1956, 5/16 THRU 5/31
5/16 DET @ CHI:
WIN 10-2 Bud Ulrich (5-0, 2.08) allowed just 3H, 2R (1ER) for a CG win. Ernest Cohen (3-7, 6.90) gave up 9R in 5IP for the loss. Top CHI hitters were LF Ferdinand Perez (1 for 2) and the guy to subbed in for him mid game LF Rob Magner (1 for 2, 2RBI). For us, Ray Kress got POG going 2 for 5, 2R, 6RBI, 1BB, 2HR. Dave Castaneda went 4 for 4, 3R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1DBL. Dirtbag Degal went 3 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB. Matt Perly went 2 for 3, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB.
5/17 DET @ CHI:
WIN 8-6 Sonny Faulkner (3-0, 3.15) got the win giving up 3R in 7.1IP. Tim Donahue came in for his ML debut and gave up 3R in the next 1.1, but John Patterson relieved him and got the final out for his 4th save. Nate Lewis (1-6, 4.99) gave up 7R (6ER) in 6IP for the loss. Top CHI hitters were RF Alan Roloff (1 for 4, 2R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR) & SS Joe Yandell (1 for 2, 1R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR). For us, Mike Kreitenberg got POG giong 3 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB, 2SB filling in at 1B. Jim Coleman went 2 for 3, 1R, 1RBI, 2BB, 1DBL, 1SB. Dirtbag Degal went 1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR.
5/18 DET @ CHI:
WIN 3-2 Roy Wolfe gave up 2R in 7IP. John Patterson (2-0, 1.13) got the win as he allowed no runs in the final 2 innings. Max Matamoros gave up just 2R in 7.2IP. The loss went to Ralph Benefield (0-2, 3.55) for giving up the fatal run in the 9th. Top Sox hitters were 3B Robbie Rael (2 for 4) & RF Bobby Abrams (1 for 2, 1RBI, 2BB). For us, Dennis Kitterman got POG going 2 for 5, 2R, 1RBI, 1TRPL, 1HR. Mike Kreitenberg went 3 for 5 filling in at SS. Dirtbag Degal subbed in at 3B mid game and went 1 for 2, 1RBI.
5/19 day off
5/20 WSH @ DET:
loss 3-9 Hal Andrew (5-6, 4.25) gave up 7R (6ER) in 5.1IP for the loss. Bob Netsky (2-7, 6.67) got the win giving up 3R in 7IP. Top WSH hitters were RF Will Griffin (3 for 4, 3R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1TRPL), C John Fine (2 for 4, 2R, 4RBI, 1HR, POG) & CF Ernest Greenbush (1 for 2, 1R, 2RBI, 2BB, 1DBL). For us, Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 3, 1R, 1RBI, 2BB, 1DBL. Dirtbag Degal went 1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI. Hal Andrew went 1 for 2, 1DBL. Resting Kress at home? Shame on you Fite. Think of the fans man.
5/21 WSH @ DET:
WIN 3-2 Bud Ulrich gave up 2R in 7.2IP. Magnus George (2-3, 4.20) pitched a scoreless 9th for the win. Lukas Dietrich gave up just 2R in 8.1IP. The loss went to Charles Lewis (0-4, 4.94) who gave up the final run in the 9th. Top WSH hitters were 3B Chris Anderson (2 for 4) & LF Sam Kreitenberg (1 for 4, 1HR). For us, Rollin Fish got POG going 2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI. Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 4, 1RBI, 1DBL. We were out hit 7 to 4.
5/22 WSH @ DET:
WIN 13-4 Sonny Faulkner (4-0, 3.24) got the win giving up 4R (3ER) in 7.1IP. Van Melbourn (2-8, 7.73) gave up 6R and was yanked after only 2IP. Top WSH hitters were RF Will Griffin (2 for 4, 2R, 1DBL) & LF Sam Kreitenberg (2 for 3, 1RBI, 1DBL). For us, Rollin Fish got back to back POG going 2 for 3, 1R, 4RBI, 1HR. Dennis Kitterman went 3 for 3, 2R, 2BB, 1DBL. Ray Kress went 2 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Isaac Mitchell went 3 for 5, 2R, 1RBI.
