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gehrig38 · 11-15-2012, 01:24 PM

WEEK 7
OFF DAY
3 @ Philly (20-20 +.5 CL East)
3 vs Las Vegas (18-22 -4.5 CL West)

GAME 39
An instant classic! Down 3-0 into the 5th, A Sotolo’s HR (2) tied it at 3 where it stayed into the 7th. Bill Flowers (6.1-11-5-5-1-4) handed it to a fresh pen who tried to R/L/R the game. They failed. C Dan Land’s 2 out 3B plated 2 runs and the Freedom tacked on 2 more to go up 7-3. In the top of the 8th Gutierrez led off with a 1B, 1 out later Bill Alexander hit his 19th HR, pulling within 2. Eric Hudson walked and Sean Parker hit a 3B to make it 7-6. Hugh Collins routine grounder was booted by 3B Kevin Peters and Parker scored to tie it. With 2 on and 2 out in the bottom of the eight Land hits another 2 out 2 run triple and Philly pulls ahead 9-7. Into the 9th with an out, Gutierrez singles, Barbour singles and Alexander is HBP. Wes Morgan pops up for the 2nd out and Eric Hudson, on the first pitch, drives a ball deep into the gap clearing the bases for the 10-7 win!
CHI 10 PHI 9 21-18 (10 GB)

ORG NEWS
22 year Tulsa 2B Dudley Williams had a 5-5 day in a 25-10 Tulsa win over Magnolia (FRE AAA). On the year Williams is at 370-3-14

Belleview RF Mark Murray also had a day. Going 5-6 in a 16-1 win over Watertown (SAN A).

GAME 40
Bill Alexander went 2-4 and drove in 2. His 2nd hit was a tie breaking 2B in the top of the 10th to put Chicago up 5-4 where Ernesto Cruz entered, and saved his 9th. Alfredo Alejandrez was ineffective through 5-7-3-3-3-3 and the bullpen held the game close. Gutierrez went 2-4 with his 10th stolen base, Alexander (20) and Morgan (7) homered. C Eric Hudson was 2-5 with an RBI.
CHI 5 PHI 4 22-18 (10 GB)

LEAGUE NEWS
Bill Alexander now trails Vincente Soto .355 to .350 in the batting race. Alexanders 44 RBI’s is 11 better than the Hooks Clint Etheridge and his 20 HR’s is 9 ahead of Michigans Bob Herman.

Chicago’s 8-2 run has them 1.5 games behind Corpus Christi in the WC.

GAME 41
Mike Davis holds the Freedom hitless into the 6th and comes out in the 8th (7.1-4-2-2-4-4) handing a 5-2 lead to the pen, which immediately collapses. Sib van Bodegraven allows his inherited run to score and then surrenders a game tying 2R HR Kevin Peters. A tired pen then held the door for the next 4.1 innings until Ernesto Gutierrez’s 2B drove in Bob Barbour to put Chicago ahead to stay, 6-5. Ernesto Cruz notched his 10th save. Hugh Collins went 2-5 with his 3rd HR, Bill Alexander drove in 2.
CHI 6 PHI 5 23-18 (9.5 GB)

LEAGUE NEWS
Fisher Cats 33 year old Colin Botts (12-15 3.86 ’12 and 1-5 5.43 ’13) will miss the remainder of the season with rotator cuff problems.

GAME 42
Wil Butler (4-4) laid his first egg in a Chicago uniform (4.1-7-8-7-2-1). Bill Alexander 2-4 HR (21) and 2 RBI’s and Wes Morgan 2-4 with a 2B and an RBI were the lone bright spots for Chicago. Glen Harvery (3-2) of Vegas went 8.1-8-3-3-0-7 in the win.
LV 8 CHI 3 23-19 (9.5 GB)

LEAGUE NEWS
Pittsburgh’s Manuel Miranda went 5-6 in the Riverhounds 9-1 win over Michigan. The 32 year old CF also drove in 2 and is now 345-8-24 in 174 at bats on the season. Miranda hit 310-24-88 last year.

