American Baseball Association.

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SCHEDULE:
1 vs Alaska
3 @ Ohio
OFF DAY
2 vs Detroit

RESULTS:

• 7/20: FLA 6 ALK 4 Pollock PotG CG 8 H 4 R 1 ER 2 BB 4 K W (9-5) down 4-1 bottom 8, all the way back before DJ Adams PH single scores 2 for the win.
• Shamar Scippio (SAN) tossed his 3rd shutout of the year to beat Oklahoma 3-0 and move to 11-3 2.85
• 7/21: OH 6 FLA 0 Ernesto Banderas PotG CG 4 H 4 K
• Ignacio Justiniano (MIN) beat Las Vegas 1-0 on a 5-hitter to go 7-7 4.50 on the year.
• 7/22: FLA 11 OH 5 Funicello PotG 2-4 HR (10) 3 RBI (33) Flores 2-5 3B (5) 3 RBI (42) CS (13) Peterson 3-5 2B (1) 2 R
• Eric Hecht (ALK) went 5-5 with a Grand Slam and 5 RBI's in the Kodiaks 10-9 win over Phoenix.
• 7/23: OH 1 FLA 0 Mike Rose PotG CG 4 K 6 H Sugihara CG L (7-4) 8 IP 3 H 1 ER 3 BB 2 K
• Man-Keung Yuen (PIT) struck out 10 in a 2-hit 5-0 win over New England. He's 10-4 2.26
• Kunimichi Mikami (MIN) also tossed a 2-hitter striking out 7 to beat Las Vegas 3-0. He's 8-7 4 SV 5.26
• Curt Hanning (SAN) tied the ABA single-season record with his 6th shutout. Fanning 5 in the 3-hit 3-0 win over San Diego. He's 11-3 3.30 on the year
• 7/24: OFF DAY
• 7/25: DET 9 FLA 6 Flores PotG 3-3 R 2 BB 2 RBI (44) 2 SB (57)
• Davon Ducheine (MIL) tossed a 3-hitter striking out 5 in a 2-0 win over New York. He's 1-1 3.63 following his 14-9 4.23 2008 season.
• 26-year-old Sergio Marroquin (POR) hit for the cycle in the Lancers 8-2 win over Kansas City. The rookie is hitting .288-7-40
• 7/26: FLA 5 DET 0 Willoughby PotG CG SHO W (9-5 2.94) 3 H 2 BB 9 K

• AL POTW – Tomohide Shimasaki (CHI) 12-27 HR 6 RBI (.335-10-64)
• NL POTW – Jonathan Troyer (POR) 15-22 4 RBI (.296-4-36)

Makata Hayashi is ready to return. He went 11-25 5 HR 11 RBI in his week of rehab to take home AAA PotW honors. Not wanting to lose Renovato and knowing Pat Peterson is still maturing as a player and has options left, Peterson is optioned to Alamogordo where he will play left every day and be the LH setup guy in the pen.

RECORD: 3-3 (65-36)
STANDINGS: 1st +7.5
RUNS SCORED: 474 6th
RUNS AGAINST: 401 2nd
DEFENSE: .685 9th
POWER RANKINGS:
1) San Antonio
2) Chicago
3) Florida
4) Pittsburgh
5) Ohio

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SCHEDULE:
1vs Detroit
3 @ Las Vegas
3 @ St Louis

RESULTS:

• 7/27: DET 3 FLA 2 Andy Tibbets PotG 2R HR (10) in the 9th Southorn W (14-5 4.64) 8 IP 6 H 2 ER 1 BB 8 K Berg SV (28)
• Pollock ND 7 IP 2 H 1 R 3 BB 7 K
• Valentin Bensabat (BUF) beat Oklahoma 4-0 striking out 7 and scattering 7 hits. He's 6-6 5.70
• Andy Lee (DEN) went 5-5 in Denver's 7-2 win over Chicago. The 32nd overall pick in 2006 is in his first weeks of a callup, hitting .455-1-8 through 22 AB's.
• 7/28: LV 4 FLA 0 Tousei Sato (13-3 1.85) struck out 7 in pitching a No-Hitter. He walked 2 and needed just 107 pitches.
• Chris Mattingly (DET) shut out Phoenix 3-0 striking out 8. He's 10-5 2.66
• 7/29: LV 4 FLA 3 (12) Mendoza ND 7 IP 4 H 2 ER 3 BB 4 K Daig 3-5 2B (9) HR (5) 2 RBI (22) Baud 3-5 2B (17) SB (28)
• 7/30: LV 5 FLA 1 Noh PotG W (15-3 2.84) 7 IP 5 H 1 ER 0 BB 11 K
• Sugihara L (7-5) 7 IP 10 H 5 ER 2 BB 2 K

TARPONS ACQUIRE BURSEY IN BLOCKBUSTER WITH COWBOYS
A blockbuster in every sense of the word was announced at the 11th hour on the trading deadline. Florida has sent top pitching prospect Kinnon Mendelson, top IF prospect Juan Guerra, knuckleballer Robbie Givens, CF Serge Baud and 25-year-old top C prospect Vince Rydell, AND their 2nd and 4th round pick to the Texas Cowboys for a package of players.
The centerpiece is star Centerfielder Leith Bursey. The 23-year-old is considered by many to be a close 2nd in talent to Sergio Robles as the games best CF. He is hitting .332-9-55 as of today. Also coming to Florida is top OF prospect Chris Linn, OF Jake Inks and 24 year old IF Arturo Oquendo.
Bursey is making league minimum and arbitration eligible this winter.

GM'S OFFICE
Flying in the face of everything I've ever done in the past. This deal was about acquiring a 23-year-old hall of fame caliber CF who can rake, and win gold gloves. He's both in our scout's eyes. He is honestly one of the 2-3 best outfielders in the game, regardless of position, defensively. His bat is middle of the order vs RHP (Oh ya, he's a switch hitter who gives a little vs LHP but not a troublesome amount) and a gold glove defender. He was the games 26th rated prospect heading into 2008. He broke his finger in May and is just back off the DL.
Linn is the younger brother of Joe Linn, the pitcher we selected 1st overall. He was the San Diego Missions 1st rounder (13th overall) in 2008 out of UCLA. He's a RHH left fielder who can play CF as well/ He's heading to A ball for the remainder of this year. His upside is a 40+ homer bat and a .380+ OBP approach loaded with baseball IQ.
Jake Inks was Texas' 3rd rounder in 2008 out of Duke (78th overall). Our guys are far higher on him than the league. A great year would be 5 HR's but he is going to hit and hit a lot. He's a possible extra/utility guy with 70 steal speed and smarts. He's going to finish this year in Farmington.
Oquendo is a versatile ++ defender all around the IF who we think can hit enough to be a 5th infielder with exceptional tools.

