An American Reporter in Paris

[majormet]

The Paris Swingers were happy to be home and they surprised the critics who though the Charleston series was the beginning of the end. Paris wins two out of three against Pittsburgh but now have to fly to Orlando to play the tough Orlando Alliance squad.

Game #67 - Pittsburgh Pirates 6 Paris Swingers 5

WP - Kiko Calero (5-2)
LP - Rudy Hernandez (2-3)
Save - Alan Foster (3)

Star of Game - Bobby Kielty (2-3, 2 HR's, 5 RBI's)

Homers
Pittsburgh - Jim Gentile (13)
Paris - Bobby Kielty (12,13)

Recap - Kind of weird game. Pittsburgh gets 5 runs in the first inning off of Paul Thormodsgard but Thormodsgard stays in the game and pitches 5 innings and does not allow another run. Pirates lifted Lefty Stewart and squandered the lead with Paris scoring 4 runs off of Jayson Durocher to tie the game up. Kielty hit the grand slam to tie the game up, but Hernandez came in and walked Dan Stearns with the bases loaded in the 7th innings and the 6-5 lead held up. Pittsburgh scored 6 runs on 7 hits, but Gentile hit a 3 run blast in the first inning. Jack Dawson contributed 2 hits for Paris in the loss


Game #68 - Paris Swingers 7 Pittsburgh PIrates 4

WP - Happy Townsend (6-4)
LP - Jason Hammel (4-3)
Save - Ben DeMott (11)

Star of Game - Gail Hopkins (4-5, 2 HR 4 RBI's)

Homers
Pittsburgh - Dan Stearns (10)
Paris - Gail Hopkins (14,15), Bill Killefer (1)

Recap - Pittsburgh scored 3 in the top of the 1st and Paris tied it up at 3 and then took the lead and never looked back. Townsend has turned things around and seems to be becoming the Paris ace. Paris got 5 runs off of Hammel in 4 innings, their pen calmed things down. Hopkins is on a hitting rampage and is hitting .313 now. Dexter Fowler, Harlond Clift and Killefer added 2 hits apiece. Bid McPhee and Stearns had 2 hits and 2 RBI's for the losing Pirates.


Game #69 - Paris Swingers 3 Pittsburgh Pirates 2

WP - Bill Gogolewski (5-5)
LP - Ramon Garcia (1-3)
Save - Rudy Hernandez (1)

Star of game - Gail Hopkins (3-3, 2 homers)

Homers
Paris - Ricky Nelson (5), Gail Hopkins (16,17)

Recap - Second straight 2 homer game for Hopkins and Paris gets 3 solo homers and win the game. Gogolewski pitched 6 1/3 of scoreless baseball and Pittsburgh crawled back with 2 runs in the 9th as Ben DeMott gave up 2 unearned runs caused by error by Milt Bolling. DeMott was pulled and the veteran Hernandez got the same. Hopkins had 3 of the 6 hits for Paris. Jeff Heath had 3 of the Pirates 5 hits.


Standing.- Paris Swingers are 31-38 and back in the 8th place in the NL Atlantic trailing the 7th place West Palm Beach Dinos by 4 games and have a narrow half game lead over the 9th place Charleston Cheetahs.

Looking Ahead - The Paris Swingers head to Disneyland to play the Orlando Alliance. Orlando is a tough squad with a 44-25 record in 2nd place in the NL Atlantic trailing the first place Philadelphia Phillies by 6 games. Then the Swingers come home to play a very improved Vancouver Men-O-War team.

Transactions - None

[majormet]

The good news that Gail Hopkins was named NL Player of the Week was received well and the Paris Swingers are feeling like they are getting on the map. However, the schedule is not kind and they dropped two out of three games to the Orlando Alliance on the road and now must face an equally tough Vancouver Men-O-War team at home.


Game #70 - Paris Swingers 4 Orlando Alliance 1

WP - Denys Baez (3-1)
LP - Hector Rondon (2-3)
Save - Scott Brown (1)

Star of Game - Heinie Berger (5.1 IP, 4 hits, 0 ER 4 K's)

Homers
Paris - Wellington Castillo (4)


Recap - Paris scored 4 runs in the top of the 7th off of reliever Rondon including the Castillo 2 run homer. This blew a great effort by Orlando ace Berger. Ernesto Cancino pitched well for 4 2/3 innings and allowed just one run but was fatigued at 74 pitches. Four relievers kept Orlando off the board and Paris 3 hits from Tony Piet and 2 each by Gail Hopkins and Castillo. Brown gets the save as Ben DeMott was not available.


Game #71 - Orlando Alliance 8 Paris Swingers 0

WP - Bob Porterfield (4-5)
LP - Ed Karger (4-8)

Star of Game - Bob Porterfield (8 2/3 innings, 5 his, 0 ER 8 K's)

Homers
Orlando - Jack Doyle (4), Billy Nash (10)


Recap - Karger was terrible and gave up 7 runs in this one, so there was no chance as Porterfield was dominant and nearly had the shutout but Orlando manager Cody Ponticello lifted him after 103 pitches and gave the ball to Glenn Gardner to finish the game. Besides going deep, Nash and Doyle drove in 3 runs. Terry Crowley added 3 hits for the victorious Orlando team. Paris mustered up 6 hits, of which 2 each were by Dexter Fowler and Gail Hopkins



Game #72 - Orlando Alliance 3 Paris Swingers 1

WP - Glenn Gardner (6-0)
LP - Paul Thormodsgard (2-6)
Save - Dan Collins (17)

Star of Game - Joey Hamilton (5 IP, 1 hit, 1 ER, 6 K's)

Homers - None

Recap - Orlando got 3 in the bottom of the 6th to erase the Paris 1-0 lead. The Paris run came as Bobby Kielty had the lone hit off of Hamilton with a triple and Ricky Nelson pushed him across with a sacrifice fly. Gardner got the win and has a 0.96 ERA and the closer Collins lowered his ERA to 0.33 Thormodsgard had Orlando shutout for 5 innings but was kept in and gave up 3 runs in the 6th inning. Billy Nash drove in 2 runs while Terry Crowley had 2 hits for Orlando. Paris just had 2 hits the other hit was a 6th inning double by Gail Hopkins


Standing - Paris Swingers are 32-40 and are in 9th place in the NL Atlantic trailing the 8th place Charleston Cheetahs by 1 game and leading the 10th place Savannah Thunder by one game


Looking Ahead - Paris goes home to face the Vancouver Men-O-War who are 49-23 and in 2nd place in the NL Pacific 3 games behind the Sacramento Bees. The next trip will be a long one to South Africa to play the Kimberley Ocelots.


Transactions - backup catcher Bill Killefer who was a rule 5 pick was returned back to the Tokyo Alligators in the American League. Paris promotes Amos Booth to the show. Booth was hitting .252 in AAA Amarillo with zero homes and 14 RBI's. He is a 26 year old from Lebanon, PA who Paris acquired in the trade in May with the Mobile Swordfish.

[majormet]

The Paris Swingers lose 2 of 3 at home against the tough Vancouver Men-O-War. We now have been in Kimberley for the past few days and I got to see South Africa. It was a super long trip to play the Kimberley Ocelots so there is hope the second half will be better.