Battlecats SP 34 year old Al Stroud came out of that same game with a shoulder problem. The lefty has a torn labrum and will miss the rest of the 2013 season. Stroud (12-17 5.49 in ’12) was 3-2 with a 6.20 ERA in 2013.

GAME 43
Mark Williams (3-1) went 6.2-7-3-2-2-6 and didn’t help himself with an error. Randy Pennington allowed the 51’s to break it open with a 3 run 9th. Dennis Weaver went 2-3 with 2 solo HR’s (6) in the loss.
LV 6 CHI 3 23-20 (9.5 GB)

LEAGUE NEWS
Dayton Dragons 3B Julian Martinez went 1-3 today to extend his hitting streak to 20 games. The 29 year old Martinez is currently at 342-3-24 on the season.

GAME 44
Bill Flowers (2-3) took the game into the 7th (6-7-2-2-1-4) and van Bodegraven handed to Craig Frank for the final 7 outs. Dennis Weaver hit his 4th HR, 8th overall, in 2 days, going 3-4 with 5 RBI’s.
CHI 8 LV 2 24-20 (9.5 GB)

WEEK 7 NEWS

ORG NEWS
AAA 2B Dudley Williams is hurt again. This time shoulder and this time for at least a month.

Tulsa RF Alfredo Lozano went 15-30 with 4 HR’s and 13 RBI’s to win the United League PotW honors. The 2012 AA Hitter of the Year continues to impress.

Belleview’s Mark Murray took home PotW honors in the Midwest League last week.The 21 year old LF went 14-31 with 2 HR’s and 7 RBI’s while scoring 8 runs.

Chicago is 4th in the IBL Power Rankings at 103.2

LEAGUE NEWS
Philly’s Andrew Olson (5-3 3.86 ’13 and 15-8 3.55 ’12) tossed a 6 hitter at Fresno yesterday.

Vincente Soto (LA) went 5-6 in an 11 inning 6-5 win over Columbus.

Houston Roughriders Cy May tore ligaments in his thumb yesterday. The 28 year old May, the IBL Coastal Leagues 2012 Player of the Year will miss up to 5 weeks. May was hitting 265-11-26 on the season.

West Michigan White Caps CF Felipe Hernandez took home FL PotW honors after a 10-25 3 HR 8 RBI week. The 23 year old is currently hitting 273-6-17 on the year.

Philly Freedom 1B Antonio Vargas won CL PotW honors. The 24 year old went 14-29 with 3 HR’s and 12 RBI’s last week

The Roughriders, now with a major injury, have started to come back to earth a bit. At 33-10 they are 9 up on Corpus Christi and 9.5 up on us.

In the FL Central San Antonio and Tulsa are separated by .5 game (SAN 25-19 TUL 25-20) with West Michigan and Dayton 3 back.

Brooklyn leads New York by 3, Buffalo by 3.5 and Staten Island is 6.5 out.

El Paso is .5 up on Sacramento at 26-19 to 25-19. Edmonton is 4 out and Phoenix has rebounded a smidge to get to 16-29.

Pittsburgh is .5 up on New Hampshire at 22-22 to 22-23, Philly is at 22-24 and Baltimore brings up the rear at 19-25.

LA is at 24-20, 2.5 up on 22-23 Vegas and 3.5 up on 21-24 Michigan.

Vincente Soto has taken charge in the CL batting race at 371, 34 pts higher than Clint Etheridge (CC) Manuel Miranda (PITT). Alexander is 10 better than the next CL hitter in HR’s with 21, and 14 RBI’s better than Etheridge at 49.

Raul Gonzalez (HOU) and Josh Wells (EP) lead the IBL with 8 wins. Michael Ross (HOU) continues to dominate the Saves category at 21, 8 more than any other closer. Gonzalez and teammate Brian Donahue are 1-2 in the CL ERA race at 2.16 and 2.22 with Fresno’s Santiago Medina in 3rd at 2.38.

In the FL Shawn Calhoun (WMI) is at 1.56, leading Brooklyn’s Walt Thompson who’s at 1.73. Thompson is the pace setter with 80 punchouts, followed by Calhoun’s 75.

