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7 August 2051
GM’s notebook - Series 38 and 39
Magpies 6-5 Madison
Magpies 4-1 Madison
Magpies 10-3 Madison
Denver 0-3 Magpies
Denver 2-7 Magpies
Denver 1-7 Magpies
- We looked to have lost the opener to the Brown Bears, but 3 runs in the top of the 9th handed Madison’s 6-time all-star closer Wynn Fleming only his second blown save of the year. All 3 runs were scored with 2 out.
- Israel Padilla (8 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB) dominated the Brown Bears’ lineup in the 4-1 victory the next day. Ernesto Solís hit 3-4 with a double and 2 RBI.
- Curt Cox has done little with the bat (.485 OPS) in his time here, and his supposedly elite defense has been underwhelming too. I would like Eric Warner to get more PAs in the minor league team, so Nick Baker rejoins the roster to replace Cox. Baker was probably unlucky not to make the team this year, and now gets the chance to prove me wrong.
- We completed the important sweep of Madison in style. Home runs from Ángel Márquez, Gonzalo Torralda, Dave Plummer and Pedro Soto backed up an excellent complete game performance from Cory Adams. Adams (11-3, 2.37) has definitely cemented himself into my long-term rotation plans.
- Terry Lawrence has come off the DL, but Plummer has done okay in the meantime so Lawrence has been sent to the minor league roster for now.
- Excellent pitching from Tom Hart (12-5, 1.90) and Ken James (25 saves) shut out Denver in our series opener. Hart will be definitely be in the conversation for Outstanding Pitcher if he keeps this up.
- In game two, Robinson Ortíz threw 8 magical innings for just 2 hits. Johannes Kepler sent him back out for the 9th, and Ortíz gave up 2 tired and luckily inconsequential runs.
- Columbus’s William Wright has pitched 3 shutouts in his last 4 starts.
Jeffrey White smacked double #30 and home run #27 against Denver to cap a brilliant week.
- Annapolis’s Young first baseman Dave Tolbert went 6-6 against Hartford.
This week: 6-0
Record: 69-48, 1st place, 3 game lead over Lansing
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