3 vs Las Vegas 3 vs El Paso
RUNS SCORED: 34 (t-3rd)
RUNS AGAINST: 26 (t-8th)
OBP: .372 (1st)
STARTERS ERA: 2.79 (3rd)
RELIEVERS ERA: 5.54 (16th)
DEF EFFICIENCY: .711 (t-7th)
ZONE RATING: -0.6 (14th)
Last in errors with 7
RESULTS (5-1 1st)
3-0 vs Las Vegas 2-1 vs El Paso
4/1- CIP 2 LV 1 (10) Morris ND 8 IP 5 H 1 ER 14 K's Dietz walk-off 2B Nieves E
4/2- CIP 10 LV 6 Powers ND 102 pitches 4.1 IP 5 H 5 BB 6 K 2 ER Nicol 4 ER 2.l IP Nieves 2H 3B 2 R RBI Brumfield 3H HR 2 R 2 RBI BB Garcia 2H HR 2 RBI 2 BB E Roberts 2H HR 2 R RBI Dietz HR
Bryan Taylor (LV) 4-4 2B RBI BB
4/3- CIP 7 LV 5 Wood ND 5 IP 4 H 3 K 3 BB 3 ER Gross 2 ER 2 H 0.2 IP McKitrick SV (1) Stachowski 2H 2B 2 R 2 RBVI Calkins 3H 2B 3 RBI
4/4- CIP 3 EP 2 Guijosa hurt in the 1st. Camarillo retires 12 straight (W) McKitrick SV (2)
4/5- EP 7 CIP 5 An exhausted 'Pen got exposed. Hawkins ND 6 IP 5 H ER 113 pitches. Tar 4 ER 0.2 IP Becker (L) 1 IP HR 2 ER
Kaneshiro (EP) GW 2R HR (2)
4/6- CIP 7 EP 5 Morris (W) 5.1 IP 9 K 2 ER Chavez lead off 3H 2B HR 2 R 2 RBI Brumfield 3H 3B HR BB 2R 2 RBI Garcia 2H 2B R RBI
LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS
AL POTW- LF Joe Davis (CHA) 10-24 4 HR 8 RBI 7 R
NL POTW- 2B Miguel Rodriguez (PHX) 13-27 6 HR 14 RBI
- New England SP Bob Parra (10-5 3.33 last year) went down on day 2 with a severe shoulder injury doctors say will end the 33 year olds season.
- San Diego 1B Mike Geiselman hit 3 HR's, including his 3rd career Grand Slam and drove in 8 in a 13-6 win over Washington.
- On Saturday former Iron Pig Xavier Wynn (WAS) announced he would miss another 4 weeks after already missing a month with an oblique strain suffered in March.
- Phoenix Roadrunner 2B Miguel Rodriguez hammered 3 HR's and drove in 6 in a 10-6 win over Boston.
- New Englands Jorge Madrid got his 2500th career hit on Saturday. He's 5th among active players and 15th all-time. Andy Peterson of LA is the all time leader and active leader with 2983, soon to become the 1st ever to achieve the 3000 hit plateau.
- Free agent Matt Graham is 2nd, at 2971 and Chicago Hitmen's Marco Lopez is 3rd at 2872.
CHICAGO, MORRIS, COME TO TERMS
Chicago announced the signing of 25-year-old Joey Morris to an 8-year, $26.45 million contract extension. Morris, who fanned a career high 14 on opening day, is said to be elated.
The 8th year is a 5.5$ million dollar player option.
BACKROOM CHATTER
If he's the pitcher we think he is the deal is an absolute steal. Salaries of 640K, 1.4, 1.7, 2.0, 4.5, 5.2 and 5.5 with a 5.5 million dollar player option. He'll be worth 2-3 times that much if things play out.
His 14K opening day effort was a 'push' on his end I think, to show us he's capable of that staff ace moniker. (Much the same as I did opening day 1997 in LA)