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gehrig38 · 11-19-2012, 01:22 AM

WEEK 25
3 vs Pittsburgh (74-76 4 GB CL East. Playing the top 2 teams in the east with a likely shot at impacting that race in a big way, which could impact who we play in the post season)
Off Day! (First in three weeks and SORELY needed)
3 @ Philadelphia (78-72 +4 CL East)

GAME 151
Mike Davis gets his start shortened via rain delay and Jack Jackson (3-5) has another stellar relief appearance (4-1-0-0-2-1). Ken Johnson decided to make it a save opportunity after entering the 9th up 6-1, so Ernesto Cruz came in with 2 outs, bases loaded and after a hit, got the final out for his 45th save. Don Weaver snapped out of his funk with a 3-4 day, Hugh Collins did the same in a 2-5 2 run 3 RBI day that saw him hit his 26th HR. Bill Alexander went 2-4, scoring 1 and driving in 1.
CHI 6 PIT 4 (90-61 +1.5)

NEWS AND STUFF
We, along with Houston, became the first to clinch a playoff berth. LA is now 12.5 back in the WC, with 11 to play.

Dayton beat Edmonton 10-3, moving 3 back of Tulsa and keeping West Michigan (8-0 winners over Brooklyn) 2 back in the WC.

Sacramento beat Tulsa to move 1 game under .500, and bump El Paso AND Edmonton to 4.5 back.

Moore (NY) and Roberts (WMI) are tied for the FL batting race at .329
Raul Gonzalez notched his 20th win.

GAME 152
Rookie Carlos De La Torre (0-1) struggled again, and the hurt himself (diagnosis pending). He went 3-3-4-4-3-4. Bill Flowers came in in the 5th and threw 4.2 outstanding innings (maybe my rotation rejects are finding a home as mop ups?). The offense sputtered, managing a run on 6 hits. Hugh Collins stole his 24th base (26HR 24SB his rookie year, I’ll take it! Unfortunately I think Rios has a lock on Rookie of the year). Riverhound starter Carlos Villanueva (11-11 5.12) went 7-5-1-1-1-3 for the win.
PIT 7 CHI 1 (90-62 +.5)

LEAGUE NEWS
Philly’s Dave Ladd set a new hitting streak record, which ended today at 24 games.

The Las Vegas 51’s clinched the Coastal League Western Division title today with a 13-3 win over Michigan. They’ve already equaled their 2012 win total of 87.

Dayton lost 6-4 to Edmonton while West Michigan won 4-3 over Brooklyn.

Sacramento beat Tulsa 6-4 so Tulsa is 3 up on Dayton, 4 on WMI, and

Sacramento reaches .500! 4.5 up on El Paso and Edmonton.

Corpus Christi’s Cecil Watts became the 3rd IBL 20 game winner.

ORG NEWS
De La Torre has an ab issue, and is out for the next 4 weeks…..

The Belleview Rawhides took home the IBL Class A Southern League Title with a 3-1 series win over Tulsa Driller affiliate Beulah Valley Aviators.

Ernesto Cruz’s 45 saves are 1 shy of Sherwood Jacobs IBL record 46.

GAME 153
Hugh Collins (27) and Bill Alexander (45) hit HR’s in the 8th to tie it at 6, from down 6-3, but the pen gives way in the 10th, allowing 3 runs on 3 hits and a walk. Alfredo Alejandrez goes 7.1-5-3-3-3-5 and Ryan Pennington fails to keep it knotted. All told the pen, in 2.2 innings, gives up 6 runs on 5 hits and 2 walks. Jose Torres (0-1) takes the loss. Collins, Gutierrez and Chartier have 2 hit days, Feliz steals 2 bases (16).
PIT 9 CHI 6 (90-63 .5 GB) +13 in the WC

LEAGUE NEWS
Dayton beat Edmonton 7-3, Sacramento beat Tulsa 14-4, West Michigan lost to Brooklyn 8-3. Dayton is within 2 of Tulsa, and up 2 on West Michigan in the WC. Sacramento about sealed up their 2nd Western Division title, as they stand 5.5 up with 9 to play. And for goodness sakes they’re over .500!

Bill Alexander is still .006 behind Vince Soto, .344 to .338. Alexander is 5 up in HR’s and 6 up in RBI’s to Rookie Orlando Rios (FRE).

