Team Record: 45-57
Sim Record: 4-5
Games
7/21 - 7-3 WIN @ Nevada - Long won his 8th game of the year (7 IP, 8 H, 3 ER), but the real story was Tyson Bacon's single in his first at bat as a born again Ram. He scored 2 runs. Mingo and Massengill had 3 hits each with Mingo picking up 4 RBIs.
7/22 - 7-4 loss @ Nevada - Herold only went 2.2 innings, allowing 6 hits and 6 runs. Mingo, Warner, Long, and McLaughlin each had doubles. Bacon had another single.
7/23 - 4-3 WIN @ Idaho - McKie allowed just 1 run on 7 hits to lead us to victory. Mingo hit his 8th triple of the year and Grimes hit his 4th homer of the year to pace the offense. Souza got the save, after allowing 2 runs.
7/24 - 8-4 WIN @ Idaho - We had a 7 run 4th inning and Steelman picked up his first win of the year. During the game, everyone in the starting lineup, except for McLaughlin, scored a run. Bacon had a double and 2 RBIs and Massengill followed suit with his 4th homerun of the year.
7/25 - 2-1 loss @ Idaho - Perez allowed less hits than the oppoenent did, but allowed one more run (7.2 IP, 5 H, 2 R). Bacon (double), Mingo, and Koenig each had 2 hits.
7/26 - 9-6 loss @ Wisconsin - Paul Long got a little roughed up (4.1 IP, 3 H, 5 R, 5 BBs) as he was having control problems. Mingo had 3 hits, including his 9th triple. Bacon continued to impress in his time back with a single and a run scored.
7/27 - 3-2 WIN @ Wisconsin - Herold went 6 shutout innings allowing just 3 hits to win PoG honors and Souza picked up his 12th save (allowing nary a hit this time). Massengill and Mingo each had 2 hits and Bacon chipped in with his own, a run, and a stolen base (his 18th of the year). Hal Rehm also saw his first action as a born again Ram, coming in as a defensive replacement.
7/28 - 3-2 loss @ Wisconsin - Really, the only news in this one was in Hal Rehm's 2nd at bat of the day, he doubled. McKie pitched well, but there was no offense behind him.
7/29 - Off Day
7/30 - 12-0 loss @ Texas - Ouch! Only 3 hits (singles by Massengill, Warner, and Ramos). Perez had his shortest outing of the year (2 IP, 6 H, 8 R, 5 BBs). Ugly.
Standings
Code:
Great Explorers Standings
East
Team W L PCT GB Stk L10
Wisconsin 63 39 .618 - L1 6-4
Kansas 62 42 .596 2.0 L1 5-5
Texas 59 43 .578 4.0 W1 6-4
New Mexico 47 56 .456 16.5 L2 5-5
Illinois 38 64 .373 25.0 L3 2-8
Minnesota 20 83 .194 43.5 L5 2-8
West
Team W L PCT GB Stk L10
Washington 70 34 .673 - W3 9-1
Nevada 58 45 .563 11.5 W2 5-5
California 56 46 .549 13.0 W9 9-1
Idaho 56 47 .544 13.5 W1 4-6
Colorado 45 57 .441 24.0 L2 4-6
Utah 42 60 .412 27.0 W2 3-7
Washington is still kicking butt and taking names, but check out the Lions' sim! California has won 9 straight and has made our division a 3 man race for that last playoff spot.
Pitching
Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K
s1 S. Perez 23 23 9 8 0 3.40 156.0 133 62 59 64 89
s2 P. Long 22 22 8 8 0 3.74 137.0 140 61 57 34 58
s3 C. Herold 22 22 4 7 0 3.55 126.2 120 54 50 46 87
s4 C. McKie 21 21 6 7 0 4.45 127.1 160 70 63 28 45
s5 C. Steelman 14 14 1 7 0 6.08 77.0 95 56 52 31 44
mr D. MacKenzie 35 0 3 2 1 3.70 48.2 45 21 20 25 23
mr T. Shimizu 49 0 3 2 2 3.27 52.1 44 21 19 20 17
mr J. Montana 38 0 2 3 3 5.32 42.1 49 27 25 16 17
mr A. Jacobs 12 0 1 1 1 5.14 14.0 15 8 8 6 12
su L. Briscoe 55 0 1 5 2 3.77 57.1 56 25 24 15 18
su A. Stier 54 0 4 5 3 3.67 49.0 65 26 20 10 20
cl R. Souza 54 0 4 3 12 2.19 61.2 56 16 15 20 44
Going to be quite the race to see who can win more games this year between Long and Perez.
Yay! Steelman won his first game.
Lineup
Code:
Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG
1 3B T. Bacon 86 304 66 6 1 3 29 43 17 45 .217 .262 .273
2 CF L. Mingo 100 413 114 23 9 0 31 41 26 75 .276 .318 .375
3 RF N. Massengill 97 341 94 15 0 4 29 39 54 53 .276 .382 .355
4 LF E. Grimes 46 176 46 15 3 4 28 27 7 22 .261 .300 .449
5 2B V. Koenig 97 368 92 13 0 3 34 26 29 48 .250 .323 .310
6 SS K. Warner 63 213 50 15 3 2 19 19 18 31 .235 .302 .362
7 C R. Long 68 223 58 21 1 1 23 20 9 38 .260 .289 .377
8 1B S. McLaughlin 33 58 9 1 0 0 2 2 2 8 .155 .210 .172
3B R. Jerkins 97 336 83 20 3 7 31 40 21 56 .247 .298 .387
LF E. Schuh 91 264 60 14 1 1 19 18 16 43 .227 .270 .299
SS B. Ramos 51 162 35 3 1 2 13 14 17 31 .216 .301 .284
1B H. Rehm 48 61 12 3 0 0 8 7 4 8 .197 .246 .246
C C. Baker 77 173 32 10 0 4 15 20 6 38 .185 .216 .312
I'm going to do some fiddling with the lineup to get Rehm and Bacon in. The other complication is McLaughlin. Normally I would just send him down to AAA as he really shouldn't even be in the majors right now. However, currently, the man is sitting at 1,992 hits. Once he hits 2,000, I will probably call it a day with him.
Rehm is somehow going to be fit in. He's also not very good at this point, but he can still play (more than McLaughlin anyway). He's pretty much at Mutsuhito territory right now.
Bacon and Rehm Watch
Zero homeruns this sim.
Tyson Bacons Week:
Code:
Date Opp. Result AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K Spot
7/21 @NV W 7-3 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 2 #1
7/22 @NV L 4-7 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 #1
7/23 @ID W 4-3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 #1
7/24 @ID W 8-4 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 2 1 #1
7/25 @ID L 1-2 5 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 #1
7/26 @WI L 6-9 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 #1
7/27 @WI W 3-2 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 #1
7/28 @WI L 2-3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 #1
7/30 @TX L 0-12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 #1
Hal Rehm's Week:
Code:
Date Opp. Result AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K Spot
7/27 @WI W 3-2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 #8
7/28 @WI L 2-3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 #9
Team Rankings
Batting AVG: .236 (20th)
Homeruns: 40 (23rd)
Walks: 275 (18th)
Stolen Bases: 70 (15th)
Runs Scored: 350 (20th)
Pitching ERA: 3.84 (15th)
Opponents AVG: .263 (20th)
HRs Allowed: 80 (T-17th)
Walks Allowed: 315 (14th)
Runs Allowed: 443 (15th)