Notes from the TWB Detroit Tigers Manager

[Matt from TN]

Originally Posted by jdw

If the Yanks are two games back going out of the Tigers series, they still have a shot.

Yes, but I think if they don't win at least 2, they're done.

We'll find out in 2-4 hours.

[m0ng00se]

1954, 9/16 thru END OF SEASON

9/16 DET @ NYY: WIN 10-2 Sonny Faulkner (14-16, 3.88) gave up just 3H & 2R for the CG win. Carpenter Erickson (22-11, 3.26) gave up 8R in 5IP for the loss. Top Yank hitter was C Glen Vickers (1 for 4, 1HR). For us, Ray Kress got POG going 3 for 4, 3R, 2RBI, 1BB, 2HR. Matt Perly went 2 for 3, 3RBI, 2BB, 2DBL. Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 4, 2R, 1BB.

9/17 DET @ NYY: WIN 8-5 Roy Wolfe (21-9, 3.23) got the win giving up 5R (4ER) in 8IP. Magnus George pitched a scoreless 9th for his 7th save. Maury Baum gave up 6R (2ER) in 5.1IP. Top Yank hitters were RF Wood Woodworth (3 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR) & 2B Lonnie Ives (3 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL). For us, Isaac Mitchell got POG going 2 for 4, 4RBI, 1DBL. Matt Perly went 2 for 3, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB.

9/18 DET @ NYY: WIN 8-3 Bud Ulrich (19-10, 4.49) got the win giving up 2R in 8IP. Grant Kauffman gave up 6R in 7.2IP for the loss. Top Yank hitter was SP Grant Kauffman who went 1 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. For us, Rollin Fish got POG going 2 for 3, 5RBI, 2BB.

9/19 DET @ PHI: loss 0-1 Hal Andrew (23-9, 2.85) had a perfect game going until the 7th when 2B Ace Habermehl hit a solo HR. It was the only base runner Andrew allowed all day, but he got the CG loss anyway. Ellis Weeks (20-5, 3.58) pitched 8.1 shutout innings for the win and POG. Top A's hitter was 2B Ace Habermehl (1 for 3, 1HR). For us, Rollin Fish went 1 for 2, 2BB.

9/20 DET @ PHI: WIN 4-3 Sonny Faulkner gave up just 2R in 8IP. The win went to Magnus George (7-2, 4.50) who blew a save in the 9th, but held on for the win pitching a scoreless 10th. Dan Mau gave up 3R in 9IP. The loss went to Paul Alaimo (0-3, 5.27) who failed to hold in the 10th. Top A's hitters were C Sal Poulos (2 for 4, 1HR), 2B Ace Habermehl (2 for 4, 1BB) & 3B Bud Ayers (2 for 5, 1HR). For us, Isaac Mitchell went 3 for 5. Dirtbag Degal got POG going 1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR.

9/21 DET @ PHI: WIN 4-3 Roy Wolfe (22-9, 3.14) gave up 3R (0ER) in 8IP for the win. Magnus George pitched a hitless 9th for his 8th save. Tad Zonkas (15-18, 3.57) gave up 4R in 7.2IP for the loss. Top A's hitter was 3B Bud Ayers (2 for 4, 1R). For us, Dennis Kitterman got POG going 4 for 5, 1R.

9/22 day off

9/23 BOS @ DET: WIN 6-2 Bud Ulrich (19-10, 4.43) got the win and POG giving up 2R in 8.1IP. Cirilo Gonzalez (2-5, 4.45) gave up 6R in 2.2IP for the loss. Top BOS hitters were 2B Joe Bardo (2 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1TRPL, 1HR) & 3B Trenidad Maples (2 for 4, 1DBL). For us, Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI. Bud Ulrich went 2 for 4, 2RBI. Ray Kress went 1 for 3, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR.

9/24 BOS @ DET: loss 1-6 Hal Andrew (23-10, 2.90) gave up 4R in 6.2IP for the loss. Bryce Ostrander (10-7, 4.30) gave up just 1R in 6IP for the win. Top BOS hitters were SS Tre Maples (3 for 3, 2R, 1BB, 1DBL) & RF Curt Kahle (1 for 3, 1R, 4RBI, 1HR, POG). For us, Rollin Fish & Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 4. Ray Kress went 1 for 2, 2BB, 1HR & set a new AL Record with 168 BB.

9/25 BOS @ DET: WIN 5-4 Sonny Faulkner (15-16, 3.85) got the win giving up 4R in 8.1IP. Magnus George closed out the 9th for his 9th save. Cort Nagel (13-17, 5.12) was pulled after 3R and walking 9 in 4.2IP. Top BOS hitters were 3B Ben Lutske (1 for 3, 1BB, 1HR), RF Will Groaning (1 for 2, 1R, 2BB) & 2B Joe Bardo (3 for 5). For us, Dennis Kitterman got POG going 3 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Luther Ormiston went 1 for 4, 3RBI, 1BB.


BAD NEWS
-No time for bad news... 3 consecutive pennants is all I'm feeling right now.

GOOD NEWS
-Big bats for the month were Kress (.348, 7HR), Perly (.351, 4HR), & Mitchell (.329, 5HR).
-Top Pitcher was easily Roy Wolfe (4-0, 1.93) who as convinced me to leave him in as a starter for the WS. In the last two years he was the starter sent to the pen. This year, new guy, Faulkner is the odd man out.

SEPTEMBER AWARDS
-On 10/1 Roy Wolfe was named AL Pitcher of the Month for going 4-0, 1.93 in 5GS.
-On 10/1 Isaac Mitchell was named AL Batter of the Month for hitting .329, 5HR, 23RBI.

[m0ng00se]

1954 WORLD SERIES

9/28 DET @ StL: WIN 2-0 Hal Andrew (1-0, 0.00) struck out 7, allowed only 5H and 1BB for a CG shutout win and POG. Grady Ingram allowed only 5H and 2BB, but also 2R due to a Degal HR for the CG loss. Top StL hitter was LF Ogden Wing (2 for 4). For us, Ray Kress went 2 for 3, 1R, 1BB. Dirtbag Degal went 2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR.

9/29 DET @ StL: WIN 6-0 Roy Wolfe (1-0, 0.00) pitched 7.2 shutout innings giving up just 4H and 1BB for the win and POG. Don Vonkitzing completed the shut out giving up 1H and 1BB in the final 1.1IP. Garland Sisk (0-1, 6.43) gave up 5R in 7IP for the loss. Genarito Nunez was the top StL hitter going 2 for 3. For us, Ray Kress went 2 for 5, 1R, 1RBI. Dirtbag Degal went 2 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Luther Ormiston went 1 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR. Matt Perly went 1 for 2, 1R, 2BB, 1DBL.

10/1 StL @ DET: WIN 12-2 Bud Ulrich had to leave the game after 1.2IP due to shoulder problems. Sonny Faulkner (1-0, 2.45) relieved him and got the win giving up 2R in remaining 7.1IP. Frank Vamos (0-1, 11.12) gave up 7R in 5.2IP. Top StL hitter was C Herman Dunkel (2 for 4, 1HR). For us, Dennis Kitterman got POG going 3 for 4, 3R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Dave Castaneda went 4 for 4, 3R, 2RBI, 1BB. Dirtbag Degal went 1 for 5, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 5, 1R, 3RBI, 1TRPL.

10/2 StL @ DET: loss 0-7 Hal Andrew (1-1, 3.94) gave up 7R in 7IP for the loss. Grady Ingram (1-1, 1.00) pitched a 5H CG shutout for the win and POG. Top StL hitters were 3B Genarito Nunez (3 for 4, 2RBI, 1DBL, 1SB), Mike Fellner (2 for 4, 2R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1DBL, 1HR), CF Ben Cook (2 for 4, 1R, 1SB) & 2B Rex Seelinger (1 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR). For us, Ray Kress went 2 for 3, 1DBL. Matt Perly went 1 for 3, 1BB. Hal Andrew went 1 for 2.

10/3 StL @ DET: WIN 7-3 Roy Wolfe (2-0, 1.69) got the win giving up 3H, 3BB, 2HR, 3R in 8.1IP. Lloyd Wyman finished out the 9th for this final game of the series. Garland Sisk (0-2, 9.26) gave up 7R in 4.2IP for the loss. Top StL hitters were Mike Fellner (3 for 4, 1TRPL, 1HR) & CF Ben Cook (1 for 4, 1HR). For us, Luther Ormiston got POG going 2 for 4, 1R, 4RBI, 1HR. Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI. Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 5, 2R, 1SB.

Degal and Ormiston had some clutch power hitting this series, but MVP went to Roy Wolfe and I agree with this completely. After being sent to the pen in the previous two World Series, he worked hard on his control this last spring training. He finished the season strong getting the September AL Pitcher of the Month. And, it was nice to see him shine when given a chance to pitch in the big games this WS.

[m0ng00se]

1954 STANDINGS

Team           W   L  PCT   GB  Last10

 
Detroit      106  48 .688   -    8-2 
New York     100  54 .649  6.0   4-6 
Philadelphia  85  69 .552 21.0   5-5 
Boston        79  75 .513 27.0   4-6 
Cleveland     74  80 .481 32.0   4-6 
Baltimore     66  88 .429 40.0   5-5 
Washington    60  94 .390 46.0   5-5 
Chicago       46 108 .299 60.0   5-5

TEAM STAT STANDINGS

Batting AVG:    .287 (1st)
Homeruns:        207 (1st)
Walks:           817 (1st)
Stolen Bases:     68 (4th)
Runs Scored:     987 (1st)
Pitching ERA:   3.67 (3rd)
Opponents AVG:  .238 (3rd)
HRs Allowed:     143 (T-11th)
Walks Allowed:   481 (2nd)
Runs Allowed:    627 (4th)

1954 HITTING

Name             G  AB   H 2B 3B HR RBI   R  BB  K  AVG  OBP   SLG

 
O. Adkins       44   3   2  1  0  1   1   1   1  1 .667 .750 2.000 
C. Darling      48  85  31  2  3  1  11  14   8 14 .365 .419  .494 
R. Kress       149 472 168 18  3 37 102 143 170 62 .356 .522  .642 
D. Kitterman   140 507 168 12  6 12  65 101  88 29 .331 .432  .450 
I. Mitchell    144 544 174 21  9 15  90  75  32 53 .320 .357  .474 
M. Perly       151 548 174 36  3 42 162 124  73 88 .318 .397  .624 
D. Castaneda   142 507 159  9  8  5  52 117 116 63 .314 .441  .393 
C. Sandoz       49  74  23  2  0  1  14  12  11 10 .311 .395  .378 
M. Kreitenberg 122 333 101  9  6  1  42  55  37 37 .303 .372  .375 
L. Ormiston    146 510 152 27  5 27 108  93  88 64 .298 .402  .529 
J. Degal       135 491 146  7  2 42 143 114  73 40 .297 .381  .576 
R. Fish        143 469 106 10  4 15  75  68  72 43 .226 .330  .360 
J. Coleman     125 366  80 11  5 13  57  51  53 43 .219 .320  .383 
J. Meacham      71 158  34  9  0  6  20  20  12 18 .215 .269  .386 
B. Ulrich       38 117  24  4  1  0  13   7   6 24 .205 .242  .256 
P. Short        63  78  15  2  3  2  14  10   2 17 .192 .205  .372 
H. Andrew       40 117  19  5  0  0   8   9   8 25 .162 .216  .205 
E. Faulkner     38 101  14  4  1  0   5   5   6 22 .139 .185  .198 
R. Wolfe        38 120  12  5  1  0  10   9   6 36 .100 .143  .158 
C. Stell        32  65   5  2  0  0   4   5   3 17 .077 .118  .108 
S. Cole         37  19   1  0  1  0   3   0   0  4 .053 .053  .158 
D. Vonkitzing   19   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   1  0 .000 1.000 .000 
S. Brown        23   1   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  0 .000 .000  .000 
G. Young         9   4   0  0  0  0   1   0   1  1 .000 .167  .000

1954 PITCHING

Name           G GS  W  L SV  ERA   IP   HA   R  ER  BB   K

 
H. Andrew     39 39 23 10  0 2.90 310.1 203 105 100  95 242 
R. Wolfe      38 38 22  9  0 3.14 303.2 298 136 106  54 159 
B. Ulrich     38 38 19 10  0 4.43 280.2 259 150 138 129 186 
E. Faulkner   38 38 15 16  0 3.85 287.2 271 133 123 124 153 
C. Stell      32 24 14  5  1 3.74 171.0 160  76  71  69  64 
S. Cole       37  5  7  4  2 4.22  64.0  62  32  30  23  27 
M. George     63  0  7  2  9 4.36  53.2  65  30  26  17  33 
S. Brown      23  0  4  0  1 4.18  28.0  28  13  13   9   8 
O. Adkins     44  0  4  1  2 5.10  47.2  57  28  27  24  25 
L. Wyman      33  0  2  2 21 2.08  34.2  29   9   8  12  15 
D. Vonkitzing 19  0  0  1  0 3.79  19.0  16   8   8  14   9

AL TOP10 TIGERS
AVG - Kress #1, Kitterman #4, Mitchell #7, Perly #10
SLG - Kress #1, Perly #2, Degal #4, Ormiston #9
2B - Perly #2
3B - Mitchell #7
HR - Perly & Degal #2, Kress #5, Ormiston #10
RBI - Perly #1, Degal #2, Ormiston #7, Kress #9
RUN - Kress #1, Perly #2, Castanadea #4, Degal #6, Kitterman #8
SB - Kreitenberg #2
BB - Kress #1, Castaneda #3, Ormiston & Kitterman #8
WIN - Andrew #1, Wolfe #3, Ulrich #7
SVs - Wyman #2
Ks - Andrew #3, Ulrich #4, Wolfe #6, Faulkner #9
ERA - Andrew #1, Wolfe #4


NEW AL & TIGER RECORDS
RBI - 162, Matt Perly
Runs - 143, Ray Kress
Walks - 170, Ray Kress

NEW TIGER RECORDS
K's - 242, Hal Andrew
K's in one Game - 12, Hal Andrew (8/10/1954)

CAREER LEADERS
AVG - Kress #19 (.336)
HR - Kress #3 (365), Ormiston #20 (271), Perly #23 (256)
BB - Kress #21 (1319)
SVs - Wyman #5 (153)

YEAR END AWARDS
-Hal Andrew was named AL Pitcher of the year.
-Matt Perly was named AL Batter of the Year.
-John Degal was awared the AL Catcher Gold Glove Award.

