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jamus23 · 04-27-2009, 09:26 PM

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Central Division 
 
Team          W  L  PCT   GB Pyt.Rec Diff  Home  Away XInn 1Run Stk Last10 
Denver       28 15 .651    -   29-14   -1 16- 5 12-10  1-6  8-7 W10   10-0 
Tucson       23 19 .548  4.5   24-18   -1 12- 9 11-10  3-1  7-8 W3     5-5 
Memphis      23 21 .523  5.5   26-18   -3 11-11 12-10  1-1  3-5 L1     5-5 
Grand Rapids 20 22 .476  7.5   21-21   -1 12- 9  8-13  2-3  5-8 L1     5-5 
Green Bay    20 23 .465  8.0   17-26    3  9-13 11-10  3-2 11-4 L2     3-7 
Kansas City  11 32 .256 17.0   16-27   -5  4-17  7-15  0-2  3-8 L3     3-7

Grand Rapids 7 @ Denver 8(10 innings)
Grand Rapids 2 @ Denver 7
Grand Rapids 3 @ Denver 12
Denver 8 @ Knoxville 6
Denver 10 @ Knoxville 6
Denver 8 @ Knoxville 1

The Broncos had their first perfect week of the season, sweeping three game series against the Tigers and the 79ers, and extending their winning streak to 10 games. It wasn't necessarily a breeze, however. Denver's bullpen woes cropped up again in the first game against Grand Rapids. Heading into the ninth inning, the Broncos led comfortably 7-2, but Lyndon Gwinn and James Virgen combined to give up 5 runs, which sent the game into extra innings. Russell Thomas salvaged the game with a run-scoring double in the bottom of the 10th. The bullpen did a better job of hanging onto big leads in the second and third games. In the first game against Knoxville, the Broncos chased starter Rene Romero in the fourth inning, touching him up for a total of 10 hits and 8 runs. Then they spent the rest of the game trying not to blow a lead that began as a 5-run lead, shrunk to a 3-run lead in the sixth inning, and then shrunk to a 2-run lead in the seventh inning. Denver raced to another big early lead in the second game, and led 10-0 after the top of the fourth inning. Gwinn once again helped make the game appear closer, as he gave up 3 runs in the final two innings. The Broncos had little difficulty winning the third game.

Russell Thomas led the offense with a 1.235 OPS, 11 hits, a double, 3 homeruns, 9 RBI, 5 runs scored, and 5 walks. Ellis Bolling had a 1.062 OPS, with a double, a triple, and a homerun, 9 RBI, 7 runs scored, and 5 walks. Asbel Fuentez had a 1.039 OPS, with a double, a triple, and 5 runs scored. Masahachirou Shunji had a 1.036 OPS, a double, 2 homeruns, 6 RBI, and 6 runs scored. Alexis Vazquez had a .987 OPS, 10 hits, 2 doubles, 2 homeruns, 6 RBI, and 5 runs scored. Lee Chappel had an .888 OPS, with 10 hits, 3 doubles, 1 homerun, 9 RBI, and 7 runs scored. Backup Gabriel Esqueda went 5 for 8 with a double, 2 homeruns, and 5 RBI.

There weren't too many players that performed poorly during the week. The worst was Brooks Branco, who went 2 for 11 with a .539 OPS. Jose Fuensanta was next worst, with a .730 OPS.

With the exception of Ray Lockridge, the starting pitching was pretty good. Kenny Pillsbury posted a 0.63 ERA in 2 starts(3 runs, 1 earned in 14 1/3 innings) and struck out 17 batters. Robert McNett gave up 1 run in 5 innings. George Buentello pitched 8 innings and allowed 2 runs. Even Thomas Fons was decent, with only 3 runs allowed in 7 innings pitched. That was his first "quality start" in 7 games started this season. Lockridge, on the other hand, gave up 10 hits and 6 runs in 6 1/3 innings pitched.

