1952, 5/16 THRU 5/31
5/16 day off
5/17 DET @ NYY:
WIN 18-1 Hal Andrew (4-4, 2.24) gave up only 1R in 1 CG win. Tom Zonneveld (3-5, 5.13) got pulled after one inning after the Yanks he gave up 11R... 3R earned. No one hit well for the Yanks as they were held to 6 hits. For us, Luther Ormiston got POG going 3 for 6, 2R, 4RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. Ray Kress went 2 for 2, 4R 3RBI, 4BB, 1DBL, 1HR. Carl Sandoz went 3 for 4, 2R, 1BB. Dennis Kitterman went 3 for 6, 3R, 4RBI, 1TRPL. Smokey Meacham went 2 for 6, 2R, 2RBI, 1HR.
5/18 DET @ NYY:
WIN 4-0 Bud Ulrich (6-1, 2.13) pitched 8.2 shutout innings for the win and POG. Don Vonkitzing completed the shutout. Eric Williams (6-3, 3.36) gave up 4R in a CG loss. Top Yank hitter was 3B Tim Dilworth (2 for 4). For us, Smokey Meacham was 4 for 4, 2HR. Ray Kress went 4 for 5, 1HR. Bud Ulrich went 3 for 4, 1R, 1DBL and is currently hitting .360.
5/19 DET @ NYY:
loss 4-5 Roy Wolfe (5-3, 3.01) got the CG loss giving up 5R (4ER). Maury Baum (4-4, 3.86) got the win giving up 4R in 8IP. Top Yank batters were LF Turk Baker (2 for 3, 2R, 4RBI, 1BB, 1 grand slam, POG) & C Rich Curtis (3 for 3, 1DBL). For us, Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 2RBI, 1DBL. Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL.
5/20 PHI @ DET:
loss 1-9 Corky Stell (4-3, 2.80) struggled on a rainy day giving up 4R in 4IP for the loss. Danny Mau (6-2, 2.73) got the win & POG pitching 5 shutout innings. Top A's hitter was LF Matt Praks (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI). For us, Dave Castaneda went 2 for 4, 1RBI, 1BB, 1DBL.
5/21 PHI @ DET:
WIN 2-1 Hal Andrew (5-4, 2.13) got the win and POg giving up 1R in 8.1IP. Lloyd Wyman close out the 9th for his 6th save. Ellis Weeks (6-2, 2.84) gave up 2R in a CG loss. Top A's hitter was 3B Bud Ayers (1 for 4, 1HR). For us, Luther Ormiston went 2 for 3, 1BB. John Dirtbag Degal went 1 for 3, 1HR. We barely out hit the A's 6 to 4.
5/22 PHI @ DET:
WIN 5-4 Bud Ulrich gave up just 2R in 8IP. Unfortunately Lloyd Wyman blew a save so the game went into extra innings. Stan Leveck (2-0, 1.23) pitched a hitless 15th inning and got the win compliments of a Luther Ormiston solo HR. Tad Zonkas gave up 3R in 8IP. The loss went to Ken Malia (0-1, 4.00) as he's the guy who gave up that game winning shot by Luther. We ended up using every reliever we had in this game. Top A's hitters were 2B Ace Habermehl (3 for 6, 2R, 1RBI, 2BB) & RF Peaches Badeau (4 for 8, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR, POG). For us, Dave Castaneda went 3 for 5, 1R. Ray Kress went 2 for 3, 3RBI, 2BB, 1DBL, 1SB before being pulled in favor of Pete Short. Must have been a pinch run situation as I see no other explanation for pulling one of the most clutch bats in the league in a close game.
5/23 CLE @ DET:
WIN 8-4 Roy Wolfe (6-3, 3.12) gave our bull pen the day off by getting the CG win giving up 4R. Howie Leosh (3-4, 5.83) gave up 7R in 3.1IP for the loss. POG was CLE CF Honus Dietrich (5 for 5, 2R, 2RBI, 1TRPL, 1HR). For us, Ray Kress went 2 for 3, 1R, 1RBI, 2BB, 1DBL. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1BB. Smokey Meacham went 2 for 4. Matt Perly went 1 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR.
