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gehrig38 · 11-24-2012, 11:18 PM

WEEK 27 and the end is near!!

This is a long post, as I give running commentary of the races around the league inside each games highlights….

To be honest I've never used the Network feature much but I'll be damned if it wasn't perfect, and a blast to do this. I have posted this just prior to the start of the final weekend, with the races shaping up how they did, I likely will post the last weekend one day at a time.

1 @ Las Vegas
3 @ Houston
Off Day
3 vs Michigan

GAME 156
Down 2-0 in the 4th as Marshall Wall is 2 hitting us. El Paso has a 5-4 lead in the top of the 5th on Sacramento. Vince Bray tossed a 3 hitter today, punching out 12 in a 7-2 Pittsburgh win. The 12 K’s move him past Chris O’Slattery 231-230 for the CL K Title and the win was his 20th of the year. Jean Chartier pops his 27th HR, and is hitting .334 now, to make it 2-1 Vegas. They’ve moved to the top of the 6th in Sacramento, El Paso still up 5-4. In Edmonton Ernie Kelly (DAY) beat them 3-2 for his 17th win in an otherwise dismal season for the Dragons. Moving into the 9th, down 2-1. El Paso has added a run and now leads 6-4 heading into the bottom of 7. Randall Bentley has a 2 hitter for Houston, in LA, as they are locked up 0-0 heading into the 9th. Vegas brings in Closer Anbar Suhayb, who goes 3 up 3 down for his 36th Save. Williams (12-7) went 7.1-6-2-1-3-4 and continues to pitch well. Wall goes 8-5-1-1-3-5 for win 16 (16-10).
LV 2 CHI 1 (95-61 +12)

STUFF
Sacramento mountd a furious rally but fell short, losing 8-7 and is now 3.5 out with 6 to play, El Paso has 7. San Antonio and Tulsa clinched playoff berths yesterday. Tulsa leads by 4.5 with 6 to play (SAN has 7 left).

Philly and Baltimore clinched berths yesterday but Philly won and Baltimore lost dropping the Railcats 3 back with 7 to play.

Brooklyn won, Staten Island lost, Brooklyn is now 2 up and they are getting ready for a HUGE 4 game set.

Fresno’s Jeff Holland went 5-6 in a 12-9 win over Michigan yesterday. He’s hitting .291-10-51 on the year.

Tulsa got some bad news today as well. 2B Edward Young will be out 2 more weeks with his sprained ankle. Young is having a career year at .257-21-101.

Race for Home Field
Los Angeles 97
Philadelphia 95
Chicago 95
Baltimore 92

Tulsa has home field in the FL, locked up, and will play division rival San Antonio in the first round, either way the division finishes.

Soto .334 Chartier .333 Adams .329

GAME 157
We draw Roughrider Ace Raul Gonzalez, again, in game 1.
Spike Davis gets into a runner on 2nd 2 out situation, and walks Cy May to bring up 2B Chip Reynolds in the 1st. Reynolds promptly lines a 3R HR for a 3-0 lead. In Baltimore, the Railcats lead the Freedom 2-0 into the 5th. Boyd and Feliciauo have hit solo HR’s for Baltimore. WOW! Freedom SP Dan Hill and Railcat hitter Jon Davis were ejected after Hill drilled him following the 2nd HR! Mitch Ball, Houstons RF, drills a 2 run shot off Davis in the 2nd to put them up 5-0. Davis is done after 3.2, giving up 8 runs on 7 hits and 3 walks. An Arredondo RBI ground out makes it 2-1 Baltimore, and Philly’s Roberto Flores drills a 2 run 2B to put them up 3-2. Flores is then helped off the field. 3-2 Philly Bottom 7. Cy May takes Kevin Johnson deep for his 33rd HR and 109 RBI’s, making it 12-0. The rout is on. We get nothing today, scattering 10 hits Gonzalez goes the distance (11-9) punching out 5. Riggs and Alexander have 2 hit days. May and Reynolds drive in 4 each for the Roughriders, each hitting HR’s.
HOU 12 CHI 1 (95-62 +11.5)

STUFF
We are limping into the playoffs, flat as hell. That’s 4 losses in a row, and 6 of our last 7.

