The American Baseball League

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WEEK: 12

THIS WEEK: 1 vs Charlotte Cyclones (32-33) 3 @ Lexington Rebels (42-23) 3 vs Buffalo Bison (29-36)

6/10: AUS 8 CHA 0 de Vos CG 14 K 5 H 0 BB (7-6 4.14) Adrian 2H 2B (12) SB (23) BB R 2 RBI (30) Romero HR (18) RBI (37) Nolasco 4H HR (13) 2 R 2 RBI (37) Mullinax 4H HR (8) 3 R RBI (25) Aguinaga 2H 2B (14)
6/11: AUS 6 LEX 4 Sweeney 6-1 lead into the 9th (W) 8 IP 7 H 5 K 4 ER 2H 2 RBI (4) (7-2 4.16) Eilers SV (23) Mullinax 2B (12) HR (10) BB 2 R RBI (26) Dowell 3H 2 R Tavares 2H 2B (4) 2 R RBI (10) Adrian 2-2 BB 2B (13) RBI (31)
6/12: AUS 6 LEX 1 Drozd (W) 6.1 IP 8 H 8 K 1 BB 1 ER (8-2 3.01) Tavares 2H 2B (5) R RBI (11) Bidet HR (6) 2 RBI (24) Mullinax 2B (13) 3 RBI (29) Kawata 2H
6/13: AUS 9 LEX 5 Newell (W) 5.2 IP 7 H 8 K 4 ER (7-4 3.05) Eilers SV (24) Feliciano 3H HR (7) 3 RBI (29) Najera 2H 1st inning Grand Slam (7) 5 RBI (26)
6/14: BUF 5 AUS 1 1-1 after 7. Coryell 7.2 IP 9 H 5 ER (5-5 4.43) Riggle 2H 2B (9) RBI (26)
6/15: AUS 10 BUF 4 de Vos (W) 6 IP 6 H 8 K 2 ER (8-6 4.07) Kawata 2H 2 R Romero 2B (12) HR (19) BB 3 R 3 RBI (40) Mullinax 2H 2 RBI (31) Riggle 2H 2B (10) R RBI (27) Robled0 2H HR (5) 2 RBI (20)
6/16: AUS 8 BUF 6 Sweeney ND 5 R 4 ER 7 H 2 HR 4.1 IP Eilers 1 IP 3 K SV (25) Adrian 2H 2B (14) 3 R E (1) Feliciano 3H 2B (14) 3B (1) 2 R RBI (30) Romero 2H R 2 RBI (42) Nolasco 2H 2B (20) 2 BB R RBI (40) Mullinax 2H 2B (15) 3 RBI (34)

THE WEEK IN REVIEW:
de Vos throws a masterpiece to start the week and then we sweep Lexington who had been red hot. They, along with Providence, look to be the best of the rest in the CL.

NEXT WEEK: OFF DAY 3 @ Providence Black Sox (43-29) ALL STAR BREAK

ABL HAPPENINGS:
6/11:
Andres Villanueva (CIP) went 3-5 hitting 3 HR's and driving in 6 in a 13-7 win over the Empire. His 23 HR's at weeks end lead the CL.
6/13:
John Ganley (PHI) fanned 16 Detroit hitters and allowed 8 hits in a 9-4 win. He's 6-7 3.32.
25 year old LH Tony Rodriguez (PIT) struck out a career high 17 over 8.2 IP in a 5-0 win over Phoenix. He's 8-3 2.24.
Veteran lefty Jake Lane (BRK) struck out 14 in a CG 4-hitter to beat Las Vegas 7-0 and win his 11th (11-2 2.92)
6/14:
Cory Feucht (PHX) fanned 14 in a CG 3-0 win over Brooklyn for his 8th win (8-3 3.02)
John Stanley (DAL) won his 4th (4-2 4.02) as the former Rustler tossed a CG 1-hitter in beating Green Bay 8-0.
1st place San Francisco learned closer Nate Alley will miss the rest of the season after tearing his UCL. Alley was 4-4 16 SV for the leagues best bullpen. 23 year old Matthew Eddy will take over closing duties.
6/15:
3B Mike Sloan (PRO) went 5-5 in an 8-2 win over Washington.
Greg Hartzler (PIT) won his 10th (10-2 1.80) after he struck out 14 en route to a 5-hit CG SHO of Baltimore. Hartzler leads the league in ERA and fronts the best rotation in the PL.
Ferdinando Brandini (DET) went 3-4 hitting 3 HR's, including a 9th inning game winning grand slam in an 8-7 win over Denver. The RF drove in 6.

RUSTLER NEWS:
6/17:
Alexis Candalaria (A) took home POTW honors for Salt Lake going 11-25 2 HR 9 RBI. The 19 year old is hitting .301-12-57

PATRIOT LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Ferdinando Brandini RF (DET) 9-26 6 HR 13 RBI
COLONIAL LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: John Harpenau 3B (CIP) 11-25 4 HR 8 RBI
Harpenau was the 1st overall selection in the 2021 June Draft.

• RECORD: 6-1
• STANDINGS: 52-20 +11
• RUNS SCORED: 358 (1st)
• OPS: .772 (2nd)
• HR: 91 (9th)
• RUNS AGAINST: 250 (2nd)
• SP ERA: 3.79 (7th)
• BULLPEN ERA: 1.74 (2nd)
• FIP: 3.19 (2nd)
• DEF EFF: .681 (9th)
• ERRORS: 34 (t-7th)
• OWNERS MOOD: Unhappy
• FAN INTEREST: 100
• POWER RANKINGS: 1st

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WEEK: 13

THIS WEEK: OFF DAY 3 @ Providence Black Sox (43-29) ALL STAR BREAK

6/17: OFF DAY
6/18: AUS 4 PRO 3 Drozd ND 6 IP 8 H 11 K 2 ER Eilers SV (26) Feliciano 2H HR (8) 2 R 2 RBI (32) Romero HR (20) 2 RBI (44)
6/19: PRO 3 AUS 0 Newell CG 6 H 7 K 3 ER (7-5 3.08) Moore (PRO) (W) 7 IP 5 H 3 K 3 BB (5-5 3.94) Aguinaga 2H
6/20: PRO 5 AUS 3 Coryell (L) 6 IP 8 H 10 K 5 R 4 ER (5-6 4.53) Esquerra (PRO) (W) 8 IP 6 H 9 K 4 BB 2 ER (7-4 3.83) Wagy 2-2 BB 2B (4) HR (3) BB RBI (4) Romero 2H RBI (45) Tavares PH HR (4) RBI (12)
6/21-23 ALL STAR BREAK

THE WEEK IN REVIEW:
Elimilton Tavares is 7-24 with 3 2B 3B 3 HR and 9 RBI as a PH this year.

NEXT WEEK: 3 @ Green Bay Blizzard (29-46) 3 vs Jacksonville Panthers (39-36) 1 @ Ft Worth Cowboys (40-35)

ABL HAPPENINGS:
6/19:
Ted Tyson (DAL) struck out 15 in a 10-1 rout of Jacksonville to run his record to 6-5 2.28.
6/20:
Nate Newhall (WAS) threw the 1st CG SHO in franchise history as he blanked Green Bay 6-0 on a 2-hit 6 K complete game. He's 4-6 5.17.
Warren Thompson (OH) won his 8th (8-3 2.40) with a 16 K 3-hit masterpiece in beating Ft Worth 2-0.
6/22:
Houston traded P Robbie Starr (19 0.5*) and a 4th round pick to Dallas for P Jeff Simmons (33 3*).
Ft Worth 1B Gabe Evans downed Lexington's Sandy Gutierrez 29-16 in the final round of the HR derby to take home the 2024 title.
The PL pounded the Coastal 12-6 and Detroit 3B Jose Lopez took home MVP honors hitting a 2 run shot of Austin closer Matt Eilers.

PATRIOT LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Joe Haver RF (MON) 6-9 3 HR 6 RBI 5 R
COLONIAL LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Sam Acevedo SS (HOU) 6-9 2 HR 3 RBI

• RECORD: 1-2
• STANDINGS: 53-22 +11
• RUNS SCORED: 365 (1st)
• OPS: .766 (2nd)
• HR: 95 (8th)
• RUNS AGAINST: 261 (1st)
• SP ERA: 3.80 (5th)
• BULLPEN ERA: 1.75 (2nd)
• FIP: 3.25 (2nd)
• DEF EFF: .681 (10th)
• ERRORS: 36 (9th)
• OWNERS MOOD: Unhappy
• FAN INTEREST: 100
• POWER RANKINGS: 1st

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WEEK: 14

THIS WEEK: 3 @ Green Bay Blizzard (29-46) 3 vs Jacksonville Panthers (39-36) 1 @ Ft Worth Cowboys (40-35)

6/24: GB 3 AUS 1 de Vos (L) 7 IP 7 H 8 K 3 ER (8-7 4.05) Reed (GB) (W) 8 IP 4 H 10 K 5 BB 1 ER (3-11 3.17)
6/25: AUS 5 GB 3 Sweeney (W) 7.2 IP 4 H 7 K 3 ER (8-2 4.29) Eilers 1.1 IP 3 K SV (27) Romero 3H 2B (13) HR (21) SB (14) 2 R RBI (46) Bidet 2H HR (7) BB 3 RBI (27)
6/26: AUS 5 GB 3 (11) Drozd ND 7.1 IP 4 H 11 K 1 ER Rose BS 2 R 0 ER (2) Eilers 2 IP 5 K (W) Tanioka (GB) ND 8 IP 5 H 2 ER Romero 2H HR (22) 2 R RBI (47) Robledo PH game tying HR in the 9th (6) RBI (21) Bidet 3H GW 1B 3 RBI (30) Aguinaga 2H
6/27: AUS 5 JAX 4 (11) Newell ND 3.2 IP 5 H 7 K 3 R 2 ER injured (see news) Roy 3.1 IP 2 H 1 ER 7 K Rose 2 IP 0 BR 6 K Najera 2H 2B (3) walk off 1B RBI (28) Robledo PH game tying HR in the 8th
6/28: AUS 7 JAX 2 Coryell (W) 6 IP 5 H 11 K 2 ER (6-6 4.44) Adrian 2H leadoff HR (9) 2 RBI (33) Bidet 2H 2B (11) R Aguinaga 2H HR (7) BB 3 RBI (31)
6/29: AUS 14 JAX 3 de Vos (W) 7 IP 12 K 3 ER 2-4 R (9-7 4.04) Feliciano 2H 2B (15) BB 3 R Romero 3-3 2B (15) 2 HR (24) 2 BB 4 R 5 RBI (52) Bidet 2 HR (9) grand slam 7 RBI (37) Riggle 2H 2B (12) RBI (29)
6/30: FW 5 AUS 2 Sweeney (L) 4.2 IP 3 H 4 BB 5 ER (8-3 4.51) Carrillo (FW) (W) 7.2 IP 8 K 1 ER (10-3 3.99) Roth (FW) SV (21) Zuniga (FW) 2H Grand Slam (12) 4 RBI (36) Nolasco 2H HR (14) SB (16) BB 2 RBI (43)

THE WEEK IN REVIEW:
Going to have to look inside the numbers but my PH's are crushing it. I believe I have 8 or 9 PH HR's counting Robledo's back to back this week.