[kreitena]

Wow Mike Kreitenberg's batting average really dropped over the last 2 months of the season. Something near 40 points or so. OUCH!

[canadiancreed]

maybe he's unhappy with lack of playing time

[m0ng00se]

Seems like young players take a little while before the learn to pace them selves and be consistant ball players. But yea, bouncing around alll over the IF and not getting a whole lot of at bats in the WS would wear thin on anyone.

I know he deserves to start somewhere and I'm working on different ideas either on my roster or elsewhere. Its early in the preseason so who knows what could happen. I've gotten no shortage of offers for him and Degal, thats for sure. But I like those two kids so much its very difficult to want to part with either of them.

[canadiancreed]

well K i could see moving.....somewhere.

degal. ya right. h's not going anywhere, everyone shoudl know this. He's a rare commodity, a C that can hit and hit WELL!

[Matt from TN]

Originally Posted by m0ng00se

I've gotten no shortage of offers for him and Degal, thats for sure. But I like those two kids so much its very difficult to want to part with either of them.

I imagine they're the future next decade of the team. Hard to see them anywhere else.

[canadiancreed]

personally i'd love to see them in a Reds uniform but thats' not realistic

[m0ng00se]

1955 PRESEASON

RETIRED
-For, like the third year in a row, none of my 40 man retired. Only career minor leaguer Larry Denmire decided to call it quits.

DRAFT
1- 21y/o LF Kurt "Knuckles" Knox - We were thinking SP with our first rounder this year, but when an OF with Knox's power potential was still on the board, we decided to take a flyer on him. He's still very raw, but he has the potential to knock in a lot of HRs if he reaches his potential. He also has a decent OF glove. Hopefully he'll be ready to start by the time Kress is ready to step down.

2- 23 y/o SP Lenny Elliott looks like he's only a year or two away from being a legitimate major league SP. He's got decent control and movement on his pitches. He's not a strikeout pitcher and is occasionally error prone with his glove. But otherwise looks to be a solid #3 or #4 starter some day soon. Lenny is a home town boy.

3- 23 y/o 2B Mark Shirley is a guy who can cover 2B/SS/CF/RF. Unfortunately he isn't all that great at any of those spots. His best assets are his running instincts, his bunting ability, and his versatility. He also has decent potential for doubles and triples. Bottom line, he's a roll player. But this late in the draft he's worth taking a flyer on. He's also from Detroit, but just like Lenny, that was a non-factor in our choice to pick him.

4- 20 y/o C Burl Peralez is an all around average C. But picking second to last had us choosing between him and an inconsistent MR and we are tired of ending our drafts with MRs. He's slow and doesn't have much power potential. But he does have a solid field % and is an excellent sac bunter.

TRADES
-Surprisingly, none so far. I say "surprisingly" because there was far more trade talk this year than the last two or three years combined. However, the two deals I liked the most were pulled back. There was also a couple of nice offers for Degal. But I just can't see myself trading a catcher with 50 HR potential until I am absolutely certain that we are no longer a pennant contender.

[Matt from TN]

Originally Posted by m0ng00se

There was also a couple of nice offers for Degal. But I just can't see myself trading a catcher with 50 HR potential until I am absolutely certain that we are no longer a pennant contender.

Right. You don't want to MAKE yourself a non-contender. :P

[m0ng00se]

1955, 4/5 THRU 4/15

4/5 DET @ NYY: loss 1-3 Hal Andrew (0-1, 2.25) gave up 3R (2ER) for a CG loss. Moonshine Allen (1-0, 0.00) gave up just 1R in 8IP for the win and POG. Top Yank hitters were CF John Young (2 for 4, 1R), 1B Arnie Stewart (1 for 3, 1HR), 2B John Valcarcel (1 for 4, 1HR). For us, Hal Andrew went 2 for 2, 1RBI, 1BB. Isaac Mitchell went 3 for 4.

4/6 DET @ NYY: WIN 7-4 Roy Wolfe (1-0, 4.32) got the win giving up 4R in 8.1IP. Rookie setup man John Patterson got our first save of the year and the first of his major league career pitching a scoreless 9th. Carpenter Erickson (0-1, 10.50) gave up 7R in 6IP for the loss. Top Yank hitters were LF Turk Baker (3 for 4, 1R, 1DBL), RF Wood Woodworth (1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR), CF John Young (2 for 3, 1R, 1BB, 2DBL). For us, Isaac Mitchell went 3 for 4, 1RBI for POG.

4/7 DET @ NYY: WIN 12-7 Bud Ulrich (1-0, 3.18) got the win giving up 3R (2ER) in 5.2IP. Maury Baum (0-1, 11.25) gave up 7R (5ER) in 4IP for the loss. Top Yank hitters were LF Turk Baker (2 for 4, 2R, 3RBI, 1DBL, 1HR), RF Wood Woodworth (1 for 3, 2R, 2RBI, 2BB, 1HR) & C Rich Curtis (2 for 4). For us, Rollin Fish got POG going 3 for 5, 3R, 3RBI, 1HR, 1SB. Ray Kress went 1 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. Luther Ormiston went 1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 2BB, 1HR. Dennis Kitterman went 3 for 6. Isaac Mitchell went 3 for 5, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL.

4/8 KC @ DET: WIN 4-2 Sonny Faulkner (1-0, 2.25) got the win and POG giving up just 2R in 8IP. Lloyd Wyman closed out the 9th for his 1st save of the year. Tad Zonkas (0-1, 5.68) gave up 4R in 6.1IP for the loss. Top KC hitter was 2B Ace Habermehl (1 for 4, 1TRPL). For us, Dirtbag Degal went 1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. Ray Kress went 0 for 1, 2R, 3BB, 1SB. matt Perly went 2 for 3, 1RBI, 1BB. Sonny Faulkner went 2 for 4, 1RBI.

4/9 KC @ DET: WIN 6-3 Hal Andrew gave up 2R in 8IP. Corky Stell blew a save in the top of the 9th, but Lloyd Wyman relieved him, closed out the inning and got the win compliments of a 3R Isaac Mitchell HR in the bottom of the 9th. Ellis Weeks gave up 3R in 5.2IP. The loss went to Tom Lentz (0-1, 13.50) who gave up 3R in 9th. Top KC hitters were 1B Charlton Brown (2 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR) & 2B Ace Habermehl (3 for 4, 1R, 1SB). For us, Isaac Mitchell got POG going 3 for 4, 2R, 3RBI, 1HR. Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI. Hal Andrew went 1 for 2, 1R, 1RBI and is hitting .750 early in the season.

4/10 KC @ DET: WIN 7-4 Roy Wolfe (2-0, 4.41) got the win giving up 4R in 8IP. John Patterson pitched a scoreless 9th for his 2nd save. Jackie Bowen (1-1, 2.45) gave up 5R (4ER) in 6IP for the loss. Top KC hitter was SS Rob Bell (2 for 4, 1RBI). He's developed into a decent player... kinda sorry I traded him away now. For us, Ray Kress got POG going 3 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR. Isaac Mitchell went 3 for 5. Matt Perly went 1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR.

4/11 day off

4/12 DET @ CHI: WIN 5-4 Bud Ulrich (2-0, 2.13) got the win giving up 4R (1ER) in 7IP. Lloyd Wyman pitched a scoreless 9th for his 2nd save. Cornelius Grant gave up 4R in 5.1IP. The loss went to Ralph Benefield (0-2, 2.70) who gave up 1R in the final 2 innings. Top Sox hitter was RF Gin Allen who went 1 for 4, 3RBI, 1DBL). For us, Luther Ormiston got POG going 2 for 5, 2RBI, 1TRPL. Ray Kress went 3 for 5, 1R. Isaac Mitchell went 1 for 4, 1HR. Smokey Meacham went 2 for 4, 1R.

4/13 DET @ CHI: WIN 13-11 Sonny Faulkner gave up 7R (5ER) in 4.2IP. Sam Cole relieved him and got the win giving up 1R in next 1.1IP. Lloyd Wyman got the final 2 outs of the 9th for his 3rd save after Stell (20.26) struggled again in the 9th. Johnny Gordley (0-2, 10.39) didn't even last the first inning getting the loss giving up 9R (8ER) in 0.2IP. Top Sox hitters were 2B Tony Seats (3 for 5, 3R, 1RBI), 3B Robbie Rael (3 for 5, 2R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1DBL, 2TRPL) & C Ben Mobley (1 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 2BB, 1HR). For us, Ray Kress got POG going 2 for 3, 3R, 3RBI, 2BB, 1HR, 1SB. Dennis Kitterman went 3 for 5, 3R, 2RBI, 1DBL. Dave Castaneda went 2 for 5, 2R, 3RBI. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 2BB.

4/14 DET @ CHI: loss 5-7 Hal Andrew gave up 4R in 8IP. Corky Stell (0-1, 15.00) blew an 11th inning hold giving up 2R in the final 1.2IP. Ernest Cohen gave up 5R in 8IP. The win went to Stan Mulhall (1-0, 5.40) for pitching a scoreless 11th. Top Sox hitters were 3B Rob Rael (3 for 5, 2R, 2RBI, 1DBL, 1HR, POG), 2B Tony Seats (2 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 2DBL) & RF Gin Allen 1 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR). For us, Ray Kress went 1 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 2BB, 1HR. Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 1BB, 1HR. Rollin Fish went 2 for 3, 1BB, 1HR, 1SB.

4/15 NYY @ DET: loss 4-14 Roy Wolfe (2-1, 6.20) gave up 7R (6ER) in 4IP for the loss. Carpenter Erickson gave up 2R in 4.2IP. The win went to Dan Early (1-0, 3.00) who finished out the fifth. Top Yank hitters were RF Wood Woodworth (2 for 4, 2R, 5RBI, 2HR), Turk Baker (1 for 3, 2R, 1RBI, 3BB, 1HR), 1B Arnie Stewart (1 for 6, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR) & C Rich Curtis (2 for 5, 2R, 2RBI, 1HR). For us, Luther Ormiston went 2 for 3, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Ray Kress went 1 for 3, 1BB, 1HR. Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4, 1R.


STANDINGS
7-3, tied with NY for #1 in the AL

BAD NEWS
-Scouting reports: Luther Ormiston's power ratings took a hit and Corky Stell also is going down hill fast... this after both had good spring trainings. Also, our second round pick Lenny Elliott injured his back and took a bad hit to his MOV rating.
-Degal is off to a very slow start (.226, 3RBI).

GOOD NEWS
-On 4/11 Isaac Mitchell was named Player of the Week for hitting .640, 1HR, 5RBI.
-Ray Kress (.324, 5HR, 12RBI, 12R, 16BB, 3SB) and Luther Ormiston (.314, 2HR, 9RBI) also kicked some butt.
-Bud Ulrich went 2-0, 2.13.
-Lloyd Wyman (1-0, 0.00) continues to defy time. He is a perfect 3 for 3 in save ops.

