Houston Texans Fictional Dynasty

[Texasborn]

May Rewards:

WCL Batter of the Month Pablo Alvarez

FL Batter of the Month Helespôntico Stocker

WCL Pitcher of the Month Jimmy Owens

FL Pitcher of the Month Gabriel Dwyer

WCL Rookie of the Month Dan Weber

FL Rookie of the Month Bruce McKnight

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June 1st
Three game set against The 23-34 El Paso Oil Barons.

Houston 5,El Paso 4 (16 innings)

W:F.Johnson(3-2) L:J.Jackson(2-5)

HR: A.Ramírez (9) A.Rincon 2 (6)

*Hou J.Valdes pitched 6 innings and gave up 3 runs on 10 hits,striking out 1.

* EP S.Green pitched 7.1 innings and gave up 4 runs on 9 hits,striking out 3.

*Hou Ricon went 4-7,with a HR and 3 RBI

June 2

El Paso 7,Houston 6

W:J.Jackson(3-5) L:H.Vargas(1-3)

HR:K.An 2 (23) D.Sykes (12) EP M.Howell (2)

*Hou Jim Neal pitched 7 innings and gave up 4 runs on 11 hits,striking out 6.

*EP R.Carson pitched 7 innings and gave up 5 runs on 9 hits,striking out 6.

*Hou K.An went 2-5 with 2HR and 3RBI.

Long Beaches' 3B Billy Neal had a 5 hit game.

Portland SP Gary Cameron is out for 4 months with a torn labrum

June 3

Houston 8,El Paso 0

W:M.Kerr(5-6) L:M.Stewart(1-6)

HR: W.Weston (16) D.Sykes (13)

*Hou Kerr threw a complete game shutout,only giving up 4 hits,and striking out 6.

*EP Stewart pitched 4.2 innings and gave up 6 runs on 7 hits,striking out 3.

*Hou Ramírez went 3-5 with 3 runs.

*Hou K.An went 1-3 with 3RBI

Atlanta's LF Terrence Hickman went 5-6 with an RBI.

June 4

No Game

June 5

Start of a three game set against Omaha.

Houston 5,Omaha 3

W:R.Clark(5-1) L:P.Prince(6-4) SV:B.Tobias (6)

HR:K.An (24) C.Wilson (1) OMA: P.Trevino (16)

*Hou R.Clark pitched 6.2 innings and gave up 3 runs on 6 hits,striking out 4.

*OMA P.Prince pitched 4 innings and gave up 5 runs on 7 hits,striking out 4.

*Hou Wilson went 1-4 with 3RBI

The FL Player of the week is Bruce McKnightHe went 11-23 with 2HR and 6RBI.

The WCL Player of the week is Javier Uribe He went 14-23 with 2HR and 6RBI.

June 6

Houston 3,Omaha 2

W:G.Walton(5-5) L:C.Short(5-5) SV:B.Tobias(7)

HR: D.Sykes (14) W.Weston (17) OMA J.Boyd (9)

*Hou Walton pitched 6 innings and gave up 1 run on 6 hits,striking out 5.

*OMA C.Short pitched 6 innings and gave up 3 runs on 7 hits,striking out 5.

*Hou Sykes went 2-4 with a HR and 2RBI.

June 7

Omaha 9,Houston 8

W: D.Clark(2-2) L:G.Miller(0-2) SV:C.Piper (2)

HR: C.Wilson (2)

*Hou J.Valdes pitched 1.2 innings and gave up 6 runs on 9 hits.

*OMA I.Torres pitched 7 innings and gave up 4 runs on 9 hits,striking out 5.

*Hou Weston went 4-7 with 2 RBI.

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June 8th

First game against the 19-44 Fort Worth Stars.

Houston 6,Fort Worth 2

W:J.Neal(6-0) L.Smith(1-8) SV:M.Torres(2)

HR: R.Zimmerman (2) A.Ramírez (10) W.Weston (18) FW D.Hastings (14)

*Hou Neal pitched 7 innings and gave up a run on 6 hits,striking out 5.

*FW D.Smith pitched 5.1 innings and gave up 2 runs on 2

*Hou A.Ramírez went 1-4 with a HR and 2 RBI.

EL Paso's Marc Morris is out for 6-7 months with a torn labrum.

Columbus SP Ray Pryor threw a 5 hit complete game shutout.

June 9th

Fort Worth 4,Houston 3

W:R.Clark(5-2) L:R.Simpson(3-2) SV:M.Smith (13)

HR: B.Hart (1) D.Hastings (15)

*Hou Kerr pitched 7 innings and gave up 2 runs on 5 hits,striking out 5.

*WF Rodríguez pitched 7 innings and gave up 3 runs on 6 hits,striking out 8.

*Hou Weston went 2-4 with an RBI.

*FW Hart went 2-4 with a HR and 2 RBI.

June 10th

Houston 4,Fort Worth 1

W:G.Walton(6-5) L:C.Deleón(1-8) SV:B.Tobias(8)

HR:C.Wilson(3)

*Hou Walton pitched 7 innings and gave up a run on 7 hits,striking out 1.

