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1956, 8/1 THRU 8/15

8/1 BOS @ DET: WIN 10-2 Hal Andrew (16-10, 3.58) got the CG win and POG giving up just 2R. Joe Lutske (2-6, 6.21) gave up 6R (3ER) in 7.1IP for the loss. Top BOS hitter was C Ben Lutske (2 for 4, 1RBI, 1DBL). For us, Dave Castaneda went 3 for 5, 2RBI. Hal Andrwe went 3 for 5, 1R. Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 3R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1DBL. Jim Coleman went 2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1BB.

8/2 BOS @ DET: WIN 3-2 John Nolting (9-5, 3.01) got the 10 inning CG win and POG giving up just 2R. JD Allen gave up 2R in 7IP. The loss went to Billy Hyberg (4-1, 4.01) who blew a 10th inning hold. Top BOS hitters were 1B Irving Korr (2 for 2, 1DBL), 2B Joe Bardo (2 for 4, 1R) & SS Morris Lutske (2 for 4, 1BB). For us, Jim Coleman went 1 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Rollin Fish went 1 for 1, 3BB, 1HR.

8/3 BOS @ DET: loss 1-4 Roy Wolfe (12-11, 3.91) got the CG loss giving up 4R. John Baver (5-5, 5.78) got the win giving up just 1R in 8IP. Top BOS hitters were SS Morris Lutske (2 for 4, 1R, 1DBL), C Ben Lutske (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL, 1HR) & 2B Joe Bardo (2 for 4, 1R, 1DBL, 1SB. For us, Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 4, 1RBI. Mike Kreitenberg went 2 for 4, 1R, 2SB. Dave Castaneda went 2 for 4.

8/4 CLE @ DET: WIN 5-3 Bud Ulrich gave up 3R in 6.2IP. The win went to Sam Cole who pitched a scoreless 9th thanks to a clutch Perly 3R HR. Lex TW gave up just 2R in 8.1IP. The loss went to Morgan Cuellar (2-6, 5.52) who gave up the fatal HR. Top CLE hitters were Paul Lett (1 for 4, 1BB, 1HR), 3B Dave Lemmings (1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR) & C Don Lock (1 for 2, 2BB). For us, Matt Perly got POG for subbed in at LF mid game and going 2 for 2, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR. Rollin Fish went 2 for 4.

8/5 CLE @ DET: loss 8-10 Hal Andrew gave up 7R in 4IP. The loss went to Sam Cole (2-3, 4.83) who blew a save giving up 3R in the 9th. Floyd McCumber gave up 8R in 7IP. The win went to Morgan Cuellar (3-6, 5.40) who pitched a scoreless 8th. Top CLE hitters were 1B Jerry Tuggle (5 for 6, 4R, 6RBI, 1DBL, 2HR, POG), LF Paul Lett (3 for 4, 1R, 4RBI, 2BB, 1HR) & C Don Lock (2 for 4, 1R, 1BB). For us, Jim Coleman went 3 for 5, 2R, 1DBL. Rollin Fish went 3 for 4, 1RBI. Dennis Kitterman went 1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. Dirtbag Degal went 2 for 5, 2R, 1RBI, 1HR.

8/6 CLE @ DET: loss 2-12 John Nolting (9-6, 3.35) gave up 7R in 4.1IP for the loss. Herm Labombard (15-11, 3.94) got the CG win giving up just 2R. Top CLE hitters were LF Paul Lett (2 for 4, 3R, 4RBI, 1HR, POG), 1B Jerry Tuggle (2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1DBL), SS Myron Lilly (2 for 5, 2R, 2RBI, 1TRPL, 1HR) & CF Andrew Vamos (1 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1HR). For us, Gale Adams filled in at C and went 2 for 4, 1HR.

8/7 CLE @ DET: WIN 10-1 Roy WOlfe (13-11, 3.79) got the CG win and POG giving up just 1R. Bryce Ostrander (6-12, 4.92) gave up 9R (7ER) in 7.1IP (yikes, sorry Grandpa O). Top CLE hitter was LF Paul Lett (2 for 4, 1RBI, 1DBL). For us, Dirtbag Degal subbed in at 3B mid game and went 2 for 2, 2R, 4RBI, 1HR. Dave Castaneda went 3 for 4, 1R, 2RBI.

8/8 DET @ BOS: WIN 4-1 Bud Ulrich (9-8, 3.75) pitched 7.1 shutout innings for the win and POG. Sam Cole pitched a scoreless 9th for his 2nd save. Cort Nagel (9-14, 4.63) gave up 4R in 8IP for the loss. Top BOS hitter was 1B Irving Korr (2 for 3, 1RBI, 1BB, 1DBL). For us, Dennis Kitterman went 3 for 5, 2R. Jim Coleman went 2 for 4. Dirtbag Degal went 1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR.

8/9 DET @ BOS: loss 5-6 Hal Andrew gave up 4R in 8IP. The loss went to Sam Cole (2-4, 5.29) who was unable to hold in the 9th. Joe Lutske got the CG win giving up 5R. Top BOS hitters were 1B John Bombardier (3 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL, 1HR, POG), C Ben Lutske (1 for 2, 2R, 1RBI, 2BB, 1HR) & RF Scott Goskey (1 for 2, 1BB, 1HR). For us, Dave Castaneda went 3 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL. Matt Perly went 1 for 4, 1HR. Dirtbag Degal went 2 for 4, 1RBI. Pete Short filled in at CF and went 1 for 2, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1DBL.