NEXT WEEK: 2 @ Ft Worth 3 vs San Antonio OFF DAY 1 @ Atlanta Razorbacks

ABL HAPPENINGS:
6/24:
Ohio ace and 2017 1st overall pick Jim Jacob will miss the next 5-6 weeks with a sprained ankle.
David Maurice (SF) threw a 1-hitter and fanned 7 in a 2-0 win over defending Champion Detroit.
Elard van Liere (JAX) struck out 16 en route to tossing a 2-hit CG SHO in a 4-0 win over Washington. Van Liere is 7-3 2.26.
Koukakala Kala (NYP) fanned 15 over 8 innings in a 6-4 win over Denver. He's 5-8 4.15.
6/25:
Al Tilley (BAL) struck out 13 batters in a 1-0 CG 1-hit win over Phoenix.
6/26:
Denver traded P Tim Kelly (27 3.5*) to Phoenix for C Josh Fortune (24 1.5*) and SS Brad Felger (23 2.5*)
6/27:
Iron Pig ace and 3x Koufax winner Edison Elder suffered a setback in his rehab and will be out at least 3-4 more weeks. Elder, winner of the last 3 Sandy Koufax Awards in the CL, has not thrown a pitch this season after undergoing elbow surgery in early March. The Iron Pigs lead the CL Mid-American division by 10 games over Ohio and in addition to Elder veteran Victor Abrica (14-12 3.78) is out at least another 10-11 month after suffering a rotator cuff tear in mid March. Free agent Mark Christy (12-3 2.26) and Cory Bennett (7-7 3.91) have been huge in replacing those arms.
Naotake Matsumoto (NE) threw a 1-hitter to beat Green Bay 5-0 and move to 4-2 3.84.
6/28:
Norifumi Mizutani (FW) threw a 4-hit CG SHO fanning 11 in a 3-0 win over the expansion Washington Jets. He's 7-8 2.83
6/29:
Providence star Justin Self (SS) will miss 6 or more weeks after fracturing his wrist being HBP 3 days ago.
Tak-hing Fa (BRK) struck out 9, walked none and allowed just 6 hits in a 2-0 CG victory over the Chicago Hitmen.


RUSTLER NEWS:
7/1:
Brian Tuck took home AAA Pitcher fo the month going 5-0 3.89 over 39.1 IP with 40 K's. Tuck is 9-3 3.75 in 15 GS. He was drafted by Ft Worth 42nd overall in 2021 and acquired in a trade this March that sent OF Toichi Moriyama to the Cowboys.

PATRIOT LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Wally Williams LF (LV) 16-29 3 HR 7 RBI
COLONIAL LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Lance Rayome RF (CHA) 14-29 7 HR 10 RBI 8 R

• RECORD: 5-2
• STANDINGS: 58-24 +10
• RUNS SCORED: 404 (2nd)
• OPS: .768 (2nd)
• HR: 107 (7th)
• RUNS AGAINST: 284 (1st)
• SP ERA: 3.81 (6th)
• BULLPEN ERA: 1.62 (1st)
• FIP: 3.16 (2nd)
• DEF EFF: .681 (11th)
• ERRORS: 38 (7th)
• OWNERS MOOD: Worried
• FAN INTEREST: 100
• POWER RANKINGS: 2nd

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RUSTLER PLAYER OF THE MONTH: Nick Romero .316/.404/.705 5 2B 3B 10 HR 19 RBI 23 R 6 SB
RUSTLER PITCHER OF THE MONTH: Chris Roy 1-0 1 H 0.89 20.1 IP 5 H 39 K
RUSTLER MiL PLAYER OF THE MONTH: Colin Fortin (AAA) .406/.429/.752 8 2B 9 HR 27 RBI 23 R 4 SB
RUSTLER MiL PITCHER OF THE MONTH: Erik Brancato (SS) 2-0 0.00 15.2 IP 8 H 24 K

PATRIOT LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE MONTH: Matt Kee LF (MON) .323-10-21 24 R
COLONIAL LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE MONTH: Lance Rayome RF (CHA) .402-14-29 20 R
PATRIOT LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE MONTH: Cory Feucht SP (PHX) 4-0 2.16 41.2 IP 54 K
COLONIAL LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE MONTH: Mark Christy SP (CIP) 4-0 2.13 38 IP 57 K
PATRIOT LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE MONTH: Jeff Sleva CL (PIT) 1-1 9 SV 0.53 17 IP 20 K 5 H
COLONIAL LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE MONTH: Geoff Baird RF (DAL) .339-7-16 15 R

STANDINGS AT THE ALL-STAR BREAK

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WEEK: 15

THIS WEEK: 2 @ Ft Worth Cowboys 3 vs San Antonio Broncos OFF DAY 1 @ Atlanta Razorbacks
Newell has a DtD thing so that will shuffle the rotation. Rose will get a start this week and Newell will push back 1-2 days.

7/1: FW 10 AUS 4 Drozd (L) 4 IP 6 H 5 BB 9 R 3 ER (8-3 3.03) Adrian 2H 2B (16) BB Riggle 2H 2B (13) BB R Najera 2H HR (8) 3 RBI (31)
7/2: FW 7 AUS 1 Coryell (L) 1.1 IP 4 H 6 R 5 ER (6-7 4.83) started on short rest and it was supposed to be Rose's turn. Rice (FW) (W) 8 IP 3 H 12 K 1 ER (7-6 3.66) Mullinax HR (11) RBI (38) Evans (FW) 1st inning grand slam (23) 4 RBI (52) Razo (FW) 3H R RBI (19) Zuniga 2 2B (22) 2 SB (19) 3 R
7/3: AUS 7 SAN 1 Newell (W) 6 IP 7 H 8 K 1 ER (8-5 3.05) Robledo 3H 3B (3) HR (8) BB 2 R RBI (23) Romero 2H 2B (16) R RBI (53) Mullinax 2 2B (17) 2 R RBI (39) Bidet 2H HR (10) 2 R 2 RBI (39) Aguinaga 2H RBI (32) Whitten (SAN) 3-3 2B (8) BB R CS (11)
7/4: AUS 4 SAN 3 Rose (W) 8 IP 3 H 12 K 1 ER (4-0 1.49) Eilers 1 IP H 2 BB 2 K 2 ER SV (28) Adrian 3H 2B (17) 2 SB (28) 2 R Mullinax 3H 3B (2) 2 RBI (41)
7/5: AUS 3 SAN 1 de Vos (W) 7 IP 12 K 1 ER (10-7 3.88) Boland 0.2 IP 2 K SV (1) Romero HR (25) RBI (55) 2 R BB SB (16) Mullinax HR (21) RBI (42)
7/6: OFF DAY
7/7: ATL 7 AUS 2 Sweeney (L) 5.2 IP 9 H 4 K 7 R 4 ER (8-4 4.60) 2-2 RBI (5) Romero 2H Mullinax HR (13) 2 R BB RBI (43) E (5)

THE WEEK IN REVIEW:

NEXT WEEK: 2 @ Atlanta Razorbacks (39-49) 3 vs Ohio Generals (38-50) 2 @ Dallas Texans (44-43)

ABL HAPPENINGS:
7/1:
Dougalasa Natan (CHA) struck out 10, walked 2 in a 5-0 CG win over Lexington. The 23 year old is 5-2 1 SV 2.68
Mike Gibson (CHM) won his 6th (6-7 3.43) with a 2-hitter, fanning 7 in a 1-0 win over Phoenix. Jose Martinez's 19th HR in the 1st was the games only run.
7/2:
Toshiaki Otani (LV) struck out 11 Patriot batters and went 9 with a 4-hitter to beat Philadelphia 2-0 and win his 5th (5-7 4.02).
Veteran Justin Stephens (BRK) gave up just 4 hits while striking out 6 in a 1-0 CG win over defending champion Detroit. He's 6-4 2.08 on the year.
Naotake Matsumoto (NE) threw his 2nd CG SHO in 5 days as he fanned 12 on just 4 hits in a 2-0 win over Jacksonville. A waiver claim less than 2 months ago (from the Chicago Iron Pigs) he's gone 5-2 3.34 in 10 GS for New England and is 7-3 4.03 in 14 GS this year.
Andy Zerbe (BAL) won his 9th (9-5 2.47) with an 8-0 CG 3-hit SHO over Mexico.
7/4:
David Hernandez (PHI) upped his record to 8-5 2.59 with a 13 K no walk CG 9-0 win over Denver.
Baltimore traded C Rob Cianciulli (22 1.5*) to Dallas for P Greg Boehmer (33 2.5*).
7/5:
John Sawyer (DEN) fanned 10, scattered 4 hits and won his 8th (8-7 3.90) in a 3-0 victory over Philadelphia.
Ken Blevins (MEM) struck out 13 and walked 2 in tossing a CG 3-0 SHO over Green Bay to go 5-7 4.80.
7/7:
Denver traded P Alan Beasley (29 3*) to Mexico for 2B Ian Beem (22 1.5*) and P Katsutaka Takano (23 1.5*)
7/8:
Brooklyn announced they had reached terms with LF Matt Phillips (30 3.5*) on a 7 year 48.3 million dollar contract extension. Phillips was signed to a 1 year 2.2 million dollar contract in late February.

