Team Record: 6-9
Sim Record: 5-5
Games
4/11 - 7-4 WIN @ Idaho (13 innings) - Long again can't hold out for the win (yet another extra inning game). He didn't pitch all that well though (6 IP, 8 H, 4 ER). MacKenzie picked up the win and Shimizu got the save. Massengill had a career high 3 hits and Mutsuhito hit a 3 run blast in the 13th to put us up for good (the teams 3rd homerun of the season).
4/12 - 2-0 loss @ California - Schuh and Warner (a double) were the only guys to get hits for us. Herold pitched exceptionally (7 IP, 5 H, 7 Ks), but still ended up taking the loss.
4/13 - 3-2 WIN @ California - The story of this game was the early brilliance of Salvatore Perez. He pitched 7 innings allowing 6 hits, 2 ER, and picked up 6 Ks to
raise his ERA to 1.88. 4 of our 9 hits were doubles (Tolerton and Long had multiple hits).
4/14 - 6-1 loss vs Nevada - McKie can't be great every game (7 IP, 7 H, 4 R). Jerkins hit the teams 4th homerun of the year.
4/15 - 5-1 loss vs Nevada - We again managed only two hits (both doubles: Mingo and Warner). Steelman didn't really help up out on the defensive end either. Pretty ugly game all around.
4/16 - 3-0 loss vs Washington - We again get no offense to help out Mr. Long. This game he was brilliant (8 IP, 3 H, 1 R, no earned), but still picked up his first loss of the season. Shuh and Koenig had two hits apiece.
4/17 - 12-11 WIN vs Washington - 6 pitchers used for each side with none of ours going longer than 2.1 innings (Herold was the longest, but he allowed 7 runs). The team had 9 doubles lead by the top 4 in the order who went 12-20 (all of whom had 3 hits and at least 2 runs).
4/18 - 5-1 WIN vs Washington - Salvatore Perez is making an early run at becoming a fan favorite with another fantastic performance (8 IP, 5 H, 1 ER). Hennen led the team with 2 RBI.
4/19 - 2-1 WIN @ Kansas - Jerkins takes over the team lead in homeruns (with 2) and McKie rocks it out with a nice 7 inning outing (5 hits, 1 R).
4/20 - 8-2 loss @ Kansas - Steelman drops to 0-3. Mingo and Koenig each have doubles. There isn't too much more good things that I can say about this game.
Standings
Code:
Great Explorers Standings
East
Team W L PCT GB Stk L10
Texas 12 3 .800 - W2 8-2
Wisconsin 9 6 .600 3.0 L1 6-4
Kansas 8 7 .533 4.0 W1 5-5
New Mexico 7 8 .467 5.0 L1 4-6
Minnesota 5 9 .357 6.5 L2 4-6
Illinois 4 10 .286 7.5 W2 3-7
West
Team W L PCT GB Stk L10
Nevada 10 5 .667 - W1 7-3
Utah 8 6 .571 1.5 L2 5-5
Idaho 7 8 .467 3.0 W1 4-6
Washington 6 8 .429 3.5 W1 5-5
California 6 9 .400 4.0 L2 3-7
Colorado 6 9 .400 4.0 L1 5-5
It's still surprising to me how poorly Washington is doing this season. I guess it's just early season jitters.
Pitching
Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K
s1 P. Long 3 3 0 1 0 3.66 19.2 21 9 8 1 9
s2 C. Herold 3 3 0 2 0 7.20 15.0 19 14 12 2 14
s3 S. Perez 3 3 2 0 0 1.61 22.1 18 5 4 9 15
s4 C. McKie 3 3 2 1 0 3.18 22.2 22 8 8 3 6
s5 C. Steelman 3 3 0 3 0 8.31 17.1 26 17 16 7 10
mr D. MacKenzie 4 0 1 0 0 3.18 5.2 4 2 2 5 0
mr R. Souza 6 0 0 0 0 1.08 8.1 8 1 1 3 7
mr T. Shimizu 6 0 0 0 1 10.50 6.0 13 7 7 2 4
mr A. Jacobs 1 0 0 0 0 6.75 1.1 2 1 1 1 0
su L. Briscoe 5 0 0 0 1 4.91 3.2 7 2 2 0 1
su W. Chee 7 0 0 0 0 1.17 7.2 6 1 1 1 5
cl A. Stier 5 0 1 2 2 6.00 6.0 8 4 4 1 3
If there was a rookie that I thought was going to take over, I definitely didn't think it would be Perez. But he has impressed me early on in this season. I wonder if it will last.
Souza is looking pretty good for a 40 year old.
Lineup
Code:
Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG
1 CF L. Mingo 15 66 17 6 2 0 5 8 3 8 .258 .290 .409
2 RF E. Schuh 12 46 13 4 0 0 6 5 1 9 .283 .298 .370
3 LF J. Hennen 14 56 14 6 0 1 7 5 3 6 .250 .288 .411
4 3B N. Massengill 13 41 11 4 0 0 3 3 5 6 .268 .348 .366
5 2B V. Koenig 14 48 9 1 0 0 0 2 7 10 .188 .316 .208
6 SS K. Warner 15 49 11 6 0 0 2 3 5 9 .224 .296 .347
7 1B J. Tolerton 13 48 11 2 0 0 4 2 0 7 .229 .229 .271
8 C C. Baker 12 37 6 1 0 1 1 3 1 5 .162 .184 .270
1B S. McLaughlin 6 9 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .444 .444 .444
3B R. Jerkins 15 37 14 3 0 2 7 4 2 5 .378 .410 .622
OF D. Pecora 9 22 7 0 0 0 3 1 1 4 .318 .348 .318
C R. Long 6 18 5 3 0 0 2 5 0 3 .278 .278 .444
1B N. Mutsuhito 7 16 4 1 0 1 3 3 1 3 .250 .294 .500
Our team isn't going to win any offensive awards. Well, maybe Least Likely to hit a homerun (as we are last in the league in dingers). Wow, we have an ugly offense.
A bright spot is the good play of Jerkins, who even though he sits the bench vs righties, still gets his at bats.
Team Rankings
Batting AVG: .248 (18th)
Homeruns: 5 (24th)
Walks: 29 (24th)
Stolen Bases: 7 (17th)
Runs Scored: 49 (21st)
Pitching ERA: 4.38 (14th)
Opponents AVG: .281 (22nd)
HRs Allowed: 13 (16th)
Walks Allowed: 35 (T-8th)
Runs Allowed: 71 (17th)