ROSTER MOVES
-Jim Coleman went down to Buffalo-AAA to see if he can learn 1B. If Ormiston takes any more talent hits, I may have to bring Jim back sooner than expected.
-Mike Patterson was called up from Buffalo and the rookie has looked fairly confident as our LHP setup man. Guilderson and Wyman are grooming this youngster in hopes that he'll be the answer at the closer spot when Wyman calls it quits at the end of the year.
-Corky Stell was moved into the #1 setup roll after a nice spring training, but then he regressed and has looked horrible in that spot. Magnus George will be most likely to move back into the RHP setup spot with Corky going back down to an MR roll.

[m0ng00se]

1955, 4/16 THRU 4/30

4/16 NYY @ DET: WIN 7-1 Bud Ulrich (3-0, 1.66) gave up just 1R for a CG win and POG. Maury Baum (1-2, 7.23) gave up 7R in 5.2IP for the loss. Top Yank hitters were LF Turk Baker (3 for 4) & SS Victor Estevez (2 for 4, 1R). For us, everyone got on base at least once. Bud Ulrich went 2 for 4. Ray Kress went 1 for 3, 1R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR.

4/17 NYY @ DET: WIN 4-2 Sonny Faulkner (2-0, 3.92) gave up just 2R in 8IP for the win and POG. Magnus George got his first save of the season pitching a scoreless 9th. George Kauffman (1-1, 0.38) gave up 4R (1ER) in 6.2IP for the loss. Top Yank hitters were LF Turk Baker (1 for 4, 1RBI) & George Kauffman (1 for 2, 1DBL). For us, Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4. Rollin Fish went 2 for 3, 1HR.

4/18 BAL @ DET: WIN 5-1 Hal Andrew (1-1, 2.48) gave up just 1R in 8.2IP for the win and POG. Sam Cole got the final out and his first save of the season. Alter Sennelnekoff (2-2, 3.09) got the CG loss giving up 5R. Top BAL hitters were SS Dale Thompson (3 for 4, 1DBL) & 3B Boris Zimyanin (1 for 3, 1BB, 1HR). For us, Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 4, 2R, 1SB. Dirtbag Degal went 1 for 2, 1R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Matt Perly went 1 for 3, 1R, 2RBI. Hal Andrew went 2 for 3 and is hitting .500 for the season.

4/19 BAL @ DET: loss 1-2 Roy Wolfe gave up just 1R in 9IP. Magnus George (0-1, 4.50) blew a 10th inning hold giving up a PH solo HR to John Bombardier. Sid Metcalf (2-1, 2.12) got the win and POG giving up just 1R in 9IP. Top BAL hitter was CF Tom Valeriano (3 for 3, 1BB). For us, Matt Perly went 2 for 3, 1BB, 1DBL. Dave Castaneda went 2 for 4, 1RBI.

4/20 BAL @ DET: WIN 8-3 Bud Ulirch (4-0, 2.05) got the CG win giving up 3R. Buster Davis (0-3, 8.25) gave up 7R in 5IP for the loss. Top BAL hitters were CF Tom Valeriano (1 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR) & Boris Zimyanin (2 for 4, 1TRPL, 1HR). For us, Dennis Kitterman got POG going 2 for 4, 1R, 5RBI, 1BB, 1TRPL, 1HR. Ray Kress went 1 for 2, 1R, 2RBI, 3BB, 1HR, 1SB.

4/21 day off

4/22 DET @ WSH: loss 1-2 Sonny Faulkner (2-1, 3.45) shrugged off a rain delay and gave up just 2H, 2BB & 2R but still got the CG loss. Bob Netsky (3-1, 2.73) got the win and POG giving up 1R in 6IP despite allowing 7H and 2BB. Top WSH hitter was SS Walt Mayotte (1 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR). For us, Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4. Sonny Faulkner went 1 for 2, 1BB, 1SB.

4/23 DET @ WSH: WIN 12-4 Hal Andrew (2-1, 2.81) got the CG win giving up 4R. Lukas Dietrich (2-2, 7.34) gave up 7R in 5IP for the loss. Top WSH hitter was CF Boyd Mylchreest (3 for 4, 2R, 1RBI). For us, Matt Perly got POG going 2 for 4, 2R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Ray Kress went 2 for 4, 2R, 3RBI, 1HR. Dirtbag Degal went 1 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Mike Kreitenberg went 3 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 2SB filling in at SS.

4/24 DET @ WSH: WIN 4-1 Roy Wolfe (3-1, 3.82) got the win and POG giving up just 1R in 8.1IP. Magnus George closed out the 9th for his 2nd save. Van Melbourn (1-4, 4.78) gave up 4R in 8IP for the loss. Top WSH hitters were 3B Chris Anderson (2 for 3, 1RBI, 1BB) & LF Ernie Greenbush (2 for 3, 1BB, 1DBL). For us, Mike Kreitenberg went 2 for 4, 1BB filling in at 1B. Dirtbag Degal went 1 for 2, 2BB, 1HR. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 1DBL, 1TRPL.

4/25 day off

4/26 BOS @ DET: WIN 10-1 Bud Ulrich (5-0, 1.86) gave up just 2H and 1R in 8IP for the win. Cirilo Gonzalez (0-3, 5.93) lasted only 2.1IP giving up 6R for the loss. Top BOS hitter was SS Morris Lutske (1 for 2, 1SB). For us, Matt Perly got POG going 3 for 4, 1R, 6RBI, 1TRPL, 1HR. Rollin Fish went 1 for 4, 1BB, 1HR. Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 4, 2R. Dave Castaneda went 0 for 1, 2R, 3BB. Dirtbag Degal went 2 for 5, 2R, 3RBI.

4/27 BOS @ DET: loss 5-11 Sonny Faulkner gave up 4R in 8IP. The loss went to John Patterson (0-1, 9.00) who blew a save badly giving up 6R in 0.1IP. Top Sox hitters were C Don Lock (3 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR), LF George Unruh (3 for 5, 3R, 3RBI, 1TRPL, 1HR, POG) & Curt Kahl (1 for 5, 1R, 4RBI, 1HR). For us, Dirtbag Degal went 3 for 5, 1R, 1RBI. Clinton Darling went 3 for 4. Rollin Fish went 2 for 3, 1RBI. Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4, 1RBI, 1DBL.

4/28 BOS @ DET: loss 2-6 Hal Andrew (2-2, 3.28) gave up 6R (5ER) in 7.2IP for the loss. Willard Carte (2-4, 4.10) got the win giving up just 2R in 8IP. Top Sox hitters were SS Morris Lutske (2 for 5, 1R, 4RBI, 2DBL, POG) & RF Will Groaning (2 for 4, 1R). For us, Rollin Fish went 2 for 3, 1R, 1BB, 1SB. Ray Kress went 1 for 3, 1BB, 1HR. Hal Andrew went 1 for 1, 1RBI.

4/29 DET @ BAL: WIN 19-1 Roy Wolfe (4-1 3.28) gave up just 1R for a CG win. Buster Davis (1-4, 8.75) gave up 7R in 4.1IP. Top BAL hitter was LF Jessie Witt (2 for 4, 1HR). For us, Matt Perly got POG going 3 for 5, 4R, 8RBI, 1BB, 2HR. Dave Castaneda went 3 for 6, 3R, 1RBI, 1DBL. Isaac Mitchell went 4 for 6, 2R, 1RBI. Mike Kreitenberg went 2 for 5, 2R, 4RBI, 1BB, 1DBL filling in at 3B. Ray Kress hit for the cycle and chipped in 2BB for added flavor. He went 4 for 4, 5R, 3RBI, 2BB, 1DBL, 1TRPL, 1HR. His 5R is an AL record.

4/30 DET @ BAL: WIN 8-7 Bud Ulrich (6-0, 2.70) got the win despite giving up 6R in 8IP. There goes POM down the drain - oh well, I'll take 6-0 over POM every time. Magnus George got his 3rd save despite giving up a 9th inning HR. Eugene Sprecher (2-4, 5.58) gave up 7R in 5IP for the loss. Top BAL hitters were CF Tom Valeriano (3 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1HR), LF Chet Pardue (2 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR), SS Dale Thompson (2 for 5, 1HR) & Mark Geil (1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR). For us, Ray Kress got POG going 4 for 4, 3R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1DBL, 1HR. Dirtbag Degal went 2 for 4, 3R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 1BB. Matt Perly went 1 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Pete Short went 1 for 4, 1BB, 1HR.


STANDINGS
16-7, #2 overall, 0.5 games behind NY, 9-4 in the last couple of weeks

BAD NEWS
-Our bull pen has been a bit shaky lately. Fite looks like he's losing confidence in Wyman as we had plenty of save ops lately, but none of went to Wyman in the last couple of weeks.
-Dave Castaneda continues to struggle - .233 for the month.
-Depite beating NY 4 games to 2 we lost half a game on them. We've beat them more then the rest of the AL combined. Hopefully this is just an early season fluke and we can get back on top.

GOOD NEWS
-Our rotation has been fairly solid in the first month with no one with an era bigger than 3.68.
-Kress (.351, 11HR, 25RBI, 29R, 30BB, 4SB), Perly (.306, 8HR, 31RBI) & Mitchell (.400) were on fire.
-Kress hit for the cycle + 2BB on 4/29 and set the AL record with 5R in a game. He followed that game with yet another 4 for 4, 1HR game.


APRIL HITTING

Name            G AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI  R BB  K  AVG  OBP  SLG

 
I. Mitchell    22 90 36  2  0  2  12 10  5  7 .400 .429 .489 
H. Andrew       6 16  6  0  0  0   3  2  2  1 .375 .474 .375 
R. Kress       23 74 26  2  1 11  25 29 30 16 .351 .528 .851 
C. Darling      6  9  3  0  0  0   0  0  2  0 .333 .455 .333 
M. Perly       22 85 26  4  1  8  31 20 14 12 .306 .396 .659 
J. Degal       18 64 19  2  0  5  16 14 15 12 .297 .425 .563 
M. Kreitenberg 16 44 13  3  0  0   7  8  5  2 .295 .367 .364 
L. Ormiston    21 72 21  5  2  2  14  8 14 11 .292 .398 .500 
B. Ulrich       6 21  6  0  0  0   0  4  2  4 .286 .348 .286 
E. Faulkner     5 14  4  0  0  0   1  1  1  5 .286 .333 .286 
R. Fish        19 56 15  0  0  4   9 13 14  7 .268 .405 .482 
D. Kitterman   21 91 24  2  2  1   9 16  4  6 .264 .299 .363 
C. Sandoz       6  8  2  1  0  0   0  0  2  2 .250 .400 .375 
P. Short       10 12  3  1  0  1   3  3  6  2 .250 .474 .583 
D. Castaneda   21 86 20  5  0  0  10 14 15 12 .233 .343 .291 
J. Meacham     12 32  6  0  0  0   1  5  0  2 .188 .188 .188

APRIL PITCHING

Name         G GS W L SV   ERA   IP HA  R ER BB  K

 
B. Ulrich    6 6  6 0  0  2.70 46.2 32 18 14 24 32 
R. Wolfe     6 6  4 1  0  3.28 46.2 47 18 17 11 12 
H. Andrew    6 6  2 2  0  3.28 49.1 38 20 18 14 29 
E. Faulkner  5 5  2 1  0  3.68 36.2 27 17 15 16 19 
S. Cole      4 0  1 0  1  5.40  5.0  5  3  3  5  3 
L. Wyman     6 0  1 0  3  2.08  4.1  2  1  1  2  2 
C. Stell     6 0  0 1  0 15.19  5.1 11  9  9  1  1 
S. Brown     1 0  0 0  0  0.00  1.2  3  1  0  3  0 
O. Adkins    1 0  0 0  0  0.00  0.1  4  4  0  0  1 
M. George    4 0  0 1  3  4.91  3.2  5  2  2  1  2 
J. Patterson 8 0  0 1  2  9.00  8.0 12  8  8  4  2

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1955, 5/1 THRU 5/15

5/1 DET @ BAL: WIN 8-2 Sonny Faulkner (3-1, 3.35) got the CG win giving up just 2R. Alter Sennelnekoff (2-5, 4.58) gave up 7R in 5IP. Top BAL hitter was 1B Vince Chipple (2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 2DBL). For us, Ray Kress got POG going 3 for 5, 2R, 5RBI, 2HR, 1SB. Dave Castaneda went 3 for 5, 1R. Matt Perly went 2 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. Isaac Mitchell went 1 for 3, 1BB, 1HR.