Game #73 - Vancouver Men-O-War 4 Paris Swingers 0

WP - Frank Shellenback (6-3)
LP - Happy Townsend (6-5)

Star of Game - Frank Shellenback (6.2 IP, 0 ER 4 hits, 4 K's)

Homers
Vancouver - Placido Polanco (6)


Recap - Shellenback was sparkling in this game. He lowered his ERA to 2.54. Townsend did not pitch bad, he went 6 innings and gave up 3 runs. Ben DeMott gave up a run in the 9th inning. Barry Lyons and Polanco had 2 RBI's each for Vancouver in victory. Paris only could get 5 hits on the day, 2 of which were by Wellington Castillo



Game #74 - Paris Swingers 4 Vancouver Men-O-War 3

WP - Ben DeMott (2-0)
LP - Jeff Pico (1-4)

Star of Game - Bill Gogolewski (6 IP, 5 hits, 1 ER, 4 K's)

Homers
Paris - Bobby Kielty (14)

Recap - Gene Baker had the walk off pinch hit single off of John Franco in relief to send the Paris faithful hope happy. Baker was pinch hitting for Ricky Nelson and plated home Jack Dawson to get the win. Gogolewski continues to be strong in his rookie season, his ERA is 4.31. Spades Wood started for Vancouver but went 4 innings and gave up just 1 run. Kielty drove in 2 runs and Paris got 2 hits each from Tony Piet and Dawson. Vancouver's offense derived from 2 hits each from Placido Polanco, John Valentin, and Ruben Mateo


Game #75 - Vancouver Men-O-War 9 Paris Swingers 3

WP - Corey Kluber (5-3)
LP - Ernesto Cancino (2-9)

Star of Game - Corey Kluber (6.1 IP, 2 ER, 3 hits, 13 K's)

Homers
Vancouver - Nap Lajoie (12), Edwin Encarnacion (10), Jim Ray Hart (21)
Paris - Gail Hopkins (18)

Recap - Kluber had great stuff and just was getting a lot of swings and misses. Vancouver got 6 runs in the first inning off of Cancino who has been faltering a lot lately. Encarnacion and Hart homered off of him in the first inning. Hart's homer was a grand slam. Hopkins had 2 hits and 3 RBI's for Paris


Standing - Paris Swingers are 33-42 tied for 8th place in the NL Atlantic trailing the 7th place West Palm Beach Dinos by 5 games and leading the 10th place Savannah Thunder by 2 games and are tied with the Charleston Cheetahs.


Looking Ahead - Paris is in Kimberly to play the Kimberly Ocelots. Kimberley is 16-59 in last place in the NL Midwest. Then the Swingers come home to play the Oklahoma City Colts

Transactions - None

[majormet]

The Paris Swingers wanted the sweep of this expansion team down in South Africa but had to settle for two out of 3 games as they head home to play the Oklahoma City Colts. Kimberley was an interesting place and a strange place for baseball expansion it was like watching bull riding in downtown Queens, no one was there.

Game #76 - Paris Swingers 4 Kimberley Ocelots 3

WP - Rudy Hernandez (3-3)
LP - Dave Wickersam (0-4)
Save - Ben DeMott (12)

Star of Game - Joe Sparma (5.1 IP, 0 ER, 3 hits 8 K's)

Homers
Paris - Jack Dawson (22), Milt Bolling (5)
Kimberley - Harrison Bader (8)


Recap - Paris trailed 3-0 after 6 innings as they made Joe Sparma seem like 1980 Valenzuela. Bolling hit a 2 run shot in the 7th and Dawson hit his 2 run shot in the 8th to make a loser out of Wickersham in relief. Ed Karger gave up 2 earned runs over 5 innings and was effective and 4 relievers had 4 scoreless innings thereafter. Bolling homered off Charlie Becker in the 7th. Wellington Castillo had 2 of the Paris 8 hits. Ted Scheffler had the 3 hit game for Kimberley


Game #77 - Kimberley Ocelots 5 Paris Swingers 1

WP - The Only Nolan (2-9)
LP - Bill Gogolewski (5-6)

Star of game - The Only Nolan (5 IP, 3 hits, 0 ER 4 K's)

Homers
Paris - Gail Hopkins (19)
Kimberley - C Lo Green (4)

Recap - Another day and Paris makes an expansion starter look stellar as they could not hit Nolan who has an ERA of 5.06. Gogolewski was terrible and gave up the 5 runs over 4 2/3 innings. Denys Baez was effective pitching 2 1/3 scoreless innings in relief. Anthony Recker who came over from the Utah Saints had a 3 hit game for Kimberley. The Gnarls Barkley and Goodie Mob singer Green is happy to be out of the limelight in Africa has driven in 17 runs for Kimberley this year. Paris only had 5 hits


Game #78 - Paris Swingers 3 Kimberley Ocelots 1

WP - Paul Thormodsgard (3-6)
LP - Michael Tonkin (0-2)
Save - Ben DeMott (13)

Star of Game - Paul Thormodsgard (6 IP, 0 ER, 2 hits, 2 K's)

Homers
Paris - Gene Baker (4)


Recap - Baker homers in the 7th inning to give the Swingers the lead for good and they win 3-1. Thormodsgard has not been great this year but had a strong game on the road today. Sonny Siebert started for Kimberley and was tough with one earned run allowed over 5 innings. Bobby Kielty had 2 hits and Harlond Clift was walked 4 times in this game to account for most of the offense. Kimberley was limited to 3 hits in the game


Standing - Paris Swingers are tied for 8th in the NL Atlantic with the Charleston Cheetahs and trail the 7th place West Palm Beach Dinos by 5 games as Paris is 35-43. The Paris lead over 10th place Savannah Thunder is 2 games.


Looking Ahead - Paris is headed home to play the Oklahoma City Colts. Oklahoma City is 39-39 in 10th place in the NL Midwest then we head back west to play the Savannah Thunder on the road.


Transactions - None

[majormet]

The Paris Swingers were able to get one win in games against Oklahoma City and are in their own little race in the NL Atlantic which now makes for an interesting series on the road against the Savannah Thunder. Next year the races will be different as Paris won't be mired in races against south Atlantic teams.

Game #79 - Oklahoma City Colts 5 Paris Swingers 2

WP - Mark Redman (5-4)
LP - Happy Townsend (6-6)
Save - Doug Bird (1)

Star of Game - Mark Redman (7.1 IP, 4 hits, 2 ER, 4 K's)

Homers
Paris - Jack Dawson (23)


Recap - Oklahoma City scored 4 runs in the top of the 7th to expand the lead to 5-0, Dawson hit his 2 run shot in the bottom half of the inning. Townsend left the game after injury in the 4th inning allowing just one run. Denys Baez gave another 2 1/3 innings of scoreless ball before Rudy Hernandez gave up 4 runs. Redman was savvy and held Paris off the board until Dawson's bomb. Rick Renick had 2 hits and Fernando Tatis Jr drove in 2 runs to account for most of the Oklahoma City offense. Paris only had 4 hits on the day.



Game #80 - Paris Swingers 9 Oklahoma City Colts 8

WP - Ben DeMott (3-0)
LP - Tom Bradley (1-3)

Star of Game - Jack Dawson (4-5, homer, 5 RBI's)

Homers
Oklahoma City - Fernando Tatis Jr (18), Bill Eagan (20), Rick Renick (19), Chris Richard (16), Pete Daley (4)

Paris - Jack Dawson (24), Bobby Kielty (15), Wellington Castillo (5)


Recap - Wellington Castillo breaks the 8-8 tie with a walk homer off of Bradley. The wind was blowing out for sure with 8 homers collectively. Dawson hit a 2 run homer earlier in the inning to tie the game and Dawson continues to defy logic by being a star after nearly freezing to death. Ernesto Cancino started and was terrible giving up 4 runs in 4 innings. Jeff Niemann was even worse for Oklahoma City giving up 5 runs in 2 2/3 innings. Kielty had 2 hits and 2 RBI's for the winning team. Daley had a 3 hit game for Oklahoma City


Game #81 - Oklahoma City Colts 4 Paris Swingers 3

WP - Bob Friend (6-6)
LP - Ed Karger (4-9)
Save - George Milstead (1)

Star of Game - Bob Friend (7 IP, 3 hits, 2 ER, 10 K's)

Homers
Oklahoma City - Franmil Reyes (26), Dave Rader (1)
Paris - Bobby Kielty (16)

Recap - Paris trailed 4-0 and made a run but fell short as they got to Sean Doolittle in relief. Karger was solid for 6 innings giving up just 2 runs and Oklahoma City got to Mitch Keller for 2 runs. Reyes and Rader each had 2 run homers. Paris had just 6 hits and Kielty hit a 2 run shot


Standing - Paris Swingers are 36-45 in 8th place in the NL Atlantic trailing the 7th place West Palm Beach Dinos by 5 games and leading the 9th place collective of the Charleston Cheetahs and Savannah Thunder by one game

Looking Ahead - Paris will face the Savannah Thunder in Georgia with a tight one game lead, then the next stop will be home again to play the Boise Parrots


Transactions - Johnny Dickshot and Joel Collins were promoted to the big team and BJ Vogt with Ernesto Cancino were designated for assignment.