*FW Deleón pitched 9 innings and gave up 4 runs on 12 hits,striking out 3.

*Hou Wilson went 2-5 with a HR and 2RBI

June 11th

first game against the 29-37 New York Sky socks

Houston 9,New York 1

W: J.Valdés(3-3) L: J.Ramírez(5-8)

HR: D.Sykes 2 (16) K.An 2 (26) R.Morris (23) A.Ramírez (11) W.Weston (19) NY: A.Rodríguez (13)

*Hou Valdés pitched 8 innings and gave up one run on 4 hits,striking out 5,and carrying a no hitter 6.1 innings.

*NY Ramírez pitched 4 innings and gave up 5 runs on 6 hits,striking out 3.

*Hou [b]K.An went 2-4 with 2HR and 4RBI

*Hou Sykes went 2-4 with 2HR and 2RBI.

Dallas CF Billy Miller is out for 2-3 weeks with a oblique strain.

June 12th

New York 2,Houston 0

W:A.Villarreal(6-6) L:J.Neal(6-1) SV:V.Navarro(17)

*Hou Neal pitched 8 innings and gave up 2 runs on 5 hits,striking out 4.

*NY Navarro pitched 8 innings and gave up 0 runs and only three hits.

FL Player of the week is Carl Miller, he went 10-20 with 4HR and 6RBI.

WCL Player of the week is Wally Lee,he went 15-29 with 1HR and 6RBI.

June 13th

New York 7,Houston 6

W:R.Cook(2-1) L:M.Torres(2-3) SV:V.Navarro(18)

HR: R.Morris (24) NY: O.Komatsu (4)

*Hou Clark pitched 5 innings and gave up 5 runs on 10 hits,striking out 2.

*NY Huges pitched 5.1 innings and gave up 4 runs on 5 hits, striking out 6.

*Hou Sykes went 2-3 with a RBI.
El Paso C Francisco Ferreira signed a two year 25,640,000 dollar contract extension.

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June 14th

A quick three game set against the 32-37 Baltimore Blackhawks and then the first year player draft.

Baltimore 5,Houston 4

W:O.Sanderson(4-8) L:G.Walton(6-6) SV:H.Figueroa(12)

HR:K.An (27) R.Concepción (6) Bal: B.Cline (11) E.Harnadez (13)

*Hou Walton pitched 5 innings and gave up 5 runs on 7 hits,striking out 4.

*Bal Sanderson pitched 5.2 innings and gave up 2 runs on 6 hits,striking out 2

Denver 2B Michael McCain is out for three weeks with shoulder soreness.

Next up is the Draft!!!

[Texasborn]

Hello..... And welcome to the 2016 USBA First-Year Player draft.180 players from 19 different countries are here to take one more step towards there dreams.That dream is the same dream that thousands of kids a cross the nation and the world dream every night,to make it to the USBA.So lets being...good luck to the teams and players.

Draft Analysis:

This year's draft contains a lot of good pitchers,which wasn't ideal for me since I stocked up on Pitchers last year.Of course,there is no shortage of talent at the skill positions,SS and CF.The surprise this year was the amount of players that can pitch and play in the field.If I were to give this class a score(out of 100)Pitchers 69 and Position Players 57 Overall,63, the class has good potential but is an average class overall.

Star Potential Breakdown:

5 - 1
4.5 - 12
4 - 10
3.5 - 7
3 - 7
2.5 - 26
2 - 17
1.5 - 18
1 - 55
.5 - 27

[Texasborn]

Ok....We have the 22nd pick in every round in this draft.To me,that means we have to make the first pick count because we won't get another in till the 50th+ overall pick.

With the first pick in the 2016 USBA draft the Fort Worth Stars select....

21 Year old CF Donald Greer





So we have the 22nd pick in each round.

1st round (22nd overall)

SP Cisco Robles







He was one of the only players I targeted to fall to us,and was the best overall player left.

2nd Round (74th Overall)

LF Keith Sampson





Has a good bat and speed,but his defense is lacking.

3rd Round (104th Overall)

LF Gustavo Juárez





He has a good bat and defense.

4th Round (134th Overall Pick)

RF Rubén Ramírez





He has a below average bat but good defense.

5th Round (164th Overall Pick)

CF Brad Graham





He can't hit for power,at all,nor can he field,but he has a hard time striking out.

Draft Summery

Overall,I was really disappointed in this draft class,we got a pair of descent prospects in Robles and Sampson,but no legendary potential.Same could be said of the class as a whole,there is some good players but that's all.

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June 15th

First of the Last two games of the Baltimore series.

Houston 4,Baltimore 3

Walk off!!!

W:G.Miler(1-2) L:J.Carter(1-2)

HR: D.Sykes 2 (18) J.Torres (13)

*Hou Kerr pitched 6 innings and gave up 3 runs on 6 hits,striking out 3.

*Bal G.Sánchez pitched 6 innings and gave up 2 runs on 5 hits,striking out 3.

