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Week-in-Review: September 5th-September 11th, 1966
The Brewers go 3-4 on the week, dropping 3 of 4 to San Francisco and then taking 2 of 3 from Detroit- all on the road.
Who's Hoppy? Secondbaseman Tanner Yurek (.254/.349/.421, 3.7 WAR) continues to be hot after a nearly season-long slump, giving the front office hope that much of this season was an aberration and that Yurek will in fact become the all-star caliber player they expect him to. Yurek was 7 for 12 this week with 5 runs scored (60), 5 driven in (53), 2 triples (3), 5 walks (54) and he hit his 13th HR of the season (he hit 20 in 1965.) Captain Sam Rogers (.258/.306/.370, 2.1 WAR) perhaps just needed a little rest, as after having a few days off he came back on fire at the plate, going 10 for 19 with 4 runs scored (41), 4 RBI (45), 3 doubles (14) and hit his 9th HR of the year.
Who's Hungover? Starting pitcher Steve Alonso (14-8, 3.15) continues his slide since his 5 game winning streak ended, working just 3 innings in his one start this week, allowing 7 runs (all earned) on 9 hits , allowing 2 HR's (24), striking out 6 (168) while walking 1 (48). He did not suffer the loss though as the Brewers bats bailed him out with a 10-run top of the 9th and Denver won 13-8. Catcher/firstbaseman Franklin Jimenez (.222/.303/.333, -0.2 WAR), picked up in the Ron Poblano trade earlier in the season, has hit a real cold spell. He was just 2 for 14 on the week with 1 run scored (17), 2 RBI (8), hitting his 8th double, walking once (13) but striking out 4 times (19.)
What's Brewing Around the League? Jacksonville holds a narrow lead over the red-hot Columbus Whalers in the Shoeless Joe League. Jacksonville (90-56) is 3 1/2 games ahead of Columbus (88-61) while leading Pittsburgh and San Antonio (each at 77-69) by 13 games. In the Moonlight Graham League, Los Angeles remains on top at 92-53, Portland is still in second but now 9 games behind at 83-62, and Baltimore still holds onto third place, now 12 1/2 games behind with a 79-65 record. On the Travis Johnson chase for the .400 mark front, young Mr. Johnson has now fallen to .394 and will have to get hot again soon if he hopes to reach the magical number.
The Streak Souffront Saga: A few signs of life from young Ruben (.237/.265/.334, -0.8 WAR) as he collects 8 hits in 22 AB's this week, scoring twice (25), driving in 6 runs (28) including a 5-RBI game in the aforementioned 13-8 victory over Detroit, getting his 11th double and 5th HR, as well as his 11th stolen base. Unfortunately he also was thrown out for the 10th time this week, and struck out 4 times (65) with only 1 base-on-balls (12.)
Brewers' Power Ranking: #16 (#1 COL, #2 L.A., #3 JAC, #4 S.A., #5 S.F.)
Brewers' Record: 65-81, .445, 8th place MGL, 27 1/2 gb L.A.
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