[jaykno14]

4/24: vs Braves (9-10), win 4-3 - WP: Lehr (2-0), S: Turnbow (4)
Davis left the game early with some tenderness, however the bullpen pitched six innings of runless ball. The platoon of Lehr, Kolb, Capellan, Wise, and Turnbow held the Braves (hot hitting Braves) to a total of five hits. J.J. Hardy moved into second place in the RBI tally with RBIs nine and ten off of a home run. Carlos Lee was 1-3 with two RBIs. As a team we still only had four hits, but I guess you take them as they come. Davis will probably be back next game, as it seemed to be only day-to-day.

4/25: vs Braves, loss 5-7 (10) - LP: Turnbow (0-1), BS: Turnbow (2)
Through the first seven innings we were winning 1-0. We then brought in Danny Kolb and he gave up four runs (he was due). We then, in the bottom of the eighth came back and got four runs to make it a 5-4 game. Turnbow then came in (probably shouldn't have) and blew the save. In the tenth we gave up two runs and the rest is history. Cappy pitched pretty well, but the computer held him short again. I think I'm going to have to make some adjustments with that. Hitting wise Billy Hall was 1-5 with two runs and two RBIs. Carlos Lee had another double and drove in a run. Corey Koskie was 1-3 with an RBI. We still have yet to have someone really breakout, as Lee is really only hitting .259 average wise. Fielder was 2-5 and has a batting average of .284, but that's about it.

4/26: vs Braves, loss 3-9 - LP: Bush (1-3)
Obviously when we can't pitch we decide to pull out ten hits out of the bag. Actually that's a bit misleading, four of those hits, or 40% of the hits we had for those mathmatically challenge, came from Jeff Cirillo's bat who was filling in for Rickie Weeks. Bush was able to help out our bullpen and go six innings although he gave up all nine runs. Only five of those nine were earned. J.J. Hardy had another homer for us, and a squeeze play that plated a run so he was a decent 1-3 with three RBIs and a run.

4/27: OFF

4/28: @ Cubs (14-6/4-5 Home), loss 2-8 - LP: Ohka (2-2)
Well in a bad day team wise, Rickie Weeks doubled and tripled, raising his average to what looks to be fourth highest team at first glance, a whopping .233. Ohka helped us out by going to the seventh inning, but I'm starting to think that its not helping much considering we never seem to need our bullpen when we've got the lead because we never HAVE the lead.

4/29: @ Cubs, loss 3-5 - LP: Davis (0-4)
We have now lost four straight games, and it feels like an eternity. Jenkins, Hall, and Fielder all homered in the game, and Carlos Lee was 2-4 to raise that average. We need to start doing something. Soon. It might be time for a splash to get us going. Anything jeez, laweez.

4/30: @ Cubs, win 5-2 - WP: Capuano (2-2), S: Turnbow (5)
This was a well played game by us. Hitting wise, Fielder is starting to get involved in the run production, driving in three today off two hits in five at bats. Lee had another RBI also off a double and was 1-4. Billy Hall had a double and a triple and scored two runs. Capuano pitched very well going seven strong innings of two run baseball, and I'm hoping we begin to see more quality starts like that.

Jay's Thoughts
Overall another poor week from the Crew. We just can't seem to put it all together, which I suppose you can assume is going to happen this early from as young a team we are. It was nice to finish the Cub series without getting swept, and here's to hoping that when we get Sheets back soon, we can get on a roll. I don't think he's going to help our hitting though. In the first month of the year, 11-14 isn't as good as we'd hoped, but I suppose it could be worse. We are six games behind the division leader currently, but I don't think we should worry about that quite yet.

In the minors this week, Gwynn raised his average to .396 and stole two more bases to increase his total to eight. He has also scored 21 runs now and driven in 21. Gabe Gross is ripping the cover off the ball, going 5-8 with three doubles so far.

This report is going to be a bit shorter this time around, because the monthly report is coming up next. Anyways, here's whats on tap for the first week of May:

Whats On Tap?
5/01: vs Astros (13-12)
5/02: vs Astros*
5/03: vs Giants (11-15)
5/04: vs Giants*
5/05: @ Dodgers (13-12)
5/06: @ Dodgers
5/07: @ Dodgers*