PATRIOT LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Byron Kneeland 3B (NYP) 11-25 4 HR 8 RBI 5 R
COLONIAL LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Dave Chaplin 1B (ATL) 11-24 3 HR 9 RBI 7 R

• RECORD: 3-3
• STANDINGS: 61-27 +12
• RUNS SCORED: 425 (2nd)
• OPS: .766 (2nd)
• HR: 114 (8th)
• RUNS AGAINST: 313 (2nd)
• SP ERA: 3.84 (5th)
• BULLPEN ERA: 1.64 (2nd)
• FIP: 3.15 (2nd)
• DEF EFF: .677 (14th)
• ERRORS: 41 (t-7th)
• OWNERS MOOD: Worried
• FAN INTEREST: 100
• POWER RANKINGS: 2nd

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WEEK: 16

THIS WEEK: 2 @ Atlanta Razorbacks (39-49) 3 vs Ohio Generals (38-50) 2 @ Dallas Texans (44-43)

7/8: AUS 4 ATL 0 Drozd (W) 8 IP 13 K 4 H (9-3 2.81) Eilers 1 IP 3 K SV (29) Adrian HR (10) 3 RBI (36) SB (30) Tavares 2H
7/9: ATL 3 AUS 2 Coryell ND 6 IP 6 K 3 BB 5 H 2 ER Rose (L) Over (ATL) (W) 7 IP 7 H 3 K 2 ER (1-0 2.57) Wojcik (ATL) SV (21) Nolasco 2H SB (17) BB R Wagy 2H R RBI (5)
7/10: OH 8 AUS 3 Newell (L) 4 IP 8 H 5 K 5 ER (8-6 3.34) Feliciano 2H 2B (16) BB R Romero 2H BB R Mullinax 2H RBI (44) Bidet 3H HR (11) 2 RBI (42) Riggle 2-2 BB Kawata 2H
7/11: OH 2 AUS 1 de Vos (L) 1-1 into the 9th 8.1 IP 3 H 9 K 2 R 1 ER (10-8 3.69) Romero 2H 2B (17) Wagy HR (4) RBI (6)
7/12: AUS 6 OH 5 Sweeney (W) 8 IP 5 H 8 K 3 ER (9-4 4.52) Eilers 1 IP 2 ER SV (30) Aguinaga 3H 2B (17) CS (3) BB R Najera HR (9) 2 RBI (35)
7/13: DAL 4 AUS 1 Drozd (L) 6 IP 6 H 4 K 4 BB 2 ER (9-4 2.82) Tyson (DAL) (W) 8 IP 5 H 9 K 1 ER (9-6 2.40) Griset (DAL) SV (24) Riggle HR (3) RBI (30) Kawata 3-3 2B (4)
7/14: AUS 9 DAL 7 Down 7-6 into the 9th. Feliciano PH GW HR (9) 3 RBI (36) Eilers SV (31) Romero 2H 2B (18) 2 R Nolasco 3H 3B (1) HR (15) 3 R 2 RBI (45) Mullinax 3H 2B (18) BB R 2 RBI (46) Bidet 2H 2B (12) 2 RBI (44) Wagy PH 3B (1) R

THE WEEK IN REVIEW:

NEXT WEEK: 1 @ Dallas Texans (49-45) 3 vs Washington Jets (36-59) OFF DAY 2 vs Houston Roughriders (52-43)

ABL HAPPENINGS:
7/9:
Atlanta announced the signing of FA SP Jared Over (27 4*) to a 1 year 810K contract. Over was the 22nd overall selection in the 2018 draft by the Lexington Rebels and was unable to find a home in Free Agency this past winter.
7/10:
Melvin Torres (PHI) went 9 and struck out 10 in a 6-hit CG 4-0 win over 1st place San Francisco. In that game Bears 1B Juan Buena was hurt and will miss at least a month. The Bears hold a slim 2 game lead in the PL's California Division.
Toshiaki Otani (LV) tossed a CG 4-hitter for his 6th win (6-7 3.67) in a 7-0 win over the Chicago Hitmen.
7/13:
Justin Watkins (NYP) went 3-4 with 5 RBI's hitting 3 HR's in a 9-6 win over Baltimore.
Steve Tikkanen (LA) continues his “bad” year with a rare win as he goes 9, whiffs 7 and walks 0 in a 5-0 victory over Las Vegas. Tikkanen is 5-12 with a 3.84 ERA. He has not had a .500 season in the past 4 years going 10-13, 12-13, 10-14, and 12-16 but has only had a 4+ ERA 1 time (4.13).
San Antonio acquired 23 year old P Steve Telschow (3.5*) 1B Berhane Rassul (22 1.5*) and 2B Jesse Cain (21 2.5*) for Lexington's Blake Hixson (27 3*)
Ft. Worth's Josh Roth recorded his 400th career save today. He's 77-87 400 SV 3.06 ERA. He is just the 4th pitcher in ABL history to record 400+ saves.
7/14:
Baltimore sent SP Savier Manifold (21 0.5*) to Atlanta for RP Jose Campos (32 2.5*)

RUSTLER NEWS:
7/9:
Alexis Candalaria was taken 81st overall in the 2022 draft. A very good potential middle of the order bat. He's young, just turning 20. That was the only reason he wasn't promoted to AA this winter after a .322-30-85 season at SLC last year. Today he hit 3 HR and drove in 5 and is hitting .301-21-81 in 86 G with a .375 OBP and 64 R. His defensive is woefully inadequate but he's got time.
Drafted in the 25th round OF Mario Quinonez went 13-21 4 2B 3B 2 HR 4 RBI to win POTW in rookie league this week. Quinonez was the 807th and final pick of the draft.

PATRIOT LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Justin Watkins CF (NYP) 10-26 5 HR 9 RBI 6 R
COLONIAL LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Tabito Tsutsui 1B (NE) .522-4-10 6 R

• RECORD: 3-4
• STANDINGS: 64-31 +12
• RUNS SCORED: 451 (2nd)
• OPS: .766 (2nd)
• HR: 121 (8th)
• RUNS AGAINST: 342 (2nd)
• SP ERA: 3.82 (5th)
• BULLPEN ERA: 1.89 (2nd)
• FIP: 3.11 (2nd)
• DEF EFF: .674 (16th)
• ERRORS: 42 (6th)
• OWNERS MOOD: Worried
• FAN INTEREST: 100
• POWER RANKINGS: 1st

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SINGLE SEASON RECORD: COMPLETE GAMES

1. 14 Elard van Liere (NYE) 2019
2. 13 Paul Reed (GB) 2023
3. 13 Jonathan Ray (MEX) 2019
4. 12 John Del Bianco (DET) 2013
5. 12 Jason Keeton (DET) 2015

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WEEK: 17

THIS WEEK: 1 @ Dallas Texans (49-45) 3 vs Washington Jets (36-59) OFF DAY 2 vs Houston Roughriders (52-43)

7/15: AUS 7 DAL 6 (11) Drozd 0.1 IP Stiffness, DtD Newell 5.2 IP 8 H 5 K 4 BB 6 R 4 ER Eilers 1 IP 3 K 3 BB SV (32) Adrian 2H R SB (33) Nolasco 2 HR (17) BB 2 R 2 RBI (47) Bidet 2B (13) HR (12) 3 RBI (47) Kawata GW HR (1) RBI (6)
7/16: AUS 8 WAS 1 de Vos (W) 8 IP 4 H 9 K 1 ER (11-8 3.54) Nolasco 2H 2B (22) R RBI (48) Romero 3H 2B (19) HR (26) 2 R 2 RBI (59) Mullinax PH HR (14) 2 RBI (48)
7/17: AUS 7 WAS 4 Sweeney (W) 6.1 IP 8 H 10 K 4 R 3 ER (10-4 4.51) Rose 1.2 IP 4 K H (13) Eilers SV (33) Aguinaga HR (8) BB 2 R RBI (33) Mullinax 2 2B (20) R Romero HR (27) RBI (60) 2 BB CS (10) Najera 3 2B (7) HR (10) 2 R 2 RBI (37) Adrian 2 2B (19) SB (34) 2 RBI (38)
7/18: AUS 7 WAS 3 3-3 after 6 Robledo PH GW Grand Slam (9) 4 RBI (27) Drozd ND 5 IP 9 K 10 H 2 ER 2-2 Doern (W) 2.2 IP 1 H 5 K (4-0 1.67) Aguinaga 2H E (6) R Injured (see news) Romero 3H R Adrian 2B (20) 3B (3) 2 RBI (40)
7/19: OFF DAY
7/20 AUS 5 HOU 2 Coryell (W) 6.2 IP 6 H 4 K 2 ER (7-7 4.81) 1-3 R Romero 3H 2B (20) HR (28) 2 R 2 RBI (62) CS (11)
7/21: AUS 3 HOU 2 Newell ND 5 IP 2 H 5 K 0 R hurt running the bases 2B (5) RBI (9) Boland BS (3) (W 7-0 1.34) Romero 2H 2B (21) Najera PH walk off HR (11) 2 RBI (39) McBride (HOU) ND 7 IP 6 H 5 K 1 ER Segura (HOU) BS (L) 0 IP 2 H 2 ER (5-5 3.64)

THE WEEK IN REVIEW:
The Aguinaga injury is huge. He's out until 2025.

