9/11 - Nevada at Texas, 4-1 WIN - 4 in a row for your Nevada Dragons! Cyril Foland chipped in a 4th
inning homer (15) but it was backup 2B Albert Estrada's big 2-run 6th inning single which gave us a 4-1
lead. Ramon Quintana earned his first win, going 7 strong, allowing just 1 run (not earned), though
he walked 6. Trottier came on in the 9th, K'd 2 and picked up save number 32.
9/12 - Nevada at Texas, 6-2 WIN - Boxscore didn't upload, but Jason Grolsch, starting for the injured
JOse Leonos picked up the win after going 7 innings allowing just 2 ER. Herman Trottier pitched
an inning and two-thirds for save #33 while DiBenedetto added 2 hits and his 20th Homer.
9/13 - Colorado at Nevada, 4-1 WIN - Let's make it a 6-pack as we defeat the top-shelf Rams. A big 3-run
bottom of the 8th rally, keyed by several singles got us the W. DiBenedetto drove in 2 runs, and Miggy
Cordova went 8 allowing just 1 run to go to 10-4. Trottier was too tired to come out for the save.
9/14 - Colorado at Nevada, 5-3 Loss - The good times stop as the Rams hit 2 9th inning homers to pad
a 3-1 lead. We did mount a 9th inning rally after a 1-out RBI Triple by Hagberg, Halpern drove him in.
At 5-3, Salazar K'd then pinch hitter Thiessen walked putting the tying run on base. Moncayo couldn't
make the magic happen as he grounded out to end the game. Halpern had 3 hits and 2 ribbies, while
Mike Doctor and Moncayo pitched in 2 hits. Gene Foxworth took the loss (4-6) but Stoops allowing 2
9th inning runs killed us
9/15 - Washington at Nevada, 7-2 Loss - 14 hits by Washington's meager offense, while we didn't manage
much. Lott (27) and DiBenedetto (21) went yard. Kirby Rudolph allowed 5 runs and 9 hits in 5 innings
to fall to 8-11. Very disappointing.
9/16 - Washington at Nevada, 10-3 WIN - Here come the big sticks as we explode for 10. Quintana went the
distance for his 2nd win on the sim (and season) while we got a 2-run HR from Moncayo (30), a solo shot
from DiBenedetto (22) and a 3-run dagger from Foland (16). Moncayo also added a double and 3 walks, while
Byron Thiessen of all people added 2 hits and 2 runs.
9/17 - Oregon at Nevada, 7-2 Loss in 15 - Heartbreaker here as the Owls break out a 5-run 15th that we
couldn't answer. We even managed 6 baserunners in innings 10-12 but no win for us. Lott led the way
with 3 hits, while Thiessen and Spike Halpern had 2 hits. Moses Tamez had the breakdown, allowing all
5 runs. Leonos, the starter allowed 1 ER in 6 innings. Stier, Trottier, Hollenbeck and Stoops combined
for 7.1 innings allowing just 1 run.
9/18 - Oregon at Nevada, 5-2 Loss - Another tough pill to swallow. DiBenedetto hit yet another HR (2-run,
#23) in the 1st, but that was all we could manage. Halpern had 2 hits and we had 4 other doubles, but
no more runs. Cordova allowed 5 ER in 7.1 to fall to 10-5.
9/19 - Oregon at Nevada, 6-2 Win - Back on the right track with a big win. Festa hit his 13th HR, and
DiBenedetto AGAIN went yard (#24, 5th of the sim) while Moncayo added 2 hits and we got 2 RBI's from
Foland. Foxworth went 7 innings to go to 5-6 and drops his ERA under 4.00.
STANDINGS
Code:
West
Team W L Pct GB L10
Utah 89 60 .597 - 6-4
Colorado 88 61 .591 - 5-5
Nevada 72 77 .483 17.0 6-4
Oregon 65 84 .436 24.0 6-4
California 63 87 .420 26.5 5-5
Washington 51 99 .340 38.5 4-6
Going down to the wire, we need to end 9-4 for .500 now after the 5-4 sim (which I predicted). Should
be interesting between Utah and Colorado (though how are they even, isn't Colorado 1 game back? Has
OOTP lost it?)