Baltimore scores 2 in the 8th to get the lead back and win, closing it to 2 games again. Davis and Hill were each suspended for 7 games!

Belleview Hitting Coach Jesus Molaya will likely look for an IBL job this winter as we couldn’t meet his price with our budget and he’s too good to be in A ball anymore.

Race for Home Field
Los Angeles 97
Philadelphia 95
Chicago 95
Baltimore 93

Staten Island begins a 3 gamer with West Michigan, Brooklyn is at NY for 3 before their final season ending series.

Soto .334 Chartier .332 Adams .330

GAME 158
Alexander drives in Riggs and Hudson with a bases loaded 1st inning single, and Collins Sac Fly makes it 3-0 after 1. In Baltimore a Kevin Peters 3R HR has put Philly up 6-1 into the 5th. Brooklyn has just tied New York 3-3 in the 5th and Ron Pearce (SI) has given up 2 hits through 5 and they lead West Michigan 1-0. Wes Morgans 33rd HR and Hugh Collins 36th put us up 6-0 after 3. In Baltimore the Railcats have pushed 3 across in the bottom of the 5th to close to 6-4. New York has gone up 4-3 in the bottom of the 6th on Brooklyn and Pearce (SI) has allowed just 4 hits through 7 as the Yankees lead West Michigan 1-0 in the bottom of the 7th with Staten Island hitting. Millard O’Reilly breaks up the De La Torre no hit bid in the top of the 5th with a single. De La Torre falls apart, giving up 5 more hits before Ryan Pennington comes in to get the last out, 6-5 game now. Doug Winston walks with the bases loaded, scoring Lando Jongmans and Baltimore has rallied from down 6-1 to lead Philly 7-6 in the top of the 8th. In Staten Island, Ron Pearce lost his 1-0 lead in the top of the 9th and he’s still in the game in the 10th, 1-1. Brooklyn scored 2 in the top of the 7th and now leads NY 5-4 in the bottom of the 8th. Eric Hudson’s RBI ground out scores Massi Lorenzelli and gives us a 7-5 lead after 6th. Leo Russell singles in Wes Morgan after his 1 out triple, 8-5 Chicago after 7. Baltimore has beaten Philly 7-6. West Michigan scores 2 in the top of the 10th and beats Staten Island 3-1. Brooklyn and NY are tied 5-5 into the 11th. Jose Cortez of Brooklyn is 4-5 with a 2B, HR and 2 RBI’s. Alexander singles in Jean Chartier (who had singled and stole 2nd) to make it 9-5. Riley Potts gets the last 7 outs and we hold on to win 9-5. Alexander ends the day 3-5 with 3 RBI’s, Chartier 2-4 with 2 Runs and his 37th SB. Morgan 2-4 with 2 runs and an RBI. Hugh Collins drove in 3 with his 36th HR. Pennington was the winner (4-4).
CHI 9 HOU 5 (96-62 +11.5)

STUFF
Brooklyn scored 2 in the 11th to win 7-5. They lead the Yanks by 3 now. Baltimore has closed to 1 game back of Philly. Tulsa’s loss to El Paso and San Antonio’s win over Buffalo move the Silver Stars 2.5 back of the Drillers.

