The American Baseball League

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AUSTIN SIGNS THEIR CATCHING DUO
The Austin Rustlers held a press conference today to announce the signing of 2 players to contract extensions.
Catcher Chris Najera agreed to terms on a 3 year 35.4 million dollar extension with an opt-out after year 2.
Catcher William Bjork signed a 3 year 15 million dollar extension with the 3rd year a vesting option at 430 PA.

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WEEK: 22

THIS WEEK: 4 vs Dallas Texans 3 vs NY Empire

8/24: DAL 6 AUS 3 Redman (L) 7 IP 3 H 2 HR 6 K 3 ER (10-5 3.12) Tyson (DAL) CG 5 H 5 K 0 BB 3 ER (8-4 2.54) Tittle 2 2B (37) 2 R SB (58) Price 2H HR (2) RBI (2) Baird (DAL) 3H 2 HR (20) 3 RBI (73)
8/25: AUS 10 DAL 4 de Vos (W) 6 IP 8 H 5 K 3 ER (16-3 2.63) Feliciano 2H 2B (20) 2 R Tittle 2H BB 2 R Leonard 2B (14) HR (7) 3 RBI (29) Romero 3H HR (34) 2 R 3 RBI (90) SB (18) Duran HR (19) 2 RBI (60) Bjork 2H Angelico HR (1) 2 RBI (7) Allen (DAL) 3H 2 2B (4)
8/26: AUS 4 DAL 0 Elandra (W) 8.1 IP 14K 2 H (10-7 3.72) Leonard 2H R
8/27: AUS 4 DAL 3 (11) Kasprowicz ND 6.2 IP 6 H 8 K 3 ER Nitsche (DAL) ND 8 IP 8 H 5 K 0 BB 1 ER Mullinax 4H 2B (13) Najera 2H 2B (34) 2 R Duran 2H GT HR 9th (20) 2 RBI (62) Leonard 2H 2 SB (7) BB
8/28: AUS 4 NYE 2 Fisher (W) 7.1 IP 4 H 5 K 2 R 1 ER 2H R (14-6 3.15) Kemple SV (6) Najera 2H 2B (35) RBI (65) Mullinax HR (13) 3 BB RBI (48)
8/29: AUS 5 NYE 4 Redman (W) 6.2 IP 5 H 5 K 4 ER (11-5 3.22) Bulco SV (2) Price 2H SB (4) 2 R Mullinax 2H R RBI (49) Romero HR (35) 3 RBI (94) Najera 2 2B (37) R
8/30: NYE 2 AUS 0 de Vos (L) 8 IP 5 H 10 K 0 BB 2 ER (16-4 2.61) Hord (NYE) (W) 7.1 IP H 5 K 3 BB (5-8 3.78) Hawk (NYE) SV (28)

THE WEEK IN REVIEW:

NEXT WEEK: OFF DAY 3 vs San Antonio Broncos 3 @ Jacksonville Panthers

ABL HAPPENINGS:
8/25:
Jake Aguayo (OH) struck out 7, walked 2 and scattered 8 hits in a CG 4-0 win over Green Bay for his 9th win (9-10 3.82)
Alex Vasquez (SJ) won his 14th (14-6 3.21) with a CG 2-hitter in a 2-0 win over LA.
8/28:
Paul Reed (GB) threw his 3rd career 2H CG SHO in a 3-0 win over Atlanta. All 3 of Reed's 2-hitters have been thrown against the Razorbacks. He's 12-9 3.17
8/29:
Matt Ivory (BAL) went 5-6 in a 15-6 win over San Francisco.
Melvin Torres (PHI) won his 10th (10-9 2.17) with a CG 4 K 4-0 win over Las Vegas.
The Chicago Iron Pigs traded OF Ray Brown (22 3*) P Yuan-zhang Fu (23 2*) and P Danny Taliaferro (19 2*) to Memphis for P Ken Glenn (29 3.5*) and 705K in cash. Glenn is 7-11 4.44 this season.

RUSTLER NEWS:
8/26:
C Tim Carnes was taken in the 2nd round this year and the 22-year-old was recently promoted to SS Hartford. In his 2nd game there he went 3-4 hitting 3 HR's and driving in 7 in a 19-18 loss.
8/29:
AUSTIN, LEONARD AGREE TO TERMS
The Austin Rustlers have announced the signing of 3B John Leonard to a 4 year 19.5 million dollar contract extension. Taken 1st overall in the 2018 draft the 27 year old is hitting .263/.361/.421 in 86 G. News spread quickly to franchise icon Xavier Feliciano about the deal to which he replied “Good for him”.
8/31:
Top P prospect Frank Reyes was injured in his 1st start off the DL at AAA Warren and will miss 5+ months after undergoing elbow surgery. He was 12-3 at AAA and is the game's #29 ranked prospect.

