2029 SEASON WEEK 25
RECORD: 1-5
OVERALL: 110-46 CLINCHED
RUNS FOR: 870 (38) 4th
RUNS AGAINST: 572 (37) 1st
OWNER/FANS: Ecstatic 85/100 (+1)
SCHEDULE: 3 vs Columbus/3 @ Dayton/Off Day
9/17
COL 8 ALK 6
W-Baca (22-7) L-Shimizu (5-3) S-Koo (16)
HR COL-Tanner (26) Lynch (14) Cruz (34) De Los Santos (10) ALK-King (1)
Eugenio Baca won his league leading 22nd game going 6-9-3-3-3-4 and the Clipper offense pounded Shimizu for 6 runs on 9 hits and 3 walks in 3.2 innings. Pancho Villareal and Matt Lynch both had 3 hit days.
MINORS NEWS-Juneau won 10-1 clinching a playoff berth.
9/18
COL 10 ALK 9
W-Graves (9-3) L-Hansen (2-4) S-Koo (17)
HR COL-Coleman (8) Conner (10) Villarreal (15) Lynch (15) ALK-Cabrera (9) Martin 2 (28)
Keith Hansen had a season worst day in giving up 5 earned runs on 5 hits, 3 walks and 2 homers, moving his ERA from 2.97 to 3.51. Stan Hall went 6-9-3-3-0-11 in his next to last start of the year. His ERA climbing to 1.57 (1.568 to be exact, still ahead of Brandon Webb's 1.611). Bob Harrell went 3-5 with a double (26) and Cole Martin was 3-5 with 2 homers and 2 RBI's (106).
MINORS NEWS-To fill a newly opened position in Spokane, I've hired former Roughrider ace Sergio De La Garza as their new pitching coach.
9/19
COL 4 ALK 3
W-Russell (10-9) L-Casas (3-3) S-Blanco (6)
HR COL-Lynch GW (16) ALK-Harrell (14)
Matt Lynch hit a 2 run homer off Cisco Casas which ended up the game winner. Just Casas' 3rd blown save of the year. John Drake went 6-8-2-2-1-6 to finish the year 18-6 3.12. Doug Russell went 8-11-3-3-1-4 in the win. Enrique Garcia went 3-3 with an RBI (43) in the loss. Columbus swept us, and in the process clinched a wild card berth. Drake lost his chance to win 20, so will not make his final start in preparation for the playoffs, unless we change our minds. We have a first round bye.
9/20
ALK 15 DAY 3
W-Bowman (19-6) L-Oglethorpe (11-15)
HR ALK-Hawkins (23) DAY-Arroyo (39) Miles (12)
Mike Bowman won his career high 19th going 6 innings giving up 3 earned runs on 3 hits. Christian Holland was 3-5 with 3 doubles (35), scored 3 runs and drove in 2 (61) in his 1st game off the DL. Anthony Hawkins was 2-3 with a double (24) homer and 3 RBI's (82). Jorge Viera went 1-5 with a walk and 2 stolen bases (63).
9/21
DAY 8 ALK 3
W-Small (8-6) L-Rodgers (11-5)
HR DAY-Hardy LO (12) Cooper (18) ALK-Harrell (15)
David Rodgers retired not a single batter in the 1st, giving up 6 runs (5 earned) before Carlos Hernandez came in to throw 4.2 hitless innings. Jesse Small went 8-4-3-2-0-7 for the win.
NEWS-Shimizu is at 206.1 innings between AAA and the IBL, so he's going to get shut down before the playoffs.
9/22
DAY 4 ALK 2
W-Warner (18-3) L-Jordan (0-1) S-Picot (36)
HR DAY-Cooper (19) ALK-Cabrera (10)
Tom Warner went 7-3-1-1-3-5 to move to 16-3 3.01 on the year. Rich Jordan went 7-10-3-3-0-3 in his 1st IBL start. Jorge Cabrera was 2-4 with a homer and an RBI (49) in the loss.
9/23
Off Day
2029 SEASON WEEK 25 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
FL POTW-Matt Lynch (COL) 12-23 3 HR's 10 RBI's (.329-16-60)
CL POTW-Manuel Rodriguez (FRE) 11-21 4 HR's 8 RBI's (.280-19-55)
IBL SINGLE SEASON RECORD: DOUBLES
62 Fernando Moya '24
59 Bashir Malik (DAY) '26
59 Fernando Moya '23
58 Julian Martinez '13
58 Louie Ginger (WMI) '28
POWER RANKINGS
1) Chicago (2)
2) Alaska (1)
3) Las Vegas (3)
4) Dallas (-)
5) New Hampshire (-)
OUT Houston (6) West Michigan (7)
NEWS/NOTES
Bad week. More than a little worried that Columbus played us so well, given the chance we could see them in a few weeks.