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Time for a standings update:
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National League Standings West Division Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# San Jose 86 48 .642 - 91-43 -5 41-26 45-22 10-7 23-22 16 San Diego 73 61 .545 13 74-60 -1 32-35 41-26 5-6 20-16 - Sacramento 65 69 .485 21 66-68 -1 33-35 32-34 5-6 18-21 - Portland 61 73 .455 25 61-73 0 35-31 26-42 6-7 16-26 - Phoenix 57 77 .425 29 55-79 2 29-38 28-39 4-8 18-24 - Los Angeles 56 78 .418 30 59-75 -3 32-35 24-43 7-4 19-27 - Northeast Division Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Pittsburgh 85 49 .634 - 84-50 1 43-24 42-25 6-5 16-16 24 Rochester 80 54 .597 5 79-55 1 43-24 37-30 6-5 23-17 - Buffalo 66 68 .493 19 70-64 -4 32-35 34-33 7-7 22-15 - Harrisburg 64 70 .478 21 63-71 1 32-35 32-35 9-9 20-21 - Hartford 57 77 .425 28 58-76 -1 33-35 24-42 3-6 23-18 - New Jersey 54 80 .403 31 49-85 5 21-45 33-35 5-3 19-14 - American League Standings Southeast Division Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Miami 84 50 .627 - 86-48 -2 41-25 43-25 10-3 17-20 22 Washington 77 57 .575 7 75-59 2 35-32 42-25 3-4 17-11 - Knoxville 70 64 .522 14 71-63 -1 36-32 34-32 4-3 16-11 - Nashville 64 70 .478 20 64-70 0 32-36 32-34 5-6 13-16 - Atlanta 58 76 .433 26 58-76 0 29-39 29-37 2-8 13-15 - Charlotte 51 83 .381 33 44-90 7 27-40 24-43 4-4 13-17 - Central Division Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run M# Tucson 80 54 .597 - 78-56 2 40-27 40-27 4-2 23-07 26 Denver 77 57 .575 3 84-50 -7 44-23 33-34 5-5 15-16 - Memphis 76 58 .567 4 76-58 0 38-29 38-29 5-3 14-18 - Kansas City 66 68 .493 14 67-67 -1 32-34 34-34 4-9 16-16 - Grand Rapids 60 74 .448 20 57-77 3 29-37 31-37 7-3 14-12 - Green Bay 41 93 .306 39 46-88 -5 20-47 21-46 5-8 11-23 -
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Denver's batting stats so far:
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Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG SB CS R. Thomas 125 543 190 23 8 10 80 113 57 39 .350 .413 .477 25 7 A. Fuentez 125 518 183 33 13 12 65 127 57 26 .353 .414 .537 31 8 E. Bolling 126 513 144 42 8 36 139 109 63 76 .281 .354 .604 3 1 A. Vasquez 126 493 136 19 1 20 76 79 35 76 .276 .325 .440 17 2 T. Sato 121 475 157 23 8 14 93 75 33 21 .331 .385 .501 1 4 J. Swayze 119 469 136 20 2 35 103 85 18 70 .290 .316 .565 1 0 L. Chappel 110 432 154 54 8 31 122 112 75 28 .356 .453 .734 4 0 M. Bakke 110 413 130 18 1 22 78 72 23 27 .315 .356 .523 11 5 B. Romero 85 316 81 22 7 5 41 45 21 90 .256 .302 .418 3 4 P. Chason 53 129 33 10 0 2 20 20 10 9 .256 .314 .380 0 0 A. Navarro 43 86 24 6 1 3 14 15 11 9 .279 .364 .477 8 2 J. Cordero 26 73 12 4 0 1 6 7 4 20 .164 .228 .260 0 0 J. Rumfelt 25 66 15 4 0 0 7 11 8 11 .227 .320 .288 1 0 M. Stennis 18 50 11 6 1 2 10 6 7 12 .220 .316 .500 0 0 M. Grace 11 42 14 3 0 3 12 5 2 6 .333 .364 .619 0 0 M. Phillips 11 35 9 0 0 0 0 4 7 7 .257 .381 .257 1 0 J. Sermons 6 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 .143 .143 .143 0 0 C. Hosler 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 0 0
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And, Denver's pitching stats:
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Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K K. Pillsbury 29 29 15 9 0 3.89 224.2 226 107 97 57 162 C. Kirk 29 29 17 8 0 4.51 217.2 245 117 109 39 123 R. Mcnett 30 29 17 7 0 4.28 195.2 203 100 93 42 132 R. Lockridge 25 25 6 7 0 4.67 146.1 151 83 76 30 105 L. Waltz 18 11 4 7 0 3.69 92.2 96 46 38 15 49 J. Virgen 34 0 8 3 7 2.77 65.0 68 23 20 19 41 S. Andrade 42 0 2 2 3 4.31 56.1 69 34 27 16 23 L. Salguero 29 0 2 1 1 3.89 41.2 46 21 18 15 28 R. Gomez 37 0 1 8 12 5.66 41.1 59 28 26 4 38 F. Lemire 20 0 1 1 0 8.58 35.2 45 37 34 11 40 V. Mcgurk 3 3 1 1 0 7.07 14.0 20 16 11 11 4 D. Pasco 7 0 0 0 0 4.50 10.0 13 9 5 5 5 R. Soto 6 0 0 0 0 3.24 8.1 11 5 3 3 2 G. Buentello 1 1 1 0 0 3.86 7.0 10 3 3 2 4 O. Lopez 2 0 0 0 0 12.00 3.0 5 4 4 0 1
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9/1/2081 to 9/3/2081
The Denver Broncos (77-57)  AT The Tucson Diamondbacks (80-54)  Pitching Matchups: RH Larry Waltz (4-7, 3.69 ERA) VS. RH Cleveland Lauria (15-9, 4.37 ERA) RH George Buentello (1-0, 3.86 ERA) VS. RH Paul Reyes (13-10, 5.60 ERA) RH Christopher Kirk (17-8, 4.51 ERA) VS. RH William Bergan (7-13, 6.45 ERA) The Broncos entered the final month of the season three games out of first place, and facing the first place team in a three game series. They opened the series by jumping all over Cleveland Lauria. Joseph Swayze ripped a solo homer in the second inning to get things started. Russell Thomas and Lee Chappel went deep in consecutive at bats in the third inning to give the Broncos a 3-0 lead. The Diamondbacks scored a run in the fourth inning, but in the fifth, the Broncos put the game out of reach. Thomas followed an Asbel Fuentez leadoff double with a doubleof his own to score him. Chappel followed that with his second homer of the game. Later in the inning, Booker Romero knocked Lauria out of the game with a two run double to put Denver on top 8-1. Tucson kept hope alive with 2 runs in the bottom of the inning, but the Broncos pulled away again. Denver scored a run in the 7th inning, and then erupted for 6 runs in the ninth inning to finish off the Diamondbacks by a score of 15-3. Chappel hit his third home run of the game, a three run blast, in that final explosion. Larry Waltz pitched 8 innings with 3 runs allowed and 4 strikeouts. Thomas finished with 3 hits, 4 RBI, and 3 runs scored. Chappel had 3 hits, 6 RBI, and 3 runs scored. Swayze had 3 hits, 2 RBI, and 3 runs scored. ****** Tucson grabbed an early lead in the second game, but it didn't last long. The Diamondbacks scored 2 runs in the 3rd inning, but the Broncos took a 3-2 lead in the fourth, getting a 2 run homer from Ellis Bolling. Tucson went back on top, 4-3, in the sixth inning. Once again, however, the Broncos rallied. Denver scored 3 in the seventh inning to take a 6-4 lead. They hung on to the lead, and with the victory, moved to just a game back of the first place Diamondbacks. George Buentello pitched 7 1/3 innings, with 4 runs allowed. Tomas Sato had 3 hits, 1 walk, 1 RBI, and 2 runs scored. Joseph Swayze had 2 hits and 3 RBI. Bolling had 1 hit, 1 walk, 2 RBI, and 2 runs scored. ****** Standing on the brink of first place, the Broncos faltered. Lee Chappel gave Denver an early lead, smacking a first inning home run. But Christopher Kirk proceeded to get bombed. Tucson scored 2 runs in the first inning and 3 more in the second inning to go up 5-1. When the Diamondbacks opened the fourth inning with back to back home runs, Kirk was immediately yanked. Things didn't get much better, and after 6 innings, the Broncos trailed 10-1. Denver staged a late rally, but it would come up short. Two run doubles from Asbel Fuentez and Joseph Swayze contributed to a 5 run eighth inning. The Broncos got one more in the ninth, but fell 10-7. Kirk gave up 10 hits and 7 runs in 3 innings of work. Fuentez had 2 hits, 2 RBI, and 2 runs scored. Swayze had 2 hits and 2 RBI.
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9/4/2081 to 9/6/2081
The Green Bay Packers (41-96)  AT The Denver Broncos (79-58) Pitching Matchups: RH Raymond Labat (9-5, 4.25 ERA) VS. RH Kenny Pillsbury (15-9, 3.89 ERA) LH Keven Landon (4-12, 6.46 ERA) VS. LH Robert McNett (17-7, 4.28 ERA) RH Daniel Jackson (6-12, 6.35 ERA) VS. RH Larry Waltz (5-7, 3.67 ERA) Kenny Pillsbury entered this game having pitched three consecutive shutouts and the owner of a 29 inning scoreless streak. That streak ended two batters into the series opener against the Packers, as Pillsbury gave up back to back doubles to start the game, and Green Bay drew first blood. Lee Chappel ripped a two run homer in the bottom of the first to give Denver a 2-1 lead. That lead was short-lived; the Packers tied up the game in the third inning. In the sixth inning, Green Bay went ahead 4-2, but Chappel tripled and scored in the bottom of the sixth to cut the lead to 4-3. In the seventh inning, the Denver offense erupted, methodically bringing home seven runs to take a 10-4 lead. The Packers scored a run in the eighth inning, but Alexis Vazquez and Asbel Fuentez hit back to back homers in the bottom of the inning to push Denver's lead to 12-5. Green Bay managed to get two more runs in the ninth inning, but it was too little, too late, and the Broncos won 12-7. Pillsbury gave up 4 runs in 7 innings, and struck out 8 batters. Fuentez had 3 hits, 2 RBI, and 2 runs scored. Chappel, Tomas Soto, and Vazquez all had 2 hits and 2 RBI. ****** For six innings, Robert McNett's knuckleball had the Green Bay hitters looking foolish. By the time they finally figured it out, it was too late. The Broncos jumped on Packers' starter Keven Landon quickly, with a run in the first inning and two runs in the second inning. In the third inning, Michael Stennis smacked a two run homer to put Denver up 5-0. Joseph Swayze continued the onslaught with a grand slam in the fourth inning, and Stennis added his second home run of the game in the fifth inning to put the Broncos up 10-0. McNett, meanwhile, mowed down the Packers' lineup, en route to a career high 12 strikeouts, for six innings. In the seventh, the Packers finally got to him, scoring five runs. Mark Bakke hit a solo homer in a three run eighth inning to give Denver a 13-5 lead. Green Bay managed only one more run, and Denver prevailed 13-6. McNett finished with 5 runs allowed and 12 strikeouts in 7 innings of work. Russell Thomas had 2 hits, a walk, and 3 runs scored. Bakke had 3 hits, 1 walk, 2 RBI, and a run scored. Stennis had 2 hits, 3 RBI, and 3 runs scored. ****** In his previous start, Larry Waltz went 8 strong innings against the first place Diamondbacks. Facing the worst team in the league, Waltz crumbled. Green Bay scored a run in the first, a run in the second, and a run in the third. After Denver got on the board in the bottom of the third inning, Green Bay struck for three runs in the fourth inning to go up 6-1. The Broncos kept themselves in the game with a three run fifth inning, but Waltz collapsed once again; the Packers scored 3 runs in the sixth inning. The Broncos crept back into the game, with a run in the sixth, a solo homer from Ellis Bolling in the seventh inning, and a run in the ninth inning, but were unable to complete the comeback, falling 9-7. Waltz lasted 6 innings, with 15 hits and 9 runs allowed. Asbel Fuentez had 3 hits, 1 walk, 2 RBI, and 1 run scored. Russell Thomas had 3 hits, 2 RBI, and 1 run scored. Michael Phillips doubled twice, walked once, and scored two runs. ****** Lee Chappel: Player Of The Week 9/7/2081 Al Vincent Staff Writer Denver catcher Lee Chappel was named the American League Player of the Week today. Chappel went 9 for 21 in the past week, with a triple, 5 home runs, 11 runs batted in, 9 runs scored, and 7 walks against one strikeout.