NEXT WEEK: 1 vs Houston Roughriders (55-46) 3 @ New England Minutemen (56-45) 3 vs New York Empire (42-59)

ABL HAPPENINGS:
7/15:
Danny Lopez (PHX) won his 8th (8-8 3.56) by striking out 16 San Jose Hawks in just 7 innings of a 11-7 win. He allowed 2 runs on 6 hits.
7/16:
Jonathan Frazier (LA) went 5-5 hitting 3 2B and driving in 2 in a 6-5 win over division leading San Francisco.
7/17:
David Corral (FW) threw as 2-hit 12K CG in a 4-0 win over Charlotte. The win was his 4th (4-2 2.08) of another injury riddled season for the 25 year old 4th overall pick.
7/18:
3x All-Star CF Isaias Kikkert signed a 1 year 2.8 million dollar deal with San Antonio.
7/21:
Veteran 2B Jeremy Wilson (JAX) went 5-5 in a 9-8 win over Buffalo.



RUSTLER NEWS:
7/22:
Rafael Aguinaga was diagnosed with a season ending injury to his throwing shoulder. The 24 year old tore his labrum and will be out at least 9 months. He was having a Jackie Robinson award winning season hitting .310-8-33 before the collision at 2B. IF Omar Colon was recalled and will serve as a backup IF and defensive stalwart Ryokan Kawata will takeover the everyday SS duties to provide some stability at the cost of offense. There was some talk about bringing top prospect Izzy Duran up given his elite defensive ability but it was decided he'll hole up in AAA Warren for now, where he is hitting .322/.347/.531 over 35 games.

PATRIOT LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Matt Kee LF (MON) 10-20 7 HR 12 RBI 9 R
COLONIAL LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Nick Romero LF (AUS) 12-18 3 HR 5 RBI

• RECORD: 6-0
• STANDINGS: 70-31 +15
• RUNS SCORED: 488 (2nd)
• OPS: .776 (2nd)
• HR: 133 (7th)
• RUNS AGAINST: 360 (1st)
• SP ERA: 3.74 (4th)
• BULLPEN ERA: 1.92 (2nd)
• FIP: 3.10 (2nd)
• DEF EFF: .676 (15th)
• ERRORS: 45 (6th)
• OWNERS MOOD: Worried
• FAN INTEREST: 100
• POWER RANKINGS: 1st

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WEEK: 18

THIS WEEK: 1 vs Houston Roughriders (55-46) 3 @ New England Minutemen (56-45) 3 vs New York Empire (42-59)

7/22: HOU 3 AUS 2 de Vos (L) 6.2 IP 11 K 7 H 3 ER (11-9 3.57) Dalton (HOU) (W) 7.1 IP 4 H 9 K 2 ER (4-1 5.72) Segura (HOU) SV (23) Romero 2H R Riggle 2H
7/23: AUS 4 NE 3 Sweeney (W) 7 IP 4 H 8 K 1 ER (11-4 4.35) Eilers 1 IP 2 H 2 HR 2 ER SV (35) Romero 2H SB (19) CS (12) Nolasco 2 2B (24) BB 2 R Riggle 3H 3B (4) 2 RBI (32)
7/24: NE 5 AUS 4 (10) Drozd ND 4.1 IP 2 H 5 K 1 ER came out (see news) Eilers .2 IP 3 H HR 2 ER BS (1) Feliciano 2 HR (11) 2 RBI (38) Romero HR go-ahead in the 10th (29) RBI (63) Tsutsui (NE) 3H 2 HR (29) 2 RBI (73)
7/25: NE 7 AUS 3 Coryell (L) 4.1 IP 5 H 3 K 3 BB 6 ER (7-8 5.08) Matsumoto (NE) CG 6 H 8 K 3 ER (8-2 3.03) Pleasant (NE) 2B (14) 2 HR (24) 6 RBI (61) Romero 2H HR (30) RBI (64) Kawata 2H SB (9) BB R
7/26: AUS 6 NYE 3 Newell (W) 6 IP 5 H 6 K 3 ER (9-6 3.39) Eilers 1 IP 3 K SV (36) Romero 2H HR (31) SB (21) 2 R RBI (65) Nolasco 2 2B (27) R Feliciano 2H R 2 RBI (41) Kawata 2H RBI (9)
7/27: AUS 3 NYE 2 de Vos (W) 7 IP 4 H 9 K 2 ER (12-9 3.52) Eilers SV (37) Adrian HR (11) BB RBI (41) Bidet 2H R
7/28: AUS 5 NYE 4 (10) Sweeney ND 6.1 IP 8 H 9 K 4 ER Adrian GW 3B (4) 2 HR (13) 4 RBI (45) Mullinax 2H Wagy 2H

THE WEEK IN REVIEW:
Eilers 1st blown save in 38 attempts. Stumbles a bit early in the week but picks up where he left after a bit later. Drozd will be pushed back a day or two and Coryell is coming out of the rotation with a move yet TBD.

NEXT WEEK: 3 @ Memphis Blue Sox (60-48) OFF DAY 3 vs Chicago Iron Pigs (57-51)

ABL HAPPENINGS:
7/23:
Phil Rodeback (LA) whiffed 10 and walked 2 in a 12-0 pasting of Brooklyn for the 31 year olds 1st win of the year (1-4 6.66)
Tony Rodriguez (PIT) fanned a season high 16 San Francisco Bears as the Miners dropped the Bears 4-0 on his CG 3-hitter. He's 12-5 2.04.
7/24:
John Ganley (PHI) won his 7th (7-10 3.44) after fanning 15 and allowing 5 hits in a 5-2 win over Baltimore.
Ben Rice (FW) tossed a 2-hitter and struck out 15, walking 1 in a 6-0 win over Buffalo to move to 9-7 3.48.
7/25:
Former Rustler Kurt Hunt (SAN) threw a 4-hitter in a 1-0 win over Lexington to go 7-12 4.77.
Pittsburgh acquired SP Joe Stahl (30 3*) and 110K in cash from Atlanta for P Greg Guzman (23 2*) and P Freddie Sion (24 1.5*). Stahl is 2-13 4.89 after a 12-5 4.19 year in San Jose last season.
7/26:
Robby Reed (GB) struck out 15 and allowed just 3 hit as Green Bay downed Jacksonville 5-1. He's 5-15 3.82.
Danny Lopez (PHX) went 8, allowed just 2 hits and struck out 15 to 2 walks in a 5-0 win over LA. He's 10-8 3.37.
7/27:
In Tony Nagel's last 2 starts he's tossed 2 CG, allowed 6 hits, walked 2 and fanned 33 after a 17 K performance in a 3-0 win today over New York. He's only won 1 of those games as he continues a monster season. The Paragons ace is 15-4 2.84 with a league leading 269 K's in 164.2 IP.
7/28:
Karl Simone (DAL) went 5-5 in a 10-2 win over the Iron Pigs today.
Tony Rodriguez (PIT) followed up his 16 K masterpiece with a 5-hit CG SHO while striking out 14 in a 8-0 win over Las Vegas.
The expansion Washington Jets announced owner Ben Turner had passed away today. Turner will be succeeded by son Pat who, unlike his free spending father is known to be very tight with the purse strings but not a meddler in the day to day workings of the team.

RUSTLER NEWS:
7/25:
Couple of things from the FA market. We signed 17 year old, 6'7” 200lb RF Alex Vasquez for 1.9 million dollars. He immediately became our #3 prospect and #17 in the ABL.
38 year old 1B/2B Jeff Selley has been out of the game almost 2 years. A 2-time all-star and 2x Ted Williams award winner he agreed to a minor league deal and will report to AAA Warren where he will play every day. With the Aguinaga injury I wanted to shore up the middle IF depth and while he's a below average 2B our scouts say he is still an elite top of the order offensive player and a strong clubhouse guy. Over his 11 years, all spent with the Miners, he hit .298/.389/.482 with 279 2B 170 HR 561 K and 669 BB in 1439 games and 5137 PA. He led the league 4 years ago with a .441 OBP.
7/29:
It was supposed to be a temporary move when top prospect Izzy Duran was brought up to AAA Warren but he's done nothing but hit and play great defense and this week the 20 year old took home AAA POTW honors for his 14-24 HR 5 RBI effort. Duran is hitting .359-6-25 in 41 games.

PATRIOT LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Tony Rodriguez SP (PIT) 2-0 0.00 17.1 IP 30 K 1 CG SHO
COLONIAL LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Nicholas Tucker SS (DAL) 13-23 3 HR 5 RBI

• RECORD: 4-3
• STANDINGS: 74-34 +14
• RUNS SCORED: 515 (2nd)
• OPS: .775 (2nd)
• HR: 141 (t-7th)
• RUNS AGAINST: 387 (t-1st )
• SP ERA: 3.78 (4th)
• BULLPEN ERA: 1.98 (2nd)
• FIP: 3.18 (2nd)
• DEF EFF: .678 (13th)
• ERRORS: 46 (t-5th)
• OWNERS MOOD: Worried
• FAN INTEREST: 100
• POWER RANKINGS:

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WEEK: 19

THIS WEEK: 3 @ Memphis Blue Sox (60-48) OFF DAY 3 vs Chicago Iron Pigs (57-51)
Tyler Drozd gets pushed from Monday to Tuesday, Ralph Whittaker moves into Coryell's start on Monday but nothing is etched in stone past that. Whittakers inability to get deep in games is the only reason not to commit to this move long term

7/29: AUS 6 MEM 2 Whittaker (W) 5 IP 5 H 7 K 4 BB 1 ER (3-1 2.37) HR (1) 2 RBI (2) Dowell 3H 2 2B (2) R Bidet 2H 2B (15) Wagy HR (5) RBI (8)
7/30: MEM 8 AUS 4 Drozd (L) 1.1 IP 6 ER (9-5 3.21) Doern 1.2 IP 5 K Adrian 2H 3B (5) 2 BB R RBI (46) Feliciano 2H 3B (2) RBI (42)
7/31: MEM 4 AUS 2 (10) Newell ND 7.1 IP 6 H 9 K 3 ER Eilers BS (2) 1.2 IP 2 H 5 K 0 R Glenn (MEM) 7.2 IP 8 H 9 K 2 ER Riggle 3H 3B (6) R Romero 2H Rosado (MEM) 3H 2B (19) walk off HR (31) 3 RBI (75)
8/1: OFF DAY
8/2: CIP 10 AUS 3 de Vos (L) 4.2 IP 7 H 7 ER (12-10 3.82) Adrian 2H 2 SB (37) CS (6) R Mullinax 2H HR (15) 2 RBI (53) House (CIP) 2H SB (17) 2B (22) 4 RBI (50)
8/3: CIP 8 AUS 7 (14) Sweeney ND 9 IP 10 H 5 K 4 ER Eilers 3 IP 0 BR 7 K 1R each in the 13th, 3 for CIP in the 14th 2 for Austin. Adrian 2H HR (14) 2 R 2 RBI (48) Nolasco HR (18) 3 RBI (55) Mullinax HR (16) RBI (54) Feliciano 3H Riggle 2-2 2B (17) R Kawata 2H 2B (7) 2 SB (13) R Harpenau (CIP) 4H 2 2B (26) 2 R BB Aarnink (CIP) 2H HR (14) 4 RBI (50)
8/4: RAIN OUT

THE WEEK IN REVIEW:
1st real bad week in awhile. Some trades but nothing major. Took extras to lose 2 and our pitching wasn't real consistent or good after Monday.

