2026 WEEK 6
RECORD: 4-3
OVERALL: 24-12 +6
RUNS SCORED: 197 (34) 7th
RUNS AGAINST: 132 (21) 1st
OWNER/FANS: Happy 86/100 (+2)
SCHEDULE: 2 @ Sacramento/3 @ San Jose/2 vs Hawaii
5/4
ALK 6 SAC 2
W-Buckley (4-2) L-Esparza (2-3) S-Wheeler (8)
HR ALK-Edwards (7) SAC-Ramsey (5)
Buckley outpitches Esparza by going 6-7-2-2-2-4 and the pen holds before the offense busts it open late. Esparza goes the distance, scattering 11 hits and 5 earned runs. David Ledezma goes 3-5 with a double (6) and Matt Edwards drives in 2 with his 7th homer.
5/5
SAC 4 ALK 3
W-O'Halloran (1-1) L-Wheeler)
HR SAC-Morris (5)
Hall leaves a runner on 2nd 2 outs in the 8th, Wheeler gives up a game tying single to blow his 3rd save and then proceeds to walk 4 batters in the 9th, including walking in the winning run. Hall went 7.2-6-3-3-1-10. Vincent Meredith went 7-4-3-3-6-4 on 123 pitches. Andrew Morris went 3-4 with a homer and 3 RBI's (18).
5/6
ALK 13 SJ 3
W-Drake (3-2) L-Baker (1-3)
HR ALK-Ibarbia (10)
John Drake is dominating as he punches out 7 in the first 3 innings, and ends up with 12 in 7 while yielding 1 earned run. David Ledezma led off and was 3-3 driving in 3 (8) and walking twice and Peter Merritt went 3-5 with 2 doubles in his 1st game with the club. Mauro Ibarbia stole his 5th base and hit a 3 run homer.
5/7
SJ 6 ALK 4
W-J.Hamilton (2-2) L-C.Durham (4-3) S-Mathis (7)
HR ALK-Edwards (8)
Durham's in trouble in the 2nd and is out in the 5th after giving up 5 on 9 hits. Jerome Hamilton goes 8-8-4-3-1-9 for the win. David Ledezma is 4-5 with 2 RBI's (10) as Garcia steals his 18th.
5/8
SJ 6 ALK 3
W-B.Webb (1-5) L-Solis (3-2) S-Mathis (8)
HR ALK-Edwards (9) SJ-Lewis (1) Ammanati (2)
Brandon Webb wins his 1st of the year going 8-7-2-2-1-7 on 115 pitches. Solis is pounded for 5 runs on 10 hits in 5+ innings and is sporting a 6+ ERA as we near mid May.
5/9
ALK 2 HAW 0
W-Buckley (5-2) L-Montgomery (3-4)
HR NONE
Gerald Buckley gets his first IBL CG, and shutout by giving up just 4 hits and 3 walks over 9 strong innings, needing only 101 pitches and getting 2 double plays to outpitch Gary Montgomery who went 8-10-2-2-1-2 on 113 pitches for the loss. Pete Merritt was 3-4 with an RBI (2).
STUFF-If I could find a serious interest in Solis there's talk that the move could be bringing Hernandez up and sliding him into the rotation. Can't get anyone to bite on the contract though.
5/10
ALK 3 HAW 0
W-Hall (4-1) L-R.Smith (0-4)
HR NONE
Stan Hall tosses the 2nd straight 4-hit CG shutout, walking just 1 and punching out 9 to move to 4-1 2.27 on the year. David Ledezma went 2-4 to raise his average to .389, and drove in a run on his 9th double. Pete Merritt was 2-4 and is hitting .450 since signing.
STREAKS-Mario Gomez became the 4th player in IBL history to hit in 30 or more consecutive games when he went 1-4 today. He's 1 game shy of the all time record.
WEEK 6 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Todd Harlow (PROV) 15-28 5 HR's 13 RBI's (.315-8-24)
CL POTW-George Quinn (PHI) 18-32 4 HR's 11 RBI's (.394-10-35)
WEEK 6 POWER RANKINGS
1) Michigan (4)
2) Alaska (3)
3) Corpus Christi (2)
4) Fresno (-)
5) Pittsburgh (1)
OUT Chicago (6)
NEWS/NOTES
Both Pete Merritt and Alex Covington agreed to free agent contracts today. Merritt is a huge get, with Rodriguez out for an extended period of time he'll hit 3rd vs RHP and hopefully jump start the offense. Covington will play anywhere and everywhere against LHP. His insane versatility will be huge.
Chicago and Philly get bad news on some older veterans they were hoping would be key pieces. Oginlara joins Bermudez on the Patriot DL and they're now 2.5 back.
I knew when I drafted him Bright was an ace in the making, and it's happening. A 15K gem.
Juan Chavez was an undrafted free agent that Arizona signed, and then released in 2024. We signed him in February of last year and he shot past A and AA and is having a great AAA season at 22.