*Hou Sykes went 2-4 with 2HR and 3RBI,including the game winning two run homer.

Vincente Martínez of the Nashville Monsters went 5-5 with 2RBI and was a HR short of the cycle.

Steve Bell of New Orleans is out for 9 months with a broken kneecap.

June 16th

Houston 4,Baltimore 0

W:Neal(7-1) L:E.Sheehan(6-7)

HR:C.Wilson (4)

*Hou Neal pitched all 9 innings and gave up no runs and only 3 hits,striking out 5.This is the fourth complete game shutout of his career,the last one occurred exactly 2 months ago,on 4/16.

*Bal Sheehan pitched 7 innings and gave up 2 runs on 7 hits,striking out 1.

*Hou Morris went 2-4

June 17th

No Game

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June 18th

Three game set against Phoenix.

Houston 8,Phoenix 0

W:Gabe Walton(7-6) L:L.Richardson(3-4)

HR:R.Concepciòn (7) R.Morris (25) A.Ramírez (12)

*Hou [b]Walton pitched all 9 innings,only giving up 3 hits,striking out 6.This is his second Complete game shutout of his career.

*Pho Richardson pitched 6.2 innings and gave up 2 runs on 5 hits,striking out 4.

*Hou Ramírez went 2-5 with a HR and 3 RBI.

Austin's Juro Kouki threw 3 hit shutout against Omaha,striking out 3.

June 19th

Phoenix 3,Houston 2

W:A.Brown(2-1) L:M.Kerr(5-7) SV:R.Lezo(13)

HR:PHO A.Draper (5)

*Hou Kerr pitched 8 innings and gave up three runs on 10 hits,striking out 4.

*PHO Torres pitched 7 innings and gave up 2 runs on 8 hits,striking out 2

*Hou Zimmerman helped to start a triple play!!!



June 20th

Last game before the All-Star break.

Phoenix 9,Houston 6

W:R.Ross(3-5) L:M.Torres(2-4) SV:R.Lezo(14)

HR:R.Morris (26) A.Ramírez (13) PHO P.Hernández (9) T.Cummings (10) J.Chapman (7)

*Hou Clark pitched 6 innings and gave up 4 runs on 9 hits,striking out 1.

*PHO Spence pitched 5 innings and gave up 6 runs on 5 hits,striking out 3.

Next up All-Star Break.

[Texasborn]

So for the past however long I have been using a phone app called Tapatalk.Yesterday, I logged on to the web version and saw the pitchers were taking out the screen entirely,my bad.

[Texasborn]

All-Star Teams:

Houston Players in Bold

West Coast League:

SP Mauro Alvarez (TUC) - 9-2, 2.29ERA
SP Jorge Contreras (ALB) - 7-1, 1.92ERA
SP Simon Davis (POR) - 8-2, 2.83ERA
SP Matt Holman (ATL) - 9-6, 2.06ERA
SP Nakamaro Maruya (DAL) - 9-5, 2.50ERA
SP Jimmy Owens (ATL) - 10-4, 2.13ERA
SP Richard Sharp (SJ) - 9-3, 2.94ERA
SP Edmund Smith (TUC) - 8-1, 2.69ERA
MR Miguel Delamacona (BRO) - 7-1, 6SV, 1.66ERA
CL Máximo Durango (DAL) - 1-3, 26SV, 2.97ERA
CL Isreal Rodríguez (ALB) - 3-3, 23SV, 1.36ERA
CL Maxime Tardif (COL) - 3-1, 19SV, 2.01ERA
C Chris Bailey (ALB) - .241/.351/.421, 10HR, 42RBI
C Bill Thomas (VB) - .333/.415/.449, 4HR, 28RBI
1B Pablo Alvarez (COL) - .331/.438/.651, 25HR, 69RBI
1B José Maldonado (BRO) - .349/.403/.564, 12HR, 48RBI
1B Jean Ouellette (SJ) - .319/.373/.532, 14HR, 46RBI
1B Carlos Pérez (JAC) - .327/.367/.544, 15HR, 65RBI
2B Zuo-qian Zhu (SJ) - .287/.371/.416, 9HR, 31RBI
3B Taylor Lake (KC) - .313/.378/.536, 12HR, 44RBI
SS Luis Fernández (SJ) - .292/.341/.511, 13HR, 44RBI
LF Terrence Hickman (ATL) - .372/.420/.564, 10HR, 46RBI
LF León Rivera (ALB) - .354/.413/.642, 21HR, 64RBI
LF Brendan Wallace (TB) - .319/.382/.502, 14HR, 57RBI
CF Wally Lee (AKR) - .333/.398/.614, 16HR, 50RBI
CF Vincente Muñóz (KC) - .330/.410/.653, 26HR, 55RBI
RF Angel Gómez (DAL) - .294/.439/.563, 18HR, 47RBI
RF Javier Uribe (SJ) - .325/.410/.540, 16HR, 45RBI

Frontier League:

SP J.J. Armstrong (SD) - 8-3, 2.96ERA
SP Nathan Brennan (NAS) - 6-3, 2.11ERA
SP Mario Esparza (DEN) - 9-3, 2.07ERA
SP Billy Lee (DEN) - 8-3, 2.26ERA
SP Jim Neal - 7-1, 2.32ERA
SP Mike Pollock (NAS) - 10-4, 2.57ERA
SP Héctor Rodríguez (FW) - 8-5, 2.48ERA
SP Juan Tobías (SD) - 9-3, 2.83ERA
CL Mark Henson (SD) - 6-0, 21SV, 1.06ERA
CL Ronald Jenkins (EP) - 1-2, 15SV, 0.81ERA
CL António Montoya (NAS) - 3-5, 19SV, 2.08ERA
CL Phil Simmons (NO) - 4-5, 21SV, 2.63ERA
C Pablo Ortíz (MAN) - .303/.363/.644, 27HR, 58RBI
C Irwin Rose (NAS) - .301/.423/.566, 15HR, 41RBI
1B Kyung-tae An - .325/.418/.686, 27HR, 62RBI
1B Jorge Benítez (EP) - .323/.436/.595, 17HR, 43RBI
2B Pancho Trevino (OMA) - .278/.378/.586, 18HR, 55RBI
3B Juan Fernández (DEN) - .290/.401/.592, 22HR, 57RBI
3B Helespôntico Stockler (SD) - .297/.353/.609, 25HR, 56RBI
3B Lawrence Walsh (WAS) - .312/.382/.582, 17HR, 50RBI
SS William Hargrove(SD) - .294/.358/.595, 22HR, 62RBI
SS Bob Smith (NY) - .320/.408/.567, 17HR, 51RBI
LF Tim Henderson (EP) - .290/.372/.569, 17HR, 59RBI
LF Juan Lozono (DEN) - .330/.378/.593, 13HR, 45RBI
LF Rod Morris - .281/.346/.589, 25HR, 57RBI
LF José Quintana (Que) - .291/.341/.661, 30HR, 62RBI
CF Al Anderson (NAS) - .330/.403/.632, 21HR, 65RBI
RF Jay Davis (Que) - .317/.393/.708, 33HR, 70RBI

All-Star Game

West Coast 5,Frontier 2

W:M.Tardif L:P.Simmons

HR: FL B.Smith WCL L.Rivera

Rob Morris went 0-1

K.An went 0-1 with a walk and a run

Jim Neal pitched 2/3 innings and struck out 1.

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June 24th

Houston 8,New Orleans 3

W:J.Neal (8-1) L:M.Decker(8-5)

HR:R.Morris (27) W.Weston (20) C.Wilson (5)

*Hou Neal pitched 6.1 innings and gave up 3 runs on 7 hits, striking out 2.

*NO M.Decker pitched 4.2 innings and gave 5 runs on 8 hits,striking out 7.

*Hou R.Morris went 2-4 with 2RBI.

June 25th

New Orleans 2,Houston 0

W:J.Reyes(7-3) L:G.Walton(7-7)

HR: -NO J.Beaton (10)

*Hou Walton pitched 8 innings and gave up 2 runs on 4 hits,striking out 9.

*NO Reyes pitched 7 innings and gave up 0 runs on 5 hits,striking out 4.

June 26th

New Orleans 5,Houston 3

W:T.Carter(3-0) L:M.Kerr(5-8) SV:P.Simmons(23)

HR: D.Sykes (19) K.An (28) NO T.Carter (16)

*Hou Kerr pitched 2 innings and gave up 4 runs on 6 hits,striking out 1.

*NO Diaz pitched 4 innings and gave 2 runs on 3 hits,striking out 3.

June 27th

Austin 6,Houston 3

W:E.Nuijs(5-5) L:R.Clark(5-3) SV:K.Schmitt(17)

HR: R.Zimmerman (3), R.Morris 2 (29) Aus: J.Hurley (10)

*Hou Clark pitched 5.1 innings and gave up 5 runs on 11 hits,striking out one.

*Aus Nuijs pitched 7.1 innings and gave up 2 runs on 5 hits, striking out 7.

*Hou Morris went 2-3 with 2HR and 2RBI.

Arkon's SP Zhi-qiang pitched a 5 hit shutout,striking out 2 and walking 3.

June 28

Austin 8,Houston 6

W:C.Méndez(3-4) L:J.Valdés(3-4) SV:K.Schmitt (18)

HR: Hou R.Morris (30) A.Ramírez (14) Aus: E.Gibson (8)

*Hou Valdés pitched 6.2 innings and gave up 8 runs on 11 hits, striking out 2.

*Aus Mitchell pitched 3.2 innings and gave up 6 runs on 7 hits,striking out 0.

*Hou Ramírez went 3-5 with a HR and 2RBI.

June 29th

Houston 11,Austin 1

W:J.Neal(9-1) L.Puckett(2-2)

HR: D.Sykes 2 (21) R.Morris (31) A.Rincón (7) W.Weston 2 (22)

*Hou Neal pitched 8 innings and gave up 1 run on 7 hits,striking out 2.

