WEEK: 9
RECORD: 6-1
SEASON: 44-13 +9
RUNS SCORED: 416 (49) 1st
RUNS AGAINST: 245 (31) 3rd
OWNERS MOOD: Delighted (+1)
FAN LOYALTY: 91/100
UPCOMING SCHEDULE: 3 vs West Michigan/4 vs Dayton
5/27
CHI 6 WMI 4
W-Perez (3-0) L-Johnson (5-6) S-Casas (3)
HR CHI-Blakeway (1) Vela (5)
Perez BS (1) Bright 6.1-9-2-2-1-7 leaves with 4-1 lead. Walters (WMI) 3-5 2B (12) Vela 2-5 HR 2 RBI's (19) Blakeway 3-4 2B (5) HR 2 RBI's (13) (up to .197)
SIGNINGS-Alberto Rivera gets 64M over 4 years from the Bombers (news below)
5/28
CHI 5 WMI 2
W-Morgan (6-5) L-Vargas (4-4) S-Cruz (15)
HR CHI-Castro (15) Shaw (9) Grueter (11)
Morgan 8.1-4-1-1-1-9 Vargas 7-6-4-4-3-6 Vela 2-4 Castro HR 2 RBI's (42) Scott (WMI) 3-4 2 RBI's (22)
GOOD GAMES-Cordell Bond (CC) tossed his 3rd SHO of the year, and 2nd in a row, beating Dallas 1-0 on a 2-hitter. He walked 1, K's 2 and got 18 of 27 outs via ground ball. He's 9-2 2.39 in 12 starts.
5/29
WMI 7 CHI 5
W-Trinidad (4-4) L-Trujillo (8-1) S-T.Gonzalez (14)
HR WMI-Mejia (8) Debesa (10) CHI-Castro (16) Cruz (8)
Trujillo 6-7-6-4-3-3-5 3 errors (Trujillo, Battle and Blakeway) Vela 2-5 SB (5) Cruz HR 2 RBI's (44) Castro HR 2 RBI's (44)
5/30
CHI 11 DAY 6
W-Pimentel (9-0) L-Woodroffe (4-5) S-Davenport (1)
HR DAY-Torres (7) CHI-Cruz 2 (10) Grueter (12)
Pimentel 7-5-3-3-2-6 after we score 6 in the 1st. 30 consecutive wins, 43 consecutive starts without a loss. Cruz 3-5 2B 2 HR's 3 RBI's 3 runs (47) Grueter 3-5 2B (17) HR 3 RBI's (51) Torres (DAY) HR 3 RBI's (18)
5/31
CHI 9 DAY 2
W-Hall (5-2) L-Foster (1-3)
HR CHI-Shaw (10)
Hall 8-7-2-2-1-7 114 pitches. Shaw GS 4 RBI's (35) Chavez 0-1 3 BB's SB (6)
6/1
CHI 3 DAY 2
W-Bright (5-2) L-Canales (1-3)
HR Grueter (13) Hudson (16)
Hudson PH walk off HR Bright 9-5-2-1-2-3 117 pitches Grueter 2-4 2B (18) HR RBI (52)
6/2
CHI 10 DAY 8
W-Morgan (7-5) L-Zamora (6-4) S-Cruz (16)
HR DAY-Ramirez (4) Torres 2 (9) Turner (8) CHI-Grueter (14) Chavez (11)
Chavez 3-4 2B (11) HR 3 runs 3 RBI's (34) Shaw 3-5 2B (10) Castro 3-5 Torres 2-5 2 HR's 4 RBI's (23)
ROSTER NEWS-Jake Carlson was optioned out to AAA Tulsa after the game, Steve Rush was recalled. Our lefties are getting intermittent work at best, and Rush provides late inning defense as well as a RH bat.
WEEK 9 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Christian Schall (COL) 12-21 3 HR's 9 RBI's (.283-14-45) POTW 2 weeks in a row
CL POTW-Ricardo Flores (NO) 12-26 4 HR's 12 RBI's (.271-16-42)
IBL CAREER LEADERS: K/BB
7.31 Julio Gonzales (CC)
6.20 Ernesto Cruz (CHI)
4.71 Ivan Lopez (CC)
4.62 Juan Amaya (COL)
4.45 Chris O'Slattery (BAL)
WEEK 9 POWER RANKINGS
1) Chicago (1)
2) Columbus (-)
3) Dallas (5)
4) Sacramento (2)
5) Staten Island (3)
OUT West Michigan (8)
MINOR LEAGUE SUMMARY
AAA Tulsa (1 -) 41-18 +9 3rd Runs 1st AVG/OBP 2nd HR 4th SB 1st RA 3rd SP ERA 1st BP ERA 5th Def Eff. (Cordero .306-20-54/Swagat .310/Medina .311/Poole .333 .497 OBP/Moore .368/McBrieve 13 SV 2.63)
AA Bakersfield (13 +1) 31-28 7 GB 4th Runs 2nd OBP 4th HR 2nd SB (Wilton .338/Ellis .365/Walker 10 HR's/Scantlebury 11 HR's/McGee 13 HR's)
A(S) Belleview (12 -5) 31-28 +1 2nd AVG 5th OBP 1st SB 4th SP ERA 5th BP ERA (Guillen .340-10-46/Wilson .336)
A(N) Denison (4 +6) 35-25 3 GB 1st Runs/AVG/OBP/HR 4th Def Eff. (Lopez .346-10-44/Murphy .328-7-34/Kehoe 5-1 1.85)
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