Sim Recap 10/1 - 10/3
10/1 Washington at Nevada - 8-7 Win! What a game. After leading 5-1 after 5 innings, we proceeded to
cough up the lead, and entered the bottom of the 8th down 7-5. Spike Halpern plated a run in the 8th,
and in the bottom of the 9th, we notched 4 singles and 2 walks to get the tying and winning runs.
Festa, Halpern and Doctor each drove in 2. Festa's on a 2-run 3rd inning homer, his 15th. Moncayo,
DiBen, Lott, Doctor and Halpern each had 2 singles, while Lott also walked twice. Rudolph went 6 innings,
allowing 2 earned runs, but Tamez and Stoops each allowed 2 runs. Barker came in for the win after shutting
down the 9th.
10/2 Washington at Nevada - 2-1 Loss in 10 innings. Heartbreak. With a chance to clinch .500, we blew it,
managing just 6 hits in 34 ABs. Thiessen drove in the lone run, he's really swinging the bat well.
Quintana had the tough luck, going 7 strong, allowing 1 run, though he did walk 6. His ERA has dipped
to just 2.98. Hollenbeck takes the loss, his 7th. Former Dragon prospect David Melgoza tore us up for
3 hits.
10/3 Washington at Nevada - 5-4 WIN! A barnburner to end the season! We traded runs in the first inning,
but the Griffins plated 2 in the 2nd and another in the 6th. All was looking lost until we stepped to
the plate in the bottom of the 8th. Alex Garza led off with a solid single in his final career at-bat.
It was his 2nd single of the game. Byron Thiessen then came to the dish and hit a grounder with eyes
to put runners on the corners with no one out. After a walk to pinch-hitter Moncayo, the bags were loaded
and the tying run at the plate. Up stepped 2B Albert Estrada, the savvy 36-year-old backup 2B, looking
to go out on a high note. Griffins reliever Ogu Yahei sits him down. 1 away. Next, September GE
Batter of the Month, Clarence DiBenedetto, pinch hits for Ray Festa. Pop up foul territory. 2-down.
It's all up to SS Chris Lott, much maligned all season. GONE. Grand Slam. 30th Homer for Lott. 101 RBIs
on the season. 5-4 Dragons!
In comes Herman Trottier, owner of 35 saves to shut the door. 2-0 count to pinch hitter Paul Thomas,
grounder to 2nd. Uh-oh Trottier is holding his shoulder, this looks bad. Trottier is going to have to
leave the game. In comes former closer and owner of a 2-7 record with a 5.40 ERA Bobby Hollenbeck.
Bam, 4 pitches, all strikes, 2 batters out and the game is ours. 81-81!
STANDINGS
Code:
West
Team W L Pct GB L10
Utah 97 65 .599 - 7-3
Colorado 93 69 .574 4.0 4-6
Nevada 81 81 .500 16.0 7-3
Oregon 72 90 .444 25.0 5-5
California 68 94 .420 29.0 3-7
Washington 55 107 .340 42.0 4-6
Excellent ending to the season. 26-15 over the final month plus. Definitely something to build on.
BATTING STATS
Code:
Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG
C. DiBenedetto 156 583 177 35 6 27 95 86 51 83 .304 .368 .523
A. Estrada 50 126 38 5 0 0 15 18 5 24 .302 .346 .341
R. Moncayo 155 571 163 29 6 30 88 117 75 14 .285 .390 .515
C. Foland 154 565 153 30 2 18 80 63 27 99 .271 .301 .427
G. Halpern 162 577 155 23 1 10 73 65 57 66 .269 .333 .364
R. Festa 156 579 143 38 1 15 72 94 87 80 .247 .348 .394
M. Doctor 153 556 135 15 0 4 55 51 35 97 .243 .289 .291
B. Thiessen 119 305 74 16 0 3 24 37 16 43 .243 .286 .325
C. Lott 162 597 136 26 4 30 101 95 96 60 .228 .340 .436
M. Hui 68 222 49 7 0 2 25 17 7 42 .221 .243 .279
A. Garza 72 110 24 6 1 0 9 12 6 37 .218 .259 .291
J. Lape 69 101 21 3 0 0 6 10 1 18 .208 .216 .238
M. Hagberg 42 110 21 3 2 5 17 10 7 22 .191 .252 .391
J. Salazar 38 116 21 9 1 0 9 14 12 23 .181 .267 .276
C. Francis 35 48 8 0 0 0 3 7 0 11 .167 .167 .167
F. Trujillo 47 46 5 2 0 0 2 7 3 7 .109 .192 .152
More to come on stats next post
PITCHING STATS
Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K
J. Leanos 31 31 12 8 0 3.75 175.1 180 79 73 42 59
R. Herron 28 28 11 9 0 3.44 165.0 154 74 63 56 40
M. Cordova 22 22 11 5 0 3.53 135.0 104 58 53 47 70
K. Rudolph 32 32 8 12 0 3.85 184.2 197 97 79 68 44
G. Foxworth 32 17 7 6 0 3.42 131.2 108 56 50 32 47
M. Tamez 90 0 4 4 2 2.53 103.0 105 33 29 21 26
E. Birmingham 22 0 4 1 1 6.16 19.0 24 15 13 8 2
B. Stoops 89 0 4 5 1 3.94 77.2 77 35 34 33 38
J. Barker 63 1 4 2 2 3.89 76.1 71 35 33 26 20
D. Scoggin 18 18 4 9 0 6.19 91.2 109 66 63 38 22
R. Quintana 19 7 3 2 0 2.98 54.1 48 20 18 35 21
B. Hollenbeck 67 0 2 7 1 5.34 59.0 73 37 35 14 11
H. Trottier 84 0 2 8 35 3.15 103.0 85 46 36 52 55
J. Grolsch 9 1 1 0 0 2.50 18.0 17 6 5 4 5
N. Cramer 5 5 1 1 0 4.05 26.2 25 16 12 9 11
A. Stier 34 0 1 2 0 3.61 42.1 46 18 17 9 9
Ditto.
Batting AVG: .244 (10th)
Homeruns: 146 (7th)
Walks: 501 (1st)
Stolen Bases: 129 (11th)
Runs Scored: 716 (4th)
Pitching ERA: 3.78 (20th)
Opponents AVG: .256 (22nd)
HRs Allowed: 113 (8th)
Walks Allowed: 496 (21st)
Runs Allowed: 697 (21st)
SCHEDULE
2012! I'll still finish all the recaps, plus a season wrap up and of course draft stuff.
For now though, anyone have any tips? I see I have a few loyal readers, I think. Anyone care to impart
some wisdom on how I can take this 81-81 team and push forward 10-12 games and into the postseason?