PATRIOT LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Rob Horne 1B (BAL) 8-16 3 HR 7 RBI
COLONIAL LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Tony Trezza 2B (SAN) 14-26 2 HR 6 RBI

• RECORD: 5-2
• STANDINGS: 86-41 +22
• RUNS SCORED: 621 (1st)
• OPS: .779 (1st)
• HR: 159 (1st)
• RUNS AGAINST: 409 (2nd)
• SP ERA: 3.16 (2nd)
• BULLPEN ERA: 2.48 (3rd)
• FIP: 2.86 (1st)
• DEF EFF: .712 (8th)
• ERRORS: 65 (11th)
• OWNERS MOOD: Good
• FAN INTEREST: 100
• POWER RANKINGS: 2nd

RUSTLER PLAYER OF THE MONTH: Josh Tittle .354/.429/.677 9 2B 7 HR 13 RBI 24 R 15 SB
RUSTLER PITCHER OF THE MONTH: Maake Elandra 3-0 1.77 35.2 IP 18 H 44 K 7 BB
RUSTLER MiL PLAYER OF THE MONTH: Tim Carnes C (SA) .379/.533/.924 12 HR 32 RBI 26 R 21 G
RUSTLER MiL PITCHER OF THE MONTH: Joe Ball (AA) 2-1 2.45 33 IP 26 H 17 K 4 BB

PATRIOT LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE MONTH: Ross Pelley 1B (DEN) .316-6-24 15 R
COLONIAL LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE MONTH: Jason Vosberg 1B (JAX) .312-10-20 19 R
PATRIOT LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE MONTH: Jeff Sleva CL (PIT) 2-0 8-8 SV 0.00 ERA 13 IP 25 K
COLONIAL LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE MONTH: Jason McCalib CL (CIP) 3-0 7 SV 0.00 17 IP 26 H
PATRIOT LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE MONTH: Gherardo Cetta SP (SD) 4-1 2.13 38 IP 27 K
COLONIAL LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE MONTH: Jesse Fox CL (FW) 2-0 10 SV 0.55 16.1 IP 20 K

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WEEK: 23

THIS WEEK: OFF DAY 3 vs San Antonio Broncos 3 @ Jacksonville Panthers
The roster is fine as it stands today so we are going to let Warren play it out before calling up some guys. Veteran John Thomas is added to the 40 man and recalled per agreement when he signed.

8/31: OFF DAY
9/1: SAN 5 AUS 0 Elandra (L) 6 IP 2 H 8 K 5 BB 2 R 0 ER (10-8 3.58) Kenney (SAN) (W) 7 IP 2 H 3 K 2 BB (4-2 2.30)
9/2: AUS 8 SAN 3 Kasprowicz (W) 7 IP 8 H 7 K 0 BB 3 ER (14-6 3.18) Tittle 2H 2 BB 2 R Mullinax 2H R 2 RBI (51) Thomas 2H 2B (1) R RBI (1)
9/3: AUS 3 SAN 2 Fisher ND 7 IP 5 H 6 K 1 ER Slyter BS (8) Kemple SV (7) Halphen (SAN) ND 7 IP 5 H 2 K 2 ER Najera 2H HR (17) RBI (67)
9/4: AUS 8 JAX 0 Redman (W) 8.2 IP 2 H 8 K 3 BB (12-5 3.04) Macias 2H leadoff HR (22) SB (27) 2 R RBI (62) Tittle 2H 2B (40) SB (61) BB 2 R 2 RBI (80) Mullinax 2H HR (14) 3 RBI (55) Romero 3H 2B (21) SB (21) Price 2 2B (4) 2 BB SB (5) R
9/5: JAX 1 AUS 0 Dover (JAX) CG 3 H 5 K (10-12 3.49) de Vos (L) 7 IP 4 H 7 K 0 BB 1 ER (16-5 2.56)
9/6: AUS 7 JAX 4 Elandra (W) 7.2 IP 5 H 7 K 3 ER (11-8 3.58) Kemple SV (8) Macias 2H SB (28) 2 R RBI (63) Tittle 2B (41) 3B (6) CS (16) 4 RBI (84) Najera 2-2 3 BB 2B (39) R Duran 2H 2B (21) R 2 RBI (66)