Now to justify what I gave up.The league ratings dropped us from 4th to 13th after this deal. I can't “justify” giving up Mendelson only to say there is no deal if he's not included. I just traded for a 23-year-old franchise cornerstone and that comes with a price. I have a lot of minor league pitching but I'd be lying if I said anyone with his potential right now.
Guerra was, is, one of the games top young IF prospects. He's a 3B and that means Daig, Hallamore, and Mendoza are in line in front of him.
Givens needs a new home. He's an 'old' prospect now and they wanted him.
Baud was a natural to cover the contract incoming as well as to provide Texas with a natural CF to take over. The two picks will hurt, but again there's always a price to pay for star talent. I have stacked this organization with catching prospects as well as the singing of Funicello this winter. I knew they wanted a C prospect as they are desperately thin in the minors at this spot. So before he even asked I took a look at my assets and went with moving the oldest, in Rydell. He's having a fantastic season but his bat is far ahead of his glove and game calling.
The other significant factor in this deal are these two numbers. .687 and 8th. Our current defensive efficiency and our league ranking.

• 7/31: FLA 4 STL 1 Bursey homers in his 1st AB 1-4 Alatorre PotG W (9-4 3.22) Galindo SV (33)
• 8/1: STL 6 FLA 0 Engel PotG W (10-10 4.31) 8.2 IP 4 H 1 BB 4 K Willoughby ND 6 IP 6 H 1 R 3 BB 5 K
• 8/2: FLA 12 STL 4 Hayashi POTG 3-3 2 HR Grand Slam (10) 5 RBI (26) Hallamore 2-3 2 HR (16) 5 RBI (70) Pollock W (10-5) 6 IP 3 H 3 ER 3 BB 1 K

• AL POTW – Luis Romero (MIN) 7-15 4 HR 13 RBI (.254-10-49)
• NL POTW – Juan Burruel (WAS) 15-29 3 HR 8 RBI (.326-19-70)

RECORD: 2-5 (67-41)
STANDINGS: 1st +3.5
RUNS SCORED: 496 t-7th
RUNS AGAINST: 428 t-1st
DEFENSE: .688 8th
POWER RANKINGS:

1. SanAntonio
2. Washington
3. Las Vegas
4. Detroit
5. Chicago

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• AL PLAYER OF THE MONTH – Ernesto Montiel (CHI) .376-11-31 (.305-24-88)
• NL PLAYER OF THE MONTH – Dan Goodman (PIT) .375-11-29 (.290-24-73)
• AL PITCHER OF THE MONTH – Steve Provost (MIL) 3-0 7 SV 0.00 ERA (4-4 21 SV 1.51)
• NL PITCHER OF THE MONTH – Jeff Chase (LA) 5-0 2.81 (8-7 4.83)
• AL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH – Jeff Ansell (MEM) .344-5-24 (.289-16-57)
• NL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH – Davon Pinkins (POR) .336-3-21 (.302-13-58)

TARPONS IN THE MINOR LEAGUES:

• Jerry Fine took home AA player of the month, again. He hit .391-11-28 (.314-35-105)
• Hiroyo Ono won Class A pitcher of the month for his 5-0 2.20 effort (12-2 3.39)

Joe Vertz is making a serious bid at the triple crown. I'd argue he's got HR's locked up and barring a nightmare week probably RBI's too? Batting Average always seems to be the one that will fluctuate more than the first two over the final months.
The Vegas two-headed monster of Noh and Sato could possibly end up 1-2 in all three triple crown categories. Detroit has been hot and shaved the lead to 3.5. Vegas, San Antonio are both locks while Chicago and Ohio, Pittsburgh and Washington and possibly even San Diego and LA could end up good races. The Missions have been insanely good since an early struggle.

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SCHEDULE:
3 vs Denver
OFF DAY
3 @ Milwaukee

RESULTS:

• 8/3: FLA 8 DEN 2 Samvdio POTG gives up 2 runs on games first 3 hitters. 6 IP 6 H 2 ER 3 BB 7 K (11-7 4.23) Hayashi 2-5 HR (11) 3 RBI (29) Bursey 2-4 2 2B (2) RBI (2) Makowski 2-4 2B (3) 2 R 2 RBI (5) Yamada SV (1) 3 IP 2 H 2 K
• 2008 2nd rounder (61st overall) Camden Mouland in his last 5 games at Farmington 7-16 5 HR 15 RBI. He's hitting .333/.439/.804 in 46 games with 12 HR 42 RBI
• Hobbs won 8-6 in 12 and SS Sergio Castro went 5-7 4 2B HR 4 R RBI
• As if two “aces” weren't enough, Juan Gallegos of Las Vegas scattered 4 hits en route to a 5-0 win over Memphis. He's 12-8 4.29
• 8/4: FLA 7 DEN 1 Mendoza POTG W (7-4 4.42) 8.2 IP 5 H 1 R 3 BB 8 K 137 pitches Cortezo (14) Saldana (9) homer Cortezo 3 RBI (54) Flores 2 SB (60)
• 8/5: FLA 10 DEN 6 Funicello POTG 2-4 HR (12) 2 RBI (40) Sugihara W (8-5) 6 IP 8 H 5 ER 4 BB 5 K Cortezo HR (15)
• 8/6: OFF DAY
• 8/7: FLA 5 MIL 2 Alatorre POTG ND 7 IP 7 H 2 ER 1 BB 8 K Mendoza HR (7) RBI (38) Saldana HR (10) RBI (35)
• 8/8: FLA 2 MIL 1 Willoughby POTG W (10-6) 8.1 IP 3 H 1 ER 1 BB 10 K Galindo SV (34) Goddard L (5-7) CG 9 IP 5 H 2 ER 5 BB 4 K
• Jamie Watkins (PIT) threw a 4 hitter in a 1-0 win over Los Angeles. He's 9-6 5.86
• 8/9: MIL 4 FLA 3 Pollock ND 7 IP 3 H 2 ER 6 BB 2 K Adams PH game-tying HR in the 8th Grab BS (1) L (3-3) 1.1 IP 3 H 2 ER Mendoza HR (8) Cortezo HR (16)

• AL POTW – Ruggero Sgattoni (MIN) 9-21 4 HR 9 RBI (.303-16-47)
• NL POTW – Layne Linseman (JAX) 10-19 3 HR 7 RBI (.288-12-37)

• Sergio Contreras took home AAA POTW after going 12-28 3 HR 9 RBI (.316-19-57)

