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2025 WEEK 26
RECORD: 2-5
OVERALL: 103-59 +23
RUNS SCORED: 871 (34) 7th
RUNS AGAINST: 682 (47) 1st
OWNER: Ecstatic
FANS: 77/100
SCHEDULE: 1 @ Columbus/Off Day/3 vs Arizona/3 vs Hawaii

9/22
COL 12 ALK 6
W-Fowler (14-9) L-Ball (1-2) S-Colon (6)
HR COL-Tanner (40) Moreno (27) Collins 2 (36)
Potentially catastrophic day. Jesus Solis leaves after just 1 batter in the 1st, and there is no word yet. That would be a crippling injury for the post season rotation. Alex Moreno went 4-5 with a double (29) home run scoring 3 times and driving in 5 (93). Former Iron Pig Hugh Collins was 2-5 with 2 homers and 4 RBI's (109) Enrique Garcia was 3-5 with a double (18) and 2 RBI's (73) and Mauro Ibarbia went 3-3 scoring twice.

STUFF-Hugh Collins has had a fantastic season. In 130 games he's hitting .323-36-109 with a .389 OBP. He's a career .300 hitter with 446 homers and 230 stolen bases with 1393 RBI's and 1975 hits.

9/23
Off Day Injury News. Jesus Solis is out for the remainder of whatever we have left. Elbow surgery will sideline him for at least 4 months. That's likely the death knell on any hopes for a post season run.

9/24
AZ 7 ALK 5
W-Haynes (12-12) L-Santos (12-8) S-Miller (37)
HR AZ-Rios (3) ALK-Abbas (5) Olson (7)
Santos struggled through 6 giving up 5 on 7 hits. Francisco Rios went 3-4 with a homer and 2 RBI's (19)

STUFF-Horst Grueter drove in his 175th run, leaving him 1 shy with 4 games to play. Asmin Swagat has dropped to .399. West Michigan beat New Hampshire 3-2 as Pedro Debesa went 3-3 with 2 doubles (23) and drove in a run while Michigan dropped a heartbreaker, 3-2 in a walk off loss to Providence. Michigan is 5 back with 5 to play.

9/25
ALK 8 AZ 4
W-Gonzales (3-2) L-Meklau (5-1) S-Casas (4)
HR AZ-Hensley (1) Lopez (7) ALK-Harrell (17) Webb (8)
Carlos Gonzales labors through 5, 2 earned on 5 hits and 4 walks. Casas the last 2.1 punching out 4, making he and John Durham the first relief duo to punch out 100 each in a single season. Duane Long was 3-4 with a triple (5) and an RBI (18) and David Peterson led off going 3-5 with a double (23) and 3 RBI's (53).

9/26
AZ 7 ALK 2 (11)
W-Miller (5-14) L-Alexander (7-5)
HR AZ-Wood (11) R.Wright (6) ALK-Abbas (6)
Nathanial Fox was outstanding, going 8-4-2-2-1-4 to leave a tie game to the pen. Ron Alexander has had a great season but he imploded in a 5 run 12th. Ron Wrights PH 3R HR sealed it. Babar Abbas was 3-5 with a double (11) homer and an RBI (25).

STUFF-Swagat is now at .398, and Grueter remains at 53 HR's and 175 RBI's with 3 games to go. West Michigan beat New Hampshire to clinch the Frontier League's Northeastern Division title for the 5th year in a row. Michigan will again have to wait. Angel Marquez of Fresno hit his 40th HR, and now leads Raul Carmona (LA) and teammate Pedro Roman by 1. Bryant Thomas has 324 K's, and has 1 start remaining to get 6 more and set a new mark.

9/27
HAW 8 ALK 5
W-Taylor (3-1) L-Ball (1-3) S-Perez (28)
HR HAW-Soriano (30) ALK-Ibarbia (19)
Ball in a spot start does ok early, then falls on his face in a big 5th giving up 6 earned in 5 IP with 8 hits and 5 walks, while striking out 8. Alfredo Sanchez goes 3-5 with a double (18) and 3 RBI's (42) (remember this kid, I think he's going to be a great player)

STUFF-Chicago won 11-3 yesterday. Asmin Swagat went 2-4 and is hitting .399, Horst Grueter was 1-4 with an RBI, his 176th, to tie Gerald Wrights single season record. Bryant Thomas punched out 8 in a 1-0 loss to Los Angeles, setting a new IBL single season record for strike outs with 332. (Ya, still the worst trade in my GM history)

9/28
HAW 7 ALK 3
W-Hart (9-15) L-Caldwell (3-1)
HR HAW-Massey (9)
Limping into the playoffs. 2 more injuries. Caldwells spot start is bad (3.1-8-6-6-1-4) and the offense manages just 2 hits into the 9th. David Peterson is hurt in the 5th and Daniel Collins has become extremely ill, and is likely out a week with a virus. No word on Peterson at this time.

WEEK 26 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Antonio Sandoval (HAW) 13-27 6 HR's 9 RBI's (.265-26-88)
CL POTW-Cliff Edwards (SAN) 12-26 4 HR's 9 RBI's (.318-32-122)

9/29
ALK 5 HAW 2
W-Endo (1-0) L-Perez (4-8)
HR HAW-Francis (44) ALK-Webb (9) Torres WO (2)
Ricardo Torres walks off the seasons final game with a 3 run shot. Gonzales threw well, going 5.2-6-2-2-5-8 with Sheppard leaving the bases loaded in relief. Mike Francis was 3-4 with his 44th HR and 115th RBI in the loss.

WEEK 26 POWER RANKINGS
1) Chicago (1)
2) Boston (-)
3) Michigan (4)
4) Corpus Christi
5) Fresno (2)
OUT Alaska (8) Columbus (6)

IRON PIG UPDATE
Horst Grueter goes 1-2 with an RBI to set the new record for RBI's in a season with 177 to back Andy Morgans 24th win, in which he went 8 and punched out 13 to establish a new mark for Chicago, at 24 wins (besting Walt Thompsons 21 of 2017) and Stan Hall (279) and Morgan (271) set the new mark for K's as well. In a cruel twist of fate, Asiman Swagat was hurt on the 27th, and there is still no word, which means he'll miss the seasons last game and end it at .399!
And Grueter would end the year at 177.

NEWS
The Solis injury is a killer. Sandoval gives the Warrior fans something to cheer about in an otherwise dismal season and Juan Vazquez sort of 'jumps' onto the scene with that deal. Not sure about that deal given what our guys think his ceiling is, but Tulsa paid a steep price to trade for him so they clearly believe he's a star on the rise.