5/2 day off

5/3 DET @ KC: loss 5-6 Hal Andrew (2-3, 3.81) gave up 6R in 7.1IP for the loss. Ellis Weeks got the win giving up 4R in 8IP. Top KC hitters were SS Rob Bell (1 for 3, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR, POG) & C Sal Poulos (2 for 3, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1DBL). For us, Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4, 1R, 1DBL. Matt Perly went 1 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR.

5/4 DET @ KC: loss 1-4 Roy Wolfe (4-2, 3.46) got the CG loss giving up 4R. Jackie Bowen (4-2, 1.92) gave up just 1R in 7IP for the win and POG. Top KC hitters were CF Peaches Badeau (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI) & C Sal Poulos (2 for 3, 1R, 1RBI). For us, Dirtbag Degal went 1 for 4, 1RBI. We were held to 3 hits.

5/5 DET @ KC: loss 5-7 In a battle of unbeatens, Bud Ulrich (6-1, 3.40) got his first loss giving up 6R in 6.1IP. Dan Mau (7-0, 3.81) got the win giving up 4R in 8IP. Top KC hitters were 1B Charlton Brown (3 for 4, 1BB, 1HR), C Hershel Lee (3 for 3, 3R, 1BB, 1DBL) & C Sal Poulos (1 for 1, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR, 1SB). For us, Dave Castaneda went 2 for 4, 2RBI, 1DBL. Dennis Kitterman went 1 for 4, 3RBI, 1TRPL. Bud Ulrich went 1 for 2, 2R, 1DBL.

5/6 WSH @ DET: WIN 6-5 Sonny Faulkner (4-1, 3.35) got the win and POG giving up 3R in 8IP. Magnus George got his 4th save despite giving up 2R in the 9th. Bob Netsky (3-4, 4.11) gave up 6R in 6IP for the loss. Top WSH hitters were C John Fine (2 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR) & 3B Chris Anderson (1 for 4, 1HR). For us, Isaac Mitchell went 3 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 2DBL. Ray Kress went 1 for 2, 2BB, 1HR. Dennis Kitterman went 1 for 3, 1BB, 1HR. Rollin Fish went 1 for 4, 1HR. Dirtbag Degal went 1 for 3, 1BB, 1HR.

5/7 WSH @ DET: WIN 5-0 Hal Andrew (3-3, 3.29) threw a one hit CG shutout for the win and POG. Lukas Dietrich (3-3, 6.62) gave up 5R in 7.1IP for the loss. Top WSH hitter was SS Walt Mayotte (1 for 3, 1DBL). For us, Isaac Mitchell went 3 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1HR. Smokey Meacham went 2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. Dennis Kitterman went 1 for 4, 1HR.

5/8 WSH @ DET: WIN 3-2 Roy Wolfe gave up just 2R (1ER) in 8.1IP for POG. Lloyd Wyman (2-0, 1.93) closed out the 9th and got the win. Van Melbourn gave up 2R in 8IP. The loss went to Raul Velazquez (1-1, 3.98) who gave up one 9th inning run. Top WSH hitters were RF Will Griffin, 3B Chris Anderson & C John Fine who all went 2 for 4. For us, Ray KRess went 2 for 3, 1BB, 1HR. Roy Wolfe went 1 for 3, 1HR. Smokey Meacham went 3 for 4, 1RBI.

5/9 day off

5/10 BOS @ DET: WIN 9-4 Bud Ulrich (7-1, 3.54) got the win giving up 4R in 8IP. JD Allen (1-2, 4.24) gave up 4R in 6IP for the loss. Top Sox hitters were 2B Joe Bardo (2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1DBL, 1HR), LF Grady Fisher (2 for 4, 1RBI) & CF Frank Gilmartin (2 for 4, 2RBI, 1DBL). For us, Smokey Meacham got POG after subbing in for Degal who got him self tossed in the 1st. Smokey went 3 for 3, 3R, 5RBI, 2HR. Matt Perly went 1 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4. Carl Sandoz filled in at RF and went 2 for 4, 1R.

5/11 BOS @ DET: WIN 8-7 Sonny Faulkner (5-1, 3.73) got the win giving up 5R in 6.2IP. Lloyd Wyman gave up 2R (1ER) in the 9th but held on for his 4th save. Joe Lutske (2-1, 4.97) gave up 6R in 5IP for the loss. Top Sox hitters were 2B Joe Bardo (3 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL), C Don Lock (2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI) & 3B Ben Lutske (2 for 5, 2R, 2RBI, 1TRPL). For us, Isaac Mitchell got POG going 3 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. Matt Perly went 2 for 3, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB. Ray Kress went 2 for 4, 1R, 1BB, 2DBL. Dirtbag Degal went 2 for 4, 3R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Luther Ormiston went 1 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR.

5/12 BOS @ DET: loss 3-8 Hal Andrew (3-4, 3.72) gave up 6R in 7IP for the loss. Will Carte (3-6, 4.50) gave up just 3R for a CG win. Top BOS hitters were 3B Ben Lutske (3 for 5, 2R, 2RBI, 1HR, POG), SS Morris Lutske (1 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR) & LF Grady Fisher (2 for 4, 1R). For us, Mike Kreitenberg went 1 for 2, 1R, 1BB. Rollin Fish went 1 for 2, 1R, 1RBI.

5/13 DET @ NYY: WIN 5-3 Roy Wolfe (5-2, 3.17) got the win giving up 3R in 8IP. John Patterson got his 3rd save pitching a scoreless 9th. Maury Baum (4-5, 5.58) gave up 4R in 6.2IP for the loss. Top NY hitters were SS Victor Estevez (3 for 5), 1B Arnie Stewart (2 for 4, 1R, 1DBL) & C Rich Curtis (1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR). For us, Dave Castaneda got POG going 3 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 2BB, 1DBL. Dirtbag Degal went 2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4, 1R. Rollin Fish went 2 for 4.

5/14 DET @ NYY: WIN 12-8 Bud Ulrich (8-1, 3.71) got the win giving up 5R (4ER) in 7IP. George Kauffman (5-3, 2.38) gave up 7R (4ER) in 5IP for the loss. Top Yank hitter was 2B John Valcarcel (3 for 4, 2R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR). For us, Ray Kress got POG going 2 for 4, 3R, 3RBI, 1BB. Dennis Kitterman went 1 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Dirtbag Degal went 1 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 2BB, 1HR. Matt Perly went 2 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. Mike Kreitenberg went 1 for 3, 3R, 2BB, 1SB.

5/15 DET @ NYY: loss 4-7 Sonny Faulkner (5-2, 4.30) gave up 7R in 6.2IP for the loss. Moonshine Allen (6-3, 2.00) got the win giving up 4R in 8.2IP. Top Yank hitters were 3B Wood Woodworth (2 for 3, 3R, 1RBI, 1BB, POG), 1B Arnie Stewart (2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI) & C Glen Vickers (2 for 4, 2RBI). For us, Mike Kreitenberg went 3 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 2DBL, 1SB filling in at 1B. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4. Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4, 1R.


STANDINGS
24-12, #1 in the AL, 1.5 games ahead of NYY, 8-5

BAD NEWS
-Pitching... Ulrich (5.91), Faulkner (5.04), Andrew (4.63), George (5.40), Patterson (4.50), Wyman (6.75)... its amazing we had a winning record the last couple of weeks with numbers like that.
-Coleman is still struggling with 1B in AAA. We would like to have his bat back as we are running with too little depth right now.
-Swept by KC... they are back and will challenge for the AL title.

GOOD NEWS
-On 5/2 Ray Kress was named Player of the Week for hitting .600, 5HR, 10RBI.
-Hitting... Meacham (.625, 3HR), Mitchell (.432, 4HR), Ulrich (.375), Kreitenberg (.364), Kress (.341, 4HR), Castaneda (.333)
-Went 2-1 in NY. Not too shabby.

TEAM RANKINGS
Batting AVG: .285 (1st)
Homeruns: 59 (1st)
Walks: 185 (1st)
Stolen Bases: 27 (2nd)
Runs Scored: 224 (1st)
Pitching ERA: 4.13 (8th)
Opponents AVG: .251 (7th)
HRs Allowed: 39 (12th)
Walks Allowed: 124 (6th)
Runs Allowed: 164 (8th)

AL TOP10 TIGERS
AVG - Mitchell #1, Kress #6
SLG - Kress #1, Perly #3, Mitchell #6, Degal #9
HR - Kress #1, Perly #3, Degal #4
RBI - Pearly #1, Kress #2, Degal #8
RUN - Kress #1, Perly & Kitterman #6
SB - Kreitenberg #2, Kress & Fish #3
BB - Kress #1 (by a lot), Degal & Ormiston #6
WIN - Ulrich #1, Wolfe #6
SVs - George & Wyman #5
Ks - Andrew & Ulrich #6
ERA - Wolfe #6

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1955, 5/16 THRU 5/31

5/16 WSH @ DET: WIN 10-1 Hal Andrew (4-4, 3.42) allowed just 1R for a CG win. Raul Velazquez (2-2, 6.43) got yanked after giving up 9R in the first 3.1IP. Top WSH hitters were C John Fine (1 for 4, 1HR) & 3B Chris Anderson (2 for 4). WSH was held to just 4H and 2BB. For us, Matt Perly got POG going 3 for 4, 3R, 4RBI, 1BB, 1DBL, 1HR. Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4, 1R, 3RBI. Smokey Meacham filled in at C and went 2 for 3.

5/17 WSH @ DET: WIN 9-6 Roy Wolfe (6-2, 3.53) got the win despite giving up 6R in 8IP. Magnus George pitched a scoreless 9th for his 5th save. Van Melbourn (1-8, 5.85) got the loss giving up 6R in 4.2IP. Top WSH hitters were 3B Chris Anderson (2 for 3, 1R, 2RBI), 2B Ray Vlasik (2 for 3, 1R, 1DBL, 1TRPL), & CF Claude Deasley (2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1HR). For us, Dennis Kitterman got POG going 3 for 5, 2R, 5RBI, 1TRPL, 1HR. Ray Kress went 3 for 5, 1R, 1RBI, 2DBL, 1HR. Dave Castaneda went 2 for 4, 3R, 1BB, 1TRPL. Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 1R, 1BB. Isaac Mitchell went 3 for 4, 1R, 1RBI.

5/18 WSH @ DET: WIN 14-8 Bud Ulrich (9-1, 4.14) got the win giving up 6R in 6IP. Robert Gelder (2-7, 5.80) gave up 9R in 3.2IP for the loss. Top WSH hitters were 3B Chris Anderson (3 for 4, 2R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR), C John Fine (2 for 4, 1R, 1BB), & CF Claude Deasley (2 for 4, 2RBI, 1DBL). For us, Dirtbag Degal got POG going 3 for 3, 4R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI. Rollin Fish went 2 for 4, 1R, 4RBI, 1GrandSlam. Luther Ormiston went 1 for 3, 2R, 3RBI, 2BB, 1HR. Matt Perly went 1 for 2, 2R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR before leaving the game with a bum shoulder. He'll be out a week.

5/19 day off

5/20 DET @ CLE: WIN 10-5 Sonny Faulkner (6-2, 4.42) got the win giving up 5R (4ER) in 6.1IP. Lex TW (4-6, 5.68) gave up 7R in 4IP for the loss. Top CLE hitters was 1B Owen Shankster who went 2 for 3, 2R, 2RBI, 1HR. For us, Mike Kreitenberg got POG filling in for an injured Perly. He went 3 for 5, 1R, 4RBI, 2TRPL. Ray Kress went 2 for 3, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB. Dennis Kitterman went 3 for 4, 2R, 1BB.

5/21 DET @ CLE: WIN 5-0 Hal Andrew (5-4, 3.10) allowed just 2H, 1BB while striking out 12 in 8.1IP for the win and POG. He didn't get to finish the shutout due to sudden shoulder soreness. He's expected to be day2day for about a week. Herm Labombard (7-2, 3.39) got the CG loss giving up 5R. Top CLE hitters were C Joe Arp & 1B Jerry Tuggle who both went 1 for 3, 1DBL. For us, Mike Kreitenberg went 2 for 4, 2RBI, 1BB, 1SB filling in at SS (Dave Castaneda played 2B... interesting choice Fite since Mike is the much better 2B and Dave is a bit better at SS). Dirtbag Degal went 2 for 4, 1R. Carl Sandoz filled in at RF and went 2 for 3, 2R. Hal Andrew went 2 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 2DBL.

