WEEK 12
RECORD: 3-3
PLACE: 54-21 +10.5
RUNS SCORED: 510 1st
RUNS AGAINST: 330 2nd
OWNER: Very Happy
FAN INTEREST: 87/100
SCHEDULE: 1 vs Arizona/3 @ West Michigan/Off Day/2 @ Green Bay
6/17 AZ 12 CHI 6 Greyhounds score all 12 in the 3rd. Hamilton (7-3) 2.2-8-9-9-2-1 Winston relieves and gives up grand slam. Led 4-0 after the 1st. Alexander 3 RBI's (31) Salinas HR (17).
6/18 CHI 7 WMI 2 Martinez (10-3) 7.2-4-2-1-2-9. Alexander GS (9)
MILESTONE-Bill Alexander follows Curt Whimster into the 300 HR club. For his career he's a .308-300-962 hitter with 749 runs and 1239 hits in 1041 games. He's 21st all time in Avg, 5th in slugging, 7th in OPS, 6th in VORP, 7th in runs, 7th in hits, 3rd in total bases, 2nd in HR's, 1st in RBI's and 8th in WAR.
6/19 WMI 4 CHI 2 Lee (10-3) 7.1-11-4-4-0-3, Alexander 2-4 HR (10) Lorenzelli HR (6). Vargas (WMI) 7-6 (8-5-2-2-1-11) Conklin SV (13).
6/20 CHI 7 WMI 3 Rogers (8-2) 8-9-3-3-2-7 Salinas HR (18) Collins 3-5 Stuart (WMI) 4-4
6/21 Off Day
6/22 GB 11 CHI 9 Down 10-3 after 3, Miller grounds out with bases loaded in the 9th. 22 hits. Chavez, Collins, Salinas, Morgan with 3 hit days, Knox 4-4. Collins HR (19). Utley (13) Rolen (16) Crawford (9) hit homers leading off the 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Zamora (6-7) 2-8-7-7-1-1 4 HR's.
DRAFT NEWS-1st rounder Carl Walker agreed to terms and reported to Omaha.
6/23 CHI 12 GB 4 Chavez 4-6 Alexander (11) Collins (20) Knox (10) Morgan (18) homer. Riggs 3 RBI's (39) Lorenzelli 3-5. Chavez 30th SB. Hamilton (8-3) 7-5-4-4-5-7.
A (S) All Stars-Belleview sends 11 players.
Ed Baker SP (11-0 1.45), Christopher Fremont SP (8-2 1.75), Glen Ratcliff SP (7-0 1.27) Zeke Mansel MR (4-0 2 SV 1.02), Noah Ash CL (3-1 22 SV 2.56) Shigekazu Kiyomizu C (.279/.370/.452) Ash Carter 1B (.373/.406/.478) Michel Chauveau 1B (.361/.460/.526) Armando Moreno 2B (.351/.452/.548) Andy Davis OF (.302/.356/.416) Colin Thomason OF (.325/.369/.422)
WEEK 12 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Harry Stuart (WMI) 11-24 3 HR's 6 RBI's (.265-17-46)
CL POTW-Jeff Ball (FRE) 11-20 3 HR's 7 RBI's (.293-8-34)
ORG POTW-Alberto Rivera (TUL) 14-29 HR 9 RBI's (.273-9-39) Michael Bailey (DEN) 17-31 5 HR's 19 RBI's (.292-16-73)
LEAGUE NEWS-Sacramento inked star slugger Jorge Ortiz to a 5 year 85M dollar contract extension. The 29 year old 2 time all star is coming off a .278-41-119 season last year and struggling a bit right now, hitting .266-9-37 through 75 games. I've got to think this is likely the 'floor' in dealing with Hugh Collins.
WEEK 12 POWER RANKINGS
1) Chicago (1)
2) Las Vegas (2)
3) New York (3)
4) Buffalo (7)
5) Pittsburgh (4)
OUT Green Bay (7)
ORG NEWS-Belleview is now 70-6, +31 in their division.