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WEEK 24
2 @ Indianapolis 3 vs San Diego 2 @ Los Angeles
RUNS SCORED: 785 (3rd)
RUNS AGAINST: 717 (9th)
OBP: .330 (3rd)
STARTERS ERA: 4.68 (12th)
RELIEVERS ERA: 3.53 (1st)
DEF EFFICIENCY: .689 (6th)
ZONE RATING: -1.7 (7th)
ERRORS: 79 (7th)

RESULTS (90-68 -2)
0-2 @ Indianapolis 3-0 vs San Diego 1-1 @ Los Angeles
9/15- IND 7 CIP 4 Avendano 5.1 IP 9 H 2 HR 6 ER Krieg 3 2B (47) R RBI Stachowski HR (12) Perez 3H 2B (8) Ames 2H R RBI
9/16- IND 10 CIP 6 Guijosa ND 4.1 IP 6 H 3 BB 2 HR 5 ER Dillon 3H R 2 RBI leading off Garcia HR (27) 3 BB

• New Orleans was swept in the first round of the AAA playoffs. Matt Chiquete was added to the 40 man and his contract was purchased. He hit .297/.355/.495 with 23 HR and 70 RBI's.
• Dan Ferguson was also recalled

9/17- CIP 12 SD 5 Ferguson emergency start carries 5-0 lead into the 5th. 5 IP 6 H 4 ER (W) Chiquete 3H HR 2 RBI Perez HR (2) 4 RBI (12) Brumfield 2B 3 BB 2R RBI (80) Chavez 3R 2B (18) 2 BB
9/18- CIP 6 SD 4 Guijosa 1.2 IP 2 ER Eichele 2 IP 3 K (W) Wright SV (19) Krieg 2H 2B (48) 3R SB (18) Nieves HR (31) RBI (88) Roberts 3H 3 RBI (80) Brumfield HR (35) Dietz 2H HR (7) RBI

• Brumfield dropped to 6th in the order

9/19- CIP 5 SD 0 Bush 7.1 IP H 7 K 4 BB (6-4 3.46) Stachowski 2 2B (23) R RBI (70) Nieves 2B (35) HR (32) BB 2R RBI (89) Chavez 3B (3) HR (17) 3 RBI (63)
Former Iron Pig Brian Pelletier (L) 8-15 4.82 6.1 IP 4 ER 7 K

• The Chicago Hitmen clinched the AL Central

9/20- LA 2 CIP 1 (10) Morris ND 8 IP 3 H 1 ER 11 K Gross comes in relieving Eichele 1st, 3rd, 0 outs, need a few K's. Walk, wild pitch loss.
9/21- CIP 5 LA 1 Avendano (3-6 4.85) 5.1 IP 5 BB 2 H 4 K ER 104 pitches Gross IP 3K Stachowski grand slam (13) 4 RBI (74) Garcia 2H BB RBI (90)

• The win clinches a playoff spot.
• Boston clinched a playoff spot.

LEAGUE HIGHLIGHTS
AL POTW- CF Alex Rangel (CBK) 12-22 4 HR 11 RBI
NL POTW- LF Joe Henderson (SF) 11-23 3 HR 11 RBI

IRON PIG NEWS

• Andy Alvarado took home series MVP honors with 3 HR and 7 RBI as AA Milwaukee moves on to their world series.
• Albuquerque will not be playing for the title for the first time in their 3 seasons.

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WEEK 25
1 @ Los Angeles OFF DAY 3 vs Pittsburgh
2 games out with 4 to play

9/22- LA 7 CIP 1 Ferguson 4.1 IP 5R 4 ER (4-4 6.80) Roberts HR (28)
Wyoming clinched the AL West
Cleveland and Charlotte both clinched playoff spots, the Gladiators are 1 up on Charlotte with 3 to play
9/23- OFF DAY
9/24- CIP 5 PIT 3 Guijosa (12-8 4.90) 6 IP 7 H 5 K 2 ER Wright SV (20) Garcia Grand Slam (38) 4 RBI (94) Roberts 2H SB R

• El Paso loses, 1 GB with 2 to play.
• Boston clinches the AL East
• Las Vegas is 1 up on Jacksonville with 2 to play, the loser does not make the playoffs.
• El Paso is at Jacksonville

9/25- CIP 2 PIT 1 (10) Garcia HR (29) GW 1B 2 RBI (96) Bush 6.1 IP 4 H 4 K 4 BB 1R

• Jacksonville beats El Paso, all-tied with 1 game left and any other situation I start someone else but Joey Morris turn is up.

