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WEEK: 22
RECORD: 6-1
OVERALL: 88-44 +18 (Green Bay 70-62)
RUNS SCORED: 897 (43) 1st
RUNS AGAINST: 587 (28) 1st
OWNERS MOOD: Happy
FAN INTEREST: 91/100
WEEK AHEAD: 2 vs El Paso/3 vs Alaska/2 vs Brooklyn

NEWS-Gabriel Pimentel has won 20 straight decisions to date, which breaks Maurice Patersons (MICH) record of 18. He's also not been beaten in 30 straight starts, breaking Patersons record of 24.

8/21 CHI 5 EP 3
W-Pimentel (18-0) L-Watt (11-10) S-Casas (15)
HR CHI-Salinas (20) Hamlyn (1)
Make it 21 straight wins, and 31 straight starts. Pimentel went 7-6-3-3-5-8, walking 5 and being down 3-0 in the 1st 2 innings. Peeler (EP) 3-3 3B (3) Salinas 2-3 HR RBI (70) Cruz 2B 2 RBI's (35)

8/22 CHI 3 EP 1
W-Hall (12-6) L-O'Neill (2-4) S-Cruz (21)
HR CHI-Miranda (10) Jackson (19)
Hall 6.2-5-1-1-2-8 124 pitches. O'Neill CG (L) 8-9-3-3-1-3. Hudson 3-4 2B (18) 3 errors (Castro (5) Shaw (6) Jackson (10)

NOTES-We are currently 12th in Def. Eff. In every other meaningful category we're 1 or 2. Over 162 games it may not matter? But in a 7 game series a 3 error game can be the season.

8/23 CHI 2 ALK 1 (10)
W-Perez (3-0) L-Winston (6-10)
HR NONE
Morgan 7-4-1-1-2-10 128 pitches. Solis 7-4-1-1-2-8 105 pitches. Castro 3-5 RBI (85) Shaw RBI (64)

8/24 CHI 7 ALK 6
W-Trujillo (15-5) L-Santos (4-2) S-Cruz (22)
HR ALK-Collins (18) CHI-Castro (22)
Castro HR 2 RBI's (87) Salinas 2B (27) 2 RBI's (72) Ledezma (ALK) 3-5 Baca (ALK) 3-4 2B (3)

8/25 CHI 14 ALK 4
W-Martinez (8-6) L-Allison (8-8)
HR ALK-Sanchez 2 (29) Fick (22) CHI-Cruz (9) Blakeway (2)
Cruz 2-4 HR 3 RBI's (38) Shaw 4-5 2B (23) 3B (3) 3 runs 2 RBI's (67) Blakeway HR 4 RBI's (52) Sanchez (ALK) 3-3 2 HR's 3 RBI's (89) Martinez 7-4-4-4-3-3 3 HR's. Earl Shaw has now hit in 20 straight.

8/26 CHI 12 BRO 10
W-Perez (4-0) L-Martinez (11-7) S-Cruz (23)
HR BRO-Ishida (22) Hart (11) CHI-Shaw (23) Chavez (41)
Pimentel gets 12 runs and no win because he went down after the 2nd out of the game, having to be removed for an arm “issue”, we are waiting on word. See saw game that saw both pens get ripped around. Shaw 2-4 HR 3 runs 3 RBI's (70) Chavez 3-4 2B HR 5 RBI's (105) Ishida (BRO) 2-5 3B (3) HR 3 runs 3 RBI's (102)

NEWS-Trappers fire Borden. Edmonton manager Rick Borden was let go today. The Trappers have not made the post season in the IBL's 12 year history and after an 85-77 finish last season, they were within 2 games of a spot, they're playing .457 ball this year (.457). Borden has been with Edmonton for all 12 years, 10 as the bench coach, the last 2 seasons as their manager. No replacement has been named yet.

8/27 BRO 3 CHI 0
W-Terry (11-8) L-Hall (12-7) S-Sharp (28)
HR BRO-Ishida (23)
Terry 8-4-0-0-5-6 Hall 7-6-2-2-4-8 Ishida 2-5 2B (26) HR 2 RBI's (104)

WEEK 22 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Jose Torres (DAY) 11-27 5 HR's 12 RBI's (.238-22-61)
CL POTW-Alejandro Villanueva (SAN) 10-21 3 HR's 9 RBI's (.291-19-60)

WEEK 22 POWER RANKINGS
1) Philadelphia (2)
2) Chicago (3)
3) San Antonio (1)
4) Sacramento (6)
5) Brooklyn (4)
OUT Tulsa (8)

AAA Tulsa (1 -) 97-39 CLINCHED
AA Bakersfield (15 -2) 76-60 7 GB
A(S) Belleview (12 -4) 74-62 2 GB WC
A(N) Denison (17 -6) 73-63 ELIM
SS Heavener (9 -5) 35-27 5 GB
R Omaha (21 +11) 29-33 17 GB ELIM