RECORD: 5-1 (72-42)
STANDINGS: 1st +5.5
RUNS SCORED: 531 t-7th
RUNS AGAINST: 444 1st
DEFENSE: .690 5th (look at the jump since Bursey trade)
POWER RANKINGS:

1. San Antonio
2. Florida
3. Pittsburgh
4. Las Vegas
5. Kansas City

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SCHEDULE:
3 vs Chicago
3 @ Minnesota
1 vs Brooklyn

RESULTS:

• 8/10: CHI 1 FLA 0 Stanton POTG CG 4 H 3 BB 10 K W (10-4 3.48) Samvdio L (11-8) 7 IP 4 H 1 ER 1 BB 9 K
• 8/11: CHI 6 FLA 3 Cordero ND 7.2 IP 8 H 3 ER 2 K Knightner SV (25) Mendoza 7.1 IP 5 H 3 ER 2 BB 2 K
• Camden Mouland (A) homered again today. In the 22 year old's last 12 games he is 17-45 9 HR 25 RBI
• Bunji Nakagawa (WAS) moved to 12-8 4.99 with a 3-hit shutout in a 10-0 win over Austin
• 8/12: CHI 9 FLA 1 Yamada POTG CG 4 H 1 ER 2 BB 6 K W (12-10 3.49) Harland Crudge 4-5 2 2B (25) 3 R 2 RBI (38) 3 SB (36) Chicago 7-7 stolen bases.
• Class A Farmington entered the 9th down 7-3, the 9th ended with them winning 18-7 as they hit 2 grand slams in the top of the 9th as well as a bases-loaded 2B.
• Run support? P Prospect Ben Phillips got plenty. He gave up 2 over 6.1 innings while his team scored 28 runs on 22 hits and 15 walks to beat Stillwater 28-2. Sergio Luna set a record scoring 6 times, Juan Guerra and Ezequiel Estrella scored 4 times each. Luna, Estrella, Ishizuka and Joe Perna all drove in 4 each.
• Ignacio Justiniano (MIN) won his 10th (10-7 4.33) beating Brooklyn 4-0.
• 8/13: FLA 5 MIN 3 Funicello POTG 3-4 3B (1) 2 RBI (43) Hallamore HR (18) 2 RBI (75) Galindo SV (35)
• 8/14: FLA 11 MIN 6 Chris Price POTG 3-3 2B (27) 3 RBI (70) Willoughby W (11-6) 6.2 IP 7 H 6 R 1 ER 3 BB 1 K Christman 3-5 RBI (14)
• 8/15: FLA 5 MIN 4 Pollock POTG W (11-5 3.35) 7.1 IP 5 H 2 ER 2 BB 4 K Galindo SV (36) Hallamore 2-4 HR (19) 2 RBI (79) Error (20) Christman (4) Bursey (2) homer
• Joe Linn L (8-11) 4.1 IP 4 H 4 ER 1 BB 2 K
• RJ Stanton (CHI) struck out 16 in a 9-2 win over Phoenix. He's 11-4 3.40
• 8/16: FLA 7 BRK 4 Flores POTG 4-5 2B (26) 3 R 3 SB (63) Hayashi 2-4 2B (19) 3 RBI (37) Samvdio W (12-8 4.14) 7 IP 10 H 4 ER 1 BB 6 K Galindo SV (37)
• Ezequiel Cordero (CHI) followed Stanton's performance yesterday with a 5 hit 3-0 win over Memphis. He's 9-5 3.31

• AL POTW – Eric Hecht (ALK) 11-27 5 HR 12 RBI (.321-23-84)
• NL POTW – Chris Silverstone (SD) 12-25 3 HR 12 RBI (.330-24-79)

RECORD: 4-3 (76-45)
STANDINGS: 1st +4.5
RUNS SCORED: 563 6th
RUNS AGAINST: 477 2nd
DEFENSE: .691 5th
POWER RANKINGS:

1. Chicago
2. Florida
3. Washington
4. Pittsburgh
5. San Antonio

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SCHEDULE:
2 vs Brooklyn
OFF DAY
3 vs New York
1 @ Phoenix

RESULTS:

• 8/17: FLA 2 BRK 1 Hayashi throws out tying run to end the game. Mendoza W (8-4) 7.1 IP 5 H 1 ER 4 BB 1 K Grab SV (3) Hallamore 2-4 SB (41) Bursey 2-4 2 2B (6)
• 8/18: FLA 3 BRK 0 Sugihara POTG CG SHO W (9-6) 2 H 2 BB 9 K Renovato HR (2) 2 RBI (14)
• Isoroku Yamabe (POR) struck out 9 in a 5 hitter to beat Jacksonville 1-0. He's 6-8 4.60
• 8/19: OFF DAY
• 8/20: FLA 5 NY 4 Saldana POTG 3-3 2B (16) R RBI (40) Alatorre W (11-4) 7 IP 5 H 3 ER 3 BB 5 K Galindo SV (38)
• 8/21: FLA 7 NY 5 Quintan Hewitt POTG 5-5 3 2B (17) 2 RBI (32)
• Hayashi 2-4 HR (12) 3 RBI (40) Willoughby W (12-6 2.77) 6 IP 9 H 3 ER 0 BB 4 K Galindo SV (39)
• Juan Galindo (SA) fractured his leg baserunning today and is lost for the year. The 32nd overall pick in this years draft was hitting .246/.410/.432 7 HR 35 RBI in 50 games with Hobbs
• Josh Mutschler (MEM) tossed a 4 hit shutout to beat Minnesota 3-0 today. He's 10-12 4.62
• Sean Riggs (PIT) struck out 8 in an 8-0 win over Jacksonville. He's 11-9 3.89
• RJ Stanton (CHI) moved to 12-4 3.22 with a 13 strikeout 2-hitter to beat Alaska 3-0.
• 8/22: FLA 4 NY 1 Pollock POTG W (12-5 3.24) 8 IP 9 H 1 ER 2 BB 5 K Galindo SV (40) Bursey 3-5 2 R Flores 3-4 3B (8) RBI (54) Mendoza 3-4 HR (9) RBI (43)
• 8/23: RAIN OUT

• AL POTW – Eric Barrios (MIL) 16-30 3 HR 12 RBI (.310-16-61) Superstar in the making
• NL POTW – Toshiyoshi Fujii (LA) 10-26 5 HR 11 RBI (.295-17-61)

RECORD: 5-0 (81-45)
STANDINGS: 1at +6.5
RUNS SCORED: 584 t-5th
RUNS AGAINST: 488 1st
DEFENSE: .692 5th
POWER RANKINGS:

1. Florida
2. San Antonio
3. Chicago
4. Pittsburgh
5. Washington

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SCHEDULE:
2 @ Phoenix
3 vs Memphis
2 @ Alaska

RESULTS:

• 8/24: GAME 1 PHX 6 FLA 4 Cortezo POTG 4-5 2 2B (23) 3B (5) RBI (63)
• 8/24: GAME 2 PHX 8 FLA 4 Bursey 3-5 R RBI (7) Mendoza 5.1 IP 5 H 6 ER 4 BB 4 K L (8-5 4.43)
• San Antonio ace Curt Hanning extended his single-season record for shutouts with his 7th in a 4-0 win over Buffalo. He struck out 8 and walked 1 scattering 7 hits to move to 16-4 3.06.
• 8/25: FLA 6 PHX 4 Sugihara W (10-6 4.72) 6 IP 6 H 4 ER 2 BB 3 K Galindo SV (41)
• 8/26: MEM 7 FLA 3 Mutschler POTG CG W (11-12 4.55) 6 H 3 ER 0 BB 8 K
• 8/27: FLA 5 MEM 2 Willoughby POTG W (13-6 2.75) 7.2 IP 9 H 2 ER 2 BB 4 K Galindo SV (42)
• Jorge Hurtado (NE) scattered 9 hits in beating Jacksonville 1-0. He's 10-13 4.52
• 8/28: FLA 5 MEM 3 Cortezo POTG 3-4 2B (26) RBI (67) Pollock W (13-5 3.26) 7 IP 11 H 3 ER Galindo SV (43)
• Toshiyoshi Nakata (LV) tossed a 3-hit shutout to beat Milwaukee 7-0. He's 8-13 4.36
• 8/29: FLA 13 ALK 3 Christman POTG 3-3 2 BB 2 HR (7) 4 R R RBI (22) SB (2) Mendoza 4-4 2B (16) 3 RBI (47) Samvdio W (13-8 4.11) 8 IP 5 H 3 ER 3 BB 7 K
• 8/30: ALK 6 FLA 4 Westerman POTG 3-5 2 2B (16) HR (12) 4 RBI (37)
• Flores 4-5 3 R SB (69) Funicello 4-5 2 RBI (51)
• Joel Aris (WAS) tossed a 4-hit shutout to beat San Diego and move to 15-6 3.69

• AL POTW – Alpha Malveux (MEM) 13-24 HR 3 RBI (.292-25-90)
• NL POTW – Juan Reyna (KC) 12-24 2 HR 7 RBI (.338-30-102)

RECORD: 4-4 (85-49)
STANDINGS: 1st +6
RUNS SCORED: 628 6th
RUNS AGAINST: 527 1st
DEFENSE: .691 5th
POWER RANKINGS:

1. San Antonio
2. Chicago
3. Florida
4. Pittsburgh
5. Washington

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• AL PLAYER OF THE MONTH – Eric Hecht (ALK) .447-10-27 (.334-26-93)
• NL PLAYER OF THE MONTH – Juan Reyna (KC) .433-10-31 (.338-30-102)
• AL PITCHER OF THE MONTH – Nate Walker (ALK) 6-0 2.86 (13-12 4.14)
• NL PITCHER OF THE MONTH – Sean Riggs (PIT) 5-1 2.60 (13-8 3.82)
• AL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH – Eric Barrios (MIL) .333-6-23 (.301-16-63)
• NL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH – Juan Reyna (KC) How's that for a 24 year old SS?

TARPONS IN THE MINOR LEAGUES:

• Ethan Collins (AAA) took home pitcher of the month for his 6-0 2.68 run. He's 12-5 4.76
• 2008 2nd rounder Camden Mouland went on a tear in August hitting .370 with 13 HRs and 36 RBI's. He's hitting .346-21-66 on the year.

So let's just get this over with. Joey Vertz is your 2009 AL MVP.
I don't think there are any races left in the AL, none. The NL East appears to be the only real race in the ABA this year.
Astute readers will recognize the guy 3rd in the AL in saves.
San Antonio is 54-29 since June 1st.

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SCHEDULE:
1 vs Alaska
OFF DAY
3 vs Ohio
2 @ Detroit

RESULTS:

• 8/31: FLA 4 ALK 3 Sugihara POTG ND 7 IP 6 H 2 ER 1 BB 7 K Bursey leadoff HR (3) Galindo SV (44)
• 9/1: OFF DAY

SEPTEMBER ROSTER EXPANSION

• With Alamogordo out of it I will call up the guys most needed without much regard to their final few weeks.
• RP's Mike Allen (7-8 22 SV 4.99) and Jorge Longoria (4-3 6.20) C Chris Schultz (.289/378/.435 13 HR 58 RBI) OF Dave Weller (.283/.337/.496 14 HR 56 RBI) Pat Peterson (.374/.471/.677 6 HR 18 RBI 26 games) Stephon Darensburg (.317/.387/.396 1 HR 13 RBI 53 games) IF Moromao Yamaoka (.311/.389/.458 4 HR 26 RBI 52 games) 3B Luis Salinas (.327/.361/.521 13 HR 86 RBI 120 games) AA 1B Jerry Fine is added to the roster and promoted from AA after his.302/.420/.659 with 43 HR and 120 RBI's has shattered any and every record for the Clovis club. I am also adding prospect (and Rule 5 eligible Jamie Okereke (.256-25-95 at AA) because he's the best CF in the organization and Leith Bursey is DtD for the week with a quad issue. So Okereke will get some starts.