5/22 DET @ CLE: WIN 7-5 Roy Wolfe gave up 4R (3ER) in 8IP. The win went to Lloyd Wyman who pitched a scoreless 9th. John Patterson allowed 1R in the 10th but then settled in for his 4th save. Bob Lester pitched 2.2 hitless innings before leaving the game with a sore back. CLE ended up using pretty much their entire BP with Dick Avent giving up 3R in the 10th for the loss. Top CLE hitters were CF Honus Dietrich (3 for 4, 2R) & 3B Owen Shankster (2 for 5, 1R, 3RBI, 1DBL, 1HR). For us, Isaac Mitchell went 3 for 5, 2R, 1TRPL. Mike Kreitenberg went 2 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1DBL filling in at 2B. Dennis Kitterman went 1 for 5, 1HR. Dirtbag Degal went 2 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR.

5/23 DET @ BOS: WIN 4-2 Bud Ulrich (10-1, 3.95) gave up just 2R in 8IP for the win and POG. JD Allen gave up 4R (3ER) in 6.2IP for the loss. Top BOS hitter was 2B Joe Bardo (1 for 3, 1BB, 1HR). For us, Mike Kreitenberg went 2 for 3, 1R, 1BB, 1SB. Dave Castaneda went 2 for 5, 1RBI.

5/24 DET @ BOS: loss 5-6 Sonny Faulkner gave up just 2R in 8IP. However, Magnus Goerge (0-2, 5.40) blew a 12th inning save OP giving up 3R. Cort Nagel gave up just 1R in 7.1IP. The win went to Cirilo Gonzalez (1-5, 7.01) despite giving up 2R in the final 2IP. Top BOS hitter was 3B Ben Lutske (3 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, POG), 2B Joe Bardo (2 for 4, 2BB) & PH Irving Korr (1 for 1, 1HR). For us, Isaac Mitchell went 4 for 6, 2RBI, 1DBL. Pete Short went 2 for 3, 2RBI, 1DBL filling in at CF.

5/25 DET @ BOS: WIN 9-6 Hal Andrew (6-4, 3.44) got the win giving up 6R in 6.1IP. Lloyd Wyman pitched a scoreless 9th for his 5th save. Will Carte (3-9, 5.33) gave up 6R in 3.2IP for the loss. Top BOS hitters were C Don Lock (3 for 4, 3R, 1BB, 1DBL) & RF Will Groaning (3 for 4, 1DBL). For us, Mike Kreitenberg went 3 for 5, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1SB. Dirtbag Degal went 2 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR. Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4, 1R, 1BB. Ray Kress went 1 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 3BB, 1HR.

5/26 DET @ BOS: loss 1-4 Roy Wolfe (6-3, 3.63) got the loss giving up 4R in 7.1IP. Bryce Ostrander (4-5, 3.64) gave up just 1R in 7IP for the win. Top BOS hitters were 2B Joe Bardo (3 for 4, 2R, 3RBI, 2HR, POG) & C Joe Kreitenberg (1 for 3, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1HR). For us, Dirtbag Degal went 2 for 4. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 2DBL.

5/27 CHI @ DET: WIN 5-1 Bud Ulrich (11-1, 3.70) gave up just 1R in 8IP for the win and POG. Johnny Gordley (4-7, 5.19) gave up 5R in 6.2IP for the loss. Top CHI hitter was Joey Rustin (2 for 4, 1DBL, 1HR). For us, Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 1R. Ray Kress went 1 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR.

5/28 CHI @ DET: loss 1-6 Sonny Faulkner (6-3, 4.38) gave up 6R in a CG loss. Ernest Cohen (5-1, 2.83) got the CG win and POG giving up just 1R. Top CHI hitters were LF Ferdinand Perez (2 for 2, 2BB), RF Gin Allen (3 for 5, 3R, 2RBI, 2HR, 1DBL) & CF Mike Cushman (1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR). For us, Matt Perly went 3 for 4, 1RBI. Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 3, 1R, 1BB.

5/29 CHI @ DET: WIN 15-2 Hal Andrew (7-4, 3.32) gave up just 2H, 3BB, 2R for a CG win. Max Matamoros (3-9, 4.05) gave up 7R in 2.1P for the loss. Top CHI hitter was 1B Champ Allen (1 for 3, 1HR). For us, Isaac Mitchell got POG going 5 for 5, 3R, 3RBI. 5 singles in one game is a career high for Mitchel. Mike Kreitenberg filled in at 3B and went 4 for 4, 1R< 4RBI, 1DBL. Dennis Kitterman went 3 for 4, 3R, 1RBI, 2BB, 1DBL, 1HR. Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB. Smokey Meacham filled in at C and went 1 for 4, 4RBI, 1BB, 1DBL. We out hit CHI 20 to 2.

5/30 DET @ BAL: loss 4-5 Roy Wolfe gave up 4R in 8IP. The loss went to Magnus George (0-3, 6.17) who blew a 9th inning hold. Sid Metcalf gave up 4R in 8.2IP. Eugene Sprecher (4-7, 6.89) threw one whole pitch to finish out the 9th, but got the win. Top BAL hitters were 1B Vince Chipple (1 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR) & Thomas Kruyt (2 for 4, 1R). For us, Dirtbag Degal subbed in late in the game at 3B and went 1 for 1, 1R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Rollin Fish went 2 for 4, 1RBI.

5/31 DET @ BAL: WIN 5-1 Bud Ulrich (12-1, 3.45) gave up just 1R for a CG win and POG. Buster Davis (4-8, 6.00) gave up 5R (4ER) for a CG loss. Top BAL hitters were C Tom Kruyt (3 for 4) & 3B Bear Zimyanin (2 for 4). For us, Dirtbag Degal went 1 for 4, 1R, 4RBI, 1GrandSlam). Matt Perly went 1 for 4, 1HR.

STANDINGS
35-16, #1 overall, 2.5 games ahead of KC, 11-4 in the last couple of weeks.

BAD NEWS
-Our pitching was very inconsistent all month. Ulrich went 6-1, but a lot of those wins were due to some awsome hitting.
-Scouting report... Ormiston and Meacham both took hits to batting talents. Castaneda's glove took another hit - he will see more at bats go to Kreitenberg very soon.

GOOD NEWS
-Hitting: Sandoz (.500), Kreitenberg (.448), Mitchell (.430, 4HR), Meacham (.412, 3HR), Perly (.316, 7HR), Kress (.308, 7HR), Degal (.300, 9HR) all had a monster month.

HITTING THRU 5/31

Name            G  AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI  R BB  K  AVG  OBP  SLG

 
C. Sandoz      16  24 10  1  0  0   2  4  3  2 .417 .481 .458 
I. Mitchell    49 190 79  7  1  6  30 31 12 13 .416 .451 .558 
M. Kreitenberg 38 102 39  8  3  0  23 26 14  9 .382 .458 .520 
R. Kress       50 165 54  7  1 18  46 53 60 32 .327 .500 .709 
M. Perly       44 164 51  7  1 15  54 36 22 27 .311 .389 .640 
J. Meacham     26  66 20  2  1  3  13  9  4  7 .303 .343 .500 
J. Degal       42 144 43  3  0 14  40 32 29 22 .299 .412 .611 
C. Darling     14  26  7  1  0  0   2  1  3  7 .269 .345 .308 
D. Kitterman   47 192 51  4  5  7  27 43 17 22 .266 .325 .448 
B. Ulrich      13  42 11  1  2  0   0  7  2  8 .262 .295 .381 
D. Castaneda   48 198 50  7  2  0  19 29 30 33 .253 .349 .308 
R. Fish        44 140 35  0  0  6  20 20 18 20 .250 .331 .379 
L. Ormiston    48 166 40  9  2  5  25 22 29 35 .241 .352 .410 
H. Andrew      13  40  9  2  0  0   6  5  3  9 .225 .295 .275 
P. Short       23  30  6  3  0  1   6  5  9  6 .200 .375 .400

PITCHING THRU 5/31

Name          G GS  W L SV   ERA   IP   HA  R ER BB  K

B. Ulrich    13 13 12 1  0  3.45  99.0  88 43 38 45 66 
H. Andrew    13 13  7 4  0  3.32 105.2  71 41 39 34 79 
R. Wolfe     13 13  6 3  0  3.69 102.1 107 45 42 19 43 
E. Faulkner  12 12  6 3  0  4.38  90.1  79 47 44 36 40 
L. Wyman     12  0  3 0  5  3.00   9.0   9  4  3  4  4 
S. Cole       7  0  1 0  1  8.10   6.2  10  6  6  7  3 
C. Stell      8  0  0 1  0 13.50   7.1  13 11 11  2  3 
S. Brown      1  0  0 0  0  0.00   1.2   3  1  0  3  0 
O. Adkins     6  0  0 0  0  1.42   6.1   9  5  1  3  5 
M. George    14  0  0 3  6  6.17  11.2  14  8  8  4  7 
J. Patterson 17  0  0 1  4  5.60  17.2  20 11 11  8  7

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1955: 6/1 THRU 6/30

6/1 - 6/15: I had no online box scores so I'm skipping ahead...

6/16 DET @ KC: WIN 10-1 Hal Andrew (10-5, 3.29) pitched 7 shutout innings for the win and POG. Tad Zonkas (2-6, 4.19) gave up 2R in 6.1IP for the loss. Top KC hitters were CF Peaches Badeau (2 for 4, 1BB), RF Matt Praks (2 for 3, 1RBI, 1BB) & SS Rob Bell (2 for 3, 1BB, 1DBL). For us, Mike Kreitenberg went 2 for 2, 1R, 2RBI, 2BB, 1DBL filling in at 2B. Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 4. Matt Perly went 1 for 1, 2R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR subbing in late at 3B.

6/17 CHI @ DET: WIN 3-2 Roy Wolfe (8-5, 3.86) gave up just 2R in 8.2IP for the win and POG. Stan Mulhall (2-4, 6.75) gave up 3R (2ER) in 7IP. Top CHI hitters were 1B Champ Allen (2 for 4) & CF Henry Thomas (1 for 4, 1hR). For us, Matt Perly went 1 for 2, 1RBI, 2BB, 1DBL. Roy Wolfe went 1 for 2.

6/18 CHI @ DET: WIN 3-0 Bud Ulrich (14-1, 3.40) pitched 8 shutout innings for the win and POG. Ernest Cohen (5-3, 2.90) gave up 3R in the CG loss. Top CHI hitter was C Bud Mobley (2 for 3, 1DBL). For us, Dennis Kitterman went 3 for 4, 1RBI. Matt Perly went 2 for 4. Smokey Meacham filled in at C and went 3 for 4, 1R.

6/19 CHI @ DET: WIN 18-1 Sonny Faulkner (10-4, 3.66) gave up just 1R for the CG win. Sockless Grant (4-12, 5.49) gave up 8 in 4.2. Top CHI hitter was 1B Champ Allen (2 for 3, 1R). For us, Ray Kress went 3 for 4, 5R, 2BB and tied his AL single game record of 5R. Dirtbag Degal went 2 for 4, 1R, 5RBI, 2BB, 1GrandSlam. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 1R, 4RBI, 2BB, 1DBL. Rollin Fish went 3 for 5, 3R, 2RBI, 1HR. Dennis Kitterman went 3 for 5, 3R, 2RBI. Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4, 2R, 2BB.

6/20 WSH @ DET: WIN 4-3 Hal Andrew got the win giving up 3R in 8IP. John Patterson pitched a scoreless 9th for his 5th save. Van Melbourn (3-14, 4.94) gave up 4R in his CG loss. Top WSH hitters were 3B Chris Anderson (2 for 4) & Van Melbourn (1 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR). That's only Van's 2nd HR of his career, both were against Tiger pitchers. For us, Mike Kreitenberg went 3 for 4, 1R, 2DBL, 1SB filling in at SS. Ray Kress went 1 for 2, 1RBI, 2BB. Dirtbag Degal went 2 for 3, 1R. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 3, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR.

6/21 WSH @ DET: loss 4-6 Roy Wolfe (8-6, 3.89) gave up 6R (4ER) in 8IP for the loss. Robert Gelder (6-11, 5.54) got the win giving up 4R in 8.2IP. Top WSH hitter was (of course) 3B Chris Anderson (2 for 3, 2R, 4RBI, 1BB, 2HR, POG). That guys always seems to hit well against us. For us, Dave Castaneda went 1 for 3, 2R, 2BB. Matt Perly went 1 for 3, 1RBI, 1BB. Ray Kress went 0 for 2, 1R, 1RBI, 3BB.

6/22 WSH @ DET: loss 2-5 Bud Ulrich gave up 2R in 6.2IP. The loss went to Magnus George (0-4, 7.64) who gave up 3R in the 8th. Bob Netsky (8-8, 3.87) got the win and POG giving up 2R in 8IP. Top WSH hitters were 1B Wally Cruce (2 for 3, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1HR), CF Claude Deasley (1 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR) & SS Walt Mayotte (2 for 2, 2BB). For us, Dirtbag degal went 1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. Rollin Fish went 3 for 4.