NEXT WEEK: 3 @ Charlotte Cyclones (60-54) 3 vs Lexington Rebels (69-45) 1 @ Buffalo Bison (48-65)

ABL HAPPENINGS:
7/29:
Josh Orcutt (SF) fanned 15 over his 7 innings of 2-hit work to outduel Phoenix's Cory Feucht in 1-0 Bears win and even his record at 7-7 3.83. Feucht lost for just the 4th time (14-4 2.70) tossing a CG (8-4-1-1-1-10)
7/30:
Rich Pace (PHI) went 3-4 hitting 3 HR's and driving in 6 in an 8-2 win over the Chicago Hitmen.
Denver traded P Ramiro Cirolli (26 3*) to Houston for OF Mike Kane (23 2*)
The NY Punishers traded P Adam Macfee (31 3*) and P Ryan Dean (21 2*) to Phoenix for P Josiah Lloyd (23 2.5*) P Armando Hernandez (22 2*) and P Chris Cybulski (23 2*). NY also sent 1.08 million in cash to Phoenix in the deal.
7/31:
Cory Bennett (CIP) threw a CG SHO allowing just 5 hits in a 8-0 win over Washington. Bennett is 9-10 3.62.
8/1:
Dustin Fennell (NE) went 9, fanned 14, walked 2 and allowed 5 hits in a CG 1-0 win over Memphis to beat Kevin Blevins (7-10 4.53) who went 7-4-1-1-3-7 in the loss. Fennell is 9-5 4.04.
8/3:
Quan Zhang (PRO) scattered 9 hits and punched out 13 in an 11-0 drubbing of Atlanta.

RUSTLER NEWS:
7/31:
AUSTIN DEALS BRENTLINGER FOR NILIN, AGAIN.
The Austin Rustlers acquired IF Devon Nilin (27 4*) and IF Jason Brown (25 3.5*) as well as a 2nd round draft pick in exchange for P prospect Andrew Brentlinger (27 3.5*) P Omari Stoner (26 3*) 1B Yoshinori Kamimura (26 2*) 2B Jared Ennis (26 2.5*) and their 2nd and 7th round draft picks next year.
A few of you might remember that Austin originally acquired Nilin in 2022 from the Brooklyn Blackhearts for P George Frost, then in March of 2023 traded him to Baltimore, along with Adam Webber and P Matt Shepherd for Brentlinger and IF JP Riggle.
Nilin went on to win the 2023 Jackie Robinson Award hitting .305/.356/.446 29 2B 6 3B 10 HR 31-53 SB
BACKROOM CHATTER
I felt very thin at the “extra” IF spot all across the organization. That utility guy that isn't just a bat and can play a few spots. Nilin is an elite defender at 2B and SS as well as a switch hitter. He handles RHP far better than LHP but he's good enough to plug in and play every day if need be. He's known as a real dirt dog in the Trot Nixon kind of way.
Brown is a RH bat who plays elite defense at 1B, 2B, and SS. He's also a 50 SB threat. Not as elite at the plate as Nilin but still can hold his own. He'll report to Warren.
Colon was sent down, Nilin was added to the roster.
Brentlinger is an elite P prospect but I am feeling good about my depth at SP and he's also 27, which I think is a bit “old” for a true prospect. He'll be a good one though and the rest of the deal was to lighten up the AAA roster a bit and move up in the 2nd round.
RUSTLERS, GENERALS CONFIRM DEAL
Austin traded IF Omar Colon (22 3*) and OF Victor Villalobos (27 2.5*) as well as their 3rd and 10th round picks next year to Ohio for P Sean Hedge (23 3.5*) and the Generals 3rd round draft pick next year.
BACKROOM CHATTER
Same deal really. Lighten the roster in AAA Warren to allow Duran more AB's, move an extra 4A OF with power, get back a power LH bullpen arm and move up in the 3rd round next year.
8/3:
3 items from down on the farm:

• Ft Wayne OF Tommy Major (2nd round 2023 70th overall) went 3-4 slamming 3 HR's and driving in 5 in a 17-3 win over Joliet. Major is hitting .301-13-41through 36 games. Major would go 10-20 5 HR 11 RBI 7 R to take home POTW honors as well.
• Ft Wayne OF Mario Quinonez (25th round 2021 807th pick) was just 1-5 in that 17-3 win but that 1B extended his hitting streak to a league high 25 games and he is hitting .321-5-18 through 35 games.
• 2024 1st rounder (34th overall) Dillon Bearden went 3-4 hitting 3 HR's and driving in 5 in that same game. Bearden was hitting .339-16-39 through 35 games at Ft Wayne but was called up to SS Hartford immediately afterwards.

1B Jason Henderson (AA) went 8-16 3 HR 11 RBI 4 R to take home AA POTW. Henderson was drafted in the 6th round in 2017 as the 84th overall pick.

PATRIOT LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jason Taynor 1B (DET) 8-20 4 HR 6 RBI
COLONIAL LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Lance Rayome RF (CHA) 9-26 4 HR 10 RBI 7 R

• RECORD: 1-4
• STANDINGS: 75-38 +11 ½
• RUNS SCORED: 537 (4th)
• OPS: .774 (2nd)
• HR: 148 (t-7th)
• RUNS AGAINST: 419 (3rd)
• SP ERA: 3.89 (5th)
• BULLPEN ERA: 2.12 (2nd)
• FIP: 3.20 (2nd)
• DEF EFF: .673 (14th)
• ERRORS: 47 (t-2nd)
• OWNERS MOOD: Worried
• FAN INTEREST: 100
• POWER RANKINGS:

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RUSTLER PLAYER OF THE MONTH: Nick Romero .390/.440/.676 7 2B 7 HR 15 RBI 18 R 7 SB
RUSTLER PITCHER OF THE MONTH: Jeroen de Vos 3-2 1.95 37 IP 22 H 50 K 7 BB
RUSTLER MiL PLAYER OF THE MONTH: Yoshinari Yoshida (AA) .430/.556/.581 40 H 8 2B 2 HR 18 RBI 25 R 27 BB 10 K
RUSTLER MiL PITCHER OF THE MONTH: Nick Young (AAA) 0-0 9 SV 0.00 12.1 IP 4 H 24 K 8 BB

PATRIOT LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE MONTH: Matt Kee LF (MON) .347-15-27 25 R
COLONIAL LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE MONTH: Tabito Tsutsui 1B (NE) .340-11-25 20 R
PATRIOT LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE MONTH: Danny Lopez SP (PHX) 5-1 1.04 71 K 43.1 IP
COLONIAL LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE MONTH: David Corral SP (FW) 5-0 1.66 48 K 38 IP
PATRIOT LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE MONTH: Calisto Vermeer SP (DEN) 2-0 2.08 22 K 13 IP
COLONIAL LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE MONTH: Kevin Harrison CF (NE) .370-1-6 15 R

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WEEK: 20

THIS WEEK: 3 @ Charlotte Cyclones (60-54) 3 vs Lexington Rebels (69-45) 1 @ Buffalo Bison (48-65)
Chris Roy will move into the rotation with Whittaker back to the bullpen. Roy could be an innings problem as well but we'll give it a turn or two to see how it plays out. Nilin will take over at SS vs RHP for now.

8/5: AUS 8 CHA 3 Roy (W) 6 IP 5 H 13 K 3 ER (5-0 1.43) 1-2 2 RBI (2) Dowell 2H Romero 3H HR (32) 2 R RBI (69) Nolasco 2H BB R Riggle 2H 3B (7) 2 R RBI (34) Wagy 3H 2B (8) HR (6) BB 2 R 4 RBI (13)
8/6: AUS 4 CHA 0 Drozd (W) 5 IP 1 H 8 K 5 BB 103 Pitches (10-5 3.09) Feliciano 2H 2B (20) R Bidet 3H 2 2B (17) 2 RBI (52)
8/7: CHA 8 AUS 5 Newell (L) 0.2 IP 5 H 6 ER (9-7 3.71) Adrian HR (15) RBI (49) Romero HR (33) RBI (70) Najera HR (13) RBI (42) Riggle 2H Coryell 4.1 IP 2 H 1 ER 4 K 2B 2 RBI (4) Tittle leadoff HR (23) RBI (62) SB (52) Jonker 1st inning grand slam (1) 4 RBI (7)
8/8: AUS 3 LEX 1 1-1 after 7. de Vos ND 7 IP 4 H 11 K 1 ER Eilers SV (38) Hixson (LEX) ND 6.2 IP 10 K 1 ER Adrian 2H 2B (22) SB (39) BB R Romero 2H 2B (23) SB (23) Mullinax 2H HR (17) 3 RBI (57)
8/9: AUS 4 LEX 3 Sweeney (W) 7 IP 6 H 6 K 3 R 2 ER (12-4 4.30) Eilers SV (39) Down 3-1 after 6. Dowell 2H 2B (3) R RBI (3) Romero 3H R 2 RBI (72) Robledo 2H SB (10) R
8/10: AUS 6 LEX 1 Roy (W) 6 IP 4 H 9 K 1 ER (6-0 1.43) Nolasco 2B (30) HR (19) RBI (57) Mullinax HR (18) RBI (59) Bidet 2H R Riggle HR (4) 3 RBI (37)
8/11: BUF 5 AUS 4 (11) Up 4-0 heading into the bottom of the 9th. Drozd ND 8 IP 8 K 5 H 2 ER Eilers BS (3) 2 IP 2 H HR 2 BB 2 ER Lininger (BUF) ND 7.1 IP 2 H 7 K 1 ER Feliciano HR (12) 2 RBI (44) Najera 2H 3B (1) R

THE WEEK IN REVIEW:
Almost a phenomenal week but Sunday's loss was a painful one. Up 4-0 with Eilers coming in, lock right? Roy threw 2 gems. He'll remain in the rotation for now.