• 9/2: OH 4 FLA 3 Rone POTG W (17-9 3.82) 8 IP 12 H 2 ER 0 BB 8 K Ginn SV (35)
• Alatorre L (11-6 3.38) 7 IP 6 H 3 ER 3 BB 7 K Flores 3-5 RBI (61) Hallamore 4-4
• Omezo Yamamura (LV) gave up just 3 hits in a 7-0 win over Minnesota. He struck out 11 and is 7-15 6.15 on the year and also the 4th Vegas starter to throw a shutout this year.
• 9/3: OH 7 FLA 5 Cortezo 2-4 3B (7) 2 RBI (71) Hallamore leadoff HR (20) SB (47) Valle7)
• Luis Valle (KC) struck out 5 scattering 4 hits in the Spartans 2-0 win over Jacksonville. He's 15-8 4.97
• 9/4: FLA 4 OH 3 Pollock POTG took SHO into the 9th. 8 IP 3 H 1 ER 4 BB 6 K W (14-5 3.16) Turner SV (3) Cortezo HR (17) 3 RBI (74) Christman 3-4 2B (8) HR (8) RBI (23)
• Osorio CG L (12-11 5.18) 8 IP 8 H 4 ER 1 BB 2 K
• Maddox Sweetland went 2-3 in a 15-2 loss today. The 2 hits extended his hitting streak to 25 games.
• Bears star Mike Lloyd took home the NL Sandy Koufax award in 2006 going 16-3 2.83. Since then Mike has made 7 starts and 37 relief appearances totaling 54 innings. After over a year off to repair a rotator cuff issue, he was told today he will undergo another procedure to repair the cuff again. The 31-year-old moved to a closer's role this year to lighten the innings load. He's in year 4 of a 7 year 44.2 million dollar deal signed after the 2006 season. He has a player opt out after this year but most think that's now a foregone conclusion as he won't pitch until mid-2010 at the earliest.
• 9/5: DET 6 FLA 2 Auffret POTG 3-3 2B (26) 2 HR (26) 5 RBI (95) Southorn W (17-8 4.86) Berg SV (40)
• Bursey 3-4 2 2B (9) 2 R Samvdio 3.2 IP 8 H 5 ER L (13-9 4.29)
• San Diego Closer Erick Riley (8-7 30 SV 4.34) will miss the next year + after being diagnosed with a torn rotator cuff. The 24-year-old was the Missions 1st round pick (30th overall) in 2006
• Chicago SP Zaire Nibbs will miss the rest of 2009 to undergo labrum surgery, He'll miss the next 6-8 months. He was 9-3 4.38
• 9/6: FLA 9 DET 4 Christman POTG 2-5 Grand Slam (9) 2B (9) 5 RBI (28) Jerry Fine got his 1st ABA start and hit a HR for the 44th time this year. He was 1-4 in his ABA debut. Mendoza W (9-6 4.64) 6 IP 4 H 4 ER 3 BB 8 K
• Josh Mutschler (MEM) struck out 5 and gave up 5 hits in a 3-0 win over Alaska. He's 13-12 4.29
• Joe Linn (MIN) threw his 1st career shutout scattering 9 hits and striking out 9 in the Huskies 2-0 win over St Louis.
• RJ Stanton had 17 strikeouts in 8 innings in Chicago's 4-1 win over Denver. It was the 9th time in his career he's punched 15 or more and the 4th time he's struck out 17 or more.

• AL POTW – Chad Mohr (NY) 11-23 5 HR 8 RBI (.284-36-115)
• NL POTW – Rob Anderson (WAS) 17-28 HR 6 RBI (.356-15-57)

• Sergio Contreras (AAA) took home POTW honors going 13-25 2 HR 10 RBI (.321-24-78)

RECORD: 3-3 (88-52)
STANDINGS: 1st +6
RUNS SCORED: 655 5th
RUNS AGAINST: 554 1st
DEFENSE: .693 4th
POWER RANKINGS:

1. Chicago
2. San Antonio
3. Florida
4. Pittsburgh
5. Las Vegas

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SCHEDULE:
1 @ Detroit
3 vs Las Vegas
3 vs St Louis

RESULTS:

• 9/7: FLA 7 DET 4 Saldana POTG 3-4 2 HR (14) 4 RBI (49) Flores 2-5 HR (8) 2 R 2 RBI (64) SB (72) Galindo SV (45)
• Sergio Marrero 4-4 2 2B (32) 2 R 2 RB CS (15)
• Shamar Scippio tossed his 4th shutout of the year scattering 10 hits and ringing up 9 Bears in the Broncos 7-0 win over San Francisco. He's 15-6 2.98
• 9/8: FLA 5 LV 3 Christman POTG 2-4 2 HR (11) 2 RBI (30) Bursey 3-4 leadoff HR (4) 2 RBI (11) Flores SB (73) Hallamore 2-4 2 SB (49) CS (19) Error (22) Alatorre W (12-6 3.40) 7 IP 6 H 3 ER 2 BB 6 K
• Nakata CG L (5-5 3.73) 8 IP 8 H 5 ER 1 BB 1 K
• 9/9: LV 7 FLA 0 Sato POTG W (16-7 2.33) 8.1 IP 7 H 2 BB 10 K
• Willoughby L (13-7 3.21) 2.1 IP 6 H 6 ER 0 BB 5 K 2 HR
• 9/10: FLA 4 LV 2 Pollock POTG W (15-5 3.12) 8 IP 6 H 2 ER 1 BB 5 K Galindo SV (47)
• Winton Bale 4-4 2B (19) HR (7) RBI (48)
• The win clinches a post-season berth for the 3rd straight year. We are 8 games up with 18 to play.
• Don't look now.... Ohio went on a 9-1 run, and are within 5 games of Chicago in the AL Central
• Dave Haynes (NY) struck out 6 in a 4-hitter to beat Alaska 7-0 and run his record to 15-8 3.69
• 9/11: STL 8 FLA 6 Samvdio L (13-10 4.51) 6 IP 9 H 7 ER 2 BB 2 K Cortezo HR (18) 3 RBI (80) Flores 2-5 R SB (75) Hallamore HR (21) RBI (88) Bursey HR (5) 2 RBI (13)
• Farmington dropped the 1st game of the best of 3 vs the Decatur Eagles (LA)
• Hobbs clinched the wild card for the short-season league.
• 9/12: FLA 5 STL 1 Mendoza POTG W (10-6 4.40) Matsui SV (4) Hayashi 2-3 HR (14) 3 RBI (52) Saldana HR (15) 2 RBI (51) Flores SB (76)
• Mike Carlson (JAX) shutout LA on 7 hits striking out 2 in the Panthers 2-0 win. He's 16-5 3.37
• 9/13: FLA 1 STL 0 Sugihara POTG W (11-6 4.49) 8 IP 1 H 2 BB 6 K Galindo SV (48)
• Cal Engel CG L (11-15 4.47) 8 IP 5 H 1 ER 0 BB 4 K
• Farmington tied their series 1-1 and Hobbs dropped the 1st game of theirs.
• Jim Brooks (DET) won his 15th (15-7 3.14) with a 3-hit shutout of Memphis.

• AL POTW – Mike Carpenter (NY) 13-23 2 HR 6 RBI (.292-12-39)
• NL POTW – Akihito Uehara (OK) 12-23 2 HR 7 RBI (.281-11-47)

TARPON PLAYER & PITCHER OF THE MONTH

• Makata Hayashi .266-5-25
• Ernesto Galindo 11 SV 1.46 ERA

RECORD: 5-2 (93-54)
STANDINGS: 1st +8
RUNS SCORED: 683 t-4th
RUNS AGAINST: 580 1st
DEFENSE: .695 4th
POWER RANKINGS:

1. Florida
2. San Antonio
3. Chicago
4. Pittsburgh
5. Washington

• Memphis fired GM Jim Bowden and manager Dusty Baker. They were 67-80 this year which will mark the 4th straight year they have missed the post season after going 4 out of 5 years from 2001 to 2005. They are still in search of their 1st world series.

