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m0ng00se · 06-29-2005, 09:14 PM

1957, 5/1 THRU 5/15

5/1 CLE @ DET: WIN 8-7 John Nolting gave up 7R in 5.1IP. The win went to John Patterson (2-1, 1.93) who pitched a scoreless 8th & 9th. Bernard Homic gave up 4R in 7.2IP. The loss went to Brad Shumate (1-1, 17.05) who gave up 3R in the 9th. Top CLE hitters were 2B Rob Delcambre (3 for 3, 1BB), 1B Jerry Tuggle (2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1HR) & CF Andrew Vamos (2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI). For us, Ray Kress got POG going 2 for 2, 3R, 4RBI, 3BB, 2HR. Ben Lutske only went 1 for 5, but that one hit was a bases loaded 3R DBL in the 9th.

5/2 KC @ DET: loss 1-5 Hal Andrew (2-3, 4.66) gave up 5R in 7IP for the loss. Jack Bowen (6-1, 2.10) only gave up 1R for the CG win and POG. Top KC hitters 1B Charlton Brown (1 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR) & C Sal Poulos (2 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR). For us, Ray Kress went 1 for 3, 1RBI, 1BB. We were out hit 7 to 3.

5/3 KC @ DET: loss 2-7 Roy Wolfe (5-2, 2.43) got the loss giving up 5R (4ER) in 8IP. Why is Fite using our Patterson when we are down? Give the kid a break... save him for when we are winning... he is a setup guy and closer for hecks sake. We do have other guys in the BP. Pats arm is going to blow up if he isn't given a day off once in a while. Sorry... Grady Ingram got the CG win giving up just 2R. Top KC hitters were 1B Charlton Brown (2 for 3, 3R, 2RBI, 2BB, 2HR, POG), C Sal Poulos (1 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR), & LF Em Ryan (1 for 5, 1R< 2RBI, 1HR). For us, Ray Kress went 1 for 3, 1BB, 1HR. Rollin Fish went 1 for 3, 1HR.

5/4 KC @ DET: loss 1-6 Sonny Faulkner (2-5, 5.26) gave up 4R in 6.2IP for the loss. Tad Zonkas (4-1, 1.69) got the win and POG giving up just 1R in 8IP. Top KC hitters were 3B Bud Ayers, 1B Charlton Brown, LF Em Ryan, RF Chip Stinton & SS Rob Bell who all had 2H and 1HR. For us, Jim Coleman went 2 for 4. Gale Adams went 2 for 4. Matt Perly went 1 for 5, 1HR.

5/5 day off

5/6 DET @ NYY: loss 5-6 John Nolting gave up just 2R (1ER) in8IP. The loss went to Tim Donahue (0-2, 15.43) who gave up 2R (0ER) in the 11th. Carpenter Erickson gave up 4R in 7.2IP. The win went to Loren Cost (1-0, 1.69) despite him giving up a run in the top of the 11th. Top Yank hitters were 1B Ken Chaucer (1 for 5, 2R, 2RBI, 1HR, POG) & RF Arnie Stewart (2 for 4, 2R). For us, Jim Coleman went 2 for 4, 1R, 1BB, 1DBL. Ray Kress subbed in at LF and went 2 for 3, 1R, 2RBI. Matt Perly went 1 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR.

5/7 DET @ NYY: loss 0-1 Hal Andrew (2-4, 4.15) got the CG loss despite giving up just 2H & 1R. Moonshine Allen (7-1, 1.31) gave up 6H but 0R for the CG shutout win and POG. Top Yank hitter was 1B Ken Chaucer (1 for 3, 1HR). For us, Rollin Fish went 3 for 3.

5/8 DET @ NYY: loss 4-8 Roy WOlfe (5-3, 3.27) got hammered giving up 8R in 6.2IP. Eric Williams (6-2, 3.23) got the CG win giving up 4R. Top Yank hitters were 1B Ken Chaucer (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL, POG), 2B John Valcarcel (2 for 4, 1R, 1DBL) & CF Charles Gillis (1 for 3, 1HR). For us, Isaac Mitchell went 3 for 4, 3R, 1RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. Gale Adams went 1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI.

