WEEK: 24
RECORD: 3-3
OVERALL: 95-49 +20.5 (Green Bay 75-50)
RUNS SCORED: 980 (52) 1st
RUNS AGAINST: 660 (36) 1st
OWNERS MOOD: Very Happy (+1)
FAN INTEREST: 91/100
WEEK AHEAD: 1 @ West Michigan/Off Day/3 @ Green Bay/2 @ Columbus
9/4 CHI 3 WMI 2
W-Casas (4-7) L-Gonzalez (6-9) S-Cruz (26)
HR NONE
Trujillo 7.2-6-2-0-5-3 gives up 2 unearned in the 8th on back to back Blakeway errors. Drake 8-6-0-0-0-6 leaves up 2-0. 3 runs in the 9th to win. Miranda 2-4 2B (36) RBI (79) Blakeway 2-4 RBI (55)
9/5 Off Day Bryant Thomas went the distance on a 3-hitter to beat Houston 4-0. The win moves Bryant to 15-8 3.21 on the year. He was our 11th round draft choice in 2014 out of UCLA. He has always had the power arm but our scouts felt his command would be a huge problem. While he certainly has had command problems, the trade sending him to Tulsa for IF John Overhill might end up as one of our worst ever. Since he broke into the IBL in 2018 he's gone 84-43 4.03 in 176 starts over 1199 IP. He's K'd 1356 to 657 walks, while yielding 947 hits. He's tossed 6 career SHO, 24 career CG's and has a .540 QS%. He's never thrown less than 225 innings in any full season. He's a 2 time all star and has had 3 15 K games as well as a World Series Title in 2020. He's been in the top 10 in wins 3 times, IP 4 times, K's 4 times leading the league in 2019 (279) ERA 2 times, BABIP 3 times, H/9 4 times coming in 1st 2x and 2nd 2x, K/0 4 times and VORP 2 times. John Overhill ended up getting 21 total AB's in Chicago before he was dealt, along with RP prospect Ernest Lindner, to Pittsburgh for OF prospect Pancho Villarreal who was the IBL's #54 prospect entering this year and hit .308/.449/.503 in 101 AA games with 10 HR's and 30 SB's before being called up to AAA Tulsa where he has hit .366/.527/.512 in 12 games.
9/6 CHI 16 GB 6
W-Martinez (10-6) L-Yates (11-9)
HR CHI-Miranda (12) Vela (7) GB-Walker (32) Brooks (15) Calhoun (5)
Martinez 7-9-3-3-0-6 Vela GS 5 RBI's (41) Martinez 3-6 2 RBI's (24) Miranda 4-5 3B (4) HR RBI (80) Hamlyn 3-5 2 RBI's (29) Alvarado (GB) 4-4 2B (3) Ramon Castro went down with an undisclosed injury, awaiting word.
9/7 GB 10 CHI 4
W-Lopez (10-12) L-Bass (0-2) S-Becker (13)
HR GB-Alvarado (9) Cordero (15) Hunter (11)
Bass 7-10-5-5-4-4 Chavez 3-4 2B (18) Butler (GB) 3-4 3 runs Alvarado 2-4 HR 3 RBI's (59)
9/8 CHI 5 GB 1
W-Hall (14-7) L-Montgomery (13-9) S-Cruz (27)
HR CHI-Chavez (43) GB-Melton (2)
Hall 7.2-3-1-1-2-13 Chavez 3-3 HR 4 RBI's (109)
INJURY NEWS-Ramon Castro has a broken wrist and will miss the next 5 weeks at least, putting him out through the playoffs 1st round. He was having a monster year hitting .336-24-95 in 121 games.
9/9 COL 13 CHI 12 (12)
W-Amaya (5-4) L-Perez (4-1)
HR- COL-Debesa (16)
Morgan and pen blow 8-0 2nd inning lead! Casas goes 4-2-0-0-0-5. Vela 6-7 2B 2 RBI's (43) Miranda 1-3 4 BB's Ash 3-6 2B (32) RBI (69) Hedden (COL) 3-6 2 2B's (12) Debesa 4-7 2B (27) HR 5 RBI's (88)
STUFF-22 year old catcher Alex Vela becomes just the 2nd Iron Pig in history to record 6 hits in a game (Pedro Salinas '17) and 15th player in IBL history to do it as well.
9/10 COL 4 CHI 2
W-Lee (9-14) L-Trujillo (16-6) S-Amaya (30)
HR COL-Lynch (24)
Lee 7-9-2-2-1-3 Ash 3-3 2B (33)
WEEK 24 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Pedro Debesa (COL) 11-25 3 HR's 12 RBI's (.296-16-88)
CL POTW-Juan Garcia (SAN) 10-28 4 HR's 11 RBI's (.305-28-97)
WEEK 24 POWER RANKINGS
1) San Antonio (3)
2) Chicago (1)
3) Philadelphia (2)
4) Fresno (-)
5) Sacramento (6)
OUT Michigan (14) Boston (6)
Michigan goes 0-6, including a 4 game sweep at the hands of West Michigan.
AAA Tulsa 102-40 Won 1st rd, 2nd rd starts tomorrow
AA Bakersfield 78-62 6.5 GB MVP Cesar Cordero .283-22-91 36 SB .351 OBP (1st Rd 2020 18th overall) CY Patrick Hinson 12-6 3.52 140.2 IP 102 K's (1st round 2022 32nd overall)
A(S) Belleview 76-64 3 GB WC MVP Ruben Arroyo .258-27-92 15 SB .344 OBP (12th Rd 2020 344th overall) CY In-Gu Mun 4-2 2 SV 2.71 86.1 IP 123 K's (11th round 2022 361st overall/Originally 5th round 2021 156th overall, New York)
A(N) Denison 75-65 13 GB MVP Ivan Blankenship .300-19-83 (2022 Minor League FA/Orginally 19th round 2018 517th overall, Dayton) CY Greg Bennett 8-7 4.34 163.2 IP 149 K's (6th Rd 2020 176th overall)
SS Heavener 43-32 1 GB WC 1 game left MVP Cristo Flores .323-10-35 (2021 Minor League FA/Originally 11th round 2018 311th overall, Las Vegas) CY Ray Holcomb 5-1 11 SV 1.63 (2022 Minor Leage FA)
R Omaha 33-35 16 GB MVP Claas van der Ham .268-5-18 (2021 minor league FA out of Curacao) CY Yun-Tae Kim 5-2 2.61 58.2 IP 66 K's (202 minor league FA ouf of South Korea)