5/23 day off
5/24 CLE @ DET:
WIN 5-0 Roy Wolfe (6-4, 4.2) pitched a 3H CG shutout for the win and POG. Floyd McCumber (4-5, 4.24) gave up 5R (4ER) for a CG loss. Top CLE hitter was LF Paul Lett (1 for 2, 2BB). For us, Dirtbag Degal went 2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI. Jim Coleman went 2 for 4, 1R. Dave Castaneda went 1 for 2, 1R, 1BB.
5/25 CLE @ DET:
WIN 6-2 Hal Andrew (6-6, 4.10) got a much needed win & POG giving up just 2R in 7.1IP. Herm Labombard (8-3, 2.91) gave up 6R (3ER) for the CG loss. Top CLE hitters were C Don Lock (2 for 4, 1R) & 3B Dave Lemmings (1 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR). For us, Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4, 1R. Jim Coleman went 1 for 3, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR.
5/26 CLE @ DET:
loss 5-10 Bud Ulrich (5-1, 2.55) finally lost a game giving up 6R in 6IP. Bryce Ostrander (4-3, 3.2) got the win despite giving up 5R in 8.2IP. Top CLE hitters were 1B Jerry Tuggle (3 for 5, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR, POG), C Don Lock (3 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL), CF Sherm Rorabeck (2 for 3, 2R, 2RBI, 2TRPL) & 3B Dave Lemmings (1 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 2BB, 1HR). For us, Mike Kreitenberg went 4 for 5, 1R, 1RBI, 1TRPL. Jim Coleman went 1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR.
5/27 DET @ CHI:
loss 3-6 Sonny Faulkner (4-1, 3.83) gave up 6R (5ER) in 5.1IP for the loss. Max Matamoros (4-4, 3.78) got the win giving up 3R in 8IP. Top CHI hitters were RF Alan Roloff (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, POG), 1B Champ Allen (2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1SB) & C Bud Mobley (2 for 3, 1R, 2BB). For us, Rollin Fish went 2 for 4, 2RBI.
5/28 DET @ CHI:
loss 2-5 Roy Wolfe (6-5, 4.32) gave up 5R in the CG loss. Sam Quintero (1-8, 5.90) gave up just 1R in 8IP for the win. Top CHI hitters were C Carl Bosch (3 for 4, 2R, 3RBI,
2HR - are you kidding me Wolfe? Prior to this game 2HR was a season high for Bosch!!!) & LF Ferdinand Perez (1 for 4, 1HR). For us, Jim Coleman went 2 for 3, 1R, 1BB, 1DBL. Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 4.
5/29 DET @ CHI:
WIN 4-2 Hal Andrew gave up just 2R in 7.1IP for POG. Oswald Adkins (2-2, 9.50) got the win pitching a hitless 9th. Sam Cole got his 1st save of the season pitching a hitless 10th. Ernest Cohen gave up just 2R (1ER) in 8.1IP. The loss went to John Mora (2-2, 1.50) who was unable to hold in the 10th. Top CHI hitter was Rob Rael (1 for 4, 1RBI). For us, Matt Perly went 3 for 5, 1RBI. Hal Andrew went 1 for 3, 1R. Ray Kress, still hitting a pathetic .242, managed an 0 for 3, 1R, 3BB day.
5/30 BOS @ DET:
WIN 14-7 Bud Ulrich gave up 7R in 6.1IP. Oswald Adkins (3-2, 9.16) finished out the 7th holding for a win. Willard Carte gave up 7R in 5.1IP. The loss went to Guy Laboy (0-2, 3.79) who gave up 3 more runs in the 6th. Top BOS hitters were C Ben Lutske (3 for 5, 2R, 2RBI, 1HR), CF Curt Kahle (2 for 3, 1R, 1BB) & Grady Fisher (1 for 2, 1R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR). For us, Matt Perly got POG going 3 for 4, 4R, 5RBI, 2HR. Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4, 1R, 5RBI, 1HR. Dirtbag Degal went 3 for 4, 4R, 1BB. Mike Kreitenberg subbed in late in the game at SS and went 1 for 1, 1R, 1BB.
5/31 BOS @ DET:
loss 8-9 Sonny Faulkner gave up 8R (7ER) in 7.2IP. We tied the game in the 9th thanks to a clutch HR by Fish. But then Sam Cole (0-2, 4.15) who was unable to hold in the 10th. Cort Nagel gave up 6R in 4.1IP. The win went to Emilio Lobos (3-2, 4.91) who blew the save in the 9th but held on for the win pitching a scoreless 10th. Top BOS hitters were 2B Joe Bardo (2 for 4, 3R, 4RBI, 1BB, 2HR, 1SB, POG), RF George Unruh (2 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1HR), C Ben Lutske (3 for 5, 3R, 1RBI, 1HR) & 1B Irving Korr (1 for 3, 1HR). For us, Ray Kress went 4 for 5, 2R, 2RBI, 1HR. Dave Castaneda went 3 for 5, 1R. Rollin Fish went 1 for 2, 1HR.
