1955: 6/1 THRU 6/30
6/1 - 6/15:
I had no online box scores so I'm skipping ahead...
6/16 DET @ KC:
WIN 10-1 Hal Andrew (10-5, 3.29) pitched 7 shutout innings for the win and POG. Tad Zonkas (2-6, 4.19) gave up 2R in 6.1IP for the loss. Top KC hitters were CF Peaches Badeau (2 for 4, 1BB), RF Matt Praks (2 for 3, 1RBI, 1BB) & SS Rob Bell (2 for 3, 1BB, 1DBL). For us, Mike Kreitenberg went 2 for 2, 1R, 2RBI, 2BB, 1DBL filling in at 2B. Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 4. Matt Perly went 1 for 1, 2R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR subbing in late at 3B.
6/17 CHI @ DET:
WIN 3-2 Roy Wolfe (8-5, 3.86) gave up just 2R in 8.2IP for the win and POG. Stan Mulhall (2-4, 6.75) gave up 3R (2ER) in 7IP. Top CHI hitters were 1B Champ Allen (2 for 4) & CF Henry Thomas (1 for 4, 1hR). For us, Matt Perly went 1 for 2, 1RBI, 2BB, 1DBL. Roy Wolfe went 1 for 2.
6/18 CHI @ DET:
WIN 3-0 Bud Ulrich (14-1, 3.40) pitched 8 shutout innings for the win and POG. Ernest Cohen (5-3, 2.90) gave up 3R in the CG loss. Top CHI hitter was C Bud Mobley (2 for 3, 1DBL). For us, Dennis Kitterman went 3 for 4, 1RBI. Matt Perly went 2 for 4. Smokey Meacham filled in at C and went 3 for 4, 1R.
6/19 CHI @ DET:
WIN 18-1 Sonny Faulkner (10-4, 3.66) gave up just 1R for the CG win. Sockless Grant (4-12, 5.49) gave up 8 in 4.2. Top CHI hitter was 1B Champ Allen (2 for 3, 1R). For us, Ray Kress went 3 for 4, 5R, 2BB and tied his AL single game record of 5R. Dirtbag Degal went 2 for 4, 1R, 5RBI, 2BB, 1GrandSlam. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 1R, 4RBI, 2BB, 1DBL. Rollin Fish went 3 for 5, 3R, 2RBI, 1HR. Dennis Kitterman went 3 for 5, 3R, 2RBI. Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4, 2R, 2BB.
6/20 WSH @ DET:
WIN 4-3 Hal Andrew got the win giving up 3R in 8IP. John Patterson pitched a scoreless 9th for his 5th save. Van Melbourn (3-14, 4.94) gave up 4R in his CG loss. Top WSH hitters were 3B Chris Anderson (2 for 4) & Van Melbourn (1 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR). That's only Van's 2nd HR of his career, both were against Tiger pitchers. For us, Mike Kreitenberg went 3 for 4, 1R, 2DBL, 1SB filling in at SS. Ray Kress went 1 for 2, 1RBI, 2BB. Dirtbag Degal went 2 for 3, 1R. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 3, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR.
6/21 WSH @ DET:
loss 4-6 Roy Wolfe (8-6, 3.89) gave up 6R (4ER) in 8IP for the loss. Robert Gelder (6-11, 5.54) got the win giving up 4R in 8.2IP. Top WSH hitter was (of course) 3B Chris Anderson (2 for 3, 2R, 4RBI, 1BB, 2HR, POG). That guys always seems to hit well against us. For us, Dave Castaneda went 1 for 3, 2R, 2BB. Matt Perly went 1 for 3, 1RBI, 1BB. Ray Kress went 0 for 2, 1R, 1RBI, 3BB.
6/22 WSH @ DET:
loss 2-5 Bud Ulrich gave up 2R in 6.2IP. The loss went to Magnus George (0-4, 7.64) who gave up 3R in the 8th. Bob Netsky (8-8, 3.87) got the win and POG giving up 2R in 8IP. Top WSH hitters were 1B Wally Cruce (2 for 3, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1HR), CF Claude Deasley (1 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR) & SS Walt Mayotte (2 for 2, 2BB). For us, Dirtbag degal went 1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. Rollin Fish went 3 for 4.
