Week 23: 3 vs
Chicago Rangers(65-67), 3@
Memphis Bolts(64-68)
September 1st
Bolt Handle Montreal, Snag 8-4 Win
The
Memphis Bolts powered past the
Montreal Expos, 8-4, at Bolts Grounds.
Brian Clinton went 2 for 4 with 2 home runs and a walk, to lead the charge.
Kyle McCall, who went 6 innings, was the winning pitcher. He was charged with 3 runs on 7 hits, while walking 2 and striking out 7. His record now stands at 8-9.
Memphis is now 66-70, while
Montreal is 82-53.
John Foley had a big 3-run home run for the
Bolts in the bottom of the second inning. With
Memphis leading 3-0 and runners on 2nd and 3rd, he sized up a fastball from
Marty Murrietta, who is tied for 10th in the EL in quality starts with 13, and punished it. The result was his 15th home run of the season, which put the
Bolts on top, 6-0.
"We did more than enough to get the win," said
Foley. The 2x Silver Slugger is batting .257-15-56 .775OPS 0.5WAR in 99 games.
Juan Miranda(R, 9-9 4.30) -
Jose Archuleta(R, 7-9 4.87) tomorrow.
Had a 3.36ERA year in 2021.
SP
Marty Murrietta 4IP 9H 7R 3ER 1BB 3K L
LF
Ignacio Benavides 0-3 BB
RF
Ian Messer 2-4 R
1B
Dave Grochowski 1-3 R 3RBI HR
C
Gabriel Cervantes 2-4 R RBI HR
SS
Rich Meilleur 1-4
CF
Vicente Rodriguez 2-4 R
HR MON:
Grochowski(25),
Cervantes(14)
HR MEM:
Levine(16),
Foley(15),
Clinton 2(25)
W:
Kyle McCall(8-9 5.11) L:
Marty Murrietta(7-7 3.68) SV: none
That was not good enough. An error by
Hernandez started the slide for
Murrietta and he never recovered.
September 2nd
Multi HR-Game for Grochowski in 7-6 Win
A 5-RBI performance from
Dave Grochowski, who leads the EL with a .595 slugging percentage, helped the
Montreal Expos beat the
Memphis Bolts, 7-6.
Montreal reliever
Dustin Jenkins picked up the win to move to 5-1.
Alfonso de Jesus suffered the loss. After today's action,
Montreal sits at 83-53, while
Memphis falls to 66-71.
Grochowski had an important at-bat with runners on 1st and 2nd in the top of the eighth, when he hit a 3-run home run. The
Expos went on to win.
"It wasn't a pretty victory," said
Grochowski, "but we got it done." The 2x All-Star is batting .335-27-102 .977OPS 4.1WAR in 124 games.
Brett Asselin(L, 16-6 3.86) -
Eric Brooks(L, DNP) tomorrow.
11-5 3.28 3.5WAR in AAA
SP
Juan Miranda 6.1IP 9H 5R 5ER 3BB 4K ND
LF
Ignacio Benavides 2-5 R
RF
Ian Messer 2-4 2R HBP
1B
Dave Grochowski 2-4 2R 5RBI BB 2HR
PotG
2B
Fernando Perez 1-5 R RBI HR
SS
Rich Meilleur 0-2 R 2BB
HR MON:
Grochowski 2(27),
Perez(30)
HR MEM:
Cendejas(13),
Zimmerman(7)
W:
Dustin Jenkins(5-1 2.95) L:
Alfonso de Jesus(4-8 5.06) SV:
Paul Ide(31 3.38)
Hard fight today, and we managed to make it interesting when
Miranda improded in the 7th and
Ide allowed a run in his save.
September 3rd
Memphis Downed, 3-1, by Expos
The
Montreal Expos had to overcome a good performance from
Memphis pitcher
Eric Brooks to claim a 3-1 win at Bolts Grounds.
Brooks went 8 innings and allowed no runs.
Paul Ide got the save, his 14th in 17 chances.
Montreal raised its record to 84-53 with the win.
Montreal won the game in part because of
Matt Talbert. The designated hitter ripped a 2-run home run in the top of the ninth inning to put the
Expos ahead, 3-1. For the game,
Talbert had 1 double and 1 home run in 4 at-bats. He is batting .278-27-77 .847OPS 1.8WAR in 131 games.
Montreal manager Aaron McCreery called it "a pretty good win."
Austin Roy(R, 15-5 3.17) -
Cristiano Zavala(R, 5-7 3.65) tomorrow.
Strong groundballer.
SP
Brett Asselin 3.2IP 3H 1R 1ER 0BB 2K ND
sprained ankle 4 weeks
PH
Sam Spangler 1-1 R RBI HR
2B
Fernando Perez 1-4 R DB
DH
Matt Talbert 2-4 R 2RBI DB HR
C
Jordan Chavis 2-3
HR MON:
Spangler(2),
Talbert(27)
HR MEM: none
W:
Austin Williams(4-3 1.86) L:
Mike Rodriguez(3-5 4.00) SV:
Paul Ide(32 3.31)
I blacked out when
Asselin fell down awkwardly trying to cover first on a grounder…
Transactions:
LHSP
Brett Asselin(24, 3/4*, 16-6 3.84 172K 2.6WAR) was placed in the 15-day IL with his
sprained ankle 4 weeks. In an act of desperation, we recalled RHP
Cesar Alvarado(23, 2.5*, 0-1 2SV 7.26 37K 31IP -0.3WAR). He rebounded in AAA, going 6-2 2.55 55K 12G/11GS 1.7WAR since we demoted him.
Record: 84-53, 1st in EL Northeast, 4G lead over NYM
Week: 3-3 (1-2vs CHI, 2-1 @ MEM)
Power Rankings: #3(+-0)
Runs scored: 696(2nd)
Runs against: 518(1st)
Starters ERA: 3.57(1st)
Bullpen ERA: 3.63(2nd)
Defensive Eff.: .688(2nd)
Zone Rating: +47.7(1st)
Fan Interest: 82(-1)
Who's hot?
RHRP
Glen McKeen 13G 0-0 1.15 15.2IP 23K
RHRP
Austin Williams 24G 8SV 0.39 23IP 30K
1B
Dave Grochowski 6G 10-24 .417 3HR 11RBI
Who's not?
IF
Robby Weltzer 11G 2-32 .062 0HR 2RBI
LF
Ignacio Benavides 6G 3-34 .125 0HR 0RBI
News:
September 2nd -
Detroit 2B
Juan Velez(28, 3*) lost a strong
28-game hitting streak today. The 2020 EL All-Star is batting .315-15-83 .852OPS 2.5WAR in 28 games.
September 3rd -
Detroit RHSP
Seth Dykstra(31, 4*) blanked the
Eagles 7-0 today with a complete game 5-hitter with 1BB and 12K. the 5x Cy Young winner is 9-2 2.05 841K 2.7WAR in 12 games after missing time with a torn triceps.
September 4th -
Jacksonville CF
Cory Carter(22, 2.5*) was named EL Player of the Week after going 11-21 2HR 7RBI 7R. The rookie is batting .316-9-29 .883OPS 1.4WAR in 50 games.
September 4th -
San Francisco CF
Jordan Ocegueda(24, 3*) was named WL Player of the Week after going 12-26 4HR 12RBI 6R. A 2x All-Star at his young age, he is batting .313-26-104 .912OPS 4.4WAR in 127G.
Next: 3@
Philadelphia Grizzlies(66-71), 3@
Boston Aeros(59-77)
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Coming up, two series against divisional rivals that have dropped out of the playoff race. If
Ide serves up a grand slam to his former team, I’ll kill him.