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9/8/2081 to 9/11/2081
The Denver Broncos (81-59) AT The Charlotte Panthers (53-87)  Pitching Matchups: RH George Buentello (2-0, 4.40 ERA) VS. LH Burl Nease (13-11, 4.74) RH Christopher Kirk (17-9, 4.73 ERA) VS. LH Jacob Barros (13-12, 4.59 ERA) RH Kenny Pillsbury (16-9, 3.92 ERA) VS. RH Kenneth Olivera (6-14, 6.07 ERA) LH Robert McNett (18-7, 4.35 ERA) VS. RH Amadeo Carrera (10-12, 5.69 ERA) Starting pitcher George Buentello had another effective start for the Broncos, with just 2 runs allowed in 6 1/3 innings, as Denver opened a four game series with Charlotte by beating the Panthers, 5-3. The game was tied at 1 run until the sixth inning. The Broncos went ahead 2-1, and then, in the seventh inning, went ahead 4-1 on a two run single by Russell Thomas. The Panthers kept things close with a 2 run seventh of their own, but Ellis Bolling helped to keep them at bay by leading off the eighth inning with a home run. Ramon Gomez notched his 14th save of the season by pitching 2 scoreless innings of relief. Thomas finished with 3 hits and 2 RBI, while Bolling drove in two runs also. Alexis Vazquez and Mark Bakke combined for 4 hits and 5 stolen bases in the game. ****** Ellis Bolling's 40th home run of the year gave the Broncos a 1-0 lead after one inning in the second game of the series, and Alexis Vazquez added a second inning homer to put Denver up 2-0. That lead quickly evaporated. Charlotte put home a run in the second inning, and a Vazquez error led to two unearned runs scoring in the third. The Panthers added two more runs in the sixth inning to lead 5-2. Patrick Chason delivered a pinch hit RBI single in the seventh inning, but the Broncos could come no closer in a 5-3 defeat. Christopher Kirk pitched 7 innings and gave up 5 runs (3 earned). He struck out 4 batters. Vazquez finished with 2 hits, 1 RBI, and 2 runs scored. And, of course, the costly error. ****** The third game of the series proved to be the wildest. With two outs in the first inning, Denver starter Kenny Pillsbury imploded and gave up 4 runs. In the second inning, Alexis Vazquez ripped a two out, three run homer to make the score 4-3. In the third inning, Charlotte's Juan Ibarra, who had homered in the first inning, hit another home run to give the Panthers a 5-3 lead. They extended that lead to 6-3 with a run in the fifth inning. Both teams scored two runs in the sixth inning, and Charlotte led 8-5. The Broncos took control of the game. They scored two more runs in the seventh inning, to get within a run, and then erupted for five runs in the eighth inning- 3 from a Mark Bakke home run- to take the lead. They hung on to that 12-8 lead for the victory. Pillsbury pitched 6 innings and struck out 6 batters, but also gave up 8 runs. James Virgen and Ramon Gomez locked down the final 3 innings, with no runs allowed and 4 strikeouts. Virgen picked up his 9th win of the season, and Gomez recorded his 15th save. Russell Thomas had 2 hits, 2 walks, and 2 RBI. Bakke had 2 hits, 3 RBI, and 2 runs scored. Vazquez collected 1 hits, 2 walks, 3 RBI, 2 runs scored, and stole 2 bases. ****** The final game of the Denver-Charlotte series was much less nerve-wracking than the first three were. The Broncos scored a run in the first inning, and then broke the game open with a 4 run second inning. Alexis Vazquez and Asbel Fuentez hit back to back homers, and Lee Chappel added a home run as well. Charlotte got on the board with a run in the second inning, but Joseph Swayze smacked a two run homer in the third to give Denver a 7-1 lead. The Panthers kept some hope alive with two runs in the bottom of the third inning, but the game remained 7-3 in favor of Denver until the Broncos scored two runs in the seventh inning. Juan Ibarra ripped a solo home run in the ninth inning off of rookie reliever Lyndon Gwinn, making his major league debut, but that was the last of the scoring in the 9-4 Broncos victory. Robert McNett pitched 8 strong innings, with just 6 hits and 3 runs allowed. He struck out 6 batters. Fuentez had 3 hits, 2 walks, 3 RBI, and 1 run scored. Russell Thomas had 4 hits, 1 RBI, and 1 run scored. Mark Bakke had 3 hits and 2 runs scored.
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9/13/2081 to 9/17/2081
The Memphis Grizzlies (82-62)  AT The Denver Broncos (84-60) Pitching Matchups: LH Thomas Fruge (0-2, 17.61 ERA) VS. RH Larry Waltz (5-8, 4.19 ERA) RH Edgar Molina (23-4, 3.21 ERA) VS. RH George Buentello (3-0, 3.92 ERA) RH Jose Padula (14-13, 6.38 ERA) VS. RH Christopher Kirk (17-10, 4.70 ERA) RH Jonathan Zinn (7-7, 6.36 ERA) VS. RH Kenny Pillsbury (16-9, 4.09 ERA) The second place Broncos entered a four game series against the third place Grizzlies with an excellent opportunity to further the distance between the two teams. Smelling the blood in the water, Denver jumped on Memphis in the third inning of the first game. After Mark Bakke drew a bases loaded walk, Joseph Swayze smashed a grand slam to put the Broncos up 5-0. The Grizzlies got two runs in the sixth inning, but Bakke got one of the runs back with an RBI double in the seventh. Larry Waltz did the rest, throwing a complete game in Denver's 6-2 victory. Russell Thomas contributed with 2 hits, one walk, and 2 runs scored. ****** Was George Buentello up to the task of facing off against Memphis' ace, Edgar Molina? Yes. Buentello, like Waltz in the first game, went the distance against the Grizzlies, with just 5 hits and 1 run allowed, and the Broncos defeated Memphis, 6-1. Memphis drew first blood in the second inning, but the Broncos grabbed the lead with two runs in the bottom half of the second. Denver added one run in the sixth inning, and three more runs in the eighth, to secure the victory. Mark Bakke delivered 4 hits, 1 RBI, and 2 runs scored. Asbel Fuentez and Joseph Swayze each had 2 hits. Booker Romero drove in 2 runs. ****** The Broncos took control of the third game quickly. They picked up one run in the first inning and two in the second(one from a Mark Bakke solo homer). The Grizzlies got a run in the fourth inning, but the Broncos went ahead 5-1 with two runs in the fifth. Ellis Bolling hit a solo homerun in the eighth to provide the final margin of victory: 6-1, Broncos. Christopher Kirk was unable to match the complete games of Waltz and Buentello, but still managed to pitch 8 innings, with just 6 hits allowed. He did walk 4 batters, however. Bakke and Russell Thomas each had 3 hits; Bakke also drove in one run and scored two. Asbel Fuentez had 2 hits and 2 runs scored. Lee Chappel and Tomas Sato both had 2 hits and 1 RBI. ****** The Broncos could not come up with the sweep, however, as Kenny Pillsbury put the Denver in an early hole in the final game of the series. Memphis scored a run in the first inning, a run in the second, 3 runs in the third inning, and a run in the fourth to lead 6-0. The Broncos scratched out runs in the fourth and sixth innings, but could not muster any more in a 6-2 defeat. Manager John Wilkerson said after the game, "Kenny's problem in this game was leaving the ball up in the zone. A team like Memphis will tee off on pitches hanging over the plate." That was precisely the case, as Pillsbury coughed up 5 home runs in 8 innings of work. Overall, he gave up 7 hits and struck out only 3 batters. Joseph Swayze had 2 hits in the game and Mark Bakke drove in both of Denver's runs.