With the exception of Lyndon Gwinn, the bullpen also had a good week. Omar Lopez and Larry Waltz combined to pitch 4 scoreless innings with 5 strikeouts. James Virgen allowed only 2 runs in 5 1/3 innings, and struck out 7 batters. Robert Soto gave up 1 run in 2 1/3 innings pitched. Gwinn, meanwhile, gave up 5 hits, 3 walks, and 7 runs in 2 2/3 innings pitched.

Denver also has a bit of injury news. First-baseman Ellis Bolling(.907 OPS, 9 homeruns) injured his Achilles tendon while hitting a bases-loaded triple in the first inning of yesterday's game against Knoxville. He is expected to miss about two weeks. Replacing him on the roster will be 24 year old Tamiko Teika, who has hit .330 with a .937 OPS and 11 homeruns at AAA this season. Teika has a .761 OPS in 72 career big league at bats.

Around the league:

The National League Player of the Week Award went to Phoenix's left-fielder, Marcos Esparza. It is Esparza's first POTW award. He hit .526(10 for 19), with a 1.881 OPS, 1 double, 1 triple, 4 homeruns, 6 RBI, and 7 runs scored during the week. He had 3 hits, a walk, and a run scored in a 3-0 win over Harrisburg. He doubled, hit 3 homeruns, drove in 4 runs, and scored 4 runs in a 16-11 loss to Buffalo. After falling behind 2-0 in the top of the first, Esparza's first homerun led off the bottom of the first, and sparked a 3-run outburst to give Phoenix the lead. After the Bills built a 6-3 lead through 2 1/2 innings, Esparza led off the bottom of the third inning with his second homerun. In the fourth inning, he ripped a 2-out, 2-run blast to, temporarily, tie the game at 6 apiece. Unfortunately, the Bills kept scoring, and Esparza ran out of homeruns. In a 3-1 loss to Buffalo, Esparza produced a lonely homerun to lead off the bottom of the ninth inning. Alas, it couldn't spark a rally.

The American League Player of the Week Award went o Atlanta's shortstop, Roger Attaway. It is the 30 year old Attaway's 8th career POTW award. Attaway hit .417(10 for 24), with a 1.417 OPS, 3 doubles, 3 homeruns, 10 RBI, and 8 runs scored. He produced all of the Braves' offense in a 7-4 loss to Washington, as he had 3 hits, including 2 homeruns, 4 RBI, and 2 runs scored. He had 3 hits, a walk, 1 RBI, and 2 runs scored in an 8-7 win over the Senators. He had 2 hits(1 homerun), 3 RBI, and 2 runs scored in a 14-4 thumping of Green Bay.

Washington's left-fielder Leon Pino reached 3,000 career hits during the week. The 38 year old Pino hasn't played very well this season(.682 OPS), but with 3000 career hits, 620 career homeruns, 2024 career RBI, 1798 career runs scored, a .918 career OPS, 5 All Star appearances, 4 Gold Glove Awards, and a Silver Slugger Award(2078), he is pretty much a shoe-in for the Hall of Fame.

Division races:

Not much has changed in the West Division. San Diego still has a comfortable lead of 9 games over second place San Jose, however, the Padres did close this past week with two losses to Sacramento, which sits in fourth place. Also watch out for third place Los Angeles, which has won 4 consecutive games.

Just 1 1/2 games separate the top 5 teams in the Northeast Division. Buffalo and Hartford are tied for first, Rochester is in third, and New Jersey and Pittsburgh are tied for fifth.

Miami remains atop the Southeast Division, and second place Knoxville has lost 4 straight games to fall 5 1/2 games back.

Denver's surge has allowed it to open up a 4 1/2 game lead on second place Tucson, but with 3 straight wins, the Diamondbacks aren't exactly slumping, either.

Injury news:

There was only one very serious injury this week, and that was to Sacramento's starting pitcher, Ulysses Swain(2-1, 6.63 ERA). He suffered a torn bicep muscle and is expected to miss approximately two months.

Ahead for Denver this week is a 4 game series versus Memphis(23-21), and 3 game series at Kansas City(11-32).

