1955, 4/16 THRU 4/30
4/16 NYY @ DET:
WIN 7-1 Bud Ulrich (3-0, 1.66) gave up just 1R for a CG win and POG. Maury Baum (1-2, 7.23) gave up 7R in 5.2IP for the loss. Top Yank hitters were LF Turk Baker (3 for 4) & SS Victor Estevez (2 for 4, 1R). For us, everyone got on base at least once. Bud Ulrich went 2 for 4. Ray Kress went 1 for 3, 1R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR.
4/17 NYY @ DET:
WIN 4-2 Sonny Faulkner (2-0, 3.92) gave up just 2R in 8IP for the win and POG. Magnus George got his first save of the season pitching a scoreless 9th. George Kauffman (1-1, 0.38) gave up 4R (1ER) in 6.2IP for the loss. Top Yank hitters were LF Turk Baker (1 for 4, 1RBI) & George Kauffman (1 for 2, 1DBL). For us, Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4. Rollin Fish went 2 for 3, 1HR.
4/18 BAL @ DET:
WIN 5-1 Hal Andrew (1-1, 2.48) gave up just 1R in 8.2IP for the win and POG. Sam Cole got the final out and his first save of the season. Alter Sennelnekoff (2-2, 3.09) got the CG loss giving up 5R. Top BAL hitters were SS Dale Thompson (3 for 4, 1DBL) & 3B Boris Zimyanin (1 for 3, 1BB, 1HR). For us, Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 4, 2R, 1SB. Dirtbag Degal went 1 for 2, 1R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Matt Perly went 1 for 3, 1R, 2RBI. Hal Andrew went 2 for 3 and is hitting .500 for the season.
4/19 BAL @ DET:
loss 1-2 Roy Wolfe gave up just 1R in 9IP. Magnus George (0-1, 4.50) blew a 10th inning hold giving up a PH solo HR to John Bombardier. Sid Metcalf (2-1, 2.12) got the win and POG giving up just 1R in 9IP. Top BAL hitter was CF Tom Valeriano (3 for 3, 1BB). For us, Matt Perly went 2 for 3, 1BB, 1DBL. Dave Castaneda went 2 for 4, 1RBI.
4/20 BAL @ DET:
WIN 8-3 Bud Ulirch (4-0, 2.05) got the CG win giving up 3R. Buster Davis (0-3, 8.25) gave up 7R in 5IP for the loss. Top BAL hitters were CF Tom Valeriano (1 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR) & Boris Zimyanin (2 for 4, 1TRPL, 1HR). For us, Dennis Kitterman got POG going 2 for 4, 1R, 5RBI, 1BB, 1TRPL, 1HR. Ray Kress went 1 for 2, 1R, 2RBI, 3BB, 1HR, 1SB.
4/21 day off
4/22 DET @ WSH:
loss 1-2 Sonny Faulkner (2-1, 3.45) shrugged off a rain delay and gave up just 2H, 2BB & 2R but still got the CG loss. Bob Netsky (3-1, 2.73) got the win and POG giving up 1R in 6IP despite allowing 7H and 2BB. Top WSH hitter was SS Walt Mayotte (1 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR). For us, Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4. Sonny Faulkner went 1 for 2, 1BB, 1SB.
4/23 DET @ WSH:
WIN 12-4 Hal Andrew (2-1, 2.81) got the CG win giving up 4R. Lukas Dietrich (2-2, 7.34) gave up 7R in 5IP for the loss. Top WSH hitter was CF Boyd Mylchreest (3 for 4, 2R, 1RBI). For us, Matt Perly got POG going 2 for 4, 2R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Ray Kress went 2 for 4, 2R, 3RBI, 1HR. Dirtbag Degal went 1 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Mike Kreitenberg went 3 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 2SB filling in at SS.
4/24 DET @ WSH:
WIN 4-1 Roy Wolfe (3-1, 3.82) got the win and POG giving up just 1R in 8.1IP. Magnus George closed out the 9th for his 2nd save. Van Melbourn (1-4, 4.78) gave up 4R in 8IP for the loss. Top WSH hitters were 3B Chris Anderson (2 for 3, 1RBI, 1BB) & LF Ernie Greenbush (2 for 3, 1BB, 1DBL). For us, Mike Kreitenberg went 2 for 4, 1BB filling in at 1B. Dirtbag Degal went 1 for 2, 2BB, 1HR. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 1DBL, 1TRPL.
4/25 day off
4/26 BOS @ DET:
WIN 10-1 Bud Ulrich (5-0, 1.86) gave up just 2H and 1R in 8IP for the win. Cirilo Gonzalez (0-3, 5.93) lasted only 2.1IP giving up 6R for the loss. Top BOS hitter was SS Morris Lutske (1 for 2, 1SB). For us, Matt Perly got POG going 3 for 4, 1R, 6RBI, 1TRPL, 1HR. Rollin Fish went 1 for 4, 1BB, 1HR. Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 4, 2R. Dave Castaneda went 0 for 1, 2R, 3BB. Dirtbag Degal went 2 for 5, 2R, 3RBI.
4/27 BOS @ DET:
loss 5-11 Sonny Faulkner gave up 4R in 8IP. The loss went to John Patterson (0-1, 9.00) who blew a save badly giving up 6R in 0.1IP. Top Sox hitters were C Don Lock (3 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR), LF George Unruh (3 for 5, 3R, 3RBI, 1TRPL, 1HR, POG) & Curt Kahl (1 for 5, 1R, 4RBI, 1HR). For us, Dirtbag Degal went 3 for 5, 1R, 1RBI. Clinton Darling went 3 for 4. Rollin Fish went 2 for 3, 1RBI. Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4, 1RBI, 1DBL.