5/9 day off

5/10 DET @ BAL: WIN 9-6 Sonny Faulkner got the win giving up 5R in 7IP. Gale Adams subbed in for Cole to get the final out of the 9th for his 9th save. Sid Metcalf (1-5, 3.94) gave up 8R (1ER) in 3.2IP for the loss. The O's committed 5 errors to our 0. Top BAL hitters were C Tom Kruyt (3 for 5, 2R, 1RBI), 1B Vince Chiple (32 for 4, 3RBI) & LF Chet Pardue (2 for 4, 2RBI). For us, Isaac Mitchell got POG going 2 for 5, 4RBI, 2DBL. Ben Lutske went 1 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1DBL.

5/11 DET @ BAL: WIN 8-4 John Nolting (4-1, 4.80) got the win giving up 3R in 8.1IP. Alter Sennelnekoff (3-4, 4.68) gave up 7R (6ER) in 6.2IP. Top BAL hitters were RF Pete Pugliese (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI), LF Chet Pardue (1 for 4, 1HR) & CF Mike Maginnis (2 for 3). For us, ray Kress got POG going 3 for 5, 3R, 3RBI, 2HR. Ben Lutske went 2 for 4, 1RBI. Rollin Fish went 2 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR. Mark Shirley filled in at 2B and went 2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1TRPL. Dave Castaneda was 0 for 4, but we were just really glad to have him back manning SS so that Shirley can give an overworked Perly and Lutske some time off.

5/12 DET @ BAL: WIN 7-6 Hal Andrew (3-4, 4.06) got the win giving up 5R (3ER) in 8IP. John Patterson got his 10th save despite giving up 1R. Frank Vamos (2-3, 6.14) gave up 7R In 5IP. Top BAL hitters were SS Ken Whitt (3 for 5, 2R, 2RBI, 1HR), 1B Vince Chipple (2 for 2, 1RBI) & LF CHet Pardue (1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR). For us, Jim Coleman got POG going 3 for 5, 2R, 3RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. Ray Kress went 3 for 4, 2R, 1DBL. Lonnie Jolly hit his 1st ML HR going 2 for 4 filling in at C. Rollin Fish went 2 for 4, 1HR. Matt Perly went 1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR.

5/13 CHI @ DET: WIN 3-2 Roy Wolfe (6-3, 3.16) got the win and POG giving up 2R in 8IP. John Patterson pitched a hitless 9th for his 11th save. Sam Quintero (3-6, 4.07) gave up 3R for the CG loss. Top CHI hitter was 3B Rob Rael (1 for 3, 1R, 2RBI). For us, Ray Kress went 3 for 4, 1RBI. Jim Coleman went 3 for 5, 1RBI, 1DBL. Dave Castaneda went 2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1HR.

5/14 CHI @ DET: WIN 4-3 Sonny Faulkner (4-5, 5.08) got the CG win giving up 3R. Max Matamoros gave up 2R in 8IP. The loss went to Cornelius Grant (0-1, 3.38) who gave up 2R in the 9th. Top Sox hitters were SS John Henning (2 for 3), RF Alan Rollof (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR) & 1B Champ Allen (2 for 4). For us, Jim Coleman went 2 for 4, 1R, 4RBI, 1HR. Dave Castaneda went 2 for 4, 1R.

5/15 CHI @ DET: WIN 6-2 John Nolting (5-1, 4.46) got the CG win and POG giving up just 2R. Ernest Cohen (1-5, 5.33) gave up 6R in 6.1IP for a loss. Top CHI hitters were LF Ferdinand Perez (2 for 4, 1RBI), CF Henry Thomas (2 for 4) & C Carl Bosch (2 for 4). For us, Ray Kress went 3 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1HR. Dave Castaneda went 2 for 4, 1R. Matt Perly went 1 for 2, 2R, 2BB. Jim Coleman went 1 for 4, 1GrandSlam.

MID POINT NOTES: I guess I screwed up. I thought I had FTP'd roster updates, but obviously it hadn't worked as Fite had Perly playing SS and hitting leadoff while Shirely played 2B for several games at the beginning of the month. Perly is a natural 2B, Shirely is rated at SS, so this made absolutely no sense at all. Meanwhile Starling got 0 PT despite the fact he can backup 2B, SS & 3B. But Starlings hitting ratings have taken a heavy blow due to lack of use, so I can see why Fite didn't want to play him. Still, there were some terrible AI decisions during that early month losing streak. For the 5/15 THU 5/31 SIM I swapped Walter Pond into the #4 spot in the rotation to see if he could do better than Faulkner who was clearly our worst starter through the first month.

