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WEEK 2
1 vs Pittsburgh
Off Day
2 vs Fresno (2-3 .5 GB CL West)
Off Day
2 vs Baltimore (5-1 +3.5 CL East)

GAME 7
Jared Smith visits the mound, with 2 outs in the 8th, a 1-0 lead, a runner on, Mark Williams is near the end of his rope but the left has Allen Hedden up, a lefty, and he wants him. A 2 run home run later and he rethinks it. Williams (8-6-2-2-2-1) threw a gem only to let it slip away in the 8th. However, a 9th inning rally by Chicago made things fun. Don Weaver PH for Raul Flores, and doubled. Hugh Collins moved him to 3rd. Chartier K’d to make it 2 outs. Alexander ripped a single to tie it up. We Morgan followed with another single to make it 1st and 2nd. Ernesto Gutierrez then stroked a walk off single for a 3-2 win! Collins was 2-5, Morgan 3-4, as was Ferrer. Injuries are creeping up, Raul Feliz was knocked out of the game after bring drilled and Ferrer aggravated his injury running the bases.
CHI 3 PIT 2 (5-2 Tied with Columbus)

LEAGUE NEWS
West Michigan SP Feliciano Kondsmann (0-1 10.29) will miss the next 4 months with a sore shoulder. A reliever turned starter, the 24 year old should make a full recovery.

ORG NEWS
Bob Barbour’s 22 game hitting streak came to an end in Tulsa.

Bakersfield C Jesus Fuentes went 5-5 in a 7-3 loss today.

GAME 8
Mike Davis (1-1) got 2013 CL Rookie of the Year Orlando Rios on the HR board. Rios slammed a 3 run shot in the first and J O’Neal added a 3-3 day to the Fresno win. Starter S Taylor (2-0 0.00) went 6.1-4-0-0-4-3 for the win. Dan Weaver had 2 of Chicago’s 5 hits.
FRE 4 CHI 0 (5-3 1 GB)

GAME 9
Jeff Bentley never could get it going (3.1-10-5-5-2-3) but the Iron Pig offense showed that 2013 resiliency, and kept bouncing back. Potts (1-0) Pacheco (H3) and Cruz (S4) threw 5.2 1 hit shutout innings and Bill Alexander went 2-4 with 2 HR’s (4)and 4 RBI’s and Wes Morgan hit his 2nd. They went back to back in a 3 run 1st. Gutierrez was 2-4 with a run scored and Chicago stole 5 bases (Gutierrez 2, Collins 1 and Riggs 2).
CHI 6 FRE 3 (6-3 1GB)

OFF DAY NEWS
Zorba Christofis (SAC) went 2-4 in an 11-3 win to extend his hitting streak to 20 games.

Michigan lost 38 year old reliever Tomas Ortega to bone chips. He’ll miss the rest of the 2014 season.

GAME 10
De La Torre (1-1) got pounded 4.2-7-6-3-2 allowing 2 HRs. The pen wasn’t much better in a 11-5 loss. Chartier hit his 3rd HR in a 2-4 2R 2RBI day. Alexander went 2-3.
BAL 11 CHI 5 (6-4 1GB)

ORG NEWS
Tulsa righty Denny Walker is off to a great start. Tossing a 12-0 4 hitter he ran his record to 3-0 2.86 in three starts.

GAME 11
Railcat ace Chris O’Slattery (3-0 1.88) shut us out through 8 (8-7-0-0-2-5) and Clinton Quinn notched his 2nd save. Alejandrez (6-5-1-1-5-8) was good but not good enough. Jose Torres surrendered a 2R HR in the 8th that didn’t seem to matter until Wes Morgan homered leading off the 9th, his 3rd as part of a 2-3 day. Alexander went 2-4 in the loss.
BAL 3 CHI 1 (6-5 2 GB)

WEEK 2 NEWS AND NOTES
Jason White (SAC) took home FL PotW honors. He went 10-23 with 5 HR’s and 10 RBI’s.

Vegas 51 OF Jesus Andrales won CL PotW honors after his 13-27 6 RBI week.