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Old 04-21-2019, 09:04 PM   #106
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2074 Season (5/14 – 5/16 @ Vancouver Whitecaps)

Phoenix Suns (22-16, .579) @ Vancouver Whitecaps (12-24, .333)
We are 5-7 in May... What a difference a month makes. But, with a trip to Vancouver (A city I love, BTW) on tap, now is as good a time as any to right the ship. Historically, Vancouver has been a quality club, winning 3 titles in the last 82 years with 31 playoff appearances with alot of that success coming in the last 20 years (2 titles / 12 playoff appearances (9 consecutive)) and while this hasn’t been a typical campaign for their club thus far there is plenty of time for them to get something going, but, after taking 2 of 3 off of them when they were in Phoenix, with Pepper doing most of the damage to his old club, it shouldn’t be against us... Vancouver is the proud owner of the worst record in league at 12-24, are rated 10th in Average, 9th in runs scored, and 11th in runs against & defensive efficiency and have a -41 rDiff.

39 of 162: Oswaldo Flores (1-4, 4.67 ERA) @ Julian Brooks (2-2, 5.34 ERA)
Vancouver tied the game in the bottom of the 7th at 8 each, and it took another 5 innings to settle the affair. Donny showed that he still has some life left in the top of the 13th when he brought PJ Amador home from second. The Jeter Bros were a combined 4 for 14 at the plate with 9 strikeouts between them – so outside of that at-bat, Donny and Derek didn’t show much. Pepper didn’t play and Oswaldo was injured in the 3rd – “dead arm” will keep him out for two weeks.

40 of 162: Keiki Kaneko (0-0, 3.86 ERA) @ Nolan Wilkins (1-4, 6.65 ERA)
Luca Milbrandt was the lone bright spot for Phoenix today as we lost 7-5 in Vancouver. He went 2 for 3 with an RBI and 3 runs scored. Vancouver 3B Kevin Palmer put his best foot forward and was 4 for 5 with an RBI and a run. Every Vancouver batter managed at least one hit in the game. Donny finished 0 for 4 with 3 K’s and Derek finished 1 for 4 with a run and 2 K’s – they really haven’t shown me much lately. Pepper was out again today, sitting consecutive games for the first time this season – not sure what is up with that. We also started a reliever in Kaneko as Cleveland is skipping a start to get some extra rest.

41 of 162: Del Miller (5-0, 4.40 ERA) @ Nick Boyer (0-2, 5.50 ERA)
Phoenix bounced back from a disappointing effort in the previous game and ended the long road trip on a positive note beating the Vancouver Whitecaps, 6-3. Pepper was back in the lineup and went 1 for 2 with a solo home run, 2 runs, and 2 walks – his discipline at the plate seems to be improving. Our first baseman Jacob Wells was 2 for 4 with 2 home runs and 3 RBI’s and DH Donny Jeter went 2 for 4 with a HR, 2 RBI and a walk – vintage. Del gave us a quality start while Derek watched from the bench. Nice 2-1 series win – should make the flight back to Phoenix an enjoyable one. With the win, and OKC’s 2 losses to the San Francisco 49ers, we move to 1 ½ games ahead of the Thunder for 1st in the NL West.

Note: This poorly planned & scheduled 12-game road trip saw us log 5,842 miles in 13 days – they had us going north, then south, then north again before heading south to Phoenix. Where do I have to send a bottle of scotch to make sure that doesn’t happen again? We’ll be happy to get back to Phoenix to enjoy our day off before welcoming San Francisco and LA to town.
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