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1957, 8/16 THRU 8/31

8/16 BAL @ DET: loss 8-11 Roy Wolfe (15-13, 3.47) gave up 7R in 2IP for the loss. Alter Sennelnekoff (10-11, 4.84) got the win giving up 7R in 8IP. Top BAL hitters were LF Chet Pardue (3 for 4, 2R< 3RBI, 1BB, 1DBL, 1TRPL, POG), 2B Dale Thompson (3 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR) & 3B Gus Smith (2 for 5, 1R, 3RBI). For us, Isaac Mitchell went 3 for 4, 2RBI. Rollin Fish went 2 for 3, 2R, 2RBI, 1SB. Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI. Ray Kress went 1 for 2, 4R, 3BB, 1TRPL, 1SB.

8/17 BAL @ DET: loss 4-5 Hal Andrew gave up 3R in 8IP. The loss went to John Patterson (5-7, 3.22) who gave up 2R in the final 2IP. Joe Stahl gave up 4R (2ER) in 7.2IP. The win went to Steve Leach (6-4, 3.93) who pitched a scoreless 9th & 10th. Top BAL hitter was 1B Tom Kruyt (2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL, 1HR, POG) & CF Mike Maginnis (1 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1HR). For us, Hal Andrew went 3 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. Rye Allen went 1 for 3, 1R getting his first major league hit.

8/18 BAL @ DET: WIN 3-2 Walter Pond gave up just 2R (1ER) in 8.2IP. Magnus George (2-1, 4.35) got the win throwing one pitched for the last out in the top of the 9th. Bud Ulrich gave up 2R in 8IP. Frank Vamos (5-5, 5.01) lost giving up a 2R HR to Mitchell in the 9th. Top BAL hitters were C Walt Stein (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR), SS Ken Whitt (2 for 4, 1SB) & 2B Dale Thompson (2 for 4). For us, Isaac Mitchell got POG going 3 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. Matt Perly went 2 for 4 as did Dave Castaneda.

8/19 CHI @ DET: WIN 3-2 John Nolting (15-7, 3.40) got the win and POG giving up just 1R in 8IP. Magnus George got his 3rd save of the season despite giving up a run in the 9th. Eric Cohen (8-14, 4.37) got the CG loss giving up 3R. Top CHI hitters were 1B Champ Allen (2 for 4) & CF Henry Thomas (1 for 3, 1HR). For us, Ben Lutske went 2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. Rollin Fish went 1 for 3, 1HR.

8/20 CHI @ DET: loss 3-8 Roy Wolfe (15-14, 3.48) gave up 8R (3ER) in 7.2IP. Nate Lewis (12-13, 4.68) got the win giving up 3R in 7IP. POG went to CHI CF Henry Thomas (2 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR). For us, Nasty Camacho went 2 for 4, 1R. Rollin Fish went 1 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1B, 1HR.

8/21 CHI @ DET: WIN 7-2 Hal Andrew (11-10, 4.16) got the win and POG giving up just 4H, 1BB & 2R. Max Matamoros (12-14, 4.38) gave up 7R (4ER) in 6.1IP for the loss. Top CHI hitters were 2B Tony Seats (1 for 3, 1R, 1DBL) & 1B Dom Rubino (1 for 4, 1RBI). For us, Gale Adams went 1 for 3, 2R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Rye Allen went 2 for 4, 1RBI, 1DBL. Hal Andrew went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI. Ray Kress went 1 for 1, 1R, 3BB.

8/22 DET @ BAL: loss 1-4 Walter Pond (8-7, 3.88) got the CG loss giving up 4R (3ER). Bud Ulrich (11-10, 4.48) got the win and POG giving up just 1R in 8IP. Top BAL hitter was Henri Gallais (1 for 3, 1BB, 1HR). For us, Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4. Walter Pond went 1 for 3, 1RBI.

8/23 DET @ BAL: loss 5-10 John Nolting (15-8, 3.58) gave up 7R (6ER) in 3.1IP for the loss. Sid Medcalf (9-17, 5.21) got the CG win despite giving up 5R. Top BAL hitters were LF Chet Pardue (3 for 5, 1R, 4RBI, 1DBL, 1SB, POG) & CF Mike Maginnis (3 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1SB). For us, Ben Lutske went 2 for 4, 2R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR.

8/24 DET @ BAL: WIN 7-2 Roy Wolfe (16-14, 3.39) got the CG win and POG giving up just 2R (1ER). Alter Sennelnekoff (11-12, 4.81) gave up 7R in 8IP. Top BAL hitter was RF Pete Pugliese (2 for 4). For us, Ben Lutske went 3 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL. Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Rollin Fish went 1 for 3, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR. Rye Allen went 1 for 4 hitting the first HR of his major league career.