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The Denver Broncos (87-61) AT The Kansas City Royals (73-75)  Pitching Matchups: LH Robert McNett (19-7, 431 ERA) VS. RH Jaime Alemany (9-14, 4.55 ERA) RH Larry Waltz (6-8, 3.97 ERA) VS. RH Edward Chambliss (9-13, 4.78 ERA) Most of the scoring in the first game of this two game series with the Royal came in the later innings. Joseph Swayze gave Denver an early lead with a solo homer in the second inning. It remained 1-0 until the Royals tied the game in the fifth inning, but the Broncos retook the lead in the seventh on a solo home run from Lee Chappel. The Broncos added to their lead with a three run ninth inning, getting a 2 run double from Swayze. The Royals garnered one more run, but it was not enough to prevent Robert McNett from winning his 20th game of the year, and the Broncos won, 5-2. McNett pitched 7 2/3 innings, with one run allowed, and 7 strikeouts. Swayze had 2 hits, 3 RBI, and 2 runs scored. Chappel had 1 hit, 1 walk, 1 RBI, and 2 runs scored. ****** The second game of the series will be one that stings for awhile. After falling behind 2-0 in the third inning, the Broncos staged a 5 run outburst with two outs in the sixth inning. Alexis Vazquez hit a two run double, Russell Thomas followed with an RBI single, and Lee Chappel ripped a two run double of his own. The Royals immediately got two of the runs back in the bottom of the sixth inning to make the score 5-4. In the eighth inning, disaster struck for Denver. A tiring Larry Waltz started the inning, but put a runner on. Ramon Gomez came in, but was ineffective, retiring only one of five batters and allowing two runs to score. James Virgen came in to try and get out of Gomez's jam, but after getting the second out of the inning, he gave up a two run single to give the Royals a comfortable three run lead. Kansas City hung to that lead in an 8-5 win over Denver. Waltz finished with 7 innings pitched, 5 runs allowed, and 5 strikeouts. Gomez pitched 1/3 of an inning, and gave up 3 hits, 1 walk, and 3 runs, to lose his 9th game of the season. Thomas, Vazquez, and Joseph Swayze all collected two hits in the game. *********************** *********************** 9/21/2081 to 9/22/2081 The Atlanta Braves (69-81)  AT The Denver Broncos (88-62) Pitching Matchups: RH Jack Patrick (5-18, 6.33 ERA) VS. RH George Buentello (4-0, 3.03 ERA) RH Orestes Fernandez (3-7, 5.99 ERA) VS. Christopher Kirk (18-10, 4.58 ERA) One night after an eighth inning collapse, things did not look much better after the top of the first inning againt Atlanta. Lawrence Sica led off the game for the Braves with a home run, and Atlanta added two more runs in the inning to lead 3-0 before Denver had even gotten a chance to bat. Mark Bakke erased the early fears, however. With two outs in the bottom of the first, Bakke belted a three run homer to tie up the game. The Broncos went ahead with two runs in the second inning, but the Braves tied it back up in the fourth. The Broncos erupted for six runs in the bottom of the fourth, however, and then tacked on two more in the seventh inning. The Braves managed to score three runs in the ninth inning, providing a final score of 13-8, in favor of the Broncos. George Buentello wasn't great, but he did enough to remain undefeated on the year. He finished with 7 innings pitched, 9 hits allowed, 2 HR allowed, and 5 runs allowed. Bakke was the offensive hero, banging out 4 hits, driving in 4 runs, and scoring 2 runs. Russell Thomas, Tomas Sato, and Joseph Swayze all managed 3 hits and 1 RBI. Thomas and Sato each scored two runs, as well. Asbel Fuentez and Alexis Vazquez each managed 2 hits and 2 RBI; Fuentez also scored 2 runs and stole two bases. ****** The Broncos quickly took control of the second game against the Braves, going ahead 1-0 in the first inning on a home run by Lee Chappel. In the third inning, Ellis Bolling ripped a two run double and Denver scored 4 runs to take a 5-0 lead. After the Braves got on the board in the top of the fourth inning, Joseph Swayze slammed a two run homer in the bottom half of the inning. Tomas Sato hit a run scoring triple in the seventh inning to complete the scoring in an 8-1 victory for the Broncos. Christopher Kirk wasn't particularly sharp, giving up 9 hits in 6 innings, but he managed to get out of trouble and allow just the one run. Sato had 3 hits, 1 walk, and 2 RBI. Chappel had 2 hits, 1 walk, 2 RBI, and 2 runs scored. Bolling had 1 hit, 1 walk, 2 RBI, and 2 runs scored. Mark Bakke had 2 hits and scored a run.
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9/23/2081 to 9/24/2081
The Knoxville 79ers (80-72)  AT The Denver Broncos (90-62) Pitching Matchups: RH Clarence Kahn (11-4, 5.45 ERA) VS. RH Kenny Pillsbury (16-10, 4.18 ERA) RH Edward Headrick (15-15, 4.32 ERA) VS. LH Robert McNett (20-7, 4.20 ERA) The Broncos raced to a quick lead over the 79ers, scoring two runs in the first inning. In the second inning, Alexis Vazquez and Booker Romero led off with back to back homeruns to put Denver up 4-0. Joseph Swayze smacked a two run homer in the third inning, and the Broncos led 6-0. Ellis Bolling made it 7-0 with a homerun in the fifth inning. The 79ers finally got on the board in the sixth inning, mustering two runs, but that would be all that they could manage, and the Broncos prevailed 7-2. Kenny Pillsbury pitched 7 innings and struck out 6 batters. Swayze, Asbel Fuentez, Russell Thomas, and Mark Bakke all collected two hits apiece. ****** Edward Headrick and Robert McNett opened the second game of the series with three scoreless innings each. In the fourth inning, both Knoxville and Denver scored one run. In the eighth inning, Knoxville went ahead 2-1, but Russell Thomas led off the bottom of the eighth with a game-tying homerun. In the bottom of the ninth, Ellis Bolling stepped to the plate with a runner aboard and promptly deposited a pitch into the stands to win the game 4-2 for the Broncos. McNett pitched 8 innings, surrendered 7 hits, and struck out 3 batters. Reliever James Virgen picked up his 10th victory of the season. ************************ ************************ 9/26/2081 to 9/27/2081 The Denver Broncos (92-62) AT The Grand Rapids Tigers (67-87)  Pitching Matchups: RH Larry Waltz (6-8, 4.11 ERA) VS. RH Dennis Kenzo (18-11, 3.39 ERA) RH George Buentello (5-0, 3.68 ERA) VS. LH Norman Dale (6-18, 8.35 ERA) Denver buried Grand Rapids' ace Dennis Kenzo in an avalanche of runs. The Broncos got two in the first inning, and then exploded for eight runs in the third inning. Lee Chappel contributed to that outburst with a three run homer. Mark Bakke made it 11-0 with a homerun in the fourth inning. The Tigers prevented a shutout with a two run sixth inning, then picked up another run in the eighth to make the score 11-3. That set the stage for a near comeback in the ninth. With rookie Lyndon Gwinn attempting mop things up for the Broncos, suddenly the Denver fielders imploded. Multiple errors led to four unearned runs scoring, cutting the Broncos' lead to just 4 runs. With two outs, the Tigers had the bases loaded and the tying run at the plate. But James Virgen came in to get the final out of the game, notching his 8th save, and preserving an 11-7, Denver victory. Larry Waltz pitched 7 innings, allowed 2 runs, and struck out 4 batters. Chappel had 1 hit, 1 walk, 4 RBI, and 2 runs scored. Bakke had 3 hits, 3 RBI, and 2 runs scored. Booker Romero had 2 hits and drove in 2 runs. ****** Once again, the Broncos jumped on Grand Rapids, scoring 4 runs in the second inning. Ellis Bolling ripped a two run homer, and the Broncos scored 3 runs altogether in the fifth inning to go up 7-0. The Tigers made things interesting with a 4 run sixth inning, but the Broncos got one more run in the ninth inning, and hung on for an 8-4 victory. George Buentello was shaky, with 7 hits, 4 walks, and 4 runs allowed in 6 1/3 innings pitched. He did strike out 5 batters. Ramon Gomez picked up his 16th save, pitching 2 2/3 scoreless innings with 4 strikeouts. Russell Thomas had 3 hits, 1 RBI, and 2 runs scored. Mark Bakke had 3 hits, 1 walk, 1 RBI, and 1 run scored.
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The Denver Broncos (94-62) AT The Washington Senators (87-69)  Pitching Matchup: RH Christopher Kirk (19-10, 4.51 ERA) VS. LH Kenneth Thurman (23-10, 4.38 ERA) The Broncos closed out the month of September with a game against the Senators. Facing 23-game winner Kenneth Thurman did not faze the Denver lineup in the slightest. A run in the second inning gave them the early lead, and Lee Chappel's three run homer in the third made it 4-0. In the fifth inning, Alexis Vazquez belted a two run homerun, and the Broncos scored 3 runs in total to open up a 7-0 lead. The Denver onslaught continued relentlessly, with another run in the seventh inning and a solo homer from Ellis Bolling in the eighth, making the score 9-0. In the ninth inning, reserves Norman Cadet and Ronald Matamoros each provided two run singles to cap the scoring in Denver's 13-0 triumph. Christopher Kirk pitched 8 strong innings, allowing only 2 hits. Vazquez and Booker Romero each had 3 hits, 1 walk, and 2 runs batted in; Vazquez also scored 3 runs. Michael Stennis collected 1 hits, 3 walks, and 2 runs scored. With the victory, the Broncos moved into a tied for first place with Tucson with only five games remaining in the season. ******* ******* Still A Little Left in the Tank for Batter of the Month Bakke 10/1/2081 Al Vincent Staff Writer At 37 years of age, Denver designated hitter Mark Bakke was predicted by most pundits to have a mediocre season as his skills eroded. Bakke had other plans. After a brief slump early in the season, Bakke has hit extremely well for several months, the month of September being his best yet, as he was named the American League Batter of the Month- the 4th time in his career he has earned a BotM award. Bakke batted a torrid .466/.520/.727 with an OPS of 1.247 in the past month. He ripped 6 doubles, 1 triple, and 5 homeruns, while driving in and scoring 22 runs apiece. He also drew 10 walks, and went 8 for 8 stealing bases. "Everybody is ready to put you out pasture once you get to be this old," Bakke commented, "This is just my way of proving everyone wrong. I can still hit." ******* ******* 10/1/2081 The Nashville Predators (76-81)  AT The Denver Broncos (95-62) Pitching Matchup: RH Tony Rivera (9-11, 5.09) VS. RH Kenny Pillsbury (17-10, 4.13 ERA) The Broncos opened the month of October in a tie for first place, and facing a familiar face, Tony Rivera. Denver jumped on Rivera for two runs in the first inning, one coming from a solo homer by Ellis Bolling. The Predators got a run in the top of the second inning, but the Broncos scored two more in their half of the second. The game remained 4-1 in favor of Denver until the seventh inning, when both teams exchanged runs. The Broncos opened up a big lead in the eighth inning, scoring three runs, two from back to back solo homers by Mark Bakke and Joseph Swayze. Nashville got one more run, but no more, in Denver's 8-3 victory. Kenny Pillsbury went 8 innings, gave up 5 hits, 2 runs, and struck out 7 batters. Russell Thomas banged out 5 hits, and drove in 3 runs. Bolling, Swayze, and Alexis Vazquez all had two hits apiece. Denver's victory, combined with Tucson's 7-0 loss to last place Green Bay, put the Broncos in sole possession of first place in the division for the first time all year. ******* ******* 10/2/2081 The Denver Broncos (96-62) AT The Green Bay Packers (46-112) Pitching Matchup: LH Robert McNett (20-7, 4.14 ERA) VS. RH Raymond Labat (9-7, 4.80 ERA) It's hard not to take a team as bad as Green Bay lightly, but the Broncos players knew full well that the only reason that they were all alone in first place, was because this same hapless Packers squad had routed the Diamondbacks the day before. With the playoffs so close in sight, there would be no chance of the Broncos falling prey to a "trap game." They quickly took a 1-0 lead in the second inning, and then Lee Chappel crushed a 3 run homer in the third. They held that 4-0 lead until the sixth inning, when the Packers started make things dangerous. Green Bay managed one run in the sixth, and then another two runs in the seventh inning, cutting the Denver lead to just one run. The Broncos emphatically ended any further discussion by exploding for eight runs in the eighth inning. Asbel Fuentez belted a two run homer, and Mark Bakke had a two run double in the eruption. The Packers tried to keep up the debate, with three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning, but once again the Broncos shut them up. Denver scored three runs in the ninth inning to cap a 15-6 rout of Green Bay. Javier Cordero contributed to the ninth inning by delivering a pinch hit, two run double. Robert McNett pitched 6 1/3 innings, allowed 3 runs, and struck out 5 batters. Fuentez produced 3 hits, 2 RBI, and 2 runs scored. Bakke drove in another run in addition two his two run double in the eighth, giving him 3 RBI in total. Booker Romero drove in a pair of runs, as well. The third place Memphis Grizzlies lost to Knoxville, so Denver clinched a playoff spot with the win. They also opened up a two game lead on Tucson, as the Diamondbacks fell to Miami 1-0 on a Thomas Fuentes, Jr. run scoring single in the ninth inning. ************ ************ Playoffs! 10/3/2081 Al Vincent Staff Writer It has been a long, strange season- one filled with quite a bit of doubt at many points along the way- but the Denver Broncos are in the postseason again. Their 15-6 win over the Packers yesterday, coupled with third place Memphis' loss to Knoxville, clinched at least a playoff spot for the Broncos. They also currently hold a two game lead on Tucson for first place with three games remaining- one of them against the Diamondbacks.