5/16 DET @ WSH: WIN 3-1 Hal Andrew got the win and POG giving up just 1R in 8IP. John Patterson pitched another hitless 9th for his 12th save. John Burg (1-6, 3.79) gave up just 3R in the CG loss. Top WSH hitters were LF Bob Finley (1 for 3, 1HR) & SS Walt Mayotte (1 for 2, 1DBL). For us, Gale Adams went 2 for 4, 1RBI.

5/17 DET @ WSH: loss 0-5 Roy Wolfe gave up 5R for a CG loss. Van Melbourn (1-0, 1.33) pitched a CG shutout win for POG. Top WSH hitters were 1B Leo Emig (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR), 2B Sean Lee (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR) & RF Will Griffin (2 for 4). For us, Ray Kress went 2 for 4 on a day where we were held to 4 hits.

5/18 DET @ WSH: WIN 2-0 Walter Pond (1-0, 0.00) pitched 8 shutout innings for the win and POG. John Patterson pitched a scoreless 9th for his 13th save. Lukas Dietrich (2-5, 4.24) gave up 2R in 6.2IP for the loss. Top WSH hitters were LF Sam Kreitenberg & C Andy Gonyea who both went 2 for 4, 1DBL. For us, Ray Kress went 1 for 2, 2BB. Matt Perly went 1 for 4, 1HR. Lonnie Jolly went 2 for 3, 1R, 1DBL filling in at C. Walter Pont went 2 for 3, 1RBI.

5/19 day off

5/20 BAL @ DET: WIN 7-2 John Nolthing (6-1, 4.20) gave up just 2R for the CG win and POG. Alter Sennelnekoff (3-6, 5.40) gave up 7R in 5IP. Top BAL hitters were 1B Dave Lawrence (2 for 3, 1RBI, 1BB) & 2B Dale Thompson (2 for 4). For us, Dave Castaenda went 4 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB. Rollin Fish went 2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1HR. Jim Coleman went 1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. Bent Lutske went 1 for 4, 1HR. Gale Adams went 1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR.

5/21 BAL @ DET: loss 2-6 Hal Andrew (4-5, 4.24) gave up 6R in 4IP for the loss. Bud Ulrich (4-3, 4.95) got the CG win and POG giving up just 2R. Top BAL hitters were 1B Dave Lawrence (3 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR) & CF Mike Maginnis (2 for 4). For us, Dave Castaneda went 2 for 3, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB. We were held to 4 hits... darn those ex-Tigers.

5/22 BAL @ DET: WIN 16-6 Roy Wolfe (7-4, 3.66) got the CG win despite givign up 6R. Jack Garvin (5-3, 3.92) gave up 8R in the first 1.2IP for the loss. Top BAL hitters were RF Pete Pugliese (3 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1TRPL) & 1B Tom Kruyt (2 for 3). For us, Ben Lutske got POG and went 4 for 4, 5R, 3RBI, 1BB, 2DBL, 1HR... his 5R ties the AL record. Dave Castaneda went 3 for 5, 2R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Ray Kress went 3 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL. Gale Adams went 2 for 5, 1R, 5RBI, 1HR. Rollin fish went 2 for 4, 1R.

5/23 day off

5/24 KC @ DET: loss 1-4 Walter Pond (1-1, 1.77) gave up 4R in 8IP for the loss. Tad Zonkas (5-3, 2.55) got the CG win giving up just 1R. Top KC hitters were CF Roger McNicholas (2 for 3, 2R, 2RBI, 2HR) & 3B Charton Brown (1 for 1, 1HR). For us, Ray Kress went 2 for 4, 1DBL. Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 3, 1BB. Lonnie Jolly hit a PH solo HR in the 8th.

5/25 KC @ DET: loss 1-10 John Nolting (6-2, 4.62) gave up 7R in 6Ip for the loss. Martin Gwaltney (10-2, 2.16) gave up just 1R for the CG win and POG. Top KC hitters were LF Em Ryan (4 for 5, 2R, 2RBI), 1B Charlton Brown (3 for 5, 3R, 2RBI, 2HR), CF Roger McNicholas (2 for 5, 1R, 3RBI, HR) & 3B Bud Ares (2 for 5, 2R, 1RBI, 1HR). For us, Matt Perly went 1 for 3, 1RBI, 1DBL.