8/25 DET @ BAL: loss 4-7 Hal Andrew (11-11, 4.36) got the loss giving up 6R in 3.2IP. Joe Stahl (4-0, 3.63) got the win giving up 4R in 7IP. Top BAL hitters were Dale Thompson (2 for 5, 2R, 2RBI, 1DBL, 1HR, POG), SS Ken Whitt (3 for 5, 1R, 1RBI) & 3B Boris Zimyanin (2 for 4, 2RBI). For us, Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 1R, 1BB. Nasty Camacho went 2 for 3, 1BB, 1DBL. Dave Castaneda went 1 for 4, 1BB, 1HR.

8/26 DET @ CHI: loss 5-6 Walter Pond (8-8, 3.98) gave up 6R (5ER) in 7IP. Max Matamoros (13-14, 4.44) got the win giving up 5R in 7IP. Top CHI hitters were 2B Tony Seats (2 for 4,1 R, 1RBI) & C Joey Rustin (2 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1DBL, 1HR, POG). For us, Rollin Fish went 3 for 3, 1RBI, 1DBL. Ray kress went 2 for 4, 3R, 1BB. Matt Perly went 1 for 2, 1R, 3RBI subbing in at CF mid game. Perly has played at every position this year except for C, P & LF.

8/27 DET @ CHI: loss 1-2 John Nolting (15-9, 3.53) got the CG loss giving up 2R. Sam Quintero (12-18, 4.16) got the CG win giving up just 1R. Both pitchers showed a lot of heart pitching CGs on a rainy day. Top CHI hitters were CF Henry Thomas (2 for 4, 1RBI) & 1B Dom Rubino (1 for 4). For us, Rollin Fish went 2 for 4. Nasty Camacho went 2 for 3.


8/28 DET @ CHI: loss 1-9 Roy Wolfe (16-15, 3.53) gave up 7R in 7.2IP. Ernest Cohen pitched 4 shutout innings but then had to leave the game with shoulder soreness. Mark Moore (3-2, 5.92) got the win giving up just 1R in the next 3IP. Top CHI hitters were 1B Dom Rubino (3 for 4, 3R, 3RBI, 1BB, 2DBL, 1HR, POG), RF Bob Abrams (3 for 5, 2R, 1RBI) & CF Henry Thomas (3 for 5, 3R, 1SB). For us, Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4. Rye Allen went 1 for 4, 1HR.

8/29 day off

8/30 BOS @ DET: loss 5-9 Sonny Faulkner (4-10, 4.81) got a spot start and gave up 7R in 7.2IP for the loss. Curly Roberts (4-5, 6.56) got the win giving up 5R in 7IP. Top BOS hitters were CF Ricardo Culebras (2 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1HR, POG), LF George Unruh (2 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 2DBL) & C Dirtbag Degal (1 for 4, 1BB, 1HR). For us, Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4. Mark Shirley subbed in for an injured Matt Perly and went 1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. Perly was injured early throwing the ball. He will be day2day for the rest of the year.

8/31 BOS @ DET: loss 6-7 Walter Pond gave up 6R (4ER) in 7.1IP. The loss went to Magnus George (2-2, 4.10) who gave up a 9th inning HR to Dirtbag. Cirilo Gonzalez gave up 2R in 2.1IP before leaving the game with a sore elbow. The win went to Billy Hyberg (1-0, 0.93) who pitched a scoreless 8th. Top BOS hitters were 2B Mike Kreitenberg (3 for 5, 2R, 3RBI, 1SB, POG), 3B Chris Javel (2 for 5, 2RBI) & C Dirtbag Degal (2 for 4, 1BB, 1HR). For us, Ray Kress went 2 for 5, 2R, 4RBI, 2HR. Dave Castaneda went 3 for 4, 2R, 1BB. Rollin Fish went 2 for 5, 2R, 1RBI, 1HR.

STANDINGS
65-67, 5th in the AL, 22 games behind KC, 4-11 in the last 2 weeks

BAD NEWS
-We were bad in so many ways. This kind of reminds me how things were at times in my early days with the Tigers when we couldn't hit to save our lives but our pitching was good or we hit well, but our pitching or defense let us down.
-Perly is injured making him day2day for the remainder of the year... this with Coleman still out.
-Pond (1-4, 4.43) & Wolfe (2-5, 5.04) had a rough month.

GOOD NEWS
-Nolting had a decent month (4-3, 2.72).
-The minor league coaches are saying Lester Finley is about ready to make the jump to AA. I hope so as he is our only legit CF prospect. He's been way up and down according to our scouts so hopefully this is a sign that he's settling in some.
-Our AAA coach is telling me SP Bill Lovely is ready to move up. Maybe I should consider him for the #4 spot for September. He's had two solid AAA years and seems to have nothing more to learn there.