[gehrig38]

SCHEDULE:
OFF DAY
3 @ Denver
3 vs Milwaukee

RESULTS:

• 9/14: OFF DAY
• Farmington won their series behind a 12-1 game 3 victory.
• 9/15: DEN 2 FLA 0 Alatorre L (12-7 3.38) 6 IP 7 H 2 ER 0 BB 6 K Delahaye 2 R HR (4)
• Ben Austin W (11-13 3.88) 6.1 IP 6 H 4 BB 7 K Reese SV (30)
• Hobbs ties their series vs Great Falls (NY) with a 12-3 drubbing.
• Youngster Jorge Goyco (SF) hit for the cycle and drove in 4 in the Bears 13-4 win over San Diego.
• The Missions loss keeps them 4 behind LA in the NL West.
• 9/16: FLA 9 DEN 0 Willoughby POTG W (14-7 3.09) 7 IP 5 H 2 BB 3 K Flores 2-4 2 R 2 SB (79) Funicello 2-4 HR (15) 3 RBI (58) Adams HR (11) 3 RBI (34)
• Denver won its ABA best 96th game and clinched the NL Central in the process.
• Farmington won their opening 2nd round game and Hobbs won 12-3 to take the 1st round series 2-1.
• 9/17: FLA 5 DEN 2 Pollock POTG W (16-5 3.07) 6 IP 5 H 1 ER 3 BB 4 K Galindo SV (49)
• Memphis hired former Kodiak skipper John Farrell who was fired earlier this year by Alaska as their new manager and brought in GM Glynn Davis from their baseball ops dept. This is Davis' 1st job in the game outside of analytics.
• The Aces clinched the AL West title and the Miners clinched a post-season berth in the NL.
• Triple crown threat Joe Vertz hit his 50th HR of the season today. He's .008 up in the batting race, 11 HR and 9 RBI's up in the other two triple crown categories.
• 9/18: FLA 7 MIL 3 Samvdio W (14-10 4.51) 6 IP 5 H 3 ER 4 BB 7 K Allen SV (1) 3 IP 1 H 5 K Bursey 2-4 2 HR (7) 5 RBI (19) Hallamore 2-4 3 SB (54)
• Dave Young (ALK) threw a 2-hit shutout striking out 5 in a 6-0 win over Las Vegas. He's 12-11 3.91
• The Phantom clinched a wild card berth today.
• Buffalo fired manager Jimmy Lesane. He has been the organizations only manager to date. The Nickels are an ABA worst 57-93.
• 9/19: FLA 5 MIL 3 Salinas POTG 3-3 2B (1) 2 RBI (3) Mendoza 7.1 IP 5 H 3 ER 4 BB 2 K Turner W (6-6 1.89) Galindo SV (50) Flores SB (80)
• Farmington won the 1st and then dropped the final 2 games of the 2nd round to be eliminated. Hobbs is up 1-0 in round 2.
• 9/20: FLA 8 MIL 4 Bursey POTG 2-5 HR (17) 4 RBI (78) Sugihara W (12-6 4.53) 6.2 IP 8 H 4 ER 3 BB 4 K Turner SV (4) 2.1 IP 2 H 2 BB 5 K
• Buffalo hired former Portland Lancer and Minnesota Huskie manager Bryan Corey. Corey has been out of the dugout since 2005.
• Washington clinched a postseason berth.

• AL POTW – Eddie Fuller (PHX) 10-25 3 HR 11 RBI (.303-19-100)
• NL POTW – Juan Maciel (LA) 12-25 HR 2 RBI (.297-31-83)

RECORD: 5-1 (98-55)
STANDINGS: 1st +9
RUNS SCORED: 717 5th
RUNS AGAINST: 594 1st
DEFENSE: .695 3rd
POWER RANKINGS:

1. Florida
2. Pittsburgh
3. San Antonio
4. Washington
5. Chicago

[gehrig38]

9 games to go and most of the picture is crystal clear.
Joe Vertz will very likely take home a triple crown barring a huge slump or some massive hot streak. Juan Flores will need to get busy if he wants the single season SB record of 90.
Detroit, Chicago, Las Vegas Ohio and we appear to be the 5 teams getting to play some October ball in the AL.
In the NL Pittsburgh, Washington, San Antonio, and KC appear to be the NL locks and lookie lookie. Pre-season favorite San Diego, who tanked the first 1/3rd of the year are within 2. LA slumping at the worst possible time. I thought the Missions were red hot but it turns out they weren't. Just 42-34 since July 1st they've watched the storm go 32-44 over that same stretch to pick up 10 games.

SCHEDULE:
3 @ Chicago
3 vs Minnesota
OFF DAY

RESULTS:

• 9/21: CHI 9 FLA 5 Alatorre L (12-8 3.66) 4.2 IP 6 H 7 ER 3 BB 5 K Christman 2-4 3B (1) HR (13) 2 RBI (33) Flores SB (81) Hallamore SB (54)
• Former Tarpon Leith Southorn won his 18th game today by shutting out New York 10-0 on a 3-hitter., he punched out 10 and walked just 1. He's 18-10 4.67. Leith was part of a huge trade with San Francisco in which we acquired Jon Naclerio and Harland Bolduc as well as their #1. He was dealt 2 years later to the Phantom for SP Ethan Collins.
• Joel Aris (WAS) won his 19th game striking out 6 in a 9-0 win over Austin. He's 19-6 3.53
• Denver axed manager Marc Roubik. Roubik had been with the Saints since 1996 and managed them since 1997. He has been part of 3 world championships, 2 as bench coach in Jacksonville and he took the Saints all the way in 2004 winning manager of the year. The Saints are dead last in the AL West at 63-91 which is on pace to be the worst season in franchise history. No replacement has been named. Bench Coach Tim Graff will manage in the interim.
• We face perennial Koufax winner RJ Stanton tomorrow.
• San Diego has closed to within just a single game of LA in the NL West.
• 9/22: CHI 2 FLA 0 Stanton POTG CG SHO (16-5 3.18) 3 H 2 BB 8 K Shelley walk-off 2R HR off Grab
• Willoughby ND 8 IP 5 H 1 BB 6 K
• That makes 2 starts, 18 innings 7 hits and 0 runs vs Stanton this year. Here's hoping we don't see them after September.
• Federico Escobedo (PIT) scattered 4 hits en route to a 2-0 win over Oklahoma. He's 9-9 4.62
• Chicago clinches the central with the win and Ohio clinches the 2nd wild-card spot. They will meet Detroit in the play in game.
• 9/23: FLA 8 CHI 3 6 run 9th. Pollock ND 7 IP 6 H 3 ER 1 BB 4 K Adams PH 3 R 2B (13) Hayashi 3-4 HR (15) 2 RBI (56)
• Denver has hired ABA legend Kevin Allison to take over the club as their next manager. Allison is just 41 years old. This is his 1st managing job at any level but word is he's going to be an outstanding one. He took home the 1992 MVP after hitting .314-37-122. He retired with 454 career home runs and 1385 RBI's with a career slash line of .280/.423/.511 in 2334 games. He is the all-time leader in runs scored with 1692, 2nd all time to Domenic Loetzsch in OBP, 7th all-time in hits, 6th in total bases (4309) 9th in 1B (1358) 2nd in 2B (503, retired 3 shy of the leader Andy Greene) 19th in home runs 7th in RBI's, 3rd in walks (1603) and 2nd all-time in WAR at 82.9, one of just two players with 80+ Career WAR (Mike Trout the all-time leader at 94.9). He retired in 2005 and will be eligible for the HOF ballot next year. He won 4 silver sluggers in LF, 4 postseason series MVP awards, he was an 8 time all star and 2-time world champion (1994 with Jacksonville and 1999 with LA) where he won the MVP in both world series.
• 9/24: CHI 2 FLA 1 (10) Tejeda POTG W (11-18 4.99) 9 IP 6 H 1 ER 1 BB 3 K Danes SV (31)
• Samvdio 7 IP 3 H 1 ER 2 BB 8 K Galindo L (5-3) Flores 2 SB (83)
• 9/25: MIN 8 FLA 0 Rick POTG 2-5 2 HR (32) Grand Slam 5 RBI (94) Motte W (9-11 4.46) 7.1 IP 5 H 0 R 2 BB 5 K
• Jorge Gonglas won his 4th game this year with a 3-hit masterpiece in a 2-0 win over Buffalo. He walked just 1 and struck out 9. He's 4-3 3.77 since being acquired from Phoenix earlier this year.
• 9/26: FLA 4 MIN 3 Sugihara POTG W (13-6 4.45) 7 IP 4 H 2 ER 3 BB 7 K Galindo SV (51)
• 9/27: OFF DAY

• AL POTW – Luis Paredes (OH) 12-23 2 HR 6 RBI (.277-27-89)
• NL POTW – Ryouya Sugai (TEX) 13-22 4 RBI (.312-3-40)

RECORD: 2-4 (100-59)
STANDINGS: 1st +7
RUNS SCORED: 735 6th
RUNS AGAINST: 621 1st
DEFENSE: .696 3rd
POWER RANKINGS:

1. San Antonio
2. Florida
3. Chicago
4. Washington
5. Detroit

[pauwoo]

I like the way you set up the screenshot. Makes it easier to compare the top performers by league when it is side-by-side. Dig it,

[gehrig38]

SCHEDULE:
3 @ Brooklyn
END OF THE REGULAR SEASON

Two races left. The NL East where the Jets trail Pittsburgh by 1.5 games and the NL West where San Diego has overtaken LA by 1 game. The East race is to decide winner/wild card, the west loser goes home. Washington takes on Buffalo in the seasons final 4 games with a DH starting tonight.
Also in the race for his Triple Crown Joe Vertz has seen his lead in the batting race shrink to .002. He leads Milwaukee's Sam Deaton .341 to .339. He also leads Chad Mohr 128 to 123 in the RBI race.
Over in the NL Dave Manzer .337, Jarod Bodkin .336 and TJ Rand .334 will go at it over the seasons final 3 games.

RESULTS:

• 9/28: BRK 10 FLA 5 Cummings POTG 3-3 HR (12) 3 RBI (48) Grab L (6-5 2.25)
• San Diego lost to Texas while the Storm won so they are tied for the NL West lead. Pittsburgh won and Washington swept their DH so the Jets are 1 behind with 2 to play.
• Joe Vertz went 1-4 and Sam Deaton took a 0'fer so Vertz leads .341-.337. However, Chad Mohr hit a grand slam to close the RBI race to 129 to 127.
• We are only allowing our starters to play through 5 innings in the last couple days to keep them fresh and avoid any injury situations. The final game we will start almost an entire lineup of backups.
• 9/29: BRK 5 FLA 1 Sakai POTG W (13-19 4.83) 8 IP 3 H 1 ER 6 BB 5 K
• Willoughby L (14-8 2.97) 5 IP 6 H 2 ER 3 BB 3 K
• Joey Vertz pretty much locked up the Triple Crown as he went 3-4 (.344) 2B (26) HR (51) and drove in 3 (132).
• Pittsburgh lost 12-5 to San Francisco and Washington beat Buffalo 5-1 to make the NL East a tie. Loser has to play in the WC game.
• Texas beat San Diego 3-1 and LA was beaten by Austin 6-4 so the division is tied heading into the final day. LA has Dwain Milazzo starting.
• 9/30: FLA 6 BRK 2 “Johnny Allstaff” pitched this game. 7 arms got an inning or two of work. Grab W (7-5) Weller POTG 4-5 2B (1) HR (1) 2 RBI (2) Makowski 3-4 2B (9) HR (2) RBI (9)
• The Miners and Jets will have a 1 game playoff to determine the NL East winner as both won yesterday. San Diego won, LA lost so the Missions win the West and LA goes home.
• Joey Vertz took home the AL Triple Crown with a .343-51-132 season and former Tarpon TJ Rand won the NL Batting title at .340 to top Jarod Bodkin's .337.

RECORD: 1-2 (101-61)
STANDINGS: 1st +6
RUNS SCORED: 747 7th
RUNS AGAINST: 638 1st
DEFENSE: .695 3rd

[gehrig38]

• AL PLAYER OF THE MONTH – Tyshawn Ogarro (MIL) .387-11-27 (.295-39-123) To think I almost traded for this guy
• NL PLAYER OF THE MONTH – Rob Anderson (WAS) .391-8-28 (.348-22-80)
• AL PITCHER OF THE MONTH – Tousei Sato (LV) 5-1 2.38 (19-8 2.45) 2009 Koufax winner right here
• NL PITCHER OF THE MONTH – Pat Strickler (NE) 5-0 2.02 (16-12 4.00)
• AL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH – Mike Carpenter (NY) .421-4-16 (.304-14-49)
• NL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH -Aydan Yuke (TEX) .425-6-10 (.340-11-30)

[gehrig38]

NL TIEBREAKER

• The loser of the game will face Kansas City in the NL Wild Card Game
• The Jets got a 9th inning Joe Sluder 2B to score Tamaichi Yasuda and beat the Miners 2-1.