NEXT WEEK: 2 @ Buffalo Bison (51-70) 1 vs Chicago Iron Pigs (67-53) 3 vs Providence Black Sox (70-51) 1 vs Green Bay Blizzard (48-73)

ABL HAPPENINGS:
8/5:
Bryan Maenpaa (MON) struck out 17 over 7 innings of 2-hit ball in a 3-0 win over Philadelphia. He's 4-0 0.78 this year.
8/8:
John Stanley (DAL) threw a 3-hitter to win his 8th (8-4 4.32) in a 6-0 win over Providence.
8/9:
Jeff Osborne (NE) tossed a 4-hit CG SHO to beat Charlotte 9-0 and run his record to 8-7 3.93.
Cory Feucht (PHX) won his league leading 15th (15-5 2.53) as he beat Las Vegas 8-0.
8/10:
Carlos Galindo (SF) scattered 7 hits K'd 9 and went the distance in a 4-0 CG SHO of the Chicago Hitmen to win his 7th equaling his rookie year season total (7-18 4.18). The 22 year old was taken 22nd overall in 2020 and is 7-3 2.63.
8/11:
Alex Vasquez (SJ) beat Philadelphia 4-0 tossing a CG 4-hitter to win his 4th (4-11 6.24)
Danny Lopez (PHX) notched a rare 100+ Game Score by tossing a 16 K 1 walk no-hitter to beat Baltimore 2-0 and win his 12th (12-9 3.23). The SHO was his 2nd this year, after he 1-hit the NY Punishers earlier in the year, losing the no-hitter in the 8th.

RUSTLER NEWS:
8/9:
2021 2nd round pick Eric Brancato tossed a 98 pitch 10K no-hitter vs the Seattle Rainiers. He's 4-3 4.25.
8/11:
AAA Warren clinched their 18th division title.
8/12:
Alexis Candalaria (AA) was promoted to AA late in the week, but managed to take home (A) POTW going 12-24 4 HR and a league record 17 RBI in one week.

PATRIOT LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: John Halpern 1B (PIT) 10-16 3 HR 6 RBI 4 R
COLONIAL LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Andres Villanueva 1B (CIP) 11-24 4 HR 8 RBI 6 R

• RECORD: 5-2
• STANDINGS: 80-40 +11 ½
• RUNS SCORED: 571 (3rd)
• OPS: .777 (2nd)
• HR: 158 (8th)
• RUNS AGAINST: 440 (3rd)
• SP ERA: 3.86 (6th)
• BULLPEN ERA: 2.10 (2nd)
• FIP: 3.21 (2nd)
• DEF EFF: .675 (15th)
• ERRORS: 49 (t-2nd)
• OWNERS MOOD: Worried
• FAN INTEREST: 100
• POWER RANKINGS: 1st

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WEEK: 21

THIS WEEK: 2 @ Buffalo Bison (51-70) 1 vs Chicago Iron Pigs (67-53) 3 vs Providence Black Sox (70-51) 1 vs Green Bay Blizzard (48-73)
The makeup game on Wednesday will create a string of 22 games in 22 days so SP will be at a premium to give us innings.

8/12: AUS 9 BUF 5 (10) Down 3-1 after 6. Newell ND 6 IP 7 H 6 K 3 ER Dowell 2H RBI (4) Wagy 4H 2 HR (8) 3 R 2 RBI (15) Najera 3H 2B (8) HR (14) 2 R 3 RBI (45) Adrian PH game-tying HR 2-2 3B (6) HR (16) 2 R RBI (50)
8/13: AUS 17 BUF 1 de Vos (W) 7.1 IP 7 H 8 K 1 ER (13-10 3.60) 1-4 R 2 RBI (5) Adrian HR (17) 2 RBI (52) Mullinax 3H BB 2 R Wagy 3H 2B (9) HR (9) 2 R 4 RBI (19) Bidet 4-4 BB 2B (18) 2 HR (14) 4 R 6 RBI (58) Riggle 3H 2B (19) HR (5) 3 R 3 RBI (41) SB (3)
8/14: AUS 6 CIP 5 Sweeney ND 4.2 IP 10 H 5 ER Elder (CIP) 5.2 IP 3 H 12 K 4 BB 4 R 0 ER (1st start of the year) Eilers 1 IP 3 K SV (40) Robledo 2H GW 2B (7) 3 RBI (33) Villanueva (CIP) 3H 2B (18) HR (39) 3 RBI (87)
8/15: PRO 8 AUS 2 Roy (L) 5 IP 10 H 8 K 5 ER (6-1 1.95) Esquerra (PRO) CG 6 H 10 K 2 R 1 ER (13-6 3.19) Rinchiuso (PRO) 3H 2 HR (26) 2 R 4 RBI (57) Sloan (PRO) 3H 2B (26) HR (37) 2 RBI (110)
8/16: AUS 2 PRO 1 Drozd (W) 7.1 IP 5 H 11 K 1 ER (11-5 2.95) Eilers 1.2 IP 4 K SV (41) Mullinax 3H 2 2B (24) R RBI (60) Feliciano 3H 2 2B (22) RBI (46)
8/17: AUS 8 PRO 4 Newell (W) 6 IP 7 H 5 K 4 ER (10-7 3.83) Eilers 0.2 IP 2 K SV (42) Adrian 3H SB (40) BB 3 R Romero 2H HR (35) 2 R 2 RBI (75) Mullinax 3H 2B (25) HR (19) 4 RBI (64) Riggle 2H 3B (8) R
8/18: AUS 5 GB 0 de Vos (W) 6.2 IP 6 H 12 K 1 BB (14-10 3.47) Boland 2 IP 6 K SV (2) Mullinax 2H HR (20) 2 R 2 RBI (66) Wagy 2H HR (10) 2 RBI (22) Bidet HR (15) RBI (59)

THE WEEK IN REVIEW:
A great week. Some younger players are putting the pressure on for at bats, namely Jeff Wagy and DJ Mullinax is heating up big time. Jereon de Vos is rounding into form at just the right time. Matt Eilers might be the bests closer I've ever had in OOTP, even better than my 1st, Ernesto Cruz of the Iron Pigs.

NEXT WEEK: 2 vs Green Bay Blizzard (51-76) 3 @ Jacksonville Panthers (58-69) 2 vs Ft Worth Cowboys (71-56)

ABL HAPPENINGS:
8/12:
Danny Sanchez (HOU) punched out 4 as the 42 year old tossed a 6-hit CG SHO to beat San Antonio 10-0.
8/15:
Danny Lopez (MEM) went 5-5 in a 5-3 loss to Charlotte.
Warren Thompson (OH) won his 13th (13-5 2.46) in striking out 15 over 7 innings of a 5-4 win over Ft Worth.
Josh Orcutt (SF) threw a no-hitter striking out 12 in a 8-0 win over Montreal to improve to 9-7 3.24. The 24 year old was the 9th overall selection in the 2022 draft and is coming off a career year in 2023 (17-6 .282).
8/18:
Paul Strong (SJ) won his 10th (10-3 3.90) scattering 7 hits in a 14-0 trouncing of Los Angeles.
Tony Nagel (MON) struck out 12 in tossing his 4th CG SHO of the season in a 5-0 win over Pittsburgh. It was his 16th win (16-6 3.05)

PATRIOT LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Matt Fliger RF (NYP) 8-20 8 HR 16 RBI
COLONIAL LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Andres Villanueva 1B (CIP) 14-24 3 HR 7 RBI

• RECORD: 6-1
• STANDINGS: 86-41 +15
• RUNS SCORED: 620 (2nd)
• OPS: .785 (1st)
• HR: 173 (t-5th)
• RUNS AGAINST: 464 (3rd)
• SP ERA: 3.87 (8th)
• BULLPEN ERA: 2.11 (2nd)
• FIP: 3.22 (2nd)
• DEF EFF: .671 (16th)
• ERRORS: 53 (t-3rd)
• OWNERS MOOD: Worried
• FAN INTEREST: 100
• POWER RANKINGS: 1st

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SINGLE SEASON RECORD: BATTING AVERAGE

1. .3922 Mario Santiago (MEM) 2005
2. .3845 Mario Santiago (MEM) 1998
3. .3829 Andrew McGlasson (SJ) 2011
4. .3792 Andy Palmer (PIT) 1995
5. .3778 Mario Santiago (MEM) 1999

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WEEK: 22

THIS WEEK: 2 vs Green Bay Blizzard (51-76) 3 @ Jacksonville Panthers (58-69) 2 vs Ft Worth Cowboys (71-56)

