5/16 THRU 5/31
5/16 DET @ WSH:
loss 1-8 Alan Paule (1-1, 16.20) got his first start of the year and was injured 1.1 IP into the game. He gave up 3R and got the loss. Zolly Schoeter (3-2, 3.43) got the win giving up 1R in 8.2IP. POG honors want to WSH SS Hitman Crocitto who went 3 for 5, 3R, 2RBI, 1HR, 1SB. For us, Carlton Affee went 3 for 5, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. John Dirt Bag Degal was called up and got an immediate start at catcher. He went 2 for 4 in his first ML game. Unfortunately, Paule will be day-2-day for the next 5 weeks with a strained tricep (Why does this almost always have to happen on the first game of a two week sim?
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5/17 PHI @ DET:
WIN 6-1 Billy Crowell (10-1, 1.70) was awesome again, giving up 1R in a CG POG Win. Ken Malia (1-2, 4.15) got the loss giving up 6R in 4.2IP. LF Hershel Cooley was the A's top batter going 3 for 4, 1R, 2SB. For us, Bud Moore went 2 for 3, 2RBI, 1BB, 1DBL. Luther Ormiston went 1 for 2, 2R, 2RBI, 2BB, 1HR. Luther moves into a tie with Kress in the HR race at 9. Matt Perly is only 1 behind at 8HR.
5/18 PHI @ DET:
WIN 5-0 Hal Andrew (7-1, 3.47) pitched 8.1 shut out innings for POG honors and the win. Walt Gajan finished the shutout pitching a hitless finally two outs. Chubby Allen went the distance for the A's but gave up 5R. Top PHI batter was young SS Ace Habermehl who went 2 for 3, 1BB. For us, Matt Perly went 3 for 4, 1R. Hal Andrew went 2 for 3. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 1R, 1DBL. Bud Moore hit a 3R HR with his only hit of the day.
5/19 PHI @ DET:
WIN 8-5 Bob Guilderson gave up 5R (4ER) in 7.2IP. Lloyd Wyman (3-1, 0.44) finished out the 8th for the win. Alex Footwangler (8.53, 5Sv) pitched a hitless 9th for a save. Bob Stevens went 7.2IP, but gave up 7R for the loss. Top A's batter was LF Greg Morris who went 2 for 4, 1RBI. For us, Bud Moore got POG for going 3 for 4, 4RBI, 1BB. Luther Ormiston was a perfect 2 for 2, 2R, 3RBI, 3BB, 1HR. Carl Sandoz went 2 for 4, 1R, 1DBL. A's CF Harry Badeau extended his hit streak to 17 games. David Castaneda got thrown out in the 7th for arguing a strike out with the ump.
5/20 StL @ DET:
loss 2-9 Alan Paule (1-2, 11.25) started despite his injury and gave up 6R in 7IP for the loss. Paul Rivest gave up only 2R in a CG win. Brown's CF John Fahringer got POG for going 4 for 5, 3R, 4RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. RF Tony Monachino also hit well for them going 2 for 2, 1R, 2RBI, 3BB, 1SB. For us, top batter was Dave Castaneda going 2 for 4.
5/21 StL @ DET:
loss 3-7 Billy Crowell (10-2, 2.16) got his first loss as a Tiger giving up 7R in a CG loss. Fritz Kaufman got the win giving up only 2R in 8IP. POG honors went to CF Johnny Champagne who went 4 for 5, 2R, 3RBI, `DBL. For us, Matt Perly went 3 for 4. Luther Ormiston and Billy Crowell both hit a solo HR for their only hits of the game.
5/22 StL @ DET:
loss 1-9 Hal Andrew (7-2, 3.84) gave up 7R (6ER) in 6 IP for the loss. Four of those runs were in the 1st. Cotton Simson (6-3, 3.00) pitched great giving up only 1R in a CG win. POG was Brown's 1B Vince Chipple who went 2 for 4, 1R, 5RBI, 1HR. For us, Iggy Chennault went 3 for 4, 1RBI filling in at 3B. Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 1R, 1DBL. We weren't out hit today (9 to 9) and we committed fewer errors (1 to 2), but StL was much more efficient with their hits.
