Current Week: 4-2 (66-26 - GB (+17) )
Next Week: 2 @ Baltimore Barons, 4 @ Washington Senators, 1 vs Annapolis Admirals
Power Ranking: 1
Fan Interest: 80
Owners Mood: Ecstatic
Runs Scored: 556 (2nd)
Avg: .289 (2nd)
Runs Against: 302 (1st)
Starters ERA: 3.19 (1st)
Pen ERA: 2.26 (1st)
Def Eff: .717 (1st)
Game 87
Richmond 0, Norfolk 5
Miguel Contreras (13-1) out-dueled Don Sweetapple as the our offense touched up Sweetapple for 2 HR's. Migule went 7 innings, giving up 3 hits and striking out 7. Jamie King went the final 2 innings. The offense scored 5 runs off Sweetapple with Mauro Candelaria leading the way going 2-3 with 2 RBI. Roberto Perez added a 2-run HR (21) and King Brock hit a solo-shot (7).
Injury News: Pablo Freitas will be out for 6 week with an oblique strain. Freitas is falling out of favor really fast. He has only played in 51 games this season, is due to make 11 million next year and won't be able to get traded this season. Trade deadine is 20 days away... I thought long and hard about bringing up my 5-tool star Javier Janchez, but in the end I went with Bryan O'Neil, and shifted Cody Johnson into CF. I wanted Javier, but he just turned 20 and I think he if has a full-season next year he will win the ROY. Why take that away? Now if we were in a close battle things would of been different, a 15 game lead allows for some play room. Hurry back Kent Davis...
Game 88
Richmond 2, Norfolk 1
Jose Matos (15-2) was a tough luck loser as the offense just coudln't get anything going. Matos went 7.2 innings, giving up 5 hits and 2 runs as 7 Cardinals pitchers shut down the Cav's offense. Roberto Perez had 2 hits and Jose Escamilla drove in Ed Dukes with a double in the 2nd for the Cav's only run.
Game 89
Richmond 2, Norfolk 3 (10 innings)
Ron Reilly (ND) went 9 innings, only giving up 2 runs on 7 hits, but walked away with the ND, as the Cav's offense continues to have some run scoring issues. Dalton Whitaker (1-3) pitched the 10th for the win. Jesus Rivera and Augusto Rodriquez each had 2 hits to lead the offense and Roberto Perez Jesus Rivera with a walk-off double in the 10th for the win.
Game 90
Richmond 1, Norfolk 0
Sun Ho (10-3) had one of his best outings of the season, but the stagnent offense left him hanging. Ho went 7.1 innings, giving up 8 hits and 1 run (0 ER). The offense had 8 hits and left 11 men stranded with Jose Rodriquez, Jose Escamilla and Jesus Rivera each getting 2 hits. Escamilla doubled for the only XB hit for the Cavs.
Game 91
Norfolk 6, Baltimore 1
Joe Parker (7-4) continued pitching well, going the full 9, giving up 5 hits and 1 run for the win. The offense showed some life scoring 6 times on 10 hits with Ed Duke leading the way with 3 hits. King Brock added a HR and (8) 2 RBI. Derek Campbell added 2 hits and a 2 RBI.
Injury News: Jose Escamilla was pulled from the game after complaining of arm trouble after making a defensive play. He should be able to return tomorrow.
Game 92
Norfolk 7, Baltimore 0
Miguel Contreras (14-1) went 8 shutout innings, giving up 5 hits and striking out 8 before handing the ball off to Jamie King who pitched a perfect 9th. The offense had 9 hits and 7 runs. Lead by Mauro Candelaria, Roberto Perez and Derek Campbell who all had 2 hits. Campbell went deep (21) and drove in 2.
Injury News: Jose Escamilla, yes him again, was pulled from the game after pulling up limp after a double. Escamilla is now listed day-to-day and will miss 3-5 days.
Around the League:- Bruce Walker of the Milford Clippers had his 25 game hit-streak snapped.
- Francisco Duranog of the Georgetown Sixteens strained a rib cage muscle and will be out 4 weeks. The Sixteens will have to replace Durango's .341-5-33 as the try to win their division.
- Virgil White signed a 5 year 48,400,000 million dollar deal with the Milton Brewers this season to play first base and has since ended up on the bench. Virgil has told the Brewers to trade him now! On the season Virgil is hitting .280-5-18.
- The Sixteens replaced Durango in the lineup by making a trade with the Richmond Cardinals. They recieved Chriss Gross who will be playing left till Durango returns. Gross is .267-4-31 on the season. Cory Thompsons heads over to the Cardinals. Thomas is hitting .269-8-40 on the season.
Milestone Watch:
Two guys are shooting to join Marcos Estrada as 1000K men:
- Barney Butler, Washington Senators, with an 8 strikeout performance against the Richmond Cardinals Barney Butler became the 2nd pitcher in DBL history to pass the 1000 K mark.
- Miguel Contreras, Norfolk Cavaliers, now has 992 K's.
Players of the Week:
Delaware: Alberto Trujillo, Milford Clippers, 12-26 5 HR's, 11 RBI
MarVa: Totoya Ogawa, Chesapeake Blue Crabs, 13-25 4 HR's 8 RBI
Power Rankings:
1) Norfolk Cavaliers (135.1)
2) Ocean City Tourists (122.4)
3) Georgetown Sixteens (117.6)
4) Wilmington Iron Pigs (112.7)
5) Annapolis Admirls (104.7)
GM Notes: The injuries to Pablo Freitas are adding up. A guy who used to be durable has had a string of nagging injuries over the past 3 years. This is his 3 stint on the DL this season and with Javier Janchez biting at the bullet to play, Freitas has become expendable. I am fond of Fretias, I picked him 2nd in the inaugural draft, but I think his time to move on has come. Hopefully there will be some buyers out there this off-season... Our starting pitching was lights out this week! But as you can tell without our lead off man Kent Davis in the lineup we struggled to score... Kent Davis returns this week, which will be a nice addition to our team, which means Bryan O'Neil will be DFA'd for the 3rd time this season. Yeah he isn't very happy about it, but if he was that good he would of been claimed by now, lol. If I was him I would be upset though, because his ratings are similar to Murray Pavie who stuck around on a big league roster all season... Derek Campbell eclipsed the 100 RBI mark this week and is on pace to drive in over 170 runs. The season record is 162, so we will have to keep an eye out on him.
Grad school and a cold are kicking my butt, hopefully I will get some regular updates this week...