SUBJECT: WEEK 22 NOTES
SCHEDULE:
1 @ Denver
OFF DAY
3 @ Milwaukee
3 vs Minnesota (DH 9/2)
RESULTS
- 8/28: DEN 3 FLA 2 Alward W (16-9) 8 IP 13 K 2 H 1 ER
- Ramirez L (13-4) 5 IP 9 K 9 H 3 ER
- Alamogordo won 15-0 behind 16 hits and a CG 3-hitter from Ricky Wentz (9-7) Ajani Foggie 4-4 2B HR 6 RBI (.301-18-63) Cletus Owry 3-5 3B 3 R 3 RBI (.295-21-87)
- Luis Campos tossed a 5-hit shutout for Clovis (3-4)
- New acquisition Zach Astor was 1-3 with a HR and is hitting .327/.527/.981 with 10 HR and 22 RBI in 19 games since being acquired. His totals on the year .347/.473/.653 17 HR 62 RBI in 69 games
- 8/29: OFF DAY
- Jeff Faulkner (Hobbs) went 7 IP 10 K 3 ER in a 6-4 loss. Nate Bosse was 3-5 HR 2 RBI to go to .351-14-54 in 61 games since being drafted.
- 8/30: FLA 10 MIN 4 Agresta W (15-6) 7 IP 10 K 2 ER Rand/Haupt 3-5
- Arturo Mendoza has had a very up and down year since his move to exclusively being a starter. Today he went 8, punched out 5 and gave up 2 ER to go to 6-10 6.23
- 8/31: MIN 6 FLA 5 (10) Haupt 3-5 (.303-30-79)
- At Rio Rancho, 19-year-old Roku Higuchi tossed a 4-hit shutout and improved his record to 6-0 2 SV 2.68 in 15 games, 5 starts on the year. In 50.1 IP he's punched out 59 to just 37 hits.
- Kinnon Mendelson has tossed 10 IP over his 2 starts, 13 H 6 K 6 BB.
ROSTER EXPANSION & SEPTEMBER CALL-UPS
Purchased the contracts of the following players
Max Ramirez C – Alamogordo .282/.331/.442 15 HR 64 RBI 109 G
Ajani Foggie 1B – Alamogordo .298/.375/.549 18 HR 64 RBI 85 G
Dusty Barber IF – Alamogordo .317/.407/.480 10 HR 43 RBI 93 G
Placed these players on the 38 man roster and then purchased the contract
Tomiji Takimoto OF – Alamogordo .327/.409/.571 22 HR 80 RBI 103 G
Sam Ginn RP – Alamogordo 3-0 6 SV 2.63 ERA 24 IP 10 H 23 K 14 BB 18 G
Jorge Balboa was DFA'd which leaves the 38 man roster full right now.
RP Juan Noriega will be recalled when the Alamogordo season comes to a close as will IF Jeremy Crimi.
- 9/1: FLA 10 MIN 7 Willoughby 5.1 IP 8 H 6 ER ND down 6-4 in the 8th offense blows up for 6 over the final 2. Ajani Foggie PH 3 R HR in the 8th Barranco 2-4 3 R 3 RBI GW 3 R HR in the 9th. Max Ramirez 1B in 1st career AB. Sam Ginn scoreless 8th.
- Seb Ziersch (NE) tossed a 3-hit shutout in a 3-0 win over Pittsburgh as those two fight for the NL East.
- Luis Mora announced the signing of a 16-year old P from Boca Chica, DR. He's a 6'5” kid who could have enormous upside.
- 9/2: GAME 1 MIL 11 FLA 1 Chase bombed 10 ER 3 IP (13-10 4.59)
- 9/2: GAME 2 FLA 5 MIL 3 Ramirez (14-4 3.72) 6 IP 8 K 3 ER Mendoza SV (1)
- While the West is still up for grabs Vegas clinched a post-season birth today.
- Our rookie league club Rio Rancho secured a wild-card spot.
- 9/3: MIL 6 FLA 1 Doherty spot start 6 ER 4.1 IP Ginn 3.2 scoreless 1 H 5 K
AL POTW - Tyrese Sheridan (MIN) 12-21 6 HR 13 RBI (.285-13-55)
NL POTW – Juan Burruel (SD) 12-24 HR 5 RBI (.360-29-96)
POWER RANKINGS
1) Las Vegas
2) San Francisco
3) Detroit
4) Kansas City
5) Denver
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7) Florida
RECORD: 3-4 (80-60)
PLACE: 2nd 10 GB +7 WC
RUNS SCORED: 764 4th
RUNS GIVEN UP: 630 4th
DEFENSE: .707 2nd
OWNER MOOD: Worried