[majormet]

The Paris Swingers come into Savannah and take 2 out of 3 games on the road to secure 8th place and move closer to 7th out of the 14 teams in the NL Atlantic. Team was in better spirit on flight home to play the Boise Parrots

Game #82 - Paris Swingers 1 Savannah Thunder 0

WP - Bill Gogolewski (6-6)
LP - Ty Blach (5-8)
Save - Ben DeMott (14)

Star of Game - Bill Gogolewski (6.2 IP, 0 ER, 2 hits, 8 K's)

Homers
Paris - Bobby Kielty (17)


Recap - Gogolewski is making doubters out of the media when he pitches like this. Savannah batters could not figure him out. Blach was solid for 5 innings allowing the one mistake to Kielty. Wellington Castillo had 2 of the Paris 6 hits and DeMott shut the door. Savannah only had 3 hits on the day 2 of which were by Lou Say.


Game #83 - Paris Swingers 7 Savannah Thunder 1

WP - Joel Collins (2-0)
LP - Bob Miller (1-3)

Star of Game - Harlond Clift (2-4, 2 homers, 3 RBI's)

Homers
Paris - Harlond Clift (15,16)


Recap - Clift has had the sophomore jinx but came through big in Savannah today. Collins pitched 7 scoreless innings and fanned 7 batters as he replaces Ernesto Cancino in the rotation. Utah senator Mitt Romney was tough in the star for Savannah pitching 5 scoreless innings and striking out 6 batters. Paris got 3 runs off of Miller early in relief and 3 more off of Steve Gromek later in the game. Amos Booth had 3 hits and an RBI for Paris in his breakout game. Gene Baker had 2 hits and 2 RBI's. Savannah got 2 hits in the game from Roy Campanella


Game #84 - Savannah Thunder 8 Paris Swingers 3

WP - Gabe White (2-1)
LP - Paul Thormodsgard (3-7)

Star of Game - Dennis Casey

Homers
Savannah - Roy Foster (14), Dennis Casey (13)


Recap - Savannah got 3 in the first inning and never looked back as they salvaged the series. Tommy Bridges started for Savannah but tired after 4 innings despite being in command. Thormodsgard stunk it up for 5 runs and 10 hits allowed in 3 2/3 innings. Denys Baez continued his great pitching for 1 2/3 of hitless relief. Casey drove in 4 runs and Hal Chase had 4 hits which is what propelled Savannah to victory.



Standing - Paris Swingers are 38-46 and are in 8th place in the NL Atlantic trailing the 7th place West Palm Beach Dinos by 4 games leading the 9th place combination of the Charleston Cheetahs and Savannah Thunder by 2 games.

Looking Ahead - The Boise Parrots come to town and they are 56-28 and in 3rd place in the NL West trailing the first place Arizona Diamondbacks by 3 games. Then the Swingers head to Nebraska to play the Lincoln Music


Transactions - Ernesto Cancino and BJ Vogt cleared waivers and were assigned to AAA Amarillo.

[majormet]

The plane ride to Lincoln is not good as the Paris Swingers thought they had turned the corner before the Boise Parrots came to town and swept them. The next stretch of schedule is favorable but when they play these kinds of series, they are exposed as a 2nd year expansion team

Game #85 - Boise Parrots 22 Paris Swingers 1

WP - Carl Pavano (10-2)
LP - Happy Townsend (6-7)

Star of Game - Joe Morgan (3-4, Homer, 5 RBI's)

Homers
Boise - John Briggs (10), Joe Morgan (9)


Recap - When Townsend don't got it, he looks like a beer league pitcher and that is what it was like today. He gave up 7 runs in 1 1/3 innings and 4 hitters got to pitch today. Pavano fanned 8 and did not read the enormous run support. Jonathan Schoop drove in 3 runs to go along with Morgan's 5 and Briggs' 4. Harlond Clift had 2 of the 4 Paris hits. Simply a game to wash from memory


Game #86 - Boise Parrots 4 Paris Swingers 3

WP - Kenley Jansen (3-1)
LP - Ben DeMott (3-1)
Save - George Mohart (24)

Star of Game - George Davies (5 IP, 4 hits, 1 ER, 8 K's)

Homers
Paris - Wellington Castillo (6)

Recap - Paris had the 3-0 lead in this one as Ed Karger was good for 4 innings before giving up 3 in the 5th inning. DeMott has been great but he came into a tie game and walked Joe Morgan with the bases loaded in the top 9th which plated home Javier Valentin. Mohart is a lights out ace and Boise wins the game. Boise got 3 hits from Valentin and 2 hits each from volatile players in Lenny "Nails" Dykstra and Vincent Vega the Parisian hitman. Vega was a Paris hitman before going to the baseball fields and worked with Jules Winnfield. At 39 years old Vegas is hitting .340 playing every day. Paris got 2 hits each from Tony Piet and Castillo


Game #87 - Boise Parrots 8 Paris Swingers 6

WP - Hyun-Jin Ryu (10-2)
LP - Mitch Keller (2-2)
Save - George Mohart (25)

Star of Game - Hyun-Jin Ryu (6 IP, 6 hits, 3 ER 4 K's)

Homers
Boise - Jonathan Schoop (29)
Paris - Dexter Fowler (9), Jack Dawson (25), Bobby Kielty (18)


Recap - Boise completes the sweep in this one was Ryu was not his best but good enough. Bill Gogolewski lasted 4 innings and gave up 2 earned runs, he was fatigued after an hour rain delay. Paris got 2 runs in the bottom of the 9th off of Boise reliever Andy Karl, but Mohart put out the fire. The crazy combination of Lenny Dysktra and Vincent Vega were huge for Boise as they both drove in 2 runs, Dykstra had 3 hits. Tony Piet, Milt Bolling and Fowler had 2 hits each but Paris fell short


Standing - Paris Swingers are 38-49 and are in 8th place in the NL Atlantic trailing the West Palm Beach Dinos by 4 games and leading the 9th place combination of the Charleston Cheetahs and Savannah Thunder by 2 games, as both of those teams got swept

Looking Ahead - Paris is heading to Nebraska to play the Lincoln Music. Lincoln is 22-65 and in 12th place in the NL Midwest and then the 13th place NL Midwest Lagos Hammerheads come to town, they should win a few games.


Transactions - Scott Brown went on the injured list for 10 days which gets John Stuper promoted. Brown will be out 3 weeks with shoulder tendonitis. Stuper was 2-8 in Amarillo but had a 3.95 ERA. Also Ricky Nelson finds his way to the disabled list. Nelson sprained his ankle and is out 2 weeks which brings BJ Vogt back to Paris Vogt was hitting .385 in the minors after hitting half of that at the major league level all year.

[majormet]

The Paris Swingers pull off the sweep on the road in Lincoln against the Lincoln Music, not a town known for it's music scene but neither is Salt Lake City the cool jazz capital of the world. Things are looking bright now flying home to play Lagos before traveling back to play West Palm Beach who is the team Paris is chasing in the standings next

Game #88 - Paris Swingers 9 Lincoln Music 0

WP - Joel Collins (3-0)
LP - Max Scherzer (4-5)

Star of Game - Joel Collins (8.2 IP, 3 hits, 0 ER 4 K's)

Homers
Paris - Harlond Clift (17), Bobby Kielty (19), BJ Vogt (4)


Recap - Collins is back and he really was solid in the minors, this 33 year old journeyman is finding himself as he finally taken out in the 9th as he hit 100 pitches and John Stuper finished the game. Paris abused Scherzer for 6 runs in 3 1/3 innings which brought his ERA up to 3.18 on the season. Scherzer is a 22 year old rookie and had the misfortune of being drafted by Lincoln. Kielty had 3 hits while Clift and Vogt drove in 2 runs apiece for the offense. John Smith collected 2 of Lincoln's mere 3 hits.


