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ayaghmour2 · 10-18-2021, 04:33 PM

Weekly Record: 4-2
Seasonal Record: 4-2 (t-1st, 0.5 GB)
Stars of the Week
Leo Mitchell : 24 AB, 10 H, 0 HR, 4 RBI, .417 AVG, .940 OPS
Freddie Jones : 23 AB, 7 H, 0 HR, 4 RBI, .304 AVG, .882 OPS
Rich Langton : 25 AB, 7 H, 1 HR, 4 RBI, .280 AVG, .797 OPS

Schedule
4-25: Loss vs Cleveland (10-5)
4-26: Win vs Cleveland (2-5)
4-27: Loss vs Cleveland (8-4)
4-28: Win at Wolves (6-4): 11 innings
4-29: Win at Wolves (7-1)
4-30: Win at Wolves (4-2)

Recap
Baseball is back! We got to open Cougars Park for the first time on the 25th, but the Foresters had all the fun. Dick Lyons had a very unlucky start, 8 hits and 8 runs in just 2 innings, but just three of those runs were earned. Freddie Jones made two errors and Rich Langton and Harry Mead an error a piece, easily our undoing. The Foresters managed to win the series, but we did get a win in our second game at the new stadium. After that, we turned things around, and swept the Wolves in Toronto to tie the Foresters for first in the league. Yeah, it's early, but it's never too early to be in first place!

Lyons second store was much better, 8 strong innings with 9 hits, 2 runs, and a walk. He hasn't struck out anyone yet this season, so we're going to need fewer four error starts and a lot more clean fielding games. Best start of the week goes to Cy Sullivan, who allowed just 7 hits, a walk, a run and 2 strikeouts in a complete game win. Milt Fritz's start was close, a complete game of his won with 6 hits, 2 runs, 3 walks, and a strikeout. Harry Parker was really roughed up, however, 7.2 innings with 10 hits, 8 runs (7 earned), 2 walks, and 6 strikeouts. He was also unlucky with the runs, as the Foresters seemed to take advantage of every base runner and the runs were scored in either his first or last inning of his start. Peter the Heater looked pretty good himself, 10 innings with 7 hits, 4 runs, 5 walks, and 8 strikeouts. His control didn't hurt him today, but he'll have 30 or so more opportunities for it to fall apart. Out of the pen, Pug Bryan looked good, eating up 7.2 innings with 9 hits, 2 runs, 3 walks, and 5 strikeouts, while also picking up a pair of saves. Cal Knight also got some innings, 2.2 with a hit and strikeout while Joe Brown and Allen Purvis weren't needed.

We didn't hit the best, but the star of the week may have been Harry Mead. He played two games, going 4-for-8 with 3 doubles, 3 runs, and an RBI. Mead may never have another four hit week, so I'm going to really savor this one. Leo Mitchell started his batting title chase on the right foot, 10-for-24 with a double, 3 runs, 3 walks, and 4 RBIs. Freddie Jones had a nice debut week, 7-for-23 with a double, four RBIs, and two triples, walks, and runs. Rich Langton hit our first homer of the season, going 7-for-25 with a double, three runs, three walks, and four RBIs. Doc Love hit the other, a pinch hit blast off Joe Hancock, but was retired in his other two pinch hit opportunities. Billy Hunter had a weird weak, just 3-for-17, but with 2 triples, 2 RBIs, 4 runs, and 6 walks, so his weekly OPS+ (118) was actually above average. John Lawson was 8-fro-25 with a double, 2 RBIs, 3 runs, and 2 walks. Ollie Page made the most of his first two starts, 3-for-9 with a double, RBI, and a pair of runs scored. Unfortunately, Carlos Montes had a really rough week, just 3-for-20 with a double and RBI, while striking out seven times.

Looking Ahead
We continue to alternate home to road, returning to Chicago for three with the Sailors. Philly is off to an awful start, just 2-4, but they got outstanding pitching in both wins. Against Toronto, Merritt Thomas went 6 with 4 hits, a run, 3 walks, and 7 strikeouts, and like us, beat the Wolves 4-2. The better start came from Chuck Murphy, who went the distance in an 11-1 win over the Foresters. He allowed just 5 hits, a run, and 2 walks with 3 strikeouts. We won't have to face him, but we will get a crack at Thomas. There are some new faces in the Sailors lineup, including former Eagles shortstop Jim Beard. He's at third for Philly, but was just 2-for-11 with a run, RBI, and three walks in his first three games. 28-year-old Don Homer won the center field job, and went 6-for-21 with a walk and run in week one. Longtime Sailor Dick Walker is off to a sizzling start, 5-for-14 with 7 runs, 8 walks, a double, triple, homer, steal, and 2 driven in.

