The red hot Mudcats kept their streak alive by pounding the Straphangers 12-5. Dustin Pedroia was 3-5 with 3 RBIs and Magglio Ordonez was 3-5 with 2 RBIs for the Cats. Carolina scored 8 runs in the 7th inning to take the lead away from Sardine City, who was leading 5-4 at the time. It was Carolina's 5th straight victory, moving them to 2 games behind Morris Division frontrunner Hillsborough.
The Hitmen took a bit of a pounding themselves, 10-4 at the hands of the Endzone Animals. Albert Pujols and Josh Willingham each 4 RBIs as the Animals scored all their runs in the first 4 innings. To add injury to insult, Wandy Rodriguez, who was replacing C.C. Sabathia in the rotation, was lost for the next two weeks.
The Cutters had 4 errors in their game against Amityville and only managed 5 hits against the Ant Slayer pitchers, but somehow managed to win their game anyway. Starter Armando Galarraga had shut down the Cutters offense, allowing only 2 runs on 3 hits in 7 innings, and left with a 4-2 lead after 7. In the 9th inning, reliever J.J. Putz walked the first two batters, then gave way to John Grabow. After striking out the first batter, Grabow gave up a base hit to Ryan Church to bring the score to 4-3. The next batter, Hank Blalock, took Grabow deep, hitting a 3-run homer to win the game for the Cutters.
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Wednesday, July 29, 2009
Amityville horrifies Mighty Men
Amityville stifled Marietta once again, this time a 3-hitter by Armando Galarraga. Galarraga, who had been 3-17 entering the game, blanked the Mighty Men, striking out 6 and walking only one. Yesterday, the Mighty Men were three-hit by Dallas Braden. This, of course, coming on the heels of a 3 game set where they scored 7 runs in each game... Marietta will try to reverse their fortune against Blue Ridge today.
Carolina's 5-run outburst in the 6th inning yesterday led the team to a 5-3 win over D.C. The rally was capped by a 3-run Bengie Molina home run off starter Chris Young. Meanwhile, Hillsborough was shellacked by Blue Ridge 11-6 - and it would have been worse if not for a meaningless 5 runs in the 9th inning. Chris Ianetta was 2-5 with 2 homers and 5 RBIs for Blue Ridge. Vancouver meanwhile knocked off Las Vegas in a 12-inning marathon. Victor Martinez's bases loaded single scored the winning run in the 12th to give the Fist a 5-4 victory and 3-game sweep of the Rats. After the dust settles, that leaves the Hitmen with a shrinking 4 1/2 game lead on Carolina, with Vancouver 6 games off the mark.
Philadelphia's hopes for a playoff run took a hit yesterday after a 6-2 loss to the arch rival Falcons. Arkansas exploded for 6 runs in the 6th in which David Wright hit a 3-run home run. Rookie Jair Jurrjens improved to 11-6 in the victory. The Falcons are now only 1/2 a game behind the Animals as the top challenger to the wildcards.
Carolina's 5-run outburst in the 6th inning yesterday led the team to a 5-3 win over D.C. The rally was capped by a 3-run Bengie Molina home run off starter Chris Young. Meanwhile, Hillsborough was shellacked by Blue Ridge 11-6 - and it would have been worse if not for a meaningless 5 runs in the 9th inning. Chris Ianetta was 2-5 with 2 homers and 5 RBIs for Blue Ridge. Vancouver meanwhile knocked off Las Vegas in a 12-inning marathon. Victor Martinez's bases loaded single scored the winning run in the 12th to give the Fist a 5-4 victory and 3-game sweep of the Rats. After the dust settles, that leaves the Hitmen with a shrinking 4 1/2 game lead on Carolina, with Vancouver 6 games off the mark.
Philadelphia's hopes for a playoff run took a hit yesterday after a 6-2 loss to the arch rival Falcons. Arkansas exploded for 6 runs in the 6th in which David Wright hit a 3-run home run. Rookie Jair Jurrjens improved to 11-6 in the victory. The Falcons are now only 1/2 a game behind the Animals as the top challenger to the wildcards.
Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Marietta, Carolina, bounced from top spots
Vancouver swept Marietta yesterday after a 4-1 decision, knocking the Mighty Men out of first place. Ben Sheets pitched 8 innings, giving up only one unearned run, while striking out 6. The Mighty Men doubled the Fist's hit output (12-6), but could only bring one run across the plate thanks to an error by Sheets in the 2nd. Mike Mussina went the distance in the loss, falling to 10-5 on the season.
Taking over the #1 slot in the Hanover is Newark, who completed a three game sweep of Blue Ridge that saw the Sugar Bears outscore the Bombers 33-9. J. D. Drew and Bobby Abreu each had 4 RBIs in the Sugar Bears' 15-5 rout.
Hillsborough jumped atop the Morris Division yesterday with a 7-6 12-inning edging of Hoboken. Hillsborough rallied to tie the game up in the 8th after blowing their own lead the inning before. Hoboken took a 6-5 lead in the top of the 12th on a Jason Bartlett double, but the Hitmen tied the game on an error by Ryan Madson, then won it on a double by Carlos Lee.
