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Old 06-08-2018, 10:08 PM   #224
ayaghmour2
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May 31st-June 3rd

May 31st, 2024: Here's a short one that will bring us right to the Amateur Draft, so I can do a special draft edition report that doesn't interrupt the normal scheudle.

A.J. Puckett was diagnosed with shoulder tendinitis and will head to the DL. I recalled Tim Cate to take his spot in the rotation. I also optioned Carlos Soler to AAA to activate CF Mickey Moniak.

We hosted the Rays in the opener, with Shoehi Ohtani making his pitching debut against former Marlin Braxton Garrett (1-1, 2.84 ERA, 1.34 WHIP). The game doesn't realize Ohtani should be hitting higher then 9th, but it's not worth messing with the lineup. We dropped the opener 5-3, but Ohtani didn't do too bad.

He went 5, allowing 7 hits, 3 runs, 3 walks, and 6 strikeouts. Max Povse allowed 1 run in 2 innings with 2 hits, 2 walks, and 2 strikeouts. Mason Barnett allowed a run in 1.2 innings with a hit and 3 striekotus.

Ohtani was 1-for-2 with a double. Scott Kingery had a pinch hit, 2 run double in the 7th. Nick Gordon was 1-for-2 with 2 walks and a run scored. Seth Beer was 1-for-3 with a walk.

We also fell out of first, and have just a half game lead over the Mets for the #1 Wild Card.

Nolan Arrenado hit his 400th homer as the Dodgers beat the A's 8-3. Arenado is a career .278/.338/.537 hitter between Colorado and LA, although he hasn't had too much success with the Dodgers.

June 1st, 2024: Seth Beer was named hitter of the month, hitting .330 with 11 homers, 19 RBI's, and 25 runs scored. Last year's Rookie of the Year hasn't suffered any sophmore slump, hitting .293/.407/.619 with 16 hoemrs and 28 RBI's. His 1.026 OPS is leading the NL.

We looked to win the "split" with Jordan Montgomery (4-4, 2.72 ERA, 1.12 WHIP) taking on Blake Bivens (3-3, 5.10 ERA, 1.35 WHIP) before traveling a bit north to Tampa/St. Petersburg. We dropped another, fallilng 7-6 and we've really struggled as of late. I hate how streaky we can be...

Montgomery allowed 3 runs in 3.1 innings with 5 hits and 3 strikeouts. Touki Toussaint went 2.1 innings with 2 hits, 2 runs, and 2 strikeouts. Max Povse left with a rotator cuff straing, and will head to the DL for about 4 weeks. He allowed a hit, run, walk, and got a strikeout. Jorge Moya allowed a run in the 9th, which proved costly as we came back to score one in the bottomg half.

Blake Tiberi was 3-for-4 and a triple away from the cycle. He scored twice and drove in two runs. Austin Hedges was 1-for-3 with a solo homer. Seth Beer was 2-for-4 with a double, walk, and run scored.

I recalled Popkin from his rehab assignment.

We're off to Tampa as we'd face former Marlin Yonny Chirinos (2-1, 5.87 ERA) and 2-time Cy Young Winner Jacob Faria (2-1, 4.75 ERA).

June 2nd, 2024: The first published list of All-Star votes was annoucned, with Thomas Dillard leading catchers, Seth Beer leading first base, Jordan Montgomery 3rd and Mike Soroka 5th for starting ptichers, and Yasukazu Shiotani number 1 for relievers. Dillard actually has the most votes, 185,614.

We really needed a win, with Tim Cate (1-0, 0.00 EAR, 0.00 WHIP) making his first start against Yonny Chirinos (2-1, 5.87 ERA, 1.38 WHIP). The Bats unleashed their anger, crushing the Rays 14-5.

Cate had a rough outing, 2 innings with 7 hits, 3 runs, a walk and 3 strikeouts. Mason Barnett got the win, 2.1 hitless innings with a walk and 2 strikeouts. Touki Toussaint allowed a run and a walk in 0.2 innings. Yasukazu Shiotani earned a 3 inning save, and didn't allow a base runner while striking out 4.

Thomas Dillard showed why he has the most votes, going 4-for-6 with 2 homers, 3 runs scored, and 3 driven in. Seth Beer was 3-for-5 with a sac fly, solo homer, double, and 2 runs scored. Lewis Brinson was 3-for-5 with a three run homer. Adam Haseley was 3-for-6 with a run scored, 2 driven in, a double, and a solo shot. Nick Gordon was 4-for-5 with 2 runs scored and driven in. Blake Tiberi was 2-for-5 with a pair of doubles and runs scored. Brendan Rodgers was 2-for-6 with a double and run scored. Every hitter got a hit today for us.

June 3rd, 2024: We've dropped to 4th in the Power Rankings, with the Nats and Mets 1 and 2. They both are above us in the standings, but only the Mariners have a better record then us for all the teams out of our division.

We looked to split the four game split series with Mike Soroka (5-2, 4.40 ERA, 1.17 WHIP) taking on Jacob Faria (2-1, 4.75 ERA, 1.31 WHIP). Faria hasn't had his best stuff all year, but was dealing today. Luckily, Soroka was better, and we shut them out 2-0.

Soroka went 6.2 innings with 5 hits, 2 walks, and 3 strikeouts. Ben Popkin and Luiz Gohara earned holds before Jorge Moya recorded the save.

Shoehi Ohtani was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk. Adam Haseley was 1-for-4 with a double and run scored. Thomas Dillard was 1-for-4 with a solo homer. Nick Gordon was 1-for-4 with an RBI single.

We're off to Washington to face the Nationals for three. They have a 2 game lead, so a sweep here would put us back where we belong. We'd face Cole Ragans (3-5, 3.79 ERA), May's NL Pitcher of the Month Sonny Warner (8-0, 3.65 ERA), and Erling Moreno (3-1, 3.23 ERA).

But first, the Amateur Draft! For some reason, the game had a really hard job with getting the draft order right, so a lot of the picks are scattered and not exactly where they should be. I'm hoping no organization is getting screwed.
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