NEXT WEEK: OFF DAY 3 vs New England Minutemen 3 @ NY Empire

ABL HAPPENINGS:
9/1:
Brian Patterson (HOU) went 3-4 hitting 3 HR's and driving in 6 in a 7-4 win over Green Bay.
Justin Walker (AZ) won his league high 16th (16-7 3.10) with a CG 5-0 5-hit SHO of the Punishers.
9/2:
Josh Orcutt (SF) fanned 12 in a CG 2-hitter to beat Chicago 10-0. It was his 3rd 2-hit CG SHO of the season and his 13th win (13-8 2.92)
9/4:
Ted Tyson (DAL) struck out a career high 19, coming within 1 of the ABL record. He beat Washington allowing 3 hits over 8.2 IP allowing just an earned run in the 5-1 win. He's 9-5 2.59 in 20 GS
Apparently K's were the order of the day as San Jose P Darius Brooks won his 11th (11-10 4.15) after fanning 18 over 8.2 IP of a 4-2 win over San Diego.
P Justin Abramson (27 3.5*) joined his 3rd club this year today agreeing to a 1 year 930K contract with Lexington. On the year he is 0-3 2 SV 2.17 over 37.1 IP 25 H and 51 K's.
9/6:
Nate Newhall (WAS) struck out 3 and walked none in a CG 2-0 win over Dallas. He's 3-7 3.41

RUSTLER NEWS:
9/4:
John Leonard was suspended for 4 games for inciting a bench-clearing brawl.
9/5:
Newly installed closer Luke Kemple announced he'd agreed to a 3 year 9 million dollar contract extension with Austin.
Warren is headed to the AAA LCS again

PATRIOT LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: John Ventre LF (BAL) 7-15 3 HR 6 RBI 4 R
COLONIAL LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Brian Patterson 1B (HOU) 10-25 4 HR 11 RBI 7 R

• RECORD: 4-2
• STANDINGS: 90-43 +22
• RUNS SCORED: 647 (1st)
• OPS: .777 (1st)
• HR: 162 (2nd)
• RUNS AGAINST: 424 (2nd)
• SP ERA: 3.08 (2nd)
• BULLPEN ERA: 2.54 (3rd)
• FIP: 2.84 (1st)
• DEF EFF: .713 (8th)
• ERRORS: 69 (11th)
• OWNERS MOOD: Good
• FAN INTEREST: 100
• POWER RANKINGS: 2nd

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SINGLE SEASON RECORDS: RBI

1. 194 Jeff Weathers (SJ) 1992
2. 160 Micah Tufts (AUS) 1992
3. 156 Chris Bateman (CHA) 1997
4. 156 Justin Walk (DAL) 1998
5. 154 Sam Jones (SAN) 2020

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WEEK: 24

THIS WEEK: OFF DAY 3 vs New England Minutemen 3 @ NY Empire

9/7: OFF DAY
9/8: AUS 7 NE 1 Kasprowicz (W) CG 4 H 9 K 1 ER (15-6 3.08) Romero 2H HR (36) 2 R 2 RBI (7) Nolasco 3H 2B (6) HR (5) 2 R 4 RBI (26)
9/9: NE 6 AUS 5 Uo 4-1 into the 9th. Fisher ND 6 IP 4 H 6 K 1 ER Kemple BS (2) 0 IP 5 H HR 5 ER Romero 2H HR (37) 3 RBI (100) Nolasco 2H 2 RBI (28) Mathew (NE) 3H SB (10) R RBI (16) Sandoval PH Grand Slam (8) 4 RBI (25)
9/10: AUS 10 NE 6 Redman ND 5 IP 5 H 6 K 6 ER Slyter SV (32) Feliciano 2H BB Duran 4H 3 HR (23) 3 R 5 RBI (71) Nolasco HR (5) 2 BB 2 R RBI (29) Price 2H R RBI (3)
9/11: AUS 1 NYE 0 (14) de Vos ND 9 IP 4 H 6 K 3 BB Kemple 5 K 2.1 IP Hord (NYE) 7.1 IP 3 H 5 K 2 BB Romero 2H walk off 1B RBI (102)
9/12: AUS 6 NYE 3 Elandra (W) 8 IP 6 H 6 K 3 ER (12-8 3.57) Slyter SV (33) Macias 4H 2B (22) HR (23) 2 R 2 RBI (65) Tittle 2H HR (24) 2 SB (69) 2 RBI (88) Mullinax 2H Duran 3H 2B (23)2 SB (38) CS (22) 2 R Feliciano 3-3 2 BB 2 RBI (37) Price 2H
9/13: NYE 5 AUS 2 Gullion (NYE) (W) 8 IP 7 H 3 K 0 BB 2 ER (11-6 3.64) Hawk (NYE) SV (31) Kasprowicz (L) 5.2 IP 7 H 8 K 2 HR 5 ER (15-7 3.22) Macias 2H 2B (23) 2 R Kalo (NYE) 3-3 HR (7) 4 RBI (31)

NEXT WEEK: 4 @ Houston Roughriders 3 @ Ft Worth Cowboys

ABL HAPPENINGS:
9/12:
Byron Kneeland (NYP) went 5-5 in a 4-2 win over San Francisco.
Bing-hang Phan (SD) fanned 4 in his 1st career CG and SHO in a 5-0 win over Philadelphia to even his record at 7-7 3.09
9/13:
Jose Martinez (CHM) went 3-4 and hit 3 HR's in a 6-5 win over Las Vegas. The 26 year old (taken 2nd overall in 2022) is hitting .244-30-76
Josh Orcutt (SF) tossed his 3rd CG SHO in his last 5 GS as he beat the Punishers 1-0 on a 3-hit 8 K CG to go 14-8 2.72. It was his 6th CG and 4th SHO this year.
Lexington clinched their 13th Easter Division Title and will now look to win their 5th World Series.