11-15-2012, 01:24 PM	#122
gehrig38 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Medfield, Mass Posts: 5,509	Week 7 WEEK 7 OFF DAY 3 @ Philly (20-20 +.5 CL East) 3 vs Las Vegas (18-22 -4.5 CL West) GAME 39 An instant classic! Down 3-0 into the 5th, A Sotolo’s HR (2) tied it at 3 where it stayed into the 7th. Bill Flowers (6.1-11-5-5-1-4) handed it to a fresh pen who tried to R/L/R the game. They failed. C Dan Land’s 2 out 3B plated 2 runs and the Freedom tacked on 2 more to go up 7-3. In the top of the 8th Gutierrez led off with a 1B, 1 out later Bill Alexander hit his 19th HR, pulling within 2. Eric Hudson walked and Sean Parker hit a 3B to make it 7-6. Hugh Collins routine grounder was booted by 3B Kevin Peters and Parker scored to tie it. With 2 on and 2 out in the bottom of the eight Land hits another 2 out 2 run triple and Philly pulls ahead 9-7. Into the 9th with an out, Gutierrez singles, Barbour singles and Alexander is HBP. Wes Morgan pops up for the 2nd out and Eric Hudson, on the first pitch, drives a ball deep into the gap clearing the bases for the 10-7 win! CHI 10 PHI 9 21-18 (10 GB) ORG NEWS 22 year Tulsa 2B Dudley Williams had a 5-5 day in a 25-10 Tulsa win over Magnolia (FRE AAA). On the year Williams is at 370-3-14 Belleview RF Mark Murray also had a day. Going 5-6 in a 16-1 win over Watertown (SAN A). GAME 40 Bill Alexander went 2-4 and drove in 2. His 2nd hit was a tie breaking 2B in the top of the 10th to put Chicago up 5-4 where Ernesto Cruz entered, and saved his 9th. Alfredo Alejandrez was ineffective through 5-7-3-3-3-3 and the bullpen held the game close. Gutierrez went 2-4 with his 10th stolen base, Alexander (20) and Morgan (7) homered. C Eric Hudson was 2-5 with an RBI. CHI 5 PHI 4 22-18 (10 GB) LEAGUE NEWS Bill Alexander now trails Vincente Soto .355 to .350 in the batting race. Alexanders 44 RBI’s is 11 better than the Hooks Clint Etheridge and his 20 HR’s is 9 ahead of Michigans Bob Herman. Chicago’s 8-2 run has them 1.5 games behind Corpus Christi in the WC. GAME 41 Mike Davis holds the Freedom hitless into the 6th and comes out in the 8th (7.1-4-2-2-4-4) handing a 5-2 lead to the pen, which immediately collapses. Sib van Bodegraven allows his inherited run to score and then surrenders a game tying 2R HR Kevin Peters. A tired pen then held the door for the next 4.1 innings until Ernesto Gutierrez’s 2B drove in Bob Barbour to put Chicago ahead to stay, 6-5. Ernesto Cruz notched his 10th save. Hugh Collins went 2-5 with his 3rd HR, Bill Alexander drove in 2. CHI 6 PHI 5 23-18 (9.5 GB) LEAGUE NEWS Fisher Cats 33 year old Colin Botts (12-15 3.86 ’12 and 1-5 5.43 ’13) will miss the remainder of the season with rotator cuff problems. GAME 42 Wil Butler (4-4) laid his first egg in a Chicago uniform (4.1-7-8-7-2-1). Bill Alexander 2-4 HR (21) and 2 RBI’s and Wes Morgan 2-4 with a 2B and an RBI were the lone bright spots for Chicago. Glen Harvery (3-2) of Vegas went 8.1-8-3-3-0-7 in the win. LV 8 CHI 3 23-19 (9.5 GB) LEAGUE NEWS Pittsburgh’s Manuel Miranda went 5-6 in the Riverhounds 9-1 win over Michigan. The 32 year old CF also drove in 2 and is now 345-8-24 in 174 at bats on the season. Miranda hit 310-24-88 last year. Battlecats SP 34 year old Al Stroud came out of