5/4/1981
Week #4 Recap
Record: 15-11
Position: Tied for 2nd (3 games behind Philadelphia)
Runs Scored: 129 (1st in Hickory League)
Runs Allowed: 82 (4th in Hickory League)
Defense: .725 (3rd in Hickory League)
Power Ranking: 106.8,+ (7th in TBL)
Owner Mood: Ecstatic; Fan Interest: 82/100
The Mallards go 4-2 this week:
4/27 - beat New York Mammoths 10-3 (W-Riggs, 4-1, L-Colbert, 0-1) - HRs by Baldridge (1), Auld (2). 3 hits for Pete Grier. 3 RBI for Baldridge.
4/28 - loss to New York Mammoths 6-4 (W-McFall, 1-0, S-Romero (5), L-Patterson, 1-1) - HR by Santiago (1). 2 hits for Rainey, Mora, Bugbee.
4/29 - beat Phoenix 11-1 (W-Carithers, 1-2, L-Magdziak, 1-3) - 3 hits for Schwartz. 2 RBIs each for Swan and Bugbee.
4/30 - beat Phoenix 11-5 (W-Amador, 3-2, L-Maxwell, 2-2) - HR by Carroll (2). 3 RBI for Mora.
5/1 - loss to Phoenix 4-3 (W-Maxwell, 3-2, S-Lerman (3), L-Leyva, 4-2) - 3 hits for Musgrave, 2 hits for Schwartz, Rainey, Baldridge.
5/3 - beat Cincinnati 1-0 (W-Medina, 1-0, S-Patterson (4), L-Manning, 2-2) - 4 Mallards with one hit. Run scored on a single by Auld in the 7th.
Hitting Notes- Richie Swan was named HL Batter of the Month for April. During the month he batted .323 with 5 home runs and 13 RBI.
- Schwartz is batting .337/.416/.551 with 4 HR, 23 RBI.
- Pete Grier is off to a slower start - hitting .255/.353/.373 with 3 HR, 11 RBI.
- Without Musgrave starting, the stolen base total has dropped way off. We’ll see how long before Mr. Jacoby makes a comment.
- Schwartz has a 1.9 WAR, Swan with a 1.8 WAR.
Pitching Notes
- Activated Hal Holmes from the DL. Sent Theodore Walden down to AAA to make room. Walden had pitched well enough, but just not room for all.
- Leyva is 4-2 with a 2.34 ERA.
- Solis is 1-2 with a 2.58 ERA.
- Riggs is 4-1 with a 3.76 ERA.
- Amador is 3-2 with a 4.54 ERA.
- Carithers is 1-2 with a 3.75 ERA.
Other Team News- Former Mallards prospect Mike Stokes, traded to the Detroit Zephyrs in the offseason, was lost for the season after hurting his elbow.
Next Week- 2 more at Cincinnati
- 3 games vs. Philadelphia
- 2 games @ Pittsburgh
Standings Notes- Philly leads the HL East by 3 games over Montreal and us.
- San Diego has a game lead over San Francisco.
- Boston is 1 game up on the Metropolitans in the AL East.
- Dallas leads Seattle by 3 games in the AL West.
- Top 10 in Power Rankings:
- Philadelphia
- Dallas
- Boston
- San Diego
- San Francisco
- Montreal
- Milburn
- Toronto
- St. Louis
- Detroit
Around the League- Detroit ace Steve DeSantis pitched a shutout vs. the Dallas Texans on April 27th, striking out 6 and walking none.
- Milwaukee 3B Jose Pena achieved the 1500th hit of his career on April 27th against Denver.
- Baltimore C John Kinsey notched the 1000th hit of his career on April 30th. He has a .229 career average.
- Boston LF Bill Asher was named AL Hitter of the Month for April after batting .374 with 6 home runs and 24 RBI.
- Philly closer Bob Molsbee was named Hickory League Pitcher of the Month for April, courtesy of his 9 save, 0.56 ERA performance.
- The AL named Radford Barr the April Pitcher of the Month after going 4-1 with a 1.17 ERA.
- Montreal 2B Dickie Dorsey was named HL Rookie of the Month, when he batted .253 with 2 home runs and 12 RBI.
- Houston RF Wardell Lawton was named AL Rookie of the Month, thanks to his .312 average, 7 home runs, and 15 RBI performance.
- New York Mammoths SP Paul Sutphen notched the 100th win of his career on May 1st.
- San Diego Skippers 3B Dan Robertson collected hit number 1500 of his career on May 3rd.
- Detroit SP Steve DeSantis won the 200th game of his career on May 3rd after the Zephyrs beat Houston 9-3. He has a 200-124 record with a 3.08 ERA.