Louisiana 2
Cajuns strike first again with a Teixeira triple with two men on, but Rowland-Smith strands him on third. He trades goose eggs with Halladay until the 6th, when Votto ties it up with his thrid homer of the series. Wombats eke ahead in 7th on walk by wright, stolen base and fielders choice and sac fly by Victorino (it ain't easy playing little ball!) Cano doubles and scores on single by Martin to make it 4-2 off Devine. Valverde and Springer fend off the Cajuns in the 8th and 9th.
W-Rowland-Smith ((1-1), S-Springer (1); L-Halladay (1-1).
Now we all trudge back to the swamps in the hope of sweeping on the road....right, but as Joe Torre said, You've got to play them one at a time.
Westchester Brings Championship Series Back to Louisiana
Game #6
Jaime Moyer brings rested but worrisome arm into the swamps against Louisiana's hot Scott Baker. The suspense was over early as Moyer allowe a RBI double and RBI SF by Hamilton in 1st portending trouble for the Wombats. Following a spirits boosting HR by Cust in the top of the 2nd, the Cajuns jumped all over Moyer in the 2nd plating five runs including a two run shot by Cajun slugger Mark Teixeira for 7-1 lead. The Westchester bench grew quiet along with bats that couldn't do much against Baker and a bevy of Louisiana relievers to finish the series with a 10-4 victory.
W - Scott Baker (2-0)
L - Jaime Moyer (0-1)
HR - Teixeira (2)
Beltran (1)
Cust (1)
Votto (1)
Mark Teixeira was named LCS MVP with a .435 BA, 2 HR and 9 RBI.
Division Series
Tidewater vs Tampa
Stingrays and Drillers meet for games 1 and 2.
Gm.1 TID 2-1 W-Sabathia L-Hudson
Ryan Howard staked Tampa to an early 1-0 lead with a 2nd inning homer. TID tied the game when Sabathia singled, moved to 3rd on an Upton double, and scored on a PB by Pierzynski. The very next inning the Drillers got what turned out to be the winning run when Quentin doubled and Zimmerman ripped an RBI single. Sabathia wnet 8.1 scattering 5 hits and striking out 7. The bullpen recorded the last 2 outs with Ziegler getting the save.
Gm.2 TID 5-3 W-Lee L-Eveland
Drillers got the jump in this game as Ordonez blasted a 2-run jimmy-jack in the 1st and Zimmerman popped a solo shot in the 2nd. A Corey Hart double followed by a RBI single by Pierzynski in the 2nd gave Tampa a run. Up 3-1 going into the 5th, Tidewater added 2 more runs on RBI hits by O.Cabrera and Ordonez. The TID's Cliff Lee surrendered 2 more runs to the Stingrays, including a solo homer by Sizemore, to make it 5-3 TID, but Adams and Zeigler came in to close and Zeigler picked up his 2nd save in 2 games.
Now the series shifts to the warm confines of Tampa.
Tidewater completes the sweep vs Tampa and advances in the playoffs
Game 3: 3-0 Tide Joba tosses the CG gem, no runs, 13 K's
Game 4: 4-1 Tide Cabrera hits a grand slam for all the runs
Good luck to Tidewater in the rest of the playoffs
Stamford vs Staten Island
The Stamford Jays drop first two playoff games to the Staten Island Stallions
Game 1
Staten Island 5-6-1
Jays 3-8-2
WP E Santana LP J Santana
Top 1 Stallions score first on a F Lewis
Bottom 1 Jays score on doubles by Youklis and Kendall
Top 2 Stallions score 4 highlighted by a 3 run triple by F. Lewis.
Bottom 4 Hawpe is thrown out at the plate
Bottom 6 Braun homers for Jays
Bottom 7 Montanez drives in run but rally is stopped when Burris is thrown out at plate.
E Santana goes 6 plus innings for win.
Game 2
Stallions 8-10-0
Jays 1-6-1
WP H Kuroda 1-0 LP C Billingsley 0-1
Top 1 Stallions again jump out for lead when after two walks Gonzalez doubles followed by double from Snyder
Top 4 Lewis triples in run
Bottom 6 Jays score on sac fly by Braun
Top 8- Game is blown open on a 3 run homer by Snyder.
Kuroda goes 7 innings for win
The Stallions' good fortune continues as they win their first ever playoff series. Before their first home playoff game, the Stallions observed a moment of silence to remember Joe Bennardello who built this team and whose spirit continues to be a part of the franchise.
Game 3 - Stallions jump out to a 1-0 lead in the 4th inning but Jays tie it in the 6th as Braun drives in Youkilis with triple. Volstad and Lester duel for 7 innings. Lester gets through top of 8th, completing 2 hit performance and Stallions score go ahead run in bottom of 8th off of Shell. Arredondo closes the game.
Game 4 - Jays score in 2d and 4th for a 2-0 lead (Braun homers) but Stallions tie it with a 2 run shot from Uggla in the bottom of the 4th. Wainwright goes 6 but Stallions again score of Shell in the 7th as Fred Lewis hits go ahead HR. Morrow pitches the 8th and Arredondo the 9th to save the game for Volquez as Stallions win series.
Glab vs Westchester
ALDS series first two games-Glab at Westchester
Game 1: Westchester 6, Glab 4
Wombats start out quickly with 2-0 lead on homer by Votto. Owls go ahead 3-2 in 4th on double by Berkman, but Wombats tie it up again. Both teams get runs on little ball in 5th as Votto drives in lead run with a double. Neither starter looks great and Wombat bullpen holds on. Varitek goes 3 for 4 for Glab with two rbi's.
W-Danks (1-0), S-Springer (1); L-Petitte (0-1)
Game 2: Westchester 7, Glab 2
Wombats again strike first on solo homer by Cust. In the 4th, Votto walks and Cust hits his second homer of the game. Matsui is the next batter and singles off Wellemeyer. Cano steps to the plate and emulates Cust with another two run dinger. Upton leads off the 5th with a solo shot breaking up the no hitter and shutout. Owls load the bases with one hout in the sixth, but Upton hits into a double play and Moyer ptiches out of trouble again. Dunn gets another run back for Glab with a solo shot in the 7th, but Votto gets it back with his second homer of the series. Wombat bullpens holds off the Owls for the win.
W-Moyer (1-0); L-Wellemeyer (0-1)
Gulf Breeze vs Louisiana
Game #1
King Felix Hernandez against Ace Roy Halladay. The game was scoreless through 5 as the two stars trade gooseggs. The Rebels get to Halladay in the top of the six and the Cajuns are down by 3 runs, 3-0. The Cajuns get one back in the bottom of the inning but Louisiana comes back in the bottom of the8th as Oliver and then Greary get into big trouble - including walking in 1 run - and Louisiana takes the lead 4-3. Louisiana turns it over to Devine who shuts down the Rebels for a 4-3 Cajun win.
Geary (0-1) the loser and Lewis (1-0) the winner in a nailbiter. Devine (1) the save.
Game #2
Jair Jurrjens against Scott Baker in the 2nd game. Scott Baker is in full control until Dukes (1) hits a HR in the 8th. The Cajuns put together a solid if unspectacular effort and spread out 4 runs through the game. Brad Lidge gets into trouble in the 9th, loading the bases but getting two outs before Joey Devine (2) comes to get the final out for the save. Jurrjens (0-1) the loss and Baker (1-0) the win.
Louisiana wins the two opening games without a HR, a rarity for the Cajuns.
It starts with a plan. And I had a plan. Unknown to all but a few privy to inside information, the Gulf Breeze Rebels had a plan to take on the evil empire from Louisiana- a plan which without a doubt, would go down in baseball history as a superior plan- one figured to gain your Manager of the Year vote! Yes, the local team would simply opt to play their games at a ball park across town! What a plan- the Cajuns would show up here to Hurricane Alley, find no opponents, and meanwhile at a makeshift diamond on the west side of town the Rebels would wait- and hence, gain 3 forfeit victories allowing the series to return to Louisiana! Only a warped mind could come up with this.
But- alas that didn't happen and the Cajuns wrapped up the short series with a convincing pair of wins here to thoroughly discourage the home fans. In a word- OUCH!
Down 2-0, the Breeze opened up game #3 with Greinke while Louisiana countered with 20-0 Ben Sheets. Now how is that possible- Sheets is just a 12! But so it has been this year and Teixiera went yard for the first Cajun dong of the series in the 2nd, and Hanley Ramirez countered with his own blast in the third. The O-Dawg followed with a base knock and garret Anderson doubled him home for a 2-1 goof guy lead. With no rain in sight, we had to complete the game and the Cajuns did- scoring 2 in the 5th (2 out Beltran rbi double followed by a Damon rbi single), 1 in the 7trh on Sanchez' solo dong, then the final run on a 2 out (get the picture here?) Soto rbi single. In the home 8th, Hudson doubled with 2 outs and in came Wil Ohman (up 2 games to none and ahead 5-2, you try some things...) and Anderson scorched a single to center, but of course, Hudson ran over Eddie Popowski coaching at 3rd, the on deck batter, the team owner, and nearly 1000 fans as he tried to score running on his own and was gunned down by Beltran. Oh brother..... So it was still 5-2 in the home 9th and a save situation- would it be Lidge (a 21)? Devine (a 29)? Scott Lewis (14Z). Nah- the Cajuns kept the 7Y in there and the Rebels went down 1-2-3. Yucko.
Thoroughly disgusted with life in general, the Rebs showed up for game #4 in the right stadium. This one featured Kyle Lohse against Pat Maholm. Once again the offenses were sluggish- but the Cajuns got on the board first again in the 2nd with a big Tejada base knock. Then that was it for 6 frames with neither team providing much excitement. But for some reason, Ryan Church decided to go yard in the 8th, and we were tied at 1 after 8. Lohse finished up 9 innings allowing just 4 hits and the single run, with Maholm exiting after 7 allowing 6 hits. After Lohse finished the 9th, he headed to the showers before watching the very typical winning rally. With Geary on now, PH Gordon whiffed. Then it was a comedy as the umpires decided they don't get paid enough and just dared us to vote in instant replay. After the teams had allowed 3 BB in 9 full innings, home plate umpire Angel Hernandez called the next 12 pitches balls. Chipped didn't waste anymore time as he smacked a 3R triple (you can look it up- he had one in the entire year), and that was the ball game. This time it was Lidge who came on and the Rebvels simply cringed in their spikes and went down 1-2-3 to end the series.
For the series, the bad guys batted just .256 (which I take as a huge positive), but pitched to the tune of a 1.70 ERA. We countered with a .174 average (ugh!) and 4.37 ernie. It was 11 XBH for the Cajuns and 9 for Gulf Breeze, but the Louisiana entry walked 15 times in the 4 games while the Rebs could muster just 5. Freddy Sanchez batted .455 and Teixiera .400. Orlando Hudson was the lone bright Breeze batter (.333). Church, Reynolds, and Tulowitzki were a combined 1 for 37 in the series (is that even possible?).
So, for those of you keeping track (like me) , the Rebels finished a ghastly 2-22 this year against the Cajuns. That's right, if I had played Louisiana 162 games this year, I would have finished 15-147. I would bet that's a record. But, tongue out of cheek now, the better team won easily and I'm sort of proud that we could get a game in to extra innings and not get blown out in any. But I will have a new plan for the crawfish boys next year- maybe we'll send the cheerleaders out early, maybe we'll move the stadia, but mark my words- we'll have a new plan for them!
Congratulations to the Cajuns and best of luck as they continue their quest for back to back championships!
Week of October 2, 2009
Gulf Breeze vs Freeport
Rebels and Bandits meet for the season finale...
G1
G 7 12 0
F 0 3 1
W- F. Hernandez (19-9)
L- Hamels (15-15)
HR- G- Teahen (14), H. Ramirez (25), G. Anderson (17)
G2
G 3 5 2
F 11 14 0
W- Peavy (9-11)
L- Garland (10-13)
HR-G- Ad. LaRoche (32)
F- Morneau (30), Dav. Murphy (13)
G3
G 4 8 0
F 3 4 1
W- Greinke (11-12)
L- Marte (4-6)
S- J. Lewis (6)
HR- G- Hudson 2 (9)
F- Cameron (13), Dav Murphy (14)
G4
G 7 12 2
F 3 6 1
W - Jurrjens (16-7)
L- Gabbard (3-4)
HR- G-Teahen (15), H. Ramirez 2 (26), Anderson (18)
F- Cameron (14)
G5
G 6 10 2
F 8 8 1
W- Marte (5-6)
L- Gorzelanny (2-3)
S- Dolsi (2)
HR- G - Anderson (19), Thames (27)
F- Cameron (15), R. Chavez (1)
Rebels win three of five from the Bandits...Let the rebuilding begin
Turtle Beach vs Green Bay
The week started with Bums clinging to a long-shot wild card berth (Green Bay had the slimmest of mathmatical possibilities, too) but the out of town scoreboard dashed those dreams as Tampa won 3 and Staten Island 5. Congrats to both those teams on their post-season berths. Still, the games would be played.