5/26 KC @ DET: loss 0-5 Hal Andrew (4-6, 4.38) gave up 5R in 8IP for the loss. Jackie Bowen (10-2, 2.06) pitched a CG shutout for the win and POG. Top KC hitters were SS Rob Bell (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR), RF Chip Stinton (2 for 4, 1BB, 1HR) & C Hershell Lee (2 for 4, 1R). For us Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 3. Wow, spanked 3 times in our own stadium. KC just seems to have our number this year.

5/27 DET @ WSH: WIN 5-3 Roy Wolfe got the win giving up 3R (2ER) in 8.2IP. John Patterson came in and struck out the final hitter for his 14th save. Lukas Dietrich gave up 5R in 7IP for the loss. Top WSH hitters were RF Will Griffin (2 for 3, 1BB), C Mike Brennan (2 for 4) & 3B Chris Anderson (1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR). For us, Ray Kress got POG going 2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4, 2R. George Young went 1 for 4, 1HR filling in at 1B. Rollin Fish went 1 for 2, 1R, 2BB, 1SB.

5/28 DET @ WSH: loss 3-7 Walter Pond (1-2, 3.18) gave up 7R (6ER) in the CG loss. Bob Netsky (1-7, 4.69) got the win giving up 3R in 8.1IP. Top WSH hitters were SS Walt Mayotte (3 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL) & 1B Leo Emig (2 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL, 1SB). For us, Mark Shirley went 1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR filling in at 3B. Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4, 1DBL. Dave Castaenda went 1 for 2, 2BB.

5/29 DET @ WSH: loss 3-4 John Nolting (6-3, 4.42) got the CG loss giving up 4R (2ER). John Burg (2-7, 4.94) got the win and POG giving up 3R in 8IP. Top WSH hitters were C Mike Brennen (2 for 2, 2BB), 2B Sean Lee (2 for 4, 2R, 1DBL) & RF Will Griffin (2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI). For us, Ray Kress went 2 for 4, 1R, 1BB. Gale Adams went 2 for 4.

5/30 CLE @ DET: WIN 7-1 Hal Andrew (5-6, 4.05) got the CG win and POG giving up just 1R. Herm Labombard (5-7, 4.79) gave up 7R for the CG loss. Top CLE hitters were RF Myron Lilly (2 for 4) & SS Orestes Bauza (1 for 3, 1HR). For us, Jim Coleman went 1 for 2, 1R, 2BB, 1DBL. Mark Shirley went 1 for 3, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1HR fillin in at 2B. Gale Adams went 1 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR.

5/31 CLE @ DET: WIN 3-1 Roy Wolfe (9-4, 3.25) gave up 1R (0ER) in 8.1IP for the win. John Patterson closed out the 9th for his 15th save. Lex TW (8-3, 2.82) gave up 3R for a CG loss. Top CLE hitter was SS Orestes Bauza (2 for 4). For us, Matt Perly went 2 for 3, 1BB, 1HR. Ray Kress went 1 for 3, 1BB, 1HR. Ben Lutske had to leave the game early due to a shoulder strain he suffered throwing from 3B. He'll be day2day for about a week.

STANDINGS
27-24, #3 in the AL, 11.5 games behind KC, 14-13 in May

BAD NEWS
-We played terrible against NY & KC. They are better teams, I'm not denying that, but especially the last series against KC, we got spanked.
-Only 2 hitters hit above .300.
-All of our starters are hot and cold... no one did better than a 3.81 era.

GOOD NEWS
-Ray Kress had the best month we've seen from him in a very long while (.427, 8HR, 20RBI, 17R, 22BB).
-Dave Castaneda was also hot after coming back from injury hitting .338.
-John Patterson followed his 8 save April month with a 7 save month of May. He's getting the job done during save ops, but Fite uses him too much at times even during games where we are losing by 3 or more. Not good Fite, don't burn the kid out.

ROSTER MOVES
-Joe Starling has regressed to the point where he is useless on our active roster. For sure I'll have to call up a better backup SS. I'll probably play it safe and go with Lundberg for now. Nasty Camacho is recovering from an injury and like I mentioned before is a 19yo rookie we do not want to rush.
-Pond has been hot and cold just like Faulkner, but I want to give him the same month and a half I gave Faulkner before I decide who to keep at that #4 slot.

