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WEEK 24
SCHEDULE:
OFF DAY
3 @ Chicago
3 vs Ohio

RESULTS:

• 9/12: OFF DAY

• 9/13: Florida 9 Chicago 8
• W-Yamada (1-2) L-D'Addio (2-13) S-Turner (28)
• HR: CHI-Colle (2) E Mitchell (38)
• POTG: W Belanger 3-4 3 2B (5) 3 RBI (3) ties Chicago team record for 2B in a game

• Joe McGinn (SD) won his 13th (13-8 3.82) striking out 5, walking none and scattering 5 hits to beat Los Angeles 4-0.

• 9/14: Chicago 5 Florida 2
• W-Stanton (20-7 3.43) L-Coronado (8-5 3.77) S-D'Addio (36)
• HR: FLA-Bursey (20) CHI-Nishikawa (5)
• POTG: Nishikawa 2-4 3B (3) HR (5) 2 R 4 RBI (27)
• Coronado 6 IP 6 H 5 ER 7 K

• Sean Cockley (WAS) struck out 6 to win his 19th of the year in an 8-0 win over Oklahoma. He's 19-8 2.98

• 9/15: Florida 11 Chicago 5
• W-Willoughby (22-4 4.48) L-Ortega (8-7)
• HR: FLA-Saldana (14) CHI-Hatch (15) Shelley (28)
• POTG: Saldana 3-5 2 2B (17) HR (14) 3 R 3 RBI (77)

• Jorge Zavaleta (TEX) went 5-5 driving in 2 in the Cowboys 10-4 win over Buffalo. He's hitting .324-36-113
• Ohio clinched today. They are also coming in for 3 games and we are both 97-53. There are 12 games left to decide the AL's #1 seed.
• Over in the NL Washington has now won 13 straight and are 107-53, 3 games up on 2nd place Pittsburgh

• 9/16: Ohio 8 Florida 7
• W-Rone (21-7 3.55) L-Turner (4-2 BS 4) S-Miles (38)
• HR: OH-Robles (36) Paredes (37) Schroeder (19) FLA-Hallamore (15)
• POTG: Paredes 2-4 HR 3 RBI (110)

• Tomaz Pgo (MEM) struck out 11 in shutting out Milwaukee 3-0. He's 13-10 4.04 with 288 K's in 245 IP

• 9/17: Florida 13 Ohio 0
• W-Pollock (17-9 3.57) L-Anguiano (17-6 3.86)
• HR: FLA-Adams 2 (20) Chase 2* (45)
• POTG: Chase 3-5 3 R 2 HR (45) 6 RBI (136)
• Adams 3-3 2 BB 2 HR (20) 3 RBI (67)
• Pollock 8 IP 9 H 4 K

• Alamogordo was upset in the 1st round. So I will call up:
• SP Joe Rogers
• SP Josh Thompson will be added to the 38 man roster and recalled
• IF Wilton Montalbetti
• SS Dan Sharp will be added to the 38 man, 3B Juan Castillo will be DFA

• 9/18: Florida 4 Ohio 1
• W-Turner (5-2) L-Osorio (19-10 4.12)
• HR: OH-Cosman (45') FLA-Bursey (21x) (x = walk-off)
• POTG: Samvdio 7 IP 1 H 10 K 1 ER
• The staff combines on 1-hitter with Bursey hitting 1 out 3 run walk off.
• Osorio CG 8.1 IP 7 K 4 ER 7 K
• The win puts us +1 on Ohio for the top seed in the AL

• New England fired GM Bobby McCoy and Manager Nate Spears. After winning the NL East in 1990-91 the team has made just 2 appearances over the next 19 years and both of those as a Wild Card. I'm actually hearing rumors of their interest in me......

• AL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Eric Mitchell (CHI) 10-19 5 HR 8 RBI (.331-42-120)
• NL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jorge Zavaleta (TEX) 16-24 4 HR 11 RBI (.329-37-118)

• RECORD: 4-2 (99-54)
• STANDINGS: 1st +23
• RUNS FOR: 894 2nd
• RUNS AGAINST: 646 1st
• DEFENSE: .703 1st
• POWER RANKINGS:

1. Pittsburgh
2. Washington
3. Florida
4. Ohio
5. Los Angeles

• (Top 2 teams in the ABA are in the same division. Love to see them meet in the NLCS)