Team Record: 22-37
Sim Record: 3-6
Games
6/1 - 3-2 loss vs Kansas - We begin June the same way that we ended May, with a loss. O'Parra pitched well (6.1 IP, 1 R), but aside from Jake Kinchen's Homerun and Vin Koenig's 3 hits, there was little offense.
6/2 - 6-5 WIN vs Kansas - Leandro Mingo (and his .332 OBP) walked with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth to win this one. Too many offensive contributers to name, but James Walsh was Player of the Game with 3 hits, a run, and an RBI.
6/3 - Off Day
6/4 - 3-0 loss @ Wisconsin - The off day did nothing for our offense. We managed 5 hits, with only a Richard Jerkins double going for extra bases. Paul Long was the unfortunate losing pitcher.
6/5 - 8-1 loss @ Wisconsin - We managed a run off of six hits, but only one of those hits mattered (a homerun by Jake Kinchen). Christopher Steelman and Jose Langlois "helped" by combining to give up 8 runs in 6.2 innings.
6/6 - 5-0 loss @ Wisconsin - Our offense again does nothing (Diaz and Mingo each had 2 hits) as we complete the series with Wisconsin scoring a total of 1 run. Crosswell drops his record to 1-9.
6/7 - 2-1 loss @ Nevada (10 innings) - Ward Chee gets the loss by giving up the run in the bottom of the 10th. Kenneth Biel scores our lone run in the top of the 6th after pinch running for Oberlin.
6/8 - 3-2 loss @ Nevada - John O'Parra allows 3 runs in the bottom of the 3rd inning, and we just can't come back from that. Vin Koenig's 2-run double in the top of the 5th inning helped, but couldn't put us over the top.
6/9 - 5-3 WIN @ Nevada - Paul Long wins his 3rd game of the season and Jake Kinchen extends his hitting streak to 10 games with 3 hits in this one. Chee gets his 7th save of the season.
6/10 - 3-0 WIN @ Nevada - Steelman, Souza, Stier, and Chee combine to shut out Nevada (with Steelman allowing just 2 hits in 7.1 innings AND wins Player of the Game). Oscar Oakley scored 2 of our runs and Steve McLaughlin had a 2-run pinch-hit single in the top of the 9th to add some insurance which allowed Ward Chee to come on and record the save.
Standings
Code:
GEL
East
Team W L PCT GB Stk L10
Wisconsin 38 21 .644 - W2 6-4
Kansas 33 26 .559 5.0 L1 7-3
Texas 33 28 .541 6.0 W1 4-6
Illinois 30 30 .500 8.5 W5 9-1
Minnesota 24 35 .407 14.0 L2 2-8
New Mexico 18 42 .300 20.5 L4 3-7
West
Team W L PCT GB Stk L10
Washington 43 17 .717 - W6 9-1
Idaho 35 24 .593 7.5 L1 5-5
Utah 29 31 .483 14.0 W1 3-7
Nevada 28 31 .475 14.5 L2 5-5
California 25 36 .410 18.5 L4 4-6
Colorado 22 37 .373 20.5 W2 3-7
So Washington is building up a HUGE lead here, and it doesn't look like they are going to give it up anytime soon as they just completed a
big trade over the weekend detailed in the next post.
We are on a one-way track to Nowheresville this season. Not that this has changed in the last week or anything. Just thought I'd keep you updated.
Pitching
Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K
s1 C. McKie 14 14 4 5 0 4.01 85.1 92 39 38 16 43
s2 P. Long 10 10 3 5 0 4.97 58.0 71 33 32 13 14
s3 C. Steelman 13 13 4 8 0 4.35 70.1 69 35 34 22 43
s4 J. Crosswell 13 13 1 9 0 6.04 73.0 89 53 49 39 31
s5 J. O'Parra 9 9 1 5 0 4.30 46.0 56 25 22 11 17
mr L. Briscoe 25 0 0 1 2 3.73 31.1 27 15 13 11 22
mr B. Suggs 7 0 0 1 0 6.75 10.2 14 12 8 9 4
mr D. MacKenzie 23 0 2 0 0 3.82 35.1 30 18 15 13 7
mr J. Langlois 19 0 0 0 0 5.01 23.1 21 13 13 10 18
su R. Souza 35 0 3 1 0 3.38 40.0 31 16 15 10 29
su A. Stier 25 0 1 1 1 2.88 25.0 27 8 8 8 10
cl W. Chee 24 0 3 1 8 4.56 25.2 26 13 13 9 14
The unfortunate thing about our pitching staff is that they aren't doing
too badly. Sure, they aren't championship calliber, but the front three are pretty solid. We just have no offense to help these guys out. The 2-14 record by Crosswell and O'Parra is just ugly,
any way you look at it.
Could I use a three-man rotation?
Lineup
Code:
Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG
1 LF L. Mingo 54 200 49 13 1 0 9 26 24 39 .245 .332 .320
2 CF F. Diaz 56 200 52 6 2 4 20 17 10 40 .260 .300 .370
3 2B V. Koenig 57 201 59 5 0 2 21 21 14 24 .294 .346 .348
4 SS J. Kinchen 59 230 64 13 3 7 28 24 6 36 .278 .310 .452
5 C J. Walsh 53 197 58 12 1 1 23 21 17 25 .294 .350 .381
6 RF O. Oakley 56 206 39 6 1 5 22 15 20 43 .189 .260 .301
7 3B R. Jerkins 59 218 35 8 3 0 13 19 18 31 .161 .231 .225
8 1B A. Oberlin 44 87 22 4 1 2 15 7 4 8 .253 .292 .391
J. Carmona 27 28 10 1 0 0 3 0 1 2 .357 .379 .393
S. McLaughlin 48 138 36 3 0 1 14 15 9 27 .261 .309 .304
K. Biel 31 57 10 4 0 0 5 4 3 10 .175 .213 .246
N. Mutsuhito 23 53 9 1 0 0 1 2 2 13 .170 .200 .189
C. Baker 34 52 7 2 0 1 2 6 5 14 .135 .211 .231
Kinchen has been red hot recently, but the trade winds are a-blowing and inside sources say he may not last the month in Colorado if the right deal comes up.
Team Rankings
Batting AVG: .235 (22nd)
Homeruns: 24 (24th)
Walks: 137 (22nd)
Stolen Bases: 39 (T-13th)
Runs Scored: 184 (24th)
Pitching ERA: 4.47 (21st)
Opponents AVG: .270 (20th)
HRs Allowed: 56 (22nd)
Walks Allowed: 171 (T-10th)
Runs Allowed: 280 (18th)