We get the Foresters again after, but it's just for two games instead of three. The Foresters starters didn't do all that well, with only ace Dean Astle working to an ERA below 4. He's 2-0 with a 3.18 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 7 walks, and 6 strikeouts, and we're likely set to see him in Cleveland. Ben Turner and Dave Rankin both have ERAs above 5 while Lou Martino's is all the way up to 13.50. The bats have led the way, however, with their 3-4-5 hitters all hitting .400 or better. Lou Balk is the reason for the or better, slashing .400/.400/.533 with 2 doubles, a steal, and RBI. Next is Mel Carroll, in his first full season with Cleveland, hitting a strong .423/.444/.577 with a double, homer, and 5 RBIs. But none are quite as impressive as the initial CA Player of the Week, Dan Fowler who's .455/.571/.864 batting line is the envy of the league, plus the double, triple, 2 homers, 8 RBIs, and 8 runs scored make it even more enticing. Cleveland's offense looks to be very scary, and we need to pitch much better this week if we want to take one on the road.

Back home to finish the week with two against the Wolves before our first off day of the season. Due to our sweep of them, they fell to 2-4 on the season, but they got good pitching from the top three in their rotation. Bob Walls may have got the loss, but he went 8 with 7 hits, 4 runs (1 earned), 5 walks, and a strikeout. Joe Hancock put together two strong starts, a complete game win and loss with 14 hits, 8 runs (4 earned), 3 walks, and 5 strikeouts. Chick Wirtz also went the distance, allowing 9 hits and 3 runs with 4 walks and strikeouts. At the plate, Fred McCormick started off hot, 6-for-17 with a double, 7 walks, and 5 RBIs. Former Cougar prospect Reginald Westfall went 7-for-22 with a double, homer, and 5 driven in. The rest of the lineup, including Nick Wallace, left their bats in training camp, with no hitter batting .270 or better, including sub .160 from the bottom two in the order Charlie Artuso (.133) and Clarence Howerton (.154).