Chartier .335 Soto .333 Adams .330

Race for Home Field
Los Angeles 98
Chicago 96
Philadelphia 95
Baltimore 94

GAME 159
An Art Doane single drives in DH Juan Cabrera in the 1st to put Houston up 1-0. In New York Knights slugger Mathew Moore’s grand slam has put the Knights up 7-1 on Brooklyn entering the 4th. In Staten Island the Yankees are leading the White Caps 9-2 in the 3rd. El Paso has jumped on Tulsa with 2 in the top of the first. Bill Alexander’s RBI ground out scores Ernesto Gutierrez to knot the game 1-1 after 1. In the 2nd Gutierrez hits a 2 run single scoring Hudson and Lorenzelli, 3-1 Iron Pigs. Philly and Baltimore enter the 6th tied at 1. Brooklyn scored 5 in the 4th to close to 7-5 with the Knights. Staten Island is pouring it on West Michigan, 12-4 after 4. Tulsa answered El Paso’s 2 in the 1st and it’s 2-2 entering the 3rd. San Antonio is up 2-0 on Buffalo entering their half of the 3rd. Bentley gets knocked silly in the 4th and leaves with the game tied 3-3, bases loaded no out. Sib van Bodegraven limits the damage but Houston scores 4 to take a 5-3 lead. Gutierrez then leads off with his 3rd hit, and later scores on Wes Morgan’s double play grounder. Hugh Collins follows with an RBI double to tie it at 5. The Freedom and Railcats enter the top of the 9th knotted at 1. Philly starter Andew Olson went 6.2-5-1-1-2-8 and Baltimore SP Fernando Martinez went 7.1-5-1-1-5-8. NY has added a run and leads Brooklyn 8-5 entering the 9th. Staten Island has a 12-5 lead on West Michigan entering the 7th and El Paso and Tulsa are still locked at 2-2 in the 6th. San Antonio leads Buffalo 2-1 entering the 6th. Hugh Collins drills his 37th HR, a 2 run shot, in the 6th, Chicago leads 7-5. Johnson and Torres get the ball into Ernesto Cruz’s hands for the 9th, leading 7-5, while elsewhere: Philly and Baltimore enter the 13 tied at 1. El Paso and Tulsa go to the bottom of 7 tied at 2. Edmonton leads Sacramento 4-0 entering the 7th. San Antonio wins behind SP Greg Durham (14-6). Staten Island demolishes WMI 18-6 , Ernesto Castron goes 3-3 with a HR and 6 RBI’s. New York pours it on late, beating Brooklyn 11-5. Mathew Moore drives in 4. Ernesto Cruz gets the final 3 outs around a walk, and notches Save 41. Kevin Johnson gets the win (2-0). Gutierrez goes 3-5 with 2 runs, 2 RBI’s, Collins goes 2-4 with a run and 3 RBI’s and Eric Hudson goes 3-4. Sergio De La Garza (14-12 3.83) takes the loss going 6.1-11-7-4-3-3.
CHI 7 HOU 5 (97-62 +11.5)

STUFF
Chartier .334 Soto .333 Adams .331

Walt Thompson punched out 10 in his last start (his 14th 10+K game of the year) and now sits at 274 K’s, 4 shy of his IBL record 278.

El Paso clinched the Frontier Leagues Wester Division today, beating Tulsa 5-3. Brooklyn has one final game today versus NY and then closes the season out with Staten Island. The Yankees also play today, one more vs West Michigan. If Brooklyn wins and the Yankees lose Staten Island will have to sweep to tie for the division.

In Baltimore, LATE last night, Philly’s Kevin Peters his 24th HR of the year in the top of the 17th inning to give Philly a 2-1 win, and move them to 2 games in front of the Railcats with one game in their series remaining.

Race for Home Field
Los Angeles 98
Chicago 97
Philadelphia 96
Baltimore 94

OFF DAY
The New York Knights got a 2R HR from Mathew Moore (26) in the bottom of the 8th to turn an 8-7 deficit into a 10-8 win over Brooklyn. The Knights scored 4 in the 7th and 3 in the 8th to come from down 8-3 to win.

Meanwhile in Staten Island the Yankees got 4 RBI’s from DH Alejandro Villanueva on his 43rd double and 24th HR. Staten Island will host Brooklyn for the seasons final 3 games, trailing the Cyclones by 1 in the standings.

In Baltimore, Philadelphia gave the ball to 27 year old Rafael Rosales for his 1st 2014 appearance and all he did was go 8 innings, give up 4 hits and a run to beat Baltimore’s Albert Luna (14-10) 2-1. Julio Arroyo saved his 44th. The win clinched a tie for Philly with 3 games remaining. They will finish the season in Columbus while Baltimore heads to New Hampshire for their final 3 games.

San Antonio lost to Buffalo yesterday to fall 2 back of Tulsa. Tulsa will head to Edmonton for the final 3 games and San Antonio will go to NY.