8/19: GB 5 AUS 1 Sweeney (L) 6 IP 6 H 8 K 5 ER (12-5 4.56) Jenschke (GB) (W) 7 IP 5 H 4 K 1 R 0 ER (2-5 4.58) Greenstein (GB) 2 2B (11) HR (4) 2 RBI (17) Adrian hurt (See news)
8/20: AUS 6 GB 5 (10) Roy ND 5 IP 8 H 5 K 5 ER Whittaker 4 IP 1 H 8 K 0 R Romero 2H 3B (7) R Nilin 2H HR (1) 2 R 2 RBI (4)
8/21: JAX 8 AUS 4 Up 4-1 after 6. Calvert (JAX) 4H HR (7) 5 RBI (21) Drozd ND 6 IP 7 H 7 K 5 BB 3 ER Boland 0 IP 4 H 2 HR 4 ER (L) (8-4 2.61) Robledo 2H 2B (10) SB (12) 2 R RBI (36) Romero 4H HR (36) 2 R 2 RBI (77) Wagy 2H
8/22: AUS 4 JAX 2 Drozd (W) 7.1 IP 5 H 11 K 1 ER (11-5 2.95) Eilers 1.2 IP 4 K SV (41) Mullinax 3H 2 2B (24) R RBI (60) Feliciano 3H 2 2B (22) RBI (46)
8/23: AUS 8 JAX 5 (13) de Vos ND 4 IP 7 H 7 K 4 BB 5 ER Eilers 4 IP 1 H 8 K (W) (5-1 1.76) Nolasco 4H 2B (33) 2 R 2 RBI (61) Robledo 2H GW HR (11) 5 RBI (41)
8/24: AUS 1 FW 0 Sweeney 0.2 IP injured (see news) Stackhouse (W) 4 IP 1 H 7 K GW RBI (1-0 2.30) Rose SV (3) Corral (FW) (L) 7 IP 7 H 6 K 1 ER (9-4 2.62) Romero 3H 2B (26) CS (15)
8/25: FW 6 AUS 3 Roy (L) 5.2 IP 8 H 10 K 4 ER (6-2 2.66) Rice (FW) (W) 8 IP 5 H 5 K 2 ER (13-9 3.47) Roth (FW) SV (38) Shimoda 3H 2B (1) Tavares PH HR (5) 2 RBI (17) Razo (FW) 4H 2B (21) HR (12) 2 R 3 RBI (43) Evans (FW) 2H HR (32) 3 RBI (82)

THE WEEK IN REVIEW:
A major injury that will have an impact. Adrian was having a rebirth this year.

NEXT WEEK: 1 vs Ft Worth Cowboys (76-58) OFF DAY 3 @ San Antonio Broncos (54-79) 2 vs Atlanta Razorbacks (56-78)

ABL HAPPENINGS:
8/19:
Russell Wells (HOU) went 5-5 in a 16-1 romp over Atlanta. He drove in 6 with 2 2B's and a HR.
8/20:
John Ganley (PHI) fanned a dozen Las Vegas hitters in a 6-0 CG 3-hit win. He's 10-12 3.41.
8/21:
Nate Harrison (CHA) tossed a 3-hitter and fanned 4 in a 5-0 win over Houston to go 8-5 3.93.
Phoenix acquired veteran P Quadir Bostick (31 3*) from San Antonio for P Giovanni Drake (21 3*) and P George Cardenas (23 2.5*).
8/22:
Cory Bennett (CIP) threw a 2-hitter and struck out 8 in a 1-0 win over Lexington. The win was his 11th (11-10 3.47).
Oscar Gonzalez (MON) struck out a career high 16 Brooklyn batters over 8 SHO innings of a 3-0 win.
Lexington traded 1B Robbie Couch (24 1.5*) and P Aaron Dowell (20 2*) to Pittsburgh for P Dave Morrow (33 3*) and a 5th round draft pick.
8/23:
Apparently 2 starts was enough as the Chicago Iron Pigs announced they had signed Edison Elder to a 2 year 24.8 million dollar extension. The 2nd overall pick in 2019 Elder has been out all year until making his debut last week.
22 year old Luke Livengood (LA) tossed his 1st career SHO for his 1st win of the year in a 4-0 CG win over San Diego.
8/25:
Fernando Solorio (HOU) threw a 2-hitter and struck out 13 in an 11-0 beat down of Ohio. Solorio is 7-4 3.33.
Josh Orcutt (SF) threw a CG scattering 5 hits to beat San Diego 6-0 and go 11-7 3.21.
8/26:
Baltimore announced recently acquired P Andrew Brentlinger will miss the remainder of the year with what is being described as an “arthritic elbow”.

RUSTLER NEWS:
8/19:
Andy Adrian suffered a torn meniscus and will miss the rest of the 2024 season and post-season. That's a big loss but Robledo's presence will soften the blow. I've put some feelers out in the FA market and in the meantime top prospect Mikinori Shimoda will be recalled.
8/20:
Veteran OF Jarrod Bostock is signed to a league minimum deal, added to the 40 man roster and recalled. The RHH will serve as a backup OF and likely start vs LHP in CF. Shimoda is sent back to Warren.
2024 1st rounder (36th overall) Andy Olvera went 5-6 in a 12-5 win over the Anaheim Dolphins and is hitting .339-8-30 in 26 games since being promoted to Hartford. He hit .312/.481/.675 with 8 HR and 33 RBI in 22 games at Ft Wayne before the promotion.
8/26:
Top P prospect Mike Kasprowicz (25 4.5*) will be out 7-8 months after suffering a torn labrum.

PATRIOT LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Kevin Kaus LF (PHX) 13-26 4 HR 8 RBI 8 R
COLONIAL LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Ben Gordam 2B (PRO) 13-27 HR 6 RBI 6 R

• RECORD: 4-3
• STANDINGS: 90-44 +14
• RUNS SCORED: 647 (2nd)
• OPS: .780 (1st)
• HR: 180 (6th)
• RUNS AGAINST: 495 (3rd)
• SP ERA: 3.98 (9th)
• BULLPEN ERA: 2.09 (2nd)
• FIP: 3.24 (2nd)
• DEF EFF: .668 (16th)
• ERRORS: 55 (t-3rd)
• OWNERS MOOD: Worried
• FAN INTEREST: 100
• POWER RANKINGS: 1st

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WEEK: 23

THIS WEEK: 1 vs Ft Worth Cowboys (76-58) OFF DAY 3 @ San Antonio Broncos (54-79) 2 vs Atlanta Razorbacks (56-78)

8/26: AUS 4 FW 0 Drozd (W) 7.2 IP 14 K 2 H (12-5 2.87) Eilers 1 IP 3 K SV (44) Mizutani (FW) CG 7 H 4 K 4 ER Robledo 2H SB (14) R RBI (42) Romero 2 HR (38) 3 RBI (80)
8/27: OFF DAY
8/28: AUS 8 SAN 5 Newell (W) 6.2 IP 7 H 3 HR 5 ER 10 K (12-7 3.93) Eilers SV (45) Kawata 2H 2B (8) R 2 RBI (11) Romero 2H R RBI (81) Nilin HR (3) BB 2 R 3 RBI (8)
8/29: SAN 4 AUS 0 Hunter (SAN) (W) 8.1 IP 2 H 10 K (8-13 4.32) Hill (SAN) SV (29) de Vos (L) 6.2 IP 7 H 8 K 4 ER (14-11 3.70)
8/30: AUS 3 SAN 1 Coryell (W) 7.1 IP 4 H 7 K 1 ER (8-8 4.60) Eilers 1 IP 3 K SV (46) Robledo leadoff HR (12) BB RBI (43) Riggle 2H HR (6) RBI (44) SB (5)
8/31: AUS 6 ATL 4 Sweeney (W) 7.1 IP 6 H 8 K 3 ER 2B (2) 3 RBI (8) (13-5 4.51) Eilers 1 IP HR ER SV (47) Robledo 2H HR (13) CS (8) 2 RBI (45)
9/1: AUS 10 ATL 4 Drozd (W) 6.1 IP 5 H 9 K 3 ER (13-5 2.92) Romero 2H 2B (27) 2 SB (26) 2 BB 2 R 3 RBI (84) Nolasco 2H 2B (35) 2 BB R RBI (62) Najera 3H 2 2B (10) 2 R 2 RBI (48) Riggle 4H 2 R Nilin 3H R RBI (9)

THE WEEK IN REVIEW:
Another good week. Frank Robledo looks to be the guy to replace Adrian but I need his defense to improve. Romero is in the running, again, for a Hank Aaron award. Coryell will remain in the rotation for the remainder of the month and some of the call-ups will work in a start or two as well.
For now C Adam Geggus, P Sean Hedge, P Ben Woods are the only call ups as Warren is once again in the playoffs.

NEXT WEEK: 1 vs Atlanta Razorbacks (59-81) 3 @ Ohio Generals (66-74) 3 vs Dallas Texans (78-62)

ABL HAPPENINGS:
8/26:
Mike Dillon (BAL) struck out a dozen in tossing his 1st career 1-hitter to win his 11th (11-7 2.81) in a 4-0 victory over Detroit.
David Hernandez (PHI) struck out a career high 17 over 8 innings of a 4-1 win over Los Angeles for his 13th win (13-10 2.73)
Robby Reed (GB) threw a 2-hit CG SHO striking out 13 in a 6-0 win over the New York Empire. He's 8-17 3.49
8/28:
Abdul-Muta'al Rhodes (BAL) went 5-5 with a HR in an 8-4 win over Montreal. The 42 year old 1st ballot HOF'er is hitting a career worst .217-16-48 this year.
Bai-luo Ni (PHX) hit 3 HR's and drove in 5 in a 12-3 win over the NY Punishers.
8/29:
Justin Thomas (MON) hit 3 HR's with 7 RBI's in a 14-7 win over Baltimore. He hit a 4th inning grand slam off former Rustler Omari Stoner.
6 days after his 1st career SHO 22 year old Luke Livengood (LA) added another career 1st. He no-hit the Denver Saints in a 3-0 9K win. His 1st two starts have resulted in 18 innings of shutout baseball. Livengood was the 21st overall selection in the 2021 draft out of Yavapai JC.
9/1:
Jeremy Hansen (LV) struck out 9 and walked none in tossing a 5-hit CG SHO over Los Angeles. Hansen is 5-10 18 SV 3.83 on the year. Wally Williams 4th inning solo shot (39) was the games only run.
Baltimore traded 2B Matt Easley (24 1.5*) and OF Joon-hak Lee (19 1.5*) to Buffalo for C Ron Baldwin (28 2*).