ORG NEWS
Short Season Heavener missed the playoffs by 1 game at 39-37.

OFF DAY NEWS
Philly beats Baltimore to move 4 up on Pittsburgh. We are headed to Philly and then they have 3 AT Pittsburgh.

Moore (NY) Garza (SI) and Roberts (WMI) are all tied at .327 in the FL batting race!

Coastal League Pitcher of the Month Las Vegas’ Marshall Wall threw a 3 hitter vs Michigan yesterday. Wall punched out 7 in moving to 11-6 3.62 in 20 starts this year.

Team trainer Ricco Cotichini is saying 4 weeks for Wes Morgan… That’s looking like I’d need to get into the 2nd round at least, to have a chance at getting him back.

GAME 154
Jean Chartiers 7th inning grand slam (9) turned a 4-2 game into a rout. Eric Hudson went 2-4 with 3 RBI’s and his 9th HR, Don Weaver hit his 22nd. Bill Alexander went 2-4 with a run and an RBI. The offense backed 7 strong innings from Mark Williams (14-7 4.22) 7-3-2-2-3-1.
CHI 9 PHI 2 (91-63 +.5)

LEAGUE NEWS
El Paso’s Bob Park (acquired earlier in the year from Fresno) tossed a 4 hitter over Dayton today, winning 3-0. The win moved El Paso 4 back of Sacramento who lost 6-3 to Edmonton (moving them 4.5 back) and West Michigan’s 7-4 win over NY moved them 1 behind Dayton in the WC, and 3 behind Tulsa who lost 5-2 at Phoenix. Tulsa has lost 4 straight.

GAME 155
Raul Feliz hits a 2 out RBI double in the 8th to tie the game at 3. In the 9th Ernesto Gutierrez gets HBP to start the inning and all is well, but Bill Alexander hits into a DP on the first pitch. No worries, 19 year old phenom Jean Chartier hits an 0-1 fastball off the foul pole to give the Iron Pigs a 4-3 lead that Ernesto Cruz slams the door on, for his 46th save. Alfredo Sotolo (7) and Hugh Collins (28) hit solo shots in the win. Will Butler goes 6.1-3-3-1-6-2 in the ND, and rookie Jose Torres notches his first IBL win (1-1) getting the last 2 outs in the 8th.
CHI 4 PHI 3 (92-63 +.5)

LEAGUE NEWS
Lando Jongmans, Railcat 2B will miss the final 5 games of the season after his ankle injury didn’t respond to treatment, he’s been out for a few days already. He’ll finish the 2013 season at 265-28-81 in 124 games.

Tulsa lost 8-4 to Phoenix. Combined with Daytons 4-2 win over El Paso and West Michigans 9-3 over NY, Tulsa is now just 1 game up on Dayton, 2 on West Michigan. Dayton leads WMI by 1 in the WC. Tulsa has now dropped 5 straight games, going from 4 up less than a week ago, to 1.

Barton Roberts (WMI) Mathew Moore (NY) and Ernesto Garza (SI) remain tied for the FL Batting race at .328.

Raul Gonzalez tied Ernie Kelly with his 21st win.

Bill Alexander is now 10 pts behind Vince Soto for the batting title, and just 1 RBI ahead of Orlando Rios (FRE).

GAME 156
A 2-0 lead evaporates as Ryan Pennington comes into the game in the 7th and surrenders Carlos Arredondo’s solo shot (11) and Raul Flores pinch hit 2R HR (14) in a span of 3 hitters. Bill Alexander makes it all ok hitting a solo shot (46) in the 9th to tie the game at 4. The joy is short lived when Jose Pacheco (8-5) serves up Kevin Peters 29th double and the Freedom walk it off in 10 5-4. Alexander, Feliz and Weaver have 2 hit days and drive in a run each. Feliz scores 2 and steals 2 (19) and Hugh Collins steals his 25th.
PHI 5 CHI 4 (92-64 +.5)

WEEK 25 NEWS AND NOTES
Tulsa beats Phoenix 12-9 to snap their 5 games skid, coupled with Dayton’s 8-2 loss to El Paso and Tulsa moves to 2 games up on both Dayton and the White Caps. WMI beat NY 3-1 for their 3rd win in a row.