9/26- CIP 2 PIT 0 Morris CG SHO 10 K 3 H Brumfield HR (36) 2 RBI (84)

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GAME 163

• El Paso will come here and Las Vegas will host Jacksonville.
• We are playing for a division/wild-card while the other game is a “win or go home” affair. While New York sits tied with both clubs at 87-75.

9/27- EP 10 CIP 3 Avendano walks the bases loaded in the 1st, Bazaldua grand slam. 3 IP 5 ER
Bazaldua 3H 2B Grand Slam (43) 5 RBI (126)

• Jacksonville beat Las Vegas 2-1 and Las Vegas will now play New York for the 2nd wild card position tomorrow

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GAME 164
Vegas goes to New York and is beaten 8-2 as New York scores 6 times in the bottom of the 8th to break a 2-2 tie.

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END OF REGULAR SEASON

• Wyoming's Carlo Ambrogi wins the AL Batting title .335 to .331 over Utah's Jordan Johnson and Portland's Ray Venable.
• In the NL 23 year old Bryan Taylor hit .332 to beat New England's Bobby Cotter .324.
• Luis Corona ends up at 59 HR's and 160 RBI's. The 2nd highest HR total and the best single season RBI total in IBL history.
• Wyoming's Michael Mcvaugh hit a “quiet” 58 HR's to win the AL HR title. The 3rd highest single season total in history.

• On the seasons final day Brooklyn's Colin Courtright went 4-4 hitting 3 HR's and driving in 7 in a 12-2 win that clinched the Islanders post-season berth. He's the odds on favorite for AL MVP after hitting .328-48-128. At the break he was a legitimate triple crown candidate.

MONTH IN REVIEW

• AL PLAYER OF THE MONTH- 1B Jeremy Hopkins (BRK) .382-9-29 20 R .430 OBP
• NL PLAYER OF THE MONTH- 1B Bobby Cotter (NE) .365-7-21 20 R
• AL PITCHER OF THE MONTH- George Stout (CBK) 4-1 1.69 32 K 12 BB 32 IP
• NL PITCHER OF THE MONTH- Joey Morris (CIP) 4-0 0.71 38 IP 52 K 9 BB 17 H bookends a tough season with monstrous April and September
• AL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH- SP Gerardo Carlos 3-2 2.23
• NL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH- C Bryan Bernhardt (OKC) .288-5-14 12 R

IRON PIGS MONTH IN REVIEW

• PLAYER OF THE MONTH- Gus Garcia .327/.391/.582 6 2B 2 3B 5 HR 15 RBI 6-6 SB .973 OPS
• PITCHER OF THE MONTH- Pete Ricks 0-0 0.00 12 IP 6 H 13 K 3 BB 0.75 WHIP
• MINOR LEAGUE PLAYER OF THE MONTH- (AA) Andy Williams .330/.381/.600 9 2B 6 HR 25 RBI 12 R 60 TB
• MINOR LEAGUE PITCHER OF THE MONTH- (A) John Alex 0-2 9-9 Saves 1.50 ERA 12 IP 11 K 2 BB 0.67 WHIP

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2013 PLAYOFFS

• Wilfredo Diaz is removed from the Playoff roster, OF Dave Wheeler is added. Will be going with a 4 man rotation and a shorter bullpen
• Extending the season hurt our rotation. Guijosa is the most rested and only guy at 100% so he'll open the series vs Jacksonville. Followed by Morris, Bush, and Avendano.
• Mark Calkins back is bothering him so we're up in the air about starting him, or rookie Dan Ames.
• We were 5-4 vs Jacksonville during the season.
• Their offense ranks 9th and is led by Ricky Ramirez (.296-40-107). Devin Howard 6-13 was their best bat against us.
• Guijosa made 2 starts with an 8.16 ERA over 14.1 IP 15 K7 BB 19 H. Morris did not see them all year.
• Scott Herman (13-8 4.66) went 0-0 in 2 GS with a 9.58 ERA over 10.1 IP. John Simmons went 1-1 3.54 in 20.1 IP with 25 K and 3 BB.
• As of today they're saying (* = if necessary):
• Game 1) Miguel Dieguez (RH) 8-10 3.88 vs Bobby Guijosa RH (12-8 4.90)
• Game 2) John Simmons (LH) 15-11 4.16 vs Joe Bush LH (11-9 3.30)
• Game 3) Scott Herman (LH) 13-8 4.66 vs Joey Morris RH (9-10 3.71)
• *Game 4) Mike Loeffler (RH) 8-8 3.88 vs Ricky Avendano RH (10-11 4.26)

