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ayaghmour2 · 08-04-2021, 03:30 PM

No injuries!!! That's about the only good news in a 2-5 week, but considering we had great Spring records the last two seasons, and we didn't win a pennant either year, so nothing really to worry about. Another thing not to worry about would be Pete Papenfus. The 19-year-old's debut wasn't great, but he can blame it on Johnny McDowell who made an error on the first ball hit to him at second base. That caused five of the six first inning runs to be unearned. In total, he went 4 innings with 6 walks and 2 strikeouts. He also pitched out of the pen a bit, 4 scoreless with a hit, 3 walks, and 4 strikeouts. Not sure how many more games he'll get, but the youngster was set to start the year in the minors anyways.

Speaking of McDowell, it was luckily his only error of the week and he was 3-for-9 with a double, steal, RBI, 3 walks, and 4 runs scored. His counterpart Ollie Page was 0-for-7 with a walk and RBI, so he's got a lot of work to do if he wants to start. Ray Ford had a strong week, 5-for-13 with a double, two homers, two RBIs, four runs, and 3 walks. Veteran John Lawson hit well too, 7-for-15 with a run and two driven in. Unfortunately, a lot of our starters hit poorly, but again, no injuries is really all I'm looking for. None of the bench players did much, but all Cougars in camp except emergency catcher Lave Young got an at bat.

On the mound, we saw both Pug Bryan and Oscar Morse toss four strong innings in their first starts of 1938. Pug allowed an unearned run with 3 hits, 2 walks, and 2 strikeouts. Morse allowed just a single hit, the only blemish in four near perfect innings. Harry Parker was effective, four frames with two hits, a run, walk, and strikeout. Both Rankin and Fritz allowed three runs in his four innings, but this doesn't cause much concern. Cy Sullivan tossed six innings in two outings out of the pen, allowing six hits, a run, and unearned run, and a strikeout. Joe Brown picked up a win and tossed three hitless innings with three walks and strikeouts. Rusty Watts didn't pitch very well, 6 runs in 8 innings, but he has a tied for league high seven spring strikeouts. Watts can graze triple digits, but it doesn't look like he is ready to contribute in Chicago yet. Most of our arms got at least an inning, with Del Burns, John Hartz, and surprisingly Bill Kline not getting an outing. We only need six starters next week, so Pete will just pitch out of the pen.

08-04-2021, 03:30 PM	#561
ayaghmour2 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2018 Posts: 3,030	Spring Week 1 No injuries!!! That's about the only good news in a 2-5 week, but considering we had great Spring records the last two seasons, and we didn't win a pennant either year, so nothing really to worry about. Another thing not to worry about would be Pete Papenfus. The 19-year-old's debut wasn't great, but he can blame it on Johnny McDowell who made an error on the first ball hit to him at second base. That caused five of the six first inning runs to be unearned. In total, he went 4 innings with 6 walks and 2 strikeouts. He also pitched out of the pen a bit, 4 scoreless with a hit, 3 walks, and 4 strikeouts. Not sure how many more games he'll get, but the youngster was set to start the year in the minors anyways. Speaking of McDowell, it was luckily his only error of the week and he was 3-for-9 with a double, steal, RBI, 3 walks, and 4 runs scored. His counterpart Ollie Page was 0-for-7 with a walk and RBI, so he's got a lot of work to do if he wants to start. Ray Ford had a strong week, 5-for-13 with a double, two homers, two RBIs, four runs, and 3 walks. Veteran John Lawson hit well too, 7-for-15 with a run and two driven in. Unfortunately, a lot of our starters hit poorly, but again, no injuries is really all I'm looking for. None of the bench players did much, but all Cougars in camp except emergency catcher Lave Young got an at bat. On the mound, we saw both Pug Bryan and Oscar Morse toss four strong innings in their first starts of 1938. Pug allowed an unearned run with 3 hits, 2 walks, and 2 strikeouts. Morse allowed just a single hit, the only blemish in four near perfect innings. Harry Parker was effective, four frames with two hits, a run, walk, and strikeout. Both Rankin and Fritz allowed three runs in his four innings, but this doesn't cause much concern. Cy Sullivan tossed six innings in two outings out of the pen, allowing six hits, a run, and unearned run, and a strikeout. Joe Brown picked up a win and tossed three hitless innings with three walks and strikeouts. Rusty Watts didn't pitch very well, 6 runs in 8 innings, but he has a tied for league high seven spring strikeouts. Watts can graze triple digits, but it doesn't look like he is ready to contribute in Chicago yet. Most of our arms got at least an inning, with Del Burns, John Hartz, and surprisingly Bill Kline not getting an outing. We only need six starters next week, so Pete will just pitch out of the pen.