SUBJECT: WEEK 24 NOTES
SCHEDULE:
OFF DAY
3 vs Phoenix
3 vs Brooklyn
RESULTS:
- 9/11: OFF DAY
- 9/12: PHX 5 FLA 4 Camp ND 7 IP 2 ER Allen BS (2) Madrid L (7-6)
- 9/13: PHX 11 FLA 8 (11) Madrid BS (8) Turner L (0-4) 3 BB 1 H 3 ER 1.2 IP Chase 5 IP 10 H 6 ER Takimoto 1st ABA HR
- Rio Rancho was knocked out in the 2nd round of the Rookie League Playoffs.
- Hobbs has advanced
- Denver has gone 26-14 and 10-2 in their last 12 and the WC is officially a race as they have closed the gap to 3.
- 9/14: FLA 3 PHX 1 Ramirez W (15-5 3.84) 6 IP 8 K 5 H 1 ER Ginn SV (1)
- Denver had Alward going today but Vegas got to him for 4 in 5 IP and won 7-3. He did punch out 11 more to give him 320 in 220 innings.
- San Francisco suffered a huge blow today as 3B Andy Lee suffered a fractured thumb and will miss the next 4 weeks. He was hitting .290-28-94
- Detroit clinched their 15th AL East pennant today.
- 9/15: BRK 6 FLA 5 Haupt 3-3 leadoff HR (31) pen blows 8th inning lead. Jim Shelley 1st ABA HR.
- Gabe Clark 2-4 HR RBI (.308-45-116)
- 9/16: FLA 7 BRK 6 (10) Madrid BS (9) Martignoni 6.1 IP 6 H 1 ER ND
TARPONS MAKE GINN CLOSER FOR SEASONS FINAL WEEKS
Tarpons Manager Kevin Jackson told reporters on the heels of their 7-6 win extra-inning win on Saturday that Rookie Sam Ginn would assume the role of closer for the remainder of the year.
Former closer Juan Madrid blew his 9th save of the season while Ginn has tossed 8 scoreless innings yielding just 2 hits and punching out 13 batters.
A reporter asked Jackson about former closer and current Aces closer Joaquin Benoit who got his 39th save recently at which point Jackson stared at the beat writer and proceeded to walk off the podium, ending the press conference
- Texas Closer Bobby Patterson (3-15 34 SV) was diagnosed with a torn UCL and will be out for at least the next 10 months. .
- 9/17: BRK 4 FLA 3 Haupt 4-5 2 2B 2 R SB (20)
- Ragan W (10-9 4.00) 7 IP 8 H 7 K 2 ER Dan Goodman 2-4 2 HR 3 RBI (.316-27-97)
AL POTW - Ernesto Molina (DEN) 9-17 3 HR 6 RBI (.278-31-81)
NL POTW – Jeff Boles (OK) 8-21 7 HR 15 RBI (.274-54-127)
RECORD: 2-4 (85-68)
PLACE: 2nd 12 GB +2 WC
RUNS SCORED: 820 5th
RUNS GIVEN UP: 696 3rd
DEFENSE: .707 2nd
OWNER MOOD: Worried
POWER RANKINGS
1) San Francisco
2) Las Vegas
3) Detroit
4) Denver
5) Ohio
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8) Florida