*Aus Puckett pitched 5 innings and gave up 4 runs on 7 hits, striking out 4.

Weston went 3-5 with 2HR and 4RBI.

28 Year-old Judd Hunt signed a minor league contract.

[Texasborn]

June Update:

With one more day left in June,it's time for the monthly update.

Overall we went 13-12
Home 6-4
Away 7-8
Extra Innings 1-1
Series record 4-4

This months scoring:

Drove in - 128 runs
Gave up - 89 runs

Hitting:

# of Hits - 165
# of HR - 54
# of RBI - 128
# of Walks - 63

Monthly summary/everything else:

We went close to an even .500 this month,which was more like a roller coaster.On to pitching,we threw 3 shutouts this month from Kerr(1st),Neal(4th),and Walton(2nd).Two of which were back To back.Apart from that,we had one Walkoff and a triple play.

Milestones:

Both K.An and Rod Morris hit their 70th career HR this month.K.An who has 79,is second on the All time list.Morris has 73,which is good enough to put him tied for 4th.K.An who has 210 RBI is 1st All-Time.Morris is also 9th All-time with 167.

[Texasborn]

Another month,another format change.Im going to add the box score as well as the scoring plays.

June 30th

Houston 6,Washington 2

W:G.Walton(8-7) L:V.Pickett(5-9)

HR - Was D.Hurst (12) Hou - D.Sykes (22) K.An 2 (30)

Scoring Plays: We strike first in the second on a solo Homer by Sykes.Then again in the 4th on a K.An homer.We score four more in the 6th on another K.An homer,and back to back RBI singles by Guzmán and Cooke.Washington was able to avoid the shutout with a two Run RBI homer by Hurst.



Walton pitched 8.1 innings and gave up 2 runs on 7 hits,striking out 7.

Pickett pitched 5.2 innings and gave up 6 runs on 8 hits, striking out 6.

June Award Winners

FL Hitter of the Month - Juan Fernández (.337, 10HR, 26RBI)

WCL Hitter of the Month - Vincente Muñoz (.451, 11HR, 26RBI)

FL Pitcher of the month - Roberto Gómez (2.47, 5-0)

WCL Pitcher of the Month - Matt Holman (2.38, 4-0)

FL Rookie of the month - Bruce McKnight (.395, 2HR, 13RBI)

WCL Rookie of the month - Shinji Rin (.415, 1HR, 14RBI)

July 1st

Houston 3,Washington 1

W: M.Kerr(6-8) L:G.Wade(5-4) SV: B.Tobias(9)

HR: Sykes (23) Was: A.Allen (20)

Scoring Plays:No one scored intill the 8th,on a Sykes 3 run homer.Washington again ruined the shutout in the 9th with a Allen solo homer.That would not be enough for the comeback,we win!



C William Smith signs a minor league contract.

July 2nd

Washington 8,Houston 4

W: Holbrook(6-6) L:Clark(5-4)

HR: K.An (31) Was: Peña (11) Hurst (13)

Washington starts of in the 1st on a Peña single,He would hit a solo homer in the 4th as well.Morin would add to there lead with a 2RBI double and they would round out the inning on a RBI groundout by Mertens.We would score in our half on a Cooke RBI single, and later on a Ramírez RBI single.Washington would add to there lead again in the 6th,on a Hurst RBI Triple.He would later score on a sac fly.We would bring their lead to 3 on a K.An two run homer.Hurst would hit a homer to increase their lead.That would be the final score



Sykes had to be taken out after fielding a fly ball in the 6th.After further examination, he will be out for two weeks with a torn ligament in his thumb.This triggered two callups from MacBride and Mays.MacBride has been Biden away in the minors,I had intended him to be a 5th outfielder but that was before Sykes.Mays is the 28 year old 3B that was apart of the huge trade from earlier this year.We send down Stanley,he will stay there intill I figure out what to do with him.

July 3rd

By the way,I've been playing these games across multiple days and states.I want to test a theory that if I go back to my home state(Texas) we will win.This seemed to prove true in Madden Mobile. Unfortunately,I can't go to Houston but I will be at Arlington today for the final game of the season.
But for now,I'm across the red river in Oklahoma,so that is will I will at least play this game.

We would score in the first on a K.An single.Long Beach would answer in the 3rd on a RBI grounder by Neal.No one would score again intill a heartbreaking homer to lose the game.

Long Beach 4, Houston 1

W:Guzmán(8-3) L:Valdes(3-5)

HR: LB M.Lango (5)

*Jenkins pitched 7.1 innings and gave up one run on 4 hits,striking out 4.

*Thompson pitched 8 innings and gave up one run on 9 hits with 0 K's.



CF Ed Marks of New Orleans, went 5-6 in a 11-2 win.

July 4th

Still in Oklahoma

They would score first on a RBI double by Montoya in the first.That was followed up by back to back RBI singles by Bates and Medina.We answer back with a HBP with the bases loaded.We would score again in the 3rd on a K.An RBI groundout.Neals day was over in the 7th after giving up a solo Homer to Ruíz.