5/24 CLE @ DET:
WIN 10-2 Corky Stell (5-3, 2.58) got the win and POG allowing only 1H and pitching 7 shutout innings. Houston Boler (4-5, 4.32) gave up 8R in 4.2IP for the loss. Top CLE hitter was again CF Honus Dietrich (2 for 4). Jerry Tuggle hit a PH solo HR for them with his only at bat. For us, Dave Castaneda went 2 for 4, 4R, 1RBI, 2BB. George Young filled in at 1B and went 2 for 2, 2BB. Ray Kress went 2 for 4, 2RBI, 2BB. Rollin Fish went 2 for 3, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4, 1R.
5/25 CLE @ DET:
WIN 7-6 Hal Andrew (6-4, 2.51) got the win giving up 6R in 8IP. Alan Paule pitched a scoreless 9th for his first save of the season. George Kauffman (5-4, 4.43) got the loss giving up 7R in 4.1IP. Top CLE hitter was RF Frank Winsett (2 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR). For us, Luther Ormiston got POG going 2 for 3, 2R, 5RBI, 1BB, 2HR. Dennis Kitterman and Matt Perly both hit solo HRs with their only hits.
5/26 day off
5/27 DET @ WSH:
WIN 4-3 Bud Ulrich (7-1, 2.25) got the win and POG giving up 3R in 8IP. Lloyd Wyman closed out the 9th for his 7th save. Joe Homic (5-6, 3.93) gave up 4R in a CG loss. Top WSH hitter was 1B Chris Anderson (1 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR). For us, Bud Ulrich went 2 for 2, 1R, 2RBI. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 3, 1R, 1BB. Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 1R.
5/28 DET @ WSH:
WIN 4-2 Roy Wolfe (7-3, 3.04) gave up only 2R in 8IP for the win and POG. Lloyd Wyman pitched a hitless 9th for his 8th save. Van Melbourn (2-9, 4.67) gave up 4R in 8.2IP for the loss. No one hit well for WSH as they were held to 5 hits. For us, Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 3, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Ray Kress went 2 for 5, 2DBL. Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 4, 2RBI, 1BB. Dave Castaneda went 2 for 3, 1RBI, 2BB.
5/29 DET @ WSH:
WIN 7-2 Corky Stell (6-3, 2.57) gave up only 2R in 7.1IP for the win. Chris Frays (3-5, 3.31) gave up 4R in 7Ip for the loss. Top WSH hitter was SS Hitman Crocitto (2 for 4). Once again we held WSH to 5 hits. For us, Isaac Mitchell got POG going 3 for 5, 3R, 3RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. Rollin Fish went 2 for 4, 1R, 1BB, 2DBL. Ray Kress went 2 for 4, 1RBI, 1BB.
5/30 day off
5/31 DET @ StL:
WIN 6-5 Hal Andrew gave up 5R (4ER) in 7.2IP. The win went to Lloyd Wyman (2-1, 2.05) who gave up 0R in the next 1.1IP. Alan Paule closed out the 10th for his 2nd save. Alter Sennelnekoff gave up 5R in 8.2IP. The loss went to Bob Jeakins (0-1, 2.50) who gave up 1R in the 10th. Top StL hitter was CF Jessie Witt (3 for 5, 1R). For us, Matt Perly got POG going 3 for 5, 1R, 1RBI. Luther Ormiston went 3 for 3, 1R, 2BB. Carl Sandoz went 2 for 3, 1RBI.
STANDINGS
35-15, #1 in the AL, 0.5 games ahead of Boston, 11-2 in the last two weeks.
BAD NEWS
-Rollin Fish hasn't found his groove this year currently hitting only .204
-Only 5 HR for Ray Kress in 2 months... he's giving the rest of the AL a heck of a head start this year in the HR race. I expected to see him make the top 10 on the career leaderboard in HRs, but he's not making it easy on himself.
-We've had a ton of injuries, but most of them are in the minors and to non-critical prospects.
GOOD NEWS
-We are on a 9 game win streak and were 11-2 in the last two weeks but we can't get cocky as we didn't face Boston during that time.
