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pauwoo · 04-12-2022, 10:58 AM

Portland Pines (32-24, .571, 1st AL West) @ Los Angeles Leopards (34-22, 607, 1st NL West)
Portland, while finishing 18-9 for the month of May, struggled to close it out, losing three straight, at home, to Toronto before listlessly working their way through a 2-2 start in June. For our part, we’ve not been much better, but, when you have a division leader visiting your park you attach yourself to any edge, imaginary or otherwise, that you seem to have over them… here we’ll try to parlay our series win over the Alpines in Salt Lake into more of the same while the Pines look to improve their lot in life early in June lest this month get away from them entirely. Working in our favor here is that we’ll most likely face the backend of their rotation and avoid a showdown against former-Leopard, current American League STUD, Michael Brisk, whose 5-1 record on the year and 1.77 ERA will likely be put up against Dallas in the friendly confines of Portland Diamond Park four days from now.

57 of 162: Peter Parrow (2-5, 5.23) @ Keith Baeza (4-2, 2.84)
Win, 2-0. Baeza kept the Pines in check over 7.1 innings of work, the defense castled early, and the offense, while not necessarily looking gangbusters here, did what was required to get the win with Otto putting a solo shot out of the park in the 3rd for some cushion after Satoru Ono drove one in on a double during the bottom of the very first frame. Kudo spelled Keith during the eight, punching out both batters he faced on 7 total pitches, and Haag racked up his 18th save on an economical 13-pitch 9th frame. A good, defense first win for the good guys…

Side Note: We completed the draft today… and, well, nothing of any real value to report. I did take a Center Fielder named Snoopy Kent with the 242nd pick, so, if nothing else, it’ll be fun to watch him wash out of my dev system before turning his attention to the Bush League in a few years.

58 of 162: Dom Jefferson (5-2, 3.36) @ Dwight Beasley (5-3, 3.88)
Win, 5-1. We’d extend our lead to 4 runs on a Saul Guzman balk that brought Otto in from 3rd and would find a way to win with that margin despite Portland successfully loading the bases during the top of the 9th as our closer, Haag, gutted out his 19th save of the year. Doubles for Dom and Otto, a TRUCK for Bill Cox, and a swiped bag for Ethan, his 12th on the year, would round things out nicely for us as we secure our second straight series win with this one coming against a topflight AL club, in our park, in front of our most ardent fans…

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Elsewhere: Former Leopard, current Motor, Peter Garcia gave New Orleans the business over 8 innings of work where he’d allow 7 hits, no runs, and nary a walk while fanning 8 Gators for the game to lead his club to a tasty little 3-1 victory at home. During the game, Garcia managed to fan Angry Eloy Delando, who is now 4-for-18 lifetime against Garcia with only 1 of his 215 career HR’s coming at Peter’s expense.

59 of 162: Kito Western (1-3, 4.55) @ Masaya Nakagawa (3-1, 2.60)
Win, 5-4. We’d knot things up during the bottom of the 5th when Dom hit a run-scoring single, with the bases loaded, to drive one in and would take the lead a mere frame later when SS Carson Hutchinson hit a solo tank off Starter Kito Western. 3-for-4 day at the plate for Dom, including 2 runs and 2 RBI, Otto went 2-for-4 and scored, and we’d get two, team-first SAC FLIES, 1 each from Cox and Hutchinson… a sturdy performance from the pen too as Hernandez, Miotke, and Haag combined to hurl 4 shutout innings to close this one out. Sweep City, USA!

Record: 37-22, .627, 1st NL West
Up Next: Back on the road… headed to Austin for a 4-game series against Texas’ hippest city.

04-12-2022, 10:58 AM	#87
pauwoo Hall Of Famer Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Seattle Posts: 2,255	2079 Season (June 5th – 7th) Portland Pines (32-24, .571, 1st AL West) @ Los Angeles Leopards (34-22, 607, 1st NL West) Portland, while finishing 18-9 for the month of May, struggled to close it out, losing three straight, at home, to Toronto before listlessly working their way through a 2-2 start in June. For our part, we’ve not been much better, but, when you have a division leader visiting your park you attach yourself to any edge, imaginary or otherwise, that you seem to have over them… here we’ll try to parlay our series win over the Alpines in Salt Lake into more of the same while the Pines look to improve their lot in life early in June lest this month get away from them entirely. Working in our favor here is that we’ll most likely face the backend of their rotation and avoid a showdown against former-Leopard, current American League STUD, Michael Brisk, whose 5-1 record on the year and 1.77 ERA will likely be put up against Dallas in the friendly confines of Portland Diamond Park four days from now. 57 of 162: Peter Parrow (2-5, 5.23) @ Keith Baeza (4-2, 2.84) Win, 2-0. Baeza kept the Pines in check over 7.1 innings of work, the defense castled early, and the offense, while not necessarily looking gangbusters here, did what was required to get the win with Otto putting a solo shot out of the park in the 3rd for some cushion after Satoru Ono drove one in on a double during the bottom of the very first frame. Kudo spelled Keith during the eight, punching out both batters he faced on 7 total pitches, and Haag racked up his 18th save on an economical 13-pitch 9th frame. A good, defense first win for the good guys… Side Note: We completed the draft today… and, well, nothing of any real value to report. I did take a Center Fielder named Snoopy Kent with the 242nd pick, so, if nothing else, it’ll be fun to watch him wash out of my dev system before turning his attention to the Bush League in a few years. 58 of 162: Dom Jefferson (5-2, 3.36) @ Dwight Beasley (5-3, 3.88) Win, 5-1. We’d extend our lead to 4 runs on a Saul Guzman balk that brought Otto in from 3rd and would find a way to win with that margin despite Portland successfully loading the bases during the top of the 9th as our closer, Haag, gutted out his 19th save of the year. Doubles for Dom and Otto, a TRUCK for Bill Cox, and a swiped bag for Ethan, his 12th on the year, would round things out nicely for us as we secure our second straight series win with this one coming against a topflight AL club, in our park, in front of our most ardent fans… Elsewhere: Former Leopard, current Motor, Peter Garcia gave New Orleans the business over 8 innings of work where he’d allow 7 hits, no runs, and nary a walk while fanning 8 Gators for the game to lead his club to a tasty little 3-1 victory at home. During the game, Garcia managed to fan Angry Eloy Delando, who is now 4-for-18 lifetime against Garcia with only 1 of his 215 career HR’s coming at Peter’s expense. 59 of 162: Kito Western (1-3, 4.55) @ Masaya Nakagawa (3-1, 2.60) Win, 5-4. We’d knot things up during the bottom of the 5th when Dom hit a run-scoring single, with the bases loaded, to drive one in and would take the lead a mere frame later when SS Carson Hutchinson hit a solo tank off Starter Kito Western. 3-for-4 day at the plate for Dom, including 2 runs and 2 RBI, Otto went 2-for-4 and scored, and we’d get two, team-first SAC FLIES, 1 each from Cox and Hutchinson… a sturdy performance from the pen too as Hernandez, Miotke, and Haag combined to hurl 4 shutout innings to close this one out. Sweep City, USA! Record: 37-22, .627, 1st NL West Up Next: Back on the road… headed to Austin for a 4-game series against Texas’ hippest city. __________________ Be excellent to each other. the Portland Pioneers \| the Los Angeles Leopards Last edited by pauwoo; 06-10-2022 at 10:45 AM.