BATTING STATS
Code:
Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG
R. Moncayo 144 534 152 27 6 30 79 110 70 14 .285 .389 .526
R. Festa 144 532 136 36 1 13 67 85 79 73 .256 .354 .400
C. Lott 149 549 118 21 4 27 88 83 86 57 .215 .326 .415
C. DiBenedetto 144 537 155 33 6 24 87 77 48 79 .289 .356 .507
C. Foland 142 518 135 28 2 16 75 53 25 92 .261 .290 .415
M. Doctor 141 510 127 14 0 4 49 45 35 88 .249 .299 .300
G. Halpern 149 531 140 20 1 10 62 61 51 64 .264 .328 .362
J. Salazar 29 90 15 7 1 0 6 10 8 20 .167 .248 .267
A. Estrada 39 90 32 4 0 0 13 17 5 16 .356 .410 .400
B. Thiessen 109 279 62 11 0 3 20 33 15 42 .222 .268 .294
M. Hui 68 222 49 7 0 2 25 17 7 42 .221 .243 .279
J. Lape 69 101 21 3 0 0 6 10 1 18 .208 .216 .238
A. Garza 67 102 20 6 1 0 9 9 5 34 .196 .234 .275
M. Hagberg 38 99 18 3 2 5 15 10 5 21 .182 .236 .404
C. Francis 35 48 8 0 0 0 3 7 0 11 .167 .167 .167
F. Trujillo 36 38 5 2 0 0 1 5 2 6 .132 .214 .184
DiBenedetto had a fantastic sim for us, knocking 5 HRs and many multi-hit games. His season is actually
looking pretty solid so far. Festa had a down sim, and Doctor is just flailing at this point. 13 more
games for Salazar to prove he is even backup worthy. It's not looking likely.
PITCHING STATS
Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K
R. Herron 28 28 11 9 0 3.44 165.0 154 74 63 56 40
J. Leanos 28 28 11 8 0 3.74 159.0 160 70 66 37 53
M. Cordova 20 20 10 5 0 3.60 122.1 98 53 49 42 64
K. Rudolph 29 29 8 11 0 3.73 169.0 175 83 70 63 41
G. Foxworth 30 15 5 6 0 3.89 115.2 101 56 50 31 41
E. Birmingham 22 0 4 1 1 6.16 19.0 24 15 13 8 2
M. Tamez 85 0 4 3 2 2.40 97.2 96 29 26 19 25
D. Scoggin 18 18 4 9 0 6.19 91.2 109 66 63 38 22
B. Stoops 82 0 3 5 1 4.00 72.0 70 33 32 30 36
J. Barker 60 1 3 2 2 3.98 72.1 67 34 32 26 20
R. Quintana 16 4 2 2 0 3.44 34.0 30 15 13 25 11
H. Trottier 77 0 2 7 33 3.17 96.2 79 44 34 48 51
N. Cramer 5 5 1 1 0 4.05 26.2 25 16 12 9 11
J. Grolsch 8 1 1 0 0 2.65 17.0 16 6 5 3 5
B. Hollenbeck 60 0 1 6 0 5.43 54.2 70 35 33 13 10
A. Stier 25 0 0 2 0 3.82 33.0 37 15 14 8 6
Looks like guys have settled in a bit, Cordova has pitched well, as has Foxworthy of late. Quintana has
even done an admirable job. If I had to do it now, next years rotation would be Herron/Leonos/Cordova/
Foxworthy/??someone new?? (maybe Quintana)
Reliever-wise, I'm ok. Trottier is getting up in age, but Tamez has been solid minus his blowup this sim.
The rest seem to be a batch of guys who will be in the 3.50-4.50 ERA range.
Batting AVG: .240 (12th)
Homeruns: 136 (6th)
Walks: 457 (1st)
Stolen Bases: 116 (11th)
Runs Scored: 644 (6th)
Pitching ERA: 3.85 (21st)
Opponents AVG: .257 (21st)
HRs Allowed: 107 (8th)
Walks Allowed: 458 (21st)
Runs Allowed: 650 (21st)
Still getting outscored big time, but the O is doing it's job. It's a playoff-caliber offense, but a
basement quality pitching staff. I'm sure if I delved deeper, I'd find a basement level fielding team
too. Actually, I just checked. Most errors in the league, 140, though 3rd most DP's. Fielding % of
.976 is 23rd out of 24 (though front running NY is last).
SCHEDULE
9/21 - Nevada @ Utah -- Nevada leads series 8-7
9/22 - Nevada @ Utah
9/23 - Nevada @ Utah
9/24 - Nevada @ Oregon -- Nevada leads series 9-6
9/25 - Nevada @ Oregon
9/26 - Nevada @ Oregon
9/27 - California @ Nevada -- Nevada leads series 9-6
9/28 - California @ Nevada
9/29 - California @ Nevada
9/30 - Washington @ Nevada -- Nevada leads series 9-5
10/1 - Washington @ NEvada
Not a bad schedule really. 3 in Utah will be tough, but I'm hoping we can get 1 of those 3. The remainder
are against teams that are below us in the standings, and who we've fared well against. Not sure
exactly how many days Chappy is simming, but if it is all 11, I think 7-4 is feasible.