El Paso’s loss, coupled with Sacramento’s 5-4 win over Edmonton, moves the River Cats back to .500, and 4 up with 6 to play. Edmonton has 7 left.

Pittsburgh lost a crucial game in the standings after being shut out by 22 year old Ed Lawson of New Hampshire. Lawson allowed 4 hits in moving to 12-15 4.98 on the year.

24 year old OF Caden Haynes of El Paso won his 2nd FL PotW award of the month, and 3rd of the year after he went 12-25 with 2 HR’s and 9 RBI’s. The young outfielder is hitting 298-30-107 after a 2012 season that saw him hit 262-21-78.

Corpus Christi OF Don Evans went 12-25 with 6 HR’s and 11 RBI’s on the week to take home CL PotW honors. Evans is in the midst of another fantasic year hitting 309-33-87 in 130 games. This follows a 2012 when he hit 297-32-84 in 141 games.

Bill Alexander leads the IBL in slugging at .650, .016 ahead of Michigan’s Bob Herman.

Chicago is atop this weeks power rankings at 107.2 (Houston, West Michigan, Tulsa, Dayton)

OFF DAY NEWS
Tulsa beat Edmonton 4-2 to move 2.5 up on Dayton who lost 5-2 to Phoenix. The loss by Dayton puts them .5 game behind West Michigan in the Wild Card.

Brooklyn clinched their first FL Eastern Division crown on their off day. San Antonio’s 8-3 win over Staten Island eliminated the Yankees from contention (never get tired of saying that..)

We moved to a full game up as Cecil Watts (CC) won his 21st game (21-8 3.07) beating Houston 6-2. The 21 wins ties him with Houston’s Raul Gonzalez and Dayton’s Ernie Kelly for the IBL lead.

Orlando Rios (FRE) has tied Alexander in the RBI race at 133.

Vince Soto is 10 pts up on Alexander in the batting race.

In the FL the batting race remains insanely close. Garza (SI) Moore (NY) and Roberts (WMI), in that order, are separated at .328/.327/.326. Roberts is the only one of the three to be in the hunt last year, finishing 3rd at .323, 19 pts behind winner Bill Hill (DAY).