Game 1
Harden was slated to start 2 games this week and the Bums stuck to the plan with Rich coming up big in game 1 as he fannned 10 in 6.1 IP and Vladdy went deep as Turtle Beach wins 6-0.
Game 2
Yovani Gallardo went the distance allowing 1 unearned run as the Bums cruised to a 6-1 win with Longoria (20) and Delgado (28) hitting homers.
Game 3
The Bums tried to claw their way back but 5 errors and 16 Gambler hits including homers by Roberts (19), Buck 2 (6), and Nady (23) were all too much for Turtle Beach as Green Bay wins 13-8. Nolasco wins his 13th.
Game 4
Gavin Floyd (12-14) goes 8.1 innings as the Bums double up the Gamblers 10-5. Hairston (19) and Jason Kubel (23) homer for the Bums. LaRue (3) went deep for Green Bay.
Game 5
"Give me the ball", exclaimed Rich Harden and on 3 days rest he fanned 10, had a no hitter until 2 were out in the 7th, allowed 1 run, went 8.1 IP and picked up the win when Longoria went deep off of Cordero in the bottom of the 8th. Kuo picked up the save.
The Gamblers had a pretty good year as they finished 82-80 and were in the hunt for most of the year.
Turtle Beach had a great home record (50-31) but didn't make the post-season for two reasons:
1) Road Warriors they were not (37-44)
2) But the biggest reason, and I just noticed this earlier in the week while perusing stats, is that the "on-paper" very good bullpen had 20 blown saves. A case of bad timing I guess as Breslow and Kuo who both had W.H.I.P's below 1.00 had 13 blown saves between them.
Another great regular season for the WIBL as we turn our heads towards the 8 teams moving to the playoff rounds.
Westchester vs Jonesboro
Jonesboro and Westchester playout the season as Wombats take 4 of 5 in a series where the pitching staffs apparently went home early. Wombats have a 9 run inning against the Crackers and hit 11 homers in the series. Crackers have two six run rally innings against the Wombats.
Tampa vs San Diego
Tampa, holding on to a slim lead in the Division, takes 3 of 5 from San Diego and hols a 2 game lead, awaiting the results of the Staten Island series
Game 1: 8-5 Tampa Howard hits his 49th HR of the season
Game 2: 8-2 SD Cook moves to 13-10 behind Ramirez HR
Game 3: 7-3 Tampa Utley collects 3 hits and his 33rd HR
Game 4: 6-3 SD Johjima collects 4 RBI's
Game 5: 9-2 Tampa Looper gets 13th win
Mokena vs Staten Island
Game 1:
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Staten Island 8-15-0 (10 innings)
Mokena 6-11-0
Sowers vs. Santana
Fukodome homers, drives in 3 and goes 2-5 to lead Staten Island. Carmona gets the loss in relief and gets his 19th loss.
Taveras goes 3-5 for Mokena
Game 2:
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Staten Island 3-7-1
Mokena 2-5-1
Suppan vs. Morrow
Snyder and Pence homer for Staten Island to help Morrow get the win. Taveras goes 2-4 for the Roozys and Suppan drops
his 19th decision on the year.
Game 3:
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Staten Island 5-9-1
Mokena 0-6-0
Bonser vs. Blackburn
Gonzalez homers and goes 2-4 with 2 rbi to help Blackburn and Staten Island win. Taveras goes 2-4 for Mokena
Game 4:
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Staten Island 2-6-1
Mokena 1-2-1
Cain vs. Lester
Staten Island pitching holds Mokena to 2 hits. Cain gets tough luck loss for Mokena
Game 5:
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Staten Island 6-9-1
Mokena 5-9-2
Hernandez vs. Volquez
Uggla hits a homer and knocks in 3 as he goes 3-5 to help Staten Island sweep the Roozys. Taveras goes 3-5 for Mokena.
Staten Island wins 5 of 5.
Stamford vs Millers Tavern
In last regular season series the Stamford Jays take 3 of 5 from the Miller Tavern Moonshiners
Game 1
Jays 10-13-2
Moonshiners 0-2-2
WP J Santana 18-6 LP J Vazquez 8-16
Santana goes distance giving up 2 hits for win with 11 K's. Renteria homers for Jays and Teagarden has 2 homers and 7 RBI's.
Game 2
Moonshiners 4-9-1
Jays 1-7-2
WP T Lincecum 19-9 LP U Jimenez 7-5
Lincecum goes distance with 12 K's for win. Pedroia has 3 hits for Moonshiners.
Game 3
Jays 5-9-0
Moonshiners 0-1-1
WP C Billingsley 17-12 LP J Blanton 8-14
Billingsley goes 7 yielding 1 hit for win. Montanez homers for Jays.
Game 4
Jays 9-14-2
Moonshiners 3-7-0
WP B Arroyo 7-6 LP D McGowan 9-12
Arroyo goes 7 innings for win. Ellis has 3 hits for Jays. Pedroia and Balentin homers for Moonshiners.
Game 5
Moonshiners 13-17-1
Jays 3-7-0
WP J Vazquez 9-16 LP A Sanchez 0-2
Moonshiners pound Jays starter for 13 runs and 17 hits, Moss has 4 RBI's for Moonshiners and Gload adds 4 hits.
Chappaqua vs Greensboro
September 28 - In the season's final series, division rival Chappaqua comes to Greensboro. In the opener, a very close contest, the Hoppers prevail 6-3, thanks to back-to-back 8th inning blasts by Ludwick (his 45th) and Kung Fu Panda (his 2nd).
September 29 - The Comets reverse the results of the opener, taking this game by the same score, 6-3, thanks to 2 homers by Lyle Overbay.
September 30 - A come-from-behind win for the Comets, as they score 3 in the 8th and 1 in the 9th to win 9-7. Once again the Hopper pen doesn't hold up.
October 1 - Again it's the Comets, this time 5-4 as Greensboro leaves the tying run on 2nd in the bottom of the 9th.
October 2 - In the season finale, Ryan Ludwick hits his 47th in the bottom of the 9th to give the Hoppers a 7-4 comeback win.
Chappaqua takes 3 of 5 as the complete a 67-93 season while Greensboro finishes at 78-83. If and when the Hoppers front office addresses the long-standing bullpen needs, the team just might be dangerous.
Week of September 26, 2009
Tidewater vs Turtle Beach
Gm.1 TID 1-0 Sabathia 9 innings, 4 hits, 13 K's now 25-2, 1.97 era. Huff's 33rd homer was lone run.
Gm.2 TID 4-3 Kubels' 2-run shot gives Bums a 2-1 lead but RBI singles in 7th and 8th win it for Drillers.
Gm.3 TBB 3-2 J.Weaver holds TID to 2 hits and 2 runs and Bums scratch out the win.
Gm.4 TID 5-4 A see-saw affair. Lopez' ph 2 RBI double in 6th puts TID up by 1. They add one in the 7th and Ziegler saves it.
Gm.5 TID 7-1 A 3-run homer by S.Rodriguez and 2 RBI by Garko lead TID.
Gulf Breeze vs Louisiana
Dreaded Louisiana Cajuns visited Hurricane Alley for a 5 pack with just the AL wild card on the line. Cajuns had clinched in April, and Rebs were battling Baton Rouge for the playoff berth. Gulf Breeze cheerleaders were sent to the airport to greet/distract the Cajuns, but the crafty vets wouldn't bite. Yes friends, the dreaded Cajuns came to OUR town, swept OUR rebels, and paid no attention to OUR cheerleaders. After the sweep, Cajuns finished 18-2 against the Rebels- how is that even possible? We need some new computer chips....
Opener had Halladay notch his 21st win in a "not as close as the final score would indicate" 6-1 Cajun win. Beltran set the tone for the day by homering on the first pitch of the series (his 22nd) and Giambi (31) soloed in the third. Hamilton's 3R (31) jack in the 6th made it 6-0 and reigning player of the month LaRoche accounted for the lone GB tally with a solo in the 6th. Visitors out hit the good guys 10-5 and King Felix dropped to 18-9 for the year.
Game #2 has the Cajuns outhit the Rebels 12-4 enroute to an easy 9-2 win. Three more Canjun jacks by 3 different players from game #1 paced the attack- Damon (18), Tejada (18), and Chipper (22) taking care of the offense. Scott Baker raised his record to 16-6, 3.21 with 7 innings of 10 K ball. Tejada's 4 rbi took him over the 100 rbi mark- as I assume the entire team is over the century mark by now.
In game #3- we had it, and lost it. Sheets (20-0) was matched up against Greinke and the Rebels played well for 7 frames. Yes- you guessed it- league games are 9 innings these days (look for a rule change proposal at the end of the year to go back to 7 innings), and although Louisiana came back in the 11th to win, at least Sheets didn't get another. But- he should have lost. G.Anderson's 2R clout gave the Breeze a lead- which they would yield in the 4th on Teixiera's 35th bomb. Hanley's double in the 4th and a large Teahen single in the 5th made it 5-2 GB. Sheets exited in the 7th down 3 and all appeared well, but Eric Chavez with his 3B 5 made an error after the first two got on and Teixiera notched a 2R single in the 8th to tie it up and get Sheets off the hook. In the 9th, a 2 out Tolbert PH single (yeah- Matt Tolbert- PH single- 2 outs, off a 17- yes it happened) was followed by a SB and a Giambi rbi double to give the Cajuns the lead. Lidge
came on for the save and the O Dog surprised everyone in attendance with a lead off 3 bagger, scoring on Anderson's SF. In the 11th, 2 BB and 2 singles led to one run and Damon's SF made it 8-6, and that's the way it would end.
Demoralized Rebels then dropped the next 2 games to Lohse (16-7), and Devine (7-1, 0.34) in games 4 and 5 by scores of 6-1 and 12-6. Visitors just seemed to toy with the home club actually giving us a chance by putting Tucker in game #5 after Meche was hurt, but neither game was ever really a contest. Brandon Wood had a grand slam in the finale after coming in for his defense and Beltran had 6 hits in the final two games.
So if GB loses out in the wild card run, they have no one to blame but.... well themselves, yes, but the 18 losses to Louisiana this year may have been a factor. The Rebels travel to Freeport next week to end the season while Louisiana is home with Beantown. Baton Rouge is home to finish up with East Coast.
Tampa vs Staten Island
Tampa takes on Staten Island in a battle for the division lead. Despite a beat up and work out pitching staff, the Stingrays are able to pull out 3 wins, extending their lead to 1.5 games with 5 to go.
Game 1: 11-4 Tampa Dye and Looper hit 3 run homers
Game 2: 6-2 SI Uggla hits 2 homers
Game 3: 14-2 SI Uggla homers again and drives in 4 runs
Game 4: 5-4 Tampa Stingrays hit 4 solo homers
Game 5: 5-4 Tampa Stingray bullpen holds on, Rivera gets the win
Millers Tavern vs Greensboro
September 22 - Mark Buehrle pitches a complete game 10-3 win as Ryan Ludwick hits his 43rd.
September 23 - Tim Lincecum was too much for the home team as he pitches a 5-zip 4-hit CG shutout.
September 24 - The Moonshiners jump out to a quick 4-0 lead in the 1st, but the Hoppers nibble away but eventually lose in a close contest, 9-7.
September 25 - Bartolo Colon shocks everyone with a 2-hit shutout, winning 3-0.
September 26 - In the very close finale, the visitors prevail 9-8 thanks to 3 runs in the top of the 9th.
Very close series with 2 evenly matched teams!
Millers Tavern takes 4 of 5.
Week of September 20, 2009
Freeport vs Louisiana
The Struggling Bandits refuse to play dead for the Cajuns and win 3 of 5.