RUSTLER NEWS:
9/12:
Warren is once again headed to the AAA World series as they seek to win their 6th

PATRIOT LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Taichiro Kimura 2B (BRK) 11-26 2 HR 5 RBI
COLONIAL LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Dave Nolasco RF (AUS) 7-10 2 HR 7 RBI 4 R

• RECORD: 4-2
• STANDINGS: 94-45 +23 Clinched
• RUNS SCORED: 678 (1st)
• OPS: .778 (1st)
• HR: 171 (2nd)
• RUNS AGAINST: 445 (2nd)
• SP ERA: 3.10 (2nd)
• BULLPEN ERA: 2.56 (3rd)
• FIP: 2.84 (1st)
• DEF EFF: .713 (8th)
• ERRORS: 75 (12th)
• OWNERS MOOD: Good
• FAN INTEREST: 100
• POWER RANKINGS: 2nd

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WEEK: 25

THIS WEEK: [U4 @ Houston Roughriders 3 @ Ft Worth Cowboys ][/U]

9/14: AUS 5 HOU 3 Fisher (W) 6 IP 7 H 6 K 1 ER (15-6 2.95_ Slyter SV (34) Tittle HR (25) RBI (89) Romero 2H HR (38) 2 R 2 RBI (104) Bruner (HOU) 3H R
9/15: AUS 5 HOU 4 Redman (W) 7 IP 5 H 7 K 6 BB 3 ER (13-5 3.30) Kemple SV (9) Macias 2H HR (24) 2 RBI (67) Romero HR (39) 2 RBI (106)
9/16: HOU 3 AUS 2 Up 2-1 after 8 de Vos ND 6 IP 6 H 5 K 1 ER Kemple BS (3) 0.2 IP 4 H HR 2 ER (3-2 3.76) Dalton (HOU) ND 7 IP 4 H 3 K 5 BB Patterson (HOU) 3-3 HR (30) 2 RBI (84) walk off 1B Perron (HOU) 3H R
9/17: AUS 7 HOU 2 Elandra (W) 6.1 IP 3 H 11 K 2 R 0 ER (13-8 3.44) Roy 2 IP 5 K SV (2) Feliciano 0-4 4 K Tittle HR (26) RBI (90) Najera PH HR (18) RBI (68) Duran 3H 2B (25) SB (41) BB 3 R Bjork 2H E (4) 3 RBI (18) Solorio (HOU) (L) 7.1 IP 9 H 12 K 5 R 3 ER (11-13 3.55)
9/18: FW 4 AUS 2 Kasprowicz (L) 7.1 IP 6 H 7 K 6 BB 4 ER (15-8 3.28) Macias 2H SB (29) Romero HR (40) 2 RBI (109) Najera 2H Neri (FW) 2 2B (10) 3B (1) RBI (8)
9/19: FW 4 AUS 1 Fisher (L) 7.2 IP 8 K 4 H 4 ER (15-7 3.03) Rice (FW) (W) 8 IP 2 H 12 K 1 BB 1 R 0 ER (5-11 4.22)
9/20: FW 7 AUS 3 Redman (L) 3 IP 8 H 3 HR 6 ER (13-6 3.56) Webster (FW) (W) 8 IP 4 H 6 K 0 BB 3 R 1 ER (2-1 3.33) Zuniga (FW) 3H 2 R

THE WEEK IN REVIEW:
First losing week in months. Warren won the title and a bunch of the kids were recalled.

