WEEK: 6
RECORD: 4-2
SEASON: 27-10 +3.5
RUNS SCORED: 270 (42) 1st
RUNS AGAINST: 159 (32) 2nd
OWNERS MOOD: Happy (-1)
FAN LOYALTY: 90/100 (+1)
UPCOMING SCHEDULE: Off Day/3 vs Corpus Christi/3 @ Green Bay
5/6
OFF DAY
5/7
CC 10 CHI 4
W-Bond (6-1) L-Morgan (4-3)
HR CHI-Miranda (6) CC-Miles 2 (11) Carter (4) Carr (4) Garcia (2)
Morgan bombed, 7 ER 1.2 IP 5 HR's! Bond 9-11-4-4-1-2 130 pitches. Carter 4-5 2 2B's (15) HR 2 RBI's (31) SB (3) Miles 2-5 2 HR's 4 RBI's (29) Grueter 3-4
INJURY NEWS-Dallas OF Daniel Rodriguez is out for the season after breaking his knee on the 7th. The 26 year old is coming off a .308-24-84 rookie campaign and was leading the CL in AVG .401 and RBI's 44. (news below)
5/8
CC 3 CHI 2
W-Trujillo (6-0) L-Gobbi (4-1) S-Cruz (8)
HR NONE
Trujillo 7-7-2-2-1-9 Scoreless innings streak ends at 29 2/3rds innings.
5/9
CHI 9 CC 6
W-Pimentel (7-0) L-Quezada (3-2) S-Cruz (9)
HR CC-Carter (5) Miller (5)
Pimentel gets 6-0 lead in first 2, struggles to hold it 5.2-11-6-6-3-1. 28-0 and hasn't lost in last 38 starts. Hudson 1-4 2B (4) 3 runs Grueter 2-5 2B (11) 3 RBI's (29) Carter (CC) 3-5 HR 3 RBI's (34)
5/10
CHI 12 GB 1
W-Hall (2-2) L-G.Thomas (2-2)
HR Chi-Castro (9) Grueter 2 (6) Chavez 2 (8)
Hall 7-5-1-1-2-4 Hudson 3-5 3 runs Chavez 4-6 2 HR's 3 runs Grueter 2-4 2 HR's 4 RBI's (33)
5/11
CHI 8 GB 5
W-Bright (4-2) L-Althusser (2-6) S-Casas (1)
HR CHI-Castro (10) Hudson 2 (13)
Bright up 6-1 leaves hurt in the 6th, bases loaded, Davenport allows all 3 to score (5.2-5-4-4-3-7). Hudson 3-4 2 HR's 4 RBI's (32) Cordero (GB) 3-4 2B (6) 4 RBI's (14)
INJURY NEWS-Rob Bright has a bum shoulder, not too bad, but bad enough you're looking at 1-2 weeks. We'll go 3-4 days before making a move, if it's a week we'll manage, if it's more he and Manny Gonzalez throw on the same day, we'll DL him and call up Manny.
5/12
GB 8 CHI 6
W-Yates (2-2) L-Morgan (4-4) S-Becker (1)
HR CHI-Shaw (6) GB-Brooks 2 (9)
4 errors killed it early. Grueter 3-4 2 RBI's (36) Brooks (GB) 2-5 2 HR's 5 RBI's (29)
WEEK 6 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Mario Martinez (AZ) 12-28 5 HR's 9 RBI's (.286-11-40)
CL POTW-Paco Montes (FRE) 10-20 6 HR's 10 RBI's (.392-11-26)
IBL SINGLE SEASON RECORD: RBI's
176 Gerald Wright (MICH)
167 Bill Alexander
157 Cy May
157 Tony Greene (DAY)
156 Bill Hill
WEEK 6 POWER RANKINGS
1) Chicago (1)
2) Sacramento (2)
3) Staten Island (-)
4) Philadelphia (4)
5) Fresno (3)
OUT Columbus (6)
MINOR LEAGUE SUMMARY
AAA Tulsa (2 +2) 27-12 +2 2nd Runs 1st AVG/OBP/HR 4th SB 1st RA/SP ERA/BP ERA 4th Def Eff. (Cordero 13 HR's 36 RBi's/Estrada .391/Moore .398/McBrieve 9 SV 2.30/Davila 4-0 2.45/Gonzalez 4-1 2.30)
AA Bakersfield (13 -6) 22-17 4 GB 2nd Runs 3rd OBP t-1st HR 1st SB
A(S) Belleview (10 -7) 22-17 +4 1st AVG 5th OBP 1st SB 5th RA 2nd SP ERA 5th BP ERA (Hennessey .372/Guillen .351-6-27/Wilson .367/Hernandez 10 SV 1.89)
A(N) Denison (3 +3) 25-14 +2 1st Runs/AVG/OBP/HR t-3rd RA (Lopez .359-9-34/Robinson .331-4-13/Murphy .333-5-27/Kehoe 3-1 1.39)
FORMER IRON PIGS IN THE NEWS
Pedro Salinas (SAC) 41 RBI's 3rd in CL 2.6 WAR 3rd, Craig Trent (SAC) 12 SV t-2nd Bryant Thomas (FRE) 68 K's 2nd in CL Cipriano Alonzo (HAW) 12 SB's 2nd