06-29-2005, 09:14 PM	#397
m0ng00se Major Leagues Join Date: May 2004 Location: Oregon USA Posts: 383	1957, 5/1 THRU 5/15 5/1 CLE @ DET: WIN 8-7 John Nolting gave up 7R in 5.1IP. The win went to John Patterson (2-1, 1.93) who pitched a scoreless 8th & 9th. Bernard Homic gave up 4R in 7.2IP. The loss went to Brad Shumate (1-1, 17.05) who gave up 3R in the 9th. Top CLE hitters were 2B Rob Delcambre (3 for 3, 1BB), 1B Jerry Tuggle (2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1HR) & CF Andrew Vamos (2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI). For us, Ray Kress got POG going 2 for 2, 3R, 4RBI, 3BB, 2HR. Ben Lutske only went 1 for 5, but that one hit was a bases loaded 3R DBL in the 9th. 5/2 KC @ DET: loss 1-5 Hal Andrew (2-3, 4.66) gave up 5R in 7IP for the loss. Jack Bowen (6-1, 2.10) only gave up 1R for the CG win and POG. Top KC hitters 1B Charlton Brown (1 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR) & C Sal Poulos (2 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR). For us, Ray Kress went 1 for 3, 1RBI, 1BB. We were out hit 7 to 3. 5/3 KC @ DET: loss 2-7 Roy Wolfe (5-2, 2.43) got the loss giving up 5R (4ER) in 8IP. Why is Fite using our Patterson when we are down? Give the kid a break... save him for when we are winning... he is a setup guy and closer for hecks sake. We do have other guys in the BP. Pats arm is going to blow up if he isn't given a day off once in a while. Sorry... Grady Ingram got the CG win giving up just 2R. Top KC hitters were 1B Charlton Brown (2 for 3, 3R, 2RBI, 2BB, 2HR, POG), C Sal Poulos (1 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR), & LF Em Ryan (1 for 5, 1R< 2RBI, 1HR). For us, Ray Kress went 1 for 3, 1BB, 1HR. Rollin Fish went 1 for 3, 1HR. 5/4 KC @ DET: loss 1-6 Sonny Faulkner (2-5, 5.26) gave up 4R in 6.2IP for the loss. Tad Zonkas (4-1, 1.69) got the win and POG giving up just 1R in 8IP. Top KC hitters were 3B Bud Ayers, 1B Charlton Brown, LF Em Ryan, RF Chip Stinton & SS Rob Bell who all had 2H and 1HR. For us, Jim Coleman went 2 for 4. Gale Adams went 2 for 4. Matt Perly went 1 for 5, 1HR. 5/5 day off 5/6 DET @ NYY: loss 5-6 John Nolting gave up just 2R (1ER) in8IP. The loss went to Tim Donahue (0-2, 15.43) who gave up 2R (0ER) in the 11th. Carpenter Erickson gave up 4R in 7.2IP. The win went to Loren Cost (1-0, 1.69) despite him giving up a run in the top of the 11th. Top Yank hitters were 1B Ken Chaucer (1 for 5, 2R, 2RBI, 1HR, POG) & RF Arnie Stewart (2 for 4, 2R). For us, Jim Coleman went 2 for 4, 1R, 1BB, 1DBL. Ray Kress subbed in at LF and went 2 for 3, 1R, 2RBI. Matt Perly went 1 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. 5/7 DET @ NYY: loss 0-1 Hal Andrew (2-4, 4.15) got the CG loss despite giving up just 2H & 1R. Moonshine Allen (7-1, 1.31) gave up 6H but 0R for the CG shutout win and POG. Top Yank hitter was 1B Ken Chaucer (1 for 3, 1HR). For us, Rollin Fish went 3 for 3. 5/8 DET @ NYY: loss 4-8 Roy WOlfe (5-3, 3.27) got hammered giving up 8R in 6.2IP. Eric Williams (6-2, 3.23) got the CG win giving up 4R. Top Yank hitters were 1B Ken Chaucer (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL, POG), 2B John Valcarcel (2 for 4, 1R, 1DBL) & CF Charles Gillis (1 for 3, 1HR). For us, Isaac Mitchell went 3 for 4, 3R, 1RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. Gale Adams went 1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI. 5/9 day off 5/10 DET @ BAL: WIN 9-6 Sonny Faulkner got the win giving up 5R in 7IP. Gale Adams subbed in for Cole to get the final out of the 9th for his 9th save. Sid Metcalf (1-5, 3.94) gave up 8R (1ER) in 3.2IP for the loss. The O's committed 5 errors to our 0. Top BAL hitters were C Tom Kruyt (3 for 5, 2R, 1RBI), 1B Vince Chiple (32 for 4, 3RBI) & LF