[gehrig38]

Former Tarpon TJ Rand wins the NL Batting Title. Sam Ginn, former Tarpon, had a fantastic year closing for Ohio, the one team I'd prefer NOT to face in the playoffs.

The LA collapse was truly one for the ages. They were 47-30 on July 1st and went 34-51 the rest of the way capped off by a franchise record worst 7-20 September.
San Diego was 35-42 on the 1st of July and would go 47-38 the rest of the way. Not bad but certainly not some dominant 2nd half. They came from 12 games back with leagues 11th ranked offense and 6th ranked pitching staff. Truly a team effort.

I'd like to think there's some suspense to some awards but it appears Vertz and Leith McNayr are runaway MVP's with seasons of 8.2 and 8.3 WAR.

[gehrig38]

Ohio (Rose 12-12 3.81) @ Detroit (Barlow 10-4 3.65)

• Ohio used a Layne Cosman RBI 2B in the 1st and then a Steve Stahl 3 run HR in the 2nd to open a 5-0 lead. Detroit never got close as the Generals tacked on 4 more to beat the Phantom 9-3. They'll head to Miami for the 1st game of the Division series.

Kansas City (Girard 14-9 3.67) @ Pittsburgh (Escobedo 9-9 4.59)

• KC broke open a scoreless game with 4 run 4th inning. The miners battled back with Mike Mayo 2 R HR and then his RBI single in the 6th made it 4-3. They tied it 4-4 on a Spartan error in the 6th.
• It remained that way until the 9th when Rodolfo Ramirez lined a 2 out 2 strike RBI single off Miner reliever Al Albuquerque. In the bottom half the Miners put runners on 1st and 3rd with 1 out, then loaded the bases with 2 outs only to fall short as Maddox Sweetland struck out on a full count fastball to end the game, and their year. KC heads to San Antonio for the Division series.

[gehrig38]

The Generals were 89-73 this year. They were also a playoff-worst 19-27 versus LHP. Kody Pollock will start game 1 with lefty Juan Alatorre getting game 3. Willoughby will start 2 and Samvdio will start game 4 barring some insanity.
They will counter with Ace Bobby Rone. We were 101-61, 80-45 vs RHP and 21-16 vs LHP.


Las Vegas – Sato (19-8 2.45) @ Chicago – Stanton (16-5 3.18) Two titans toeing the rubber game 1
Stanton outpitched Sato and Chicago's 3 run 1st was enough.

• Chicago 5 Las Vegas 2
• W-Stanton (1-0) L-Sato (0-1) S-Knightner (1)
• HR CHI-Mitchell (1)
• Chicago up 1-0

San Diego-Carmona (8-8 4.05) @ Washington-Almagauer (17-8 2.73)
The game was tied 2-2 at the end of 9. Mission Catcher Matt McKinney drilled a solo homer in the top of the 12th to give San Diego the 3-2 lead. With 2 outs in the bottom half, Rob Anderson drew a walk to load the bases and Kevon Cephus followed with a line drive single to center to tied the game. Juan Valle popped up to end the inning.
With one out in the 13th Luis Rojas lined the 1st pitch he saw to left for a solo HR and a 4-3 lead.
In the bottom half of the 13th Chris Barrick got the first two outs on 5 pitches before a Wing-fung Huie dropped a ball into shallow right for a 1B. Steve Campagna, who was already 3-4, laced a double into the gap in left center. Huie would be waived in but a perfect relay home nailed him at the plate to end the game!

• W-Barrick (1-0) L-Webb (0-1)
• HR SD-Rojas (1) Owen (1) McKinney (1)
• San Diego leads series 1-0

Kansas City- Gourley (1-4 5.13) @ San Antonio-Hanning (19-6 3.23)
The Broncos took a 4-3 lead into the 9th before Spartan Catcher Rodolfo Ramirez hit a leadoff HR to tie it. Bronco DH Chris Beard drilled a 2 out RBI single in the bottom half of the 9th to give the Broncos a 1-0 series lead.

• San Antonio 5 Kansas City 4
• W-Holton (1-0) L-Mulato (0-1)
• HR KC-Ramirez (1) Saucedo (1) SAN-Dares (1)
• San Antonio leads 1-0

[gehrig38]

When I used to read Orcins dynasty I would get to the postseason and set it up so I couldn't see the entire post, but would read it line by line to create some suspense and it made it a ton of fun. To that end, I have created a summary sort of in that manner so if you want to you can read about the game before knowing how it ends.

Ohio – Rone (19-9 3.98) @ Florida – Pollock (16-5 3.10)
Ohio sent 8 men to the plate in a 4 run second inning. Pollock would get into the 7th before tiring and leave the game down 5-2. At 5-3 entering the 9th Arturo Mendoza led off with a single. He was 3-4 on the day. Cummings would come in to pinch run and Juan Renovato would battle through a 12 pitch AB and line a single to left on a 3-2 count.
Harland Daig, with the count 0-2 slapped a ground ball to the right side that squeaked through to load the bases with no one out.
Juan Flores hit a grounder to the right side, Cummings scored and Daig was forced out at 2B. 5-4 1 out.
Funicello would hit a grounder to a drawn-in infield, and be forced at first.
Cortezo was intentionally walked to load the bases and DJ Adams would come in to PH for Makata Hayashi.
On a 1-1 pitch he hit a grounder in the hole to left, Renovato scored and Flores ran through a stop sign and with the game 5-5 and two outs Flores was thrown out at the plate to put the game into extras.
The 9th inning rally all happened vs former Tarpon closer Sam Ginn.
Ernesto Galindo took over in the 8th with 1 out and managed to dodge a litany of bullets almost every inning as he went 3.2 giving up 3 hits, 2 walks and 2 K's but no runs.
Jake Grab worked 2 hitless innings.
In the bottom of the 14th, General Reliever Jon Harris was working into his 5th inning. A 2 out infield single by Hallamore brought up Leith Bursey. On a 0-2 count, he would take a fastball to the bleachers in dead center for a 2 run walk off home run!
Soon to be AL MVP Joey Vertz was 0-6 with a walk and 3 K's. Sergio Robles was 3-7 2B (1) 2 CS
Bursey took POTG honors going 4-7 2B (1) HR (1) 2 R 2 RBI (2) Jose Flores was 4-7 2B (1) HR (1) and 2 RBI (2)

• Florida 7 Ohio 5
• W-Grab (1-0) L-Harris (0-1)
• HR- OH-Schroeder (1) FLA-Flores (1) Bursey (1)
• Florida leads series 1-0