American Baseball Association.

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SCHEDULE:
2 @ Detroit
OFF DAY
3 vs Las Vegas
1 @ Memphis

RESULTS:

• 8/15: Florida 9 Detroit 0
• W-Samvdio (15-8 3.04) L-Fujino (6-13 6.59)
• HR: FLA-Bursey (14)
• POTG: Samvdio CG 4 H 2 BB 13 K
• Hallamore 3-6 2B (20) 2 R SB (56) Error (20) Hayashi 3-4 BB 2 R 2 RBI (82) Funicello 3-4 R

• 8/16: Florida 10 Detroit 3
• W-Coronado (6-2 3.01) L-Taylor (7-12 6.93)
• HR: FLA-Flores (6) Nakamura (9) DET-Pannebaker (18)
• POTG: Flores 2-3 HR (6) 2 R RBI (36) SB (32)
• Coronado 8.2 IP 9 H 3 ER 6 K

• 8/17: OFF DAY

• 8/18: Florida 3 Las Vegas 2
• W-Willoughby (18-3 4.46) L-Sato (12-6 3.84) S-Turner (24)
• HR: FLA-Saldana (12)
• POTG: Willoughby 6.2 IP 3 H 2 ER 4 BB 7 K
• Saldana 1-3 HR (12) 3 RBI (62)

• 8/19: Las Vegas 6 Florida 4
• W-Izaguirre (15-9 4.06) L-Sugihara (11-10 4.25) S-Alburquerque (24)
• HR: LV-Fujii (12) FLA-Funicello (10) Hallamore (12)
• POTG: Hallamore 2-3 2 R 2 RBI 3B (8) HR (12)
• Sugihara ties Tarpon record with 8 walks. 6 IP 3 H 4 ER 8 BB 4 K

• Jarrod Casey (OK) scattered 4 hits in a 2-0 win over San Antonio. He struck out 6 while not walking anyone. He's 10-11 4.95
• Ted Vaughn (NE) went 5-6 in New Englands 21-6 demolition of Portland.

• 8/20: Las Vegas 11 Florida 7
• W-O Malveaux (2-0) L-Yamada (0-2) S-Alburguerque (25)
• HR: LV-Rhea (6) Piggue (4) FLA-Hayashi (21)
• POTG: Rhea 3-5 2 2B (6) HR (6) 2 R 3 RBI (23)
• Pollock 6 IP 8 H 5 ER 3 BB 5 K

• 8/21: Memphis 3 Florida 0
• W-Abeyta (8-4 3.38) L-Samvdio (15-9 3.02) S-Russert (6)
• HR: NONE
• POTG: Abeyta 7.1 IP 7 H 3 BB 6 K

• Former Tarpon Kinnon Mendelson won his 10th (10-3 3.69) by tossing a 3-hit shutout to beat New England 2-0.
• Hughie Meah (ALK) gave up just 3 hits and struck out 8 to beat Denver 3-0. He's 6-7 1 Save 3.45.
• Another former Tarpon in the news. Juan Alatorre (PIT) struck out 6 in beating San Diego 3-0 to move to 8-8 4.57.

• AL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Chad Mohr (NY) 11-25 5 HR 13 RBI (.303-38-103)
• NL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Pat Miracle (OK) 12-19 2 HR 6 RBI (.384-4-25)

• RECORD: 3-3 (81-46)
• STANDINGS: 1st +19
• RUNS FOR: 718 4th
• RUNS AGAINST: 537 1st
• DEFENSE: .707 1st
• POWER RANKINGS:

1. Washington
2. Pittsburgh
3. Texas
4. Ohio
5. Chicago
6. Florida

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SCHEDULE:
2 @ Memphis
3 vs Phoenix
2 @ St Louis

RESULTS:

• 8/22: Florida 8 Memphis 5
• W-Coronado (7-2 2.96) L-Matsushima (6-4 6.67) S-Turner (25)
• HR: FLA-Nakamura (10) Chase (37)
• POTG: Chase 2-4 HR 3 RBI (113) SB (15)
• Hallamore 2-4 2 2B (22) Coronado 7.2 IP 7 H 2 ER 1 BB 10 K

• Juan Castillo (TEX) won his 12th (12-10 4.70) striking out 5 in a 4-0 win over New England.
• Luis Acevedo (DEN) whiffed 4 in a 6-0 win over Alaska.