that same game with a shoulder problem. The lefty has a torn labrum and will miss the rest of the 2013 season. Stroud (12-17 5.49 in ’12) was 3-2 with a 6.20 ERA in 2013. GAME 43 Mark Williams (3-1) went 6.2-7-3-2-2-6 and didn’t help himself with an error. Randy Pennington allowed the 51’s to break it open with a 3 run 9th. Dennis Weaver went 2-3 with 2 solo HR’s (6) in the loss. LV 6 CHI 3 23-20 (9.5 GB) LEAGUE NEWS Dayton Dragons 3B Julian Martinez went 1-3 today to extend his hitting streak to 20 games. The 29 year old Martinez is currently at 342-3-24 on the season. GAME 44 Bill Flowers (2-3) took the game into the 7th (6-7-2-2-1-4) and van Bodegraven handed to Craig Frank for the final 7 outs. Dennis Weaver hit his 4th HR, 8th overall, in 2 days, going 3-4 with 5 RBI’s. CHI 8 LV 2 24-20 (9.5 GB) WEEK 7 NEWS ORG NEWS AAA 2B Dudley Williams is hurt again. This time shoulder and this time for at least a month. Tulsa RF Alfredo Lozano went 15-30 with 4 HR’s and 13 RBI’s to win the United League PotW honors. The 2012 AA Hitter of the Year continues to impress. Belleview’s Mark Murray took home PotW honors in the Midwest League last week.The 21 year old LF went 14-31 with 2 HR’s and 7 RBI’s while scoring 8 runs. Chicago is 4th in the IBL Power Rankings at 103.2 LEAGUE NEWS Philly’s Andrew Olson (5-3 3.86 ’13 and 15-8 3.55 ’12) tossed a 6 hitter at Fresno yesterday. Vincente Soto (LA) went 5-6 in an 11 inning 6-5 win over Columbus. Houston Roughriders Cy May tore ligaments in his thumb yesterday. The 28 year old May, the IBL Coastal Leagues 2012 Player of the Year will miss up to 5 weeks. May was hitting 265-11-26 on the season. West Michigan White Caps CF Felipe Hernandez took home FL PotW honors after a 10-25 3 HR 8 RBI week. The 23 year old is currently hitting 273-6-17 on the year. Philly Freedom 1B Antonio Vargas won CL PotW honors. The 24 year old went 14-29 with 3 HR’s and 12 RBI’s last week The Roughriders, now with a major injury, have started to come back to earth a bit. At 33-10 they are 9 up on Corpus Christi and 9.5 up on us. In the FL Central San Antonio and Tulsa are separated by .5 game (SAN 25-19 TUL 25-20) with West Michigan and Dayton 3 back. Brooklyn leads New York by 3, Buffalo by 3.5 and Staten Island is 6.5 out. El Paso is .5 up on Sacramento at 26-19 to 25-19. Edmonton is 4 out and Phoenix has rebounded a smidge to get to 16-29. Pittsburgh is .5 up on New Hampshire at 22-22 to 22-23, Philly is at 22-24 and Baltimore brings up the rear at 19-25. LA is at 24-20, 2.5 up on 22-23 Vegas and 3.5 up on 21-24 Michigan. Vincente Soto has taken charge in the CL batting race at 371, 34 pts higher than Clint Etheridge (CC) Manuel Miranda (PITT). Alexander is 10 better than the next CL hitter in HR’s with 21, and 14 RBI’s better than Etheridge at 49. Raul Gonzalez (HOU) and Josh Wells (EP) lead the IBL with 8 wins. Michael Ross (HOU) continues to dominate the Saves category at 21, 8 more than any other closer. Gonzalez and teammate Brian Donahue are 1-2 in the CL ERA race at 2.16 and 2.22 with Fresno’s Santiago Medina in 3rd at 2.38. In the FL Shawn Calhoun (WMI) is at 1.56, leading Brooklyn’s Walt Thompson who’s at 1.73. Thompson is the pace setter with 80 punchouts, followed by Calhoun’s 75.