G1
L 2 6 1
F 4 6 2
W- Hamels (14-14)
L- Halladay (20-7)
S- Francisco (4)
HR- L - Soriano (14)
F- Ortiz (28)
G2
L 2 6 0
F 4 6 1
W- Peavy (8-11)
L- Baker (15-6)
S- Francisco (5)
HR- F- Morneau (28), Kemp (16)
G3
L 4 6 0
F 3 7 0
W- Devine (6-1)
L- Dolsi (1-1)
S- Lidge (27)
HR- L- Hamilton (30)
G4
L 0 4 0
F 2 4 1
W- Gabbard (3-3)
L- Lohse (15-7)
HR- F- Peralta (29)
G5
L 8 13 1
F 5 10 0
W- Meche (14-9)
L- Baek (9-9)
S- Lidge (28)
HR- L- Beltran (21), Teixeira (34), Tejada (17)
F- Morneau (29)
Baton Rouge vs East Coast
Baton Rouge sweeps the 6-game series.
Game 1: Baton Rouge 2 East Cost 0
David Bush pitches a complete game 6-hitter and Luke Scott bangs his 30th HR of the year as BR rolls to the 2-0 win.
Game 2: Baton Rouge 3 East Cost 2
James Shields pitches a complete game for EC but takes the loss by giving up the go ahead run in the top of the 9th. There were 4 homeruns, one each by BR JD Drew (11) and Luke Scott (31) and EC Troy Glaus (24) and Jeremy Hermida (12).
Game 3: Baton Rouge 10 East Cost 1
BR breaks out for 10 runs as they coast to the easy 10-1 win. Ryan Dempster draws closer to .500 as he improves to 13-14 and Aramis Ramirez hits his 18th HR.
Game 4: Baton Rouge 3 East Cost 2
In another close game, BR wins 3-2 and Jonathan Papelbon picks up his 31st save of the year. AJ Burnett falls to 14-12 even though he pitches a complete game and gives up only 3 earned runs.
Game 5: Baton Rouge 4 East Cost 1
Brandon Webb picks up his 20th win of the year pitching a complete game 6 hitter. All runs were scored after the 6th inning. HRs by BR David DeJesus (11) and Clint Barmes (8) and EC Jeremy Hermida (13) highlighted the offense of the game.
Game 6: Baton Rouge 4 East Coast 2 (10)
In the 5th close game of a 6-game series, this game goes to extra innings and Jonathan Papelbon picks up the win in relief. Joe Mauer hit his 13th home run for BR and Troy Glaus hit his 25th home run for EC.
Week of September 15, 2009
Louisiana vs Gulf Breeze
Cajuns Broom Staggers the Breeze
Game #1
Chipper Jones (20,21) 2 HR, 4 H and 4 RBI leads Cajiun's Roy Halladay (20-6) to 20th victory. Soto (26) also goes deep. King Felix (18-8) can't stop Louisiana power.
Game #2
Teixiera (29, 30) and Hamilton (28) each collect 5 RBI as Cajuns destroy Breeze by 23-4 score. Baker (15-5) the beneficiary and Garland (9-11) the loser. Gorzelanny walks in three consecutive runs taking one for the team.
Game #3
Ben Sheets (20-0) sets new standard as Cajuns come back from three run deficit to make Sheets the winner. Texeira (31), Soriano (13) and Soto (27) hit HR for Cajuns, LaRoche (28) for Breeze. Jones 4 hits moves him to .397 on season. Lidge (26) the save. Greinike (9-12) the loss.
Game #4
Cajuns prevail in 13 innings. Lidge (4-0) wins and Lewis the loser. Teixiera (32) and Duke (13) go deep.
Game #5
Teixiera (33) and Hamilton (28) lead Cajuns over Breeze for sweep in spite of Ramirez (23) and Reynolds (30) for Gulf. Meche (13-9) wins and Maholm (10-10) the loser.
Teixiera destroys Gulf as Breeze hold on wild card flounders.
Arundel vs Long Island
Game 1 - Arundel wins 10-2 as Zambrano gets the win and Pujols goes 4-4.
Game 2 - Arundel wins 9-4. Lannan gets his 10th win. Joyce has a HR and 2 RBIs.
Game 3 - Long Island wins 3-0 and Daisuke gets the win and Qualls the save.
Game 4 - Arundel wins 7-1. Perkins gets the win and Juan Rivera has a HR and 4 RBIs.
Game 5 - Long Island wins 7-3. Verlander gets the win and Raburn/Pena have 2 RBIs each.
Stamford vs Chappaqua
The Stamford Jays take 3 of 5 from the Chappaqua Comets
Game 1
Jays 5-12-0
Comets 1-6-1
WP J Santana 15-6 LP G Smith 6-15
Santana goes 8 innings gives up 3 hits and fans 8 for the win. Nomar goes deep for Comets.
Game 2 ( 10 innings)
Comets 5-8-0
Jays 4-10-2
WP T Saito 9-3 LP J Howell 9-5
Comets come from behind scoring single runs in 9th and 10th for win. Braun homers for Jays.
Game 3
Comets 11-11-0
Jays 7-12-4
WP R Wolf 5-11 LP A Hinshaw 3-3
Comets score 4 in the 5th and 4 in the 7th to secure win. Chavez has 3 run triple and Infante adds homer for Comets. Braun and Zobrist homer for Jays and C Jackson makes 3 errors at 3rd for Jays.
Game 4
Jays 12-13-0
Comets 1-9-0
WP B Arroyo 5-6 LP M Pelfrey 10-12
Jays pound Comets pitching led by 3 doubles from Kendall and # RBI's from Hawpe. Arroyo goes distance for win.
Game 5
Jays 5-7-3
Comets 0-6-0
WP E Stults 4-2 LP O Perez 5-15
Game is scoreless through 6 innings but Jays score 2 in the 7th and a 3 run pinch hit homer form Dobbs in the 8th breaks open the game. Perez fans 11 in losing effort.
Turtle Beach vs Tidewater
Game 1
Granderson's rbi triple in the 9th plated the winner as the Bums won 5-4.
Game 2
Alexi Casilla's 2 rbi's were enough as the Bums win 2-1. Chris Young is now 6-6 on the year. Lee "falls" to 22-4.
Game 3
Jason Kubels HR and the fine pitching of 6 Bum hurlers gives Turtle Beach a 3-1 win.
Game 4
Gavin Floyd went the distance fanning 10 as the Bums roll to a 7-1 win.
Game 5
Finally shaking the home field blues the Bums culminate their highly unlikely sweep of the powerful Drillers as they win 14-3. Jorge de la Rosa gets the win and is 9-6.
Freeport vs Beantown
GAME ONE
B 0 5 1
F 1 6 1
W- Hamels 13-14
L- Wood 0-2
HR- None
GAME TWO
B 0 4 0
F 4 5 0
W- Dolsi 1-0
L- Nunez 3-2
HR- F- Mora 23
GAME THREE
B 2 7 1
F 0 6 0
W- Pineiro 7-12
L- Sampson 6-12
S- Wood 20
HR- B- M Ramirez 32
GAME FOUR
B 3 9 0
F 4 10 0
W- Baek 9-8
L- Masset 1-5
HR- B- Gotay 2
F- Murphy 12
GAME FIVE
B 1 7 0
F 7 12 0
W- Gabbard 2-3
L- McClung 4-7
HR- F- Kemp 15
Bandits win four of five from Bombers
Jonesboro vs East Coast
Game 1: Jonesboro 13 East Coast 2
Jonesboro walks all over East Coast as J.Banks gets his first decision of the year and Ichiro Suzuki and Kevin Kouzmanoff both collect 3 hits.
Game 2: East Coast 9 Jonesboro 3
James Shields pitches a complete game and improves to 11-10. Miguel Cabrera has 3 hits while Boone (2) and Glaus (23) go deep for the Rockies.
Game 3: Jonesboro 4 East Coast 1
Jonesboro’s R. Dickey gets the win and improves to 9-7 as Ichiro Suzuki collects 3 base knocks and drives in 1.
Game 4: Jonesboro 4 East Coast 2 (12)
Jonesboro scores 2 in the top of the 12th as Randy Winn collects 4 hits and T. Buchholz get the win in relief. Interestingly, Josh Beckett pitches 11 innings for the Rockies and gives up 2 earned runs on 7 hits while striking out 13 and giving up 2 walks.
Game 5: Jonesboro 12 East Coast 11
Many hits, many runs and the Jonesboro Crackers come out on top.
Tampa vs Mokena
Game 1:
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Tampa 4-7-0
Mokena 1-3-1
Cain vs. Hudson
Tampa's Utley goes 2-4 with a double, homer and 2 rbi to help Hudson move to 10-8. Cain drops to 11-9
Game 2:
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Tampa 6-13-2
Mokena 1-4-1
Suppan vs. Eveland
Eveland goes to 12-16 for Tampa. Utley goes 2-5. Suppan drops to 6-18 for Mokena
Game 3:
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Tampa 9-12-3
Mokena 8-10-2
Martinez vs. Olsen
Utley goes 1-4 with a homer and 3 rbi and Hart collects 3 hits to help Tampa win. Kennedy goes 3-4 for Mokena.
Game 4:
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Tampa 6-11-2
Mokena 3-5-2
Carmona vs. Padilla
Howard and Dye go yard for Tampa. Berroa drives in two for Mokena
Game 5:
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Tampa 10-11-0
Mokena 3-7-1
Sowers vs. Duchsherer
Sizemore and Howard go deep for Tampa and Bartlett raps out 3 hits. Griffey hits a homer for Mokena.
Tampa wins 5 of 5.
Week of September 9, 2009
Jonesboro vs Baton Rouge
The Lightning visited Jonesboro and won 3 of 5 Game 1- Lightning win 9-2. Webb(18-6) is the winner, Feldman(2-9) is the loser. Scott(28), Kotchman(11) and Patterson(16) homer for Baton Rouge. Scutaro(5) and Fielder(41) for the Crackers
Game 2- Crackers win 3-2. Papelbon(1-4) is the loser, Shields(5-3) the winner. Scott(29) homers for Baton Rouge, Hardy(20) for the Crackers
Game 3-Crackers win 7-3. Oswalt(21-5) is the winner, Haren (13-9) the loser. Drew(8) goes deep for the Lightning, Bradley(12), Izturis(5) for the Crackers
Game 4-Lightning wins 4-3. Mussina(17-6) is the winner, Shields(5-4) is the loser
Game 5-Baton Rouge wins 8-2. Webb(19-6) is the winner, Wakefield(6-18) the loser. Drew(9) homers for the Lightning.
Pike City vs Turtle Beach
Game 1 set the tone for the series and in the process underscored the fundamental weakness of the Bums (they don't hit very well) as they had their best pitcher Harden pitching at home against Pike's worst pitcher Giese (3W) and could do no better than take a 1-0 lead to the 9th. After 1 out Harden gave way to Kuo who retired the first batter and promptly gave up 3 hits and 2 runs allowing Pike City to steal game 1 by a score of 2-1.
It seemed the late inning heroics fired up the Pioneers who then proceeded to win the next 2 games before dropping the final 2. The Pioneers take 3 of 5.
Gulf Breeze vs Freeport
Freeport Bandits came to call for a 5-pack and the Gulf Breeze Rebels played some fine ball in slapping the hoover on the visitors. If I were playing the dice- I'd say I got "every roll".
Game #1 saw Felix Hernandez notch his 18th victory, though it wasn't pretty. Hamels took the slab for the Bandits and allowed 9 hits in 4.1 frames, dropping his W-L to 12-14. Big Papi smoked a 2R double in the 3rd, but Player of the Month Adam LaRoche went yard for 3, giving the Breeze a 4-3 lead. After a Bengie Molina SF for the visitors, LaRoche soloed in the 5th, and that was the eventual final tally, in a 6-4 GB win. Nick Hundley (!) was 3 for 4 for the good guys. Jensen Lewis came on in the 7th, and before throwing a pitch tripped on the resin bag and will miss the next 6 games, in an already thin bullpen.
Game #2 was terrific. Peavy and Garlan were sharp and Freeport took a 2-0 lead after 4 thanks to a "Yogi inning"- you know, deja vu? In the 3rd, Kelly Johnson and Bobby Abreu had 2 out back to back doubles to make it 1-0. In the 4th, Peralta and Kemp had 2 out back to back doubles to make it 2-0. Hey- "not too close, do you think I have that insurance?". It's a tv commercial... Anyway, Peavy allowed just his 3rd hit in the 7th, which made Felipe Hernandez call on Frank Francisco. After an out, Breeze knocked 3 straight singles for one run, then Garret Anderson's SF tied things. Oliver got out of an 8th inning jam for the Breeze and after 8 1/2 it was still 2-2. Check this out- never seen in these parts- Soriano came on to start the ninth and walked the first batter: "Soriano just beaned himself with his glove- looking for a little juice in that container". He followed that up with a BB and HBP- but then went K-K to end the frame. Guess he
found the juice. In the home 10th with one out, Dukes doubled, and after Dolsi was put in to pitch, Navarro greeted him with an rbi 2 bagger to end it, 3-2 Breeze.