5/24 DET @ BOS:
loss 3-10 Bob Guilderson (4-3, 5.11) got the loss giving up 7R in 5.2IP. JoJo King (4-5, 5.32) got a CG win giving up only 3R. Sox RF Ben Hargey got POG honors going 4 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL. LF Buster Myer (3 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 2DBL), 2B Maurice Goza (3 for 4, 2R, 2RBI) and C Em Pelto (3 for 5, 2R, 1RBI) all had great games. For us, Carl Sandoz went 2 for 4, 1RBI, 1DBL. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1HR (this longest of his career - 524 feet).
5/25 DET @ BOS:
loss 5-6 Alan Paule (1-3, 9.45) gutted out his injury for a CG, but collected his third consecutive loss as he gave up 6R. Sloppy Mosich gave up 5R (2ER) in 7IP. The win went to closer Billy Hyberg (2-0, 2.49) who pitched the final out for BOS. Sox 1B Bobby Johnson got POG going 2 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. Al Arsenault also went 2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1HR. For us, Luther Ormiston went 3 for 5, 1R. Ray Kress went 2 for 4, 1BB. David Castaneda went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI.
5/26 DET @ BOS:
WIN 6-2 We snap a 5 game losing streak compliments of a Bud Moore PH grand slam in the 8th. Billy Crowell (11-2, 2.06) is back to his winning ways giving up only 2R (1ER) in a CG POG win. Sonny Faulkner (7-6, 4.77) got a CG loss giving up 6R. Top Sox batter was SS Rusky Lutske who went 2 for 4. For us, Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 1DBL. Ray Kress went 2 for 4. John Degal got some time in at C (his fourth start in the last two weeks).
5/28 DET @ CHI:
loss 2-4 Hal Andrew (7-3, 3.90) got the CG loss giving up 4R. Johnny Gordley (4-6, 4.66) got the win giving up 2R in 8IP. POG went to Sox 2B Tony Seats who went 2 for 3, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR. For us, Hal Andrew (.353) went 2 for 2, 1R, 1BB, 1DBL. Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 1RBI. Carlton Affee went 2 for 5, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL, 1SB. We out hit CHI 11 to 7, but still lost.
5/29 DET @ CHI:
loss 9-10 This game went 10 innings. Bob Guilderson gave up 5R (4ER) in 4IP as a 2nd inning rain delay was a factor. However, the loss went to Alex Footwangler (1-2, 8.79) who gave up 2R in the finally 1.2IP. The win went to Sox closer Corky Stell (4-3, 3.86) despite giving up 2R in the final 2IP. Top Sox batters were Chester Munch (3 for 6, 1R, 4RBI, 1HR, 1DBL, POG), 1B Ed Rossi (3 for 6, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL) and CF Homer Jewell (2 for 4, 1R, 1BB, 1DBL, 1SB). For us, Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 3R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Dave Castaneda went 2 for 3, 4RBI, 1DBL.
5/30 DET @ CHI:
WIN 10-4 Alan Paule (2-3, 8.33) got a win despite giving up 4R in 7IP. Earl Boyd (2-8, 5.03) got beat up early (4 in the 1st) and ended up giving up 7R in 4.2 IP for the loss. Top Sox batters were 3B Hendreick Asher (3 for 5, 1R, 1TRPL) and 1B Ed Rossi (1 for 2, 1R, 3BB). For us, Bud Moore went 3 for 5, 1R, 5RBI, 1HR for POG honors. Matt Perly went 3 for 5, 2R, 3RBI, 2DBL, 1HR. Ray Kress came off the bench in the 8th and went 1 for 1, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR.
5/31 WSH @ DET:
WIN 10-1 Billy Crowell (12-2, 1.99) gave up only 4 hits and 1R for POG and a CG win. Zolly Schoeter (4-3, 4.13) gave up 6R in 4.1IP. Top WSH batter was 3B Jungle Jim Dunkey who went 3 for 4, 1RBI, 1DBL. For us, Carlton Affee went 2 for 3, 3R, 1RBI. Carl Sandoz went 3 for 5, 3R. Ray Kress went 1 for 3, 2R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Luther Ormiston hit a grand slam with his only hit of the day.
STANDINGS
#1 in the AL, 3.5 games ahead of St. Louis, 6-8 in the last 14
BAD NEWS
-Five consecutive losses and 1-7 (from 5/20 to 5/29) was a huge disappointment.