6/23 day off

6/24 DET @ CLE: loss 6-7 Sonny Faulkner (10-5, 4.03) gave up 7R & 3HR in 3.2IP for the loss. Houston Boler (13-4, 4.36) got the win giving up 6R (4ER) in 6IP. Top CLE hitters were RF Frank Winsett (3 for 4, 2R, 4RBI, 2HR, POG), CF Honus Dietrich (2 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR) & LF Sherm Rorabeck (2 for 4, 1R, 1TRPL). For us, Ray KRess went 2 for 4, 2R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 2 subbing in late at 1B.

6/25 DET @ CLE: loss 1-2 Hal Andrew struck out 8 and allowed only 2H, 2BB & 1R in 8IP. Unfortunately, Magnus Goerge (0-5, 7.85) was unable to hold in the 9th. Lex TW gave up 1R in 7.1IP for POG. The win went to Wally Pickles (3-2, 6.57) who pitched a scoreless 9th. Top CLE hitters were CF Honus Dietrich (2 for 4, 1HR) & 3B Dave Lemmings (1 for 3, 1HR). For us, Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 4, 1R. Dirtbag Degal went 1 for 2, 1RBI, 2BB.

6/26 DET @ CLE: WIN 5-0 Roy Wolfe (9-6, 3.66) pitched a 4H CG shutout for the win and POG. Herm Labombard (12-4, 2.96) gave up 5R (3ER) in 7.2IP for the loss. Top CLE hitter was RF Frank Winsett (1 for 2, 1BB). For us, Dirtbag Degal went 3 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL. Luther Ormiston went 2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL, 1HR.

6/27 day off

6/28 KC @ DET: WIN 11-4 Bud Ulrich gave up 4R in 7IP. The win went to Magnus George (1-5, 7.45) held pitching a scoreless 8th. Dan Mau (14-1, 4.01) gave up 6R in 7.2IP for the loss. Top KC hitters were C Hershell Lee (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI), RF Matt Praks (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI) & 3B Bud Ayers (1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR). For us, Matt Perly got POG going 3 for 5, 2R, 5RBI, 2HR. Luther Ormiston went 3 for 5, 1HR. Mike Kreitenberg went 3 for 5, 2R, 2RBI filling in at SS. Ray Kress went 1 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR.

6/29 KC @ DET: WIN 4-2 Sonny Faulkner (11-5, 3.93) gave up just 2R in 8IP for the win and POG. Magnus George got his 8th save pitching a scoreless 9th. Tad Zonkas (2-9, 3.97) gave up 3R in 7IP for the loss. Top KC hitter was LF Emanual Ryan (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL, 1HR). For us, Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR. Rollin Fish went 2 for 3, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Clinton Darling filled in at LF & 3B and went 2 for 4.

6/30 KC @ DET: WIN 13-5 Hal Andrew (12-5, 3.20) got the win giving up 4R (3ER) in 7.1IP. Ellis Weeks (10-7, 4.00) gave up 9R in the first 2.2 for the loss. Top KC hitters were LF Emanual Ryan (1 for 2, 2R, 1RBI, 2BB, 1HR), 1B Charlton Brown (1 for 4, 1HR), 3B Bud Ayers (2 for 4, 1RBI) & CF Peaches Badeau (2 for 4, 1RBI, 1BB). For us, Ray Kress got POG going 4 for 5, 1R, 2RBI. Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1DBL.


STANDINGS
52-25, #1 overall, 3.5 games ahead of CLE, 17-9 in June

BAD NEWS
-Scouting: Ormiston's report seems to be getting worse and worse every month. I wonder if he's hiding an injury.
-Bullpen: Magnus George (8.31), Lloyd Wyman (9.00), Steven Brown (11.57) struggled.
-Hitting: For the most part we hit well this month, but we did have a 4 game losing streak in the middle of a bit of lull in our hitting. Luckily the bats woke up in time for our last series with KC.

GOOD NEWS
-Scouting: Coleman is ready to be called back up from AAA, he picked up 1B like we had hoped, but now that Ormiston is struggling, he'll spend most of his time at 3B anyway. But at least we have some flexibility there. He put up some incredible numbers there in Buffalo highlighted by .375 & 44HRs in 77 games.
-Starters: Andrew (5-1, 3.94), Faulkner (5-2, 3.1), Wolfe (3-3, 3.59), Ulrich (2-0, 3.46) did fairly well in keeping us in some close games.
-Hitting: Darling (.538), Kress (.430, 7HR), Ulrich (.400), Kreitenberg (.400), Kitterman (.353, 3HR), Perly (.353, 5HR), Degal (.329, 4HR).
-Dirtbag Degal has a 16 game hitting streak giong on.
-On 6/13 Ray Kress was named Player of the Week for hitting .524, 3HR, 10RBI and on 6/19 tied his AL single game record of 5R in a game.
-We jumped back into 1st place again, but now instead of NY or KC threatening, it's CLE giving us the least amount of breathing room. This is looking like it could be a crazy wild race this year.

ROSTER CHANGES
-Jim Coleman will be called back up from Buffalo-AAA and will get about half the at bats (give or take) at 3B as well as be available to sub in at 1B if PH circumstances call for it. Kreit will remain #1 backup at 1B, but I'm sure Fite will throw Coleman in there once in a while.
-Don Vonkitzing will have to be designated for assignment to make room for Jim. Don hasn't pitched one single inning this year as he was at the very far end of the bull pen bench. He needs to go somewhere where he can get a decent amount of innings as his skills are starting to suffer from lack of use.

HITTING THRU 6/30

Name            G  AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI  R BB  K  AVG  OBP  SLG

 
M. Kreitenberg 59 162 63 13  4  0  31 37 22 16 .389 .465 .519 
R. Kress       75 244 88 11  1 25  72 81 89 46 .361 .527 .721 
C. Darling     23  39 14  2  0  1   6  4  4  7 .359 .419 .487 
I. Mitchell    73 286 98  9  3  7  38 46 20 24 .343 .387 .469 
M. Perly       70 252 80 11  1 20  72 51 41 38 .317 .409 .607 
C. Sandoz      26  41 13  1  0  1   4  6  3  5 .317 .364 .415 
J. Degal       66 229 71  6  0 18  58 45 45 29 .310 .419 .572 
J. Meacham     38  89 27  2  1  5  15 14  6 10 .303 .347 .517 
B. Ulrich      19  57 17  2  2  0   0  9  2 11 .298 .322 .404 
D. Kitterman   72 294 87  5  6 10  45 61 24 34 .296 .348 .456 
R. Fish        68 219 55  2  0  9  35 36 31 28 .251 .341 .384 
D. Castaneda   68 279 70  9  2  1  31 42 43 47 .251 .349 .308 
L. Ormiston    73 248 62 12  2  9  40 36 44 52 .250 .361 .423 
P. Short       34  45  8  3  0  1   7  7  9  9 .178 .309 .311

PITCHING THRU 6/30

Name          G GS  W L SV   ERA   IP   HA  R ER BB   K

 
B. Ulrich    19 19 14 1  0  3.46 138.0 127 58 53 64 104 
H. Andrew    20 20 12 5  0  3.20 154.2 105 58 55 58 124 
E. Faulkner  19 19 11 5  0  3.93 139.2 125 64 61 45  68 
R. Wolfe     19 19  9 6  0  3.66 150.0 147 66 61 27  75 
L. Wyman     15  0  3 1  6  4.09  11.0  13  6  5  4   4 
S. Cole      17  0  2 0  1  4.00  18.0  17  8  8  9  10 
M. George    23  0  1 5  8  7.08  20.1  27 16 16  5  10 
C. Stell      9  0  0 1  0 11.88   8.1  13 11 11  2   4 
S. Brown      4  0  0 0  0  6.75   4.0   8  5  3  3   0 
O. Adkins    13  0  0 0  0  2.35  15.1  17  9  4  6   9 
J. Patterson 26  0  0 1  5  3.86  28.0  30 13 12 11  10

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1955: 7/1 THRU 7/15

7/1 DET @ CHI: WIN 3-1 Roy Wolfe (10-6, 3.51) got the CG win and POG giving up just 1R. Johnny Gordley (6-11, 4.30) gave up 3R in 7.2IP for the loss. Top CHI hitter was LF Ferdinand Perez (2 for 4, 1R). For us, Dirtbag Degal went 2 for 3, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB. Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 1DBL. Jim Coleman, fresh back from BuffaloAAA went 2 for 4, 2RBI, 1DBL.

7/2 DET @ CHI: loss 1-3 Bud Ulrich (14-2, 3.39) gave up 3R (2ER) in the CG loss. Ernest Cohen (7-4, 2.87) gave up just 1R in 7IP for the win. Top CHI hitter was again LF Ferdinand Perez (2 for 4, 1RBI). For us, Ray Kress went 2 for 4, 1R, 1DBL.

7/3 DET @ CHI: WIN 6-2 Sonny Faulkner gave up 2R in 8IP. Magnus George (2-5, 6.45) pitched 2 scoreless innings and got the win as we scored 4 in the top of the 11th. Stan Mulhall gave up 2R in 6.1IP. The loss went to Sockless Grant (5-13, 5.25) who was responsible for 3 of those 11th inning runs. Top CHI hitters were C Bud Mobley (3 for 4, 1DBL) & CF Mike Cushman (1 for 4, 1HR). For us, Dirtbag Degal got POG and extended his hitting streak to 19 games going 3 for 5, 3R, 4RBI, 1BB, 2HR.

7/4 DET @ WSH: WIN 7-5 Hal Andrew (13-5, 3.32) got the win despite giving up 5R in 8IP. Out of the 8 hits Andrew gave up, 7 of them were doubles. Magnus George got his 9th save pitching a scoreless 9th. Robert Gelder (6-13, 6.03) gave up 7R (6ER) in 4.1IP for the loss. Top WSH hitters were SS Walt Mayotte (2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1DBL) & RF Will Griffin (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL). For us, Dennis Kitterman got POG going 3 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1DBL, 1HR, 1SB. Hal Andrew went 1 for 3, 2RBI, 1BB, 1SB. Jim Coleman went 2 for 5, 1R, 2RBI.

7/5 DET @ WSH: WIN 7-3 Roy Wolfe (11-6, 3.48) gave up 3R in a CG win for POG. Bob Netsky (9-9, 3.91) gave up 5R In 7.2IP for the loss. Top WSH hitters were CF Claude Deasley (2 for 2, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL) & 2B Ray Vlasik (2 for 4, 1R). For us, Ray Kress went 3 for 5, 1R, 1RBI. Matt Perly went 1 for 2, 1R, 1RBI, 3BB, 1DBL. Roy Wolfe went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL. Degal subbed in at 3B late in the game and saw his hit 19 game streak end as he went 0 for 2.

7/6 DET @ WSH: WIN 13-3 Bud Ulrich (15-2, 3.40) got the win giving up 3R in 7.2IP. Lukas Dietrich (4-10, 5.39) gave up 7R in 4.1IP for the loss. Top WSH hitter was 3B Chris Anderson (2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL). For us, Dirtbag Degal got POG going 2 for 4, 2R, 3RBI, 1HR. Dave Castaneda went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 2BB. Ray Kress went 3 for 4, 3R, 1RBI, 2B, 1HR. Rollin Fish went 2 for 3, 3R, 1RBI, 2BB, 1HR, 1SB. Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 5, 2R, 2RBI, 2DBL.

7/7 day off

7/8 CLE @ DET: loss 2-3 Sonny Faulkner gave up 2R in 8IP. Magnus George (2-6, 6.56) was unable to hold in the 9th giving up 1R. Herm Labombard (14-4, 2.79) got the win giving up just 2R in 8IP. Top CLE hitters were 2B Robbie Delcambre (2 for 3, 1RBI, 1BB) & SS John Henning (2 for 3, 1R, 1BB). Dave Castaneda went 2 for 3, 1R, 1DBL. Ray Kress went 2 for 3, 1BB.

7/9 CLE @ DET: WIN 6-3 Hal Andrew (14-5, 3.32) got the win giving up 3R in 8IP. John Patterson got his 6th save pitching a scoreless 9th. About dang time you give the kid an inning Fite. Bobby Lester gave up 6R in 7.1IP. Top CLE hitter was 1B Jerry Tuggle (2 for 4, 2R, 3RBI, 2HR). For us, Dave Castaneda went 3 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4, 2R. Rollin Fish went 1 for 1, 1R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR.