RUSTLER NEWS:
9/1:
AA RP Steve Normand took home pitcher of the month for Modesto going 2-1 9 SV 3.38 10 IP 14 K
2023 2nd rounder Tommy Major, all of 19 years old, set a rookie league record hitting 19 HR's and driving in 43 in the month of August. Major homered 7 times in the 1st 3 days of the month, and then managed 12 more over the next 24 games. Also had a streak of 6 homers in 5 games.
2024 1st rounder Andy Olvera made the most of his call up to Hartford hitting .390-7-25 with 19 runs in August.

PATRIOT LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Justin Thomas 1B (MON) 11-23 7 HR 13 RBI 9 R
COLONIAL LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Brian Flores 1B (BUF) 10-21 4 HR 7 RBI

• RECORD: 5-1
• STANDINGS:95-45 +15
• RUNS SCORED: 678 (2nd)
• OPS: .778 (1st)
• HR: 186 (7th)
• RUNS AGAINST: 513 (3rd)
• SP ERA: 3.95 (9th)
• BULLPEN ERA: 2.07 (2nd)
• FIP: 3.24 (2nd)
• DEF EFF: .670 (16th)
• ERRORS: 55 (t-2nd)
• OWNERS MOOD: Undecided!!!!
• FAN INTEREST: 100
• POWER RANKINGS: 1st

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RUSTLER PLAYER OF THE MONTH: Jeff Wagy .358/.410/.717 5 HR 13 RBI 11 R
RUSTLER PITCHER OF THE MONTH: Matt Eilers 2-0 11 SV 1.27 21.1 IP 6 H 45 K 6 BB
RUSTLER MiL PLAYER OF THE MONTH: TIE
Tommy Major (R ) .309/.458/.873 19 HR 43 RBI 35 R
Yukio Tagami (R ) .406/.439/.633 11 2B 6 HR 20 RBI 35 R 52 H 20 SB
RUSTLER MiL PITCHER OF THE MONTH: Nick Young 1-1 6 SV 1.69 10.2 IP 4 H 25 K

PATRIOT LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE MONTH: Matt Kee LF (MON) .364-12-19 30 R
COLONIAL LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE MONTH: Andres Villanueva 1B (CIP) .414-10-24 24 R
PATRIOT LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE MONTH: Andy Zerbe SP (BAL) 4-0 0.59 45.2 IP 23 H 66 K 12 BB
COLONIAL LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE MONTH: Warren Thompson SP (OH) 5-0 1.17 46.1 IP 74 K 15 BB .107 OPP AVG
PATRIOT LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE MONTH: Jeff Sleva CL (PIT) 2-2 3.06 9 SV 22 K 17.1 IP
COLONIAL LEAGUE ROOKIE OF THE MONTH: Geoff Baird LF (DAL) .275-7-25 24 R

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WEEK: 24

THIS WEEK: 1 vs Atlanta Razorbacks (59-81) 3 @ Ohio Generals (66-74) 3 vs Dallas Texans (78-62)

9/2: AUS 4 ATL 2 Newell (W) 7 IP 8 K 0 BB 7 H 2 ER (13-7 3.87) Eilers 1 IP 3 K SV (48) Nolasco 3H 2B (36) R 2 RBI (64) Wagy 2H 2B (12) BB RBI (23)
9/3: AUS 3 OH 1 de Vos (W) 6.2 IP 9 H 7 K 1 ER (15-11 3.62) Eilers 1 IP 3 K SV (49) Feliciano 2H 2B (26) BB R Wagy HR (11) 2 RBI (25) Kawata 2H BB Fritz (OH) 3-3 2B (19) R E (3) Popper (OH) CG 7 H 8 K 3 R 2 ER (5-12 3.56) The win clinches a post-season berth
9/4: OH 9 AUS 6 Coryell (L) 5 IP 6 H 5 ER (8-9 4.74) Romero 3H R RBI (85) Nolasco 2H HR (20) 2 BB 3 RBI (67) Bidet 2B (19) HR (16) 2 BB 2 R RBI (61)
9/5: OH 9 AUS 2 Thompson (OH) (W) 7.2 IP 18 K 2 H 0 ER (16-5 2.30) Sweeney (L) 6.1 IP 11 H 7 ER (13-6 4.70) Im (OH) 4H 2 2B (11) CS (13) 2 R RBI (19) Wagy HR (12) RBI (26)
9/6: DAL 12 AUS 4 Drozd (L) 1.2 IP 4 H 5 BB 6 ER (13-6 3.21) Dursun (DAL) (W) 8.2 IP 11 H 9 K 4 ER (1-0 5.79) Robledo 2H 2B (11) RBI (46) Mullinax 2H 2B (27)
9/7: AUS 7 DAL 5 Newell (W) 7 IP 6 H 7 K 4 ER (14-7 3.92) Eilers SV (50) Romero 2H 2B (29) R Nolasco 2 HR (22) 3 RBI (71) Mullinax 2H 2B (28) BB Riggle 2H R
9/8: AUS 4 DAL 2 de Vos (W) 7 IP 5 H 8 K 2 ER (16-11 3.58) Eilers 1 IP 3 K SV (51) Tyson (DAL) CG 9 H 10 K 3 ER (12-8 2.59) Romero 3H 2B (30) HR (39) 3 RBI (88) Wagy HR (13) RBI (27) Riggle 2H SB (6) R

THE WEEK IN REVIEW:
Eilers becomes the 9th player in ABL history to record 50+ saves and is now 3 shy of Kyle Osterland's 54 set just last year.

NEXT WEEK: OFF DAY 3 @ Washington Jets (52-95) 3 @ Houston Roughriders 80-67)

ABL HAPPENINGS:
9/2:
Gabe Andino (BAL) threw a 2-hitter and struck out a career high 16 in a 9-0 win over the NY Punishers. He's 13-8 2.53
Tak-hing Fa (BRK) fanned a career high 16 San Diego hitters over 8 innings of a 11-4 win. He's 10-8 3.77.
9/4:
Former Rustler John Stanley (DAL) tossed a CG and struck out 15 in a 6-2 win over the Washington Jets. Stanley is 11-5 4.05.
Edison Elder (CIP) seems to have picked up where he left off as he won his 3rd today (3-1 1.64) and struck out 15 over 7.1 IP in a 7-1 win over Jacksonville. Elder has struck out 62 over his 33 IP this year.
Jason Nordlund (SD) went 9-3-0-0-1-7 for his 1st career SHO and 3rd win of the year. The 22 year old is 3-3 2.22.
9/5:
The Iron Pigs have built a pretty formidable staff BEFORE Edison Elder returned from arm surgery and part of that 4 headed monster struck again today. Mark Christy won his league leading 17th (17-6 2.66) with a dominating 16 strikeout 1 walk 3-hit CG SHO and a 1-0 win over Jacksonville. Hank Aaron Award candidate Andres Villanueva drove in Mike Valentini in the 1st inning for the games only run.
Carudarsana Samit (BAL) went 4-4 and hit for the cycle in a 7-5 win over San Jose.
9/7:
Maxim Zharsky (LA) fanned a dozen and walked 1 allowing just 2 hits in a 3-0 CG SHO of Pittsburgh. He's 9-13 4.09.
27 year old Jason Pruitt (SD) tossed his 1st career no-hitter as San Diego beat Baltimore 5-0. Pruitt struck out 12, walked 2 in winning his 6th (6-8 3.73)
9/8:
Pittsburgh's Tony Rodriguez won his career high 14th game (14-8 2.46) by striking out 15 over 8 innings of a 4-2 victory in LA. Rookie Jeff Sleva struck out the side for his 43rd save.

RUSTLER NEWS:
9/2:
Tommy Major continued his assault on rookie league pitching and the Ft Wayne record books hitting 3 more HR's in a 10-6 win over Abbotsford. The 19 year old is hitting .291-30-81 after driving in 8 runs with 2 2R HR's and a grand slam. It was his 2nd 3 HR game in less than a month.
9/3:
Warren beat the Killeen Aces behind a Brian Tuck CG SHO and is headed to the AAA LCS.
9/6:
Rookie League Ft Wayne had to play an extra game but in doing so finished the season winning 10 straight and clinching a post-season berth.
9/9:
The win on Sunday clinched the 15th division title for Austin.


PATRIOT LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Mike Haas RF (LV) 9-18 3 HR 7 RBI
COLONIAL LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Kyle Nerhus CF (HOU) 11-24 3 HR 6 RBI

• RECORD: 4-3
• STANDINGS: 99-48 clinched
• RUNS SCORED: 708 (2nd)
• OPS: .779 (1st)
• HR: 194 (7th)
• RUNS AGAINST: 553 (3rd)
• SP ERA: 4.04 (9th)
• BULLPEN ERA: 2.16 (2nd)
• FIP: 3.26 (2nd)
• DEF EFF: .666 (16th)
• ERRORS: 64 (t-6th)
• OWNERS MOOD: Undecided
• FAN INTEREST: 100
• POWER RANKINGS: 1st

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With just about 2 weeks to go here's how things look.
In the PL:

• Montreal leads Baltimore by a game in the Harbor Division
• San Jose is +5 on San Francisco in the California
• Pittsburgh is +2 over Brooklyn in the Metro
• Phoenix is +7 over Mexico in the Southwest.

The Wild Card race:

1. Brooklyn 85
2. Baltimore 80
3. Mexico 76
4. San Francisco 72
5. Las Vegas 72
6. Denver 70
7. Detroit 69
8. Philadelphia 67
9. NY Punishers 66

In the CL:

• Providence is +10 over New England in the Skyline
• Austin has clinched the Sam Houston
• Lexington is +10 over Charlotte in the Eastern
• Chicago is +12 over Ohio in the Mid American

The WC race has the entire Sam Houston Division qualifying as of today

1. Ft Worth 83
2. Dallas 82
3. Houston 80
4. Charlotte 77
5. New England 77
6. Memphis 76
7. Ohio 71

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ACTIVE CAREER LEADERS: TOTAL BASES

1. 5502 Abdul-Muta'al Rhodes (BAL)
2. 4501 Corey Furr (FA)
3. 4336 Josh Sims (FA)
4. 3948 Jorge Hernandez (PHX)
5. 3730 Dave Nolasco (AUS)