Chet Pardue (2 for 4, 2RBI). For us, Isaac Mitchell got POG going 2 for 5, 4RBI, 2DBL. Ben Lutske went 1 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1DBL. 5/11 DET @ BAL: WIN 8-4 John Nolting (4-1, 4.80) got the win giving up 3R in 8.1IP. Alter Sennelnekoff (3-4, 4.68) gave up 7R (6ER) in 6.2IP. Top BAL hitters were RF Pete Pugliese (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI), LF Chet Pardue (1 for 4, 1HR) & CF Mike Maginnis (2 for 3). For us, ray Kress got POG going 3 for 5, 3R, 3RBI, 2HR. Ben Lutske went 2 for 4, 1RBI. Rollin Fish went 2 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR. Mark Shirley filled in at 2B and went 2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1TRPL. Dave Castaneda was 0 for 4, but we were just really glad to have him back manning SS so that Shirley can give an overworked Perly and Lutske some time off. 5/12 DET @ BAL: WIN 7-6 Hal Andrew (3-4, 4.06) got the win giving up 5R (3ER) in 8IP. John Patterson got his 10th save despite giving up 1R. Frank Vamos (2-3, 6.14) gave up 7R In 5IP. Top BAL hitters were SS Ken Whitt (3 for 5, 2R, 2RBI, 1HR), 1B Vince Chipple (2 for 2, 1RBI) & LF CHet Pardue (1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR). For us, Jim Coleman got POG going 3 for 5, 2R, 3RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. Ray Kress went 3 for 4, 2R, 1DBL. Lonnie Jolly hit his 1st ML HR going 2 for 4 filling in at C. Rollin Fish went 2 for 4, 1HR. Matt Perly went 1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. 5/13 CHI @ DET: WIN 3-2 Roy Wolfe (6-3, 3.16) got the win and POG giving up 2R in 8IP. John Patterson pitched a hitless 9th for his 11th save. Sam Quintero (3-6, 4.07) gave up 3R for the CG loss. Top CHI hitter was 3B Rob Rael (1 for 3, 1R, 2RBI). For us, Ray Kress went 3 for 4, 1RBI. Jim Coleman went 3 for 5, 1RBI, 1DBL. Dave Castaneda went 2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1HR. 5/14 CHI @ DET: WIN 4-3 Sonny Faulkner (4-5, 5.08) got the CG win giving up 3R. Max Matamoros gave up 2R in 8IP. The loss went to Cornelius Grant (0-1, 3.38) who gave up 2R in the 9th. Top Sox hitters were SS John Henning (2 for 3), RF Alan Rollof (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR) & 1B Champ Allen (2 for 4). For us, Jim Coleman went 2 for 4, 1R, 4RBI, 1HR. Dave Castaneda went 2 for 4, 1R. 5/15 CHI @ DET: WIN 6-2 John Nolting (5-1, 4.46) got the CG win and POG giving up just 2R. Ernest Cohen (1-5, 5.33) gave up 6R in 6.1IP for a loss. Top CHI hitters were LF Ferdinand Perez (2 for 4, 1RBI), CF Henry Thomas (2 for 4) & C Carl Bosch (2 for 4). For us, Ray Kress went 3 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1HR. Dave Castaneda went 2 for 4, 1R. Matt Perly went 1 for 2, 2R, 2BB. Jim Coleman went 1 for 4, 1GrandSlam. MID POINT NOTES: I guess I screwed up. I thought I had FTP'd roster updates, but obviously it hadn't worked as Fite had Perly playing SS and hitting leadoff while Shirely played 2B for several games at the beginning of the month. Perly is a natural 2B, Shirely is rated at SS, so this made absolutely no sense at all. Meanwhile Starling got 0 PT despite the fact he can backup 2B, SS & 3B. But Starlings hitting ratings have taken a heavy blow due to lack of use, so I can see why Fite didn't want to play him. Still, there were some terrible AI decisions during that early month losing streak. For the 5/15 THU 5/31 SIM I swapped Walter Pond into the #4 spot in the rotation to see if he could do better than Faulkner who was clearly our worst starter through the first month. 