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Weekly Record: 5-1
Seasonal Record: 82-72 (3rd, 5 GB)
Stars of the Week
John Lawson : 29 AB, 12 H, 1 HR, 5 RBI, .414 AVG, 1.054 OPS
Pete Papenfus : 2 Wins, 1 Saves, 5.0 IP, 1 BB, 10 K, 0.00 ERA
Leo Mitchell : 27 AB, 11 H, 1 HR, 6 RBI, .407 AVG, .947 OPS

Schedule
10-3: Win at Sailors (4-1)
10-4: Win at Sailors (7-6)
10-5: Win at Sailors (6-4)
10-6: Win vs Wolves (6-9)
10-7: Loss vs Wolves (4-1): 12 innings
10-8: Win vs Wolves (1-3)

Recap
Save the best for last I guess... We worked up a win streak of seven games, finishing the week 5-1, and ending the season ten games over .500. Third place is kind of nice, and the second time we've finished their in the last three seasons. It is also our fourth consecutive season above .500, and I'm hoping the fifth one ends up with us in first place. I really think we threw away this season, no one in the CA really wanted to win the division, and the Stars took the league with just 87 wins. I'm hoping that next season we can end up in first, but I know that I'm going to have to do something in the offseason to improve the roster.

Jim Lonardo had an outstanding last week, tossing a pair of 1-run complete game wins against the Sailors and Wolves. He allowed 15 hits and 5 walks with 10 strikeouts, finishing his Cougar time 12-8 and his whole season record of 15-13 with a 3.39 ERA (125 ERA+), 1.39 WHIP, 65 walks, and 90 strikeouts in 276.1 innings pitched. It was his third highest inning count of his career, and the 35-year-old showed that age hasn't yet caught up to him. Same goes for Dick Lyons, although his start wasn't nearly as good as most of his others from this season. He allowed 12 hits, 6 runs (5 earned), and 2 walks, but was given the win to finish just 13-14. He won't win the Allen again, but he was worth five wins above average with a 3.67 ERA (114 ERA+), 1.27 WHIP, 51 walks, and 54 strikeouts. It's a longshot, but if he wins 18 games next season, he'll have 200 for his career, and he could still be effective at 40. Harry Parker made an impressive 12 inning start, but we should have taken him out after 11. Three of his four runs came in the 12th, and he allowed just 5 hits and 5 walks with 7 strikeouts. Peter the Heater struck out 10 in 5 innings out of the pen, winning two games to improve to 10-10, and despite being awful in the rotation, he finished with a 4.57 ERA (91 ERA+), 1.56 WHIP, 92 walks, and 126 strikeouts in as many innings. It may have seemed like our pitching sucked this season, but we allowed the second fewest runs in the CA, ranked top four in most stats, and no lower then six in any category.

John Lawson finished his season strong, 12-for-29 with 3 doubles, a homer, 4 runs, and 5 RBIs. That was his 21st homer and 103rd RBI, and Lawson finished with a near identical .328/.391/.494 (134 OPS+) triple slash from last season. Leo Mitchell reached double digits for homers, hitting his 10th in a 11-for-27 week with 4 runs and 6 RBIs. Billy Hunter sprained his knee, but still went 8-for-23 with 2 doubles, a triple, 3 runs, and an RBI. Our centerfield duo worked well, with Aart MacDonald 3-for-13 with a double, triple, 2 RBIs, 5 runs, and 2 steals. Orlin Yates was 2-for-6 with 4 walks and a run scored. Our offense did well overall, finishing first in slugging, OPS, WAR, wOBA, runs, hits, extra base hits, and homers, while second in average and OBP. You would think the most runs scored and second fewest allowed would lead to a first place finish, but we found away to blow that...