In the other 4 series
In the AL

• Charlotte vs Wyoming (Charlotte beat them 8-4 during the season)
• Brooklyn vs Chicago Hitmen (Chicago 8-4 regular season)
• Charlotte, Wyoming, and Cleveland have never appeared in a World Series
• Brooklyn (1-0) and Chicago (0-1) are looking for their 2nd WS appearances
• Boston (2-0) is looking for their 3rd title
• Boston, Cleveland, Washington, and San Francisco all have 1st round byes.

In the NL

• New York vs El Paso (New York 8-4 regular season)
• Chicago vs Jacksonville (Chicago 5-4 regular season)
• Us and San Francisco are looking to make our first WS appearances.
• New York (0-1) El Paso (1-0) and Washington (0-1) are looking to make their 2nd WS appearances
• Jacksonville (2-0) last won in 2010

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2013 WILD CARD SERIES
GAME 1

• Ames gets the start, and what a start it was.
• A back and forth game saw Wright blow the save with 2 outs in the 9th before Dan Ames 1 out 3B ended up the game winner.
• Guijosa 5 IP 4 K 4 BB 3 H 2 ER Ricks serves up game tying HR in the 7th to Josh Houle. Wright 2 IP BS 3 H K 1 ER Nieves 3H 2 HR 2 RBI Garcia 3H 2B HR RBI Brumfield 2H HR RBI
• Houle (JAX) 3H HR 3 RBI Ricky Ramirez 0-4 3K including 2 with 2 RISP

• El Paso crushes New York, 13-9, was 13-5 into the 9th.
• Kevin Terry (NY) 2H 4 RBI Alex Bazaldua (EP) 2 HR 4 RBI 3R

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2013 PLAYOFFS DAY 2
JAX 5 CIP 0

• Walks again. 2 in the 1st and 4 in 3.2 IP cost us the game. Bush (L) 3.2 IP 5 H 4 BB 4 ER
• Simmons (JAX) 7 IP 6 H 8 K 1 BB
• Chavez 3H 2B Error
• Ricky Ramirez 2-2 2 BB 2R Steve Hodges HR RBI
• Series tied 1-1

• Charlotte hammered Wyoming 11-4 to go up 1-0
• Brooklyn got a game tying 9th inning homer from Lakota Curtis before defensive replacement Adrian Fajardo hit a walk-off Sac fly to win 6-5 in the 13th and put the Hitmen up 1-0.
• A 4-run 2nd inning gave New York a lead they never relinquished in a 5-2 win to even the series 1-1.

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2013 PLAYOFFS DAY 3
CIP 4 JAX 2

• Mark Calkins only hit was a go-ahead 1B in the 9th. Scoring 3 times to break a 1-1 tie.
• Morris 7.1 IP 5 H 5 K Wright SV 0.1 IP Ricks (W) 1 IP 2 H HR K 1 ER
• Herman 5.2 IP 1R 0 ER 5 H 5 K Boudreaux 2 IP 3 H 3 BB 3 ER (L) 0-2
• Garcia led off 2B HR 2 RBI Chavez 2H 2B Brumfield 2H R
• Chicago leads the series 2-1

• Charlotte pounds Wyoming 7-1 to go up 2-0
• Brooklyn beats Chicago 5-4 to tie the series 1-1
• New York beats El Paso 6-5 to go up 2-1

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2013 PLAYOFFS DAY 4

• Wyoming beats Charlotte 4-1
• Charlotte up 2-1 in the series
• Brooklyn defeats Chicago 3-1
• Brooklyn up 2-1 in the series

2013 PLAYOFFS DAY 5
JAX 5 CIP 2

• Avendano 4.1 IP 5 H 2 BB 0 K 5R 3 ER
• Roberts HR RBI Brumfield 0-5 3K Nieves 2H RBI
• Houle (JAX) 2B 3 RBI
• Loeffler 6.2 IP 6 H 4 K ER (W)
• Series tied 2-2