NEXT WEEK: OFF DAY 3 vs Dallas Texans 3 vs Ft Worth Cowboys

ABL HAPPENINGS:
9/14:
John Halphen (SAN) fired his 2nd career 2-hitter as he beat Ohio 6-0 for win #13 (13-8 2.88)
9/15:
Gabe Andino (BAL) threw his 3rd SHO of the year and 2nd 4-hitter while striking out 11 and walking 1 in a 3-0 win over Las Vegas. He's 14-8 2.31
Aaron Shannon (AZ) tied his career high with 16 K's over 8 dominating innings in a 3-1 win over Detroit. He's 10-13 3.78
Nate Harrison (WAS) went 9 on 3 hits to beat Juan Esquerra and Providence 1-0. Esquerra allowed a run over 7 with 10 K's to fall to 4-12 4.59 while Harrison moved to 12-9 2.39
Tim Kelly (GB) won his 11th (11-11 3.06) allowing just 5 hits in a CG 3-0 win over Chicago.
Bryan Maenpaa (SF) got win #9 (9-7 2.91) with a CG 1-0 win over Philadelphia. He struck out 11 and allowed just 4 hits. Justin Watkins 9th inning walk off 1B made a loser of Philadelphia's Matt Jones who went the distance 8.1-5-1-1-3-8 to fall to 5-4 2.04
9/17:
Lee Medlock (BUF) threw a CG 3-hitter to beat New England 6-0 and move to 8-0 1.91 on the year.
9/18:
Buffalo won their 7th Colonial Division Pennant
9/19:
Steve Tikkanen (LA) won his 11th (11-10 3.41) with a CG 6-hitter in which he fanned 8 and walked none.
Jeremy Stuever (MEX) struck out 11 in a CG 1-0 win over Baltimore to win his 10th (10-11 3.90).
Warren Thompson (DAL) won his 15th (15-8 2.94) by fanning 15 over 7.2 innings in a 6-0 win over Houston.
Stefan Chadwick (NE) struck out 7 and walked 3 in a CG SHO of Memphis. He allowed 4 hits in the 9-0 win to win his 4th (4-12 5.49)
It took Tony Nagel (MON) 8 starts to get his 1st win of the year but he did it in style as the 28 year old fashioned a 1-hitter and struck out 11 in a 5-0 win over Las Vegas. He's 1-1 3.49
Mexico signed OF David Thomas (32 3*) to a 2 year 7.8 million dollar extension.

RUSTLER NEWS:
9/15:
The win today clinched Austin's 17th Sam Houston Pennant.
9/17:
Warren swept the Portland Lancers 3-0 to win their 6th AAA World Series.

PATRIOT LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jason Goupil 3B (PIT) 9-24 5 HR 15 RBI
COLONIAL LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Mike Metzget 2B (CIP) 9-26 5 HR 8 RBI

• RECORD: 3-4
• STANDINGS: 97-49 +22 Clinched
• RUNS SCORED: 703 (1st)
• OPS: .770 (1st)
• HR: 178 (2nd)
• RUNS AGAINST: 472 (2nd)
• SP ERA: 3.14 (2nd)
• BULLPEN ERA: 2.60 (3rd)
• FIP: 2.89 (1st)
• DEF EFF: .712 (9th)
• ERRORS: 79 (12th)
• OWNERS MOOD: Good
• FAN INTEREST: 100
• POWER RANKINGS: 2nd
  

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WEEK: 26

THIS WEEK: OFF DAY 3 vs Dallas Texans 3 vs Ft Worth Cowboys

9/21: OFF DAY
9/22: RAIN OUT
9/23: DOUBLE HEADER
G1: AUS 3 DAL 2 de Vos (W) 7.2 IP 3 H 6 K 4 BB 1 ER (17-5 2.37) Young 1 IP HR ER 3 K SV (3) Leonard HR (8) RBI (35)
G2: AUS 6 DAL 2 Elandra (W) 5.1 IP 5 H 7 K 0 R (14-8 3.34) Macias 2H 3B (5) R RBI (69) Romero 2H 2 SB (24) R RBI (110) Najera HR (19) 2 RBI (70) Aguinaga 2 2B (24) R RBI (42) Harrison (DAL) 3H BB RBI (34)
9/24: AUS 4 DAL 0 Kasprowicz (W) 8,2 IP 4 H 8 K (16-8 3.15) Tittle 2H 2B (44) R Feliciano 2H 3B (4) RBI (39) Duran HR (24) BB RBI (72)
9/25: AUS 10 FW 0 Fisher CG 2 H 10 K (16-7 2.88) Mullinax 3H 2 HR (16) 3 R 5 RBI (64) Romero 2H 3B (6) R Najera 2H RBI (71) Leonard 2H 3B (5) BB R 2 RBI (37) Aguinaga 3H R Shimoyanagi PH HR (1) RBI (1)
9/26: FW 4 AUS 3 Redman (L) 7 IP 6 H 10 K 0 BB 4 ER (13-7 3.62) Webster (FW) (W) 8 iP 6 H 3 K 0 BB 3 ER (3-1 3.34) Feliciano 2H 2B (23) R RBI (40) Tittle HR (27) 2 RBI (93) Price 2-2 HBP R
9/27: AUS 6 FW 0 Chappell 1st ABL start (W) 7 IP 4 H 10 K 0 BB 1-2 RBI Romero 4-4 2B (25) HR (41) 3 R 2 RBI (113) CS (14)

THE WEEK IN REVIEW:
Not a bad debut for Mr Chappell.

