Pastime Baseball League – Baseball Bi-Weekly
Vol. 3, Monday, May 18, 2009 (cont.)
Southern League Profiles
Record: Last 2 Weeks (4-6), Overall 17-19
2-Week Synopsis: Lost 2 vs Charlotte, Lost 3 at Orlando, Split 2 at Memphis, Swept 3 at San Antonio
Leaders:
Avg –
Alejandro Oms .296
HRs –
Lip Pike 6
RBIs –
Jimmy Ryan, Lip Pike 23
Wins –
Jouett Meekin 6
ERA –
Charley Sweeney 2.69
Ks –
Tommy Bond 71
Top Performance: Juan Uribe went 4-for-4 with a walk and a run scored in a 5-2 win over Memphis on May 11.
Round Trip (Four miscellaneous points about the team):
1) Juan Uribe has been on fire, hitting .362 this month to raise his season average to .279. But he's still walked only twice in 138 plate appearances.
2) Tommy Bond has struggled to a 1-4 record at the start despite a respectable 3.66 ERA. But he's been either strong or shelled, with no happy medium to this point.
3) Lip Pike has cooled off, but the Bosses continue to try and get him into the lineup. The latest slot is second base, where he's platooning with
Uribe. He's also seeing outfield duty with
Alejandro Oms and
Jimmy Ryan manning the other two slots.
Corey Hart is also seeing time.
4) Justin Verlander has given up runs in three straight relief appearances since his spot start in which he threw a complete game shutout.
Los Angeles Idols
Record: Last 2 Weeks (6-4), Overall 13-23
2-Week Synopsis: Split 2 vs Philadelphia, Lost 2 of 3 at Alabama, Swept 2 at New Orleans, Won 2 of 3 vs Arizona.
Leaders:
Avg –
George Scales .386
HRs –
Harry Stovey 11
RBIs –
Harry Stovey 38
Wins –
Brian Lawrence 4
ERA –
Scott Kazmir 3.75
Ks –
Brian Lawrence 39
Top Performance: Harry Stovey went 3-for-3 with 2 homers, 4 runs and 6 RBI in an 11-7 win over Arizona on May 17.
Round Trip (Four miscellaneous points about the team):
1) The league's worst staff continues to seek some consistency. Other than
Scott Kazmir and closer
Chad Qualls (2.93) there isn't a pitcher on the staff with an ERA under 4.
2) It's a drop in the ocean, but the Idols' bullpen has trimmed its ERA more than 1.30 in the last month, good enough to climb out of the cellar in the category.
3) He got the regular job at third base, and Miguel Cabrera has responded by hitting .118 in May. As such, Joe Crede will get the chance to pick up some at bats again.
4) The Idols have stolen 9 bases all year, lowest in the Southern League.