Game #3 saw GB get out to a 4-0 lead on Butler's 3R HR especially. Ryan Church was HBP and will miss 12 games- his 4th injury this year via the HBP. Greinke, despite advancing, was touched up for 2 in the 8th on an Abreu HR (23) and his own miscue. Then in the 9th, Freeport tied matters as Abreu went yard for the 2nd inning in a row. The home ninth followed and Waechter was still in the game for the road team and allowed a lead off Dukes double. After an IF out, they pitched to Garret Anderson and a SF ended the game. Marmol got the gift win (5-1) while Waechter is now 3-4.
Game #4 saw the offenses show a little more life in an eventual 9-5 Breeze win. Jair Jurrjens pitched well in notching his 15th win while Baek evened his record at 8-8. Sixteen hit GB attack was paced by Teahen's 4 for 5 day and Dukes' 11th 4 bagger. Big Papi (27) and Jhonny Pearlata (28) went yard for the visitors.
Finale was yet another close game with the Breeze getting the breaks late- Freeport petitioning the league to plug in a new computer chip as we speak. Kason Gabbard was fantastic for the road team and wound up pitching 7, allowing just 1 unearned run. In the visiting 6th, Maholm tried to work around 2 GB errors but could not, as the Bandits took a 2-1 lead. Despite pitching the game of his life, Gabbard was removed by Felipe Hernandez and Frank Francisco drug (dragged?) his arm behind him to the hill. He walked the O-Dawg, then grooved a 1st pitch fast ball to Dukes and it was #12 and a 3-2 lead. Maholm was allowed to pitch the 9th and did the job, he is now 10-9, 3.83 after a horrendous start to his season.
So- a great week for the Breeze as they head out on the road to take on world leading Louisiana, while Freeport heads to the house for a date with Beantown.
Westchester vs East Coast
Game 1: Westchester 5, East Coast 2
Markakis and Votto each drive in two as Maine and assorted relievers pitch well enough to keep Rockies batters down.
W-Maine (13-8), S-Valverde (7); L-Kendrick (10-11)
Game 2: East Coast 4, Westchester 0
Shields has great game, tossing 4 hit shut out striking out 9. Anderson has 3 hits for Rockies, but no ribbies. Big guns are quiet, but little ones are good enough.
W-Shields (10-10), L-Danks (12-13) (8-4 for Westchester)
Game 3: Westchester 5, East Coast 0
Wombats strike first with a coupel of singles and a sac fly. Martin smashes a two run blast off Burnett to go up 3-0 in the 4th. They tack two more on in the 6th with aggressive base running, 3 steals and an East Coast error. Rowland-Smith doesn't need much help, tossing a two hit shutout.
W-Rowland-Smith (9-4); L-Burnett (14-10).
Game 4: Westchester 5, East Coast 4
Wombats strike first again with 2 run homer by Votto, Rockies work hard to get one back, but Wright then slams another 2 run blast. Rockies squeeze out another run, Wombats get a run on little ball and Kendrick makes it 5-3 with a solo shot in the 8th. Springer gives up a homer to Glaus in the 9th, but holds on for a shaky save. The win is costly as all star centerfielder Shane Victorino goes down.
W-Moyer (19-7), S-Springer (27); L-Beckett (6-8)
Game 5:Westchester 4, East Coast 3.
Rockies draw first blood with a three run dinger by Hermida. Solo shots by Votto and Flores make it 3-2. Gomez singles, steals second and goes home on single by Murphy to tie it up in the 6th. Wombats try to go ahead, but Murphy is thrown out in the plate, but Cust is ignored on the plate and lumbers into third. Cano plates him on the next pitch to put Wombats up 4-3. Wombats bullpen holds for the win.
W-Johnson (15-6), S-Springer (28); L-Myers (3-8)
Next Wombats waddle off to a critical series at Baton Rouge and East Coast returns home to host Jonesboro.
Mokena vs San Diego
Game 1:
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San Diego 2-7-2
Mokena 1-6-1
Suppan vs. Guthrie
Fontenot hits a homer and drives in 2 to help Guthrie move to 12-11 for San Diego.
Game 2:
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Stamford 10-12-0
Mokena 2-6-0
Martinez vs. Cook
Jacobs goes 3-5 with a homer and 4 rbi to lead San Diego. Cook goes to 10-10 while Pedro drops to 5-12.
Game 3:
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Stamford 5-14-2
Mokena 0-5-0
Carmona vs. Sonnanstine
Sonnanstine throws a 5 hit shutout. Aybar leads the 'Dillos with a 3-5 day which included 2 doubles and 2 rbi.
Game 4:
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Stamford 5-14-2 (10 innings)
Mokena 6-12-2
Sowers vs. Harang
Sowers goes all 10 for the win for Mokena. Jacobs and ARod go yard for San Diego.
Game 5:
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Stamford 7-16-1 (12 innings)
Mokena 6-12-6
L. Hernandez vs. Slowey
Fontentot goes 5-7 with a homer and 4 rbi for San Diego. Doumit goes 4-6 for Mokena.
San Diego wins 4 of 5.
Tidewater vs Green Bay
Tidewater clinches NL Central Division Pennant!
Gm.1 TID 10-3 CC Sabathia picked up his 23rd win as TID clinched the Division tittle. Ordonez had a homer among his 4 hits and Quentin had a homer and 3 RBI.
Gm.2 TID 8-3 C.Lee kept pace with CC by getting his 22nd win. Quentin ripped his 29th homer and pushed his RBI total to 95. Huff collected 3 hits and 4 RBI to move that total to 132..
Gm.3 TID 11-6 Gamblers' bullpen collapses in the 8th allowing 7 runs and blowing the lead. Drillers get 13 hits in the game.
Gm.4 GBG 9-8 H.Bailey picks up his 1st win and J.Bowker goes yard. But the bullpen almost does it again allowing 7 runs in the 8th and 9th. This time they hold on.
Gm.5 GBG 4-2 X.Nady goes 3-5 with 2 RBI and Norton homers as GBG takes the last game of the series.
Greensboro vs Stamford
September 5 - 1st place Stamford comes to Greensboro to face the Hoppers struggling pitchers. Johan Santana starts for the visitors, but the home team shocks the stunned crowd by jumping off to a lead and then holding on by their fingertips for a 3-2 victory.
September 6 - Greensboro fans are beginning to wonder if there's something in the BBW Secret Code as they take game 2, another cliff-hanger, 5-4.
September 7 - Stamford comes alive, pounding the futile Hopper arms for a 22-11 win in a contest that definitely highlighted pitching. Stamford blasted 7 homers, including 2 by Youkilis.
September 8 - In a see-saw contest Stamford comes from behind in the 9th to prevail 7-6.
September 9 - In the finale, Greensboro holds on for a 10-6 win as Stamford leaves the bases loaded in the 9th.
Miraculously, Greensboro takes the series 3 games to 2 in a series that was much closer than anyone thought it would be.
Staten Island vs Tampa
The first place Tampa Stingrays came to Stallion Stadium with a 2 1/2 game division lead. The Stallions have trailed all season, and have slowly been closing the gap over the last few months. This head to head matchup, plus a coming series in Tampa, represent the best chance for the Stallions to overtake the Stingrays. With that backdrop. . .
The Stallions take a dramatic and exciting 3-2 victory in Game 1 with the winning run coming in the bottom of the 8th to break a 2-2 tie. Erivn Santana pitches 8 strong innings and K-Rod closes the door to pull within 1 1/2 games.
Game 2 was even better for the home crowd, as the Stallions scored 4 runs in the 8th to blow open a tight game. The final was 9-5. Hunter Pence drove in 4 runs and Chris Snyder drove in 3 more on 3 hits. Snyder, not generally an offensive force, having a big day was all the fans needed to think this was their moment. 4 relievers pitched the last 3 innings so K-Rod could stay fresh.
In Game 3 the momentum continued to grow for the Stallions as they built an 8-1 lead after six innings. Tampa scored 1 in the 7th inning but was still down by 6 runs entering the 9th. But the Stallions had trouble putting the Stingrays away. Jose Arredondo was lit up for 4 runs and K-Rod had to come in to get just one out and gave up another run in the process. But when the dust settled, the Stallions were thrilled to be in FIRST place. It was reminiscent of the Mets taking over first place from the Cubs in 1969 !!
in Game 4, the Stallions kept pouring it on with a 5-0 lead after 5 innings behind Edinson Volquez, their most consistent starter this season. The Stingrays scored 2 in the 6th, but entered the 9th still behind by 3 runs. Alas, the worm was about to turn. This time the Stallions handed the ball only to K-Rod but he could not get the Stingrays out! Tampa scored 5 in the 9th to recapture first place and send the stunned crowd home in silence. There was little they could say after being so close to a 1 1/2 game lead and a chance to sweep the series. Just a game later, they now seemed more like the 1987 Mets than the 1969 version.
The Stallions did not lay down and die in Game 5, but they were flat. They outhit Tampa 10 to 6 but couldn't put the runs on the board and fell 1 1/2 games behind in a 4-2 defeat. Jermaine Dye doubled, homered, scored twice and drove in 2 runs for the Stingrays.
Of course, the Stallions still have a lot of fight in them with 21 games left including 5 in Tampa. They remain in the hunt for the wild card spot as well.
Week of September 3, 2009
Jonesboro vs East Coast
East Coast visited the Crackers and were swept in 5 games
1-Crackers win 9-2 behind Oswalt(19-5) Kendrick (10-10) is the loser. Hermida(7) homers for the Rockies
2-After falling behind 4-0 Crackers storm back to win 12-7. Feldman(2-8) is the winner, Shields(9-10) the loser. Fielder(40) and Hardy(18) go deep for the Crackers
3-Crackers win 6-4 behind Shields(4-3). Buchholz(32) gets the save. Francouer(7) homers for the Crackers.
4-Crackers win 4-3. Beckett(6-7) is the loser, Wakefield(6-17) the winner. Buchholz(33) gets the save. Hardy hits number 19
5-Crackers win 9-2 as Oswalt(20-5) is the winner, Corpas(0-2) the loser.
Up next-Baton Rouge heads to Jonesboro and East Coast visits Westchester
Chappaqua vs Greensboro
COMETS TAKE FOUR OF FIVE FROM GRASSHOPPERS
Game 1
CHA 6 GRE 5 11 innings
Comets come back from 4-0 deficit, tying it with 2 in 8th and winning it in the 11th on a single by Travis Ishikawa. Garry Mathews goes 3-5 with a HR (7) and 2 RBIs to lead the Comets to victory. Starting pitcher Oliver Perez struck out 11 in 6 innings as he continues his torrid strike out pace for the season- 204 Ks in 175 IP
Game 2
GRE 14 CHA 5
Hoppers 15 hit attack routs Comets. Pudge Rodriguez leads the way going 4-4 with 2 HRs (5) and 5 RBIs. Jose Reyes, Alex Rios and Ryan Ludwick also homer. Ludwick had 2, his 38th and 39th of the season. Mark Loretta and John Buck homer for CHA. Jose Campillo (6-10) gets the win, going 5 IP with Greg Smith (6-14) (7 IP, 10 R) taking the loss.
Game 3
CHA 9 GRE 5
John Buck hit 2 HRs (9,10) to lead the Comets as he drove in 5 runs. Mike Pelfrey evened his record at 10-10 with the win. Clay Bucholz (4-3) took the loss. Jose Reyes homered for the second straight game for GRE
Games 4 and 5
1G DH
CHA 3 GRE 2
Comets score 3 in the second and hold on to win it. Starter Randy Wolf was injured and left after 2 innings. Latroy Hawkins (5-0) came on and pitched 4 1/3, allowing only 1 run and 5 hits to get the win. Ramirez got his 19th save. Zach Duke (6-9) was the hard luck loser. Jose Reyes had a triple, his 14th of the year.