Game #89 - Paris Swingers 4 Lincoln Music 3

WP - Paul Thormodsgard (4-7)
LP - Hal Griggs (1-7)
Save - Bob Lee (1)

Star of Game - Paul Thormodsgard (6 IP, 6 hits, 2 ER, 4 K's)

Homers
Paris - Harlond Clift (18)


Recap - Paris got 3 runs in the first inning and never looked back in this one. Thormodsgard continues to show some of his promise from last year. Griggs gave up 4 runs in 3 innings and the Lincoln pen silenced Paris thereafter. Clift hit a 2 run homer while Dexter Fowler, Wellington Castillo and BJ Vogt had 2 hits each. Lenny Green and Humberto Quintero had 2 hits each for Lincoln


Game #90 - Paris Swingers 4 Lincoln Music 3 (12 innings)

WP - Ben DeMott (4-1)
LP - Brad Lidge (0-2)
Save - Rudy Hernandez (2)

Star of Game - Scott Kazmir (6 1/3 innings, 2 hits, 0 ER 11 K's)

Homers
Paris - Tony Piet (8), Wellington Castillo (7)


Recap - Castillo drills the go head homer in the 12th off of "Lights Out" Lidge. Kazmir was untouchable and hit the 90 pitches and Paris bats were happy to see him exit the game. Happy Townsend started and was taken out in the 3rd inning with an injury, there is no update on the injury but the bullpen got overworked today. John Stuper looked great with 3 scoreless innings. Paris got to Dan Quisenberry and Scott Williamson in relief including Piet's homer. Piet hit a 3 runs hot and Paris got 2 hits each from Castillo, Gail Hopkins and Johnny Dickshot. Lincoln did not hit a homer all series. Their offense came from sports announcer Dan Patrick and Joe Frazier (not the boxer but the ex Mets manager) with 2 hits each.


Standing - Paris Swingers are 41-49 in 8th place in the NL Atlantic and they trail the 7th place West Palm Beach Dinos by 2 games and lead the 9th place Charleston Cheetahs by 2 games.


Looking Ahead - Another easy team on the docket as the Lagos Hammerheads come to the city of lights. Lago is 20-69 and are in 13th place in the NL Midwest


Transactions - None

[majormet]

The Paris Swingers are taking advantage of the bad competition and complete back to back sweeps and have won 6 games in a row and are now in 7th place in the NL Atlantic. Paris went ballistic offensively in this home series against Lagos and now they will head to West Palm Beach to play a division rival.


Game #91 - Paris Swingers 14 Lagos Hammerheads 0

WP - Ed Karger (5-9)
LP - Roenis Elias (0-8)

Star of Game - Milt Bolling (3-4, grand slam, 6 RBI's)

Homers
Paris - Harlond Clift (19), Milt Bolling (6), Bobby Kielty (20)

Recap - Paris lays it on today with a blowout win. Karger worked 6 1/3 innings and fanned 8 batters and lowered his ERA to 3.74. Paris lit up any Lagos pitcher that took the mound, including PJ Walters for 3 runs without recording an out. BJ Vogt and Bolling had 3 hits each, Clift hit a run 3 homer. Lago got 7 hits, 2 of which were by Henry Luff and Marty Martinez.



Game #92 - Paris Swingers 21 Lagos Hammerheads 3

WP - Bill Gogolewski (7-6)
LP - Harry Hardy (3-7)

Star of Game - Tony Piet (3-4, 2 Homers, 4 RBI's)

Homers
Lagos - TJ Rivera (7), Ike Brown (7)

Paris - Dexter Fowler (10), Tony Piet (9,10), Harlond Clift (20), Gail Hopkins (20), Bobby Kielty (21,22), Wellington Castillo (8), Milt Bolling (7)

Recap - Another football score victory. Piet was not supposed to have any power, but now has 10 homers. Gogolewski pitched 6 innings and gave up 2 runs. Lagos started Roenis Elias for a 2nd straight night and they got blown out. Piet and Bolling drive in 4 runs each, while Castillo drove in 4 runs. Lagos got 2 hit games from Henry Luff and veteran Chick Stahl.


Game #93 - Paris Swingers 19 Lagos Hammerheads 6

WP - Joel Collins (4-0)
LP - Todd Stottlemyre (1-9)

Star of Game - Gene Baker (2-2, HR 5 RBI's)

Homers
Lagos - Henry Luff (15), William Outen (17), Jason Botts (1)
Paris - Johnny Dickshot (3), Harlond Clift (21), Gene Baker (5)

Recap - Paris scores 54 runs in 3 games as they exploded for 4 runs off Stottlemyre early and then 5 more against Harry Hardy and had a 10-0 lead after 2 innings. Collins continues to shine lasting 6 innings and allowing just 4 runs. Wellington Castillo continues his hot bat with 4 hits and 5 RBI's and has improved his average to .248 on the year. Clift drove in 3 runs. TJ Rivera had 3 hits and an RBI for Lagos.


Standing - Paris Swingers are 44-49 and are tied for 7th place with the West Palm Beach Dinos in the NL Atlantic they trailed the 6th place Miami Marlins by 9 games and lead the 9th place Savannah Thunder by 4 full games.

Looking Ahead - Paris will go to West Palm Beach to plays the Dinos in a big series for 7th place in the division before heading back home to play the Melbourne Caribou.


Transactions - Happy Townsend was lost for the season with torn ligament in his elbow. Ernesto Cancino is back up to take his place in the rotation.

[majormet]

The Paris Swingers won the first 2 games down here in Mar-A-Lago but lost the 3rd game to snap a solid 8 game winning streak. Paris is starting to look like world beaters and if this was the 2027 standing configuration of the worldwide teams, Paris would be in first place. But the schedule will be very tough now in July 2026.


Game #94 - Paris Swingers 9 West Palm Beach Dinos 2

WP - Denys Baez - (4-1)
LP - Foster Edwards (2-4)

Star of Game - Harlond Clift (Grand Slam)

Homers
Paris - Harlond Clift (22)
West Palm Beach - Marlon Byrd (4)

Recap - Paris scored 7 runs in the 8th inning with Clift's slam and broke the 2-2 tie. Paul Thormodsgard started and went 6 innings allowing just 2 runs. Al Williams started for West Palm but fatigued after 4 1/3 innings. Edwards got the loss but it was Zack Eflin that gave up the Clift slam in the 8th. Milt Bolling continued his hot hitting with 3 hits and 2 RBI's. Byrd had 2 hits for West Palm including the homer


Game #95 - Paris Swingers 14 West Palm Beach Dinos 5

WP - Ernesto Cancino (3-9)
LP - Lou Sleater (5-8)

Star of Game - Tony Piet (4-6, homer 2 RBI's)

Homers
Paris - Dexter Fowler (11), Tony Piet (11), Milt Bolling (8)

West Palm Beach - Andy Leonard (10), Freddie Freeman (18), Dave Concepcion (3)


Recap - Paris led 9-3 after 4 innings and made a winner out of Cancino who has 9 lives. Cancino pitched 5 2/3 innings and allowed 3 earned runs which is a good outing for him. Paris got 9 runs and 11 hits off of Sleater who has really been terrible this year for West Palm Beach. Fowler hit a grand slam and Bolling drove in 4 runs in the game. Walter Barbare and Concepcion each had 3 hits for the losing West Palm Beach team


Game #96 - West Palm Beach Dinos 6 Paris Swingers 3

WP - Amos Rusie (5-4)
LP - Ed Karger (5-10)
Save - Zack Eflin (1)

Star of Game - Amos Rusie (8 1/3 IP, 10 hits, 3 ER, 10 K's)

Homers
Paris - Gail Hopkins (21)
West Palm Beach - Freddie Freeman (19), Chet Laabs (13)

Recap - West Palm jumped on Karger for 5 runs in 3 innings and that was enough to end the Paris win streak at 8 games. Rusie was in the zone with 10 strikeouts for the game. John Stuper held the fort down for Paris with 2 scoreless innings and has been effective since his call up. Lloyd Merriman had 2 hits and 2 RBI's to lead West Palm's offense. Dexter Fowler and Hopkins had 2 hits each for Paris in the loss.