6/23 day off
6/24 DET @ CLE:
loss 6-7 Sonny Faulkner (10-5, 4.03) gave up 7R & 3HR in 3.2IP for the loss. Houston Boler (13-4, 4.36) got the win giving up 6R (4ER) in 6IP. Top CLE hitters were RF Frank Winsett (3 for 4, 2R, 4RBI, 2HR, POG), CF Honus Dietrich (2 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR) & LF Sherm Rorabeck (2 for 4, 1R, 1TRPL). For us, Ray KRess went 2 for 4, 2R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 2 subbing in late at 1B.
6/25 DET @ CLE:
loss 1-2 Hal Andrew struck out 8 and allowed only 2H, 2BB & 1R in 8IP. Unfortunately, Magnus Goerge (0-5, 7.85) was unable to hold in the 9th. Lex TW gave up 1R in 7.1IP for POG. The win went to Wally Pickles (3-2, 6.57) who pitched a scoreless 9th. Top CLE hitters were CF Honus Dietrich (2 for 4, 1HR) & 3B Dave Lemmings (1 for 3, 1HR). For us, Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 4, 1R. Dirtbag Degal went 1 for 2, 1RBI, 2BB.
6/26 DET @ CLE:
WIN 5-0 Roy Wolfe (9-6, 3.66) pitched a 4H CG shutout for the win and POG. Herm Labombard (12-4, 2.96) gave up 5R (3ER) in 7.2IP for the loss. Top CLE hitter was RF Frank Winsett (1 for 2, 1BB). For us, Dirtbag Degal went 3 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL, 1HR.
6/27 day off
6/28 KC @ DET:
WIN 11-4 Bud Ulrich gave up 4R in 7IP. The win went to Magnus George (1-5, 7.45) held pitching a scoreless 8th. Dan Mau (14-1, 4.01) gave up 6R in 7.2IP for the loss. Top KC hitters were C Hershell Lee (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI), RF Matt Praks (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI) & 3B Bud Ayers (1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR). For us, Matt Perly got POG going 3 for 5, 2R, 5RBI, 2HR. Luther Ormiston went 3 for 5, 1HR. Mike Kreitenberg went 3 for 5, 2R, 2RBI filling in at SS. Ray Kress went 1 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR.
6/29 KC @ DET:
WIN 4-2 Sonny Faulkner (11-5, 3.93) gave up just 2R in 8IP for the win and POG. Magnus George got his 8th save pitching a scoreless 9th. Tad Zonkas (2-9, 3.97) gave up 3R in 7IP for the loss. Top KC hitter was LF Emanual Ryan (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL, 1HR). For us, Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR. Rollin Fish went 2 for 3, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Clinton Darling filled in at LF & 3B and went 2 for 4.
6/30 KC @ DET:
WIN 13-5 Hal Andrew (12-5, 3.20) got the win giving up 4R (3ER) in 7.1IP. Ellis Weeks (10-7, 4.00) gave up 9R in the first 2.2 for the loss. Top KC hitters were LF Emanual Ryan (1 for 2, 2R, 1RBI, 2BB, 1HR), 1B Charlton Brown (1 for 4, 1HR), 3B Bud Ayers (2 for 4, 1RBI) & CF Peaches Badeau (2 for 4, 1RBI, 1BB). For us, Ray Kress got POG going 4 for 5, 1R, 2RBI. Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1DBL.
STANDINGS
52-25, #1 overall, 3.5 games ahead of CLE, 17-9 in June
BAD NEWS
-Scouting: Ormiston's report seems to be getting worse and worse every month. I wonder if he's hiding an injury.
-Bullpen: Magnus George (8.31), Lloyd Wyman (9.00), Steven Brown (11.57) struggled.
-Hitting: For the most part we hit well this month, but we did have a 4 game losing streak in the middle of a bit of lull in our hitting. Luckily the bats woke up in time for our last series with KC.