NEXT WEEK: OFF DAY 3 @ Houston Roughriders 4 @ Ft Worth Cowboys

ABL HAPPENINGS:
9/22:
Ardent readers may remember Kent Spargo. Found him in Australia way back in 2014. He was a legitimate prospect who had no path and wasn't progressing fast enough. Well today Montreal locked him up for 4 years and 38.4 million. He's gone 51-37 42 SV 352 in 188 G 98 GS and 740 IP with a 1.12 WHIP. I sent him north in a 5 player package for SP Justin Myers.
Rookie C David Martinez (SD) went 3-4 and homered 3 times in an 8-7 loss to New York.
Steve Littrell (MEX) evened his record at 10-10 4.07 with a 7 strike out 2 walk CG 4-hitter in a 9-0 win over Montreal.
Baltimore acquired P Josh Filgo (30 3*) from San Francisco for P Jesse Maynard (24 2.5*) and C Rich White (23 2*)
Having not seen a post-season game in 17 years and on the verge of a 2nd straight 100 loss season the LA Storm fired GM Wayne Yates and Manager Craig Carroll today. No word on replacements as of yet.
9/23:
Nick Dye (CHA) fanned 6 and walked 2 in a 4-hitter to beat Atlanta 6-0 and move a game over .500 at 12-11 4.29
San Jose clinched their 11th California Division title.
9/25:
Warren Thompson (DAL) is on the verge of a 4th straight 300 K season after his 15 strikeout performance against Houston today. The 2024 Koufax winner fanned 15 over 8 innings of 3 hit 1 run ball to win his 16th (16-8 2.87) 5-3.
Jose Rodriguez (DEN) won his career high 15th (15-8 3.57) with a 5 K 0 BB CG SHO of Las Vegas in a 7-0 win.
9/26:
Ted Tyson (DAL) struck out 10+ hitters for the 5th straight start and 16th time this season in his 1st SHO of the year beating Houston 6-0 to run his record to 12-5 2.41.
The Chicago Iron Pigs continue to raise the bar for expansion clubs as they clinched their 5th Mid-American Pennant in their 8 year existance and will be making their 6th straight post-season appearance. They are 89-63 and just 5 wins shy of breaking their 2024 record of 93-69.
9/27:
Robby Reed (WAS) struck out 8 to win his 10th (10-15 3.89) in a CG 2-hit 8-0 victory over New England.

PATRIOT LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jeff Wagy RF (SJ) 11-22 4 HR 11 RBI
COLONIAL LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Curtis Jeffries CF (WAS) 10-18 2 HR 6 RBI

• RECORD: 5-1
• STANDINGS: 102-50 Clinched
• RUNS SCORED: 735 (1st)
• OPS: .771 (1st)
• HR: 186 (2nd)
• RUNS AGAINST: 480 (2nd)
• SP ERA: 3.04 (2nd)
• BULLPEN ERA: 2.60 (3rd)
• FIP: 2.86 (1st)
• DEF EFF: .713 (9th)
• ERRORS: 86 (12th)
• OWNERS MOOD: Good
• FAN INTEREST: 100
• POWER RANKINGS:

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10 GAMES TO GO
In the Patriot League the post-season is shaping up as follows:

• Baltimore is +7 over Montreal at 93-59
• San Jose clinched the California and it 96-57
• Brooklyn leads the Punishers by 7 ½ at 89-63
• Mexico is 85-68 up 2 ½ on Denver at 82-70

In the WC

1. Montreal 86-66
2. Denver 82-70
3. NY Punishers 82-71
4. San Diego 78-74
5. Pittsburgh 76-76 2 GB
6. Detroit 71-81 7 GB
7. Arizona 71-82 7 ½ GB
8. San Francisco 68-84 10 GB

So today it is:

• (1) San Jose
• (2) Baltimore
• (3) Brooklyn
• (4) Mexico
• (5) Montreal
• (6) Denver
• (7) NY Punishers
• (8) San Diego

Remember, the Wild Card Teams all start the series down 1-0 in a best of 3 with all games at the higher seeds park.
Next year that will change. If the 5 seed has more wins than the 4 seed they will play a true best of 3 series H/A/H

In the CL:

• Buffalo clinched the Skyline at 96-55
• Austin clinched the Sam Houston at 102-50
• Lexington clinched the Eastern at 105-48
• Chicago clinched the Mid-American at 89-63

The CL WC:

1. Charlotte 81-71
2. Green Bay 78-74
3. Ft Worth 77-75
4. Dallas 77-75
5. NY Empire 74-77 2 ½ GB
6. Providence 72-79 4 ½ GB
7. Ohio 70-82 7 GB
8. Jacksonville 69-83 8 GB
9. San Antonio 67-85 10 GB

So as of today it looks like this:

• (1) Lexington
• (2) Austin
• (3) Buffalo
• (4) Chicago Iron Pigs
• (5) Charlotte
• (6) Green Bay
• (7) Ft Worth
• (8) Dallas