Standing - Paris Swingers are in 7th place in the NL Atlantic with a 46-50 record and trail the 6th place Miami Marlins by 8 games and lead the 8th place West Palm Beach Dinos by one game.

Looking Ahead - The Melbourne Caribou come to Paris to play a series and they are 33-63 and tied for 12th place in the NL Pacific. Then Paris heads to Newark to play the Newark Thieves.

Transactions - None

[majormet]

The Paris Swingers failed to take advantage of a home series with the inferior Melbourne Caribou and drop two out of three games. Not that the Swingers are playing for too much this year, but a .500 record would far exceed expectations and the schedule ahead is not easy as they head to Newark.


Game #97 - Melbourne Caribou 6 Paris Swingers 2

WP - Newt Kimball (1-0)
LP - Bill Gogolewski (7-7)

Star of Game - Roman Josi (2 run single)

Homers - None

Recap - Melbourne put up a 6 spot in the top of the 3rd inning off of Gogolewski and that was the game. Gogolewski has been inconsistent in his rookie year. Bullpen was strong with 4 scoreless innings. Bob Allen started for Melbourne but was tired into the 3rd inning and Melbourne won with a bullpen outing. The hockey star Josi had the big breakout hit in the 3rd inning Yuniel Escobar, Mariano Duncan and Jason Jaramillo had 2 hits each for Melbourne. Tony Piet had 2 of the 6 hits by Paris


Game #98 - Melbourne Caribou 3 Paris Swingers 2

WP - Hal Reniff (1-4)
LP - Bob Lee (0-1)
Save - Kevin Jepsen (9)

Star of Game - Jon Gray (5 IP, 1 hit, 1 ER, 3 K's)

Homers
Melbourne - Yuniel Escobar (9)
Paris - Gail Hopkins (22)

Recap - Alex Cole hit a sacrifice fly off of Lee in the 8th inning to break the 2-2 tie which enables Melbourne to win the game. Gray was tough allowing one hit which was a first inning homer by Hopkins. Joel Collins continues to surprise as he pitched 6 innings for Paris and allowed just 2 runs. Earl Smith and Jose Torres had 2 hits each for Melbourne. Hopkins had 2 of the 3 Paris hits


Game #99 - Paris Swingers 7 Melbourne Caribou 1

WP - Paul Thormodsgard (5-7)
LP - Curtis King (2-7)

Star of Game - Paul Thormodsgard (8 IP, 5 hits, 1 ER, 4 K's)

Homers
Paris - Tony Piet (12)

Recap - Paris had the 6-0 lead after 4 innings as they lit up King. Thormodsgard is having a strong second half like he did in 2025. Piet had 3 hits and 2 RBI's while Wellington Castillo remained hot with 2 hits and 2 RBI's. Tommy "Good Fella" Devito and Donovan Solano collected 2 hits apiece for the losing Melbourne team


Standing - Paris is 47-52 in 7th place in the NL Atlantic trailing the 6th place Miami Marlins by 9 games and leading the 8th place West Palm Beach Dinos by 2 games.

Looking Ahead - Paris goes to the lovely city of Newark to play the Newark Theives. Newark is also 47-52 on the year but they are in a 9th place tie in the NL East with the Halifax Eclipse

Transactions - Ricky Nelson has been activated and BJ Vogt was designated for reassignment yet again.

[majormet]

The Paris Swinger lose their second straight series this time on the road in dreadful Newark. Now the schedule will get complicated with the San Francisco Giants coming to down and then the trip back over the Atlantic to play the Milwaukee Brewers.

Game #100 - Newark Thieves 9 Paris Swingers 7

WP - Dummy Deegan (2-2)
LP - John Stuper (0-1)
Save - Jake McGee (5)

Star of Game - Heinie Mueller (3-4, grand slam 4 RBI's)

Homers
Paris - Harlond Clift (23)
Newark - Heinie Muller (9)

Recap - Paris took a 5-4 lead into the bottom of the 7th inning before Newark answered with 5 runs capped off by Mueller's grand slam off of Rudy Hernandez. Ernesto Cancino had his typical inept outing going 4 4 2/3 innings and allowing 4 runs. Mark Gubicza started for Newark and gave up 3 runs in 5 innings. Bill Sweeney had 3 hits and 2 RBI's to add to the Newark offense. Ricky Nelson returns for Paris and drills 3 hits and drives in a run. Clift seems to be hitting homers every game


Game #101 - Paris Swingers 7 Newark Thieves 2 (10 innings)

WP - Ben DeMott (5-1)
LP - Shane Carle (5-3)

Star of Game - Jack Dawson (4-5, 4 RBI's)

Homers
Paris - Gail Hopkins (23)


Recap - Paris gets 5 runs in the top of the 10th including the 3 run triple by Titanic passenger Jack Dawson. Ed Karger started for Paris and up 2 runs in 6 innings. DeMott pitched 2 solid scoreless innings to get the win. Slow Joe Doyle worked 5 innings for Newark and allowed just 2 runs. Hopkins had 3 hits including a 2 run homer to add to the Paris offense. Bill Sweeney and Myles Straw each collected 3 hits for Newark


Game #102 - Newark Thieves 8 Paris Swingers 1

WP - Yu Darvish (5-8)
LP - Bill Gogolewski (7-8)

Star of Game - Yu Darvish (6 2/3 IP, 3 hits, 1 walk, 13 K's)

Homers
Newark - Tommy Holmes (5)

Recap - Newark wins the series with a 5-0 lead after 3 innings and Paris had no idea how to hit Darvish who smoked 13 batters. Gogolewski was knocked out in the 3rd inning and allowed 5 runs, and gave Paris no chance to win. Bill Sweeney, Fred Dunlap and Willard Hershberger each picked up 3 hits for Newark in the one sided battle. Gail Hopkins drove in the lone Paris run as they only had 4 hits.


Standing - Paris Swingers are 48-54 and are in 7th place in the NL Atlantic and trail the 6th place Miami Marlins by 9 games and lead the 8th place West Palm Beach Dinos by one game


Looking Ahead - The San Francisco Giants come to town with a 67-35 record and are tied for 3rd place in the NL Pacific with the Honolulu Riptide and trail the first place Sacramento Bees by 5 games. Then the Swingers travel to Milwaukee to play the tough Brewers

Tranasctions - None

[majormet]

The Paris Swingers are still playing well as they take two of 3 games from a better team in Paris. The San Francisco Giants have been winning 2 out of 3 games on average for the season but Paris showed up nearly swept the series.


Game #103 - Paris Swingers 6 San Francisco Giants 3

WP - Joel Collins (5-0)
LP - Jim Palmer (13-4)
Save - Ben DeMott (15)

Star of Game - Gene Baker (3-4, homer)

Homers
San Francisco - Deacon White (23), Tommy Davis (9)
Paris - Ricky Nelson (6), Gail Hopkins (24), Gene Baker (6)

Recap - Jim Palmer was been dominant and then got injured in 2nd inning and is now out for the season, a huge blow to the Giants. Collins allowed just 2 runs and 3 hits over 5 innings and fanned 7, his consistency has been shocking. Jesus Sanchez gave up 3 runs in relief for the Giants. Hopkins hit an early 3 run shot off of Palmer and Nelson had 2 hits and 2 RBI's. Cal Ripken Jr and Davis had 2 hits each in the loss for San Francisco


Game #104- Paris Swingers 11 San Francisco Giants 0

WP - Paul Thormodsgard (6-7)
LP - Mike Mattimore (2-2)

Star of Game - Johnny Dickshot (2-3, homer, 4 RBI's)

Homers
Paris - Johnny Dickshot (4)

Recap - Surprising blowout of solid team and great pitching for Thormodsgard who went 7 innings and gave up just 5 hits while fanning 6 batters. John Stuper pitched the last 2 innings before he was demoted. Paris got to Mattimore for 5 runs in 4 innings. Dickshot is trying to establish himself on the major league level, he has a .312 average. Milt Bolling had 2 hits and 2 RBI's and Gail Hopkins scored 3 runs. Mark Teahen had 2 of the 5 San Francisco hits.