11-19-2012, 01:22 AM	#177
gehrig38 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Medfield, Mass Posts: 5,509	Week 25 WEEK 25 3 vs Pittsburgh (74-76 4 GB CL East. Playing the top 2 teams in the east with a likely shot at impacting that race in a big way, which could impact who we play in the post season) Off Day! (First in three weeks and SORELY needed) 3 @ Philadelphia (78-72 +4 CL East) GAME 151 Mike Davis gets his start shortened via rain delay and Jack Jackson (3-5) has another stellar relief appearance (4-1-0-0-2-1). Ken Johnson decided to make it a save opportunity after entering the 9th up 6-1, so Ernesto Cruz came in with 2 outs, bases loaded and after a hit, got the final out for his 45th save. Don Weaver snapped out of his funk with a 3-4 day, Hugh Collins did the same in a 2-5 2 run 3 RBI day that saw him hit his 26th HR. Bill Alexander went 2-4, scoring 1 and driving in 1. CHI 6 PIT 4 (90-61 +1.5) NEWS AND STUFF We, along with Houston, became the first to clinch a playoff berth. LA is now 12.5 back in the WC, with 11 to play. Dayton beat Edmonton 10-3, moving 3 back of Tulsa and keeping West Michigan (8-0 winners over Brooklyn) 2 back in the WC. Sacramento beat Tulsa to move 1 game under .500, and bump El Paso AND Edmonton to 4.5 back. Moore (NY) and Roberts (WMI) are tied for the FL batting race at .329 Raul Gonzalez notched his 20th win. GAME 152 Rookie Carlos De La Torre (0-1) struggled again, and the hurt himself (diagnosis pending). He went 3-3-4-4-3-4. Bill Flowers came in in the 5th and threw 4.2 outstanding innings (maybe my rotation rejects are finding a home as mop ups?). The offense sputtered, managing a run on 6 hits. Hugh Collins stole his 24th base (26HR 24SB his rookie year, I’ll take it! Unfortunately I think Rios has a lock on Rookie of the year). Riverhound starter Carlos Villanueva (11-11 5.12) went 7-5-1-1-1-3 for the win. PIT 7 CHI 1 (90-62 +.5) LEAGUE NEWS Philly’s Dave Ladd set a new hitting streak record, which ended today at 24 games. The Las Vegas 51’s clinched the Coastal League Western Division title today with a 13-3 win over Michigan. They’ve already equaled their 2012 win total of 87. Dayton lost 6-4 to Edmonton while West Michigan won 4-3 over Brooklyn. Sacramento beat Tulsa 6-4 so Tulsa is 3 up on Dayton, 4 on WMI, and Sacramento reaches .500! 4.5 up on El Paso and Edmonton. Corpus Christi’s Cecil Watts became the 3rd IBL 20 game winner. ORG NEWS De La Torre has an ab issue, and is out for the next 4 weeks….. The Belleview Rawhides took home the IBL Class A Southern League Title with a 3-1 series win over Tulsa Driller affiliate Beulah Valley Aviators. Ernesto Cruz’s 45 saves are 1 shy of Sherwood Jacobs IBL record 46. GAME 153 Hugh Collins (27) and Bill Alexander (45) hit HR’s in the 8th to tie it at 6, from down 6-3, but the pen gives way in the 10th, allowing 3 runs on 3 hits and a walk. Alfredo Alejandrez goes 7.1-5-3-3-3-5 and Ryan Pennington fails to keep it knotted. All told the pen, in 2.2 innings, gives up 6 runs on 5 hits and 2 walks. Jose Torres (0-1) takes the loss. Collins, Gutierrez and Chartier have 2 hit days, Feliz steals 2 bases (16). PIT 9 CHI 6 (90-63 .5 GB) +13 in the WC LEAGUE NEWS Dayton beat Edmonton 7-3, Sacramento beat Tulsa 14-4, West Michigan lost to Brooklyn 8-3. Dayton is within 2 of Tulsa, and up 2 on West Michigan in the WC. Sacramento about sealed up their 2nd Western Division title, as they stand 5.5 up with 9 to play. And for goodness sakes they’re over .500! Bill Alexander is still .006 behind Vince Soto, .344 to .338. Alexander is 5 up in HR’s and 6 up in RBI’s to Rookie Orlando Rios (FRE). ORG NEWS Short Season Heavener missed the playoffs by 1 game at 39-37. OFF DAY NEWS Philly beats Baltimore to move 4 up on Pittsburgh. We are headed to Philly and then they have 3 AT Pittsburgh. Moore (NY) Garza (SI) and Roberts (WMI) are all tied at .327 in the FL batting race! Coastal League Pitcher of the Month Las Vegas’ Marshall Wall threw a 3 hitter vs Michigan yesterday. Wall punched out 7 in moving to 11-6 3.62 in 20 starts this year. Team trainer Ricco Cotichini is saying 4 weeks for Wes Morgan… That’s looking like I’d need to get into the 2nd round at least, to have a chance at getting him back. GAME 154 Jean Chartiers 7th inning grand slam (9) turned a 4-2 game into a rout. Eric Hudson went 2-4 with 3 RBI’s and his 9th HR, Don Weaver hit his 22nd. Bill Alexander went 2-4 with a run and an RBI. The offense backed 7 strong innings