5/16 DET @ WSH: WIN 3-1 Hal Andrew got the win and POG giving up just 1R in 8IP. John Patterson pitched another hitless 9th for his 12th save. John Burg (1-6, 3.79) gave up just 3R in the CG loss. Top WSH hitters were LF Bob Finley (1 for 3, 1HR) & SS Walt Mayotte (1 for 2, 1DBL). For us, Gale Adams went 2 for 4, 1RBI. 5/17 DET @ WSH: loss 0-5 Roy Wolfe gave up 5R for a CG loss. Van Melbourn (1-0, 1.33) pitched a CG shutout win for POG. Top WSH hitters were 1B Leo Emig (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR), 2B Sean Lee (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR) & RF Will Griffin (2 for 4). For us, Ray Kress went 2 for 4 on a day where we were held to 4 hits. 5/18 DET @ WSH: WIN 2-0 Walter Pond (1-0, 0.00) pitched 8 shutout innings for the win and POG. John Patterson pitched a scoreless 9th for his 13th save. Lukas Dietrich (2-5, 4.24) gave up 2R in 6.2IP for the loss. Top WSH hitters were LF Sam Kreitenberg & C Andy Gonyea who both went 2 for 4, 1DBL. For us, Ray Kress went 1 for 2, 2BB. Matt Perly went 1 for 4, 1HR. Lonnie Jolly went 2 for 3, 1R, 1DBL filling in at C. Walter Pont went 2 for 3, 1RBI. 5/19 day off 5/20 BAL @ DET: WIN 7-2 John Nolthing (6-1, 4.20) gave up just 2R for the CG win and POG. Alter Sennelnekoff (3-6, 5.40) gave up 7R in 5IP. Top BAL hitters were 1B Dave Lawrence (2 for 3, 1RBI, 1BB) & 2B Dale Thompson (2 for 4). For us, Dave Castaenda went 4 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB. Rollin Fish went 2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1HR. Jim Coleman went 1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. Bent Lutske went 1 for 4, 1HR. Gale Adams went 1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. 5/21 BAL @ DET: loss 2-6 Hal Andrew (4-5, 4.24) gave up 6R in 4IP for the loss. Bud Ulrich (4-3, 4.95) got the CG win and POG giving up just 2R. Top BAL hitters were 1B Dave Lawrence (3 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR) & CF Mike Maginnis (2 for 4). For us, Dave Castaneda went 2 for 3, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB. We were held to 4 hits... darn those ex-Tigers. 5/22 BAL @ DET: WIN 16-6 Roy Wolfe (7-4, 3.66) got the CG win despite givign up 6R. Jack Garvin (5-3, 3.92) gave up 8R in the first 1.2IP for the loss. Top BAL hitters were RF Pete Pugliese (3 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1TRPL) & 1B Tom Kruyt (2 for 3). For us, Ben Lutske got POG and went 4 for 4, 5R, 3RBI, 1BB, 2DBL, 1HR... his 5R ties the AL record. Dave Castaneda went 3 for 5, 2R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Ray Kress went 3 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL. Gale Adams went 2 for 5, 1R, 5RBI, 1HR. Rollin fish went 2 for 4, 1R. 5/23 day off 5/24 KC @ DET: loss 1-4 Walter Pond (1-1, 1.77) gave up 4R in 8IP for the loss. Tad Zonkas (5-3, 2.55) got the CG win giving up just 1R. Top KC hitters were CF Roger McNicholas (2 for 3, 2R, 2RBI, 2HR) & 3B Charton Brown (1 for 1, 1HR). For us, Ray Kress went 2 for 4, 1DBL. Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 3, 1BB. Lonnie Jolly hit a PH solo HR in the 8th. 5/25 KC @ DET: loss 1-10 John Nolting (6-2, 4.62) gave up 7R in 6Ip for the loss. Martin Gwaltney (10-2, 2.16) gave up just 1R for the CG win and POG. Top KC hitters were LF Em Ryan (4 for 5, 2R, 2RBI), 1B Charlton Brown (3 for 5, 3R, 2RBI, 2HR), CF Roger McNicholas (2 for 5, 1R, 3RBI, HR) & 3B Bud Ares (2 for 5, 2R, 1RBI, 1HR). For us, Matt Perly went 1 for 3, 1RBI, 1DBL. 5/26 KC @ DET: loss 0-5 Hal Andrew (4-6, 4.38) gave up 5R in 8IP for the loss. Jackie Bowen (10-2, 2.06) pitched a CG shutout for the win and POG. Top KC hitters were SS Rob Bell (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR), RF Chip Stinton (2 for 4, 1BB, 1HR) & C Hershell Lee (2 for 4, 1R). For us Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 3. Wow, spanked 3 times in our own stadium. KC just seems to have our number this year. 