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1955: 7/1 THRU 7/15

7/1 DET @ CHI: WIN 3-1 Roy Wolfe (10-6, 3.51) got the CG win and POG giving up just 1R. Johnny Gordley (6-11, 4.30) gave up 3R in 7.2IP for the loss. Top CHI hitter was LF Ferdinand Perez (2 for 4, 1R). For us, Dirtbag Degal went 2 for 3, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB. Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 1DBL. Jim Coleman, fresh back from BuffaloAAA went 2 for 4, 2RBI, 1DBL.

7/2 DET @ CHI: loss 1-3 Bud Ulrich (14-2, 3.39) gave up 3R (2ER) in the CG loss. Ernest Cohen (7-4, 2.87) gave up just 1R in 7IP for the win. Top CHI hitter was again LF Ferdinand Perez (2 for 4, 1RBI). For us, Ray Kress went 2 for 4, 1R, 1DBL.

7/3 DET @ CHI: WIN 6-2 Sonny Faulkner gave up 2R in 8IP. Magnus George (2-5, 6.45) pitched 2 scoreless innings and got the win as we scored 4 in the top of the 11th. Stan Mulhall gave up 2R in 6.1IP. The loss went to Sockless Grant (5-13, 5.25) who was responsible for 3 of those 11th inning runs. Top CHI hitters were C Bud Mobley (3 for 4, 1DBL) & CF Mike Cushman (1 for 4, 1HR). For us, Dirtbag Degal got POG and extended his hitting streak to 19 games going 3 for 5, 3R, 4RBI, 1BB, 2HR.

7/4 DET @ WSH: WIN 7-5 Hal Andrew (13-5, 3.32) got the win despite giving up 5R in 8IP. Out of the 8 hits Andrew gave up, 7 of them were doubles. Magnus George got his 9th save pitching a scoreless 9th. Robert Gelder (6-13, 6.03) gave up 7R (6ER) in 4.1IP for the loss. Top WSH hitters were SS Walt Mayotte (2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1DBL) & RF Will Griffin (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL). For us, Dennis Kitterman got POG going 3 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1DBL, 1HR, 1SB. Hal Andrew went 1 for 3, 2RBI, 1BB, 1SB. Jim Coleman went 2 for 5, 1R, 2RBI.

7/5 DET @ WSH: WIN 7-3 Roy Wolfe (11-6, 3.48) gave up 3R in a CG win for POG. Bob Netsky (9-9, 3.91) gave up 5R In 7.2IP for the loss. Top WSH hitters were CF Claude Deasley (2 for 2, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL) & 2B Ray Vlasik (2 for 4, 1R). For us, Ray Kress went 3 for 5, 1R, 1RBI. Matt Perly went 1 for 2, 1R, 1RBI, 3BB, 1DBL. Roy Wolfe went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL. Degal subbed in at 3B late in the game and saw his hit 19 game streak end as he went 0 for 2.

7/6 DET @ WSH: WIN 13-3 Bud Ulrich (15-2, 3.40) got the win giving up 3R in 7.2IP. Lukas Dietrich (4-10, 5.39) gave up 7R in 4.1IP for the loss. Top WSH hitter was 3B Chris Anderson (2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL). For us, Dirtbag Degal got POG going 2 for 4, 2R, 3RBI, 1HR. Dave Castaneda went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 2BB. Ray Kress went 3 for 4, 3R, 1RBI, 2B, 1HR. Rollin Fish went 2 for 3, 3R, 1RBI, 2BB, 1HR, 1SB. Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 5, 2R, 2RBI, 2DBL.

7/7 day off

7/8 CLE @ DET: loss 2-3 Sonny Faulkner gave up 2R in 8IP. Magnus George (2-6, 6.56) was unable to hold in the 9th giving up 1R. Herm Labombard (14-4, 2.79) got the win giving up just 2R in 8IP. Top CLE hitters were 2B Robbie Delcambre (2 for 3, 1RBI, 1BB) & SS John Henning (2 for 3, 1R, 1BB). Dave Castaneda went 2 for 3, 1R, 1DBL. Ray Kress went 2 for 3, 1BB.

