Sim Twelve, 2012
7/21 - 3-1 loss @ New York - Skip Burns allowed 1 ER on 4 hits in 7 innings, but NY's Dennis Moreland held us in check. Northrup gave up the game-losing rin in the 8th to fall to 0-2 on the year. A Franklyn Thom sac fly led to our lone run.
7/22 - 7-2 WIN @ New York - Russell Hults allowed 2 ER on 6 hits in 6 innings, and Salguero and Rapier finished the game with 2 and 1 scoreless innings respectively. On offense, it was the Commons and Horizon show. Lane was 2-for-4 with a walk, a double, a homer (7), 2 runs scored and 3 RBI. Bick was 2-for-5 with a homer(24), 2 runs scored and 2 RBI. Tally added a 2-run double in the 4th inning.
7/23 - 7-6 WIN @ DC - Chris Curcio allowed 5 ER in 4 innings, but the offense bailed him out. Franklyn Thom was 2-for-4 with a homer (7) to lead the offense. Mark Hart pitched a scoreless 8th for the win and Joseph Melbourne pitched a scoreless 9th for his 12th save.
7/24 - 1-0 loss @ DC - Former Pen prospect Peter Iuvani blanked us for 7.2 innings, with the DC bullpen finishing off the shutout. Meanwhile, our top prospect, Micheal Wilmot (who was called up in place of Nietz) had a wonderful debut go to waste. He took the loss despite allowing just 1 unearned run on 3 hits in 8.1 innings, striking out 6. Thom was 3-for-4 in the losing effort.
7/25 - 2-1 WIN @ New York - Another top-notch performance by a former Pen prospect, as Charlie Clowers loses a nice duel to Lowell Stang, who picks up his 12th win of the year with 7.1 fine innings. Melbourne saved his 13th game. M-Rod was 3-for-4 and Franklyn Thom was 2-for-4 with both of our RBI.
7/26 - Off Day
7/27 - 3-2 WIN vs Tennessee - Russell Hults moves to 10-3 after allowing 1 ER in 6 innings of work. Melbourne allowed a run but escaped with his 14th save. William Chipman hit a pinch hit homer (2) for us, and pinch hitter Chris Trosclair drove in a run with a clutch single. Ant Pooler had our other RBI.
7/28 - 6-5 WIN vs Tennessee - Skip Burns allowed 4 ER despite allowing only 5 baserunner in 7 innings. He k'd 8 batters. Joseph Melbourne blew a save but left with a win. Bernard Lust and Lane Commons had 3 hits a piece to lead the offense. Commons scored the game winning run on a Pat Galyon sac fly in the bottom of the 9th.
7/29 - 5-3 loss vs Tennessee - Today Melbourne took the loss, after entering with the game knotted at 3. Curcio had allowed 3 ER in 7 innings of work. M-Rod led the offense with a 2-run homer (5), and Commons and Tally each had 2 hits.
7/30 - 7-1 WIN vs Virginia - Lowell Stang allows 1 ER on 4 hits in 7.1 innings, and we took advantage of 3 errors by Vir 3B Ernie Brandt to win big. In fact, our 4-run 4th inning rally was kicked off by back-to-back Brandt errors, on balls batted by Tally and Pooler. Ward, Commons and Horizon each drove in 2 runs in the game.
Standings
Code:
North
Team W L PCT GB Streak Last10
Maryland 66 36 .647 - W4 8-2
New York 62 41 .602 4.5 L1 8-2
Pennsylvania 61 41 .598 5.0 W1 6-4
Maine 48 56 .462 19.0 W2 4-6
D.C. 40 62 .392 26.0 L2 3-7
Massachusetts 38 65 .369 28.5 L1 4-6
South
Team W L PCT GB Streak Last10
Louisiana 59 44 .573 - W1 6-4
North Carolina 58 45 .563 1.0 W1 6-4
Virginia 57 45 .559 1.5 L5 3-7
Mississippi 50 52 .490 8.5 W1 6-4
Tennessee 44 58 .431 14.5 L1 4-6
Florida 33 71 .317 26.5 L1 2-8
Well, we didn't sweep NY, and they were hotter than we were after we split our series. So, now we trail them by half a game. Maryland is pretty hot right now, as well. We've got to win a lot of our remaining games against those two. Nobody else is going to beat them for us.
