
2020 Week 6. (17-16)
We opened the sixth week of the season with a home series against Philadelphia. The first game featured Dallas Keuchel who struggled and gave up 4 runs in the first 5 innings. Mattingly didn't use too many relievers as both Keller and Eveld pitched 2 innings and gave up 1 earned run each. The Phillies starter also struggled giving up 5 runs in the first six innings but the bullpen shut us out and we gave up game 1 of the series by a 2 run margin. Jorge Soler had another homer, his second game in a row rounding all four bases. Scooter Gennett and Tim Anderson both had a 2 for 4 game with an RBI.
The draft pool was revealed, we have this year's first pick. We also have the #5 pick in the first round.
The second game was our first blowout win of the season. Yamamoto had another quality start as he went 6.2 innings and allowed 2 runs. Max Povse didn´t have a good outing as he gave up 3 runs in 2.1 innings pitched. Nevertheless, the offense was stellar and Victor Victor Mesa was the player of the game going 4 for 4 with a double and a triple and 5 RBI´s. Mike Ford, Rio Ruiz, and Scooter Gennett homered and were responsible for 6 more runs.
The last game of the series was a W but Riley Ferrell suffered from an inflamed shoulder and that will keep him out of action for 5 weeks. He was placed on the 10 days IL and Jairo Labourt was recalled from AAA to replace him. James McCann was also injured during the game and he will be day to day for the next 5 days. Nevertheless, the game was a complete success as we record our third shutout win of the season. Martin Perez bounced back from a couple of bad outings and went 7.1 innings allowing only 3 hits. He was credited with his third win of the year. Will Smith, who came of the bench to replace an injured McCann had the decisive hit as his run-scoring double made the difference in the final score.
We are riding a 3 game winning streak thanks to a road win against the Reds in the series opener. Caleb Smith went his usual 5 innings and allowed his usual 2 runs. Gerson Bautista is having a great season and he had a great relief outing by throwing 2 clean innings. Nick Anderson recorded his seventh save of the season. Trey Mancini had a two-homer day as he went deep in the 3rd and 5th against Tony Santillan.
Our winning streak came to an end after a 6-3 loss against the Reds. It was Zac Gallen who took the mound and was credited with the loss. His slash line was 4IP, 4 ER, 3K. Povse and Julio Urias both gave up a run in 2 innings. Trey Mancini had another homer after his two-homer day and Jorge Soler had a solo shot in the 6th for his 9th homer of the year.
We´ve lost the series thanks to a one-run defeat. Dallas Keuchel had another quality outing as he went six innings and allowed 2 earned runs and 1 unearned. Our offense couldn't figure out the Red´s starter Alex Wood and finished just one run behind. Victor Victor Mesa has the highest average of the team and James McCann is fully recuperated and will start again next week.
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