2G DH
CHA 9 GRE 7
Comets sweep the twin bill, winning the slugfest. Ronnie Belliard (9) and Fernando Perez (4) homer for the Comets. Jim Thome had his 31st HR of the year for GRE. Belliard was 3-4 with 3 RBIs. Jason Bergmann (1-0) won his first game of the year, despite allowing 7 runs in 6 1/3. Ramon Ramirez got his 20th save. Mike Hampton (5-3) took the loss.
Comet are starting to play better but its far too little too late. All they are doing is hurting their draft position! CHA is now 57-79, last in NL East . GRE is now 65-71, second in NL East. Next up: CHA hosts division rival Millers Tavern. Greensboro hosts the NL East leading Stamford Jays
Tidewater vs Pike City
Gm.1 TID 2-0 Sabathia rolls to win 22 with a 2-hit shutout. O.Cabrera goes deep for TID.
Gm.2 TID 6-1 Lee collects 21st win. Upton, C.Young and J.Lopez with 2 RBI each.
Gm.3 TID 10-5 Drillers score 9 runs in the 7th and 8th. Lopez and Upton rip homers.
Gm.4 PIK 8-2 Pioneers tee of with 15 hits. Bautista leaves the yard. Kotsay with 2 hits, 2 RBI.
Gm.5 TID 3-1 A 2-run 6th highlighted by Zimmerman's homer gives TID the win.
Glab vs Arundel
Game 1 - Wellemeyer pitches a complete game 5 hit shut out as Glab wins 6-0. Hunter has a HR and 2 RBIs.
Game 2 - Glab wins 6-5 as Carlson gets the win in relief. Hunter has another home run.
Game 3 - Glab wins 7-5. Francis gets the win and Corcoran the save. Berkman has 2 hits and 2 RBIs.
Game 4 - Arundel wins 5-4. Delcarmen gets the win in relief. Pujols, Joyce, and Jones hit homeruns.
Game 5 - Arundel wins 6-4. Contreras gets the win and Downs the save. Pujols had 2 hits and 3 RBIs.
Louisiana vs Freeport
Louisiana Over Freeport
Gamd #1
Hamels (12-13) bests Baker (13-5) and Cajuns behing Ortiz (24), Peralta (26) and Johnson (10) HRs. Be;ram )19) and Tejeda (15) solo shots only damage off Hamels.
Game #2
Peavy (7-11) pummeled as Lohse (15-5) gets win. Hamilton (25) HR for Cajuns, with Perntz (17) and Johnson (11) go deep for Bandits.
Game #3
Halladay (19-5) is in control over sampson (6-11) as Teixeira (27), Giambi (26) and Tejeda (16) HR for Cajuns.
Game #4
Lewis loses Sheets lead as Ortiz (25,26) takes them both deep. Devine (5-0) gets win with Francisco (5-7) the loser. Giambi (27) HRs.
Game #5
Hamilton (26) walk off HR makes Marte (4-5) the loser and Aceves the winner in 12 innnings. Abreu (22) HRs for Bandits.
Beantown vs Gulf Breeze
Last place Beantown came to Hurricane Alley and whooped the home boys 3 games to 2- a hold being put on printing playoff tickets.
Armando Galarraga was lights out in the opening 4-1 win for the Bombers as he tossed 6 innings of 3 hit ball in winning his 4th against 14 losses. Meanwhile, the Beantown offense smacked Felix Hernandez (17-7) around for 4 ER in 6.2 IP. Down 1-0, Bombers' Reed (7 for 19 in the series) singled in one and Inglett notched the other rbi in the 3rd. Game remained 2-1 until the 7th with a 2 out Schneider rbi double followed by another Reed rbi single. That would be that and the Breeze was nice enough to hop in to 3 DP on the day. Jose Molina, with his speed rating of negative something scored 2 runs in the game.
Rebs got it in gear in game #2, down 4-2 plating 7 over the 5th and 6th, then barely hanging on as Beantown scored 4 in the 9th- an eventual 9-8 GB win. Wang and Garland were ineffective and both bullpens just hung in there though not looking very sharp. Inglett and Aurilia both had 3 hits for the visitors while Hanley Ramirez had 3 for the good guys. Geary wound up with a cheap save (his 12th). Manny and McLouth went yard for the visitors.
Game #3 was an easier than the score 6-2 Beantown victory. Manny homered in the first for the 2nd game in a row (3R shot) and Joe Saunders was magnificent throughout, allowing just a pair of unearned tallies and winning his 9th out of 20 decisions. Bombes outhit the Rebs 12-4 and the outcome was never really in doubt. Greinke took another loss (9-11), and the O Dog smoked his 6th lon gball of the year.
Breeze gathered another one run win in game #4, despite a strong McClung effort for the Bombers. Game was tied at 3 in the 7th when Ray Durham slapped an rbi single to give the Breeze a 4-3 lead, the eventual final score. But it was D.Oliver (2-3) and Geary (13th save) that took care of things, tossing 3.1 frames of one base runner ball. Manny was 0 for 1 with 4 BB (one intentional) for the losers.
For the 5th straight game, the Bombers outhit the home standers and this one wound up 11-6 bad guys. Beantown had little trouble solving Maholm (9-9) and were up 5-1 after 5. Condrey was awful, though, and the Bombers hung a 7th inning 4 spot on him to lead 9-1. Somehow the Rebs got it together in the 9th to plate 5 and make it a ball game, but right back came a 2R Reed HR in the 9th for the winning margin. Litsch got the win, now 12-10. In a small victory, Manny was 0 for 6 with a pair of Ks, yet both Coste and Inglett chipped in 3 hits. Rebs were outhit 16-6, though Teahen (12) and Billy Butler (3) went yard.
So the spuuttering Rebels stay at home to host Freeport next week, while Beantown returns home for a match up with Louisiana.
Staten Island vs San Diego
Game 1 - Stallions take 3 -0 lead into the 9th but Armadillos tie it up and take a 4-3 lead in the 10th before Chad Tracy hits 3 run HR for dramatic 6-4 victory.
Game 2 - Armadillos win 4-3 behind 2 HR, 3 RBI from Buscher
Game 3 - Stallions win 12-2 behind Blackburn
Game 4 - Stallions win 6-1 behind Volquez and Fukodome's 3 hits, HR, 2 R, 3 RBI
Game 5 - Armadillos win 7-4; Ethier 2 hits, HR, 3 RBI
Despite taking 3 of 5, Stallions still on the outside looking in for a possible playoff spot.
Westchester vs Baton Rouge
In a game frought with playoff implications second place Baton Rouge comes to Westchester.
Game 1: Baton Rouge 3, Westchester 1
Mussina pitches 6 2/3 innings of no hit ball. Drew puts the Rouge ahead to stay with early solo shot. Papelbon loads them up in 9th, but pitches out of the jam
W-Mussina (16-6), S-Papelbon (27); L-Westbrook (1-4)
Game 2: Westchester 3, Baton Rouge 2
Wombats jump out to early lead as Martin singles to lead off the first and Markakis homers. Lightning gets one back on little ball, but Markakis second homer cancels that out. Danks gets in trouble and gives up another run and leaves with two on and no one out in the 7th, but Franklin shuts down the Lightning rally. Springer gives up a hit to Mauer in the 9th, but strikes out the next two for the save.
W-Danks (12-12), S-Springer (25); L-Webb (17-6)
Game 3: Westchester 7, Baton Rouge 3
Markakis continues his hot hitting against the Lightning with a three run homer in the bottom of the first to put the Wombats up 3-0. Wright is next batter and provides a solo blast to make it 4-0. Blum error lets the Rouge get two back in the top of the 2nd. Corey Patterson makes it 4-3 with a solo homer in the 5th. Demptster walks Martin to lead off the 6th and is yanked by Buck Miller with 8 K's. Afelt comes in and gives up three singles for another Wombat run. Papelbon comes in for the 8th and promptly gives up a two run homer to Jack Cust. In the 9th with two on Rodriguez wallops one, but Markakis leans over the fence to pull it in and save it for the home team.
W-Rowland-Smith (8-4); L-Dempster (12-13)
Game 4: Westcfhester 7, Baton Rouge 1
Haren strikes out the side in the first, but Wombats little ball their way to two runs between the K's. They come up with three more in the bottom of the second and knock out Haran aft 1 2/3. Teams play even from there and Wombats coast to 7-1 win.
W-Moyer (18-7); L-Haran (13-8)
Game 5: Westchester 4, Baton Rouge 3
Small ball and a David Wright error puts Rouge up 2-0 in the 4th. Victorino doubles and his speed gets him on on a close play in the 6th as the Wombats tie it up.In the 8th Barmes runs for Kotchman, steals second and is singled home to make it 3-2 In the bottom of the 8th markakis singles, but is thrown out at home trying to score on Wright's double. However, Votto buries one to put the Wombats up for the first time in the game 4-3. Matsui singles and Gomez runs for him, but is nailed at second byMauer to end the rally. In the 9th, Springer has a rocky inning, hitting a batter and giving up a single to Mauer, but manages to get the save.
W-Weathers (4-1), S-Springer (26); L-Brocal (1-2)
Westchester sneaks through taking 4 of 5 from Baton Rouge. Next Westchester stays at home to face East Coast and Baton Rouge travels to Jonesboro.
Tampa vs Mokena
Tampa takes 4 of 5 from Mokena
Game 1: 10-1 Tampa Howard hits 39th HR. 7 run 5th inning for the Stingrays
Game 2: 3-2 Tampa Howard drives in all 3 runs with his 40th HR
Game 3: 5-2 Tampa Olsen moves to 14-8 with the win
Game 4: 9-4 Mojena Crosby goes 4/5. Hernandez gets the CG win
Game 5: 5-0 Tampa Duscherer tosses CG shutout
Week of August 29, 2009
Tampa vs Turtle Beach
Turtle Beach takes 3 of 5 from Tampa
Game 1: 9-4 TBB Granderson goes 3 for 3
Game 2:15-6 TBB Guerrero hits grand slam and drives in 7
Game 3: 6-2 TAM Olsen collects his 13th win of the season
Game 4: 3-2 TAM Sweeney hits PH 3 run HR in bottom of the 9th
Game 5: 6-4 TBB Granderson goes 4 for 4
Arundel vs Freeport
Game 1 - Arundel wins 5-4. Liriano gets the win and Downs the save. Carlos Lee hit s HR.
Game 2 - Arundel wins 7-4. Delcarmen gets the win in relief and Downs the save. Rivera has a HR and 4 RBIs.
Game 3 - Freeport wins 3-1. Sampson gets the win and Peralta has all 3 RBIs.
Game 4 - Freeport wins 7-6. Soriano gets the win in relief and Benji Molina has a HR and 3 RBIs.
Game 5 - Freeport wins 6-3. Marte gets the win and Murphy has a HR and 4 RBIs.
Stamford vs Staten Island
The Stamford Jays take 3 of 5 from the Staten Island Stallions
Game 1 ( 11 innings)
Jays 4-9-0
Stallions 3-8-0
WP A Hinshaw 1-2 LP O Dotel 3-3
A battle of Santanas as Ervin fans 9 over 7 innings and Johann is effective for 7 innings. A pinch hit single by Jackson gives the Jays the win. Gonzalez hits 2 homers for Staten Island while Youklis and Braun go deep for Jays.
Game 2
Stallions 4-9-1
Jays 3-4-0
WP H Kuroda 13-9 LP C Billingsley 15-9
Kuroda goes distance for win aided by homers from Uggla, Gonzalez and Easley. Billingsley fans 11 while taking the loss.
Game 3
Jays 4-3-1
Stallions 2-5-0
WP U Jimenez 5-3 LP N Blackburn 7-14
Jackson grand slam homer in the 4th gives the Jays their of victory. Jimenez goes 8 effective innings for win.
Game 4
Stallions 5-8-0
Jays 1-8-2
WP E Volquez 15-6 LP B Arroyo 4-6
Volquez fans 10 over 7 innings for the win. Fukodome and Snyder support his effort with homers.
Game 5
Jays 6-7-1
Stallions 1-4-2
WP E Stults 3-1 LP J Lester 10-15
Stults yields 4 hits over 7 innings for win. Renteria and Braun homer for Jays.