Game #105 - San Francisco Giants 8 Paris Swingers 7 (10 innings)

WP - Bill Wise (3-4)
LP - Chris Stratton (1-1)

Star of Game - Charlie Reilly (4-5, RBI)

Homers
San Francisco - Deacon White (24)
Paris - Ricky Nelson (7), Milt Bolling (9)

Recap - White hits huge grand slam in the 9th inning off of Ben Demott to tie the game. Ryan Church hits the sacrifice fly in the 10th to score Donie Bush for the go ahead run. George Uhle pitched 5 innings and allowed just 2 runs for Giants. Paris got 3 runs off of Bobby Parnell in relief. Ernesto Cancino only last 4 2/3 innings and allowed just 2 earned runs. Church had 2 hits and an RBI in the victory. Jack Dawson had a 3 hit game to come out of his slump for Paris.


Standing - Paris Swingers are 50-55 in 7th place in the NL Atlantic trailing the 6th place Miami Marlins by 8 games and leading the 8th place Savannah Thunder and West Palm Beach Dinos by 3 games.

Looking Ahead - Paris Swingers have a big road series at Miller Park against the Milwaukee Brewers. Brewers are 74-31 and are tied for 2nd place in the NL Central trailing the first place Cincinnati Reds by 8 games. Then Paris comes home to play the Miami Marlins who the Swingers are chasing for 6th place.


Transactions - Scott Brown was activated from the disabled list and is back in the bullpen . To make room for Brown, John Stuper was sent back down to Amarillo.

[majormet]

Going to Milwaukee was definitely going to be a challenge, but Paris won one game in the series before heading back home to play the Miami Marlins. Team does not seem to go into self destruct mode as much any more

Game #106 - Milwaukee Brewers 4 Paris Swingers 3

WP - Henry Boyle (15-5)
LP - Ed Karger (5-11)
Save - Brian Holton (1)

Star of Game - Henry Boyle (7 IP, 3 hits, 1 ER, 6 K's)

Homers
Paris - Harlond Clift (24), Wellington Castillo (9)

Recap - Milwaukee had a 4-0 lead and Paris chipped away but fell short. Boyle is a top notch pitcher with a 2.76 ERA he is not easy to face. Paris did get 2 runs off of reliever Kevin McGlinchey who has a 1.30 ERA on the year. Karger was not effective giving 4 runs in 4 1/3 innings. Ivan Calderon had 2 hits and Jason Giambi had 2 RBI's for the victorious Brewers. Paris got 2 hits apiece from Jack Dawson and Castillo


Game #107 - Paris Swingers 4 Milwaukee Brewers 3 (10 innings)

WP - Scott Brown (4-3)
LP - Brian Holton (1-1)
Save - Ben DeMott (16)

Star of Game - Johnny Dickshot (2-4, Homer, 2 RBI's)

Homers
Paris - Johnny Dickshot (5), Gail Hopkins (25)

Recap - Hopkins hits the go ahead homer in the 10th inning off of Holton. Bill Gogolewski gave up the 3 runs all unearned in 3 innings and tired out. The bullpen was stellar pitching 7 scoreless innings, which Denys Baez worked 3 without allowing a hit. Frank Killen started for Milwaukee and worked 4 innings and was done after tossing 81 pitches. Gene Baker, Hopkins and Dickshot all had 2 hits each for the winning Paris team. The Big Hurt/Frank Thomas had 2 of the 5 hits by Milwaukee


Game #108 - Milwaukee Brewers 8 Paris Swingers 6

WP - Caleb Thielbar (3-1)
LP - Scott Brown (4-4)

Star of Game - Ivan Calderon (3-4, HR 4 RBI's)

Homers
Paris - Jack Dawson (26), Harlond Clift (25)
Milwaukee - Ivan Calderon (23), Milt Stock (14), Gus Triandos (14)

Recap - Calderon hits the walk off homer against Denys Baez to send the Brewer fans home happy. Paris got 5 runs in 5 innings against Lady Baldwin who is the Milwaukee ace. Baldwin fanned 8 batters. Joel Collins did not have his best stuff allowing 4 runs in 4 innings, bullpen held things together until Brown and Baez were not effective in the 9th inning. Stock and Triandos had 2 hits and 2 RBI's each for the Brewers. Dexter Fowler and Clift both drove in 2 runs for Paris in the loss


Standing - Paris Swingers are 51-57 in 7th place in the NL Atlantic trailing the 6th place Miami Marlins by 8 games. Paris leads the 8th place West Palm Beach Dinos by 1 game.


Looking Ahead - The Miami Marlins who are 59-49 come to town in 6th place in the NL Atlantic and just ahead of Paris in the division. The next series is a road one with a tough New Orleans Zebras team.


Transactions - None.

[majormet]

The Miami Marlins came to town and swept the Paris Swingers, it was not a good series. Paris has now lost 4 straight and fallen behind the Savannah Thunder in the division and now head to the Big Easy to play the solid New Orleans Zebras

Game #109 - Miami Marlins 9 Paris Swingers 2

WP - Roy Crabb (4-4)
LP - Rudy Hernandez (3-4)

Star of Game - Hal Trosky (2-5, grand slam)

Homers
Miami - Hal Trosky (29)
Paris - Tony Piet (13)

Recap - Miami breaks a 2-2 tie with 7 runs in the top of the 8th off of the Paris bullpen. Carlos Zambrano started for Miami and allowed the 2 runs over 6 innings. Paul Thormodsgard only lasted 3 innings in this one for Paris giving up 2 runs but made 77 pitches. Mitch Keller had 2 solid innings but bullpen fell apart in the 8th. Trosky has had a bad year hitting .240 as he is a past MVP. Dernell Stenson and Red Barnes had 2 hits and 2 RBI's each for Miami in the win. Wellington Castillo and Piet each had 2 hits and an RBI for Paris.


Game #110 - Miami Marlins 7 Paris Swingers 6 (11 innings)

WP - Joe Gonzales (2-3)
LP - Scott Brown (4-5)

Star of Game - Bart Johnson (5.1 IP, 4 hits 0 ER 7 K's)

Homers
Miami - Ron Hassey (15)
Paris - Dexter Fowler (12)

Recap - Arky Vaughan singled home Dick Buckley in the top of the 11th which put Miami over as Brown faltered. Johnson was tough but fatigued early for Miami. Ernesto Cancino lasted 4 innings and gave up 3 runs and the bullpen got overworked again. Ben DeMott did pitch 2 scoreless innings for Paris. Vaughan had 3 hits and 2 RBI's while Miami got 2 RBI's each from Keston Hiura and Hassey. Fowler's homer was a grand slam as part of a 6 run 7th to get Paris back in the game. Barry Evans added 2 hits and 2 RBI's for Paris in the loss.


Game #111 - Miami Marlins 15 Paris Swingers 6

WP - Michael Wacha (7-4)
LP - Ed Karger (5-12)

Star of Game - Dustin Pedroia (3-5, HR 4 RBI's)

Homers
Miami - Arky Vaughan (13), Dernell Stenson (27), Dustin Pedroia (13)


Recap - Paris took a 2-0 lead in the first inning but Miami was relentless the rest of the way. Wacha gave up 3 runs in 5 1/3 innings for Miami, while Karger was touched up for 9 runs over 6 innings of which 6 were earned for Paris. Keston Hiura had 4 hits while Vaughan and Pedrioa collected 3 each for Miami. Harlond Clift and Bobby Kielty both had 2 hits and 2 RBI's for Paris in defeat


Standing - Paris Swingers are 51-60 and are now tied for 8th place with the West Palm Beach Dinos in the NL Atlantic. They trail the 7th place Savannah Thunder by one game and lead the 10th place Charleston Cheetahs by 6 games

Looking Ahead - Paris heads to New Orleans to play the New Orleans Zebras. New Orleans is 76-35 and in 2nd place in the NL Midwest trailing the first place Memphis Cougars by 4 games. Then Paris comes home to play the Hartford Rocketmen.

Transactions - None

[majormet]

The Big Easy was not easy and the Paris Swingers continued their slide getting swept and now are on a 6 game losing streak as they head home to play the Hartford Rocketmen.

