- RECORD: 1-5
- STANDINGS: 20-24 3 GB
- RUNS SCORED: 199 (8th)
- RUNS AGAINST: 191 (2nd)
- DEFENSE: .660 (12th)
- POWER RANKINGS:14th
SCHEDULE: 3 vs Fort Worth (16-22) OFF DAY 3 vs Chicago (20-18)
5/17: FW 6 BAL 4
Hernandez HR (10) RBI (27) Reeves (L) 6-6-3-3-3-5
POTG: Corey Severson (FW) (W) 8.1-10-1-1-1-3 (3-2 3.34)
5/18: FW 10 BAL 6
Preciado 3-5 R Parra 2-4 2B (8) HR (6) 2 RBI (17) Grimaldo 2-4 2B (6) HR (7) 2 RBI Peters (L) 3.1-6-6-6-5-1 (2-3 5.24)
POTG: Francisco Moreno (FW) 2-4 2B (4) HR (3) 2 R 2 RBI
5/19: FW 7 BAL 4
Parra 3-4 R RBI (18) Quezada (L) 7-7-6-3-2-6 comes out with a 'virus' and is DtD. (Really? Covid???)
POTG: Frasier 2-4 HR (5) 3 RBI (12)
5/20: OFF DAY
5/21: CHI 4 BAL 0
Elias (L) 6-7-3-1-2-2
POTG: Manny Lopez (CHI) CG SHO 9-6-0-0-2-4 106 pitches (2-0 0.00) (17-6 3.01 last season, just coming off rehab)
5/22: BAL 11 CHI 8
Janik 3-4 3B (3) HR (5) 2 R 4 RBI (19) Corbett HR (5) 3 R 3 RBI Suzuki leadoff HR (4) 2 RBI (16) Bayless 6 ER 4.2 IP Miller SV (5)
POTG: Pablo Zuniga (CHI) 3-5 2B (9) 2 HR (3) 3 R 5 RBI (32)
5/23: CHI 5 BAL 3
Hernandez 5th error leads to 3 unearned runs 2-4 2B (15) RBI Joe Morgan (CHI) 1 IP SV (15)
POTG: John Reeves (L) 7.2-5-5-2-0-5 (3-5 3.99)
Notes from around the league:
5/18: San Diego learned they had lost 37-year-old SP Jamal Smith to a ruptured elbow tendon. The veteran will miss at least the next 14-15 months. The righty was 10-5 3.11 in 25 starts last season before rupturing the very same ligament.
5/18: Alvin Diaz (CHI) struck out 8 in a 6-0 CG SHO over Brooklyn.
5/20: Detroit Maulers closer David Aguirre (2-2 7 SV 7.00) will miss the next 3-4 months after having undergone exploratory shoulder surgery. The 22-year-old was 9-14 with 30 SV last year.
5/22: San Diego was bitten by the injury bug again. RP Rey Garcia will miss the rest of the season after tearing his flexor tendon. He was 0-0 1.64 in 11 appearances this season. Acquired at the deadline last year from Houston the 28-year-old tore his labrum 6 weeks after being acquired.
5/22: Keith Shoemaker (SJ) fanned 9 and walked just 1 in a scattering 7 hits to beat Milwaukee 6-0.
5/23: Washington is 16-28 and in 2nd place, 11 games behind Charlotte. They have let it be known the AL HR Leader Matt Walker (1B) is on the market. The 33-year-old is hitting .304-15-36 through 44 games after a .271/.339/.443 22 HR 102 RBI 1992 season. He's signed through 1995 at an AAV of 2 million.
5/23: At the same time the last place LA Reapers have informed GM's that all-star 3B Chris O'Cain is on the market. He hit .308/.368/.441 over 159 games with 27 2B 14 HR and drove in 84. He's hitting .327-2-22 in 43 games this season and the clubhouse leader will be a huge get for a team looking for a bat and a leadership presence on and off the field. LA has started to cut into O'Cains playing time as they given speedy IF Brad Jones (25) much more playing time in an effort to see if he's the answer in their rebuild. O'Cain is due 3.2 million for the next two seasons with a 1995 player option at the same amount.
BALTIMORE NEWS:
5/17: AAA LF Brent Russum is having a huge year. Acquired in an April deal with SF where he hit .284/.328/.381 in 112 G last year with 17 2B 21 RBI 14K and 18BB he's hitting .399/.464/.568 in Knoxville and took home POTW honors this week. Immediately after hearing he'd won he received a phone call from me telling him to pack his bags. Alfredo Lopez is struggling and our offense needs a jump start. Russum is recalled to DH vs RHP and Lopez will go down and play regularly
5/19: Brought in to help solidify the infield defense Jesus Franco was hurt sliding into 2nd today. It looks bad and the news has confirmed that. Franco will miss the remainder of the season after breaking his kneecap.
AL POTW: Robert Dunn 2B (NY) 13-30 HR 5 RBI
NL POTW: Jon Moore 3B (FW) 14-25 2 HR 7 RBI