Chappaqua vs San Diego
COMETS TAKE FOUR OF FIVE FROM ARMADILLOS
Game 1
CHA 2 SDA 0
Oliver Perez pitches 2 hit CG SHO beating Eric Bedard
Game 2
CHA 8 SDA 2
Greg Smith allows only 3 hits in 7 innings to get the win
Game 3
CHA 8 SDA 6 13 innings
Garciaparra hits walk off grand slam HR to win it in 13th after SDA scored twice in top of frame. A ROD had hit 2 run HR in 8th to tie game
Game 4
CHA 7 SDA 6 11 innings
Brian Anderson hits walk off HR in 11th to win it, his first HR of the year. Light hitting Fernando Perez had hit a pinch hit HR in the 7th to put CHA up 6-5
Game 5
SDA 4 CHA 3
Kevin Slowey gets complete game win allowing 8 hits. Melky Cabrera hits 2 HRs in losing cause.
CHA now at 53-78, last in NL East. SDA now at 53-79, third in NL West
Gulf Breeze vs Long Island
Gulf Breeze takes 3 of 5 from Long Island, including a 22-10 slugfest win in game 1 and a 17-8 slugfest win in game 4. Hanley Ramirez went 6 for 7 in the opener with a pair of doubles, 3 runs scored and 5 RBI's. Adam LaRoche was 4 for 6 with a pair of homers and 6 RBI's. Garrett Anderson had a pair of homers and 4 RBI's in the game 4 romp.
Week of August 23, 2009
East Coast vs Arundel
Game 1: Arundel 5 East Coast 0
Arundel opens the series with a 5-0 shutout of the home team. D. Young smacked a homerun for Arundel and Brian Giles drives in two runs as G. Perkins pitches the complete game shutout.
Game 2: East Coast 4 Arundel 3 (10)
East Coast wins game 2 with 2 runs in the bottom of the 10th. Denard Span collects 3 hits and Paul Konerko, Kurt Suzuki and Miguel Cairo each added two hits of their own.
Game 3: East Coast 6 Arundel 2 (10)
What a dramatic ending to a game. East Coast bangs back-to-back homeruns by Stephen Drew and Miguel Cabrera in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game at 2 and then Paul Konerko cracks a walk off grand slam homerun to win the game. A.J. Burnett improves to 14-9 on a team that is under .500.
Game 4: East Coast 7 Arundel 5
Kurt Suzuki collects 3 hits and drives in 4 runs as Brett Myers wins the game and improves to 3-6.
Game 5: Arundel 7 East Coast 3
Arundel banged out 4 home runs as they take the book ends of the series.
Freeport vs Long Island
Long Island proved to be poor guests as they came to Freeport and took 4 of 5 from the Bandits..
G1
L 4 11 2
F 1 4 0
W- Matsuzaka (6-10)
L- Hamels (11-12)
HR- L- C. Pena (26)
G2
L 3 5 0
F 1 6 0
W- Harrison (5-7)
L- Peavy (7-10)
S- Thornton (7)
HR- L- Torrealba (6)
G3
L 1 5 1
F 8 12 1
W- Sampson (5-10)
L- Bannister (9-9)
HR- F- Abreu (18) Peralta (24)
INJ- L- Napoli (10 games)
G4
L 17 25 0
F 13 20 1
W- Verlander (10-10)
L- Baek (8-7)
S- Kennedy (2)
HR- L- Lowell (16), Dellucci (3)
F- Abreu (19), Morneau (26)
G5
L 15 19 0
F 4 9 2
W- Pavano (5-4)
L- Gabbard (1-3)
HR- L- Cantu 2 (26), C. Pena (27), Torrealba (7)
Louisiana vs Glab
Game #1
Cajuns pummel Owls Wellemeyer (12-7) behind Baker (13-3). Hamilton Grand Slam (22) Leads Louisiana.
Game #2
Lohse (14-5) is too much for Gaudin (3-6) and Hamilson adds 2 more RBI in Cajun win.
Game #3
Starters go deep but get no decision. Lidge (2-0) gets win and Corcoran (3-6) the loss.
game #4
Sheets (18-0) and Devine (12) are unbeatable combination in 2-0 win. Hamilton GWRBI on 23rd HR.
Game #5
Hamiton again leads Cajuns with GW HR (24) in 8th. Pettitte takes loss (12-5) with Ohman the cheap win (3-3).
Hamilton 10 for 21 with 3 HR and 10 RBI in series.
Gulf Breeze vs Westchester
Westchester ventured in to Hurricane Alley and embarrassed the home troops, taking 4 of the 5 contests. It was an incredible display of top notch pitching and clutch 2 out hitting for the AL West leaders, and shows that perhaps the Rebels are not quite ready for prime time.
Wombats got to King Felix in the opener in the 5th inning after he was perfect through 3.2. In that fateful frame, Markakis and D.Wright had BTB doubles, then the merry go round continued with 1B, IBB, BB, and a 2R Votto single. That would be all the visitors needed as the clubs exchanged runs the rest of the way in an eventual 11-5 Westchester win. Maine moved to 12-7 with his 6 innings and Hernandez dropped to 17-6. Top 2 in the Wombat lineup were 0 for 9, but the rest of the lineup was 15 for 32 with 6 doubles. Cano hit a 3R HR at the EXACT instant that Cano went yard for the Yankees on tv to win the CWS game of the 28th. I can hear Yogi talking about deja vu.
For the 2nd game in a row, the Breeze got out to an early 1-0 lead, but Wombats just cannot be stopped as they notch 14 hits in a 6-2 success. Danks allowed just a trio of hits over 6.2 innings and Franklin came on for his 1st save. Danks is now 10-12, 3.36. Game once again was decided in the 5th with Markakis singling with 2 outs and Cust following with his 21st HR. Cust would also homer later and finished 3 for 5 with 4 rbi. Garland absorbed another loss (now 9-9, 5.80).
Ouch. Ryan Rowland-Smith tossed 8 innings of 3 single ball with no BB and Breeze looked pathetic in a 6-0 Westchester win. Markakis, Votto, and Wright all went out of the park for the bad guys off Greinke (9-9). Rowland-Smith won for the 7th time in 10 decision and was in complete control throughout. In the 3rd- Elijah Dukes ran into the wall trying for Cust's blast, said something to his ex-wife, and will now be behind bars for 11 games. No- I have no anger management counselor on staff. If I did- I'd be seeing him today.
Game #4:- stop everything! Rebs win! Despit allowing 3 in teh first on back to back Cust & Votto blasts, Jair Jurrjens settled down and pitched intot he 7th in fine fashion in an everntual 5-3 Breeze win. It got dicey late, though, as Grabow came on to quell a rally in the 7th, then Carlos Marmol allowed a lead off 9th inning double before shutting the door for his 8th save. Thames (21), Reynolds (28), and Tulowitzki (7) all went yard for GB with Reynolds' 2R shot in the 6th winding up being the difference. Jamie Moyer took the larry and is now 16-7, Jurrjens 13-6.
Fresh off a big win, the Breeze came out for the finale and played their worst game of the set. 278698365 year old Randy Johnson tossed a 4 hit shutout in a 5-0 Wombat win. Johnson whffed 14 and allowed just 4 singles in the contest. Once again Westchester scored in the 1st with a 2R Wright clout, then continues to tack on runs throughout, lead off man Russell Martin winding up the day 4 for 5. Wright smacked his 29th dinger as well. Johnson is now 13-6 (3.30) with his grade of 6 and Maholm took the loss with his grade of 10 (now 8-8, 4.04). Old guys rule!
So the outclassed Rebels head out on the road next week to take on the Long Island Ducks, while Westchester heads to Glab.
Turtle Beach vs San Diego
Game 1
Armadillos get a 2 run homer by Jose Guillen and go on to win 3-2. Bedard (5-7) gets the win.
Game 2
Either (11) and Guillen (22) go yard as San Diego makes it two in a row with the 6-4 win. Guthrie (10-10) goes 8.1.
Game 3
Light hitting Alexi Casilla and Y. Molina stroke their 2nd homers of the year as the Bums score 3 runs on 4 hits and win 3-2. Breslow gets the win in relief.
Game 4
Weeks, Delgado, and Casilla homer for Turtle Beach as they win 8-2. Bonderman gets the win.
Game 5
Five runs in the 6th ensure that the Bums win the series as they take it 9-7. Grandy, S. Hairston, and J. Baker homer for Turtle Beach.
Mokena vs Stamford
Game 1:
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Stamford 15-19-0
Mokena 1-5-4
Sowers vs. Santana
Braun hits 2 homers and drives in 4 to help Santana go to 13-5. Sowers goes 1.2 innings and gives up 4 runs to drop to
6-9.
Game 2:
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Stamford 4-12-0 (10 innings)
Mokena 2-8-0
Hernandez vs. Billingsley
Jackson collects 3 hits as Stamford wins in 10.
Game 3:
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Stamford 1-4-0
Mokena 6-12-1
Cain vs. Volstad
Volstad of Stamford drops to 5-9 as he gives up 4 runs over 5 innings. Cain goes all 9 for Mokena and improves to 10-7.
Doumit and Quinlan get 3 hits each for the Roozys.
Game 4:
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Stamford 9-9-0
Mokena 8-12-1
Suppan vs. Arroyo
Mahay (2-8) gets his 2nd loss in relief in the series. Mokena and Stamford each hit 3 homers for a total of 6 in the
game. Youkilis goes 2-4 with a homer and 5 rbi for Stamford.
Game 5:
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Stamford 10-14-0
Mokena 3-10-0
Martinez vs. Jimenez
Martinez drops to 5-10 as Stamford is led by Tatis' 4-4, 3 rbi, 3 runs scored and 2 homers.
Stamford wins 4 of 5.
Tampa vs Greensboro
August 19 - Greensboro shocks the 1st place visitors, plating 3 in the 1st, but the visitors quickly score 5 in the top of the 2nd to take the lead. Tampa then scores 9 in the 9th (5 earned) to put the game away, winning 16-5.
August 20 - Zach Duke pitches a complete game 9-2 win, highlighted by Thome's 27th and Swisher's 15th.
August 21 - In an unbelievable contest, the visitors prevail 17-14 after being behind 13-4.
August 22 - Oft-injured Mike Hampton tosses a complete game 7-2 5-hitter as Ludwick hits his 33rd.
August 23 - In the finale, the visitors prevailed 6-3.
Tampa takes 3 of the 5.
Chappaqua vs Tidewater
DRILLERS TAKE FOUR OF FIVE FROM COMETS
Game 1
TID 9 CHA 7
Sabathia wins his 20th (20-2) going 6 innings, allowing 5 runs, while walking none and striking out 9. Oliver Perez loses to go 4-14. Comets hit 5 HRs:F Perez, Cabrera, Overbay, Werth, Garciaparra. Aubrey Huff hits 30th HR and drives in 4 for TID.
Game 2
TID 12 CHA 1
Cliff Lee goes to 19-3 with 3 hit 7 inning one hit performance.Drillers hit 4 HRs: Upton, Huff, Encarnarcion and Ordonez. Greg Smith takes the loss and goes 5-13.
Game 3
TID 4 CHA 1
Joba Chamberlain (5-4) goes 7 IP allowing only 3 hits and striking out FIFTEEN! Ian Snell (6-7) goes 8 IP and takes the loss while walking TEN.
Game 4
TID 9 CHA 7
Drillers score 4 in 8th to break 5-5 tie.Cabrera, Huff and Encarnarcion homer for TID. For Huff, his 3rd HR of the series and 32nd of the season.
Game 5
CHA 3 TID 2
Mike Pelfrey (9-10) goes 8 Innings to get the win with Ramirez getting his 18th save. Barry Zito (9-11) takes the loss.John Buck homers for CHA.
Comets now 49-77 last in NL East. TID at 88-39, first in NL Central, best record in NL. Next up: CHA hosts San Diego. TID travels to Millers Tavern
Millers Tavern vs Pike City
Pioneers take the first three games - on the strength of back-to-back shutouts by Moehler & Garza.
However, the Moonshiners stormed back to take the last 2 games.
Pioneers 5, Moonshiners 0
Pioneers 3, Moonshiners 0
Pioneers 3, Moonshiners 1
Moonshiners 8, Pioneers 5
Moonshiners 7, Pioneers 4
Week of August 17, 2009
Turtle Beach vs Tampa
Game 1
Carpenter tosses a 5 hit complete game shutout as Tampa wins the opener 4-0. Pierzynski homers.
Game 2
Bums score 3 in the 8th to win 4-2.
Game 3
A 5 run 5th inning explosion leads the Bums to a 6-4 win. Delgado and Kubel homer in the 5th.
game 4
Eveland goes to 10-13 as Tampa wins 3-1 in spite of being outhit. Sizemore hits #33 for Tampa.
