2029 SEASON WEEK 26
RECORD: 5-1
OVERALL: 115-47
RUNS FOR: 926 4th (2nd highest total in club history (946 2026)
RUNS AGAINST: 604 1st (lowest total in club history)
OWNER/FANS: Ecstatic 87/100 (+4)
SCHEDULE: 3 @ Edmonton/3 vs Hawaii
Going to go through the rotation one last time, with someone else starting the final game as we will be off at least a week for round 1.
9/24
ALK 12 EDM 7
W-Hall (22-1) L-Padilla (3-8)
HR ALK-Hawkins (24) EDM-M.Ramirez (1)
Stan Hall goes 6-7-2-2-2-4 to end the 2029 season 22-1 1.60. his ERA, 1.604 is the new single season record, beating Brandon Webb's mark of 1.611 set last year. Enrique Garcia was 3-3 with 2 RBI's (46) and Jorge Cabrera 3-3 with 2 runs. Bob Harrell went 1-3 wit 2 RBI's (60) and walked 3 times.
9/25
ALK 10 EDM 1
W-Drake (19-6) L-Serrano (8-8)
HR ALK Martin (29) EDM-Ford (9)
Drake goes 6-3-1-1-1-6 in his final start of the year to end 19-6 3.07. Harrell goes 3-4 and drives in 3 (63) and Jorge Viera goes 2-2 with a double (43) triple (6) and 2 walks and steals 2 more bases (65).
9/26
ALK 9 EDM 8
W-Bowman (20-6) L-Hall (6-10) S-Casas (46)
HR ALK-Hawkins (25) Stover (20) EDM-Reyes (21) Francis (14)
Mike Bowman won 20 games for the first time, barely. Staked to a 7-0 lead (6 run 1st) he gave up 6 in the 5th and the pen let them back in, but held the line. Casas grabbing his 46th and leaving him 1 shy of the Avalanche single season record. Cole Martin was 3-5 with an RBI (110) and Christian Holland went 2-4 with a double (38) and 3 RBI's (66). Anthony Hawkins homered in a 2-3 day and drove in 2 (86).
The win establishes a new single season record for wins, 113, surpassing the 2026 112-50 season.
MILESTONES-Shimei Ikarashi joins an exclusive club
500 SAVE CLUB
Ernest Cruz 6/1/25 (39 years 263 days)
400 SAVE CLUB
Julio Gonzalez 7/28/24 (36 years 357 days)
Ernesto Cruz 6/23/22 (36 years 292 days)
300 SAVE CLUB
Julio Gonzales 4/23/20 (32 years 257 days)
Shimei Ikarashi 9/27/29 (33 years 201 days)
Ernesto Cruz 9/15/19 (34 years 10 days)
Ivan Lopez 4/16/21 (34 years 131 days)
Stephen Watkins 5/26/26 (34 years 142 days)
Bill Barlow 8/5/22 (37 years 22 days)
Tom Conklin 7/28/21 (37 years 236 days)
Joe Boswell 6/24/20 (38 years 79 days)
9/27
ALK 7 HAW 4
W-Mathis (1-0) L-Cameron (11-12) S-Casas (47)
HR ALK-Stover 3 (23) Cook (27)
Luke Stover homered 3 times and drove in 4 (67) in a 4-4 day as Carlos Hernandez went 6.2-4-4-1-4-9 in a strong final game of 2029 after a seriously disappointing season. Lowell Cook drove in 3 (85) with a 3-run homer.
PLAYOFF PICTURE-New Hampshire is a game up on West Michigan, both are in but playing for the Division. Dayton is 1 game up on Providence, and playing Chicago. Everyone else has clinched. The Coastal League WC is Sacramento, and Pittsburgh 2 games up on Philadelphia. With Philly playing Boston.
Arroyo homered for Dayton to take the FL HR lead by 1, and Oswalt went 8-6-3-2-0-5 to lower his ERA to 2.61, .01 ahead of Webb's 2.62.
9/28
HAW 6 ALK 5
W-Reilly (1-0) L-Rodgers (11-6) S-German (23)
HR HAW-Williams (12) ALK-Cook (28)
David Rodgers finished a dismal 2nd half (4-5 7.07 in 11 starts in Aug/Sep) by giving up 6 runs (5 earned) in 5 innings. Hawaii jumped on him for 5 in the 1st. Viera stole his 67th base. 22 year old Don Reilly, acquired from Staten Island in a 2026 trade (was their 1st rounder (19th overall in 2026) won his 1st IBL game in his 1st IBL start going 6.2-8-5-5-4-3.
9/29
ALK 13 HAW 6
W-P.Williams (1-1) L-Butler (9-17)
HR HAW-Williams (13) Ortiz (23) ALK-Cook (29) Viera (14) Covington (7)
Paul Williams went 7-6-2-2-2-3 to win his first IBL start and Alex Covington went 3-3 with a homer, scoring 4 runs and driving in 2 (33). Jorge Viera was 2-5 with 3 runs and 2 RBI's (80) and Christian Holland went 2-3 with a double (39) and 2 RBI's (68).
9/30
OFF DAY
Providence scored 6 times in the top of the 8th to turn a 6-3 deficit into a 9-6 win and score them a 163rd game with Dayton, who lost 6-3 to Chicago. The loser goes home. Rodrigo Arroyo (DAY) John Naylor (SI) and Antonio Trevino (SI) are all tied at 40 homers apiece, with Arroyo now gaining a 163rd game....
GAME 163
The Black Sox crush Dayton to gain their 1st post season berth in franchise history. In just their 8th season of existence their 81-82 record snags them a 1st round meeting with the Iron Pigs...
