7 games at home in the middle of a long home stretch. Should be good, right? Nope, 1-6 last week, which really hurts. The series with Boston was particularly brutal: the Chiefs were outscored by the Minutemen 24-5. And then--to top it off--Chicago lost to Pittsburgh 6-1 on Sunday. There are three more with Pittsburgh at home next week before we travel to Boston to see if we have better luck at Cunningham Field.
An offensive dud of a week like last week is not supposed to happen when we are playing all of the games in the friendly confines of Whitney Park. But look at these numbers:
Tom Aiello - .095
Mose Christopher - .087
Ed Reyes - .176
Bob Martin - .240
Jim Hampton - .292
Only
Paddy Smith (.333) showed up with his bat last week.
Tom Aiello really needs to start hitting soon, but as there are no other catching options, his job is safe.
Ed Reyes is not so lucky. He is heading to Fort Wayne to see if he can find the swing he had in the Spring. Taking his place will be #2 prospect
Bennie Griffith, who was hitting .311/.422/.459 with 11 stolen bases at Fort Wayne. Griffith will take over in center with Paddy Smith moving to right and Jim Hampton returning to his natural spot in left.
Ron Coles is scheduled for 2 starts this week. If he makes both, he'll go over his previous high water mark for innings pitched of 51.1 (in 1931).
Jim Simmons's start this week did not go so well: he did not make it out of the 3rd inning, giving up 8 runs on 8 hits, in a 10-4 loss to Boston.
Charlie Bingham will be getting the extra start this week.