Game 5
Bums win 6-5 to take the series 3 games to 2.
Baton Rouge vs Freeport
Freeport plays from behind most of the series and falls to Baton Rouge four games to one. Too much Lightning starting pitching in this series. Bandits fall to 57-65 and appear to be playing out the string..Both teams are home next week as Freeport hosts Long Island and Baton Rouge is home against Beantown.
Tidewater vs Millers Tavern
Even with all the injuries to TID players we were able to get 3 wins in the series.
Gm.1 TID 11-1 A 3 RBI triple from Huff and 4 RBI from J.Lopez on a Homer and a single, give CC plenty as he gets win #19.
Gm.2 TID 3-0 Lee spins a CG 1-hitter and Ordonez goes 3-4 with a homer and 2 RBI.
Gm.3 MIL 2-1 Strange game. TID out hits MIL 11-4 but loses. Rollins homered for MIL and Bay had 2 hits and the other RBI.
Gm.4 TID 7-6 A 3-run jimmy-jack by Quentin breaks a tie and Ziegler closes the door.
Gm.5 MIL 15-7 Another weird one. Tied at 7-all going into the 10th, MIL explodes on K.Gregg to score 8 runs in the 10th. MIL rips 19 hits, 8 of them in the 10th. Bay and Moss each homer and pick up 4 RBI.
Chappaqua vs Pike City
Game 1
CHA 3 PIK 2 14 innings
A really good pitchers duel between veteran Kenny Rogers, making his first start for Pike City, and Oliver Perez. Rogers takes 2-0 lead to the 7th when Comets tie it up.Ramon Ramirez wins it in relief. J.J. Putz takes the loss.Comets Mark Loretta is HBP and will miss three to four weeks.
Game 2
PIK 5 CHA 4
Trailing 4-2, Pike City wins it on a 3 run HR by Adam Jones in the 8th off starter and loser Greg Smith (5-12). Matt Guerrier (2-1) wins it in relief with Brian Shouse getting his 16th save. Light hitting Luis Rivas, in for the injured Mark Loretta, gets his 1st HR of the season for Chappaqua.
Game 3
PIK 8 CHA 6
Kelly Shoppach goes 2-4 with a HR (15) and 3 RBIs to lead the Pioneers to victory. Ian Snell takes the loss (6-6) as Matt Garza (13-8,3.15) goes 7 1/3 to get the win. Shouse gets his 17th save.
Game 4
CHA 3 PIK 2
Randy Wolf gets a complete game victory (4-11) allowing 6 hits, walking 3 and fanning 6. Lyle Overbay goes 2-4 with 2 doubles and 2 RBIs to lead the way for the Comets. Kelly Shoppach hits two solo HRs (16,17) in the losing effort. Jason Marquis (3-15) takes the loss.
Game 5
CHA 3 PIK 2
Comets break 2-2 tie in the 8th to win it, beating Brian Shouse (4-2). Allan Embree (3-2) wins it in relief after Mike Pelfrey goes 7 strong innings (5H,2R, 2 W, 4 K). Ramon Ramirez gets his 17th save for the Comets. Omar Infante goes 3-4 for CHA.
Comets are now 48-73, last in NL East. Pike City is 47-74 last in NL Central. Next up: Comets host the NL Central leading Tidewater Drillers. Pike City hosts Millers Tavern
Jonesboro vs Arundel
Arundel visited Jonesboro, and the Crackers won 4 of 5
Game 1-Crackers win 3-2 behind Oswalt(17-4), Buchholz(26) gets the save. Eusch(0-1) is the loser. Aviles(8) homers for the Cats
Game 2-Arundel wins 8-0 as Contreras(10-10) evens his record. Downs pitches 3 innings and qualifiies for a save(16). McCann(13) and Lee(27) homer for the cats. Wakefield(5-15) is the loser
Game 3-Crackers win 7-6. Rhodes(3-1) is the loser. Dickey(7-6) is the winner as Buchholz(27) gets the save. Lee(29) homered for the Cats. Fielder(38) and Kouzmanoff(14) for the Crackers
Game 4-Crackers win 3-2. Feldman(1-8) is the winner, Buchholz(28) gets the save. Lannan(8-14) is the loser.
Game 5- Crackers win 8-6. Shields(3-3) is the winner, Buchholz(29) gets the save. Downs(2-3) is the loser. Aviles(9) and McCann(14) homer for the Cats. Fielder(39) and Olivo(8) for the Crackers
Next week Arundel heads to East Coast and the Crackers head to Buffalo
Westchester vs Louisiana
The Cajuns travel to Westchester in a rematch of last year's ALCS. Wombat hurlers pitch way over their heads (and grades) and hold the powerful Cajuns to 2 runs in one game, 1 run in two games and a shutout. David Wright sparks the offense going 9 for 19 with a double, a triple and 4 homers and 9 ribbies.
Game 1: Westchester 6, Louisiana 1
Maine pitches well enough as Votto drives in three and Wright and Cust each homer for Wombats.
W-Maine (11-7); L-Baker (12-3)
Game 2: Westchester 5, Louisiana 1
Wombats score early on a triple by Wright and a bloop by Matsui. Wright hits his second homer in as many games in the bottom of the 5th to make it 4-0. Cajuns get one back in top of 6th on a Hamilton double. However, Wright hits another homer to get the run back. In the 9th Valverde loads them up with one out, but strikes out Jason Giambi and Carlos Beltran to preserve the win. David Wright has a walk, a triple and two homers.
W-Danks (9-12); L-Lohse (13-5)
Game 3: Louisiana 8, Westchester 4
Having been limited to one run for each of the first two games, Cajuns strike hard and fast and go up 3-0 on Teixera's Baltimore Special in the top of the first. Rowland loses control and walks in two runs in the sixth to put it pretty much in the bag for the Cajuns. Gomez makes it a ball game with a three run homer in the 7th. Josh Hamilton nails a two run homer in the 8th to put it away.
W-Halladay (17-5); L-Rowland-Smith (6-3)
Game 4: Westchester 5, Louisiana 2
Initially teams trade runs, but aggressive base running by Wombats and poor fielding by Cajuns and poor control by Ramirez put Wombat up by 5-1 after 5. Moyer loads the bases with one out in the 6th, but pitches out of it. Damon homers to make it 5-2, but Weathers and Springer shut down Cajuns the rest of the way.
W-Moyer (16-6), S-Springer (23); L-Ramirez (1-2)
Game 5: Westchester 6, Louisiana 0
This game starts out as a pitchers duel until the 7th. Victorino walks and steals second. With a runner on second and two out Buck Miller walks Markakis to get to David Wright. As the line went in "Pretty Woman," big mistake as Wright piles into Meche's second mistake of the inning for a three run homer (his fourth of the series). Meche is obviously shaken by this and gives up another homer to Joey Votto.
W-Johnson (12-6); L-Meche (11-8)
Next Louisiana returns home to host Glab and Westchester travels to Gulf Breeze.
Mokena vs Green Bay
Game 1:
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Green Bay 17-19-2
Mokena 4-11-3
Hernandez vs. Lackey
Barajas hits a homer and goes 4-4 with 3 rbi and 3 runs scored to help Lackey improve to 9-7. Livan Hernandez gives
up 8 ER in 3 innings to fall to 7-9.
Game 2:
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Green Bay 1-5-1
Mokena 3-6-3
Cain vs. Nolasco
Carlos Guillen hits a homer to help Mokena win and Cain improve to 9-7. Nolasco gets tough luck loss to drop to 11-4.
Game 3:
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Green Bay 10-12-4
Mokena 6-12-3
Suppan vs. Lowe
Blalock and Barajas (4 for 4) homer to lead Green Bay. Lowe goes to 10-10. Suppan is ugly again giving up 7 ER over 6 IP
to fall to 6-16.
Game 4:
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Green Bay 4-9-0 (10 innings)
Mokena 5-10-1
Martinez vs. Washburn
Berroa and Guillen homer to lead Mokena in 10 innings. Jenks gives up Guillen's homer in the 10th.
Game 5:
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Green Bay 1-6-1
Mokena 7-9-1
Carmona vs. Maddux
Carmona is stellar, yielding but 1 run over 7 innings to move to 4-12, while Maddux goes to 9-8 with the loss. Griffey hits
a 3 run homer for Mokena
Mokena wins 3 of 5 despite committing 11 errors in series.
Greensboro vs San Diego
August 13 - Greensboro's only decent pitcher, Mark Buehrle, bested Eric Bedard 6-4, thanks to a save by Peter Moylan. Moylan was making his first 2009 appearance.
August 14 - The Hoppers made this one close, losing 7-5, after initially falling behind 3-1.
August 15 - A very frustrating loss for the Hoppers as they come from behind but then lose 6-5 on a run in the top of the 9th.
August 16 - This one wasn't even close as San Diego routs the home team 8-3. Coco Crisp continues as the lead offensive player for the visitors.
August 17 - Greensboro salvages the finale, holding on for a 6-4 win thanks to Thome's 26th.
The Armadillos take the series 3 games to 2.
Week of August 11, 2009
Louisiana vs Arundel
Game 1 Baker vs Park
Lousiana wins 9-3. Baker improves to 12-2. Damon and Chipper hit homers for the Cajuns.
Game 2 Lohse vs Zambrano
Cajuns win 7-6. Braden gets the win in relief. Teixeira has a HR and 3 RBIs.
Game 3 Halladay vs Lannan
Louisiana wins 5-3. Halladay improves to 16-5. Lidge gets save #24.
Game 4 Lewis vs Liriano
Louisiana wins 18-10. Seay gets the win in relief. Tejada goes 4-6 with a homer and 6 RBIs.
Game 5 Meche vs Perkins
Luoisiana wins 9-5. Meche gets win # 11. Ohman gets the save. 4 Cajuns hit home runs.
Pike City vs Stamford
The Stamford Jays hosts the Pike City Pioneers in five game series.
Game 1
Jays 2-6-0
Pike City 1-9-1
WP T Hoffman 1-1 LP L Cormier 3-4
A throwing error in the 11th on a bunt by pitcher Cormier gives Jays win.
Game 2
Pike City 7-9-0
Jays 2-8-0
WP M Garza 12-8 LP C Billingsley 14-8
Garza pitches effectively for 8 innings as he aided by a 3 run homer for DeWitt and 2 team triples.
Game 3
Jays 8-13-3
Pike City 5-8-0
WP E Stults 1-1 LP J Marquis 3-14
Jays survive 3 errors and a homer by Pike City starter Marquis to take game. Youklis has 4 hits, 3 RBI's and a homer. Bruce goes deep for Pike City.
Game 4
Jays 10-14-0
Pike City 5-8-1
WP U Jimenez 4-3 LP D Davis 7-11
A 4 run 7th propels Jays to win. Braun has 2 homers for Jays as Spilborghs also homers for Jays and Burris has 4 RBI's. Bautista homer and has 3 RBI's for Pike City.
Game 5
Jays 4-6-0
Pike City 3-8-0
WP A Wainwright 14-1 LP J J Putz 1-3
W Harris has two solo homers for Pike City but that is not enough as Wainwright Pike City in check for 7 innings and Braun goes deep again for the Jays.
Greensboro vs Tampa
Tampa continues their slide, dropping 4 of 5 from Greensboro
Game 1: 1-0 Green Buerhle pitches masterful 5 hit shutout
Game 2: 2-1 Green Sanchez strikes out 10 in the CG
Game 3: 7-4 Green Greensboro hits 5 HRs, Ludwick his 27th
Game 4: 7-4 Tampa Utley and Howard homer
Game 5:13-5 Green Thome hits 2 homers
Tidewater vs Mokena
TID takes it 3-2 but the injury list expands.
Gm.1 TID 2-1 J.Lopez's 2nd RBI of the game wins it in the 11th.
Gm.2 TID 10-3 J.Lopez 4-5 2 RBI. Encarnacion goes deep. 2 Roozy pitchers ejected for 3 beanballs including the one that put Encarnacion out for 4 days.
Gm.3 MOK 10-6 Berroa 2 hits, 4 RBI. Guillen 2-4, 2 RBI.
Gm.4 TID 3-2 Huff wins it with a 2 out, 2-run blast in bottom of 9th.(Quentin and Lopez collide...Quentin out 5)
Gm.5 MOK 5-3 C.Burke hits a 2-run homer, his 1st of the year and Roozy's hold on for win.