Game #112 - New Orleans Zebras 4 Paris Swingers 2

WP - Mike Strahler (6-2)
LP - Mitch Keller (2-3)
Save - Andrew Bailey (17)

Star of Game - Bill Gogolewski (5 IP, 3 hits, 1 ER 9 K's)

Homers
New Orleans - Brian McCann (15)

Recap - Gogolewski had his best outing but the bullpen blew the game allowing 2 in the 7th and one in the 8th. New Orleans starter Rick Honeycutt was taken out in the 5th inning, but Strahler pitched 2 strong innings. Ken Griffey Jr and Cody Asche each had 2 hits for New Orlenas in the win. Johnny Dickshot had 2 of the 6 Paris hits as the 2-1 lead did not hold up


Game #113 - New Orleans Zebras 9 Paris Swingers 3

WP - Sid Hudson (9-6)
LP - Joel Collins (5-1)

Star of Game - Max Muncy (2-3, HR 3 RBI's)

Homers
Paris - Ricky Nelson (8)
New Orleans - Wally Moon (12), Max Muncy (18)

Recap - Collins allowed 4 runs in 5 innings which was enough to lose the game. Paris was done 4-3 going into bottom of the 7th and then New Orleans erupted for 5 runs. Scott Brown and Rudy Hernandez gave up the 5 runs. Muncy and Moon had 2 hits and Moon drove in 2 runs while Muncy got 3 for the winning New Orleans team. Nelson drove in 3 runs and Paris did get 12 hits in the game.


Game #114 - New Orleans Zebras 12 Paris Swingers 2

WP - Wily Peralta (11-2)
LP - Paul Thormodsgard (6-8)

Star of Game - Wally Moon (2-5, 2 homers, 5 RBI's)

Homers
Paris - Ricky Nelson (9)
New Orleans - Wally Moon (13,14), Max Muncy (19), Wally Joyner (36)

Recap - This game was not close at any time. Thormodsgard gave up 5 runs in 5 innings and the bullpen was further kerosene. Peralta was tough for 6 innings and allowed just 1 run, he has a 3.17 ERA on the year. The 12 runs for New Orleans were driven in by 3 players Moon (5), Muncy (4), Joyner (3). Gail Hopkins and Nelson drove in a run each to account for the Paris offense.


Standing - Paris Swingers are now 51-63 and are tied for 8th place in the NL Atlantic with the West Palm Beach Dinos and they trail the 7th place Savannah Thunder by 2 games while leading the 10th place Charleston Cheetahs by 4 full games

Looking Ahead - Paris heads home to play the Hartford Rocketmen. Hartford is 60-54 and in 7th place in the NL East and this is a winnable series. Then Paris heads out to Montreal to play the Anchors.

Transactions - Paris made a trade to acquire Sean Douglass a starting pitcher from the Birmingham Hillcats but gave up Danys Baez and Sam Leslie to do so. Baez had been putting it all together this second half but they got rid of him to get a starting pitcher that has been waived a lot. Douglass was 7-10 last year for Birmingham but in the minors this year.

Corresponding move was to designate Ernesto Cancino for reassignment and bring back up John Stuper. Stuper was strong when he was up but was demoted when Scott Brown returned from injury.

[majormet]

The Paris Swingers had a decent home series taking 2 out of 3 games from the Hartford Rocketmen. Paris went into the series with a 6 game losing streak but stabilized against Hartford and now head to Montreal to play the Montreal Anchors

Game #115 - Paris Swingers 5 Hartford Rocketmen 4

WP - Ben DeMott (6-1)
LP - Lloyd Hittle (0-2)

Star of Game - Jim Shaw (5 IP, 3 hits, 1 ER 7 K's)

Homers
Hartford - Happy Felsch (39), Buzz Murphy (26)


Recap - Paris scored 4 in the bottom of the 9th to win the game. Bobby Kielty singled home Gail Hopkins for the walk off win. Shaw was tough for Hartford but Paris got to the Hartford pen in the 9th inning. Ed Karger was decent for 6 innings but allowed the 4 runs over that time. Ricky Nelson carried the offense with 3 hits. For Hartford, Tim Salmon drove in 2 runs.


Game #116 - Hartford Rocketmen 8 Paris Swingers 4

WP - Ron Darling (5-4)
LP - Rudy Hernandez (3-5)
Save - Zach Putnam (1)

Star of Game - Tim Salmon (3-5, HR 2 RBI's)

Homers
Hartford - Tim Salmon (25), Buzz Murphy (27)
Paris - Jack Dawson (27), Gail Hopkins (26)

Recap - Hartford took a 4-3 lead in the 6th inning and that was enough to sustain the rest of the way. Jack Kraus started for Hartford but lasted 4 innings although he did not allow an earned run. Sean Douglass made his Paris debut and was not very effective giving up 3 earned runs and lasting just 4 innings. Bob Lee gave up 3 runs in relief and he has been the steady reliever in the Paris pen. Luis Sojo had a 4 hit game for Hartford to go along with Salmon's strong night. Harlond Clift, Bobby Kielty and Hopkins each had 2 hits for Paris in the loss


Game #117 - Paris Swingers 5 Hartford Rocketmen 4

WP - Bill Gogolewski (8-8)
LP - Tommy Thomas (9-7)
Save - John Stuper (1)

Star of Game - Tim Salmon (3-4, HR 2 RBI's)

Homers
Hartford - Tim Salmon (26)
Paris - Harlond Clift (26), Ricky Nelson (10)

Recap - Paris had the 4-1 lead after 5 and held on as Gogolewski was effective. Salmon wore out Paris pitchers but Paris still won the series. Nelson hit his homer and then was optioned to Amarillo, he had 10 homers and a .265 average. Thomas allowed 4 runs in 4 2/3 innings and did not look good for Hartford. Clift had 2 hits and an RBI to lead Paris to the win. Dick Sisler picked up 2 hits for Hartford in the loss


Standing - Paris Swingers are 53-64 in 8th place in the NL Atlantic trailing the 7th place Savannah Thunder by 3 games and leading the 9th place West Palm Beach Dinos by one game

Looking Ahead - Paris Swingers head to Montreal to play the Montreal Anchors. Montreal is 63-54 and in 6th place in the NL East trailing the first place New York, Mets by 22 games. Then the Cozumel Scouts come to Paris.


Transactions - Paris made another trade, this time with the Chicago Cubs to get Brazilian outfielder Paulo Orlando. Paris trades away in the deal reliever Dad Clarke and OF JB Shuck. Orlando hit .329 in the minors for the Cubs and came up with 2 homers and 10 RBI's in a short stint in Chicago. Paris expects Orlando to be the leadoff hitter.

In order to make room for Orlando, Ricky Nelson was sent down to the farm.

[majormet]

The Paris Swingers left Montreal just winning one of 3 games and how head home to play the Cozumel Scouts. A bunch of close games but Montreal is a pitching strong team


Game #118 - Paris Swingers 5 Montreal Anchors 4

WP - Chris Stratton (2-1)
LP - Frank Beck (2-4)
Save - Ben DeMott (17)

Star of Game - Earl Johnson (6.1 IP, 5 hits, 3 ER, 6 K's)

Homers
Paris - Dexter Fowler (13)
Montreal - Joey Votto (29), Tyler O'Neill (1), Ken McIntyre (6)

Recap - Joel Collins scattered the 3 runs over 5 innings and the bullpen was strong. Paris wins the game in the top of the 9th inning as Bobby Kielty tripled in 2 runs off of Dan Wheeler which were credited to Beck. Johnson was effective for Montreal but Paris got into their pen. Montreal got homers from newly acquired guys in O'Neill and McIntyre. Kielty had 2 hits and 2 RBI's to lead the way. Stan Javier collected 3 hits for Montreal in the loss


Game #119 - Montreal Anchors 4 Paris Swingers 2

WP - Jay Pritchett (2-2)
LP - Paul Thormodsgard (6-9)
Save - Frank Beck (13)

Star of Game - Jay Pritchett (5.1 IP, 3 hits, 0 ER 5 K's)

