WEEK: 17
RECORD: 3-3
OVERALL: 63-38 +10.5
RUNS SCORED: 674 (25) 1st
RUNS AGAINST: 461 (26) 1st
OWNERS MOOD: Good
FAN INTEREST: 90/100
WEEK AHEAD: 1 @ Staten Island/Off Day/3 vs Houston/2 @ Corpus Christi
7/17 CHI 8 SI 2
W-Pimentel (14-0) L-Holmes (4-4)
HR CHI-Castro (14) Chavez 2 (33)
Pimentel, not bad for a last minute signing. 7.1-6-2-2-1-7. Castro HR 3 RBI's (64) Chavez 3-4 2 HR's 2 RBI's (81)
7/18 Off Day
7/19 CHI 5 HOU 4
W-Hall (8-6) L-Kobayashi (1-2) S- Cruz (12)
HR HOU-Cole (6) Hernandez (4) CHI-Chavez (34) Collins (17)
Hall 8-11-4-4-1-5 Chavez 3-4 HR 2 RBI's (83) Collins PH GW HR
MILESTONES-See press release below
7/20 CHI 2 HOU 1
W-Morgan (10-6) L-Washington (4-11) S-Cruz (13)
HR CHI-Martinez (3)
Morgan 8-4-1-1-2-10 Vela 2-3 2 2B's (11) RBI (28)
7/21 HOU 8 CHI 5
W-Castillo (9-7) L-Trujillo (12-4) S-D.Davis (13)
HR HOU-Cole (7) CHI-Shaw (13)
Castillo 7.1-6-3-3-4-1 Trujillo bombed 5-11-6-6-2-6. Cole (HOU) 3-3 HR 4 RBI's (40) Shaw 2-4 2B (16) HR 3 RBI's (46)
GREAT GAMES-How this for a debut? 9-1-0-0-3-7? Greg Dickson (BOS) made his IBL debut against the New York Knights and tossed a 1-hitter. He gives the CL's best rotation another weapon as the Bombers, 3 in back of Philadelphia, work to get back to the World Series and try to repeat.
7/22 CC 6 CHI 2
W-Gobbi (9-10) L-Martinez (5-6) S-Peters (22)
HR NONE
Martinez 3 ER over 7. Gobbi 8.2-3-2-2-5-4. Lopez (CC) 3-4 2B (21) 3B (10) 2 RBI's (35) Miller 2-4 2 2B's (10) 2 RBI's (64)
MILESTONE-See below
7/23 CC 5 CHI 3
W-Lepine (1-1) L-Casas (2-7) S-Hubbard (3)
HR CHI-Collins (18) CC-Sipes (15)
Pimentel 6-6-3-3-3-5 (ND) Lopez (CC) 3-5 2 RBI's (37) Collins 3 RBI's (59)
WEEK 17 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Paul Reeves (AZ) 14-29 5 HR's 12 RBI's (.289-13-50)
CL POTW-Juan Vazquez (LV) 13-24 2 HR's 7 RBI's (.282-3-41)
SINGLE SEASON RECORD: SAVES
49 Jake Ellison (BOS) '22
49 Tom Conklin '20
48 Ernesto Cruz (CHI) '17
48 Ernesto Cruz (CHI) '13
47 Greg Patterson '13
WEEK 17 POWER RANKINGS
1) Michigan (-)
2) Chicago (3)
3) Philadelphia (5)
4) Boston (-)
5) Brooklyn (1)
OUT San Antonio (17) (WOW! 0-7 week) West Michigan (10)
AAA Tulsa (1 -) 76-27 +8
AA Bakersfield (12 +2) 58-45 5 GB
A(S) Belleview (7 -5) 58-45 3 GB
A(N) Denison (15 +7) 51-52 16 GB
SS Heavener (6 -2) 19-13 1 GB
R Omaha (23 +1) 15-17 12 GB
FORMER IRON PIGS IN THE NEWS
Bryant Thomas tossed a 5-hitter, beating Pittsburgh 2-1 and he punched out 15 in doing so. He moves to 9-7 3.92 in 21 starts this year, with 190 K's in 147 IP.