Long Beach 4,Houston 2

W:G.Beaulieu(9-2) L:J.Neal(9-2) SV.Jones(24)

HR: - LB Ruíz (15)

*Neal pitched 7 innings and gave up 4 runs on on 11 hits,striking out 7.

*Beaulieu pitched 8 innings and gave up 2 runs on 3 hits,striking out 2.



July 5th

Well let's see how much it helps after a RBI single by Wood puts them ahead in the 2nd.They would add to that with a No RBI groundout double play.They would add to it with a Ruíz RBI single.They would again add in the 5th on a error grounder.Thats all I can bear to write.

Long Beach 13,Houston 0



Aww just awwww we need to pick up as a team, Well I'm off to Arlington.

[Texasborn]

Recap of game #162 in Arlington.

I was greeted with a smile and a voucher for a free game for 2016, which was all apart of fan appreciation day. I went to my seat and with my luck a lady with the loudest scream in the world,was sitting right in front of me.It didn't prevent me from seeing my boy, Albert "The Machine" Pujols drive a two run homer into the seats in left center.I was glad to see him hitting 40 HR at the young age of 35.The entire game,I was torn between the two teams.Not as much as the 2011 World Series,but hey.Of course Rangers fans had not forgot about what Freese did in that series and they booed him every time he hit.Going into the game,I hoped for both Angle and Diamondback wins.That way the Rangers would win the division and the Angles would have one more shot to get in.By the 7th inning stretch,the Diamondbacks were withholding there end but the Angles still trailed 3-2.Of course,by the 7th,I had a headache from the woman and the 90+ decree heat,or was it from the 6 runs.I still had hopes for the Angles. Afterall, this is baseball, anything can happen Right? Right?Hold up I just saw that Albert foul ball, wow!!That was crushed.Anyway yes and no,yes they could come back,but no they didn't.I guess they used all there comeback energy yesterday.Final 9-2 Rangers!! Hamels W (13-8) 9IP, 2R, 3H, 8K, 2BB, 1HR Richards L (15-12) 6IP, 3R, 6H, 6K, 2BB, 1HR
Beltre 2-4, 1HR, 3RBI Pujols 1-4, 1HR, 2RBI
Woo lets goooo!

I enjoyed the game very much,I got to see potential future all-star Joey Gallo pitch hit,and see two of my childhood stars hit balls into the seats.I will have to wait in till next year to see Pujols plate his 1700th RBI.Intill next time.

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Almost forgot .... Pictures!!

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June 7th

Start of a three game series against Nashville.

Nashville 7, Houston 0

Nashville would strike first in the 5th on a 3RBI,bases clearing Triple by Cedero.He would add to there lead later in the 8th, with a solo homer.In total we will lose 7-0.

W:M.Pollock(13-4) L:M.Kerr(6-9)

HR: - NAS R.Cedero (22)

Kerr pitched 7 innings and gave up 3 runs on 5 hits,striking out 3.

Awww we need a jump start to this offense.



June 8th

Nashville 4,Houston 3

W:G.Pierson(5-6) L:J.Neal(9-4) SV: A.Montoya(24)

HR: Hou - R.Morris (32) NAS - R.Cedero (23)

Nashville would score first in the first on a Moss double.The Nashville pitcher Pierson, would help himself in the second a Sac fly.That would be followed up by a Cerdo two run homer,4-0 Nashville.We would break a 29 inning scoreless streak,with a K.An RBI double.Morris would bring there lead within one with a two run homer in the 6th,4-3.

Neal pitched 5 innings and gave up 4 runs,before he was injured.



Just when you thought it couldn't get worse,Jim Neal is out for the rest of the season due to bone chips in his bone.This may be a bit early,but this season is over.We call up Ed Carrigan from the minors to take over.

Pitching Rotation:

1. Marty Kerr (6-9, 3.14ERA)
2.Gabe Walton (8-7, 3.25ERA)
3. Ed Carrigan (0-0,0.00ERA)
4. Javier Valdés (1-3,8.07ERA)
5. Kevin Jenkins (2-0,2.01ERA)

June 9th

The 26 Yearold SP Ed Carrigan will make his USBA debut against the Nashville Monsters.

Carrigan would walk his first ever batter,but would come right back on the next one for his first Career strikeout.Nashville would take the lead in the 1st thanks to a Anderson single.We would leave two RISP in the 3rd with 2 K's and a groundout.The Monsters would increase there lead with a solo homer by Moss,2-0.They would add to there lead in the 6th, on back to back to back RBI singles by Tanaka, Chou, and Casas.We would score in the 6th on a K.An RBI double,after a sac bunt moved Weston to third, after he stole second.They would continue to add to there lead on a bases loaded walk in the 7th.Rincón would hit a homer in the 8th but it wouldn't be enough we lose our 9th straight.

Nashville 6, Houston 2

W: N.Brennan(7-4) L: E.Carrigan(0-1)

HR: Hou - Rincòn (8) NAS - Moss (18)

Ed Carrigan goes 5.2IP, 8H, 5R, 4K, 2BB in his first USBA start



In other News:

June 7th - Kansas City C Angel Pérez sighed a 3 year $49,800,000 year contract extension.