Manager John Wilkerson admitted that it was not the same team that began the season, and not just because there are new faces. "Sure, you've got some guys that were picked up along the way, but there are quite a few, I think, that were here at the beginning, but are not the same. There are several players who grew quite a bit this year." Wilkerson also said that just reaching the playoffs is simply not enough. "We've been here before, many times. There's still something missing. The job is not finished." The players are also aware of the task that remains ahead of them. "We're tired of just reaching the playoffs. We've done that before. We want more," Ellis Bolling said.
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10/3/2081
The Miami Dolphins (97-62)  AT The Denver Broncos (97-62) Pitching Matchup: RH Christian Hokusai (20-5, 2.64 ERA) VS. RH Larry Waltz (7-8, 4.03 ERA) The Broncos entered their game against the Dolphins with a chance to clinch the division; a win and a Tucson loss would have done the trick. Neither happened. The game began well for Denver, as they struck for three runs in the first inning. That lead did not last even an inning, as the Dolphins, aided by a solo homerun from Thomas Fuentes, Jr., tied up the game in the second. In the sixth inning, Fuentes struck again, this time with a two run homer. With another run in the ninth inning, Miami sealed up the 6-3 win over Denver. Larry Waltz gave up 5 runs in 7 1/3 innings pitched. Russell Thomas and Mark Bakke each collected 2 hits. Tomas Sato drove in 2 runs. ******************* ******************* 10/4/2081 The Denver Broncos (97-63) AT The Tucson Diamondbacks (96-64) Pitching Matchup: RH George Buentello (6-0, 3.98 ERA) VS. RH Paul Reyes (16-13, 5.51 ERA) Well, this was it. Denver versus Tucson. If Denver won, they captured the division title. If Tucson won, they gave themselves a chance to win the division in the regular season finale. The Broncos smelled blood in the water, and quickly took control of the game. A run in the first inning gave them the early lead. A three run second opened up a commanding 4-0 lead. Lee Chappel ripped a two run double in the fourth inning to make it 6-0. The Diamondbacks inched back into the game with two runs in the sixth inning, and another run in the seventh. Mark Bakke brought the debate to a screeching halt by blasting a three run homerun in the ninth inning, and the Broncos clinched the division with a 9-3 bludgeoning of the Diamondbacks. George Buentello improved his record to 7-0 by pitching 8 innings with only 6 hits and 3 runs allowed. He struck out 5 batters. Chappel had 3 hits and 3 RBI. Russell Thomas finished with 2 hits, 1 RBI, and 3 runs scored. **************** **************** 10/5/2081 The Grand Rapids Tigers (67-94) AT The Denver Broncos (98-63) Pitching Matchup: RH Thomas Plemons (2-11, 6.86 ERA) VS. LH James Myatt (0-0, 0.00) With the final game of the season being meaningless for the Broncos, their lineup was filled mostly with reserves, and James Myatt made his first career start. The two teams see-sawed for most of the game. The Tigers scored a run in the first inning, but Denver followed with two runs in the bottom half. Grand Rapids went ahead 3-2 in the second, but the Broncos tied it up in the fifth inning. The Tigers then took control of the game, and knocked out Myatt with a three run sixth inning. The teams traded runs in the ninth inning, and the Broncos lost 7-4. Myatt pitched 5 2/3 innings, gave up 8 hits, and 6 runs. He walked 4 and coughed up 2 homeruns. He did strikeout 5 batters, however. Asbel Fuentez, one of the few regulars who did start the game, collected 2 hits, 1 walk, and 1 run scored.
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The final regular season standings:
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National League Standings West Division Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run San Jose 103 59 .636 - 106-56 -3 50-31 53-28 11-07 27-24 San Diego 87 75 .537 16 89-73 -2 41-40 46-35 06-06 26-20 Sacramento 79 83 .488 24 82-80 -3 39-42 40-41 05-08 22-25 Phoenix 72 90 .444 31 67-95 5 35-46 37-44 05-08 23-26 Los Angeles 71 91 .438 32 72-90 -1 39-42 32-49 07-05 24-31 Portland 70 92 .432 33 71-91 -1 40-41 30-51 07-07 18-32 Northeast Division Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run Pittsburgh 104 58 .642 - 100-62 4 52-29 52-29 09-05 21-18 Rochester 95 67 .586 9 95-67 0 53-28 42-39 08-05 28-21 Buffalo 81 81 .500 23 87-75 -6 41-40 40-41 08-10 24-22 Harrisburg 73 89 .451 31 72-90 1 38-43 35-46 09-10 22-23 Hartford 69 93 .426 35 70-92 -1 38-43 31-50 05-07 25-21 New Jersey 68 94 .420 36 63-99 5 29-52 39-42 05-07 22-19 American League Standings Southeast Division Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run Miami 99 63 .611 - 102-60 -3 52-29 47-34 11-03 23-27 Washington 91 71 .562 8 91-71 0 42-39 49-32 05-05 19-18 Knoxville 83 79 .512 16 82-80 1 42-39 41-40 04-04 22-13 Nashville 76 86 .469 23 76-86 0 38-43 38-43 05-08 16-20 Atlanta 72 90 .444 27 74-88 -2 34-47 38-43 04-11 17-18 Charlotte 63 99 .389 36 56-106 7 31-50 32-49 05-07 17-22 Central Division Team W L PCT GB Pyt.Rec Diff Home Away XInn 1Run Denver 98 64 .605 - 105-57 -7 54-27 44-37 05-05 15-16 Tucson 97 65 .599 1 93-69 4 47-34 50-31 07-03 29-10 Memphis 95 67 .586 3 95-67 0 47-34 48-33 07-03 19-20 Kansas City 83 79 .512 15 80-82 3 39-42 44-37 06-09 22-17 Grand Rapids 68 94 .420 30 66-96 2 32-49 36-45 09-04 15-15 Green Bay 47 115 .290 51 55-107 -8 22-59 25-56 05-11 12-30 Also, I don't remember if I brought it up before, but the current playoff format allows the top two teams in each division to make the postseason.
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What You Don't Know About This Year's Playoffs
10/8/2081 Al Vincent Staff Writer Sports fans have a tendency to focus so intently on their own team, especially during a postseason run, that they sometimes miss all the other interesting things going on around the league. Every group of playoff teams has all kinds of neat bits of trivia that many people are unaware of.
For example, consider this year's crop of playoff teams: 1. You have the highest payroll in baseball in the Rochester Rhinos and the seventeenth highest payroll in the San Diego Padres. 2. You have the last four World Series winners- Pittsburgh in 2080, Miami in 2079, Rochester in 2078, and Washington in 2077. Two other teams have won it within the last ten years- San Diego in 2073 and San Jose in 2072. Of the remaining two teams, the Broncos have never won the World Series (they reached in 2058 but lost), and the Tucson Diamondbacks have gone 43 years since winning it last(2038), though they have reached four since then, including last year. The Broncos were in just their first year of existence the last time Tucson won it all. 3. All but one team was in the playoffs a year ago. The exception is San Diego, who is making its first postseason appearance since 2075. 4. You have the top five scoring teams in the league. In order, they are: Denver, Pittsburgh, Washington, San Jose, and Tucson. 5. You have the top three teams at preventing runs- Miami, San Jose, and Rochester. 6. You have each league's batting title winner, San Diego's Andrew Burdick and Denver's own Russell Thomas. 7. You have the National League leader in homeruns, San Jose's Ugo Momoru. Momuru, by the way, achieved a feat this season that did not attract as much notice as it should have. By hitting exactly 60 homers this year, Momoru became only the second player in league history to hit 60 or more homeruns in more than one season. Momoru also hit 61 in 2077. The previous player to achieve this feat is, of course, the legendary Scott Border. 8. You have a player who may become the all time leader in hits next season. Rochester's Santiago Serrato is only 36 hits behind all time leader Felipe Mira. In addition, Serrato is one of two players in the playoffs to have 500 career homeruns, and one of two to have 3,000 career hits. Washington's Leon Pino is the other 500 HR man, and Miami's Ulises Menendez is the other 3,000 hit man. 9. Lastly, you have the great Segundo Narbaiza, ace for Rochester. Narbaiza currently ranks tied for 4th with Jeremy Poss in career wins with 295. Twenty six wins next season, not an impossible accomplishment for Narbaiza, who won that many this year, would tie him at third with Robert McComas. If he could reach that level, 14 wins would then tie him with Robert Jordan for second place, and then another four would bring him to all time leader Robert Padgett. Does Narbaiza have 44 more wins left in him? It is certainly not out of the question. 10. Narbaiza is also the all time leader in shutouts with 59; he passed up Hector Soriano's 57 this year. These are just a few of the interesting aspects to the 2081 postseason. However it shakes out, this postseason promises to be an exciting one, with all kinds of storylines.