Tidewater limps into the next series with 5 injuries to deal with.
Millers Tavern vs Staten Island
Millers Tavern wins the series 3-2. The highlight of the series was Lincecum throwing a no hitter in game two. If he can stay health this kid can be one of the greatest to ever put on a uniform.
Beantown vs East Coast
Game 1: East Coast loses more than the game 8-3, they lose Francoeur for 3 days and Kinsler for 5 games on the same play.
Game 2: East Coast drops the second game of the series 5-1.
Game 3: A very exciting game as East Coast gets its first win of the series 1-0 in 10 innings and AJ Burnett pitches the complete game.
Game 4: East Coast is really struggling in scoring runs as they lose game 4 by a score of 3-0.
Game 5: East Coast bats finally wake up and score 9 runs only to lose 15-9.
Week of August 6, 2009
Baton Rouge vs Buffalo
The Baton Rouge Lightning takes 3 out of 5 from the Buffalo Brewers. Ryan Dempster pitched a no-hitter for 7 innings in the third game for the Lightning, only to have Emil Brown lead off the 8th with a double. In the next game, Danny Haren took a no-hitter into the 6th inning, only to have Emil Brown break it up with a base hit.
Tidewater vs Stamford
The Stamford Jays drop 3 of 5 to the first place Tidewater Drillers in a series that has some serious injuries.
Game 1
Jays 6-12-1
Drillers 4-8-1
WP Santana 12-4 Sabathia 18-2
A duel of aces end when the Jays score 5 in 6th off of Sabathia. Laird homers for Drillers while Tatis has 4 this for Jays. Santana fans 6 and gives up 6 hits over 8 innings for win.
Game 2
Drillers 6-8-0
Jays 2-5-0
WP C Lee 17-3 LP C Billingsley 14-7
Lee holds Jays to 3 hits over 7 plus innings but is injured for 10 days. Upton homers for Drillers and Cabrera add 4 hits.
Game 3
Drillers 7-7-0
Jays 2-6-3
WP Chamberlin 4-2 LP B Wolfe 3-3
Jays starter Arroyo is injured in first so Jays use bullpen but porous fielding 3 errors does not help. Chamberlin fans 8 over 8 innings for win. Ordonez triples in 3 for Drillers.
Game 4
Drillers 7-12-1
Jays 6-8-1
WP K Gregg 5-1 LP J Howell 6-3
An Ordonez doubles drives in winning run for Drillers in 9th. Encarnacion goes deep for Drillers while Dobbs belts 2 for Jays and Youklis also goes deep for Jays. Drillers starter fans 8.
Game 5 ( 10 innings)
Jays 6-8-1
Drillers 5-11-1
WP J Howell 7-3 LP J Beimel 0-2
A Jackson single in the 10th gives Jays win. Earlier Zimmerman belts 3 run homer for Drillers. Next time up he is hit by Jays Jimenez and is lost for 23 days. Jimenez is then ejected.
Westchester vs Freeport
Freeport comes to Westchester where Wombat pitching looks good early and and Westchester takes first 4 games of series. Freeport comes back to salvage a game and blows out aforementioned Wombat pitching in the last game.
Game 1: Westchester 3, Freeport 0
John Maine shows flashes of last years brilliance outduelling Cole Hamels. Maine give up just one hit and strikes out 8. Hamels strikes out 10 in the losing cause. Kevin Millar's homer is the difference.
W-Maine (10-7); L-Hamels (10-10)
Game 2: Westchest 8, Freeport 2
Wombat pitching continues to dominate as Danks goes the route allowing only 4 hits. Victorino has 4 hits, Wright drives in three runs.
W-Danks(7-12); L-Peavy (6-8)
Game 3: Westechester 9, Freeport 4
Wombats do in Bandits with Baltimore specials by Cano and Martin. Flores adds a solo blast as Freeport rallies, but can't catch up.
W-Rowland-Smith (5-2); L-Bowdin (0-1)
Game 4: Westchester 4, Freeport 1
Another good pitching performance as ancient Jamie Moyer goes to 14-6, scattering 4 hits and 1 run over 7. Russ Matin's three run homer is the difference.
W-Moyer (14-6), S-Springer (19); Baek (7-6)
Game 5:Freeport
Bandits jump out to early lead with three run third on little ball. Wright double gets one back for Wombats in bottom of third. Top of the fourth and Randy Johnson doesn't look like he has it today. bases loaded nobody out. Peralta drives in two more with a double. when the smoke has cleared, it's 9-1 Bandits after 4. Wombat bullpen shuts down Freeport rest of the way, but that is of little help when you are down by 8 runs. For the Bandits, Morneau drives in three and Johnson gives up one run and strikes out 9 over 7 innings.
W-J Johnson (5-6); L-R Johnson (10-6)
Next Wombats travel to Buffalo and Freeport travels to Jonesboro.
Louisiana vs Jonesboro
Game #1
Roy Oswalt (16-3) maintains ace status with easy win over the Cajuns and Scott Baker (11-2). Fielder (35, 36) provides punch with Soto (22) solo HR for Cajuns.
Game #2
Reversal of roles as Cabrera (1-10) continues dismal season while Lohse (13-4) wins tigher game than expected. Soto (23) and Soriano (10) goes deep for Louisiana.
Game #3
Halladay (15-5) beats Dickey (6-5) as Cajuns go up in series.
Game #4
Sheets (17-0) beneficiary of Teixera HR (20) in 8th with Lidge getting save (22). Wakefield (5-14) the tough luck loser.
Game #5
Kazmir goes down with 1st pick, and Feldman is called on to hold down Cajuns. Seesaw game has Jonesboro up into bottom of 9th until Soto (24) hits game winning HR in bottom of last inning. The difference between a mediocre series and a good one for the Cajuns.
Turtle Beach vs Mokena
Game 1:
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Turtle Beach 13-15-0
Mokena 1-6-1
Suppan vs. Young
Suppan gives up 9 runs in the 1st to the Bums. Cabrera goes 3-5 with a homer and 2 rbi. Longoria goes 2-4 with a homer and
4 rbi. Phelps goes 2-4 in his 1st start of the year for Mokena. Young improves to 5-4, going 6 innings. Suppan falls
to 6-14 and a fabulous 6.97 ERA.
Game 2:
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Turtle Beach 2-8-2
Mokena 4-8-1
Martinez vs. de la Rosa
Guerrero goes 3-4 for Turtle Beach, but Mokena nibbled at de la Rosa to win 4-2. Quinlan went 3-4 with an rbi for the
Roozys. de la Rosa drops to 5-4 while Pedro improves to 4-9. Bradford picks up his 16th save.
Game 3:
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Turtle Beach 7-12-1
Mokena 3-7-1
Carmona vs. Cueto
Snider goes 2-5 with 2 rbi and Granderson goes 2-4 with 2 rbi to help Cueto (3-6) and the Bums win. Adam Kennedy goes
2-4 to improve his BA to .351, but Carmona (3-12) falters for Mokena.
Game 4:
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Turtle Beach 1-4-0
Mokena 7-8-0
Sowers vs. Weaver
Sowers (5-8) throws 3 hit ball over 6 innings and Rodney gets a rare 3 inning save to help Mokena win. Weaver falls to
4-11 as his offense sputtered. Metcalf and Boggs collect 2 hits a piece, while Guillen, Metcalf and Berroa homer for Mokena.
Game 5:
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Turtle Beach 6-9-2
Mokena 2-4-1
Hernandez vs. Floyd
Granderson goes 3-5 with 2 homers and 2 rbi and Stewart goes 3-3 with a homer and 2 rbi for the Bums. Floyd improves to
6-12, while Livan Hernandez goes to 7-8.
Turtle Beach wins 3 of 5
Gulf Breeze vs Arundel
Arundel ventured in to Hurricane Alley for 5 games and limped home on the short end of a 4-1 series tally.
It was all Wilcats in the opener as a 5 spot in the 4th offset a 1-0 GB lead. Sir Albert launched his 36th and 37th bombs in the 9-1 Arundel win. Carlos Zambrano stayed under control for his 6 frames on the hill and evened his record at 8-8. Downs picked up his 15th save with a 3 inning stint. Ankiel (26) and Aviles (7) also went yard for the victors. Felix Hernandez dropped to 15-5.
Breeze turned the tables in game #2, a 10-1 win behind much maligned starter Garland (now 7-8, 6.05) in a complete game effort. Lannan (8-12) was hit hard and often in his 3.2 innings. The O-Dog led the 12 hit attack with a 3 for 5 day and 3 rbi, Mark Reyunolds (26) and Adam LaRoche (17) went yard.
Game #3 was another great starting pitching performance for the Rebs as Greinke went 8.1 before needing help in a 8-1 good guy success. For the 2nd game in a row, Arundel managed just 4 hits- but all were doubles. 3 visitor miscues cost as Liriano went 2.2, but was yanked despite not allowing an ER. Breeze notched just 7 hits, but Hanley Ramirez (16) and Thames (17) went deep to account for 5 of the 7 runs. McCann had 2 of the Wildcat boots.
How often do you see a 7 run inning offset by a 7 run inning? That's what happened in this one as with a 3-0 lead already, Rebels plated 7 in the home 5th for a 10-0 lead. Right back came the Arundel offense as they plated 7 of their own in the 6th, but that would be all the scoring and the final score remained 10-7 good guys. A huge Thames miscue paved the way for the Arundel 6th, and 6 of their 9 hits were in that frame. But Perkins was hit hard early and wound up allowing 10 ER in a 5.1 inning stint, Robinson Jr showing no mercy on the youngster. A trio of GB long balls got them out to the big lead, Dukes (9), Tulowitzki (5), and Tahmes (18) all connecting. Chris Condrey was great late and notched his 1st save of the season.
Finale went to the home team, 5-3 in the closest game of the set. It was another big inning that did the trick as GB scored 4 times in the home 5th to take a 5-2 lead. Hanley Ramirez had a nice day for a change with 3 rbi including a large 2 run double in that home 5th. Game remained tight however, and in teh 9th, Carlos Lee led off with a bomb, but Geary was able to close it down for his 10th save after that. Maholm evened his record at 7-7, while Contreras took the larry- now 9-10.
Arundel heads home to take on Louisiana for 5 next week, while the Breeze also hits the road for a 5 pack at Glab.
Chappaqua vs Pike City
Game 1 - Pike City 2, Chappaqua 1 (10 innings)
Willie Harris knocks in both Pike City runs - homering for the Pioneers in the 1st and doubling in Johnny Estrada in the 10th to win the game. Pike City's Brian Moehler, despite not getting the decision, lowers his ERA to 2.05 in his 3 starts since being called up. Not bad for a grade 4 *G*.
Game 2 - Chappaqua 4, Pike City 3 (10 innings)
Lyle Overbay and Mark Loretta homer off Garza to go up 3-2, but the Pioneers score 1 in the 7th to tie it up at 3. In the 2nd 10-inning game of the series, Omar Infante scores on a Jayson Werth
sac fly to give the Comets the win.
Game 3 - Chappaqua 10, Pike City 4
The only blowout of the series. Jason Marquis and two relievers give up 10 runs on 14 hits to lose 10-4. The only HR of the game, though, belonged to the Pioneers (Kotsay's 3rd).
Game 4 - Chappaqua 3, Pike City 2
Chappaqua comes back from a 2-1 deficit with single runs in the 8th and 9th to take their 3rd game of the series. Adam Everett hit his 1st homer of the season for the Pioneers.
Game 5 - Pike City 2, Chappaqua 0
Paul Byrd (4-14 coming into this series) throws a complete-game 5 hit shutout to win 2-0. Mike Pelfrey would have thrown a no-hitter except that Blake DeWitt showed up for work. Blake went 3 for 3 (the only 3 hits Mike allowed) and knocked in both runs for the Pioneers.
Greensboro vs Staten Island
August 2 - The visitors clobber the Hoppers 12-3, as Jorge Campillo takes one for the home-towners by going the distance as he whiffs 10. Ervin Santana gets the win.
August 3 - This one was a bit closer but the visitors held on for a 7-4 victory.
August 4 - Yet another blowout as the visitors send 9 men to the plate in the 1st inning and win 12-5 on 22 hits.
August 5 - Staten Island makes it 4 blowouts in a row as the Hopper pitching continues to tank. Greensboro drops this one, 9-1.
August 6 - In the finale, Jon Lester tosses a 1-hitter to complete the 5 game sweep.
Staten Island takes all 5 games