04-27-2009, 09:26 PM	#467
jamus23 All Star Reserve Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 896	May 14, 2085 to May 20, 2085: Weekly Recap Code: Central Division Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run Stk Last10 Denver 28 15 .651 - 29-14 -1 16- 5 12-10 1-6 8-7 W10 10-0 Tucson 23 19 .548 4.5 24-18 -1 12- 9 11-10 3-1 7-8 W3 5-5 Memphis 23 21 .523 5.5 26-18 -3 11-11 12-10 1-1 3-5 L1 5-5 Grand Rapids 20 22 .476 7.5 21-21 -1 12- 9 8-13 2-3 5-8 L1 5-5 Green Bay 20 23 .465 8.0 17-26 3 9-13 11-10 3-2 11-4 L2 3-7 Kansas City 11 32 .256 17.0 16-27 -5 4-17 7-15 0-2 3-8 L3 3-7 Grand Rapids 7 @ Denver 8(10 innings) Grand Rapids 2 @ Denver 7 Grand Rapids 3 @ Denver 12 Denver 8 @ Knoxville 6 Denver 10 @ Knoxville 6 Denver 8 @ Knoxville 1 The Broncos had their first perfect week of the season, sweeping three game series against the Tigers and the 79ers, and extending their winning streak to 10 games. It wasn't necessarily a breeze, however. Denver's bullpen woes cropped up again in the first game against Grand Rapids. Heading into the ninth inning, the Broncos led comfortably 7-2, but Lyndon Gwinn and James Virgen combined to give up 5 runs, which sent the game into extra innings. Russell Thomas salvaged the game with a run-scoring double in the bottom of the 10th. The bullpen did a better job of hanging onto big leads in the second and third games. In the first game against Knoxville, the Broncos chased starter Rene Romero in the fourth inning, touching him up for a total of 10 hits and 8 runs. Then they spent the rest of the game trying not to blow a lead that began as a 5-run lead, shrunk to a 3-run lead in the sixth inning, and then shrunk to a 2-run lead in the seventh inning. Denver raced to another big early lead in the second game, and led 10-0 after the top of the fourth inning. Gwinn once again helped make the game appear closer, as he gave up 3 runs in the final two innings. The Broncos had little difficulty winning the third game. Russell Thomas led the offense with a 1.235 OPS, 11 hits, a double, 3 homeruns, 9 RBI, 5 runs scored, and 5 walks. Ellis Bolling had a 1.062 OPS, with a double, a triple, and a homerun, 9 RBI, 7 runs scored, and 5 walks. Asbel Fuentez had a 1.039 OPS, with a double, a triple, and 5 runs scored. Masahachirou Shunji had a 1.036 OPS, a double, 2 homeruns, 6 RBI, and 6 runs scored. Alexis Vazquez had a .987 OPS, 10 hits, 2 doubles, 2 homeruns, 6 RBI, and 5 runs scored. Lee Chappel had an .888 OPS, with 10 hits, 3 doubles, 1 homerun, 9 RBI, and 7 runs scored. Backup Gabriel Esqueda went 5 for 8 with a double, 2 homeruns, and 5 RBI. There weren't too many players that performed poorly during the week. The worst was Brooks Branco, who went 2 for 11 with a .539 OPS. Jose Fuensanta was next worst, with a .730 OPS. With the exception of Ray Lockridge, the starting pitching was pretty good. Kenny Pillsbury posted a 0.63 ERA in 2 starts(3 runs, 1 earned in 14 1/3 innings) and struck out 17 batters. Robert McNett gave up 1 run in 5 innings. George Buentello pitched 8 innings and allowed 2 runs. Even Thomas Fons was decent, with only 3 runs allowed in 7 innings pitched. That was his first "quality start" in 7 games started this season. Lockridge, on the other hand, gave up 10 hits and 6 runs in 6 1/3 innings pitched. With the exception of Lyndon Gwinn, the bullpen also had a good week. Omar Lopez and Larry Waltz combined to pitch 4 scoreless innings with 5 strikeouts. James Virgen allowed only 2 runs in 5 1/3 innings, and struck out 7 batters. Robert Soto gave up 1 run in 2 1/3 innings pitched. Gwinn, meanwhile, gave