7/10 CLE @ DET: WIN 4-3 Roy Wolfe gave up just 2R in 8IP for POG. Magnus George (3-6, 6.39) blew a save op in the 9th, but pitched a scoreless 10th to hold on for the win. Fite, I'd really like to see our career leaderboard closer get a save op once in a while... Houston Boler gave up 3R in 7IP. Morgan Cuellar (1-1, 2.81) got the loss giving up a 10th inning HR to Mitchell. Top CLE hitters were 1B Owen Shankster (1 for 3, 1HR) & LF Al Jackson (1 for 4, 1BB, 1HR). For us, Dave Castaneda went 2 for 3, 1R, 1BB. Ray Kress went 0 for 2, 2R, 3BB, 1SB. Matt Perly went 1 for 4, 2RBI.

7/11 day off

7/12 ALLSTAR: loss 1-9 Ray Kress went 1 for 2 starting in LF. Dirtbag Degal started at C and went 0 for 1, 1BB. Matt Perly started at 2B and went 0 for 2. Isaac Mitchell subbed in at RF and went 2 for 3. Hal Andrew struck out one and pitched a hitless/walkless 4th inning. Bud Ulrich pitched in the 7th but gave up 2R in 0.2IP.

7/13 day off
7/14 day off

7/15 CHI @ DET: loss 4-5 Bud Ulrich (15-3, 3.49) gave up 5R in a CG loss. Stan Mulhall (4-5, 5.35) gave up just 1R in 7.1IP for the win and POG. Top Sox hitters were LF Ferdinand Perez (3 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL), 1B Champ Allen (1 for 2, 1R, 2BB) & 2B Ricky Middlebrook (1 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1TRPL). For us, Dave Castaneda went 2 for 4, 1RBI, 1BB. Dirtbag Degal went 1 for 4, 1HR.


STANDINGS
59-28, #1 overall, 3.5 games ahead of the Yanks, 7-3 in the last 10

BAD NEWS
-Unfortunately, the online team page, stats pages, and some of the player pages are not updated, so I'll try to look at the bad/good news in more detail later if I have time this weekend.

GOOD NEWS
-On 7/4 Dirtbag Degal won Player of the Week award for hitting .474, 2HR, 6RBI and had a 19 game hitting streak going on during that time.
-In the AL TOP10s Kress leads in runs by 22 and in walks by 38. I love the way he does anything that it takes to help this team succeed.
-We took back the #1 spot and have held on, but now NY has moved back into the top challenger spot. Very cool to see four strong teams in the AL this year.

AL TOP10 TIGERS
AVG - Kress #2, Mitchell #8
SLG - Kress #1, Degal #4, Perly #6
HR - Kress #3, Degal #4, Perly #5
RBI - Perly #4, Kress #5, Degal #6
RUN - Kress #1 (by 22), Kitterman #5
SB - Kreitenberg #3, Fish #4, Kress #6
BB - Kress #1 (by 38), Castaneda #6
WIN - Ulrich #2, Andrew #5
Ks - Andrew #2, Ulrich #7,
ERA - Andrew #7, Wolfe #8
SVs - George #6...
Where they heck is Wyman? I thought that last patch was supposed to help fix the closer / save op ratio problem. Too bad since Wyman was with in site of the #1 spot all time. But then again, winning is more important than personal records, so I shouldn't gripe too much.

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1955, 7/16 THRU 7/31

7/16 CHI @ DET: loss 2-6 Sonny Faulkner gave up 2R (0ER) in 8.2IP. Oswald Adkins (0-1, 4.60) was unable to hold in the 13th giving up 4R. Max Matamoros gave up 1R in 7.2IP. The win went to Cornelius Grant who pitched a scoreless 12th. Top CHI hitters were LF Ferdinand Perez (4 for 6, 2R, POG) & Henry Thomas (1 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 2BB). For us, Dennis Kitterman went 3 for 5, 1RBI. Luther Ormiston went 1 for 2, 3BB.

7/17 CHI @ DET: WIN 10-3 Hal Andrew (15-5, 3.26) got the win giving up just 3R (2ER) in 8.2IP. Johnny Gordley (8-12, 4.30) gave up 6R in 4.2IP for the loss. Top CHI hitter was SS Joe Yandell (2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI). For us, Dirtbag Degal got POG going 2 for 5, 2R, 4RBI, 2HR. Ray Kress went 2 for 3, 3R, 3RBI, 2BB, 2HR. Matt Perly went 2 for 3, 1R, 1BB. Jim Coleman went 2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. Hal Andrew went 3 for 4, 1R, 1SB.

7/18 DET @ KC: loss 6-8 Roy Wolfe (11-7, 3.61) gave up 7R (6ER) in 6IP. Dan Mau (16-2, 4.04) got the win despite giving up 6R in 8.2IP. Top KC hitters were C Sal Poulos (2 for 4, 1R, 4RBI, 1HR, POG), CF Todd Walker (2 for 5, 2R, 1RBI, 1HR, 1DBL), LF Emanuel Ryan (2 for 3, 1R, 1RBI, 2BB) & SP Dan Mau (2 for 4, 1RBI). For us, Jim Coleman went 2 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR. Matt Perly went 2 for 3, 2R. Rollin Fish went 2 for 3, 1R, 1BB. Smokey Meacham PH going 1 for 1, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR.

7/19 DET @ KC: WIN 2-0 Bud Ulrich (16-3, 3.30) pitched a 6H CG shutout for the win and POG. Ellis Weeks (11-8, 3.92) gave up 2R in 7IP for the loss. Top KC hitter was LF Emanual Ryan (2 for 4). For us, Luther Ormiston went 2 for 3. Matt Perly went 1 for 2, 2R, 2BB. Rollin Fish went 1 for 2, 2RBI, 1BB.

7/20 DET @ KC: loss 1-3 Sonny Faulkner (11-6, 3.55) gave up 3R for a CG loss. Martin Gwaltney (14-2, 1.67) only gave up 1R for a CG win and POG. Top KC hitters were LF Emanaul Ryan (2 for 4, 1R) & C Hershell Lee (1 for 4, 1HR). For us, Pete Short went 2 for 3, 1DBL filling in at LF. Ray Kress PH in the 9th going 1 for 1, 1R, 1TRPL.

7/21 DET @ KC: WIN 9-2 Hal Andrew (16-5, 3.20) got the CG win and POG giving up 2R. Jackie Bowen (13-9, 2.82) gave up 6R in 7.1IP for the loss. Top KC hitters were SS Rob Bell (2 for 3, 1HR) & 3B Bud Ayers (1 for 3, 1BB, 1HR). For us, Ray Kress went 3 for 5, 2R, 1SB. Dirtbag Degal went 2 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1HR. Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4, 2R, 2RBI. Rollin Fish went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI.

7/22 NYY @ DET: loss 6-10 Roy Wolfe gave up 5R in 8IP. The loss went to Lloyd Wyman (3-2, 5.06) who gave up 4R in the 9th. Carpenter Erickson got POG for pitching 7.1 shutout innings. The win went to Daniel Earley (2-1, 1.76) who closed out the 8th. We were down 5-0, then rallied scoring 6 in the 8th, but then gave up 5 in the 9th... tough way to lose at home for sure. Top Yank hitters were LF Turk Baker (3 for 5, 2R, 2RBI, 2HR), CF John Young (1 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR), 3B Dean Parente (2 for 3, 1HR), RF Wood Woodworth (1 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR). For us, Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 4, 1R. Dirtbag Degal went 0 for 1, 1R, 1RBI, 4BB. Clinton Darling got PH and got 2 at bats in the AB in the 8th and went 1 for 2, 2RBI.

7/23 NYY @ DET: loss 0-6 Bud Ulrich (16-4, 3.26) gave up 4R (2ER) in 8IP for the loss. Erick Williams (8-4, 3.14) got the win & POG pitching 8 shutout innings. Top Yank hitters were LF Turk Baker (3 for 5, 1RBI, 1DBL. SS Victor Estevez (2 for 4, 1R) & 3B Wood Woodworth (1 for 5, 1HR). For us, Ray Kress went 2 for 4.

7/24 NYY @ DET: WIN 6-5 Sonny Faulkner got POG pitching 7.1 shutout innings. Oswald Adkins (1-1, 4.50) got the win after coming in for relief for Wyman who blew a save badly. Grant Kauffman gave up 5R in 8IP. The loss went to Daniel Earley (2-2, 2.05) who gave up 1R in the 9th. Top Yank hitters were 2B Lonnie Ives (2 for 3) & 1B Arnie Stewart (1 for 5, 1R, 3RBI, 1DBL). For us, Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4, 1R. Mike Kreitenberg went 1 for 2, 2BB filling in at 1B. Dirtbag Degal went 1 for 3, 1BB, 1HR. Matt Perly went 1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. Jim Coleman went 1 for 4, 1HR.

7/25 DET @ CHI: loss 2-5 Hal Andrew (16-6, 3.33) gave up 5R in 6.1IP for the loss. Max Matamoros (5-12, 4.10) got the win & POG giving up just 2R in 8IP. Top CHI hitters were 1B Champ Allen (3 for 5, 2RBI, 1DBL) & LF Ferdinand Perez (2 for 4, 2R, 1BB, 1DBL). For us, Isaac Mitchell went 1 for 4, 1HR.

7/26 DET @ CHI: WIN 17-2 Roy Wolfe (12-7, 3.57) gave up just 2R (1ER) for a CG win. Johnny Gordley (8-14, 4.56) gave up 7R in the first 3.2IP for the loss. Top CHI hitters were RF Gin Allen (2 for 3) & LF Ferdinand Perez (2 for 4, 1R). For us, Dirtbag Degal got POG going 3 for 5, 3R, 7RBI, 2HR. Dennis Kitterman went for 6, 3R, 5RBI, 2TRPL. Mike Kreitenberg went 3 for 4, 4R, 2RBI, 2BB filling in at SS. Jim Coleman went 2 for 5, 1R< 3RBI, 1DBL.

7/27 DET @ CHI: WIN 10-2 Bud Ulrich (17-4, 3.2) got the win giving up 2R in 8.2IP. Ernest Cohen (9-7, 3.14) gave up a career high 17H and also 7R in 6.1IP for the loss. Top CHI hitters were C Bud Mobley (2 for 4, 1R, 1DBL) & CF Mike Cushman (1 for 2, 2BB, 1TRPL). For us, Jim Coleman got POG going 4 for 5, 2R, 3RBI, 1TRPL, 1HR. Isaac Mitchell went 3 for 5, 2R, 2RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. Rollin Fish went 3 for 5, 1R, 1RBI. Dirtbag Degal went 2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI. Dennis Kitterman went 3 for 5, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB. Dave Castaneda went 2 for 3, 1RBI, 1SB.

7/28 day off

7/29 CLE @ DET: WIN 6-5 Sonny Faulkner (12-6, 3.51) got the win giving up 5R in 7.2IP. Lloyd Wyman got his 7th save pitching a hitless 9th. Lex TW (10-9, 4.28) gave up 6R in 6IP for the loss. Top CLE hitters were 3B Dave Lemmings (3 for 4, 2R, 1DBL) & 1B Owen Shankster (2 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1DBL, 1HR). For us, Dirtbag Degal got POG going 2 for 5, 1R, 4RBI, 1HR. Isaac Mitchell went 3 for 4, 1R. Dave Castaneda went 2 for 4, 1R, 1BB. Mike Kreitenberg went 1 for 2, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1TRPL filling in at 2B.

7/30 CLE @ DET: WIN 9-3 Hal Andrew (17-6, 3.35) got the win giving up 3R in 6.2IP. Herm Labombard (16-6, 3.08) gave up 8R in 7IP for the loss. Top CLE hitters were 3B Dave Lemmings (3 for 5, 1R, 1RBI, 1DBL), C Joseph Arp (2 for 4, 1RBI, 1DBL) & 2B Robbie Delcambre (2 for 4, 1R, 1BB). For us, Matt Perly got POG going 2 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. Dirtbag Degal went 1 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR. Luther Ormiston went 1 for 4, 1HR, Rollin Fish went 1 for 4, 1HR. Hal Andrew went 2 for 2, 1R, 1DBL.

7/31 CLE @ DET: loss 2-4 Roy Wolfe (12-8, 3.59) gave up 4R in a CG loss. Bobby Lester (11-11, 5.83) got the win giving up 2R (1ER) in 8.1IP. Top CLE hitters were 3B Dave Lemmings (2 for 3, 2R), 1B Jerry Tuggle (1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR), RF Bill Hahn (1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR). For us, John Meacham filled in at C and went 2 for 4, 2RBI.