• New York beats heavily favored El Paso 5-3 and wins the series 3-1
• Punisher 1B Kevin Terry wins Series MVP going 7-16 HR 6 RBI

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2013 PLAYOFFS DAY 6
Jacksonville makes a surprise announcement, starting RH Jeff Hoke (2-5 4.79) in game 5.
CIP 10 JAX 5

• Hoke goes 0.2 IP 4 H 4 ER Guijosa 5.1 IP 4 H 6 K 5 BB 3 ER (W) Roberts 2B HR 4 RBI
• Chavez 3H R RBI Calkins 2H HR R RBI
• Stachowski 2H 2R RBI
• Steve Hodges 3-3 2B 2 HR 4 RBI
• Chicago wins the series 3-2
• Juan Chavez wins the series MVP 10-19 RBI

• Wyoming defeats Charlotte 4-1 to tie the series at 2
• Brooklyn defeats Chicago 10-5 to win the series 3-1
• LF Johnathan Cramlet 5-16 2 HR 3 RBI wins series MVP

2013 PLAYOFFS DAY 7
Charlotte CF Marty Squires hit a 3R HR in the 9th to take the series MVP (.476-1-6) and give the Defenders a 3-2 series win.

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DIVISION SERIES

• We draw San Francisco for the Division series. Likely 2013 MVP Luis Corona (.256-59-160) anchors the IBL's top ranked offense (which led the NL in every single meaningful offensive category). They had a +141 run differential to our +60. They beat us 8-4 in regular season meetings with Joe Henderson going 15-39 3 HR 11 RBI. Luis Corona was .206/.341/.529 with 3 HR and 9 RBI
• Gus Garcia was 14-37 (.378) with 2 HR 6 RBI while Jesse Roberts went .293/.326/.634 3 HR 8 RBI in 41 AB's. Bill Brumfield was 2-30 0 HR 1 RBI (.067).

The matchups:

• GAME 1- Elijah Conley RH (15-9 3.36) vs Joe Bush LH (11-9 3.30)
• GAME 2- Juan Torres RH (12-6 4.51) vs Joey Morris RH (9-10 3.71)
• GAME 3- Kevin Gilmore RH (16-5 4.09) vs Ricky Avendano RH (10-11 4.26)
• GAME 4- Brent Gilliam RH (14-6 3.78) vs Bobby Guijosa RH (12-8 4.90)

In the AL

• Boston vs Charlotte (season series 6-6)
• Brooklyn vs Cleveland (season series 7-5 Cleveland)

In the NL

• New York vs Washington (season series 7-5 Washington)

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2013 PLAYOFFS DAY 8
CIP 6 SF 0

• Bush 8.2 IP 3 H 8 K 4 BB (W)
• Garcia HR (3) 2 RBI (5) Brumfield H 2 RBI (3) Krieg HR (1) RBI (1)
• Conley (L) 6 IP 10 K 5 H 5 ER
• Corona 0-3 2K

• New York beats Washington 5-1

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2013 PLAYOFFS DAY 9
CIP 6 SF 4

• Morris 6.2 IP 0 H 6 BB 8 K 124 pitches 1 ER (W)
• Wright SV (2) Brumfield HR (2) 3 RBI (6) Garcia 2H SB 2R Stachowski 3H 2B (2)
• Roberts 0-4 4K
• Luis Corona HR (1) RBI (1)
• Torres (L) 5 ER 8 H 5.2 IP
• Chicago leads the series 2-0

• Boston beat Charlotte 8-2 to go up 1-0
• Brooklyn beat Cleveland 12-6 to go up 1-0
• New York beat Washington 3-2 to go up 2-0

2013 PLAYOFFS DAY 10

• Charlotte beat Boston 7-2 to tie the series 1-1
• Brooklyn crushed Cleveland 15-2 to go up 2-0

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2013 PLAYOFFS DAY 11
SF 5 CIP 3

• Avendano 5.2 IP 8 H 5R 2 ER 4 K (L) Gilmore (W) 7 IP 4 H 6 K 1 ER
• Corona 2H 3B 2 RBI
• Nieves HR (3) RBI (7) Chavez HR (1) RBI (2) Stachowski 2H
• 3 errors, 2 by Calkins
• Chicago leads the series 2-1

• After losing the lead 4-3 in the top of the 12th New York's Kevin Terry hit a 2R walk off HR to give them a 5-4 win and a 3-0 series lead.

