Week 4 Notes – 2 at Indiana (2-0), 4 at New York (1-3)
· 04/27: MI 6, IN 5 (12) – S. Krauskopf 3-6, 2 HR, 2 RBI – Bullpen: 9.1 IP, 0 R, 15 K
· Jake Soland struck out the side twice in consecutive innings and Chris Kearns did it in the ninth.
· Zach Lux left early in the game, and we found out he strained his oblique and will miss around the next four weeks.
· Danny Gonzalez looks to get more playing time, and we brought up OF Adam Penney from Westland.
· We also brought up OF/1B Kevin Hyatt from AAA, optioning 1B Jake Smith to Westland.
· 04/28: MI 7, IN 4 – Krauskopf 2-3, 2 HR, 4 RBI, BB – Muller 5.0 IP, 6 H, 1 ER
· Jesse Cook and Andy Rodriguez (IN) were ejected in the first following a brawl.
· Rodriguez hit Cook after Krauskopf's first dinger of the game. Both were suspended 8 games. Great.
· Mat Kelly of Arizona hit for the first cycle in league history versus the Colorado Centennials.
· 04/30: NY 7, MI 6 – Krauskopf 2-5, HR, 2 RBI – L. Vasquez 4 IP, 3 ER, 8 H, 2 BB, 2 K, L (0-5)
· Iowa reliever Jim Gray will miss the next 12 months with a torn rotator cuff in his pitching shoulder.
· We traded Colin Knapp and a minor league 3B to Kentucky for SP Rob Higgin and a 3B prospect. More info to come.
· 05/01: MI 6, NY 4 – Greg Smith 2-4, HR, 3 RBI – Krauskopf homers for 4th straight game for eight on the year.
· 05/02: NY 14, MI 2 – Cody Bryant 2-4, 2 HR, 6 RBI – Krauskopf homers for 5th straight game.
· 05/03: NY 6, MI 3 – Cody Bryant 2-4, GS (8), 4 RBI – Krauskopf hitless to end HR streak at 5 games.
· Next Week: 4 at Maryland, 3 vs PA
The trade from this week:
Subject: Michigan-Kentucky Deal: Knapp for Higgin
The Baseball News Network is reporting that Michigan and Kentucky have agreed in principle to a swap that will send 34-year-old left fielder Colin Knapp and 24-year-old minor league third baseman Tim Herhold to the Gray Squirrels with 33-year-old starting pitcher Rob Higgin and 18-year-old minor league third baseman Jonathan Weiss joining the Motors. Michigan's general manager would not confirm the trade, but a team representative close to the negotiations said the deal is official and is now only awaiting approval from the league.
So far this year in 14 games Knapp is hitting .167 with 1 home run, 3 RBIs and 3 runs scored.
Checking out his stats for the season, Higgin has notched 4 wins and no losses in 5 starts, 1.54 ERA and struck out 29 batters in 35 innings.
Jonathan Weiss was sent to Dev D (Rookie) Canton.