2 @ New York 3 vs Las Vegas 2 vs Washington
RUNS SCORED: 649 (1st)
RUNS AGAINST: 511 (4th)
OBP: .346 (2nd)
STARTERS ERA: 4.11 (5th)
RELIEVERS ERA: 3.98 (2nd)
DEF EFFICIENCY: .716 (2nd)
ZONE RATING: +18.1 (4th)
ERRORS: 63 (t-3rd)
RESULTS (69-50 +11)
2-0 @ New York 0-3 vs Las Vegas 2-0 vs Washington
8/3- CIP 6 NYP 5 (10) Sainsbury (ND) 5 IP 6 H 4 BB 4 ER Guinn (W) 2 IP 1 ER (5-7 4.50) Stachowski 4H 2 2B (10) R RBI (14) Deal GW 2B (5)
HR- NYP- K Terry (11)
8/4- CIP 13 NYP 4 Sandberg (W) 5 IP 6 H 5 BB 4 ER (12-2 4.12) Avendano 4 IP H 4 K Guzman 2H HR 2 BB 2R 3 RBI (68) Garcia 2 HR BB 3R 2 RBI (75) Krieg 2-2 2B (32) R 2 RBI (53)
HR- Garcia 2 (22) Guzman (12) NYP- Galan (22) Cameron (28)
- Alberto Castillo was in a mood to talk following the Charlotte Defenders contest against the Cleveland Gladiators, expounding to BNN reporters on his pitching philosophy. He had good reason to be excitable, having tossed a complete game shutout of the Gladiators, 4-0.
- "There are three important elements in pitching success: location, location, and location," Castillo said. "I was hitting my spots time and time again."
- The left-hander blanked Cleveland on a 5-hitter, allowing 2 walks and racking up 9 strikeouts.
- In 25 starts this year, Castillo has posted 11 wins while suffering 9 losses. He has pitched 174.1 innings, allowed 169 hits, struck out 142 and has a 3.61 ERA.
8/5- LV 7 CIP 6 Merera (ND) 7 IP 7 H 3 HR 5R 4 ER Bruen (L) 1 IP 3 H 2 ER (0-1)
McDermott (LV) 3H 2 HR 3R 2 RBI (65)
HR- Garcia (23) McLain (25) LV- McDermott 2 (19) Santana (24) O'Brien (23)
8/6- LV 5 CIP 2 Morris (L) 6.2 IP 9 H 5 ER (12-10 3.68) Domingo Deal 3H R
8/7- LV 10 CIP 6 Bush (L) 3 IP 7 H 8 ER (4-10 5.17) Brumfield 3-3 BB 2B (25) R 2 RBI (89)
Ricardo Santana (LV) 4-4 2B (31) HR (25) 2R 3 RBI (67)
HR- Stachowski (2) LV- Santana (25) W Williams (13)
- Newly acquired Drew Bruen will enter the rotation and lefty Joe Bush will head to the bullpen to get his game straight. Bush has struggled hard, 4-10 5.17 with a WHIP of 1.47.
8/8- CIP 7 WAS 2 Sainsbury (W) 5 IP 5 H 4 K 2R 0 ER (2-1 3.55) McLain 3-3 BB 3B (3) HR 2R 3 RBI (75) Cho 3H 2B (27) 2 RBI (50)
HR- McLain (26)
8/9- CIP 7 WAS 6 Sandberg (ND) 4.2 IP 9 H 5 ER Gross SV (2) Garcia 3-4 2R SB (9) Chiquete 3H 2B (10) HR 2 RBI (15)
HR- McLain (27) Chiquete (3) Brumfield (29)
- Cleveland Gladiators right-hander Travis Hilly used his full arsenal to shoot down the Portland Spartans, 10-0. All day long, he exhibited fine command of all his pitches, giving up 1 walk and striking out 5. Hilly allowed 5 hits in the victory.
- "It felt like my catcher and I were on the same page all day, and Portland was on a way, way different page," Hilly said.
- In 26 starts this year, Hilly has posted 13 wins while suffering 9 losses. He has pitched 209.1 innings, allowed 177 hits, struck out 156 and has a 2.41 ERA.
LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS
AL POTW- 2B Sergio Loredo (WYO) 15-30 3 HR 7 RBI
NL POTW- RF Mike Clayton (ATL) 14-24 4 HR 7 RBI
IRON PIG NEWS
- Rookie league Minneapolis sent two Pitchers to the all-star game. 2015 4th rounder Richard Cabales (3.5*) 4-2 2.70 46.2 IP 51 K 1.22 WHIP and International Free-Agent Manny Rodriguez (4*) 1-2 11 Saves 0.44 ERA 20.1 IP 8 H 19 K 12 BB 0.98 WHIP. Rodriguez is the IBL's #72 prospect.
- 2011 top overall pick and epic disappointment to date, Mike Johnson had to wait several agonizing days to find out his diagnosis after suffering a broken kneecap on 08/03/2015. Today he received word from the Albuquerque doctor that he would be out the rest of the year. Team officials called it a huge setback but something they would have to overcome.
- Batting .444 to date, Johnson has no home runs and 1 RBI.
- Short Season Nashville had 2 players selected to the All-star game.
- SP Mike Harper (3-4 2.95) and SS Dustin Reis (.311/.404/.426). Harper was taken in the 1st round (33rd overall) last year and Reis was selected in the 11th round (365th overall) this year.