WEEK 23
RECORD: 4-2
PLACE: 97-44 +19
RUNS SCORED: 886 (46) 1st
RUNS AGAINST: 589 (23) 1st
OWNER: Delighted
FAN INTEREST: 83/100
SCHEDULE: 1 vs West Michigan /Off Day/3 vs Green Bay/2 @ Columbus
9/2 CHI 6 WMI 2 Hall (2-1) 8-5-2-1-1-6 Chavez HR (33) Knox 3-4
INJURY NEWS-San Antonio has been making a huge push in the Lone Star, moving to within .5 game of Tulsa, but is being crushed with injuries. Today they lose SP Ruben Cruz (13-10 4.29) for the rest of the season. Cruz is coming off a 16-10 season last year.
9/3 Off Day
9/4 CHI 11 GB 2 Rogers (14-2) 6-2-1-1-1-9. Knox 2-3 2 HR's (24) 5 RBI's (87) Rivera (5) HR Coates 3-4 (trails Chavez .349-.344 for FL batting title)
9/5 GB 6 CHI 3 Chavez HR (34) Morgan 6-6-2-2-3-7 ND Herreva (GB) SV (36)
9/6 CHI 8 GB 7 (14) Pen 9-4-1-1-6-11 Garcia W (7-0) Chavez 2-3 4 BB's 2 HR's (36) 2 SB's (44) Coates 2-4 2B (30) 3B (6) (Chavez leads Coates .350-.347 in the FL Batting race)
9/7 CHI 17 COL 4 Chavez 4-4 4 Runs Salinas 3-3 3 Runs Miller (10) Webb (5) Collins (33) Knox (25) Gabera (2) Homer. Miller 5 RBI's (23) Collins 4 RBI's (138) Lee (19-7)
9/8 COL 2 CHI 1 (10) Garcia (COL) GW HR (22) off Holt (3-2) Martinez 7.1-5-1-1-3-10 ND Sandoval 9-5-1-0-2-10 ND
GREAT GAMES-Rajah Lashari (BAL) went 3-4 hitting 3 HR's (19) and drove in 6 in a 14-5 win over New Hampshire.
WEEK 23 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Luis Chavez (CHI) 10-23 4 HR's 9 RBI's (.351-36-100)
CL POTW-Cy May (HOU) 10-21 5 HR's 8 RBI's (.243-24-71) Nice to hear from him again
WEEK 23 POWER RANKINGS
1) Chicago (1)
2) New York (2)
3) Tulsa (3)
4) Green Bay (4)
5) Brooklyn ()
OUT El Paso (16) went 1-6 and are in danger of falling into a race in the West.
MINOR LEAGUES
AAA-Tulsa is up 1-0 in round 1 of the playoffs vs the Trappers AAA team.
AA-Bakersfield Season over, missed the wild card by .5 game
A(N)-Denison lost 2-0 in the 1st round of the playoffs to the Munson Corners Scarabs (Boston)
A(S)-Belleview won their first round 2-0 over the Glenpool Greyhounds (AZ) and are down 1-0 in round 2 vs the Colorado Springs Trappers (EDM)
S A-Heavener 3 games up 7 games remaining in the regular season
R-Omaha missed the playoffs by 2 games