from Mark Williams (14-7 4.22) 7-3-2-2-3-1. CHI 9 PHI 2 (91-63 +.5) LEAGUE NEWS El Paso’s Bob Park (acquired earlier in the year from Fresno) tossed a 4 hitter over Dayton today, winning 3-0. The win moved El Paso 4 back of Sacramento who lost 6-3 to Edmonton (moving them 4.5 back) and West Michigan’s 7-4 win over NY moved them 1 behind Dayton in the WC, and 3 behind Tulsa who lost 5-2 at Phoenix. Tulsa has lost 4 straight. GAME 155 Raul Feliz hits a 2 out RBI double in the 8th to tie the game at 3. In the 9th Ernesto Gutierrez gets HBP to start the inning and all is well, but Bill Alexander hits into a DP on the first pitch. No worries, 19 year old phenom Jean Chartier hits an 0-1 fastball off the foul pole to give the Iron Pigs a 4-3 lead that Ernesto Cruz slams the door on, for his 46th save. Alfredo Sotolo (7) and Hugh Collins (28) hit solo shots in the win. Will Butler goes 6.1-3-3-1-6-2 in the ND, and rookie Jose Torres notches his first IBL win (1-1) getting the last 2 outs in the 8th. CHI 4 PHI 3 (92-63 +.5) LEAGUE NEWS Lando Jongmans, Railcat 2B will miss the final 5 games of the season after his ankle injury didn’t respond to treatment, he’s been out for a few days already. He’ll finish the 2013 season at 265-28-81 in 124 games. Tulsa lost 8-4 to Phoenix. Combined with Daytons 4-2 win over El Paso and West Michigans 9-3 over NY, Tulsa is now just 1 game up on Dayton, 2 on West Michigan. Dayton leads WMI by 1 in the WC. Tulsa has now dropped 5 straight games, going from 4 up less than a week ago, to 1. Barton Roberts (WMI) Mathew Moore (NY) and Ernesto Garza (SI) remain tied for the FL Batting race at .328. Raul Gonzalez tied Ernie Kelly with his 21st win. Bill Alexander is now 10 pts behind Vince Soto for the batting title, and just 1 RBI ahead of Orlando Rios (FRE). GAME 156 A 2-0 lead evaporates as Ryan Pennington comes into the game in the 7th and surrenders Carlos Arredondo’s solo shot (11) and Raul Flores pinch hit 2R HR (14) in a span of 3 hitters. Bill Alexander makes it all ok hitting a solo shot (46) in the 9th to tie the game at 4. The joy is short lived when Jose Pacheco (8-5) serves up Kevin Peters 29th double and the Freedom walk it off in 10 5-4. Alexander, Feliz and Weaver have 2 hit days and drive in a run each. Feliz scores 2 and steals 2 (19) and Hugh Collins steals his 25th. PHI 5 CHI 4 (92-64 +.5) WEEK 25 NEWS AND NOTES Tulsa beats Phoenix 12-9 to snap their 5 games skid, coupled with Dayton’s 8-2 loss to El Paso and Tulsa moves to 2 games up on both Dayton and the White Caps. WMI beat NY 3-1 for their 3rd win in a row. El Paso’s loss, coupled with Sacramento’s 5-4 win over Edmonton, moves the River Cats back to .500, and 4 up with 6 to play. Edmonton has 7 left. Pittsburgh lost a crucial game in the standings after being shut out by 22 year old Ed Lawson of New Hampshire. Lawson allowed 4 hits in moving to 12-15 4.98 on the year. 24 year old OF Caden Haynes of El Paso won his 2nd FL PotW award of the month, and 3rd of the year after he went 12-25 with 2 HR’s and 9 RBI’s. The young outfielder is hitting 298-30-107 after a 2012 season that saw him hit 262-21-78. Corpus Christi OF Don Evans went 12-25 with 6 HR’s and 11 RBI’s on the week to take home CL PotW honors. Evans is in the midst of another fantasic year hitting 309-33-87 in 130 games. This follows a 2012 when he hit 297-32-84 in 141 games. Bill Alexander leads the IBL in slugging at .650, .016 ahead of Michigan’s Bob Herman. Chicago is atop this weeks power rankings at 107.2 (Houston, West Michigan, Tulsa, Dayton) OFF DAY NEWS Tulsa beat Edmonton 4-2 to move 2.5 up on Dayton who lost 5-2 to Phoenix. The loss by Dayton puts them .5 game behind West Michigan in the Wild Card. Brooklyn clinched their first FL Eastern Division crown on their off day. San Antonio’s 8-3 win over Staten Island eliminated the Yankees from contention (never get tired of saying that..) We moved to a full game up as Cecil Watts (CC) won his 21st game (21-8 3.07) beating Houston 6-2. The 21 wins ties him with Houston’s Raul Gonzalez and Dayton’s Ernie Kelly for the IBL lead. Orlando Rios (FRE) has tied Alexander in the RBI race at 133. Vince Soto is 10 pts up on Alexander in the batting race. In the FL the batting race remains insanely close. Garza (SI) Moore (NY) and Roberts (WMI), in that order, are separated at .328/.327/.326. Roberts is the only one of the three to be in the hunt last year, finishing 3rd at .323, 19 pts behind winner Bill Hill (DAY).