Philadelphia stormed back with back-to-back shutouts of the Mighty Men to tie the series back up at two. The Endzone Animals scored seven in the first inning en route to a 15-0 victory. Josh Johnson pitched six innings, limiting the Mighty Men to five hits and two walks and striking out seven. Meanwhile, rookie Jeremy Sowers was hammered for seven runs (six earned) in 2/3 of an inning. Jimmy Rollins had 4 RBIs and Albert Pujols hit a pair of homers to lead the team. The two teams return to Philadelphia on Thursday, with game two of the Francisco Liriano-Johan Santana matchup. Santana was roughed up last time, so we'll see if he can outduel the rookie.
Meanwhile, it will take a miracle for Honolulu to come back from a 3-0 deficit after a 9-4 loss to Newark yesterday. Chien-Ming Wang pitched eight solid innings to earn the win and Gregg Zaun had 3 RBIs to lead the offense. The Sharks will fight for their survival today in Honolulu.
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Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Bonds heats up
The Holiday weekend certainly was good to Arkansas' Barry Bonds. Bonds smacked two homers in a 12-4 drubbing of South Boston and then hit two more in the second game, a 10-8 loss. Bonds now has 20 homers on the season.
Johan Santana became the first 10 game winner in the DMBL, improving to 10-1 on the season as Philly shut down D.C. 12-2 in the first game fo their doubleheader yesterday. Santana pitched seven innings, allowing only four hits and two runs, while striking out seven. Santana is the current leader for the coveted Pitcher's Triple Crown (10 wins, 2.57 ERA, and 128 Ks). Jimmy Rollins continues to be an asset for the Endzone Animals, 2 RBIs in game one, and 3-5 in game two. Rollins is now batting .438 in four games with Philly, with 4 doubles, one homer, 4 RBIs, 2 stolen bases, and 1.375 OPS.
Las Vegas' Chone Figgins had two stolen bases against Marietta in the second game of their doubleheader. The first was his 100th of his career.
Vancouver dropped their seventh straight yesterday, losing both ends of the doubleheader with Hillsborough. Their offense has been shut down by Hillsborough and Arkansas, while their pitching couldn't hold the powerful Newark offense in check in the games before. "If we score a lot, we give up a lot, if we hold them, we can't score" said manager Darren Daulton. Vancouver next faces Philadelphia Wednesday, then plays a three-game set with D.C. and another three with Honolulu. "We better get our act together" Daulton continued "or we're in a lot of trouble."
Johan Santana became the first 10 game winner in the DMBL, improving to 10-1 on the season as Philly shut down D.C. 12-2 in the first game fo their doubleheader yesterday. Santana pitched seven innings, allowing only four hits and two runs, while striking out seven. Santana is the current leader for the coveted Pitcher's Triple Crown (10 wins, 2.57 ERA, and 128 Ks). Jimmy Rollins continues to be an asset for the Endzone Animals, 2 RBIs in game one, and 3-5 in game two. Rollins is now batting .438 in four games with Philly, with 4 doubles, one homer, 4 RBIs, 2 stolen bases, and 1.375 OPS.
Las Vegas' Chone Figgins had two stolen bases against Marietta in the second game of their doubleheader. The first was his 100th of his career.
Vancouver dropped their seventh straight yesterday, losing both ends of the doubleheader with Hillsborough. Their offense has been shut down by Hillsborough and Arkansas, while their pitching couldn't hold the powerful Newark offense in check in the games before. "If we score a lot, we give up a lot, if we hold them, we can't score" said manager Darren Daulton. Vancouver next faces Philadelphia Wednesday, then plays a three-game set with D.C. and another three with Honolulu. "We better get our act together" Daulton continued "or we're in a lot of trouble."
Friday, May 25, 2007
First-place trade
Big trade yesterday between the two first place teams. Newark gave up Jimmy Rollins and Brandon Lyon and Philly gave up their second round pick and Rafael Soriano. Rollins immediately took over for the injured David Eckstein and started contributing: 1-3 with a stolen base in game one and 2-4 with a homer in game 2. Eckstein may return from the DL and find that he has no job left. In fact Eck's locker was temporarily moved to the janitor's closet when Rollins arrived. "They got no respect for me. Don't they know that I'm a scrappy fan favorite?" said Eckstein.
Pedro Martinez shutout Vancouver this morning on three hits, beating fellow legend Greg Maddux. Pedro improved to 9-3 on the season. Maddux and Pedro rank #1 and 2 on the all-time wins list. By the way, the loss was Vancouver's fifth in a row, sending them into fifth place overall.
Manny Ramirez's double in yesterday's game against Vancouver was his 400th, becoming only the sixth player in DMBL history to reach the feat. He is only a few behind Jeff Bagwell (406) and Larry Walker (407), both retired, so expect Manny to climb ahead to fourth by the end of the year. The all-time leader is Edgar Martinez (493).
Don't forget, we'll be off for the weekend and return Monday with a doubleheader.
Pedro Martinez shutout Vancouver this morning on three hits, beating fellow legend Greg Maddux. Pedro improved to 9-3 on the season. Maddux and Pedro rank #1 and 2 on the all-time wins list. By the way, the loss was Vancouver's fifth in a row, sending them into fifth place overall.
Manny Ramirez's double in yesterday's game against Vancouver was his 400th, becoming only the sixth player in DMBL history to reach the feat. He is only a few behind Jeff Bagwell (406) and Larry Walker (407), both retired, so expect Manny to climb ahead to fourth by the end of the year. The all-time leader is Edgar Martinez (493).
Don't forget, we'll be off for the weekend and return Monday with a doubleheader.
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