5/27 DET @ WSH: WIN 5-3 Roy Wolfe got the win giving up 3R (2ER) in 8.2IP. John Patterson came in and struck out the final hitter for his 14th save. Lukas Dietrich gave up 5R in 7IP for the loss. Top WSH hitters were RF Will Griffin (2 for 3, 1BB), C Mike Brennan (2 for 4) & 3B Chris Anderson (1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR). For us, Ray Kress got POG going 2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4, 2R. George Young went 1 for 4, 1HR filling in at 1B. Rollin Fish went 1 for 2, 1R, 2BB, 1SB. 5/28 DET @ WSH: loss 3-7 Walter Pond (1-2, 3.18) gave up 7R (6ER) in the CG loss. Bob Netsky (1-7, 4.69) got the win giving up 3R in 8.1IP. Top WSH hitters were SS Walt Mayotte (3 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL) & 1B Leo Emig (2 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL, 1SB). For us, Mark Shirley went 1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR filling in at 3B. Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4, 1DBL. Dave Castaenda went 1 for 2, 2BB. 5/29 DET @ WSH: loss 3-4 John Nolting (6-3, 4.42) got the CG loss giving up 4R (2ER). John Burg (2-7, 4.94) got the win and POG giving up 3R in 8IP. Top WSH hitters were C Mike Brennen (2 for 2, 2BB), 2B Sean Lee (2 for 4, 2R, 1DBL) & RF Will Griffin (2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI). For us, Ray Kress went 2 for 4, 1R, 1BB. Gale Adams went 2 for 4. 5/30 CLE @ DET: WIN 7-1 Hal Andrew (5-6, 4.05) got the CG win and POG giving up just 1R. Herm Labombard (5-7, 4.79) gave up 7R for the CG loss. Top CLE hitters were RF Myron Lilly (2 for 4) & SS Orestes Bauza (1 for 3, 1HR). For us, Jim Coleman went 1 for 2, 1R, 2BB, 1DBL. Mark Shirley went 1 for 3, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1HR fillin in at 2B. Gale Adams went 1 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR. 5/31 CLE @ DET: WIN 3-1 Roy Wolfe (9-4, 3.25) gave up 1R (0ER) in 8.1IP for the win. John Patterson closed out the 9th for his 15th save. Lex TW (8-3, 2.82) gave up 3R for a CG loss. Top CLE hitter was SS Orestes Bauza (2 for 4). For us, Matt Perly went 2 for 3, 1BB, 1HR. Ray Kress went 1 for 3, 1BB, 1HR. Ben Lutske had to leave the game early due to a shoulder strain he suffered throwing from 3B. He'll be day2day for about a week. STANDINGS 27-24, #3 in the AL, 11.5 games behind KC, 14-13 in May BAD NEWS -We played terrible against NY & KC. They are better teams, I'm not denying that, but especially the last series against KC, we got spanked. -Only 2 hitters hit above .300. -All of our starters are hot and cold... no one did better than a 3.81 era. GOOD NEWS -Ray Kress had the best month we've seen from him in a very long while (.427, 8HR, 20RBI, 17R, 22BB). -Dave Castaneda was also hot after coming back from injury hitting .338. -John Patterson followed his 8 save April month with a 7 save month of May. He's getting the job done during save ops, but Fite uses him too much at times even during games where we are losing by 3 or more. Not good Fite, don't burn the kid out. ROSTER MOVES -Joe Starling has regressed to the point where he is useless on our active roster. For sure I'll have to call up a better backup SS. I'll probably play it safe and go with Lundberg for now. Nasty Camacho is recovering from an injury and like I mentioned before is a 19yo rookie we do not want to rush. -Pond has been hot and cold just like Faulkner, but I want to give him the same month and a half I gave Faulkner before I decide who to keep at that #4 slot. __________________ Michael AKA m0ng00se - Former TWB Detroit Tigers GM (1946-1964) Pennants: 1948, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1962, 1963, 1964 -- Titles: 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1963