4/16 - 4/30
4/16 DET @ PHI:
WIN 5-3 Vic Gorin (3-1, 4.71) got POG honors for a CG Win giving up only 3 ER. He held the A's to 3 hits and 3 BB. Matt Perly had a 3 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL day. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 1HR. Ray Kress also hit a solo shot for his only hit of the day. David Castaneda hit a 2R HR as well.
4/17 DET @ PHI:
loss 9-10 Hal Andrew gave up 8R (6ER) in 7.2 IP. However, this game was lost in extra innings as Stan Leveck (1-1, 0.00) gave up 1R (0 ER) in the 12th compliments of an error followed by a Triple by PHI SS Joe Starling. The A's used almost every pitcher on their active roster in this game, but the Win went to Closer Ken Binns (1-1, 3.38). Rem Kelley was given POG honors going 1 for 6, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR. For us, Carlton Affee went 3 for 6, 1R, 1RBI. Carl Sandoz went 3 for 6, 1R, 1RBI. Bud Moore went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 2BB. Ray Kress went 1 for 5, 2R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Matt Perly also HR'd going 2 for 6, 1R, 3RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. We out hit PHI 13-9, but the 5 errors killed us today.
4/19 CHI @ DET:
WIN 5-3 Harley Melzer (2-1, 5.20) got the Win and POG honors giving up 3ER in 7IP. Alex Footwangler got a Save. Sox 3B Hendrick Asher went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1TPL. For us, Carlton "don't call me Carl" Affee went 2 for 5, 1R. Bud Moore went 2 for 3, 2RBI, 1BB. Luther Ormistion went 1 for 3, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL. Carl Sandoz went 1 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1TRPL.
4/20 CHI @ DET:
WIN 4-1 Bob Guilderson (2-2, 4.73) got the Win and POG honors giving up only 1 ER in 8IP. Alex Footwangler got his 4th Save of the month. No one hit well for the Sox. For us, Carlton Affee went 2 for 4, 1R. Ray Kress homered again going 3 for 4, 2R, 1RBI. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 3, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB.
4/21 CHI @ DET:
loss 2-6 Vic Gorin (3-2, 5.06) gave up 5ER in 8.2 IP for the loss. The Win and POG honors went to John Skoropat (4-0, 1.74) for only giving up 2ER in 8.2 IP. Sox top batter of the day was CF David Oram going 3 for 5, 2R, 2DBL, 1TRPL. For us, it was Matt Perly giong 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1TRPL.
4/23 DET @ StL:
WIN 8-4 Hal Andrew (2-1, 4.20) got the CG Win giving up 4ER. He also managed to steal a base. Top Brown's batter was C Frankie Bowers who went 3 for 4, 1RBI, 1DBL. Their 2B Vern Piernatzski also had a nice game going 2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. For us, Luther Ormiston got POG honors going 3 for 5, 1R, 3RBI, 1DBL. David Castaneda went 4 for 5, 1R, 1DBL. Carl Sandoz remains hot going 2 for 4, 3R, 2BB. Ray Kress went 2 for 4, 2R, 1BB.
4/24 DET @ StL:
loss 1-6 Harley Melzer (2-2, 5.55) got the CG loss giving up 6ER. Fritz Kaufman (3-1, 6.00) got the CG POG Win giving up only 1ER. Top batter of the day was Brown's CF Cy Helbig who went 2 for 4, 2R, 3RBI, 2HR, 1SB.
4/25 DET @ StL:
WIN 5-1 Bob Guilderson (3-2, 3.79) got the CG POG Win giving up only 1ER. Once again the champagne bottles were opened getting a win against Cotton Simson (3-2, 3.41) who gave up 5ER in their CG loss. Once again Cy Helbig was their top batter going 2 for 3, 1BB, 1SB. For us, Carl Sandoz went 2 for 3, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB, 2DBL, 1SacHit. Carlton Affee went 2 for 5, 2R, 1DBL. Ray Kress went 1 for 2, 1R, 1RBI, 2BB, 1DBL, 1SacFly. Bud Moore went 2 for 5, 2RBI.
4/26 PHI @ DET:
loss 1-4 Vic Gorin (3-3, 4.86) got a CG loss giving up 4ER (3 of them in the 9th complements of a 2R Triple by SS Joe Starling - feels like dejavu). Lefty Bowden (4-2, 4.05) earned POG honors and the Win giving up 1R (0ER) in 8 IP. Carlton Affee went 2 for 5, 1R, 1SB. Top A's batter was LF Hershel Cooley who went 2 for 4.
4/27 PHI @ DET:
loss 2-7 Hal Andrew (2-2, 4.07) was left in one too many innings giving up 3ER in 8IP but PHI started a rally off of him in the 9th combining for 5ER off of him and MR Alan Paule. Mel Kauble (1-1, 2.25) got the Win giving up only 2ER in 8IP. PHI C Gord Gentry did the most damage with a grand slam in 9th for POG honors. For us, Carl Sandoz went 2 for 4. Rik Kaladimos went 2 for 4, 1RBI. Hal Andrew stole his second base of the month.
