Team Record: 36-76
Sim Record: 3-7
Games
7/31 - 7-6 loss @ Kansas (13 innings) - MacKenzie gives up 3 hits, and the crucial winning run, in the last 1.1 innings to let this one slip away. Long didn't get a hit, but he did steal a base and score a run (both career firsts). Jerkins went 2-6 with 2 RBI.
8/1 - 10-0 loss @ Kansas - We only managed 5 hits (2 by Jerkins, one of which was the teams lone extra base hit (a double)). Steelman and Divell both get the crap kicked out of them.
8/2 - Off Day
8/3 - 2-1 loss vs New Mexico - Acevedo and Chee both pitch well, but the offense doesn't do anything. Mingo had two hits, Diaz hit a solo-homerun, and Oberlin had a single. That was our entire offensive output today.
8/4 - 4-2 WIN vs New Mexico - With Long on the mound (7 IP, 8 H, 1 R), and facing one of the three worst teams in the league, we pull this one out. Warner (2-run HR), Diaz and Biel each had 2 hits.
8/5 - 3-2 loss vs New Mexico - Koenig went 3 for 3, but it wasn't enough. This wasted a great effort by McKie, who went the distance in this one (9 IP, 7 hits, 3 ER).
8/6 - 3-2 WIN vs Illinois - I don't even
remember the last time Steelman won a game. He pitched really well in this one (7.1 innings, 9 hits, 2 R). But the player of the game was Leandro Mingo with his 2 hits and 2 RBI (one was a 2-run triple). Bonus note: "Tanocito" Long went 2-3 with a run scored (and a walk).
8/7 - 9-1 loss vs Illinois - Lines of the game: O'Parra (2 IP, 5 ER), MacKenzie (3 IP, 2 ER), Souza (2 IP, 2 ER), Suggs (2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER). Mingo, Jerkins, and MacLaughlin each had 2 hits.
8/8 - 5-2 loss vs Illinois - Mingo had a 2-run double and Koenig and Jerkins provided 2 hits a piece. Acevedo got a little roughed up, and is still searching for that first win.
8/9 - 5-1 loss @ Minnesota - We've faced David Echegaray a couple times this year (I think we are 1-1 against him), but he out-dueled Long as was victorious this time, picking up his
300th win of his career (and also 10th of the season). Fact: Echegaray was drafted by the Rams with the 3rd pick in 2002. He was then traded for a whole bunch of guys who never equaled the success that David had. Mutsuhito went 3-4 in this one for us as well.
8/10 - 6-3 WIN @ Minnesota - All good things! McKie went 6 innings giving up 1 run on 3 hits to pick up the W. Kyle Warner went 2-3 (2 R, 4 RBI) with a 2-run homerun. Robert Long had a double and a triple.
Standings
Code:
Great Explorers Standings
East
Team W L PCT GB Stk L10
Wisconsin 69 42 .622 - L1 5-5
Kansas 67 45 .598 2.5 L1 6-4
Texas 58 56 .509 12.5 W1 6-4
Illinois 53 59 .473 16.5 L1 4-6
Minnesota 45 67 .402 24.5 L1 3-7
New Mexico 37 75 .330 32.5 L1 3-7
West
Team W L PCT GB Stk L10
Washington 83 29 .741 - W3 8-2
Idaho 62 50 .554 21.0 L1 6-4
Nevada 58 53 .523 24.5 W3 8-2
Utah 58 55 .513 25.5 W1 4-6
California 47 66 .416 36.5 W1 4-6
Colorado 36 76 .321 47.0 W1 3-7
Just look at how far ahead Washington is! To give you an idea of how far ahead they are...
They lead Wisconsin by 13.5 games, and Wisconsin has the
2nd best record in the entire league!