-Several hitters were quiet for the last couple of weeks of May. Ray Kress nearly saw his avg dip below .300. When Ray isn't hitting, we are in trouble.
-Alan Paule was injured in his first start of the year but pitched from the #4 spot anyway (1-3) for two weeks. He will be replaced by Melzer who should now be healthy.
-AAA SP Eral Roberts will miss a couple of months due to a pulled tricep muscle.
-A 2B Rob Bell will also miss about 2 months with a torn calf muscle.
GOOD NEWS
-Billy Crowell got his second consecutive POM awards. This time for going 6-1, 2.03.
-Matt Perly gives us our second consecutive BOM award. He hit .402 and had 4HR, 31RBI in May.
-Luther Ormiston had a hot final two weeks. He now leads the AL in HRs (14), RUNs (55 from the cleanup spot), DBLs (20), OBP (.481), SLG (.719) and is second in RBI (55), second in AVG (.375), and third in BB (39).
This guy needs a nick name... suggestions will be considered.
-AL Runs: Luther #1, Ray Kress #2, Calton Affee #3, Carl Sandoz #5.
ROSTER CHANGES
-John Dirt Bag Degal has been treading water in the Minors for four years. I've called him up to the AR so that Bud Moore can take him under his wing and hopefully light a fire under his butt. He's got too much potential so his lack of progress required me to take drastic measures.
-Vincent Solinger had to be demoted to make room for Degal. Unfortunately, he won't make it to Buffalo AAA. He'll be claimed on waivers by someone. We will miss his skill behind the plate very much.
BATTING THRU 5/31
Code:
Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG
Code:
I. Chennault 10 15 6 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 .400 .471 .400
V. Solinger 5 10 4 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 .400 .455 .400
L. Ormiston 51 192 72 20 2 14 55 55 39 17 .375 .481 .719
M. Perly 52 200 71 11 1 9 50 32 12 19 .355 .381 .555
H. Andrew 13 34 12 4 0 0 4 7 7 4 .353 .463 .471
R. Liggett 16 15 5 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 .333 .375 .333
H. Melzer 9 15 5 2 0 0 4 3 0 5 .333 .333 .467
C. Affee 51 224 71 8 3 6 27 47 19 11 .317 .369 .460
C. Sandoz 52 206 65 14 0 0 11 44 28 19 .316 .403 .383
R. Kress 52 187 57 8 2 11 44 48 49 25 .305 .450 .545
D. Castaneda 49 173 52 5 1 2 31 13 7 27 .301 .326 .376
B. Moore 47 159 47 10 1 5 41 22 29 11 .296 .402 .465
R. Kaladimos 50 186 47 9 2 4 25 21 17 18 .253 .316 .387
R. Fish 19 32 8 0 1 0 2 5 2 4 .250 .294 .313
J. Degal 7 17 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 .235 .278 .235
T. Hoelscher 28 27 6 2 1 1 5 6 0 1 .222 .214 .481
W. Cruce 17 18 4 0 0 0 2 3 1 1 .222 .300 .222
P. Murovic 26 48 9 2 0 0 5 7 6 6 .188 .273 .229
PITCHING THRU 5/31
Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K
Code:
B. Crowell 14 14 12 2 0 1.99 122.1 111 33 27 24 30
H. Andrew 13 13 7 3 0 3.90 97.0 90 50 42 39 48
M. Downey 12 6 4 1 0 5.13 52.2 59 31 30 25 20
B. Guilderson 13 13 4 3 0 5.27 95.2 97 61 56 50 40
L. Wyman 25 0 3 1 5 1.59 22.2 10 4 4 5 9
A. Paule 7 4 2 3 0 8.33 27.0 35 25 25 19 10
H. Melzer 9 6 2 2 0 4.43 40.2 30 20 20 30 23
A. Footwangler 14 0 1 2 5 8.79 14.1 23 15 14 8 5
S. Leveck 10 0 1 1 0 4.50 8.0 6 5 4 7 3
S. Brown 3 0 0 0 0 4.50 6.0 7 5 3 4 1
W. Gajan 13 0 0 2 1 7.24 13.2 20 13 11 6 4