10-18-2021, 04:33 PM	#627
ayaghmour2 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Mar 2018 Posts: 3,086	Week 1: April 24th-April 30th Weekly Record: 4-2 Seasonal Record: 4-2 (t-1st, 0.5 GB) Stars of the Week Leo Mitchell : 24 AB, 10 H, 0 HR, 4 RBI, .417 AVG, .940 OPS Freddie Jones : 23 AB, 7 H, 0 HR, 4 RBI, .304 AVG, .882 OPS Rich Langton : 25 AB, 7 H, 1 HR, 4 RBI, .280 AVG, .797 OPS Schedule 4-25: Loss vs Cleveland (10-5) 4-26: Win vs Cleveland (2-5) 4-27: Loss vs Cleveland (8-4) 4-28: Win at Wolves (6-4): 11 innings 4-29: Win at Wolves (7-1) 4-30: Win at Wolves (4-2) Recap Baseball is back! We got to open Cougars Park for the first time on the 25th, but the Foresters had all the fun. Dick Lyons had a very unlucky start, 8 hits and 8 runs in just 2 innings, but just three of those runs were earned. Freddie Jones made two errors and Rich Langton and Harry Mead an error a piece, easily our undoing. The Foresters managed to win the series, but we did get a win in our second game at the new stadium. After that, we turned things around, and swept the Wolves in Toronto to tie the Foresters for first in the league. Yeah, it's early, but it's never too early to be in first place! Lyons second store was much better, 8 strong innings with 9 hits, 2 runs, and a walk. He hasn't struck out anyone yet this season, so we're going to need fewer four error starts and a lot more clean fielding games. Best start of the week goes to Cy Sullivan, who allowed just 7 hits, a walk, a run and 2 strikeouts in a complete game win. Milt Fritz's start was close, a complete game of his won with 6 hits, 2 runs, 3 walks, and a strikeout. Harry Parker was really roughed up, however, 7.2 innings with 10 hits, 8 runs (7 earned), 2 walks, and 6 strikeouts. He was also unlucky with the runs, as the Foresters seemed to take advantage of every base runner and the runs were scored in either his first or last inning of his start. Peter the Heater looked pretty good himself, 10 innings with 7 hits, 4 runs, 5 walks, and 8 strikeouts. His control didn't hurt him today, but he'll have 30 or so more opportunities for it to fall apart. Out of the pen, Pug Bryan looked good, eating up 7.2 innings with 9 hits, 2 runs, 3 walks, and 5 strikeouts, while also picking up a pair of saves. Cal Knight also got some innings, 2.2 with a hit and strikeout while Joe Brown and Allen Purvis weren't needed. We didn't hit the best, but the star of the week may have been Harry Mead. He played two games, going 4-for-8 with 3 doubles, 3 runs, and an RBI. Mead may never have another four hit week, so I'm going to really savor this one. Leo Mitchell started his batting title chase on the right foot, 10-for-24 with a double, 3 runs, 3 walks, and 4 RBIs. Freddie Jones had a nice debut week, 7-for-23 with a double, four RBIs, and two triples, walks, and runs. Rich Langton hit our first homer of the season, going 7-for-25 with a double, three runs, three walks, and four RBIs. Doc Love hit the other, a pinch hit blast off Joe Hancock, but was retired in his other two pinch hit opportunities. Billy Hunter had a weird weak, just 3-for-17, but with 2 triples, 2 RBIs, 4 runs, and 6 walks, so his weekly OPS+ (118) was actually above average. John Lawson was 8-fro-25 with a double, 2 RBIs, 3 runs, and 2 walks. Ollie Page made the most of his first two starts, 3-for-9 with a double, RBI, and a pair of runs scored. Unfortunately, Carlos Montes had a really rough week, just 3-for-20 with a double and RBI, while striking out seven times. Looking Ahead We continue to alternate home to road, returning to Chicago for three with the Sailors. Philly is off to an awful start, just 2-4, but they got outstanding pitching in both wins. Against Toronto, Merritt Thomas went 6 with 4 hits, a run, 3 walks, and 7 strikeouts, and like us, beat the Wolves 4-2. The better start came from Chuck Murphy, who went the distance in an 11-1 win over the Foresters. He allowed just 5 hits, a run, and 2 walks with 3 strikeouts. We won't have to face him, but we will get a crack at Thomas. There are some new faces in the Sailors lineup, including former Eagles shortstop Jim Beard. He's at third for Philly, but was just 2-for-11 with a run, RBI, and three walks in his first three games. 28-year-old Don Homer won the center field job, and went 6-for-21 with a walk and run in week one. Longtime Sailor Dick Walker is off to a sizzling start, 5-for-14 with 7 runs, 8 walks, a double, triple, homer, steal, and 2 driven in. We get the Foresters again after, but it's just for two games instead of three. The Foresters starters didn't do all that well, with only ace Dean Astle working to an ERA below 4. He's 2-0 with a 3.18 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 7 walks, and 6 strikeouts, and we're likely set to see him in Cleveland. Ben Turner and Dave Rankin both have ERAs above 5 while Lou Martino's is all the way up to 13.50. The bats have led the way, however, with their 3-4-5 hitters all hitting .400 or better. Lou Balk is the reason for the or better, slashing .400/.400/.533 with 2 doubles, a steal, and RBI. Next is Mel Carroll, in his first full season with Cleveland, hitting a strong .423/.444/.577 with a double, homer, and 5 RBIs. But none are quite as impressive as the initial CA Player of the Week, Dan Fowler who's .455/.571/.864 batting line is the envy of the league, plus the double, triple, 2 homers, 8 RBIs, and 8 runs scored make it even more enticing. Cleveland's offense looks to be very scary, and we need to pitch much better this week if we want to take one on the road. Back home to finish the week with two against the Wolves before our first off day of the season. Due to our sweep of them, they fell to 2-4 on the season, but they got good pitching from the top three in their rotation. Bob Walls may have got the loss, but he went 8 with 7 hits, 4 runs (1 earned), 5 walks, and a strikeout. Joe Hancock put together two strong starts, a complete game win and loss with 14 hits, 8 runs (4 earned), 3 walks, and 5 strikeouts. Chick Wirtz also went the distance, allowing 9 hits and 3 runs with 4 walks and strikeouts. At the plate, Fred McCormick started off hot, 6-for-17 with a double, 7 walks, and 5 RBIs. Former Cougar prospect Reginald Westfall went 7-for-22 with a double, homer, and 5 driven in. The rest of the lineup, including Nick Wallace, left their bats in training camp, with no hitter batting .270 or better, including sub .160 from the bottom two in the order Charlie Artuso (.133) and Clarence Howerton (.154).