GOOD NEWS
-Scouting: Coleman is ready to be called back up from AAA, he picked up 1B like we had hoped, but now that Ormiston is struggling, he'll spend most of his time at 3B anyway. But at least we have some flexibility there. He put up some incredible numbers there in Buffalo highlighted by .375 & 44HRs in 77 games.
-Starters: Andrew (5-1, 3.94), Faulkner (5-2, 3.1), Wolfe (3-3, 3.59), Ulrich (2-0, 3.46) did fairly well in keeping us in some close games.
-Hitting: Darling (.538), Kress (.430, 7HR), Ulrich (.400), Kreitenberg (.400), Kitterman (.353, 3HR), Perly (.353, 5HR), Degal (.329, 4HR).
-Dirtbag Degal has a 16 game hitting streak giong on.
-On 6/13 Ray Kress was named Player of the Week for hitting .524, 3HR, 10RBI and on 6/19 tied his AL single game record of 5R in a game.
-We jumped back into 1st place again, but now instead of NY or KC threatening, it's CLE giving us the least amount of breathing room. This is looking like it could be a crazy wild race this year.
ROSTER CHANGES
-Jim Coleman will be called back up from Buffalo-AAA and will get about half the at bats (give or take) at 3B as well as be available to sub in at 1B if PH circumstances call for it. Kreit will remain #1 backup at 1B, but I'm sure Fite will throw Coleman in there once in a while.
-Don Vonkitzing will have to be designated for assignment to make room for Jim. Don hasn't pitched one single inning this year as he was at the very far end of the bull pen bench. He needs to go somewhere where he can get a decent amount of innings as his skills are starting to suffer from lack of use.
HITTING THRU 6/30
Code:
Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG
Code:
M. Kreitenberg 59 162 63 13 4 0 31 37 22 16 .389 .465 .519
R. Kress 75 244 88 11 1 25 72 81 89 46 .361 .527 .721
C. Darling 23 39 14 2 0 1 6 4 4 7 .359 .419 .487
I. Mitchell 73 286 98 9 3 7 38 46 20 24 .343 .387 .469
M. Perly 70 252 80 11 1 20 72 51 41 38 .317 .409 .607
C. Sandoz 26 41 13 1 0 1 4 6 3 5 .317 .364 .415
J. Degal 66 229 71 6 0 18 58 45 45 29 .310 .419 .572
J. Meacham 38 89 27 2 1 5 15 14 6 10 .303 .347 .517
B. Ulrich 19 57 17 2 2 0 0 9 2 11 .298 .322 .404
D. Kitterman 72 294 87 5 6 10 45 61 24 34 .296 .348 .456
R. Fish 68 219 55 2 0 9 35 36 31 28 .251 .341 .384
D. Castaneda 68 279 70 9 2 1 31 42 43 47 .251 .349 .308
L. Ormiston 73 248 62 12 2 9 40 36 44 52 .250 .361 .423
P. Short 34 45 8 3 0 1 7 7 9 9 .178 .309 .311
PITCHING THRU 6/30
Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K
Code:
B. Ulrich 19 19 14 1 0 3.46 138.0 127 58 53 64 104
H. Andrew 20 20 12 5 0 3.20 154.2 105 58 55 58 124
E. Faulkner 19 19 11 5 0 3.93 139.2 125 64 61 45 68
R. Wolfe 19 19 9 6 0 3.66 150.0 147 66 61 27 75
L. Wyman 15 0 3 1 6 4.09 11.0 13 6 5 4 4
S. Cole 17 0 2 0 1 4.00 18.0 17 8 8 9 10
M. George 23 0 1 5 8 7.08 20.1 27 16 16 5 10
C. Stell 9 0 0 1 0 11.88 8.1 13 11 11 2 4
S. Brown 4 0 0 0 0 6.75 4.0 8 5 3 3 0
O. Adkins 13 0 0 0 0 2.35 15.1 17 9 4 6 9
J. Patterson 26 0 0 1 5 3.86 28.0 30 13 12 11 10