SCHEDULE:
1 @ Ohio
3 vs Detroit (1st look at our main competition)
OFF DAY
2 @ Las Vegas
RESULTS:
- 4/27: FLA 9 OH 2 15 straight. Willoughby W (2-0 4.07) 7 IP 2 H 5 K 1 ER Adams 4-4 2B (1) 4 R Mendoza 2B (4) 5 RBI (16)
- Curt Hanning (SAN) tossed his 3rd shutout in his last 5 starts to beat San Diego 4-0. He's 4-1 1.29
- KC announced 35 year old P Rob Gurley will miss the next 4 months after exploratory elbow surgery revealed significant forearm issues. He is coming off an 11-13 3.56 2008.
- 4/28: DET 5 FLA 2 Jim Brooks 8 IP 8 K 3 H 1 ER (2-3 2.23) Berg SV (6)
- Samvdio L (2-1 4.08) 7 IP 10 H 5 ER
- Dusty McCarthy (DEN) struck out 6 in a 2-0 CG shutout of Chicago.
TARPONS, FLORES STREAKS COME TO AN END
Veteran Jim Brooks was the first starting pitcher in over 2 weeks to get into the 8th inning of a game against the Florida Tarpons and he did so allowing just 3 hits. For the first time in 23 games none of those hits was by 2B Juan Flores.
Detroit ended the Tarpons ABA Record 15 game winning streak with a 5-2 win.
- 4/29: FLA 5 DET 4 Down 4-1 entering the 9th before Juan Flores, with the score 4-2, lines a 2 out bases loaded 2B to walk off the win.
- Knuckleballer Jon Girard (KC) beat Portland 6-0 striking out 8 to move to 3-2 1.79
- Doug Tew (MEM) went 5-5 in a 10-6 win over Alaska
- 4/30: FLA 5 DET 3 Mendoza W (2-1 4.39) 7 IP 7 H 5 K 0 BB 3 ER Galindo SV (8)
- 5/1: OFF DAY
- 5/2: LV 8 FLA 4 Alatorre gets bombed 6 H 2 HR 3 BB 7 ER 3.2 IP (ERA from 2.45 to 4.71) Funicello 3-4 HR (3) 2 RBI (13) Mendoza 2 errors (3)
- 5/3: LV 2 FLA 1 1st time back to back losses Tousei Sato 8 IP 3 H 5 K 1 ER (3-0 2.13) Helmrich SV (7)
- Pollock ND 7 IP 6 H 1 ER Turner L (1-2 4.15) 1 IP 3 H 1 ER
- Tasuki Sakai (BRK) gave up just 5 hits in a 1-0 win over St Louis
- AL POTW – Chad Mohr (NY) 12-28 4 HR 12 RBI (.275-9-30)
- NL POTW – Luis Andrade (PIT) 10-21 HR 8 RBI (.287-3-16)
Alamogordo's Layne Jardin took home AAA POTW honors with his 13-22 HR 2 RBI effort (.341-3-10)
- RECORD: 3-3 (21-5)
- STANDINGS: 1st +6
- RUNS SCORED: 141 1st
- RUNS AGAINST: 91 1st
- DEFENSE: .683 7th
- POWER RANKINGS:
- Florida
- Texas
- Los Angeles
- Las Vegas
- Pittsburgh