June 7th - Dallas SP Robbie Smith pitched a 6 hit shutout against the Dallas Black Cats.

June 8th - Baltimore SP Ed Sheehan pitched a 1 hit complete game shutout against the Long Beach Cavalry

June 9th - Cavalry C Pedro Montoya signed a 3 year 28,840,000 contract extension

June 9th - 1B Bill Moss of the Seattle had 5 hits against The Bronx Bomers.

[Texasborn]

June 10th - 12:00 AM

I couldn't sleep at all tonight thinking about a possible 10 game losing streak.It didn't help that we were going to face the 55-35 Queen Snappers. We are without our ace, our star rookie, and both our power hitters are in a sim slump. So, I keep thinking of ways to raise team morale.

June 10th - 2:00AM

After hours of contemplating what to do, a janitor on his night shift came into the room.He was a stout middle- aged man, with a rough white haired beard.He just sat down and told me a very interesting story.Apparently, he had played for 6 years in the MLB before it was shut down due to a huge lawsuit by the player union over loyalty rights. He then proceeded to jump around the spread out sim-pro leagues,which now form the USBA.He told me that every team he played for always focused on team building,and he felt like a part of the team.With that he walked out, and I didn't even get his name.

June 10th - 3:15 AM

I was thinking about what he said, about being a team.So I called for a mandatory team meeting at 6 o'clock sharp.

June 10th - 6:01 AM

The team sat around the janitor as he shared the same story he had to me.Though they showed no expression, I hoped some of the story was helpful.As he finished I finally got a name, Joey Cahill.I returned to my office about a hour later to find a list.Apparently, they had come up with a full array of nicknames.

Here are some of my favorites.

Mike "Bigmac" MacBride

William "Wally West" Weston

Bob "Scab" Tobías Note- that's the only game given nickname


Editors Notes: Fill free to come up with some

[Texasborn]

Houston Texans(46-50) Vs. Queen Snappers(55-35) - June 10th-12th

Let's see if the talk helped,as we face the 2nd best team in the Frontier League.

Game 1

Walton was able to get out of jams with RISP in the first and second innings.After two back to back singles by Morris and Ricón in the 2nd we score first on a Zimmerman 3 run Homerun.Clark would put himself into a bases loaded situation in the 3rd,when Carver hits a two RBI double,3-2.The Queens would tie the game In the 5th on a RBI groundout by Carver,3-3.We started the 6th with back to back walks by Rincón and Concepción,but we were unable to score.We were however able to score thanks to a Ramírez RBI triple,4-3.Two batters later,Morris adds to our lead with a sacfly,5-3.Tobias would close out the 9th,Houston!!!5-3
Walton 6IP, 10H, 3R, 3K, 2BB; Zimmerman 2-4, HR, 3RBI

Houston 5,Queens 3

W:M.Torres(3-4) L: A.Rodríguez(4-8) SV:B.Tobias(10)

HR: R.Zimmerman (4)



Game 2

The Queens start off the game strong with a solo homer by McKnight his 6th.We would respond back with two singles and then a K.An homer,his 32nd of the year,3-1.Three batters later,after a single and a walk, Zimmerman would hit a RBI single.It wouldn't end there with Valdès RBI single, making it 5-1.The Queens would score again in the 2nd on a Diaz single,5-2.The next batter McKnight, would hit a RBI double,5-3.The Queens would score again in the 4th on a RBI groundout by McKnight.After a K.An triple,Morris is able to expand our lead with a sacfly.The lead was back to 1 after a sacfly in the 6th.K.An would give us a bit more room with his second homer of the day,7-5.Zimmerman and Cooke would to with an RBI double and single,9-5.That would be the final score 9-5Houston!!! J.Valdès 5IP, 9H, 5R, 3K, 3BB K.An 3-4, 2HR, 4RBI

W:J.Valdes(2-3) L: O.Valentín(7-6)

HR: Hou - K.An 2 (33) Que - B.Mcknight (6)



Game 3

We can sweep the Queens with a win today.The Snappers would strike first in the first on a Davis solo homer.That wouldn't madder as K.An would hit a Two run Homerun putting us into the lead.Morris would add to the lead in the 3rd with a Two run homer by Morris.The game would remain 4-1 Intill the 7th, Queens score on a Davenport sacfly. they would score again on back to back infield RBI singles by Mahoney and Nevárez,4-4.We had a chance to take back the lead with bases loaded with no outs.We would score a total of 4 runs,including a MacBride 2RBI single.8-4 Houston!!!! M.Kerr 7IP, 6H, 2R, 4K, 3BB; K.An 2-3, 1HR,2RBI, BB; R.Morris 1-3, HR, 2RBI, BB

W: R.Clark(6-4) L: R.Paruzzi(3-2)

HR: K.An (34) R.Morris (33) Que - J.Davis (36)



In other news:

We were able to sweep the Queens and get back 49-50 record.Are hitters really stepped up this series.

