Team Record: 32-61
Sim Record: 1-6 (and a Great Explorers League loss in the All Star Game, which means we won't be getting home field in the National Cup Series (not that we were getting there anyway))
Games
7/11 - 7-1 loss @ Minnesota - Steelman gets shelled for his 11th loss of the season. David Echegaray gets his 298th win of his career. Steelman did provide pretty much all of our offense with an RBI double.
7/12 - Off Day
7/13 -
All star Game - GEL 4-2 loss vs FFL - Surprise, surprise, not ONE Colorado Ram made the All-Star team. But what was more surprising was that not one ex-Ram made the team either. Washington had 9 players on the team. That's crazy, like solo-league crazy. The player of the game was RF Ron Guinan, a 23 year old from Virginia. He went 2-3 with 2 RBI, a run scored, and a stolen base.
7/14 - Off Day
7/15 - 5-1 loss vs Nevada - Vin Koenig and Leandro Mingo each had 3 hits, but the rest of the offense couldn't do squat (1 other hit) which wasted Paul Long's good outing (7.1 innings, 11 hits, 3 ER).
7/16 - 3-2 loss vs Nevada (11 innings) - Chet McKie had a fabulous outing (7 IP, 6 hits, 2 ER), but our bullpen (namely Leroy Briscoe) couldn't hold it together in extras.
7/17 - 6-5 loss vs Nevada - Steelman gets manhandled again. Kyle Warner increased his hitting streak to 6 games and Baker and Jerkins each had a homerun.
7/18 - 9-4 loss vs Nevada - So much for Alex Acevedo's good start last sim. In this game, he went 7.2 innings, giving up 11 hits and 6 Runs. Oscar Oakley did hit his 11th homerun of the season, a 3-run shot in the 3rd inning.
7/19 - 3-0 WIN vs California - John O'Parra goes 6 shutout innings (5 hits, a career high 7 K's) and MacKenzie and Stier finish the Lions off. Kyle Warner goes 3-4 with 2 runs and a RBI to lead the offense.
7/20 - 5-4 loss vs California - Long has another solid outing (7 IP, 6 hits, 1 R), but Arnie Stier lets up 2 hits and the deciding run in the bottom of the 9th. James Walsh had a 3-run homerun in the top of the 8th.
Standings
Since we are halfway through the season, I figured you should get a look at the entire league.
Code:
Founding Fathers Standings
North
Team W L PCT GB StK L10
Massachusetts 58 37 .611 - L1 7-3
Maryland 55 39 .585 2.5 L1 5-5
Ontario 46 48 .489 11.5 W1 7-3
Maine 45 48 .484 12.0 L2 4-6
New York 40 53 .430 17.0 W3 5-5
Pennsylvania 26 67 .280 31.0 W1 4-6
South
Team W L PCT GB Stk L10
Virginia 56 37 .602 - W3 7-3
Mississippi 53 40 .570 3.0 L2 5-5
Louisiana 50 43 .538 6.0 L3 2-8
Florida 48 47 .505 9.0 L2 5-5
Tennessee 44 50 .468 12.5 W2 3-7
North Carolina 41 53 .436 15.5 W2 6-4
Great Explorers Standings
East
Team W L PCT GB Stk L10
Kansas 57 36 .613 - W3 7-3
Wisconsin 57 36 .613 - L3 7-3
Texas 49 46 .516 9.0 L1 5-5
Illinois 45 49 .479 12.5 W1 3-7
Minnesota 37 56 .398 20.0 L1 5-5
New Mexico 31 63 .330 26.5 W1 6-4
West
Team W L PCT GB Stk L10
Washington 70 24 .745 - W12 10-0
Idaho 50 43 .538 19.5 L4 2-8
Utah 48 46 .511 22.0 W1 6-4
Nevada 45 48 .484 24.5 L1 5-5
California 41 54 .432 29.5 W1 2-8
Colorado 32 61 .344 37.5 L1 2-8
The races are closer over in the Founding Fathers League, particularly the South. Although, Utah seems to be creaping up on Idaho for the Wild Card in the GEL West.
Pitchers
Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K
s1 P. Long 18 18 5 9 0 4.05 109.0 121 53 49 22 35
s2 C. McKie 21 21 6 6 0 3.99 128.2 141 60 57 25 62
s3 C. Steelman 20 20 4 12 0 4.66 116.0 125 65 60 34 61
s4 A. Acevedo 2 2 0 1 0 3.68 14.2 16 7 6 4 3
s5 J. O'Parra 15 15 3 9 0 4.31 77.1 93 44 37 13 35
mr E. Divell --no stats--
mr B. Suggs 9 0 1 1 0 5.02 14.1 15 12 8 10 6
mr R. Souza 59 0 4 1 1 3.82 61.1 50 27 26 18 47
mr D. MacKenzie 35 0 2 2 0 4.44 50.2 51 32 25 21 18
su W. Chee 40 0 3 1 8 4.68 42.1 43 22 22 17 32
su L. Briscoe 44 0 0 3 2 3.26 49.2 44 21 18 17 31
cl A. Stier 39 0 3 3 4 3.49 38.2 49 16 15 11 14
Paul Long has really turned it on recently. That bodes well for the future. We just need to score some runs for the guy.
Divell was brought up before the sim to replace Langlois, but hasn't pitched yet.
Lineup
Code:
Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG
1 LF L. Mingo 87 312 80 19 2 0 20 40 41 52 .256 .348 .330
2 C J. Walsh 86 310 94 17 3 3 44 32 23 40 .303 .350 .406
3 CF F. Diaz 88 322 83 15 2 5 29 32 19 59 .258 .304 .363
4 2B V. Koenig 90 313 98 6 0 5 34 35 25 35 .313 .370 .380
5 RF O. Oakley 89 327 63 7 3 11 35 25 28 74 .193 .260 .333
6 SS K. Warner 24 86 25 7 0 2 8 11 3 12 .291 .330 .442
7 1B S. McLaughlin 80 239 63 4 0 2 23 20 11 51 .264 .298 .305
8 3B J. Carmona 53 90 22 4 0 0 7 8 8 13 .244 .310 .289
A. Oberlin 69 135 31 5 1 2 16 10 7 18 .230 .282 .326
N. Mutsuhito 41 95 19 2 0 0 7 4 3 21 .200 .222 .221
C. Baker 56 91 18 4 0 3 7 11 6 16 .198 .247 .341
R. Jerkins 86 294 51 12 5 1 19 28 22 40 .173 .241 .259
K. Biel 47 87 14 5 1 0 6 9 6 16 .161 .213 .241
I've been very surprised by Warner's hitting. I don't expect it to keep up. This is me being a realist folks. He just shouldn't be hitting that well.
Team Rankings
Batting AVG: .241 (19th)
Homeruns: 43 (24th)
Walks: 222 (21st)
Stolen Bases: 67 (11th)
Runs Scored: 306 (23rd)
Pitching ERA: 4.43 (22nd)
Opponents AVG: .275 (23rd)
HRs Allowed: 81 (T-20th)
Walks Allowed: 258 (T-11th)
Runs Allowed: 446 (22nd)
Jake Kinchen Watch
Code:
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS
July 15 46 9 2 0 1 6 4 8 6 .196 .309 .304 .613
After having a pretty good sim after we traded him, Jake's July has been pretty dreadful. He'll snap out of it though.