Pitching
Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K
s1 L. Stang 24 24 13 3 0 2.17 170.0 134 44 41 17 80
s2 R. Hults 20 20 10 3 0 1.88 129.0 104 30 27 32 59
s3 S. Burns 22 22 8 6 0 2.97 151.1 104 51 50 39 140
s4 C. Curcio 20 20 9 5 0 3.62 131.2 141 59 53 10 24
s5 M. Wilmot 1 1 0 1 0 0.00 8.1 3 1 0 1 6
mr J. Salguero 56 0 7 3 0 2.30 66.2 64 22 17 12 27
mr M. Welch 27 0 5 3 1 2.38 34.0 24 9 9 4 12
mr M. Hart 37 0 1 1 5 4.05 33.1 36 17 15 14 12
su B. Rapier 47 0 1 3 11 3.35 48.1 44 18 18 15 21
su T. Northrup 36 1 0 2 1 3.97 34.0 29 16 15 8 11
cl J. Melboure 23 0 2 3 14 3.38 21.1 20 8 8 12 10
Rookie Michael Wilmot impressed, but it's just one start. He actually took a control hit last sim, but he still has an 8 versus righties and 7 overall. Let's hope the pitching can keep up the good work...
Batting
Code:
Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG
1 LF B. Ward 99 355 97 9 1 2 27 41 51 45 .273 .370 .321
2 RF B. Lust 100 369 115 18 3 5 29 46 29 35 .312 .369 .417
3 2B L. Commons 71 253 74 19 1 7 39 41 32 10 .292 .377 .458
4 1B B. Horizon 101 374 105 17 0 24 71 50 27 9 .281 .324 .519
5 CF F. Thom 91 339 99 16 3 7 37 39 20 28 .292 .335 .419
6 3B M. Rodriguez 100 354 95 15 1 5 28 49 34 5 .268 .332 .359
7 SS M. Talamantez 97 313 71 11 0 9 38 29 26 32 .227 .287 .348
8 C A. Pooler 82 274 70 11 0 1 30 20 11 35 .255 .284 .307
B. Handel 55 76 23 6 0 0 6 18 3 9 .303 .325 .382
C. Trosclair 75 108 27 3 0 4 17 16 13 12 .250 .344 .389
A. Slaughter 26 60 15 1 0 0 2 3 1 13 .250 .262 .267
P. Galyon 40 49 12 0 0 5 13 8 2 8 .245 .296 .551
A. Silvia 60 99 23 6 0 1 10 6 8 7 .232 .287 .323
W. Chipman 47 86 18 3 0 2 5 16 2 10 .209 .227 .314
I don't know if 'regret' is the right word... but I do know that I really miss Claus' power. Nothing against Lane Commons, who I still feel is a playmaker and a difference maker unlike anyone else in our organization, but I need more homers. Oh well, not really much I can do about that now.
Speaking of Commons, he'll soon lead our team in runs scored; an impressive feat considering he trail most starters by 100 at bats.
Rankings
Batting AVG: .252 (8th)
Homeruns: 86 (13th)
Walks: 289 (8th)
Stolen Bases: 35 (20th)
Runs Scored: 402 (13th)
Pitching ERA: 2.94 (3rd)
Opponents AVG: .231 (6th)
HRs Allowed: 63 (3rd)
Walks Allowed: 203 (3rd)
Runs Allowed: 334 (3rd)
Still strong in pitching, and better than ever in batting.
Upcoming Games
Code:
Date Opponent Probable Starter Season Series
7/31 vs Virginia Cannons Michael Wilmot (0-1, 0.00) Pen leads 5-2
8/1 vs Virginia Cannons Russell Hults (10-3, 1.88)
8/2 Off Day
8/3 @ Florida Bluefish Skip Burns (8-6, 2.97) Pen leads 4-2
8/4 @ Florida Bluefish Lowell Stang (13-3, 2.17)
8/5 @ Florida Bluefish Chris Curcio (9-5, 3.62)
8/6 vs North Carolina Clippers Russell Hults (10-3, 1.88) Pen leads 4-2
8/7 vs North Carolina Clippers Michael Wilmot (0-1, 0.00)
8/8 vs North Carolina Clippers Skip Burns (8-6, 2.97)
8/9 vs Louisiana Blaze Lowell Stang (13-3, 2.17) Pen leads 5-4
8/10 vs Louisiana Blaze Chris Curcio (9-5, 3.62)
I've played well against these guys, so lets hope for a good sim... Go Freedom!