8/10 DET @ BOS: loss 0-4 John Nolting (9-7, 3.40) got the CG loss giving up 4R. Cirilo Gonzalez (3-5, 5.88) got the win and POG pitching 7 shutout innings. Top BOS hitters were SS Morris Lutske (2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI) & CF Curt Kahle (2 for 3, 1R, 1BB, 1HR, 1SB). For us, Jim Coleman went 1 for 3, 1BB, 1DBL. We were held to 4 hits.

8/11 day off

8/12 DET @ CLE: loss 5-6 Roy WOlfe gave up just 2R in 8IP. Unfortunately, Sonny Faulkner (5-2, 5.35) blew the save very badly giving up 4R in the 9th that included a 2R triple by Jerry Tuggle. Bryce Ostrander (7-12, 4.93) got the CG win giving up 5R. Top CLE hitters was CF Andrew Vamos (2 for 3, 2R, 1RBI, 1HR, POG). For us, Jim Coleman went 2 for 4, 1RBI. Rollin Fish went 2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. Dennis Kitterman went 1 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR.

8/13 DET @ CLE: WIN 8-3 Bud Ulrich (10-8, 3.75) got the win giving up 3R in 7IP. Lex TW (13-11, 3.51) got the loss giving up 7R in 6.1IP. Top CLE hitters were LF Paul Lett (2 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR) & RF Owen Shankster (1 for 2, 2BB, 1DBL). For us, Mike Kreitenberg went 3 for 5, 2R, 1RBI, 1TRPL, 1SB. Dirtbag Degal went 2 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. Jim Coleman went 2 for 5, 2R, 1RBI, 1HR.

8/14 DET @ CLE: WIN 6-5 Hal Andrew gave up 4R in 9IP. The win went to Sam Cole (3-4, 5.14) who pitched a hitless 11th. Sonny Faulkner got the save despite giving up a solo HR in the 12th. Floyd McCumber gave up 4R (3ER) in 9IP. The loss went to Morgan Cuellar (3-7, 5.13) who gave up 2R in the 12th. Top CLE hitters were LF Paul Lett (2 for 4, 1R) & PH Joe Arp (1 for 1, 1HR). For us, Mike Kreitenberg got POG going 3 for 6, 2R, 2RBI, 1HR, 1SB. Pete Short subbed in at LF and went 2 for 5, 1R, 2RBI.

8/15 WSH @ DET: loss 3-4 John Nolting (9-8, 3.38) loses 3 in a row now giving up 4R (3ER) for this CG loss. Van Melbourn (8-17, 5.21) got the win giving up 3R in 8IP. Top WSH hitters were 2B Sean Lee (2 for 4, 2RBI, 1DBL), C Andy Gonyea (2 for 4, 1R) & LF Bill Finley (2 for 4, 1TRPL). For us, Rollin Fish went 2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI. Mike Kreitenberg went 2 for 4, 1BB, 1SB. Matt Perly went 1 for 3, 1BB, 1HR.

STANDINGS
65-52, #3 in the AL, 18 games behind NY, 7-7 in the last couple of weeks

ROSTER MOVES
-Isaac Mitchell is finally healthy and will replace Cano in LF.
-John Cano will be sent back to Augusta-A to work on his plate discipline.
-John Patterson should be in game shape in a few days and goes back to the closer role.
-Luther Ormiston will be sent to the DFA to make room for Patterson.
-Sonny Faulkner: We felt bad about sending this 20 game winner from last year to the pen. So to reward his success from last year, we are going to put Sonny back into the rotation as a fifth starter. If we were still in the race, we'd stick to the 4 man rotation, but since we are not, this allows us to get more of our pitchers some innings they would not normally get and keep our top four a little bit better rested (and hopefully injury free) as we look to next season a little early this year.

BAD/GOOD NEWS
-I ran out of time today, will try to make time for the monthly good/bad tomorrow.

AL TOP10 TIGERS
AVG - Kreitenberg #2, Kitterman #7, Degal #9
SLG - Degal #2, Coleman #7
HRs - Degal #2, Perly #9
RBI - Degal #2, Coleman #6, Perly #10
RUN - Degal #5, Kitterman #10
SBs - Kreitenberg #2
BBs - Kress #1, Perly #10 (dang Kress' streak is about to end at 4 years as Stewart is only 9 away)
WIN - Andrew #5, Wolfe #8
Ks - Andrew #3
ERA - Nolting #7

TEAM STAT RANKINGS
Batting AVG: .275 (5th)
Homeruns: 132 (3rd)
Walks: 505 (4th)
Stolen Bases: 60 (5th)
Runs Scored: 626 (3rd)
Pitching ERA: 4.10 (7th)
Opponents AVG: .238 (3rd)
HRs Allowed: 137 (16th)
Walks Allowed: 399 (5th)
Runs Allowed: 524 (7th)