5/11/1981
Week #5 Recap
Record: 19-14
Position: 2nd (2 games behind Philadelphia )
Runs Scored: 149 (1st in Hickory League)
Runs Allowed: 111 (7th in Hickory League)
Defense: .726 (2nd in Hickory League)
Power Ranking: 104.6,- (8th in TBL)
Owner Mood: Ecstatic; Fan Interest: 82/100
The Mallards go 4-3 this week:
5/4 - beat Cincinnati 2-0 (W-Riggs, 5-1, S-Patterson (5), L-Farakiko, 1-3) - HRs by Baldridge (2), Carroll (3). 3 hits by Baldridge.
5/5 - loss to Cincinnati 10-3 (W-Johnson, 4-1, L-Amador, 3-3) - HR by Rainey (1). 2 hits by Rainey, Schwartz, Mora.
5/6 - loss to Philadelphia 7-1 (W-Howard, 5-1, L-Leyva, 4-3) - 2 hits and an RBI for Grier.
5/7 - beat Philadelphia 5-4 (W-Stone, 1-1, S-Patterson (6), L-Molsbee, 3-1) - First career HR for Bugbee (1). 2 hits for Swan, Auld, Grier, Mora, Carithers. 2 RBI for Swan.
5/8 - beat Philadelphia 4-3 (W-Solis, 2-2, S-Patterson (7), L-Molsbee, 3-2) - 3 hits for Musgrave. 2 RBI for Swan.
5/9 - beat Pittsburgh 4-2 (W-Riggs, 6-1, S-Patterson (8), L-Jonkman, 3-1) - 2 hits for Swan, Carroll, Rainey.
5/10 - loss to Pittsburgh 3-2 (W-Box, 2-2, S-Ray (11), L-Amador, 3-4) - 2 hits for Musgrave.
Hitting Notes- Bobby Bugbee has been placed on the Disabled List with back spasms. He is expected to miss 4 weeks. OF Oscar Gutierrez has been called up to replace him.
- Ron Schwartz is 2nd in the HL in RBI with 23.
- Schwartz and Richie Swan are tied for the HL lead in Batter WAR at 2.3.
- Ian Auld’s batting average is down from last season’s thus far, at .283. He has 2 home runs and 14 RBI.
Pitching Notes
- Jimmy Riggs tied for TBL lead in Wins with 6. He has a 2.80 ERA, 3.14 FIP.
- In 18.1 innings pitched, Harold Patterson has a 1.96 ERA and 8 saves. He has blown 1 save opportunity.
- In 5 innings of relief work so far, Hal Holmes has given up 1 hit and walked 2 for a 0.60 WHIP. He has not given up a run.
Other Team News- Promoted SP Ricardo Lopez to A Cascadia City from Rookie League Coconut Bay.
Next Week- 1 more vs. Pittsburgh (15-18)
- 3 games vs. Denver (14-19)
- 3 games @ Chicago Stars (15-18)
Standings Notes- San Francisco’s 20-13 record is 1 up on San Diego in the HL West.
- Boston leads the AL East by 3 games with their 22-11 record.
- Dallas is 2 games ahead of St. Louis in the AL West with a 21-12 record.
- Top 10 in Power Rankings:
- Boston
- Dallas
- Philadelphia
- St. Louis
- San Francisco
- Brooklyn
- Minnesota
- Milburn
- Baltimore
- New York Metropolitans
Around the League- San Diego ace SP Greg Wilder pitched a 1 hit shutout against Philadelphia on May 5th. He has a 2-1 record with a 2.52 ERA thus far.
- Sam Smart of Washington and Mushin Berkeley of St. Louis were suspended 4 and 8 games respectively for their parts in a benches clearing brawl between the two clubs on May 3rd.
- San Francisco SP Randy Boyer threw a 2 hit shutout against Minnesota May 7th. The free-agent signee is 1-1 with a 1.47 ERA thus far.
- St. Louis SP Tom Ave has angered another team with his post-game celebrations. After defeating Washington May 8th, Ave’s celebration was too much for Generals manager George Williams, who confronted Ave on the field.
- St. Louis 1B Tom Belongia collected the 1500th hit of his career May 8th against the Washington Generals.
- SP Johnny Osbon, the Golden Arm Award winner last season, who was traded from Washington to Philadelphia this offseason, has been signed to a 6 year extension by the Centennials. The 28-year-old will make $4,102,000 over the course of the 6 years.
- Brooklyn Atlantics 3B Jay Parker collected the 1500th hit of his career on May 10th. He has a career .290 average, with 52 home runs and 538 RBI.
- Minnesota Millers SP Mike Phillips has been named HL Player of the Week, thanks to his 2-0, 0.00 performances. He struck out 8 in 16 innings this week.
- Boston Colonials RF Bob Benware was named AL Player of the Week on the heels of his .484 average, 0 home runs, and 4 RBI week.