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2081 Postseason, AL Divisional Round: Tucson VS. Denver
VS. After a season long marathon between these two teams to decide the division winner, finally decided with only one game remaining, they get to face each other right away to kick off the postseason. Tucson's biggest strength is their hitting, as they finished fifth in baseball in runs scored. Their pitching, though, is still pretty good; they finished eighth in runs allowed. The strength of the Diamondbacks' lineup lies not in hitting homeruns- they finished 15th out of 24 teams- but in getting plenty of hits and walks- sixth in batting average and fourth in walks drawn. They do have one true slugger, though, in 1B Israel Kutz, who smacked 38 HR this year. Their rotation is largely top heavy, with Peter Boughner and [b]Cleveland Lauria combining to go 42-15 this year. Scott Council is a capable third starter, but beyond that, things are much more questionable. In a short series, however, that may not matter much. Closer Oren Yother is the only relief pitcher that stands out from Tucson's bullpen, so Denver's best path to victory may be in getting to that bullpen as quickly as possible. Here are Tucson's hitting and pitching stats: Code:
Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG SB CS I. Kutz 152 571 169 27 2 38 113 110 82 153 .296 .382 .550 3 3 O. Santos 150 535 134 24 5 26 78 111 78 123 .250 .344 .460 12 7 E. Giancola 144 530 156 20 5 25 115 88 57 79 .294 .366 .492 7 2 R. Stair 153 524 120 36 0 24 86 82 70 93 .229 .322 .435 0 0 B. Carley 130 503 164 45 7 10 79 85 41 27 .326 .375 .503 1 8 A. Ramirez 130 481 144 28 2 15 74 88 63 37 .299 .393 .459 10 4 J. Morales 148 472 132 24 2 5 74 82 90 66 .280 .393 .371 13 5 C. Diemer 127 467 123 36 0 6 59 70 38 41 .263 .331 .379 3 1 R. Takanori 98 312 92 17 2 4 45 48 21 44 .295 .335 .401 23 6 B. Stocks 120 282 74 17 4 5 38 35 32 67 .262 .340 .404 2 2 B. Wilson 68 164 31 8 4 0 10 22 8 37 .189 .236 .287 5 3 J. Seldon 59 152 42 12 3 2 19 19 24 39 .276 .375 .434 1 0 L. Hawn 62 121 27 8 0 3 8 14 6 33 .223 .271 .364 1 0 B. Cousin 51 75 21 2 1 2 15 10 4 17 .280 .321 .413 0 0 A. Henrich 32 56 9 4 0 0 8 11 1 13 .161 .169 .232 2 2 J. Osborn 11 28 7 1 0 2 6 9 8 7 .250 .417 .500 0 0 D. Paiva 13 23 3 1 0 0 2 6 6 5 .130 .333 .174 0 0 J. Ruelas 15 21 4 1 0 1 2 2 1 7 .190 .227 .381 0 0 M. Serrano 10 17 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 .118 .167 .118 0 0 J. Evans 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .250 .000 0 0 L. Buttram 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K C. Lauria 37 37 20 12 0 4.58 286.2 260 160 146 55 190 P. Boughner 30 30 22 3 0 3.01 245.0 239 90 82 49 89 P. Reyes 36 36 16 14 0 5.62 225.2 233 146 141 87 167 W. Bergan 31 31 9 13 0 6.03 195.2 213 140 131 77 147 S. Council 25 25 12 7 0 4.11 175.1 180 84 80 34 124 W. Braun 42 3 4 3 0 5.44 84.1 86 52 51 26 59 P. Reyes 44 0 2 2 0 5.75 67.1 75 44 43 16 39 C. Fleitas 44 0 4 2 1 4.63 58.1 65 35 30 31 42 O. Yother 58 0 7 3 41 2.89 56.0 53 18 18 14 58 B. Johnson 27 0 1 4 0 5.35 33.2 36 27 20 11 15 N. Parrino 8 0 0 2 0 9.24 12.2 19 13 13 15 1 R. Ugarte 5 0 0 0 0 8.68 9.1 13 9 9 6 7 Like Tucson, Denver's strength is obviously the offense. The Broncos finished first in AVG, first in runs scored, and second in HR. Of course, those numbers are inflated somewhat by an extreme hitter's park. Many of the Broncos' hitters are well rounded enough to not be affected much by leaving the friendly confines of Denver, but some of the more flawed hitters could have some problems, most notably Joseph Swayze, Alexis Vazquez, and Booker Romero. Surprisingly enough, despite the early season struggles of the pitching staff, their final ranking in ERA is 8th, and in runs allowed, 10th. The pitching really came on from the middle of the season to the end, and that could be an important key to winning in the postseason. The bullpen remains unreliable to a large extent, however, and it seems as though both teams will be taking the same offensive strategy: Get to the bullpen early. One other thing to note is that Tucson's catcher, Christopher Diemer, has a strong arm. This will likely serve to check any aggressiveness that Asbel Fuentez or Russell Thomas might want to show. The question is, will this be a positive or a negative for the Broncos? Here are Denver's hitting and pitching stats: Code:
Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG SB CS R. Thomas 153 662 247 29 10 12 102 144 64 44 .373 .432 .502 29 9 E. Bolling 154 615 166 49 8 46 160 133 79 95 .270 .351 .600 4 1 A. Fuentez 149 613 222 40 15 15 82 150 70 27 .362 .424 .550 39 14 A. Vasquez 152 582 163 21 1 26 94 99 45 89 .280 .333 .454 24 2 J. Swayze 146 580 177 29 2 43 133 106 22 81 .305 .330 .584 2 0 T. Sato 147 565 190 28 9 14 108 94 42 28 .336 .394 .492 1 5 L. Chappel 138 535 183 60 9 42 158 135 92 33 .342 .439 .723 4 0 M. Bakke 138 517 176 25 2 29 108 97 33 32 .340 .383 .565 19 5 B. Romero 110 396 98 25 8 6 53 57 28 112 .247 .297 .396 8 5 P. Chason 56 135 36 10 0 2 21 21 11 9 .267 .327 .385 1 0 A. Navarro 52 103 28 8 1 3 14 17 12 13 .272 .350 .456 8 2 J. Cordero 32 82 14 5 0 1 8 7 4 24 .171 .227 .268 0 1 J. Rumfelt 33 78 20 4 0 0 9 13 10 11 .256 .348 .308 1 0 M. Phillips 22 63 16 2 0 0 1 9 8 12 .254 .338 .286 1 0 M. Stennis 25 61 16 8 1 4 14 12 11 15 .262 .375 .623 0 0 M. Grace 15 48 15 3 1 3 13 6 2 8 .313 .340 .604 0 0 J. Sermons 14 17 4 0 0 0 1 2 1 5 .235 .278 .235 0 0 P. Powell 5 6 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 .167 .286 .167 0 0 R. Matamoros 6 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 0 0 N. Cadet 5 5 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 .200 .200 .200 0 0 S. Andrade 32 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .200 .200 .200 0 0 L. Twigg 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 .000 .000 .000 0 0 G. Kibby 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 C. Hosler 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 .333 .500 .333 0 0 Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K K. Pillsbury 34 34 18 10 0 4.04 260.2 260 129 117 63 192 C. Kirk 34 34 20 10 0 4.36 249.2 278 131 121 46 135 R. Mcnett 35 34 21 7 0 4.14 232.2 239 114 107 48 165 R. Lockridge 25 25 6 7 0 4.67 146.1 151 83 76 30 105 L. Waltz 24 17 7 9 0 4.07 137.0 149 72 62 20 69 J. Virgen 42 0 10 3 8 2.53 74.2 74 24 21 20 46 S. Andrade 43 0 2 2 3 4.17 58.1 70 34 27 16 23 G. Buentello 7 7 7 0 0 3.88 51.0 52 22 22 13 23 R. Gomez 43 0 1 9 16 5.19 50.1 66 31 29 5 48 L. Salguero 32 0 2 1 2 3.89 44.0 50 23 19 16 28 F. Lemire 24 0 1 1 0 8.48 40.1 52 41 38 13 45 V. Mcgurk 3 3 1 1 0 7.07 14.0 20 16 11 11 4 D. Pasco 9 0 0 0 0 7.07 14.0 21 15 11 8 9 R. Soto 11 0 0 0 0 2.77 13.0 15 6 4 3 5 O. Lopez 6 0 0 0 0 5.63 8.0 13 8 5 0 2 L. Gwinn 7 0 0 0 0 2.35 7.2 7 6 2 2 3 J. Myatt 2 1 0 1 0 8.10 6.2 8 6 6 4 5 Next up, the other American League matchup: Washington VS. Miami
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2081 Postseason, AL Divisional Round: Washington VS. Miami
VS. This is certainly an intriguing matchup. Washington finished the season as the third highest scoring team, and second highest in the American League. Offensively, they hit for average, they hit homeruns, and they draw walks, ranking 8th, 3rd, and 7th in those categories, respectively. The team they will be facing, Miami, allowed the fewest runs in baseball. The Senators' lineup is filled with power hitters: Leon Pino belted 40 homers, and Ralph Jennings and Cristian Zarzuela both hit more than 30. Washington is also a strong point of evidence to the belief that stolen bases have minimal impact in scoring runs or winning games; the Senators finished dead last in the league in stolen bases. The weakness to the Senators is their pitching staff. Of the eight teams in the playoffs, Washington finished last in runs allowed; they ranked 12th in all of baseball. This weakness will also be compounded by the fact that their best starting pitcher, Kenneth Thurman, is injured, and will not be available for the first round of the playoffs. The Washington bullpen isn't great, but it does have a few decent pitchers. Washington's hitting and pitching stats: Code:
Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG SB CS M. Madrid 154 603 178 23 2 23 95 92 63 33 .295 .364 .454 0 0 L. Pino 156 595 188 33 1 40 133 130 77 74 .316 .393 .576 0 0 R. Jennings 156 583 175 25 9 35 104 117 51 27 .300 .364 .554 0 7 C. Zarzuela 154 551 152 35 1 31 114 85 44 90 .276 .329 .512 0 1 T. Baeza 151 538 157 48 1 20 88 83 62 76 .292 .365 .496 0 0 A. Champ 141 536 148 14 3 21 68 76 44 28 .276 .338 .431 1 0 S. Patterson 156 532 135 23 2 16 81 76 95 122 .254 .365 .395 0 0 E. Pantoja 142 517 148 23 1 28 84 94 73 50 .286 .373 .497 0 3 M. Sanders 132 414 112 15 1 17 54 60 19 47 .271 .308 .435 0 1 R. Johnson 100 220 49 17 4 5 22 43 36 71 .223 .340 .405 10 6 S. Taff 74 175 44 4 0 3 13 15 10 40 .251 .290 .326 1 0 A. Melgoza 64 126 32 8 1 2 18 15 12 21 .254 .321 .381 0 0 D. Sanford 42 118 30 9 0 2 23 16 14 34 .254 .343 .381 0 0 G. Leal 49 71 20 7 0 1 9 26 3 14 .282 .316 .423 3 1 C. Despain 38 68 12 2 0 1 9 8 7 9 .176 .247 .250 0 0 B. Jusino 23 47 11 1 0 1 6 5 1 10 .234 .250 .319 2 0 J. Sanchez 15 24 8 1 1 2 8 7 1 4 .333 .360 .708 0 0 E. Mcclain 1 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 .200 .200 .400 0 0 M. Ling 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 0 0 Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K K. Thurman 36 36 23 12 0 4.65 272.2 263 154 141 53 180 J. Fuentes 35 35 16 12 0 4.38 257.0 223 133 125 79 179 A. Barnes 33 33 12 14 0 6.81 208.2 215 171 158 111 174 O. Smith 28 28 10 8 0 4.25 171.2 173 85 81 57 117 V. Moris 49 0 5 2 1 4.71 93.2 76 51 49 59 80 L. Massa 42 0 2 3 0 4.15 69.1 62 38 32 27 51 R. Ferrin 60 0 6 5 42 3.14 63.0 47 22 22 22 35 E. Mower 46 0 2 1 3 5.91 53.1 65 36 35 26 14 C. Reeve 39 0 2 3 2 5.79 51.1 55 35 33 25 28 H. Lewis 6 6 0 3 0 6.41 39.1 39 28 28 28 17 R. Garcia 5 5 2 3 0 8.38 29.0 49 32 27 19 19 J. Mccart 4 0 1 0 0 4.50 6.0 5 3 3 4 4 J. Morison 1 1 0 1 0 10.50 6.0 10 7 7 2 6 S. Chavez 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.1 1 0 0 0 0 As mentioned, Miami's biggest strength is their pitching staff- the best in the league. The Dolphins' pitching staff is very deep, so deep that a guy like Kevin Phipps, who, while not a dominant starter but one who would still be highly valued by many teams- some in the postseason- wound up losing his spot as the fifth starter because Miami had five starters who were better than him. The rotation is anchored by breakout star, Christian Hokusai. Hokusai has been used as a swingman the last couple of seasons, and began the year in that role. When injuries pushed him into the rotation, he grabbed hold of the new role and refused to let go. Meanwhile, the 40 year old southpaw, Jim Miller, has the best control in baseball, walking a miniscule 0.6 batters per nine innings. The bullpen is strong, but not really dominant. George Carolan is the primary workhorse of the 'pen, but missed time this season due to injuries, and isn't the youngest guy in the world. Closer Christopher Lain is a flawed pitcher. Despite being in his late 30's now, he remains one of the hardest throwers in the league. However, he tends to be wild at times, and is vulnerable to the longball. Miami may be more hesitant to use him in close games than they once where. The Dolphins offense is the weakest of the playoff teams, ranking only 13th in baseball in runs scored. Still, Miami has plenty of dangerous hitters, including one of the premiere sluggers in the American League, Roy Springs. The Dolphins were also hurt in large part because a few players (Ulises Menendez and Berny Morales) finally began showing their age, and a few players (Aaron Shorts and Thomas Fuentes, Jr.) had off years. Here are the Dolphins hitting and pitching stats: Code:
Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG SB CS U. Menendez 153 616 159 28 4 29 95 78 41 116 .258 .307 .458 16 3 R. Springs 151 605 183 18 5 44 125 91 52 98 .302 .363 .567 1 2 E. Rehberg 154 581 158 31 3 9 61 112 101 49 .272 .385 .382 3 0 A. Shorts 152 567 139 48 1 16 80 99 104 38 .245 .361 .418 3 0 T. Fuentes Jr. 149 559 139 16 2 29 100 83 58 90 .249 .318 .440 1 4 J. Foss 131 493 160 40 2 27 87 90 63 63 .325 .397 .578 1 0 R. Herb 99 370 115 11 4 5 43 59 14 46 .311 .339 .403 16 4 B. Morales 109 369 90 10 2 0 31 36 21 24 .244 .291 .282 1 0 A. Chichester 85 276 78 21 2 11 42 37 17 48 .283 .332 .493 1 1 T. Alder 84 274 80 17 1 11 47 45 18 15 .292 .334 .482 0 0 B. Tovar 74 250 77 16 2 3 32 25 9 16 .308 .336 .424 0 0 G. Esqueda 60 214 51 10 1 12 32 34 24 14 .238 .322 .463 1 0 E. Mcgurk 80 207 41 12 2 8 20 39 34 41 .198 .317 .391 2 2 D. Armas 64 194 61 11 0 1 33 19 20 31 .314 .393 .387 1 0 C. Cortes 33 74 11 5 0 0 3 10 4 17 .149 .192 .216 1 2 K. Carrillo 10 33 11 5 0 1 6 3 0 8 .333 .353 .576 0 0 J. Zabala 16 24 8 0 0 1 4 6 2 4 .333 .357 .458 3 0 D. Roque 7 16 4 0 0 1 3 2 0 2 .250 .250 .438 0 0 E. Abadia 7 15 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 .000 .063 .000 0 0 E. Lasa 3 3 2 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 .667 .667 1.000 1 0 Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K C. Hokusai 33 29 21 5 0 2.66 216.2 188 73 64 32 173 J. Miller 28 28 13 10 0 3.18 201.0 195 77 71 13 146 J. Caceres 31 31 12 15 0 3.46 200.1 152 91 77 125 131 J. Brashears 27 27 10 7 0 3.41 182.0 180 79 69 53 63 M. Prior 25 25 11 7 0 3.79 175.2 175 82 74 62 147 K. Phipps 24 18 8 5 0 4.65 131.2 151 72 68 43 119 G. Carolan 35 0 8 5 6 2.99 69.1 72 29 23 17 42 E. Morris 33 0 3 1 6 3.90 57.2 53 26 25 12 39 C. Lain 41 0 4 3 17 3.38 53.1 36 24 20 29 44 J. Seder 39 0 3 3 9 3.65 49.1 51 22 20 10 19 C. Helton 27 0 0 0 1 3.81 28.1 29 13 12 17 31 D. French 15 0 3 0 0 4.07 24.1 28 14 11 3 13 R. Baston 8 2 1 0 0 3.57 22.2 24 11 9 6 15 C. Speakman 11 0 1 0 0 3.77 14.1 15 6 6 3 4 J. Bohorquez 7 1 0 1 0 13.91 11.0 23 18 17 8 5 J. Carpenter 6 0 1 0 0 7.36 7.1 10 7 6 4 7 S. Fierros 6 0 0 0 0 9.00 7.0 12 9 7 4 4 E. Salcedo 4 0 0 0 0 3.18 5.2 5 2 2 2 2 A. Ibaņez 1 1 0 1 0 18.00 4.0 9 8 8 3 2 S. Poe 3 0 0 0 0 5.40 1.2 5 1 1 0 1 H. Catlett 1 0 0 0 0 18.00 1.0 2 3 2 2 0 C. Ostlund 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 J. Matthews 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.2 0 0 0 1 0 Next up, the National League Divisional Round matchups: Rochester VS. San Jose and San Diego VS. Pittsburgh
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2081 Postseason, NL Divisional Round: Rochester VS. San Jose
 VS.  The Rochester Rhinos have the highest payroll in baseball. Most of it goes towards their pitching staff, where they have the luxury of the best pitcher in the league, Segundo Narbaiza, leading the rotation. The Rhinos finished the year third in runs allowed. The only teams who allowed fewer runs were Miami, and..... Rochester's opponent, the San Jose Sharks. Despite the Rhinos' high ranking in runs allowed, most of it is due to Narbaiza alone. The rest of Rochester's pitching staff is rather ordinary, with only two other above average starters, and only one particularly good relief pitcher. In a short series, though, that may be enough. Rochester's lineup is less inspiring. Of the playoff teams, only Miami scored fewer runs than the Rhinos. They do have some dangerous hitters, most notably Louis Guerriero, but the runs will be tough to come by against San Jose. Rochester's hitting and pitching stats: Code:
Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG SB CS N. Colin 157 637 176 28 4 25 85 99 29 70 .276 .319 .451 39 19 L. Guerriero 158 591 206 58 5 45 127 134 59 140 .349 .415 .692 12 6 S. Serrato 142 558 160 17 4 15 65 84 28 34 .287 .319 .412 4 1 P. Bibbs 146 520 151 18 0 22 92 80 53 50 .290 .360 .452 0 1 R. Ahn 144 516 157 54 8 20 101 107 90 108 .304 .407 .556 3 1 J. Adams 151 507 137 30 6 12 83 63 20 26 .270 .297 .424 1 6 B. Lent 149 485 134 26 8 25 88 81 88 119 .276 .387 .518 10 11 S. Salo 140 463 149 14 1 18 80 83 90 56 .322 .430 .473 1 0 M. Kennerson 74 224 65 8 2 2 31 40 10 24 .290 .332 .371 11 10 R. Crawford 86 163 43 14 0 8 30 25 18 41 .264 .337 .497 0 0 S. Narbaiza 37 101 7 0 0 0 5 3 3 34 .069 .094 .069 0 0 E. Jimenez 40 92 17 4 0 4 13 14 16 10 .185 .325 .359 1 4 B. Sebastian 37 89 5 2 0 0 3 5 8 32 .056 .134 .079 0 0 D. Briese 72 81 17 1 0 1 10 9 10 9 .210 .293 .259 3 0 B. Kennett 41 79 22 4 1 1 10 7 4 18 .278 .310 .392 1 0 M. Evert 35 72 23 6 1 0 10 20 17 18 .319 .456 .431 0 2 J. Strickland 30 68 8 1 0 0 7 6 3 25 .118 .153 .132 0 0 J. Vavra 30 67 12 4 0 0 3 5 4 17 .179 .247 .239 1 0 A. Parra 24 66 18 1 0 3 13 8 2 21 .273 .300 .424 0 0 A. Gaier 25 51 7 3 0 0 3 1 1 23 .137 .154 .196 1 1 A. Martinez 23 47 10 3 0 0 3 5 3 19 .213 .260 .277 0 0 J. Plazas 20 36 9 2 0 1 4 4 2 11 .250 .289 .389 0 0 D. New 14 32 11 2 2 2 5 7 5 10 .344 .421 .719 0 0 J. Stone 10 27 5 0 0 0 2 3 2 4 .185 .233 .185 0 0 J. Romero 19 27 3 0 1 0 0 3 1 7 .111 .143 .185 0 0 R. Mansell 10 24 3 0 0 0 3 1 0 10 .125 .120 .125 0 0 E. Ikeda 10 12 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 .167 .231 .167 1 0 P. Levasseur 14 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .125 .222 .125 0 0 M. Morison 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 0 0 J. Vivier 46 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 0 0 B. Harvey 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .167 .167 .167 0 0 N. Owen 56 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 .000 .167 .000 0 0 V. Rodriguez 65 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 A. Guardado 41 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 C. Gouin 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 E. Oropesa 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 0 0 A. Melendez 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 W. Rieth 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K S. Narbaiza 36 36 26 6 0 1.71 299.2 237 67 57 31 236 B. Sebastian 37 36 18 10 0 4.42 269.0 266 141 132 99 159 J. Strickland 30 30 10 13 