Homers
Paris - Jack Dawson (28)
Montreal - Tyler O'Neill (2), Gene Oliver (28)

Recap - Montreal traded away Bartolo Colon with Modern Family wealthy man Pritchett in the wings and Pritchett lowered his ERA to 1.64 with this win. Thormodsgard wasn't bad allowing 3 runs in 5 innings, but those 3 runs were all in the 2nd inning on a 3 run shot by O'Neill. Dawson had 3 hits and an RBI in the loss for Paris


Game #120 - Montreal Anchors 5 Paris Swingers 1

WP - Dwight Gooden (10-7)
LP - Ed Karger (5-13)

Star of Game - Dwight Gooden (5.2 IP, 6 hits, 1 ER 10 K's)

Homers
Montreal - Tyler O'Neill (3)

Recap - Gooden was brilliant and was in DR K form with 10 K's. O'Neill homers in all 3 games as he had 29 homers for the Rochester Surge before coming over in trade. Karger battled and was gone allowing 4 runs in 4 innings. John Stuper pitched 2 scoreless innings for Paris to keep them in the game. Ken Mcintyre had 2 hits and O'Neill's homer was a 3 run bomb. Harlond Clift drives in the only Paris run as they had 8 hits by 8 different batters, Bobby Kielty being the only hitless batter.


Standing - Paris Swingers are 54-66 and in 8th place in the NL Atlantic and trail the 7th place Savannah Thunder by 2 games and lead the 9th place West Palm Beach Dinos by 2 games.


Looking Ahead - Paris hosts the Cozumel Scouts who are 51-67 and in 9th place in the NL West then they head on the road to play the Santa Fe Impact.


Transactions - None

[majormet]

A very disappointing series at home against Cozumel which saw the Paris Swingers get swept and they made some trades to get younger

Game #121- Cozumel Scouts 5 Paris Swingers 2

WP - Dick Niehaus (1-0)
LP - Sean Douglass (0-1)
Save - Suds Sutherland (6)

Star of Game - Wellington Castillo (3-4, 2 RBI's)

Homers
Cozumel - David Murphy (21), Von Joshua (13)


Recap - Cozumel scored 5 runs off Douglass in the 5th inning and that was the game. Douglass did not look very good at all. Carl Cashion started for Cozumel but only pitched 4 innings. Rudy Hernandez gave Paris 2 scoreless innings. Joshua hit the big 2 run homer off of Douglass in the 5th. Castillo had 3 hits and Jack Dawson had 2, as Paris had 9 hits but did not cash in


Game #122 - Cozumel Scouts 4 Paris Swingers 3

WP - Matt Wagner (11-10)
LP - Bill Gogolewski (8-9)
Save - Suds Sutherland (7)

Star of Game - Matt Wagner (5 IP, 5 hits, 2 ER, 4 K's)

Homers - None

Recap - Cozumel got 4 unearned runs off of Gogolewski in the 2nd innings and that was the game. Harlond Clift and newly acquired Eddie Miller had big errors in that inning. Gogolewski fanned 6 over five innings but the errors cost him. Wagner was in control and the Cozumel bullpen did the rest. Pete Browning and Johnny Estrada had 2 hits each for Cozumel in the win. Miller had a big 3 hit game in his Paris debut.


Game #123 - Cozumel Scouts 17 Paris Swingers 10

WP - Caleb Ferguson (4-4)
LP - Mitch Keller (2-4)

Star of Game - Harlond Clift (3-4, 3 homers 5 RBI's)

Homers
Cozumel - Pete Browning (18), Rick Monday (24)
Paris - Milt Bolling (10), Harlond Clift (27,28,29), Gail Hopkins (27), Gene Baker (7)

Recap - Paris had the 6-3 lead after 6 innings and Cozumel exploded for 14 runs in the final 3 innings. Clift had the big 3 homer game but it was for naught as Paris lost. Paris knocked former Chicago White Sox ace Clay Kirby out for 6 runs in 4 1/3 innings. Joel Collins started and only lasted 4 innings as well for Paris and Keller was terrible giving up 5 runs in 1/3 inning. Chris Stratton also gave up 4 runs and did not record an out. Monday drove in 4 runs while Tyler Austin had 4 hits and 3 RBI's for Cozumel in the win. Hopkins and Clift had 3 hit games for Paris and Bolling homered in his final game with Paris


Standing - Paris Swingers are 54-69 and tied for 8th place in the NL Atlantic with the West Palm Beach Dinos trailing the 7th place Savannah Thunder by 5 games and leading the 10th place Charleston Cheetahs by 5 games.

Looking Ahead - Paris heads to Santa Fe to play the Impact who are 31-92 and in 11th place in the NL West then they come home to play the expansion Nashua Fire Dogs.


Transactions - Ed Karger was traded to the El Paso Grizzlies for CF Eddie Miller. Miller is a fast guy that strikes out too much.....After that trade Johnny Dickshot was sent to the minors and Ernesto Cancino got recalled. Paris then traded Milt Bolling and Ricky Nelson as a package to the Staten Island Blue Jackets for LF Cal Abrams, Reliever Michael Tejera and reliever Adam Pettyjohn. Abrams is a 24 year old from Philadelphia who was tearing it up in AA ball for Staten Island. ... After those moves, Paris demoted John Stuper to the minors and recalled SS Doc Lavan from the minors. Lavan was hitting .270 with 35 RBI's in AAA, he came over in the same trade from the Houston Astros that saw Johnny Dickshot come to town.

[majormet]

As the Paris Swingers let go of some veterans the team is now pretty vulnerable and they lost 2 out of 3 games on the road to the lowly Santa Fe Impact and now head home to play and even lower Nashua Fire Dogs team.

Game #124 - Santa Fe Impact 4 Paris Swingers 3 (12 Innings)

WP - Phil Regan (1-5)
LP - Mitch Keller (2-5)

Star of the Game - Wynn Hawkins (6 IP, 6 hits, 2 ER, 6 K's)

Homers
Paris - Harlond Clift (30)


Recap - A walk off win for Santa Fe as Roy White drove in the winning run off of Chris Stratton in the 12th, with the loss being credited to Keller. Hawkins was tough to hit for sure and Paris could not solve the Santa Fe pen. Paul Thormodsgard started and went just 4 innings which put a lot of street on the Paris pen. Scott Brown did pitch 2 scoreless innings of relief. Rance Mulliniks had 3 hits and an RBI for Santa Fe in the win. Clift had 3 hits to go with his homer


Game #125 - Paris Swingers 6 Santa Fe Impact 3

WP - Sean Douglass (1-1)
LP - Frank Hoffman (2-17)
Save - Rudy Hernandez (3)

Star of Game - Wellington Castillo (3-4, 2 RBI's)

Homers - None

Recap - Paris scored 4 runs off of Hoffman in the 2nd and never relinquished the lead. Douglass pitched 5 innings and gave up an unearned run and looked good. Eddie Miller and Castillo each drove in 2 runs for Paris in the win. Bob Randall and Tom Lampkin had 2 hit games for Santa Fe


Game #126 - Santa Fe Impact 5 Paris Swingers 2

WP - Mike Soroka (5-8)
LP - Ernesto Cancino (3-10)
Save - Masao Kida (11)

Star of Game - Tom Lampkin (4-4, 3 RBI's)

Homers
Paris - Paulo Orlando (1), Gail Hopkins (28)


Recap - Santa Fe takes the series without hitting a homer. Cancino back like a bad penny but pitched well for 6 innings allowing just 1 earned run. Soroka was tough fanning 8 over 6 innings. Lampkin had 4 hits and Roy White collected 3 for Santa Fe in the win. Orlando hits his first homer for Paris, and had 2 hits and recently recalled shortstop Doc Lavan had 2 hits.


Standing - Paris Swingers are 55-71 and in 9th place in the NL Atlantic trailing the 8th place West Palm Beach Dinos by 1 games and leading the 10th place Charleston Cheetahs by 6 games

Looking Ahead - The Nashua Fire Dogs come to Paris and they are woeful at 26-100 and in last place in the NL East, then Paris travels to Edmonton to play the Edmonton Bluebirds.

Transactions - None