STANDINGS
68-34, #1 overall, 8-7 in the last couple of weeks

BAD NEWS
-Scouting reports - You can just about stick a fork in Ormiston, the latest reports on him make it impossible to continue starting him over Coleman.
-The last couple of weeks have felt like the old days where one day our pitching would be hot and then the next day our bats would be hot. We had a hard time putting it all together for consistent wins. Hopefully these next two months we can calm down and play team ball again.

GOOD NEWS
-On 7/31 John Dirtbag Degal was named Player of the Week for hitting .400, 4HR, 15RBI. He was a monster hitting .346, 12HR for the month.
-Jim Coleman looked good after destroying AAA pitching for a few months... he hit .323, 4HR and will take over starting full time at 3B.
-Hal Andrew went 5-1, 3.86. Sonny Faulkner pitched better (2.27) but only managed to go 1-1.


August is coming in a bit... trying to get caught up today.

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1955, 8/1 THRU 8/15

8/1 DET @ BAL: loss 6-11 Bud Ulrich (17-5, 3.32) gave up 6R (5ER) in 7IP for the loss. Josh Deyo (3-13, 6.24) got the CG win giving up 6R. Almost every BAL hitter had at least 2 hits. POG went to CF Jessie Witt (2 for 5, 1R, 3RBI, 1DBL). For us, Ray Kress went 3 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1HR, 1SB. Rollin Fish went 1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. Matt Perly left the game early as he hurt his back making a throw. He's excepted to be day2day for about a week.

8/2 DET @ BAL: WIN 7-0 Sonny Faulkner (13-6, 3.35) pitched a 1H CG shutout for the win and POG. Alter Sennelnekoff (7-16, 4.12) gave up 5R in 7.2IP for the loss. Only BAL hitter was 1B Vince Chipple who went 1 for 3, 1BB. For us, Ray Kress went 3 for 3, 3R, 2RBI, 2BB, 1HR. Dennis Kitterman went 2 for 3, 3R, 2BB. Carl Sandoz went 2 for 4, 1RBI, 1BB.

8/3 DET @ BAL: loss 9-11 Hal Andrew gave up 7R in 5.2IP. John Patterson pitched a hitless 8th but then left for the locker room complaining about elbow pain. He's expected to be out for a week or two. The loss went to Lloyd Wyman (3-3, 6.75) who blew another save. Sid Metcalf gave up 9R in 7.1IP. The win went to Eugene Sprecher (5-8, 6.20) who closed out the 8th. Top BAL hitters were 2B Dale Thompson (3 for 5, 1R, 3RBI, 3DBL), LF Chet Pardue (3 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1DBL), 3B Boris Zimyanin (1 for 2, 2R, 3RBI, 2BB, 1HR) & CF Jessie Witt (2 for 4, 2R, 1RBI, 1DBL). For us, Ray Kress went 2 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Jim Coleman went 2 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. Matt Perly went 2 for 4, 1R, 1DBL.

8/4 DET @ BOS: loss 3-4 Roy Wolfe (12-9, 3.63) got the CG loss giving up 4R. Bryce Ostrander (9-11, 3.34) got the win giving up just 2R in 7.1IP. Top BOS hitters were SS Morris Lutske (3 for 4, 1R, 1RBI, 2DBL) & 1B Chris Javel (2 for 4, 1R, 1RBI). For us, Dave Castaneda went 4 for 5. Mike Kreitenberg filled in at 1B and went 2 for 4, 1R. Matt Perly went 1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR.

8/5 DET @ BOS: WIN 3-1 Bud Ulrich (18-5, 3.24) gave up just 1R in 7.2IP for the win and POG. Lloyd Wyman struck out 2 and pitched a hitless 9th for his 8th save. Willard Carte (8-14, 4.50) gave up 3R in 7.2IP for the loss. Top BOS hitters were SS Morris Lutske (2 for 4, 1DBL) & 2B Joe Bardo (1 for 2, 2BB, 1DBL). For us, Carl Sandoz filled in at RF and went 2 for 4, 1R. Bud Ulrich went 2 for 4, 2RBI.

8/6 DET @ BOS: WIN 9-6 Sonny Faulkner (14-6, 3.34) got the win giving up 3R in 8.1IP. Lloyd Wyman closed out the 9th for his 9th save. Cort Nagel (7-8, 4.09) gave up 4R (3ER) in 6.1IP. Top BOS hitters were SS Morris Lutske (2 for 4, 2R, 1BB), 2B Joe Bardo (2 for 5, 1R, 3RBI, 1DBL, 1TRPL), Irving Korr (1 for 3, 1HR) & SP Cort Nagel (2 for 2). For us, Jim Coleman got POG going 3 for 5, 2R, 6RBI, 2HR. Carl Sandoz went 3 for 4. Dennis Kitterman went 4 for 5, 2R.

8/7 DET @ BOS: WIN 14-2 Hal Andrew (18-6, 3.51) got the win giving up 2R in 8.2IP. JD Allen (5-10, 5.24) gave up 8R (5ER) in 4.2IP. Top BOS hitters were 3B Ben Lutske (2 for 4, 2R, 2DBL) & 2B Joe Bardo (2 for 4, 1RBI). For us, Ray Kress got POG going 2 for 5, 2R, 4RBI, 2HR. Matt Perly went 3 for 5, 3R, 3RBI, 1DBL, 1TRPL, 1HR. Jim Coleman went 2 for 4, 2R, 3RBI, 1DBL, 1HR. Dave Castaenda went 2 for 5, 2R, 2RBI, 1HR. Dirtbag Degal went 1 for 5, 1HR.

8/8 BAL @ DET: WIN 7-0 Roy Wolfe (13-9, 3.48) pitched a 4H CG shutout for the win and POG. Buster Davis (8-17, 4.91) gave up 6R in 7IP for the loss. Top BAL hitter was LF Chet Pardue (1 for 3, 1BB). For us, Mike Kreitenberg went 2 for 4, 2R, 2SB filling in at 2B. Dirtbag Degal went 1 for 3, 1BB, 1HR. Jim Coleman went 1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. Rollin Fish went 2 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR.

8/9 BAL @ DET: loss 2-6 Bud Ulrich (18-6, 3.32) gave up 6R (5ER) in 8.2IP for the loss. Josh Deyo (4-14, 6.03) got the win giving up just 2R in 8IP. Top BAL hitters were 1B Vince Chipple (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR, POG) & CF Jessie Witt (2 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1TRPL). For us, Mike Kreitenberg went 3 for 5, 1DBL filling in at 1B. Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4, 1R, 1DBL. Rollin Fish went 1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR.

8/10 BAL @ DET: loss 3-7 Sonny Faulkner (14-7, 3.40) gave up 4R in 7IP for the loss. Alter Sennelnekoff (9-16, 4.07) got the win giving up 3R in 7.1IP. Top BAL hitters were 3B Boris Zimyanin (4 for 5, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR, POG) & C Tom Kruyt (2 for 4, 2R, 2RBI, 1BB). For us, Ray Kress went 3 for 4, 1RBI, 1BB. Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 4. Jim Coleman went 1 for 4, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR.

8/11 DET @ NYY: WIN 8-7 Hal Andrew (19-6, 3.68) won despite giving up 7R in 7IP. Joe Homic (2-1, 4.94) gave up 7R in 4IP for the loss. Top Yank hitters were RF Wood Woodworth (2 for 5, 2R, 5RBI, 2HR, POG), 3B Dean Parente (2 for 4, 2R, 1BB) & 1B Arnie Stewart (1 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR). Woodworth set a new Yank record with 38HR in a season. For us, Jim Coleman went 2 for 4, 1R, 3RBI, 1HR. Pete Short went 1 for 3, 2R, 1RBI, 1BB, 1HR. Dave Castaneda went 1 for 3, 2R, 3RBI, 2BB, 1HR. Dennis Kitterman went 1 for 3, 1BB, 1HR.

8/12 DET @ NYY: loss 2-5 Roy Wolfe (13-10, 3.55) gave up 5R in a CG loss. Carpenter Erickson gave up 2R in 7.2IP. The win went to Don Sinton (2-1, 8.49) who got the final out in the 8th. Top Yank hitters were 1B Arnie Stewart (2 for 4, 1R, 4RBI, 1DBL, 1HR, POG) & LF Turk Baker (2 for 3, 1BB). For us, Mike Kreitenberg went 2 for 3, 2B filling in at SS.

8/13 DET @ NYY: WIN 8-3 Bud Ulrich (19-6, 3.32) gave up just 3R in 8IP. Eric Williams (10-5, 3.60) gave up 7R in 4.1IP for the loss. Top Yank hitters were SS Victor Estevez (3 for 5, 1R), 2B John Valcarcel (2 for 3, 1RBI, 2BB), & LF Turk Baker (2 for 4, 1R, 1BB, 1SB). For us, Dennis Kitterman got POG going 3 for 4, 3R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1TRPL. Dave Castaneda went 3 for 5, 2R. Matt Perly went 2 for 5, 1R, 2RBI, 1HR. Isaac Mitchell went 2 for 5, 1HR.

8/14 DET @ NYY: WIN 4-2 Sonny Faulkner (15-7, 3.36) got the win giving up just 2R in 8IP. Magnus George pitched a hitless 9th for his 10th save. Grant Kauffman (12-9, 4.50) gave up 4R in 7IP for the loss. Top Yank hitters were 2B Dean Parente (2 for 4) & 2B Lonnie Ives (1 for 3, 1R, 2RBI, 1BB, 1HR). For us, Dirtbag Degal got POG going 2 for 4, 1R, 4RBI, 1GrandSlam.

8/15 KC @ DET: WIN 6-1 Hal Andrew (20-6, 3.57) gave up just 1R for the CG win and POG. Martin Gwaltney (18-3, 2.03) gave up 6R in 7.2IP for the loss. Top KC hitters were 2B Ace Habermehl (2 for 3, 1R, 1BB, 1DBL) & CF Peaches Badeau (2 for 4, 1RBI). For us, Dennis Kitterman went 3 for 5, 2RBI, 1DBL. Isaac Mitchell went 3 for 4, 2R, 1DBL. Rollin Fish went 1 for 2, 1R, 1RBI, 1BB. Mike Kreitenberg subbed in late at SS and went 1 for 1, 1R, 1RBI, 1TRPL.

STANDINGS
76-41, tied for #1 with the Yanks, 9-6 in the last couple of weeks.

BAD NEWS
-We went 3-1 against the Yanks and still gave up our lead.
-Scouting: Jim Meacham is regressing while Gale Adams is ripping up AAA with 35HR. Gale's is a decent defensive C who is nearly Meacham's equal with a bat now. Meacham needs to step it up or a move may have to happen soon.
-Fish and Degal both at 3HR in the last few weeks but are hitting a sad .235, .184 respectively.
-Hal Andrew managed to go 3-0, but had a sad 5.04 ERA.

GOOD NEWS
-Kress moved into the #2 spot on the HR Career Leaderboard passing Tiger hitting coach Quenton Misisca, he's also #14 in Walks and #19 in AVG.
-Luther Ormiston and Matt Perly are tied at the #18 spot on the HR Career Leaderboard.
-Lloyd Wyman is #4 on the Saves Career Leaderbaord.
-Kitterman (.385, 16R), Kress (.375, 5HR, 13RBI, 12R, 16BB), Kreitenberg (.359), Castaneda (.340, 2HR) are off to a nice start for August.
-Sonny Faulkner is still hot going 3-1, 2.51. Roy Wolfe deserved better than 1-2 with his 3.24 ERA.
-Lloyd Wyman got roughed up a bit there a couple weeks ago, but bounced back with 4 nearly perfect saves in his last 5 games.


TEAM STAT RANKINGS
Batting AVG: .289 (1st)
Homeruns: 166 (1st)
Walks: 576 (1st)
Stolen Bases: 68 (2nd) <--WOW, never thought I'd see that.
Runs Scored: 728 (1st)
Pitching ERA: 3.75 (5th)
Opponents AVG: .242 (3rd)
HRs Allowed: 115 (12th)
Walks Allowed: 363 (2nd)
Runs Allowed: 475 (5th)

AL TOP10 TIGERS
AVG - Kress #1
SLG - Kress #2, Degal #3, Perly #7
HRs - Kress & Degal #3, Perly #5
RBI - Degal #3, Perly #5, Kress #7
RUN - Kress #1, Kitterman #4
SBs - Kreitenberg #3, Fish #5, Kress #6
BBs - Kress #1 (leads by 42)
WIN - Andrew #3, Ulrich #4, Faulkner #8
SVs - Wyman & George #8
Ks - Andrew #3, Ulrich #5
ERA - Ulrich #7, Faulkner #8, Ostrander #9 - OK, so Grampa O isn't a Tiger, but I'm still happy for him.