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2013 PLAYOFFS DAY 12
CIP 7 SF 6

• Down 5-1 entering the 7th.
• Guijosa 5.2 IP 5 H 5 K 4 BB 4 HR! 4 ER San Fran his 5 HR's.
• Luis Corona 2H HR (2) RBI 94) 2 BB SB
• Chavez walk off 1B bottom 9
• Nieves 2H HR (4) 3 RBI (10) Krieg 4-5 SB (3) R

• Washington managed to hang on and beat New York 6-4 to grab their 1st win. New York leads the series 3-1 but in much more important news 3-time MVP Kevin Terry collided at 2B in the 7th inning and was lost for the remainder of the post season. He was hitting .345-2-10 in helping propel them to the 3-0 lead.
• Brooklyn destroyed Cleveland for a second straight day 14-0 to take a 3-0 series lead.
• Charlotte beat Boston 4-3 to take a 2-1 series lead

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2013 PLAYOFFS DAY 13
SF 9 CIP 3

• Bush 4.2 IP 9 H 5 ER (1-2)
• Matt Jones 4-5 2 2B 2R RBI
• Luis Corona 2H 2 RBI
• Jonathan Battle 3H 2B HR 2R 2 RBI
• Gus Garcia 2H BB R RBI
• Chicago leads the series 3-2

• Boston beats Charlotte 6-3 to even the series at 2
• Brooklyn beats Cleveland 7-0 to sweep the series 4-0.
• Islanders SS Richard Samuels wins series MVP, going 9-18 HR 11 RBI
• Washington beats New York 5-3 to make it 3-2 New York.

2013 PLAYOFFS DAY 14

• Charlotte beats Boston 9-3 to take a 3-2 series lead.

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PLAYOFFS DAY 15
CIP 3 SF 1

• Morris (W) 7.1 IP 10 K 5 H 1 ER Wright IP 3K SV (3) Garcia 2H 2B (3)
• Chicago wins the series 4-2
• Series MVP- Justin Krieg 9-18 HR 3 RBI

• Washington beat New York 7-3 to even the series at 3 apiece.
• In one of the most epic playoff games in IBL history Charlotte's David Redman and Mel Ramirez hit back to back 9th inning HR's to give the Defenders a 5-2 lead. With 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th Boston LF Kyle Griffin hit a game ending season saving walk off Grand slam to even the series at 3.

PLAYOFFS DAY 16

• Washington beat New York 4-1 to come back from down 3-0 and win the series 4-3. New York failed to win a game after Kevin Terry went down.
• Series MVP Daniel Gonzalez went 11-32 HR 7 RBI

PLAYOFFS DAY 17
Boston beat Charlotte 7-2 to win the series 4-3.
SS Aaron Beger went 17-34 4 RBI to win MVP

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2013 LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

• We'll take on the leagues best team, Washington, who finished 98-64 but who we beat 6 of 9 during the regular season.
• Gus Garcia (.393/.455/.607) hammered them as did Jesse Roberts (.370/.400/.407).
• Daniel Gonzalez (.344-4-13) and Jose Zambrano (.350-3-11) did much of their damage.

• The matchups as of today:
• G1- Sergio Ramirez RH (8-10 2.88) vs Ricky Avendano RH (10-11 4.26)
• G2- Wakasa Sato LH (7-4 3.16) vs Bobby Guijosa RH (12-8 4.90)
• G3- Oscar Villarreal RH (16-9 3.25) vs Joey Morris RH (9-10 3.71)
• G4- David Pozos RH (16-6 2.98) vs Joe Bush (11-9 3.30)

They will be running the leagues best pitching staff vs our 3rd ranked offense.

• In the AL, Boston takes on Brooklyn. Brooklyn beat them 8 of 12 times during the regular season.
• This will be a matchup of the top-ranked offense (Brooklyn) against the 2nd ranked staff of Boston.

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PLAYOFFS DAY 18
WAS 5 CIP 1

• Avendano 4 ER 9 H 7.2 IP (L) Sergio Ramirez (W) 7 IP 2 H 8 K 1 ER
• Eli Lippolis SV (2)
• Dan Trahan 3H R Adam Reitsma HR (1) RBI (3)
• Combined 2-hitter
• Washington leads the series 1-0