11-24-2012, 11:18 PM	#294
gehrig38 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Medfield, Mass Posts: 5,509	FINAL WEEK, down to the wire! WEEK 27 and the end is near!! This is a long post, as I give running commentary of the races around the league inside each games highlights…. To be honest I've never used the Network feature much but I'll be damned if it wasn't perfect, and a blast to do this. I have posted this just prior to the start of the final weekend, with the races shaping up how they did, I likely will post the last weekend one day at a time. 1 @ Las Vegas 3 @ Houston Off Day 3 vs Michigan GAME 156 Down 2-0 in the 4th as Marshall Wall is 2 hitting us. El Paso has a 5-4 lead in the top of the 5th on Sacramento. Vince Bray tossed a 3 hitter today, punching out 12 in a 7-2 Pittsburgh win. The 12 K’s move him past Chris O’Slattery 231-230 for the CL K Title and the win was his 20th of the year. Jean Chartier pops his 27th HR, and is hitting .334 now, to make it 2-1 Vegas. They’ve moved to the top of the 6th in Sacramento, El Paso still up 5-4. In Edmonton Ernie Kelly (DAY) beat them 3-2 for his 17th win in an otherwise dismal season for the Dragons. Moving into the 9th, down 2-1. El Paso has added a run and now leads 6-4 heading into the bottom of 7. Randall Bentley has a 2 hitter for Houston, in LA, as they are locked up 0-0 heading into the 9th. Vegas brings in Closer Anbar Suhayb, who goes 3 up 3 down for his 36th Save. Williams (12-7) went 7.1-6-2-1-3-4 and continues to pitch well. Wall goes 8-5-1-1-3-5 for win 16 (16-10). LV 2 CHI 1 (95-61 +12) STUFF Sacramento mountd a furious rally but fell short, losing 8-7 and is now 3.5 out with 6 to play, El Paso has 7. San Antonio and Tulsa clinched playoff berths yesterday. Tulsa leads by 4.5 with 6 to play (SAN has 7 left). Philly and Baltimore clinched berths yesterday but Philly won and Baltimore lost dropping the Railcats 3 back with 7 to play. Brooklyn won, Staten Island lost, Brooklyn is now 2 up and they are getting ready for a HUGE 4 game set. Fresno’s Jeff Holland went 5-6 in a 12-9 win over Michigan yesterday. He’s hitting .291-10-51 on the year. Tulsa got some bad news today as well. 2B Edward Young will be out 2 more weeks with his sprained ankle. Young is having a career year at .257-21-101. Race for Home Field Los Angeles 97 Philadelphia 95 Chicago 95 Baltimore 92 Tulsa has home field in the FL, locked up, and will play division rival San Antonio in the first round, either way the division finishes. Soto .334 Chartier .333 Adams .329 GAME 157 We draw Roughrider Ace Raul Gonzalez, again, in game 1. Spike Davis gets into a runner on 2nd 2 out situation, and walks Cy May to bring up 2B Chip Reynolds in the 1st. Reynolds promptly lines a 3R HR for a 3-0 lead. In Baltimore, the Railcats lead the Freedom 2-0 into the 5th. Boyd and Feliciauo have hit solo HR’s for Baltimore. WOW! Freedom SP Dan Hill and Railcat hitter Jon Davis were ejected after Hill drilled him following the 2nd HR! Mitch Ball, Houstons RF, drills a 2 run shot off Davis in the 2nd to put them up 5-0. Davis is done after 3.2, giving up 8 runs on 7 hits and 3 walks. An Arredondo RBI ground out makes it 2-1 Baltimore, and Philly’s Roberto Flores drills a 2 run 2B to put them up 3-2. Flores is then helped off the field. 