Current Week: 4-2 (7-5 -0.5 / Richmond Cardinals)
Next Week: 3 vs Washington Senators, 3 vs Chesapeake Blue Crabs
Power Ranking: 9 (+2)
Fan Interest: 85
Owners Mood: Ecstatic
Runs Scored: 55 (t-5th)
Avg: .278 (3rd)
HR: 14 (3rd)
SB: 15 (2nd)
Runs Against: 36 (1st)
Starters ERA: 3.01 (3rd)
Pen ERA: 2.22 (1st)
Def Eff: .732 (1st)
Game 7: Richmond 1, Norfolk 4
Matt Hollis (2-0) continues his solid starts from last season going 8 innings allowing just 2 hits, 1 run and striking out 11. Dalton Whitaker picked up his first save (1). Mauro Candelaria and Augusto Rodriguez each had 3 hits. Jeff Lewis (2), King Brock (2) and Mauro Candelaria (1) all went deep. Overall the Cav's had 12 hits and left 8 men on.
Debut: Ramon Granados started in CF, going 2-4, with 2 singles in his big league debut.
Game 8: Richmond 3, Norfolk 5
Arturo Ramirez (ND) bounced back from a rough first start, going 6 innings, allowing 4 hits and 3 runs. Dan Nelson (1-) picked up the win with 1.2 innings of 1 hit ball, and Dalton Whitaker took home the save (2). Jeff Lewis lead the offense with 3 hits. Sergio Galvez went 2-2 with 2 HR's (2) and 3 RBI's, before Turcotte PH for him. The offense had 10 hits and left 3 men on.
Game 9: Richmond 6, Norfolk 4 (11 innings)
Takayuki Iemochi (ND) went 6.2 innings, allowing 8 hits and 3 runs, and once agian took the ND as we lost in extra's. Dan Nelson (1-1) took the loss giving up 3 hits on 3 hits and 2 walks in the 11th. Javier Janchez went 3-6 to pace the offense. Jeff Lewis ahd 2 RBI's and Ramon Granados hit is his first HR (1) and drove in 2. The Cav's had 11 hits and left 10 men on base.
Game 10: Norfolk 1, Ellicott City 4
Vaughan Griffith (0-2) threw the ball better this time around, going 6.1 innings, allowing 9 hits and 4 runs. The offense was very quite with King Brock leading the way with 2 hits and an RBI. The offense only had 5 hits and left 4 men on.
Game 11: Norfolk 5, Ellicott City 1
Miguel Contreras (2-0) ended our 2 game losing streak with another 8 solid inning performance. Miguel allowed 4 hits and 1 run, while striking out 5. Six Cavaliers had 2 hits, lead by Janchez who drove in 2 and scored 1. Francisco Reyes went deep (3). The Cavaliers had 13 hits and left 9 men on base.
Game 12: Norfolk 10, Ellicott City 0
Matt Hollis (3-0) is dedicated to being the best pitcher in the game, and his start this season has been phenominal. Hollis went 9 innings, allowing just 3 hits and striking out 11. Jeff Lewis and Yann Gosselin lead the offense with 3 hits. Mario Reyes hit his first big league HR (1) and Ed Duke hit his first HR (1) of the season. The Cav's offense had 15 hits and left 9 men on.
League News:- 39-year old Grant Wright of the Georgetown Sixteens will miss 4 weeks with a sprained thumb.
- Brad Jones a 20-game winner last year for the Newark Millers will miss 3 weeks with elbow tendinitis. Brad Jones is one of the games brightest young stars.
- Will Palmer of the Richmond Cardinals will miss the rest of the season and more (10 months) with a torn flexor tendon. He was 1-0 in 2 games this year.
- Francisco Tonche will miss 4 months. The reliever for the Dover Generals is suffering from ulnar nerve irritation.
- Raul Garcia, of the Salisbury Ports, will miss the season. He is the 2nd pitcher this week to go down with a torn ulnar collateral ligament.
Players of the Week:
Delaware: Pablo Fretias (Georgetown Sixteens) 13-20, 4 RBI's
MarVa: Jesus Rivera (Annapolis Admirals) 13-30, 2 HR's, 7 RBI's
* Both ex-original-Cavaliers
Power Rankings:
1) Newark Millers (155.3)
2) New Castle Colonials (125.0)
3) Ocean City Tourists (121.0)
4) Annapolis Admirals (120.5)
5) Chesapeake Blue Crabs (117.5)
9) Norfolk Cavaliers (107.0)
GM Notes:
With the struggles of Vaughan Griffith (0-2 5.40)in the bullpen I am going to keep an eye on the next 2 starters on my list, both in AAA.
Paul Brown has had 2 pretty rough starts so far: 0-2 7.2 IP / 13 H / 12 ER
Armando Lopez has only started 1 game and threw 6.1 innings, allowing 10 hits and 1 run.
Hopefully as the season goes along these 3 guys will start to warm up. I would like to see more from my #5 starter. Ron Reilly as the #5 is some tough shoes to follow... The team played better this week, but I feel like something is missing. Maybe the turnover over the years is starting to add up and I don't feel that "bond" that you get when you have the same time for a long time. Maybe as the year goes on I will get that positive feeling back... Matt Hollis is amazing, and I am glad I will have him around for 3-4 more years. He is worth every penny... Its good to see that we are stealing bases and playing good defense... Next week I'd like to see this offense stay hot and my 3-5 starters get a W on the board.