Pitching
Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K
s1 P. Long 22 22 7 11 0 3.73 135.0 149 63 56 29 41
s2 C. McKie 26 26 7 7 0 3.65 162.2 169 69 66 28 76
s3 C. Steelman 24 24 5 15 0 5.04 139.1 161 84 78 45 71
s4 A. Acevedo 6 6 0 4 0 4.66 38.2 43 21 20 11 16
s5 J. O'Parra 17 17 3 11 0 5.13 80.2 101 53 46 15 37
mr E. Divell 5 0 0 0 0 9.00 6.0 9 8 6 4 7
mr B. Suggs 12 0 1 1 0 4.19 19.1 20 13 9 12 9
mr R. Souza 66 0 4 2 1 4.58 70.2 64 37 36 20 57
mr D. MacKenzie 40 0 2 4 0 4.28 61.0 64 36 29 23 23
su W. Chee 52 0 3 2 8 3.72 55.2 46 23 23 22 43
su L. Briscoe 47 0 0 3 2 3.17 54.0 46 22 19 18 35
cl A. Stier 47 0 3 3 8 3.20 45.0 57 18 16 11 16
Steelman is making a real run at 20 losses. Can he do it?
I really hope Acevedo wins a game sooner or later.
Lineup
Code:
Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG
1 LF L. Mingo 105 385 96 25 3 0 27 42 42 64 .249 .328 .330
2 SS K. Warner 43 150 38 9 0 4 15 16 10 24 .253 .313 .393
3 2B V. Koenig 109 377 111 6 0 6 38 39 29 43 .294 .352 .358
4 CF F. Diaz 106 390 97 15 3 7 36 38 21 74 .249 .290 .356
5 RF O. Oakley 108 386 72 8 4 11 36 27 35 86 .187 .257 .313
6 3B R. Jerkins 103 347 65 15 5 3 24 33 25 48 .187 .250 .285
7 1B S. McLaughlin 99 299 78 4 0 2 25 20 15 63 .261 .300 .294
8 C R. Long 8 28 6 1 1 0 2 2 1 4 .214 .233 .321
N. Mutsuhito 47 104 24 5 0 0 9 5 3 23 .231 .257 .279
J. Carmona 68 122 27 6 0 0 7 8 8 19 .221 .273 .270
A. Oberlin 82 152 32 5 1 2 16 10 7 20 .211 .259 .296
C. Baker 70 115 23 6 0 4 8 16 6 19 .200 .240 .357
K. Biel 57 108 17 5 1 0 7 12 8 20 .157 .214 .222
Jerkins has a big hole to dig out of, but he had a pretty decent sim.
Robert Long is going to be our catcher for a while. Might as well get used to him behind the plate. You HAVE to love his nickname though (Tanocito)! I know I do (see above).
Team Rankings
Batting AVG: .235 (22nd)
Homeruns: 51 (24th)
Walks: 255 (23rd)
Stolen Bases: 81 (12th)
Runs Scored: 346 (23rd)
Pitching ERA: 4.43 (22nd)
Opponents AVG: .276 (23rd)
HRs Allowed: 101 (21st)
Walks Allowed: 304 (9th)
Runs Allowed: 534 (22nd)
Kinchen/Walsh Watch
Code:
Jake Kinchen - Maryland Admirals
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS TAVG ISO
Overall 108 394 108 21 5 12 52 45 22 54 .274 .323 .444 .767 .698 .170
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS
July 25 79 15 3 0 3 10 7 8 12 .190 .264 .342 .606
August 8 28 12 3 1 0 6 6 3 2 .429 .514 .607 1.121
As you can see, Kinchen has busted out of his slump in a big way, almost equalling his numbers for the entire month of July (well, except in homeruns). We've only finished the first 10 days of the month!
James Walsh - Virginia Grays
Code:
Date Opp. Result AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K Spot
7/31 @NY W 13-6 5 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 1 #7
8/1 @NY L 5-6 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 #7
8/3 MD W 8-5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 #7
8/5 MD L 5-9 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 #7
8/6 ON W 3-2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 #7
8/7 ON W 9-0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 #6
8/8 ON L 0-7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 #5
8/10 @PA W 5-3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 #7
Not a great start for James down in Virginia. He'll get it back though.