3-2 Philly Bottom 7. Cy May takes Kevin Johnson deep for his 33rd HR and 109 RBI’s, making it 12-0. The rout is on. We get nothing today, scattering 10 hits Gonzalez goes the distance (11-9) punching out 5. Riggs and Alexander have 2 hit days. May and Reynolds drive in 4 each for the Roughriders, each hitting HR’s. HOU 12 CHI 1 (95-62 +11.5) STUFF We are limping into the playoffs, flat as hell. That’s 4 losses in a row, and 6 of our last 7. Baltimore scores 2 in the 8th to get the lead back and win, closing it to 2 games again. Davis and Hill were each suspended for 7 games! Belleview Hitting Coach Jesus Molaya will likely look for an IBL job this winter as we couldn’t meet his price with our budget and he’s too good to be in A ball anymore. Race for Home Field Los Angeles 97 Philadelphia 95 Chicago 95 Baltimore 93 Staten Island begins a 3 gamer with West Michigan, Brooklyn is at NY for 3 before their final season ending series. Soto .334 Chartier .332 Adams .330 GAME 158 Alexander drives in Riggs and Hudson with a bases loaded 1st inning single, and Collins Sac Fly makes it 3-0 after 1. In Baltimore a Kevin Peters 3R HR has put Philly up 6-1 into the 5th. Brooklyn has just tied New York 3-3 in the 5th and Ron Pearce (SI) has given up 2 hits through 5 and they lead West Michigan 1-0. Wes Morgans 33rd HR and Hugh Collins 36th put us up 6-0 after 3. In Baltimore the Railcats have pushed 3 across in the bottom of the 5th to close to 6-4. New York has gone up 4-3 in the bottom of the 6th on Brooklyn and Pearce (SI) has allowed just 4 hits through 7 as the Yankees lead West Michigan 1-0 in the bottom of the 7th with Staten Island hitting. Millard O’Reilly breaks up the De La Torre no hit bid in the top of the 5th with a single. De La Torre falls apart, giving up 5 more hits before Ryan Pennington comes in to get the last out, 6-5 game now. Doug Winston walks with the bases loaded, scoring Lando Jongmans and Baltimore has rallied from down 6-1 to lead Philly 7-6 in the top of the 8th. In Staten Island, Ron Pearce lost his 1-0 lead in the top of the 9th and he’s still in the game in the 10th, 1-1. Brooklyn scored 2 in the top of the 7th and now leads NY 5-4 in the bottom of the 8th. Eric Hudson’s RBI ground out scores Massi Lorenzelli and gives us a 7-5 lead after 6th. Leo Russell singles in Wes Morgan after his 1 out triple, 8-5 Chicago after 7. Baltimore has beaten Philly 7-6. West Michigan scores 2 in the top of the 10th and beats Staten Island 3-1. Brooklyn and NY are tied 5-5 into the 11th. Jose Cortez of Brooklyn is 4-5 with a 2B, HR and 2 RBI’s. Alexander singles in Jean Chartier (who had singled and stole 2nd) to make it 9-5. Riley Potts gets the last 7 outs and we hold on to win 9-5. Alexander ends the day 3-5 with 3 RBI’s, Chartier 2-4 with 2 Runs and his 37th SB. Morgan 2-4 with 2 runs and an RBI. Hugh Collins drove in 3 with his 36th HR. Pennington was the winner (4-4). CHI 9 HOU 5 (96-62 +11.5) STUFF Brooklyn scored 2 in the 11th to win 7-5. They lead the Yanks by 3 now. Baltimore has closed to 1 game back of Philly. Tulsa’s loss to El Paso and San Antonio’s win over Buffalo move the Silver Stars 2.5 back of the Drillers. Chartier .335 Soto .333 Adams .330 Race for Home Field Los Angeles 98 Chicago 96 Philadelphia 95 Baltimore 94 GAME 159 An Art Doane single drives in DH Juan Cabrera in the 1st to put Houston up 1-0. In New York Knights slugger Mathew Moore’s grand slam has put the Knights up 7-1 on Brooklyn entering the 4th. In Staten Island the Yankees are leading the White Caps 9-2 in the 3rd. El Paso has jumped on Tulsa with 2 in the top of the first. Bill Alexander’s RBI ground out scores Ernesto Gutierrez to knot the game 1-1 after 1. In the 2nd Gutierrez hits a 2 run single scoring Hudson and Lorenzelli, 3-1 Iron Pigs. Philly and Baltimore enter the 6th tied at 1. Brooklyn