6-4, First place!
After the first sim of the season, New Orleans stands at 6-4, good for first place in the Frick League Midwest
Opening day saw the 'Dads on the wrong end of a 9-1 shellacking at the hands of
Montreal, followed up by an 8-3 loss the next day. New Orleans avoided a sweep in Game 3 as
Donovan Osborne pitched 8 innings of 2-run ball to get the Crawdad's first win of the season.
Up next was a 3 game set with
the Austin Riverbats. It started off on the wrong foot, with an 11 inning 6-5 loss to open the series.
Marty Powers took the loss after retiring the first batter of the 11th, then allowing 3 straight singles after a HBP. The second game was another extra inning affair, with New Orleans winning 5-1 in 10. The hero of the game was
Kosuke Fukudome, who broke the game open with a 3-run homer in the top of the 10th. The final game of the series was yet
another 10 inning game, with New Orleans scoring 3 in the 10th and
Gunga shutting the door to preserve teh 7-5 victory and pick up his first W of the season.
Birmingham came to town for the next 3 games of the sim, and we promptly dropped the first game to superstar
Sammy Bodeen, 3-0. The Crawdads won the second game, 3-2, on the strength of
Donovan Osborne's 8 inning 1 run performance.
George Fagg picked up his first win in a New Orleans uniform in the series finale.
To finish the sim, we traveled north for a date with
Atlantic City, and promptly laid an
11-0 beatdown on the Gamblers to open up the 3 game set.
Hitter of the Sim: Willie Williams, 1B
Willie went 15-for-36 over the first 10 games, good for a .417 average and a 1.111 OPS.
Pitcher of the Sim:
Donovan Osborne, SP
Yeah, having two 8 inning starts and giving up a total of 3 earned runs will get you the nod for this award.
Upcoming Schedule
2/11 - @
Atlantic City
2/12 - @
Atlantic City
2/14 - @
Buffalo
2/15 - @
Buffalo
2/16 - @
Buffalo
2/17 - v.
Long Beach
2/18 - v.
Long Beach
2/19 - v.
Long Beach
2/20 - @
Des Moines
2/21 - @
Des Moines