• Bill Winston (DEN) may set a record for largest win in a batting race as he leads the PL at .352 over San Jose's George McDaniel's .304. They are the only 2 qualified hitters above .300 in the Patriot.
• Nick Romero is leading the CL in HR (41) to Buffalo 1B Brian Flores (38) and RBI's (113) to Lexington's Jesse Geibel (100). Josh Tittle has been leading the league in SB all year but Dallas' Kevin Harrison overtook him this last week and now leads 78-74.
• Tittle is leading the entire ABL in WAR at 9.3 with no other player at 8.
• Jeroen de Vos is 2nd in wins (17) behind ERA leader Mike Lininger of Buffalo who has 18 and trails Lininger 5.7 to 5.6 in Pitching WAR.

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THIS WEEK: OFF DAY 3 @ Houston Roughriders 4 @ Ft Worth Cowboys

9/28: OFF DAY
9/29: HOU 3 AUS 1 de Vos (L) 7 IP 5 H 10 K 3 ER (17-6 2.42) Solorio (HOU) (W) 8 IP 3 H 5 K 1 ER (13-13 3.34) Scott (HOU) SV (38) Duran HR (25) RBI (74)
9/30: AUS 3 HOU 1 Elandra (W) 8 IP 3 H 6 K 3 BB 1 ER (15-8 3.25) H RBI (6) SAC Young SV (4) Mullinax HR (17) RBI (65) Najera 2H HBP R Thomas 2H R Aguinaga 2H RBI (43)
10/1: AUS 4 HOU 0 Kasprowicz (W) 8.1 IP 2 H 8 K 2H R RBI (5) (17-8 3.02) Young SV (5) Sweeney (HOU) CG 7 H 6 K 0 BB 4 ER (10-16 4.75) Macias leadoff HR (25) SB (30) 2 RBI (72) Aguinaga 2H R
10/2: FW 7 AUS 3 Fisher (L) 4 IP 7 H 3 K 3 BB 5 ER (16-8 3.06) Webster (FW) CG 9 H 3 K 0 BB 3 ER (4-1 3.27) Leonard 2H 2B (17) R RBI (39) Bjork 2H 2B (9) 2 R Duran 2H 3B (7) RBI (75) Kaminsky 3H 2 2B (13) E (5)
10/3: AUS 4 FW 3 Redman (W) 6.2 IP 4 H 6 K 4 BB 3 ER (14-7 3.63) Young SV (6) Mizutani (FW) (L) 8 IP 4 H 5 K 4 BB (16-12 3.77) Leonard 2H RBI (40) Najera 2B (41) 3 RBI (74)
10/4: DOUBLE HEADER
G1: AUS 6 FW 2 de Vos (W) 7.1 IP 7 H 2 K 3 BB 2 ER (18-6 2.42) Macias 3H 2 HR leadoff HR 2 R BB 3 RBI (75) Najera 2H Leonard HR (9) RBI (41) Price 3H 2B (8) 3B (1) E (3) R RBI (8)
G2: AUS 12 FW 7 Chappell (W) 5.1 IP 9 H 6 K 6 ER (2-0 4.38) Macias 3H 2 2B (27) 2 SB (32) BB R RBI 76) Mullinax 2H 2 R Najera 2H 2B (42) R 2 RBI (76) Feliciano 3H 2B (24) BB 2 R 4 RBI (44) Duran 2 3B (9) BB CS (23) 2 R 3 RBI (78) Fortin 2H R 2 RBI (15) Meyer (FW) 4-4 2B (14) 2 RBI (21)

NEXT WEEK: OFF DAY 3 @ Dallas Texans End of Regular Season

ABL HAPPENINGS:
9/28:
Mikinori Shimoda (NYE) went 5-5 in a 15-5 win over Buffalo. The 27 year old is hitting .309-30-89
9/29:
Justin Walker (AZ) won his career high 17th (17-9 3.11) in a 2-hit 1-0 CG victory over Las Vegas. Las Vegas SP Jeremy Hansen tossed a CG going 8-4-1-1-0-3 to drop his league high 18th loss (2-18 4.65).
21 year old Alex Valde (LA) threw a 3-hitter for his 1st career CG SHO in a 6-0 win over San Francisco. The rookie fanned 4, walked none for his 1st career win.
10/1:
Justin Abramson (27 4*) signed a 3 year 6.34 million dollar extension to remain in Lexington
33 year old SP Koi-sho Liu (3*)(NYP) signed a 2 year 12.6 million dollar extension with NY. Liu is 11-8 3.01 in 26 GS this year
Darius Brooks (SJ) won his 13th (13-10 4.00) with a 13 K 2-hitter in a 8-0 win over San Diego.
10/2:
Baltimore suffered a huge blow when it was announced star CF Ahmed Roberts had suffered a torn labrum and would miss the rest of 2026. The 29 year old hit .234-30-85 this year.
Corey Feucht (AZ) threw a 1-hitter to tie Elard van Liere for the most CG in a single season with 14. Zack Seeley's 8th inning solo shot made Feucht a winner (16-15 3.26) in what would be his 4th SHO of the year. Kyle Clark fanned 13 and allowed just the single run in the loss (8-9 2.77)
Michael Frit (SAN) fanned 3 in a CG 6 hitter as the Broncos crushed Green Bay 14-0.
10/3:
Baltimore won their 11th Harbor Division Pennant.
Brooklyn won their 7th Metro Division title.

