Current Week: 6-1 (40-10 - GB (+13))
Next Week: 3 @ Annapolis Admirals, 3 @ Virginia Beach Surf Dawgs
Power Ranking: 1
Fan Interest: 86 (-2)
Owners Mood: Ecstatic
Runs Scored: 296 (1st)
Avg: .291 (1st)
Runs Against: 143 (1st)
Starters ERA: 2.71 (1st)
Pen ERA: 2.25 (1st)
Def Eff: .732 (1st)
Game 44:
Norfolk 8, Chesapeake 1
Shawn Brock (6-1) went 8 innings, allowing 4 hits and 1 run, while striking out 7. Ron Harris went 1 inning giving up 1 hit. The offense was lead by Roberto Perez with 3 hits and 2 RBI's. Kent Davis added 2 hits and Ed Duke had 2 hits and 4 RBI's, including a HR (6).
Game 45:
Norfolk 2, Chesapeake 0 (10 Innings)
Ron Reilly (ND) had a great start going 7 innings, allowing 0 runs and striking out 5. Dalton Whitaker (2-2) went the final 2 innings, allowing just one hit. Roberto Perez had 2 hits and the game winning RBI. And Jeff Lewis added 2 hits. The only hits for the Cav's.
Game 46:
Norfolk 8, Chesapeake 4
Miguel Contrears (5-1) went 8.2 innings, allowing 5 hits and 3 runs. Ed Duke lead the offense going 3-3 with 4 RBI's including 2 HR's (8). Javier Janchez hit a solo-HR (2).
Game 47:
Ocean City 2, Norfolk 1
Jose Matos (6-2) went 5 innings, allowing 7 hits and 2 runs, but didn't get the run support needed. The offense had 5 hits, including 2 by Jeff Lewis. King Brock accounted for the Cav's only run with a solo-HR (6).
Game 48:
Ocean City 2, Norfolk 5
Arturo Ramirez (7-1) went 6.2 innings, allowing 4 hits and 2 runs. Dalton Whitaker went the final inning striking out 2 for the save (12). Derek Campbell lead the offense with 2 hits, and Ed Duke drove in 2.
Game 49:
Ocean City 0, Norfolk 6
Shawn Brock (7-1) went 8 innings, allowing 5 hits and striking out 6, throwing 121 pitches. The offense was lead by Cody Johnson and Derek Campbell with 2 hits, and Jeff Lewis with 2-RBI's.
Game 50:
Ocean City 4, Norfolk 5
Ron Reilly (4-1) went 7.2 innings allowing 10 hits and 4 runs. Dalton Whitaker threw the 9th for the save (13). Derek Campbell and Ed Duke paced the offense with 2 hits each. Duke hit a HR (9) and drove in 4.
Around the League:- Jose Cisneros of the Christiana Blue Hens was placed on the 60-day DL and is expected to miss 9 months with a broken bone in his elbow.
- With their starting RF out the Baltimore Barons signed 32-year old free agent Fernando Torres to a one year deal woth 1.5 million.
Players of the Week:
Delaware: Kevin Norris, Milford Clippers, 14-26 0 HR's 0 RBI (really?)
MarVa: Ed Duke, Norfolk Cavaliers, 8-14 0 HR's, 14 RBI's, 6 Runs
Power Rankings:
1) Norfolk Cavaliers (155.0)
2) Annapolis Admirals (125.8)
3) Dover Generals (114.2)
4) New Castle Colonials (107.4)
5) Lewes Braves (107.4)
GM Notes: Augusto Rodriquez will return next week and I believe I am going to activate him and place him in the starting lineup. Javier Janchez has struggled in 41 games, hitting .172-2-13. Looks like he could use some time getting his swing worked out in the minors. I had high hopes for him this year, but maybe I rushed him... I wouldn't of guessed Arturo Ramirez and Shawn Brock would be leading our staff with 7-1 records. I am pleasantly surprised... Ed Duke is off to a nice start. After hitting .223 last season he is hitting .380 in his first 34 games this season. Maybe Jose Renteria has been a nice mentor for him... The team is doing well, we are healthy (knock on wood) and things seems to be falling into place. The draft is coming up next week, should be an interesting time, since I never seem to be a good "drafter", a look through my/our draft history should be interesting.
Dalton Whitaker is hold over from my original pitching staff in 2013. He is the only pitcher who has been on the Cavaliers roster since 2013, when he pitched in 46 games. He has since pitched in 357 games, amassing 113 saves.
Two players of note 1) Richard O'Quinn who is with our AAA team, saw 2 games of action in 2013, but hasn't been on the Cav's roster since. 2) Arturo Ramirez was our first round draft pick in the amateur draft in 2013.