-All of our starters and nearly our entire bull pen are pitching very well... even Wolfe has been gutting out his tricep injury about as good as we can expect. Time to give Bob Guilderson a raise.
-Bud Ulrich was named AL Pitcher of the Month on 6/1. He had a record of 4-0, 1.32 in 6GS.
-Luther Ormiston was named AL Batter of the Month on 6/1 for hitting .345, 7HR, 27RBI, 20BB.
-Ray Kress is hitting better and has quickly gotten his average up to .304.
-Isaac Mitchell and Carl Sandoz have gotten off to another hot start this year platooning in RF. If Kitterman doesn't start hitting with some consitancy, he's going to lose his #2 spot to these two.
DEVELOPMENT OBSERVATIONS
-John Dirtbag Degal's swing is starting to look better from the right side of the plate.
-Bud Ulrich is finally starting to pitch like a potential ace. But, he's had hot starts before so only time will tell if he's really got the stuff. He's also leading out team with a .379 batting AVG at the moment.
-Lloyd Wyman was reported to have lost some velocity this year in spring training, but he's throwing triple digit fastballs now and looking sharp as our closer. He's moved up to the #17 spot on the career saves leaderboard and could make it into the top 10 this year if he stays healthy and consistant.
-Mike Kreitenberg's stay in AA may have to be cut short. He's got a better swing than some of the guys on our active roster now so I need to think about moving him to ToledoAAA sooner than I expected. We are going to have a serious log jam in our middle IF if he keeps improving.
-ToledoAAA coach is telling me I need to promote Sam Cheney at some point, but we don't have room for him at the moment and he still hasn't gotten his control back to the point where I'd be comfortable starting him anywhere above AAA.
HITTING THRU 5/31
Code:
Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG
Code:
B. Ulrich 12 29 11 1 0 0 3 5 0 8 .379 .400 .414
I. Mitchell 35 95 34 2 1 3 13 15 2 6 .358 .370 .495
C. Sandoz 33 106 36 5 0 1 16 11 10 8 .340 .393 .415
D. Castaneda 47 184 58 5 1 0 16 28 31 16 .315 .414 .353
L. Ormiston 49 168 52 13 1 14 43 39 41 27 .310 .445 .649
R. Kress 48 161 49 11 2 5 28 32 51 24 .304 .472 .491
M. Perly 48 174 52 7 0 11 36 24 27 26 .299 .396 .529
M. Ferron 19 39 10 1 0 0 4 4 3 1 .256 .302 .282
G. Young 9 20 5 0 0 0 0 1 4 1 .250 .400 .250
D. Kitterman 47 196 48 6 3 1 20 20 15 17 .245 .308 .321
J. Meacham 37 90 21 3 0 5 11 16 12 11 .233 .324 .433
C. Darling 25 22 5 0 0 1 2 4 3 1 .227 .320 .364
H. Andrew 14 40 9 1 1 0 1 7 1 10 .225 .262 .300
R. Fish 49 162 33 6 0 4 23 16 23 17 .204 .298 .315
J. Degal 32 107 21 2 0 5 16 12 7 7 .196 .248 .355
S. Zucal 20 16 3 0 0 0 1 5 3 1 .188 .316 .188
P. Short 19 31 5 1 1 1 1 3 1 4 .161 .188 .355
PITCHING THRU 5/31
Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K
Code:
B. Ulrich 12 12 7 1 0 2.25 92.0 65 27 23 34 60
R. Wolfe 12 12 7 3 0 3.04 94.2 93 36 32 22 42
H. Andrew 13 13 6 4 0 2.67 104.1 79 35 31 31 61
C. Stell 13 13 6 3 0 2.57 94.2 61 29 27 22 48
A. Paule 13 0 3 1 2 1.84 14.2 9 4 3 7 4
S. Leveck 4 0 2 0 0 1.23 7.1 7 1 1 2 5
S. Cole 23 0 2 1 3 1.50 18.0 13 4 3 3 9
L. Wyman 19 0 2 1 8 2.05 22.0 16 5 5 4 20
D. Vonkitzing 6 0 0 0 0 10.80 5.0 10 6 6 1 1
S. Brown 6 0 0 1 0 3.12 8.2 9 4 3 1 2