0 5.49 190.1 213 123 116 100 119 A. Gaier 25 25 6 11 0 5.27 155.1 181 95 91 68 100 A. Martinez 23 22 12 5 0 4.34 141.0 147 71 68 23 101 V. Rodriguez 65 0 3 3 1 5.48 67.1 68 43 41 35 61 R. Mansell 10 10 4 4 0 4.96 65.1 91 36 36 16 45 J. Vivier 46 0 4 4 2 4.35 60.0 58 35 29 20 50 N. Owen 56 0 7 7 27 4.98 59.2 61 36 33 23 48 F. Domingo 54 0 2 1 2 3.10 58.0 51 21 20 10 55 A. Guardado 41 0 2 3 3 9.00 42.0 56 46 42 29 35 M. Morison 3 3 1 1 0 5.06 21.1 25 14 12 5 15 A. Melendez 19 0 0 2 0 7.84 20.2 33 19 18 8 13 L. Luna 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 1.0 2 0 0 0 0 San Jose may be the most well rounded of the playoff teams. They are the only team to finish in the top 5 of both runs scored and runs allowed, ranking 4th and 2nd, respectively. Offensively, they are led by the most devastating power hitter in the game, Ugo Momoru, plus two more sluggers, Orlando Escobedo and Charles Seaver. William Natali and George Ormiston are some of the best top of the order hitters around. The Sharks also benefit from a fairly deep bench, and pretty strong fielding all around the field. For pitchers, the Sharks rely heavily on strikeout pitchers and ground ball pitchers, especially in the bullpen. In fact, the Sharks probably have the best and deepest bullpen in the game, anchored by the likes of Bill Frisch, Dennis Rank, Anselmo Ortiz, and Clinton Blanton. Starting pitcher Benito Ortiz led the National League in strikeouts with 243, and they also got over 200 K's from Jason Rubino. San Jose's hitting and pitching stats: Code:
Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG SB CS U. Momoru 155 627 204 39 3 60 157 130 72 44 .325 .399 .684 1 0 W. Natali 152 624 221 40 5 25 109 131 36 76 .354 .393 .554 41 8 O. Escobedo 139 545 163 32 1 33 100 80 26 63 .299 .333 .543 1 0 C. Seaver 139 522 153 21 0 34 121 102 73 37 .293 .376 .529 5 0 A. Cisneros 125 488 169 38 6 4 77 63 43 20 .346 .399 .473 2 3 G. Ormiston 138 470 171 30 5 7 66 77 55 65 .364 .438 .494 5 0 J. Lumsden 124 433 140 32 8 13 77 70 32 27 .323 .364 .524 0 0 N. Stewart 97 301 74 19 2 3 31 47 32 48 .246 .320 .352 10 7 L. Romanowski 105 242 69 15 5 1 26 35 24 43 .285 .359 .401 1 1 S. Riva 93 222 56 11 2 0 17 47 44 56 .252 .381 .320 19 14 S. Martinez 89 219 60 13 5 5 28 43 33 56 .274 .368 .447 18 5 V. Zurcher 58 202 52 18 4 3 26 26 11 49 .257 .301 .431 0 2 E. Ketterer 63 117 29 8 0 0 13 11 8 11 .248 .299 .316 1 0 R. Perkins 41 107 16 5 0 1 11 16 13 16 .150 .240 .224 0 0 F. Conde 43 103 25 8 3 0 7 22 18 11 .243 .350 .379 0 1 R. Clear 23 84 26 7 1 1 11 16 7 11 .310 .370 .452 4 0 J. Rubino 33 80 5 1 0 0 2 2 2 31 .063 .085 .075 1 0 B. Ortiz 34 77 8 2 2 0 7 3 2 31 .104 .123 .182 0 0 B. Gowen 33 75 3 1 0 0 1 3 2 37 .040 .064 .053 0 0 R. Salazar 24 57 7 0 0 0 3 2 2 18 .123 .153 .123 0 0 M. Shunji 17 49 15 5 0 1 11 8 8 12 .306 .390 .469 4 0 W. Arcelay 22 43 2 1 0 0 0 2 1 10 .047 .068 .070 0 0 R. Tibbs 9 31 8 0 0 0 2 3 0 9 .258 .258 .258 0 0 S. Torres Jr. 10 25 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .080 .077 .080 0 0 A. Fiore 10 16 6 1 0 0 0 3 1 2 .375 .412 .438 4 2 C. Valentine 3 12 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 .250 .333 0 0 S. Mchenry 6 11 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 6 .182 .308 .182 0 0 L. Anderson 5 9 1 0 0 0 1 3 1 4 .111 .200 .111 0 0 T. Lomeli 27 8 5 4 0 0 5 4 0 0 .625 .625 1.125 0 0 J. Elson 4 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 0 0 R. Olinger 4 6 1 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 .167 .167 .167 0 0 K. Morgan 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .167 .167 .167 0 0 T. River 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 0 0 L. Farnum 25 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 B. Frisch 45 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 C. Blanton 38 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .333 .333 .333 0 0 M. Segarra 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 S. Jackson Jr. 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K B. Ortiz 34 34 16 9 0 3.84 225.0 204 102 96 93 243 B. Gowen 33 33 18 4 0 3.53 222.0 212 93 87 48 108 J. Rubino 33 33 17 10 0 4.04 211.2 232 100 95 67 202 R. Salazar 24 24 11 3 0 4.09 165.0 173 84 75 22 93 W. Arcelay 22 22 11 8 0 4.81 127.1 140 74 68 67 93 B. Frisch 45 0 7 3 10 2.22 77.0 48 21 19 32 95 C. Blanton 38 0 6 3 8 2.33 65.2 65 18 17 13 49 D. Rank 46 0 3 4 13 2.63 61.2 50 19 18 24 78 A. Ortiz 37 0 3 4 6 2.58 45.1 39 16 13 10 37 L. Farnum 25 0 0 0 1 4.89 42.1 37 24 23 26 41 S. Jackson Jr. 26 0 3 2 2 3.29 41.0 47 15 15 8 34 S. Mchenry 6 6 2 3 0 4.95 40.0 38 22 22 17 37 T. Lomeli 27 0 2 0 2 4.14 37.0 40 18 17 15 27 J. Elson 4 4 3 1 0 4.09 22.0 20 12 10 13 9 K. Morgan 3 3 0 2 0 6.86 21.0 34 20 16 9 9 T. River 3 3 1 1 0 6.43 14.0 14 15 10 16 9 J. Turner 9 0 0 0 0 7.82 12.2 12 11 11 7 9 C. Saari 7 0 0 0 0 4.15 8.2 10 4 4 1 10 W. Breeze 7 0 0 0 0 6.48 8.1 10 6 6 5 4 B. Douglas 5 0 0 1 0 3.24 8.1 7 3 3 3 6 P. Duran 6 0 0 0 0 7.56 8.1 9 7 7 4 6 G. Parker 7 0 0 1 0 4.91 7.1 11 4 4 1 5 W. Londono 4 0 0 0 0 10.13 2.2 8 3 3 0 2 Next up: The final Divisional Round matchup- San Diego VS. Pittsburgh
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2081 Postseason, NL Divisional Round: San Diego VS. Pittsburgh
This would have been longer, but my computer froze after previewing the first attempt, so this version will much abbreviated.
 VS.  San Diego is a rather young team led by, arguably, the best all around position player in the game, Andrew Burdick. The Padres were only ninth in the league in runs scored. Their biggest strength offensively is their ability to draw walks; they ranked second in the league in that category. Pitching-wise, the Padres have a solid, if unspectacular staff, with a strong focus on groundball pitchers. San Diego's stats: Code:
Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG SB CS A. Burdick 156 604 225 33 3 37 115 149 96 77 .373 .460 .621 34 6 G. Matos 147 567 147 23 4 19 65 116 96 140 .259 .370 .414 39 12 G. Ruiz 150 542 167 41 1 33 114 116 92 122 .308 .411 .570 0 2 G. Canales 150 532 156 22 1 28 111 101 98 97 .293 .402 .496 4 3 A. Chilson 146 531 156 18 2 21 96 61 40 77 .294 .343 .454 19 4 C. Threatt 131 508 164 36 0 12 98 62 32 23 .323 .360 .465 0 2 A. Alemany 134 437 105 28 2 2 53 63 31 107 .240 .302 .327 34 13 C. Gray 127 330 82 19 0 12 41 35 38 58 .248 .331 .415 7 2 C. Wickstrom 99 224 71 14 0 10 29 35 34 31 .317 .418 .513 0 3 S. Alvarez 103 217 59 16 2 4 33 24 24 28 .272 .350 .419 1 1 E. Porcaro 91 205 41 4 2 3 12 29 13 25 .200 .262 .283 0 0 A. Tester 91 187 55 7 1 0 22 23 12 39 .294 .350 .342 0 3 M. Saldana 72 135 40 11 5 0 21 30 16 11 .296 .381 .452 1 4 M. Alarcon 37 99 23 6 1 1 17 12 6 20 .232 .266 .343 7 1 J. Helman 48 84 15 1 1 1 13 10 16 12 .179 .310 .250 3 0 E. Nieves 27 76 4 1 0 0 4 5 6 37 .053 .122 .066 0 0 D. Spicher 31 73 10 3 0 0 4 6 4 26 .137 .179 .178 0 0 C. Greene 32 72 5 2 0 0 2 6 6 27 .069 .141 .097 0 0 G. Lasseter 26 64 10 3 0 0 3 2 6 33 .156 .229 .203 0 0 V. Shoyo 27 64 4 2 0 0 4 9 6 30 .063 .141 .094 2 0 M. Preciado 10 31 11 0 0 1 9 2 1 8 .355 .394 .452 0 0 D. Terpstra 8 29 3 1 0 0 5 2 1 3 .103 .125 .138 0 0 E. Padilla 8 21 6 2 0 0 2 1 0 6 .286 .286 .381 0 0 R. Turner 5 20 7 1 0 1 2 3 1 5 .350 .381 .550 0 0 C. Lozoya 7 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .000 .000 .000 0 0 C. Crane 3 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .200 .000 0 0 D. Reilly 1 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 0 0 J. Donato 29 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 B. Padilla 47 3 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 .667 .667 1.333 0 0 H. Jimenez 4 3 2 0 0 0 2 1 2 1 .667 .800 .667 0 0 J. Lis 30 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 L. Ruvalcaba 44 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 0 0 C. Hilario 25 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .000 .000 .000 0 0 W. Martin 27 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 0 0 D. Peņa 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 0 0 Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K C. Greene 32 32 16 10 0 3.13 218.1 217 86 76 24 135 D. Spicher 31 31 13 10 0 4.94 213.0 250 124 117 45 101 E. Nieves 27 27 16 11 0 4.48 199.0 192 102 99 70 150 G. Lasseter 26 26 10 9 0 5.55 180.0 206 116 111 55 137 V. Shoyo 24 24 12 8 0 5.39 160.1 205 108 96 69 104 H. Crosley 49 0 1 2 0 4.43 63.0 61 34 31 23 46 B. Padilla 47 0 3 2 1 2.88 59.1 44 21 19 22 48 L. Ruvalcaba 44 0 4 6 25 3.10 49.1 40 18 17 10 23 E. Padilla 8 8 3 1 0 5.51 49.0 59 32 30 18 18 J. Donato 29 0 1 4 1 4.98 43.1 46 25 24 22 46 C. Lozoya 7 7 3 4 0 5.32 42.1 45 26 25 14 40 J. Lis 30 0 0 0 0 4.10 41.2 41 20 19 7 22 W. Martin 27 0 1 1 0 4.18 28.0 27 17 13 14 11 C. Hilario 25 0 1 1 0 7.81 27.2 40 26 24 16 19 D. Peņa 20 0 1 2 0 6.75 24.0 39 19 18 20 29 C. Crane 3 3 1 2 0 3.91 23.0 27 14 10 11 25 H. Jimenez 4 3 0 2 0 9.37 16.1 29 18 17 11 9 H. Neyra 12 0 0 0 3 2.40 15.0 9 5 4 5 9 D. Reilly 1 1 1 0 0 5.14 7.0 8 4 4 5 8 Pittsburgh is the next most well rounded team after San Jose, finishing second in the league in runs scored and sixth in runs allowed. Offensively, they don't hit a lot of homeruns, but excel at getting on base. The Pirates ranked 4th in AVG, and 1st in walks, but only 19th in HR. The Pirates' rotation is largely a one man show: Geronimo Otero. The rest of the rotation was largely questionable this season, and the Pirates spent most of the season throwing stuff against a wall, hoping it would stick. To compensate for the weak rotation, Pittsburgh leaned heavily on the bullpen, and specifically, fireman Joe O'Donoghue, who tied for second on the team in wins, finished third in strikeouts, and fifth in innings pitched. Pittsburgh's stats: Code:
Name G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG SB CS D. White 147 554 184 34 1 5 77 95 57 82 .332 .399 .424 0 0 A. Quijada 142 552 164 35 6 29 105 126 99 132 .297 .405 .540 1 0 A. Oatman 138 548 179 22 11 27 120 119 54 96 .327 .400 .555 1 4 J. Harmer Jr. 133 542 190 66 7 10 72 124 97 70 .351 .450 .554 3 0 J. Rael 146 541 145 28 1 37 140 100 68 83 .268 .346 .529 2 0 A. Halter 141 511 149 32 0 0 62 57 23 82 .292 .327 .354 1 0 H. Rodarte 134 441 126 18 1 13 75 81 75 100 .286 .387 .420 0 3 J. Arruza 144 439 139 23 0 12 82 85 82 65 .317 .421 .451 3 0 I. Cervantes 104 265 65 23 0 11 62 43 47 79 .245 .361 .457 0 0 R. Billips 97 232 58 21 2 7 42 38 34 34 .250 .353 .448 10 5 R. Tejada 93 164 46 18 0 3 37 30 26 10 .280 .383 .445 0 0 R. Able 87 156 45 5 0 0 14 27 19 33 .288 .376 .321 12 1 R. Chapa 72 146 50 9 0 3 25 25 23 11 .342 .429 .466 1 0 G. Otero 36 82 12 4 0 1 9 10 6 33 .146 .205 .232 0 0 E. Shoaf 34 68 10 5 0 2 10 6 6 31 .147 .213 .309 0 0 J. Marrone 28 63 5 2 0 0 5 2 3 26 .079 .119 .111 0 0 J. Sequeira 19 60 15 3 0 0 8 5 2 18 .250 .308 .300 0 0 M. Kiyomitsu 30 41 3 1 1 0 1 4 2 19 .073 .116 .146 1 0 A. Mingo 14 39 14 4 1 0 11 3 3 7 .359 .419 .513 0 1 T. Francois 14 26 7 3 0 1 7 12 6 9 .269 .394 .500 9 0 L. Suarez 12 25 5 0 0 1 2 5 3 2 .200 .286 .320 0 0 T. Swarthout 14 24 5 0 0 0 5 4 6 3 .208 .355 .208 0 0 H. Yosuke 8 23 5 1 0 0 1 4 4 4 .217 .333 .261 1 0 F. Medina 8 21 8 3 0 0 3 3 0 5 .381 .381 .524 0 0 M. Barajas 4 11 2 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 .182 .182 .182 0 0 N. Garcia 6 10 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 .100 .100 .200 0 0 M. Santos 5 9 6 2 0 0 4 1 0 1 .667 .600 .889 0 0 R. Coughlan 8 8 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 .125 .125 .125 0 0 E. Westgate 6 8 1 1 0 0 2 3 2 4 .125 .300 .250 0 0 M. Farner 7 7 3 1 0 0 2 4 1 2 .429 .500 .571 4 1 J. Furst 4 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .125 .000 0 0 L. Cuomo 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 0 0 A. Fajardo 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000 .286 .000 0 0 E. Casarez 4 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .167 .000 0 0 J. Odonoghue 76 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 0 0 J. Vega 52 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 C. Reardon 40 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 O. Vando 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 R. Melendez 50 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 0 0 B. Hinerman 41 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 B. Ringer 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 0 0 S. Gerst 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0 Code:
Name G GS W L SV ERA IP HA R ER BB K G. Otero 36 36 20 4 0 3.24 236.1 230 90 85 64 226 E. Shoaf 34 34 15 6 0 5.46 196.0 277 130 119 46 100 J. Marrone 28 28 14 5 0 4.40 176.0 157 94 86 66 159 M. Kiyomitsu 30 25 10 5 0 6.94 140.0 182 113 108 81 79 J. Odonoghue 76 0 15 4 11 1.70 132.1 99 30 25 26 134 J. Vega 52 0 4 8 4 4.18 84.0 75 44 39 27 74 C. Reardon 40 0 3 1 3 2.33 73.1 75 20 19 10 36 R. Chavez 44 0 6 1 0 4.12 63.1 78 34 29 17 43 R. Melendez 50 0 2 4 20 4.31 62.2 74 35 30 6 41 B. Hinerman 41 0 2 5 7 3.77 59.2 48 28 25 15 38 E. Westgate 6 6 1 4 0 7.09 33.0 48 30 26 8 24 N. Garcia 6 5 2 2 0 6.67 29.2 40 22 22 12 26 M. Barajas 4 4 2 2 0 7.71 28.0 39 24 24 17 19 A. Fajardo 4 3 2 0 0 2.59 24.1 15 8 7 6 20 J. Furst 4 4 1 2 0 4.30 23.0 29 14 11 6 16 L. Cuomo 7 4 0 1 0 10.71 21.0 39 29 25 18 15 E. Casarez 4 4 1 1 0 6.75 20.0 23 19 15 6 5 O. Vando 2 2 1 1 0 6.30 10.0 10 7 7 2 6 B. Ringer 2 1 0 0 0 9.00 6.0 6 6 6 3 7 D. Martinez 6 0 1 0 0 7.20 5.0 7 5 4 0 3
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07-21-2007, 10:27 PM
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Nice job on making the playoffs, hope you make it far and keep up the good writing!
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Thanks for the support. Unfortunately....... Well, I was going spread out the reports for the post-season one game at a time, but Denver's post-season stay was short-lived, and I'm not sure I see much point to doing that. I expected Tucson to be a tough matchup- I spent the entire year chasing them in the division, and it was Tucson who defeated Denver in the playoffs a year ago. Still, I really thought we could beat them. Once the games started, though, it was just like the problem that plagued Denver at the beginning of the season. Shaky starting pitching, unreliable relief pitching, and hitting that was just good enough to lose close. The first three games were all losses: 8-7, 6-5 in 10 innings, and 6-1. Facing elimination, Christopher Kirk stepped up with a strong performance, and the bats came alive for a 7-1 thumping. Still facing elimination, it looked as though the Broncos would stay alive. They jumped out an comfortable, early lead in Game 5. But Kenny Pillsbury unraveled, blew a 5-0 lead, and the Broncos fell behind. In the ninth inning, Alexis Vazquez hit a two run homer (one of 4 he hit in the series) to give Denver the lead. But the bullpen blew the lead, and into extra innings the game went. The Broncos would again take the lead, only to blow it again. Finally, the Diamondbacks pulled out a 9-8 victory in 13 innings. While Tucson breezed through Denver in 5 games, the rest of the first round matchups were not such cakewalks. Miami rallied from being down 2 games to none to beat Washington in 7 games. Rochester rallied from a 3-2 deficit to beat San Jose in 7 games. Pittsburgh's was the most impressive of all, coming back from a 3 game deficit to knock off San Diego in seven games. The League Championships, then, are Tucson VS. Miami, and Rochester VS. Pittsburgh.
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07-28-2007, 06:04 PM
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The results of the LCS's were as follows:
Pittsburgh, after falling behind 2 games to 1, won three straight games over Rochester, reaching their second straight World Series. Miami quickly took a 2 games to none lead over Tucson, but Tucson battled back and won two straight, including an 18-4 shellacking, to even the series. Miami, however, finished off Tucson with two straight victories again. That pitted Pittsburgh, the defending champions, against Miami. Pittsburgh has won the most World Series of any team in this league, with 25. Miami, who entered the league in 2038, has won 11. The two teams have faced each other in the World Series 10 times previously, with Miami holding a 6-4 edge. The two teams were frequent battlers throughout the late 40's, 50's, and early 60's. Miami won matchups in 2045, 2048, 2051, 2053, 2060, and 2063. Pittsburgh's victories came in 2054, 2057, 2059, and 2074. Game One went to Miami, an 8-7 victory in 10 innings. Roy Springs, Thomas Fuentes, Jr., and Ulises Menendez all drove in 2 runs apiece. Game Two went to Pittsburgh, 5-3, despite mustering only 4 hits. Three of the four hits were homeruns, by Aaron Quijada (a two run shot), Jose Arruza (also a two run shot), and [/b]Tony Francois[/b] (a solo shot). Game Three also went to Pittsburgh. Again, the Pirates couldn't manage many hits; this game they only had 3. But one of the three was a three run homer by Javier Rael that erased a 2-0 deficit in the 7th inning. Pittsburgh hung to the 3-2 victory. Game Four saw Pittsburgh's offense bust out in a 7-1 triumph. Leading 3-1 in the 7th inning, Richard Billips ripped a two out, bases loaded double, and Pittsburgh struck for 4 runs in all. Game Five was a 12-2 bludgeoning by Miami as they staved off elimination. Albert Chichester drove in 3 runs and Bill Tovar hit a grand slam in the rout. Game Six pitted the 40 year old Jim Miller against the rookie Andreas Fajardo, who, by starting, had increased his career postseason starts higher than career regular season starts. Pittsburgh quickly took control, leading 7-1 after three innings, and Fajardo hung tough, allowing only 3 runs in 7 innings. Pittsburgh held off Miami, 8-4, to win their 26th World Series, and second in a row. Augustine Oatman, who had struggled through much of the postseason for Pittsburgh, came through with 3 hits and 4 RBI in the final victory.
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