up 5 hits, 3 walks, and 7 runs in 2 2/3 innings pitched. Denver also has a bit of injury news. First-baseman Ellis Bolling(.907 OPS, 9 homeruns) injured his Achilles tendon while hitting a bases-loaded triple in the first inning of yesterday's game against Knoxville. He is expected to miss about two weeks. Replacing him on the roster will be 24 year old Tamiko Teika, who has hit .330 with a .937 OPS and 11 homeruns at AAA this season. Teika has a .761 OPS in 72 career big league at bats. Around the league: The National League Player of the Week Award went to Phoenix's left-fielder, Marcos Esparza. It is Esparza's first POTW award. He hit .526(10 for 19), with a 1.881 OPS, 1 double, 1 triple, 4 homeruns, 6 RBI, and 7 runs scored during the week. He had 3 hits, a walk, and a run scored in a 3-0 win over Harrisburg. He doubled, hit 3 homeruns, drove in 4 runs, and scored 4 runs in a 16-11 loss to Buffalo. After falling behind 2-0 in the top of the first, Esparza's first homerun led off the bottom of the first, and sparked a 3-run outburst to give Phoenix the lead. After the Bills built a 6-3 lead through 2 1/2 innings, Esparza led off the bottom of the third inning with his second homerun. In the fourth inning, he ripped a 2-out, 2-run blast to, temporarily, tie the game at 6 apiece. Unfortunately, the Bills kept scoring, and Esparza ran out of homeruns. In a 3-1 loss to Buffalo, Esparza produced a lonely homerun to lead off the bottom of the ninth inning. Alas, it couldn't spark a rally. The American League Player of the Week Award went o Atlanta's shortstop, Roger Attaway. It is the 30 year old Attaway's 8th career POTW award. Attaway hit .417(10 for 24), with a 1.417 OPS, 3 doubles, 3 homeruns, 10 RBI, and 8 runs scored. He produced all of the Braves' offense in a 7-4 loss to Washington, as he had 3 hits, including 2 homeruns, 4 RBI, and 2 runs scored. He had 3 hits, a walk, 1 RBI, and 2 runs scored in an 8-7 win over the Senators. He had 2 hits(1 homerun), 3 RBI, and 2 runs scored in a 14-4 thumping of Green Bay. Washington's left-fielder Leon Pino reached 3,000 career hits during the week. The 38 year old Pino hasn't played very well this season(.682 OPS), but with 3000 career hits, 620 career homeruns, 2024 career RBI, 1798 career runs scored, a .918 career OPS, 5 All Star appearances, 4 Gold Glove Awards, and a Silver Slugger Award(2078), he is pretty much a shoe-in for the Hall of Fame. Division races: Not much has changed in the West Division. San Diego still has a comfortable lead of 9 games over second place San Jose, however, the Padres did close this past week with two losses to Sacramento, which sits in fourth place. Also watch out for third place Los Angeles, which has won 4 consecutive games. Just 1 1/2 games separate the top 5 teams in the Northeast Division. Buffalo and Hartford are tied for first, Rochester is in third, and New Jersey and Pittsburgh are tied for fifth. Miami remains atop the Southeast Division, and second place Knoxville has lost 4 straight games to fall 5 1/2 games back. Denver's surge has allowed it to open up a 4 1/2 game lead on second place Tucson, but with 3 straight wins, the Diamondbacks aren't exactly slumping, either. Injury news: There was only one very serious injury this week, and that was to Sacramento's starting pitcher, Ulysses Swain(2-1, 6.63 ERA). He suffered a torn bicep muscle and is expected to miss approximately two months. Ahead for Denver this week is a 4 game series versus Memphis(23-21), and 3 game series at Kansas City(11-32). __________________ 2081: Desperation in Denver