Carolina was knocked out of the first spot by Las Vegas, who beat the Mudcats 5-4, despite a rally that almost brought the Cats back in the late innings. John Baker was 3-4 for the Rats, while Derek Lowe took the win, evening his record to 6-6. To add injury to insult, the Cats lost starter John Maine for at least 2 weeks when he was attacked by a flock of deranged seagulls.
Two young hurlers who had been struggling battled it out in Philly yesterday. Neither Armando Galarraga nor Johnny Cueto factored into the decision but both only gave up one earned run (and one unearned) in their time (Galarraga in 7 IP, Cueto in 8). Cueto struck out 10, but his team lost 3-2. Jose Lopez's solo home run in the 9th against his former team was the difference in the game.
Taking over the #1 slot in the Hanover is Newark, who completed a three game sweep of Blue Ridge that saw the Sugar Bears outscore the Bombers 33-9. J. D. Drew and Bobby Abreu each had 4 RBIs in the Sugar Bears' 15-5 rout.
Hillsborough jumped atop the Morris Division yesterday with a 7-6 12-inning edging of Hoboken. Hillsborough rallied to tie the game up in the 8th after blowing their own lead the inning before. Hoboken took a 6-5 lead in the top of the 12th on a Jason Bartlett double, but the Hitmen tied the game on an error by Ryan Madson, then won it on a double by Carlos Lee.
Carolina was knocked out of the first spot by Las Vegas, who beat the Mudcats 5-4, despite a rally that almost brought the Cats back in the late innings. John Baker was 3-4 for the Rats, while Derek Lowe took the win, evening his record to 6-6. To add injury to insult, the Cats lost starter John Maine for at least 2 weeks when he was attacked by a flock of deranged seagulls.
Two young hurlers who had been struggling battled it out in Philly yesterday. Neither Armando Galarraga nor Johnny Cueto factored into the decision but both only gave up one earned run (and one unearned) in their time (Galarraga in 7 IP, Cueto in 8). Cueto struck out 10, but his team lost 3-2. Jose Lopez's solo home run in the 9th against his former team was the difference in the game.
Wednesday, May 13, 2009
Hamels, Galarraga battle in classic duel
Now that's what I call a pitchers' duel! Sardine City and Amityville battled it out to a 1-0 finale, with the Sardines taking the win. Cole Hamels, starting for the Straphangers, got into some early "trouble" when he gave up a double to Ryan Garko. It would be the only hit he would give up. Hamels subsequently walked Jason Kubel, but struck out Torii Hunter to get out of the jam. In the bottom of the inning, Carlos Quentin hit a solo home run to give the Straphangers the 1-0 lead. Miguel Montero would get a double in the third inning, and that was all for the two teams' offenses. Okay, well Raul Ibanez would also walk in the 4th, but the bats would go silent after that. In fact, Hamels would retire 24 straight batters before he allowed Johnny Damon to reach base in the 9th on his own error. Taylor Buchholz came in to strike out the final batter and earn his 9th save. Hamels ended the night pitching 8.2 innings, allowing 1 hit and 1 walk and striking out 7. Armando Galarraga, taking a tough loss, fell to 2-9 on the season, despite giving up only one run on 2 hits in 8 innings. Galarraga walked 1 and struck out 8.
Darren Oliver is up to his tricks again. Vancouver and Hillsborough, knotted at 3 ended up in extra innings again. Oliver, who had already pitched 2 shutout innings in the matchup, took the mound in the 10th. Sure enough, Oliver surrendered a home run to Mike Lowell, giving the Hitmen a 4-3 lead. The Fist went down in order in the bottom of the inning, sealing the fate of Oliver, who lost for the 4th time in 5 games - all to the Hired Hitmen. Vancouver's series with Hillsborough is now over, but the club has already announced that the next time the two clubs face each other, Oliver will be banished for the series. "We know Darren's got an illegitimate family living in Hillsborough" said bullpen coach Gregg Olson, "so we want to make sure his emotions don't get in the way of his pitching." Clubhouse cameras also caught Oliver accepting a package from a shady character wearing a Hillsborough baseball cap. Oliver denied any charges of impropriety.
Darren Oliver is up to his tricks again. Vancouver and Hillsborough, knotted at 3 ended up in extra innings again. Oliver, who had already pitched 2 shutout innings in the matchup, took the mound in the 10th. Sure enough, Oliver surrendered a home run to Mike Lowell, giving the Hitmen a 4-3 lead. The Fist went down in order in the bottom of the inning, sealing the fate of Oliver, who lost for the 4th time in 5 games - all to the Hired Hitmen. Vancouver's series with Hillsborough is now over, but the club has already announced that the next time the two clubs face each other, Oliver will be banished for the series. "We know Darren's got an illegitimate family living in Hillsborough" said bullpen coach Gregg Olson, "so we want to make sure his emotions don't get in the way of his pitching." Clubhouse cameras also caught Oliver accepting a package from a shady character wearing a Hillsborough baseball cap. Oliver denied any charges of impropriety.
