Week 3
WEEK 3
1 @ Baltimore
3 @ Philadelphia
3 vs New Hampshire
GAME 12
Mark Williams (1-1 4.12) went 6-5-4-4-3-7 and Railcat started Flynn Woods (1-2 5.27) bested him with a 8-7-2-2-0-6 outing. Clinton Quinn saved his 3rd. Baltimore doubled 6 times in the 5-2 win. Alexander went 1-4 with 2RBI’s and HR (5). Paul Riggs came out with an undisclosed injury. Ignacio Ferrer went 2-4.
BAL 5 CHI 2 (6-6 2 GB)
LEAGUE NEWS
Brooklyn SP Adrian Lopez spun a 3 hitter in Phoenix for a 6-0 win. Lopez is 3-0 2.16 on the year.
Zorba Christofis (SAC) had his 22 game hitting streak stopped vs New York today.
Cy May is back in 3 days, Houston is 4-8 out of the blocks, Gonzalez is 0-2 4.87 and their starters ERA is last at 8.75.
ORG NEWS
2013 #2 draft pick Eric Coates will miss the next 5 weeks after straining his rotator cuff.
A few days earlier 2013 #3 pick 1B John Whisenant went down for about a month with an ab strain. Horrah to the 2013 MASH unit.
Through the first homestand attendance is up 19.9%!!! That’s with a ticket price increase too! We rank 8th in total attendance.
GAME 13
Philly SP Jerry Leathem is 2-0 2.30 in his first 2, sort of surprising for a guy 18-12 with a 4.90 the past 2 years.
A 13 inning game can be a pain, when your starter goes 1/3 of an inning, it can be a nightmare. Mike Davis went .1-3-4-4-0-0 and came out after pulling up lame. Jose Torres and the rest of pen held it close (going 12.1-13-4-4-4-15). Jean Chartiers 2R HR (4) in the 8th tied it at 6 until Ryan Pennington (0-2) gave up Carlos Arredondo’s 2 out 2 run 2B in the 13th. Collins went 2-5 with 3RBI’s. Gutierrez and Riggs had 2 hits each.
PHI 8 CHI 7 (6-7 3 GB)
ORG NEWS
For the 2nd year in a row Mike Davis will hit the DL for an extended period. This time with shoulder inflammation, and it’s looking like 3 months at least. This is a killer. Ramiro Morales will get the call.
GAME 14
Morales’ day is today but I’ll put him in the pen as a long man to get the pen some rest.
And he’s needed. Jeff Bentley (0-1) continues this horrid run by the rotation going 1.1-6-7-7-3-2 and giving up 2 HR’s. That was more than enough for Philly SP Steven Whiteway (3-1 2.93) who went 6-10-4-4-1-3. Wes Morgan was 4-4 scoring 3 times and hitting his 4th HR. Raul Feliz was 3-3 with 2 RBI’s.
PHI 10 CHI 5 (6-8 4 GB)
LEAGUE NEWS
New York OF Allan Gillespie went 3-4 with 3 HR’s and 7 RBI’s in a 14-7 Knights loss to Phoenix today. Gillespie is helping fill the void left by Stefan Conways injury and is leading the Knights with a 340 avg. The 34 year old hit 234-14-63 in 108 games for NY last year.
GAME 15
Up 4-3 Ernesto Cruz came on in the 8th with 2 outs and a runner on 2nd, he went 0-1 and the rains came. He was fine 35 minutes later to get back out there, and promptly served up a game tying single to C Dan Land. Kevin Peters led off the 9th with a 1st pitch double and Manuel Navarro hit another 0-0 pitch through the hole at short and the Freedom walked off winners. Cruz suffered his 1st blown save and loss (0-1). Alexander (6) and Hudson (1) hit solo shots, Hudson’s led off the game and Wes Morgan went 2-4 with a 2R HR (5). De La Torre went 6.1-10-3-2-2-3.
PHI 5 CHI 4 (6-9 5 GB)
LEAGUE NEWS
Diablo 1B Daniel Sanchez went 5-5 with 4 RBI’s in a 10-5 win over San Antonio today.
GAME 16
The offense breaks out for 17 hits and Alejandrez (1-2) hangs on for 6.1-9-5-5-2-5 giving up 2 HR’s to Fisher Cats Jorge Jimenez (5). Collins 3-5 a run, Alexander 3-5 an RBI, Riggs 3-4 3 runs 3 RBI’s and backup C Rafael Flores 3-4 with a run lead the attack. Paul Riggs hits his first IBL HR. Frank (H2) and van Bodegraven (H1) get the game to Cruz who punches out his 4 outs for his 5th Save.
CHI 7 NH 5 (7-9 4.5 GB)
LEAGUE NEWS
Sergio De La Garza tossed a 4 hitter at Pittsburgh today in a 6-0 win to move to 2-2 4.28 on the year.
Staten Island SP 31 year old Ron Pearce (18-8 3.74 ’13) will miss the next 3 months with a ruptured finger tendon. Pearce is 35-21 3.77 over the past 3 IBL seasons.
GAME 17
Chicago starters just refuse to accept a good thing. Mark Williams (2-1) was staked to a 4-0 lead and gave it all back in a 4 run 5th. Williams (7-6-4-4-2-3) got help from the pen when Pacheco (H5) Torres (H2) Potts (H1) and Pennington (H2) got outs to get to Ernesto Cruz who got the final 2 for his 6th save. Cruz will need few days off. Hugh Collins went 3-5 and stole his 4th base, Chartier (5) and Hudson (2) hit HR’s and Paul Riggs went 3-4 with a double and 3 RBI’s.
CHI 7 NH 5 (8-9 4.5 GB)
LEAGUE NEWS
Brooklyn 2B Paul Morris hit in his 20th straight today, going 1-4 in a 14-5 loss to El Paso.
Fresno’s Joe Rowe joined Morris with 20 game streaks by going 1-4 in a 9-1 win over Corpus Christi. (You may remember Fresno offered us Rowe this past winter!)
GAME 18
Ramiro Morales (1-0) went 7-4-1-1-1-6 and got 3 double plays and 8 runs of offense to get his first Chicago win. Hugh Collins went 3-5 with 2 runs and 2 SB’s (6) and Jean Chartier went 2-2 with 3 RBI’s hitting a 3 run HR (6) in the first. Wes Morgan added a solo shot (6) in the 3rd.
CHI 8 NH 2 (9-9 4.5 GB)
WEEK 3 NEWS AND NOTES
Edmonton’s Tim Davis went 14-30 with 5 RBI’s to win the FL PotW award.
Philly’s Kevin Peters went 15-33 with a HR and 3 RBI’s to win the CL PotW award.
Columbus, Sacramento, New York, Baltimore and El Paso are the top 5 in the power rankings.
Last edited by gehrig38; 11-22-2012 at 05:21 AM.
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