RUSTLER NEWS:
9/29:
Warren Manager Tomas Martinez took home his 4th straight manager of the year and 6th overall as he led the Roar to their 3 title under his guidance. The club has won their division all 9 years he has managed there.
Warren's Josh Chappell took home Pitcher of the Year for his 16-5 3.58 season. He worked 178.2 IP with 198 K's
And Warren 1B Byron Keevil finished 2nd in league MVP voting after hitting .362/.421/.632 with 33 2B 28 HR and 100 RBI in 117 games. Punisher 3B prospect Francisco Rodriguez hit .357/.421/.651 with 41 HR and 119 RBI to win the award.

PATRIOT LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Josh Sciubba LF (PIT) 11-30 4 HR 7 RBI 7 R
COLONIAL LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Ernesto Macias RF (AUS) 10-21 3 HR 6 RBI

• RECORD: 5-2
• STANDINGS: 107-52 +25 Clinched
• RUNS SCORED: 768 (1st)
• OPS: .771 (1st)
• HR: 192 (2nd)
• RUNS AGAINST: 503 (t-1st)
• SP ERA: 3.08 (2nd)
• BULLPEN ERA: 2.58 (3rd)
• FIP: 2.89 (1st)
• DEF EFF: .713 (8th)
• ERRORS: 90 (12th)
• OWNERS MOOD: Good
• FAN INTEREST: 100
• POWER RANKINGS: 1st

RUSTLER PLAYER OF THE MONTH: Nick Romero .301-6-19 17 R 5 SB
RUSTLER PITCHER OF THE MONTH: Maake Elandra 5-1 1.52 41.1 IP 24 H 45 K 15 BB
RUSTLER MiL PLAYER OF THE MONTH: Joe Babel (SS) .320/.379/.540 2 HR 11 RBI 7 R 4 SB
RUSTLER MiL PITCHER OF THE MONTH: Gong-sun Fei (SS) 0-0 2 SV 3.00 9 IP 2 H 5 K

PATRIOT LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE MONTH: Jeremy Novak CF (MON) .320-10-20 22 R
COLONIAL LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE MONTH: Mikinori Shimoda RF (NYE) .385-7-25 16 R
PATRIOT LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE MONTH: Jose Rodriguez SP (DEN) 5-0 1.77 45.2 IP 34 K
COLONIAL LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE MONTH: Maake Elandra SP (AUS) 5-1 1.52 41.1 IP 45 K
PATRIOT LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE MONTH: Ross Pelley 1B (DEN) .239-7-20 21 R
COLONIAL LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE MONTH: Jason Martin CL (OH) 2-1 8 SV 1.98 13.2 IP 16 K

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THIS WEEK: OFF DAY 3 @ Dallas Texans End of Regular Season
No regulars will play 9 and SP will be on a tight pitch count.

10/5: OFF DAY
10/6: DAL 2 AUS 1 Elandra (L) 5 ip 4 H 4 K 2 ER (15-9 3.26) Thompson (DAL) (W) 7 IP 3 H 7 K 1 ER (17-8 2.86) Aguinaga 2H 2B (25) RBI (44)
10/7: DAL 5 AUS 2 Kasprowicz (L) 6.2 IP 10 H 10 K 5 ER (17-9 3.14) Tyson (DAL) (W) 7 IP 6 H 9 K 2 ER (13-5 2.46) Nolasco 2H 3B (2) R
10/8: DAL 2 AUS 0 Fisher (L) 6 IP 7 H 5 K 2 ER (16-9 3.06) Barrera (DAL) CG 3 H 8 K 3 BB (13-12 3.26)

NEXT WEEK: 2026 POST SEASON

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POSTSEASON


WILD CARD ROUND
Holy cow. I honestly love how the WC is setup. Against all odds for a WC to get past this round but if they do we're talking legitimate chance to win. This is the 1st time it's happened and an 8 beats a 1 no less!
A 5 run 9th!




Kurt Hansen drilled a 2R 2B to give Providence the lead for good.

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LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES



Down 1-0 with the best pitcher in the game over the last 3 years on the mound.

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Check out game 4, no-hit in the playoffs. (Something wrong with the game, it didn't recognize the no-no)

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