Monday, May 4, 2009
Galarraga, back on track, takes prize
This week's JR Cigars Smokin' Batter of the Week is Philadelphia's Fred Lewis. Hey wasn't he the guy who played Webster? No, no that's Emmanuel. Lewis is the outfielder that Philadelphia acquired from Carolina earlier this season in the Magglio Ordonez deal. Wait, wasn't he a tight end for the Philadelphia Eagles? Chad Lewis. Stay on topic here. Lewis has been on fire for the Endzone Animals of late. This week he hit .458 with a .548 on base percentage and .833 slugging with 2 doubles, 2 triples, a home run, 7 runs scored, and 9 RBIs. Wait, I know, he's that angry comedian guy who's complaining about Aruba's weather or something like that. Ugh, that's Lewis Black. You're way off, try to pay attention. Lewis has been a big part of the Endzone Animals turnaround. When he was acquired from Carolina, the Animals were 7-12. Since then, they've gone 22-9 and are now in 4th place (oh but it's a close 4th place, they are only 1 game behind 3rd place Hillsborough and 2 1/2 games out of first place). OK, so he's the guy that explored the frontiers to the Pacific and all that? I give up.
Other contenders: Lewis' strongest competition came from Newark's J.D. Drew (.450/.560/850, 2 HR, 6 R, 8 RBI) and Amityville's Johnny Damon (.448/.419/.966, 3 HR, 4 2B, 10 RBI, 8 R). Either one could have easily won it, but I wouldn't have gotten to do my little schtick above, so there. Besides no way I'd give it to Damon with an OBP lower than his batting average! That's a big strike against you. More... Elijah Dukes of Team Buddah hit 5 homers and drove in 9 runs; Dustin Pedroia had a solid week for Carolina (.472/.486/.722); Hillsborough's Aubrey Huff (.433/.452/.733) kept up his stellar season; Arkansas' Rick Ankiel (.474/476/.895) and Marietta's Kevin Youkilis (.414/.452/.759) also had notable weeks.
It was an easy pick for this week's Text Messages From Last Night Pitcher of the Week Award. After starting the season 0-7 with a 9.17 ERA, Armando Galarraga, Amityville's 2nd round pick in the 2009 draft, finally won his first game with 7 shutout innings against Hoboken. He followed that up with an excellent effort against D.C. Sunday for his second win. For the week, Galarraga was 2-0 with an 0.60 ERA and 0.93 WHIP. Hey, didn't he used to play first base... We're not doing this again.
It was a good week to be a pitcher in Carolina. Ace starter Roy Halladay was 2-0 with a 2.40 ERA and 0.87 WHIP and 14 strikeouts. His teammate John Maine also did well, winning both his starts with a 2.70 ERA and 13 Ks. They were both helped out by closer Brian Fuentes who saved 4 games in his 4 appearances.
Other notables - Zack Greinke of Vancouver won his two starts (2-0, 2.12 0.76 WHIP) and Philadelphia's Brandon Webb was 2-0 with a 2.04 ERA and 0.96 WHIP.
Other contenders: Lewis' strongest competition came from Newark's J.D. Drew (.450/.560/850, 2 HR, 6 R, 8 RBI) and Amityville's Johnny Damon (.448/.419/.966, 3 HR, 4 2B, 10 RBI, 8 R). Either one could have easily won it, but I wouldn't have gotten to do my little schtick above, so there. Besides no way I'd give it to Damon with an OBP lower than his batting average! That's a big strike against you. More... Elijah Dukes of Team Buddah hit 5 homers and drove in 9 runs; Dustin Pedroia had a solid week for Carolina (.472/.486/.722); Hillsborough's Aubrey Huff (.433/.452/.733) kept up his stellar season; Arkansas' Rick Ankiel (.474/476/.895) and Marietta's Kevin Youkilis (.414/.452/.759) also had notable weeks.
It was an easy pick for this week's Text Messages From Last Night Pitcher of the Week Award. After starting the season 0-7 with a 9.17 ERA, Armando Galarraga, Amityville's 2nd round pick in the 2009 draft, finally won his first game with 7 shutout innings against Hoboken. He followed that up with an excellent effort against D.C. Sunday for his second win. For the week, Galarraga was 2-0 with an 0.60 ERA and 0.93 WHIP. Hey, didn't he used to play first base... We're not doing this again.
It was a good week to be a pitcher in Carolina. Ace starter Roy Halladay was 2-0 with a 2.40 ERA and 0.87 WHIP and 14 strikeouts. His teammate John Maine also did well, winning both his starts with a 2.70 ERA and 13 Ks. They were both helped out by closer Brian Fuentes who saved 4 games in his 4 appearances.
Other notables - Zack Greinke of Vancouver won his two starts (2-0, 2.12 0.76 WHIP) and Philadelphia's Brandon Webb was 2-0 with a 2.04 ERA and 0.96 WHIP.
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