2027 WEEK 3
RECORD: 4-2
OVERALL: 7-8 1 GB
RUNS SCORED: 89 (34) 9th
RUNS AGAINST: 85 (31) 8th
OWNER/FANS: Ecstatic 45/100
SCHEDULE: 3 vs Brooklyn/3 vs Buffalo/Off Day
4/12
ALK 5 BRO 2
W-Solis (1-0) L-Walker (0-3) S-Casas (1)
HR NONE
Jesus Solis twirls another great game, going 6.2-6-1-1-3-3 before Valdez bails him out of a bases loaded jam. Antonio Gonzalez goes 3-4 with a double (2) stolen base (2) and scores twice. Enrique Garcia goes 2-4 with 2 RBI's (10) and Kevin Vaughn drives in 2 (6) on 2 hits and a double (2)
4/13
BRO 7 ALK 4
W-Watson (2-1) L-Hall (1-2) S-Aguirre (1)
HR BRO-Riggs (1) ALK-Gonzalez (1) Harrell (1)
Hall gets hurt by Vaughn (3) and Garcia (2) errors in giving up 5 runs, 3 earned, on 9 hits over 6 struggling innings, walking 3. On the Cyclone side Jeffrey Watson goes 8-4-2-2-2-6 for the win. Paul Riggs goes 3-5 with a double (3) homer and 3 RBI's (7).
4/14
ALK 10 BRO 9 (10)
W-Casas (1-0) L-Aguirre (0-1)
HR ALK-Edwards (3) Gonzalez (2) Olson (1) Harrell (2) Vaughn (2)
A good win, team battled their butts off after Drake gave up 5 on 10 hits in 6. Came back in the 9th and 10th. Ibarbia went 3-5 with a double (2). Cody Morrison and Jose Perez went 3-4 in the loss.
4/15
ALK 6 BUF 4
W-Hernandez (2-1) L-Romero (2-1) S-Casas (2)
HR BUF-Gamble (3) Whimster (3)
Hernandez goes 7-5-3-1-3-4 in overcoming a Gomez error and Casas closes it out to beat the IBL's all time wins leader in Vincente Romero. Gomez went 3-4 with a double (1) and the top 4 hitters (Garcia, Gonzalez, Walton and Harrell) went 8-18 with 2 walks. Bison Darren Gamble was 3-4 with a homer to extend his hitting streak to 26 games.
4/16
ALK 5 BUF 4
W-Buckley (1-2) L-Skinner (0-1) S-Durham (1)
HR ALK-Edwards (4)
Buckley throws well (7-6-4-4-2-6) after some early struggles and a tired pen holds on for the win.
INJURY NEWS-Enrique Garcia strains an ab and is out 1-2 weeks. Covington will play most of the 3B while he's out, but I'll recall Christian Holland to get him some AB's as well.
4/17
BUF 5 ALK 4
W-R.Martinez (4-0) L-Solis (1-1) S-Castaneda (7)
HR BUF-Rolen (1) Whimster (4)
Michael Young grounds into a game ending DP with runners on 1st on 3rd in the 9th. Roberto Martinez went 6-4-2-2-1- to move to 4-0 1.44. Jesus Solis lost, going 6-6-4-4-4-5. Manny Ibarbia drove in 3 (13).
MILESTONES
300 Home runs, by age
Luis Chavez 6/5/23 (29 years 195 days) Hit 3 home runs in the game
Jeffrey Hudson 5/28/2023 (30 years 181 days)
George Quinn 5/25/25 (30 years 235 days)
Valentin Maitani 8/28/20 (30 340 days)
Curt Whimster 5/6/19 (30 years 349 days)
Christian Schall 6/6/23 (31 years 155 days) 1 day after Chavez
Bill Alexander 6/18/19 (31 years 177 days)
Wes Morgan 7/25/20 (31 years 183 days)
Chandler Harris 4/3/23 (31 years 331 days)
Hugh Collins 8/13/21 (32 years 12 days)
Alberto Vargas 8/24/19 (32 years 30 days)
Ron Stokes 7/26/22 (32 years 39 days)
Jamie Vance 7/26/22 (32 years 181 days)
Brent McCoy 7/14/21 (33 years 172 days)
Michael Moran 9/24/24 (33 years 232 days)
Caden Haynes 8/23/22 (33 years 259 days)
Ross Tunstall 7/21/20 (33 years 273 days)
Cliff Edwards 4/17/27 (33 years 303 days)
Troy Glaus 6/13/25 (33 years 310 days)
Travis Bryant 7/15/19 (34 years 133 days)
Rafael Cuesta 9/7/24 (34 years 181 days)
Paul Reeves 7/7/25 (34 years 237 days)
Lando Jongmans 5/8/25 (34 years 271 days)
Cy May 6/17/20 (35 years 127 days)
Marcos Oginlara 7/13/25 (35 years 143 days)
Gerald Wright 5/12/24 (36 years 37 days)
Alejandro Villanueva 8/11/23 (37 years 262 days)
Bill Hill 9/3/20 (38 years 9 days)
Tim Davis 4/4/2024 (39 years 63 days)
2000 HIT CLUB
Luis Chavez 8/19/25 (30 years 271 days)
Rich Stone 9/15/23 (32 years 195 days)
Jeffrey Hudson 8/8/25 (32 years 223 days)
Curt Whimster 8/15/22 (33 years 262 days)
Gerald Wright 7/22/23 (35 years 125 days)
Hugh Collins 4/27/26 (36 years 271 days)
Scott Rolen 4/17/27 (37 years 14 days)
Ernesto Garza 5/14/26 (37 years 288 days)
4/18
Off Day
WEEK 3 SUMMARY
FL POTW-Harley Warren (WMI) 12-26 4 HR's 11 RBI's (.333-4-13)
CL POTW-Mike Goodwin (EP) 8-13 2 HR's 4 RBI's (.348-5-14)
POWER RANKINGS
1) New Hampshire (5)
2) Corpus Christi (3)
3) El Paso (2)
4) Dallas (-)
5) Buffalo (4)
OUT New Orleans (7)
NEWS/NOTES
Safe to assume the news on Poe created the news for Arnold. Staten Island owner Bill Ford Jr. is looking for the Yanks to finish .500 this year, which I can see. Buffalo looks to be the team in that division.