STANDINGS
30-21, #3 in the AL, 5.5 games behind KC, 9-5 in the last couple of weeks
BAD NEWS
-The inconsistency bug bit every SP this time around.
-Kress had a couple of nice games but otherwise hit .227 for the month. Very very sad. He hasn't missed an all star game since becoming a starter in 1945 but he looks like a long shot to make the team this year unless he has a monster June.
GOOD NEWS
-Shame on me for not reporting this, but last month Perly hit his 2000th hit. He's currently at 2022 and is now #12 on the Career Leaderboard in HRs as well.
-On 5/16 Dennis Kitterman was named Player of the Week for hitting .565, 5 RBI.
-Kitterman (.382, 17R, 12RBI, 12BB), Kreitenberg (.358, 11R), Degal (.348, 8HR, 23RBI, 19R, 12BB), Mitchell (.326, 14RBI) & Coleman (.315, 20RBI, 20R, 22BB) all hit well.
-Rollin Fish only hit .235 for the month but did have a few clutch hitting games to help us pull out wins and has only committed 1 error in 49 games so far this year.
-Our young closer John Patterson has been sharp when Fite has used him (2-0, 4Sv, 1.88).
HITTING THRU 5/31
Code:
Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG
Code:
J. Degal 48 171 59 4 1 19 52 38 25 15 .345 .426 .713
I. Mitchell 49 174 60 7 1 4 29 18 9 23 .345 .387 .466
D. Kitterman 44 166 57 9 5 2 16 30 17 15 .343 .408 .494
M. Kreitenberg 44 132 42 1 2 0 7 18 11 20 .318 .371 .356
H. Andrew 13 33 10 4 0 0 4 6 3 10 .303 .361 .424
J. Coleman 50 172 52 8 1 8 37 30 29 26 .302 .397 .500
D. Castaneda 45 172 51 8 0 4 18 34 22 22 .297 .383 .413
M. Perly 44 157 42 5 3 13 41 33 29 26 .268 .378 .586
R. Kress 48 162 41 5 1 7 29 37 56 37 .253 .443 .426
R. Fish 49 157 36 3 0 9 31 19 26 17 .229 .339 .420
B. Ulrich 13 38 8 1 2 0 1 2 1 8 .211 .231 .342
G. Adams 25 53 11 2 0 3 7 5 5 9 .208 .276 .415
P. Short 26 60 10 4 2 0 3 6 3 8 .167 .203 .300
PITCHING THRU 5/31
Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K
Code:
R. Wolfe 12 12 6 5 0 4.32 91.2 97 50 44 24 57
H. Andrew 13 13 6 6 0 3.97 93.0 66 44 41 43 81
B. Ulrich 13 13 5 1 0 3.03 98.0 71 37 33 39 54
E. Faulkner 11 7 4 1 0 4.45 54.2 49 30 27 21 34
O. Adkins 18 0 3 2 2 9.16 18.2 29 23 19 14 14
J. Patterson 11 0 2 0 4 1.88 14.1 11 4 3 7 5
M. George 20 0 2 3 2 3.50 18.0 18 10 7 4 12
J. Nolting 7 7 2 2 0 2.64 47.2 39 16 14 17 27
S. Cole 15 1 0 2 1 4.15 26.0 22 12 12 15 9
C. Stell 3 0 0 0 0 8.10 3.1 5 3 3 2 1
T. Donahue 3 0 0 0 0 9.00 3.0 1 3 3 3 0
S. Brown 2 0 0 0 0 13.50 1.1 2 2 2 1 0
TEAM STAT RANKINGS
Batting AVG: .277 (3rd)
Homeruns: 70 (1st)
Walks: 244 (3rd)
Stolen Bases: 20 (6th)
Runs Scored: 289 (2nd)
Pitching ERA: 4.03 (8th)
Opponents AVG: .233 (3rd)
HRs Allowed: 54 (12th)
Walks Allowed: 183 (6th)
Runs Allowed: 229 (7th)