June 10th - New York 3B Jimmy Hussey will be out for 1-2 weeks with shoulder tendinitis, so far this year he has a .222AVG with 16HR and 33RBI.

June 11th - The WCL player of the week is Angel Pérez he went 14-26 with a .538AVG with 4HR and 9RBI, this past week.

June 11th - The FL player of the week is Ed Marks he went 12-27 with 3HR and 9RBI, this past week.

June 11th - Washington SP Raúl Romero's career is over at the age of 32, due to a major Concussion.His injury accrued went he collided with a bases runner at home plate. His Career stat line: 17-18, 4.26ERA, 51G, 293.1IP, 180K,122BB,1.39WHIP, 5.52 K/9.This is the first career ending injury in USBA history,it always sad to see this happen to any player.

June 12th - Virginia SS Kent White went deep three times in a 8-2 win over the Akron Swamp dragons.

June 12th - Atlanta SP Matt Holman pitched a complete game gem, throwing a two hit shutout against Seattle with 4Ks.

[Paulie123]

How about:

Ricardo "Immaculate" Concepcion
Duane "Bill" Sykes

[Texasborn]

Houston Texans(49-50) @ Manhattan River Dragons(41-52) - June 13th-15th

Well "Bill" will be back after the three game set against the struggling River Dragons,as we look to be ride out this mini hot streak.

Projected Match Ups:

Kevin Jenkins(2-0) Vs. Bernardo Rodríguez(4-10)

Ed Carrigan(0-1) Vs. Kenshin Saikawa(3-6)

Gabe Walton(8-7) Vs. Dani López(4-7)

Game 1

Though we were able to get RISP in the first two innings,we were unable to score.Manhattan would score in the 2nd on an error by Jenkins,after a walk and single.There lead wouldn't hold up for long, as Ramírez hits a solo homer in the 3rd, his 15th.We were in trouble in the 4th, but thanks two a great 6-4-3 double play,we were able to get out the a jam.We had a prime chance to score in the 7th with the bases loaded and only one out.We were only able to score one on a Rincón RBI groundout,but we have the lead.We wouldn't for long as Maldonado would tie the game with a solo homer,2-2.We again had a prime chance in the 8th bases loaded and one out.Cooke would come through with a two RBI single, giving us the 4-2 lead.Vargas would blow the lead, giving up a two run double.We would go into extras,and it's Ramírez with his second homer of the day,that breaks the tie.That would be game 5-4 Houston!! K.Jenkins 7IP, 5H, 2R, 1ER, 4K, 1BB; A.Ramírez 3-4, 2HR, 2RBI, 2BB; Cooke 2-4, 2RBI

Houston 5, Manhattan 4 (10)

W: M.Torres(4-4) L: J.Sosa(1-5) SV: B.Tobias(11)

HR: Hou - A.Ramírez 2 (16) Man - A.Maldonado (9)



Game 2

Carrigan is looking for his first USBA win, and he starts the game of well by forcing a K and double play.Concepciòn would help with run support, as he hits one into the seats, his 8th.The game would tie back up in the bottom have with back to back doubles, the RBI by Simms.The next hitter Richardson,would hit an RBI tripe, 2-1.He would come in to score on a groundout,3-1.Carrigan would give up three more runs in the third,5-1.They would again exspand there lead,7-1 and Carrigans day Is done.The Final, 7-2 Hogs. Carrigan 3.2IP, 10H, 7R, 6ER, 3K

Manhattan 7, Houston 2

W: S.García(3-2) L: E.Carrigan(0-2)

HR: Hou - R.Concepción (8)



Game 3

We would strike first, in the first on a two RBI double by K.An.No one would score intill the 5th on a Bennett RBI single,2-1.They would then take the lead on a two run Homerun by González,3-2.Morris would give us back the lead in the 8th on a two run homer, his 34th.Manhattan would tie the game back up in there half, on a Thomas double,3-3.We had a chance with bases loaded in the 9th.we were unable to score due to a Morris strikeout.We would head into extras.We had bases loaded in the 11th, with Morris up.Again Morris would fail to bring home a run.We had another chance in the 12th with two RISP.Wilson would PH and come through with a RBI single.5-4 Houston!!! G.Walton 6IP, 3R, 3ER, 3K, 1BB; K.An 2-4,2RBI, 2BB

W: M.Torres(5-4) L: J.Sosa(1-6) SV: G.Miller(2)

HR: Hou - R.Morris (34) Man - M.González (13)



In Other News:

July 13th - 2B Bruce McKnight of the Queen Snappers went 5-5 in a 10-9 victory over Baltimore.

July 14th - MR Manuel Muñiz will be out for the next two weeks with forearm tendinitis.So far this year he is 2-0 with two saves with a 3.31ERA.

July 14th - CF Sahn Cahn of New York went 5-5 in a 14-2 victory over El Paso.

July 15th - RF Edurdo López of Brooklyn went 5-5 in a 6-5 defeat to Atlanta.

Team News

We mad it back to an even .500 record.We also will get Sykes back after the first game against San Deigo.