4/28 PHI @ DET:
WIN 16-4 Harley Melzer (3-2, 5.27) got the Win giving up 4R (3ER) in 7IP. We out hit the A's 17 to 8. LF Hershel Cooley was their top batter going 3 for 5, 1R. Their RF Peaches Badeau went 2 for 4, 3RBI. For us Carlton Affee got POG going 3 for 5, 3R, 4RBI, 2HR. Carl Sandoz went 3 for 5, 2R, 1RBI. Ray Kress went 2 for 4, 3R, 2RBI, 2BB, 1HR. Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 3R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Bud Moore went 2 for 4, 4RBI, 1 DBL. Rik the Greek went 3 for 5, 3R, 1RBI, 1DBL.
4/29 NYY @ DET:
WIN 10-6 Bob Guilderson (4-2, 4.22) got the win despite giving up 5 ER in 7IP. Yank starter Jack Andrade left the game after 2.2 with a strained bicep and is expected to miss a month. Young Yank 1B John Bombardier went 3 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL. Their CF Joe Lount also went 2 for 5, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR. For us, Ray Kress got POG for going 2 for 5, 2R, 3RBI, 1HR. Luther Ormistion went 2 for 4, 2R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Rik the Greek went 1 for 3, 1R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Bud Moore went 2 for 4, 1R, 1BB, 1DBL. Even Bob Guilderson got into the act going 1 for 2, 1R, 1BB, 1TRPL.
4/30 NYY @ DET:
WIN 3-2 Vic Gorin (4-3, 4.39) pitched a nice game giving up only 2ER the CG POG Win. He barely out pitched Willie Dawkins (3-4, 3.54) who gave up 3ER (1ER) in 8. Top Yank batter was 1B Denny Caneer who, once again, tried to make us pay for trading him. He went 2 for 3, 1R, 1RBI, 1HR. We only managed 5 hits. Two of them came from Rik Kaladimos who went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1HR. Despite his .129 AVG, Denny Caneer is only 1 HR behind Ray Kress.
STANDINGS
-We went 8-5 to finish the month 14-12. We are tied for 2nd in the AL - only 1.5 games behind Cleveland.
BAD NEWS
-Lots of injuries, but no new ones to any on the AR.
-John "Dirt Bag" Degal has not responded well to being moved up to AA, may have to demote him before he loses confidence.
-Rik Kaladimos went on an 0-25 (7 game) hitting slump, but then got hot in the last four games of the month.
GOOD NEWS
-Sam Cheney (our #1 pick this year) is killing single A batters. He's went 5-0, 0.57 in 6GS this month. I'm going to go ahead and promote him to AA.
-Bob Guilderson went 3-0 in his last 3 starts despite his balky back. The trainers say he'll continue to be day-2-day for the next three weeks.
-Matt Perly's bat woke up as he went from .240 to .290 in the last couple of weeks.
-Carl Sandoz is #1 in the AL in AVG at .373.
-Ray Kress is #1 in the AL in Runs (26) and is #2 in HRs (8).
-Matt Perly and Luther Ormistion also made the top 10 in HRs with 5 a piece.
-Detroit is #1 overall in Walks, #2 in HRs and Runs. We are also #1 in opponent AVG.
BATTING
Code:
Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG
Code:
V. Solinger 4 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 .500 .667 .500
C. Sandoz 26 102 38 5 1 0 14 15 17 6 .373 .463 .441
W. Cruce 5 3 1 0 0 1 2 2 1 0 .333 .500 1.333
R. Liggett 13 13 4 0 0 0 2 2 3 1 .308 .438 .308
C. Affee 25 115 35 6 1 3 16 21 9 5 .304 .352 .452
P. Murovic 16 27 8 2 0 0 5 3 4 2 .296 .387 .370
R. Kress 26 95 28 4 1 8 25 26 22 9 .295 .417 .611
B. Moore 23 86 25 4 0 0 14 11 12 11 .291 .378 .337
M. Perly 26 100 29 7 2 5 16 14 7 10 .290 .336 .550
L. Ormiston 26 98 28 7 0 5 24 17 19 10 .286 .412 .510
D. Castaneda 25 90 24 2 0 1 8 12 4 8 .267 .305 .322
T. Hoelscher 16 16 4 1 0 0 2 2 2 3 .250 .333 .313
R. Kaladimos 26 100 18 3 0 4 12 12 9 14 .180 .248 .330
PITCHING
Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K
Code:
V. Gorin 7 7 4 3 0 4.39 55.1 42 28 27 26 30
B. Guilderson 7 7 4 2 0 4.22 42.2 36 22 20 37 26
H. Melzer 6 6 3 2 0 5.27 42.2 37 32 25 31 26
H. Andrew 6 6 2 2 0 4.07 48.2 40 24 22 22 15
S. Leveck 6 0 1 1 0 0.00 5.1 2 1 0 0 0
L. Wyman 10 0 0 0 0 3.27 11.0 14 8 4 7 8
A. Footwangler 7 0 0 1 4 1.17 7.2 9 1 1 1 3
A. Paule 5 0 0 0 0 4.15 8.2 6 5 4 8 5
R. Blaisdell 6 0 0 1 0 1.80 10.0 7 3 2 2 2
J. Bradshaw 5 0 0 0 0 6.75 4.0 7 3 3 2 1