WEEK 21
RECORD: 5-2
OVERALL: 94-37 +10
RUNS SCORED: 904 (49) 1st
RUNS AGAINST: 526 (21) 1st
OWNERS MOOD: Ecstatic
FAN INTERST: 87/100
SCHEDULE: 2 @ Arizona/3 vs Brooklyn/2 @ Green Bay
8/16 CHI 4 AZ 1
Lorenzelli 3R HR (1) in a 4 run 4th. 2-3 2B (13) Azh 2-4 SB (34) Hall 6.1-4-1-1-3-9 Watanabe H(6) Pacheco H(10) Cruz SV (23)
8/17 CHI 10 AZ 3
Collins 3-4 2B (22) 3B (6) HR (38) 3 RBI's (109) Shaw (34) Chavez (29) Jackson (23) Trujillo (3) Hudson (33) all homer. Martinez 8-6-3-3-2-11 W (15-4)
8/18 CHI 3 BRO 2 (10)
Trujillo 3-4 2B (2) HR (4) GW walk off 2B in the 10th. Ash SB (35) Lee 7-5-2-1-1-6 (ND) Pacheco W (7-3)
8/19 CHI 15 BRO 0
Martinez 4-4 2B (5) 3 Runs Hudson 2-4 2B (23) 3 RBI's (117) Knox GS (9) Alonzo 2-3 3 Runs Collins HR (39) Morgan 6-3-0-0-6-6 W (14-5)
NOTES-The catching duo of Shane Jackson and George Knox has been far beyond expectations. To date they've combined to hit .258 with 32 HR's and 85 RBI's with 25 2B's.
8/20 BRO 7 CHI 3
Miranda (BRO) 3-5 2B (16) 3B (3) Perez (BRO) 3-4 Trujillo 7-6-3-3-1-5 (ND) Pacheco L (7-4)
8/21 GB 3 CHI 2
Utley walk off 2B (34) in the 9th. Watanabe L (3-5) Hall 8-5-2-2-3-9 (ND) Lopez (GB) 8-6-2-2-1-4 (ND)
8/22 CHI 12 GB 5
Hugh Collins has the 4th 3HR game in Iron Pigs history, and the 2nd of his career. He was 3-3 with a 3 run shot in the 1st, grand slam in the 2nd and a solo shot in the 5th, he drove in 8 and now has 42 HR on the season with 119 RBI's. Jeffrey Hudson was 2-4 2 2B's (25) 2 RBI's (120) Martinez went 7-9-5-5-0-5 for the win (16-4).
WEEK 21 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Lonnie Vaughan (SI) 12-22 3 HR's 6 RBI's (.260-30-91)
CL POTW-Chandler Harris (LV) 12-28 5 HR's 11 RBI's (.283-38-116)
WEEK 21 POWER RANKINGS
1) Chicago (1)
2) Green Bay (2)
3) Alaska (7)
4) Las Vegas (10)
5) Los Angeles (5)
OUT Boston (7) Columbus (20)
AAA Tulsa (2) -1 86-45 Clinched
AA Bakersfield (1) – 84-47 Clinched
A(N) Belleview (5) – 77-54 +4
A(S) Denison (1) +1 84-47 tied 1st
SS Heavener (2) +2 39-17 (7-0 week)
R Omaha (9) +1 32-24 3 GB
We've got about 5 weeks to go, and if it's not blatantly obvious at this point, this is by far the best most well rounded team I've ever had. We lead the
IBL in Runs, Avg, HR's Runs Against and SP ERA. The rotation average age is 25.8 years, and if Lee goes that will drop significantly as he's my only SP over the age of 26. The starting infield, with the catcher AND Shaw as the DH? 26. The outfield is 28. When I said awhile back I wanted to build something of a dynasty, this is what I had in mind.
If he gets hot, I may start a daily "Greene Blog", to keep track of Tony Greene of Dayton. The 24 year old was the Dragons 2nd rounder (39th overall) out of Briggs HS, Columbus, OH, in 2016. This is his 2nd full IBL season and he's a 2 time rookie of the month, 2 time player of the month and 2021 all star. Right now he's on pace to hit .337-62-152. He's aiming to be just the 2nd Triple Crown winner in IBL history (ironically enough the only other was also a Dragon, Bill Hill in 2012). He's currently trailing Dennis Ash .338-.337 for the batting title (as Ash tries to win a 2nd in a row) and he's leading the HR race with 50, and the RBI race over Jeffery Hudson 124-120.