scored 5 in the 4th to close to 7-5 with the Knights. Staten Island is pouring it on West Michigan, 12-4 after 4. Tulsa answered El Paso’s 2 in the 1st and it’s 2-2 entering the 3rd. San Antonio is up 2-0 on Buffalo entering their half of the 3rd. Bentley gets knocked silly in the 4th and leaves with the game tied 3-3, bases loaded no out. Sib van Bodegraven limits the damage but Houston scores 4 to take a 5-3 lead. Gutierrez then leads off with his 3rd hit, and later scores on Wes Morgan’s double play grounder. Hugh Collins follows with an RBI double to tie it at 5. The Freedom and Railcats enter the top of the 9th knotted at 1. Philly starter Andew Olson went 6.2-5-1-1-2-8 and Baltimore SP Fernando Martinez went 7.1-5-1-1-5-8. NY has added a run and leads Brooklyn 8-5 entering the 9th. Staten Island has a 12-5 lead on West Michigan entering the 7th and El Paso and Tulsa are still locked at 2-2 in the 6th. San Antonio leads Buffalo 2-1 entering the 6th. Hugh Collins drills his 37th HR, a 2 run shot, in the 6th, Chicago leads 7-5. Johnson and Torres get the ball into Ernesto Cruz’s hands for the 9th, leading 7-5, while elsewhere: Philly and Baltimore enter the 13 tied at 1. El Paso and Tulsa go to the bottom of 7 tied at 2. Edmonton leads Sacramento 4-0 entering the 7th. San Antonio wins behind SP Greg Durham (14-6). Staten Island demolishes WMI 18-6 , Ernesto Castron goes 3-3 with a HR and 6 RBI’s. New York pours it on late, beating Brooklyn 11-5. Mathew Moore drives in 4. Ernesto Cruz gets the final 3 outs around a walk, and notches Save 41. Kevin Johnson gets the win (2-0). Gutierrez goes 3-5 with 2 runs, 2 RBI’s, Collins goes 2-4 with a run and 3 RBI’s and Eric Hudson goes 3-4. Sergio De La Garza (14-12 3.83) takes the loss going 6.1-11-7-4-3-3. CHI 7 HOU 5 (97-62 +11.5) STUFF Chartier .334 Soto .333 Adams .331 Walt Thompson punched out 10 in his last start (his 14th 10+K game of the year) and now sits at 274 K’s, 4 shy of his IBL record 278. El Paso clinched the Frontier Leagues Wester Division today, beating Tulsa 5-3. Brooklyn has one final game today versus NY and then closes the season out with Staten Island. The Yankees also play today, one more vs West Michigan. If Brooklyn wins and the Yankees lose Staten Island will have to sweep to tie for the division. In Baltimore, LATE last night, Philly’s Kevin Peters his 24th HR of the year in the top of the 17th inning to give Philly a 2-1 win, and move them to 2 games in front of the Railcats with one game in their series remaining. Race for Home Field Los Angeles 98 Chicago 97 Philadelphia 96 Baltimore 94 OFF DAY The New York Knights got a 2R HR from Mathew Moore (26) in the bottom of the 8th to turn an 8-7 deficit into a 10-8 win over Brooklyn. The Knights scored 4 in the 7th and 3 in the 8th to come from down 8-3 to win. Meanwhile in Staten Island the Yankees got 4 RBI’s from DH Alejandro Villanueva on his 43rd double and 24th HR. Staten Island will host Brooklyn for the seasons final 3 games, trailing the Cyclones by 1 in the standings. In Baltimore, Philadelphia gave the ball to 27 year old Rafael Rosales for his 1st 2014 appearance and all he did was go 8 innings, give up 4 hits and a run to beat Baltimore’s Albert Luna (14-10) 2-1. Julio Arroyo saved his 44th. The win clinched a tie for Philly with 3 games remaining. They will finish the season in Columbus while Baltimore heads to New Hampshire for their final 3 games. San Antonio lost to Buffalo yesterday to fall 2 back of Tulsa. Tulsa will head to Edmonton for the final 3 games and San Antonio will go to NY.