4/28 BOS @ DET:
loss 2-6 Hal Andrew (2-2, 3.28) gave up 6R (5ER) in 7.2IP for the loss. Willard Carte (2-4, 4.10) got the win giving up just 2R in 8IP. Top Sox hitters were SS Morris Lutske (2 for 5, 1R, 4RBI, 2DBL, POG) & RF Will Groaning (2 for 4, 1R). For us, Rollin Fish went 2 for 3, 1R, 1BB, 1SB. Ray Kress went 1 for 3, 1BB, 1HR. Hal Andrew went 1 for 1, 1RBI.
4/29 DET @ BAL:
WIN 19-1 Roy Wolfe (4-1 3.28) gave up just 1R for a CG win. Buster Davis (1-4, 8.75) gave up 7R in 4.1IP. Top BAL hitter was LF Jessie Witt (2 for 4, 1HR). For us, Matt Perly got POG going 3 for 5, 4R, 8RBI, 1BB, 2HR. Dave Castaneda went 3 for 6, 3R, 1RBI, 1DBL. Isaac Mitchell went 4 for 6, 2R, 1RBI. Mike Kreitenberg went 2 for 5, 2R, 4RBI, 1BB, 1DBL filling in at 3B.
Ray Kress hit for the cycle and chipped in 2BB for added flavor. He went 4 for 4, 5R, 3RBI, 2BB, 1DBL, 1TRPL, 1HR. His 5R is an AL record.
4/30 DET @ BAL:
WIN 8-7 Bud Ulrich (6-0, 2.70) got the win despite giving up 6R in 8IP. There goes POM down the drain - oh well, I'll take 6-0 over POM every time. Magnus George got his 3rd save despite giving up a 9th inning HR. Eugene Sprecher (2-4, 5.58) gave up 7R in 5IP for the loss. Top BAL hitters were CF Tom Valeriano (3 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1HR), LF Chet Pardue (2 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR), SS Dale Thompson (2 for 5, 1HR) & Mark Geil (1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR). For us, Ray Kress got POG going 4 for 4, 3R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1DBL, 1HR. Dirtbag Degal went 2 for 4, 3R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 1BB. Matt Perly went 1 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Pete Short went 1 for 4, 1BB, 1HR.
STANDINGS
16-7, #2 overall, 0.5 games behind NY, 9-4 in the last couple of weeks
BAD NEWS
-Our bull pen has been a bit shaky lately. Fite looks like he's losing confidence in Wyman as we had plenty of save ops lately, but none of went to Wyman in the last couple of weeks.
-Dave Castaneda continues to struggle - .233 for the month.
-Depite beating NY 4 games to 2 we lost half a game on them. We've beat them more then the rest of the AL combined. Hopefully this is just an early season fluke and we can get back on top.
GOOD NEWS
-Our rotation has been fairly solid in the first month with no one with an era bigger than 3.68.
-Kress (.351, 11HR, 25RBI, 29R, 30BB, 4SB), Perly (.306, 8HR, 31RBI) & Mitchell (.400) were on fire.
-Kress hit for the cycle + 2BB on 4/29 and set the AL record with 5R in a game. He followed that game with yet another 4 for 4, 1HR game.
APRIL HITTING
Code:
Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG
Code:
I. Mitchell 22 90 36 2 0 2 12 10 5 7 .400 .429 .489
H. Andrew 6 16 6 0 0 0 3 2 2 1 .375 .474 .375
R. Kress 23 74 26 2 1 11 25 29 30 16 .351 .528 .851
C. Darling 6 9 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .333 .455 .333
M. Perly 22 85 26 4 1 8 31 20 14 12 .306 .396 .659
J. Degal 18 64 19 2 0 5 16 14 15 12 .297 .425 .563
M. Kreitenberg 16 44 13 3 0 0 7 8 5 2 .295 .367 .364
L. Ormiston 21 72 21 5 2 2 14 8 14 11 .292 .398 .500
B. Ulrich 6 21 6 0 0 0 0 4 2 4 .286 .348 .286
E. Faulkner 5 14 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 5 .286 .333 .286
R. Fish 19 56 15 0 0 4 9 13 14 7 .268 .405 .482
D. Kitterman 21 91 24 2 2 1 9 16 4 6 .264 .299 .363
C. Sandoz 6 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 .250 .400 .375
P. Short 10 12 3 1 0 1 3 3 6 2 .250 .474 .583
D. Castaneda 21 86 20 5 0 0 10 14 15 12 .233 .343 .291
J. Meacham 12 32 6 0 0 0 1 5 0 2 .188 .188 .188
APRIL PITCHING
Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K
Code:
B. Ulrich 6 6 6 0 0 2.70 46.2 32 18 14 24 32
R. Wolfe 6 6 4 1 0 3.28 46.2 47 18 17 11 12
H. Andrew 6 6 2 2 0 3.28 49.1 38 20 18 14 29
E. Faulkner 5 5 2 1 0 3.68 36.2 27 17 15 16 19
S. Cole 4 0 1 0 1 5.40 5.0 5 3 3 5 3
L. Wyman 6 0 1 0 3 2.08 4.1 2 1 1 2 2
C. Stell 6 0 0 1 0 15.19 5.1 11 9 9 1 1
S. Brown 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.2 3 1 0 3 0
O. Adkins 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.1 4 4 0 0 1
M. George 4 0 0 1 3 4.91 3.2 5 2 2 1 2
J. Patterson 8 0 0 1 2 9.00 8.0 12 8 8 4 2