Week 1: 3@
New York Mets(77-85)
April 7th
The new home of
Brian Oatley who will start for them in left field…
Mets Walk-Off in 10th as Cowden Blows Save
Fans of the
New York Mets who packed the stands for the home opener were rewarded with a
New York win over the visiting
Montreal Expos, 6-5.
Joel Gaspar started for the home team against
Dan Hinton.
Karl Ferguson earned accolades for his performance. The 2018 Rookie of the year started his season with a 2-4 R 4RBI HR performance.
New York pitcher
Brian Sirianni earned the win, hiking his record to 1-0.
Ryan Rasbach suffered the loss.
The decisive blow was delivered by
Chase Guidry in the bottom of the tenth when he hit a solo home run off 30-year old right-handed pitcher
Ryan Rasbach to win the game for
New York. The home crowd went nuts.
"Our team found a way to get it done," said
Guidry. They certainly got it done against rookie closer
Kevin Cowden who got handed a 2-run
Montreal lead in the 9th inning, but ultimately blew it on a
Brian Oatley RBI-single.
Austin Roy(R, 8-17 4.69) -
Zach Laurents(R, 10-13 4.02) the day after tomorrow.
Maybe we can buy a win in this one?
SP
Dan Hinton 6IP 7H 3R 3ER 0BB 6K ND
CF
Vicente Rodriguez 3-5 2R DB
RF
Ian Messer 1-5
LF
Ignacio Benavides 1-4 R BB
DH
Karl Ferguson 2-4 R 4RBI HR
PotG
3B
Mitku Kazemd 2-5
SS
Jose Robles 1-4 R RBI HR
HR MON:
Ferguson(1),
Robles(1)
HR NYM:
Guidry(1)
W:
Brian Sirianni(1-0 0.00) L:
Ryan Rasbach(0-1 infinity) SV: none
Cowden sucked. We got a 3-run home run in the first and two insurance runs and still lost… as usual. And of course,
Oatley tied the game in the ninth… hnnnnngg
April 8th
Offday
April 9th
Expos Use Longball to Win, 6-2
The
Montreal Expos converted a terrific effort from starter
Austin Roy into a win over the
New York Mets at Citi Field. The
Expos won the game by a final score of 6-2. The winner was
Roy. He threw 6.0 innings of 4-hit ball. The loser was
Zach Laurents. The defeat makes
New York 1-1.
Montreal used a well-timed hit by
Kevin Craddock to capture the win. The catcher socked a run-scoring double in the top of the sixth inning to put the
Expos ahead, 3-2. Though it was his only hit in 3 at-bats, it was important.
Montreal manager Aaron McCreery was pleased with the team's effort. "Our guys played hard, they played all the way through," he said. Which is especially true as they used three home runs to extend their lead late in the game.
Sam Griffin(R, 9-11 3.97) -
Josh Eisenberg(L, 12-8 4.46) tomorrow.
Another lefty, we got Gaspar pretty good in game one so…
SP
Austin Roy 6IP 4H 2R 2ER 2BB 3K W
PotG
CF
Vicente Rodriguez 0-4 R BB SB(1)
RF
Ian Messer 1-4 DB BB SB(1)
LF
Ignacio Benavides 1-4 R RBI BB HR
DH
Karl Ferguson 0-3 R RBI 2BB
1B
Dave Grochowski 2-5 2R 2RBI DB HR
First NMLB hit & HR
C
Kevin Craddock 1-3 RBI BB DB
2B
Robby Weltzer 3-4 R RBI HR
HR MON:
Grochowski(1),
Benavides(1),
Weltzer(1)
HR NYM:
Castillo(1),
Martin(1)
W:
Austin Roy(1-0 3.00) L:
Zach Laurents(0-1 5.06) SV: none
Roy was pretty dialed in apart from two solo shots,
Herzer got his NMLB debut and pitched 0.2 scoreless innings, striking out NMLB’s best
Mario Toscano in his first AB with two on and one out. Good boy!
April 10th
Transactions:
1B
Dan Cook(28, 2.5*) and SP
Adrian “Winless“ Hilscher(27, 2.5*) passed through waivers and were assigned to AAA Spring Valley.
Expos Drop Mets, 7-4, Behind Rodriguez’ Slam
New York got a decent performance from pitcher
Josh Eisenberg, but it wasn't enough to beat the
Montreal Expos.
Montreal won the Citi Field contest, 7-4.
Eisenberg threw 6.1 innings of 5-hit ball for the losing team.
Kevin Cowden picked up his 1st save of the season. The loss has the
Mets at 1-2.
Montreal shortstop
Jose Robles contributed a timely at-bat in the top of the fifth. With two down, he hit a changeup to right field for a run-scoring single. It was his 3rd hit of the season and put the
Expos ahead, 1-0.
"It's the best feeling when you come through for your teammates," said
Robles. The at-bat that generated the most buzz happened in the seventh however. With the bases loaded and one out,
Montreal center fielder
Vicente Rodriguez hit a GRAND-SLAM to make it 7-0
Expos.
Juan Miranda(R, DNP) -
Xavier Davis(L, DNP) tomorrow.
Duel of the rookies in their first NMLB game.
SP
Sam Griffin 6.1IP 7H 4R 4ER 1BB 3K W
CF
Vicente Rodriguez 1-5 R 4RBI HR
RF
Ian Messer 1-4 DB
LF
Ignacio Benavides 1-4
DH
Karl Ferguson 1-4 R
3B
Mitku Kazemd 1-2 2R BB HBP
1B
Cody Kerzner 1-4
2B
Robby Weltzer 1-4 R
SS
Jose Robles 1-3 R 2RBI HBP
HR MON:
Rodriguez(1)
HR NYM: none
W:
Sam Griffin(1-0 5.68) L:
Josh Eisenberg(0-1 4.26) SV:
Kevin Cowden(1 9.00)
Griffin had a 2-hitter going before the engine went out in the bottom of the 7th… but this way, young
Kevin hot a chance to grab a (wobbly) save with 2BB allowed.
Record: 2-1, tied 1st in EL Northeast
Week: 2-1 (2-1 @ NYM)
Power Rankings: #7
Runs scored: 18(3rd)
Runs against: 12(5th)
Starters ERA: 4.42(9th)
Bullpen ERA: 3.12(7th)
Defensive Eff.: .703 (7th)
Zone Rating: +1.4(5th)
Fan Interest: 83
Who's hot?
nobody
Who's not?
nobody
News:
April 7th -
San Diego Padres SP
Joe Baier(24, 4.5/5*) pitched a 4-hitter with 10K’s in a 5-0 win over
San José on opening day, The 24-year old was 9-13 4.43 199K in 34 starts in 2021, good for 5.6WAR and may expect good things from the former top 10 prospect.
April 9th -
San Diego Padres SP
Jerry Sullivan(23, 4/5*) makes it two in a row, pitching a 1-hitter with 1BB and 8K in a 7-0 win in the second game of the season. Another former top 10 prospect, he was 17-7 3.96 176K 4.1WAR in 32 starts last season.
April 9th -
Philadelphia Grizzlies SP
Alberto Cordoba(26, 4*) hurled his team to a 4-0 win over
Boston, allowing 6 hits and walking one while striking out 12 and going all the way. The former 8th overall pick pick in 2014 is coming off a 14-9 3.95 195K 4.7WAR year in 2021.
Next: 3@
Jacksonville Patriots(2-1), 3vs
Miami Marlins(1-2)
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How about we stop the season right now? Well, now comes the not so save part of our rotation and
Jacksonville who we loaded up with NMLB talent in the offseason trades. This will be fun.