7/9 CLE @ DET: WIN 6-3 Hal Andrew (14-5, 3.32) got the win giving up 3R in 8IP. John Patterson got his 6th save pitching a scoreless 9th. About dang time you give the kid an inning Fite. Bobby Lester gave up 6R in 7.1IP. Top CLE hitter was 1B Jerry Tuggle (2 for 4, 2R, 3RBI, 2HR). For us, Dave Castaneda went 3 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4, 2R. Rollin Fish went 1 for 1, 1R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR.

7/10 CLE @ DET: WIN 4-3 Roy Wolfe gave up just 2R in 8IP for POG. Magnus George (3-6, 6.39) blew a save op in the 9th, but pitched a scoreless 10th to hold on for the win. Fite, I'd really like to see our career leaderboard closer get a save op once in a while... Houston Boler gave up 3R in 7IP. Morgan Cuellar (1-1, 2.81) got the loss giving up a 10th inning HR to Mitchell. Top CLE hitters were 1B Owen Shankster (1 for 3, 1HR) & LF Al Jackson (1 for 4, 1BB, 1HR). For us, Dave Castaneda went 2 for 3, 1R, 1BB. Ray Kress went 0 for 2, 2R, 3BB, 1SB. Matt Perly went 1 for 4, 2RBI.

7/11 day off

7/12 ALLSTAR: loss 1-9 Ray Kress went 1 for 2 starting in LF. Dirtbag Degal started at C and went 0 for 1, 1BB. Matt Perly started at 2B and went 0 for 2. Isaac Mitchell subbed in at RF and went 2 for 3. Hal Andrew struck out one and pitched a hitless/walkless 4th inning. Bud Ulrich pitched in the 7th but gave up 2R in 0.2IP.

7/13 day off
7/14 day off

7/15 CHI @ DET: loss 4-5 Bud Ulrich (15-3, 3.49) gave up 5R in a CG loss. Stan Mulhall (4-5, 5.35) gave up just 1R in 7.1IP for the win and POG. Top Sox hitters were LF Ferdinand Perez (3 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL), 1B Champ Allen (1 for 2, 1R, 2BB) & 2B Ricky Middlebrook (1 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1TRPL). For us, Dave Castaneda went 2 for 4, 1RBI, 1BB. Dirtbag Degal went 1 for 4, 1HR.


STANDINGS
59-28, #1 overall, 3.5 games ahead of the Yanks, 7-3 in the last 10

BAD NEWS
-Unfortunately, the online team page, stats pages, and some of the player pages are not updated, so I'll try to look at the bad/good news in more detail later if I have time this weekend.

GOOD NEWS
-On 7/4 Dirtbag Degal won Player of the Week award for hitting .474, 2HR, 6RBI and had a 19 game hitting streak going on during that time.
-In the AL TOP10s Kress leads in runs by 22 and in walks by 38. I love the way he does anything that it takes to help this team succeed.
-We took back the #1 spot and have held on, but now NY has moved back into the top challenger spot. Very cool to see four strong teams in the AL this year.

AL TOP10 TIGERS
AVG - Kress #2, Mitchell #8
SLG - Kress #1, Degal #4, Perly #6
HR - Kress #3, Degal #4, Perly #5
RBI - Perly #4, Kress #5, Degal #6
RUN - Kress #1 (by 22), Kitterman #5
SB - Kreitenberg #3, Fish #4, Kress #6
BB - Kress #1 (by 38), Castaneda #6
WIN - Ulrich #2, Andrew #5
Ks - Andrew #2, Ulrich #7,
ERA - Andrew #7, Wolfe #8
SVs - George #6...
Where they heck is Wyman? I thought that last patch was supposed to help fix the closer / save op ratio problem. Too bad since Wyman was with in site of the #1 spot all time. But then again, winning is more important than personal records, so I shouldn't gripe too much.