• 8/23: Florida 10 Memphis 3
• W-Willoughby (19-3 4.39) L-Loree (3-5 5.02)
• HR: FLA-Adams (16) Hallamore (13) MEM-Barth (5) Goodman (34)
• POTG: Willoughby CG 7 H 3 ER 5 K 0 BB

• 8/24: Florida 4 Phoenix 0
• W-Sugihara (12-10 4.05) L-Aleman (1-4 5.09)
• HR: FLA-Funicello (11) Saldana (13) Bursey (15)
• POTG: Sugihara CG SHO 4 H 3 BB 8 K 128 pitches

• Two-way star Dwain Milazzo (LA) scattered 6-hits in striking out 7 to beat Austin 3-0 and move to 10-11 3.81
• Rookie league Hobbs was down 10-7 entering the 8th inning of their game vs the Harrisburg Cottonmouths. They scored 3 in the 9th on 2 HR's to tie it and then poured on 10 in the 10th on 3 more HR's to hit 7 in the game and win 20-10. Bruno Olivo PH in the 8th with a 3 R HR and then hit another 3 R HR in the 10th to go 2-2 2 HR 6 RBI.
• 2011 1st rounder Seriog Galbreath went 4-5 2 BB 2B (11) and scored a record 5 times. He's hitting .349-8-44 in 48 games since signing.

• 8/25: Phoenix 3 Florida 2
• W-Kawahara (12-6 3.45) L-Pollock (13-9 3.89) S-Lamb (28)
• HR: PHX-Blowers (16) FLA-Makowski (3)
• POTG: Kawahara 7 IP 5 H 2 ER 4 BB 8 K
• Pollock 8 IP 9 H 3 R 1 ER 1 BB 10 K

• Sean Riggs (PIT) punched out 13 to beat Washington 4-0. He's 14-7 4.12

• 8/26: Florida 8 Phoenix 2
• W-Samvdio (16-9 2.98) L-Ellis (8-9 4.48)
• HR: PHX-Reinosa (12) FLA-Flores (7)
• POTG: Flores 2-4 BB 2B (18) HR (7) 2 R 3 RBI (40)
• Samvdio CG 11 H 2 ER 11 K

• Hughie Meah (ALK) threw his 2nd shutout of the month scattering just 2 hits while striking out 10 in the Kodiaks 5-0 win over Chicago. He's 7-7 1 Save 3.19

• 8/27: St Louis 4 Florida 3
• W-Claypool (9-8 5.01) L-Coronado (7-3 3.12) S-Lawrence (29)
• HR: A Mendoza (10*)
• POTG: Claypool 5 IP 5 H 2 ER 8 K
• Coronado 6 IP 10 H 4 ER 6 K
• Former Tarpon Arturo Mendoza Grand Slam (.275-10-28)

• Jorge Hurtado (WAS) won his 20th (20-5 3.33) punching out 10 and giving up just 6 hits in the Jets 10-0 win over San Antonio
• Josh Thompson (AAA) won his 20th game going 8.2 IP striking out 10 in their 2-0 win. He's 20-2 3.58.

• 8/28: St Louis 15 Florida 3
• W-Dennis (6-13 6.55) L-Willoughby (19-4 4.67)
• HR: FLA-Nakamura (11) STL-Parks 2 (22) Calvert (7)
• POTG: Parks 3-4 2 HR 3 R 6 RBI
• Willoughby 1 IP 6 H 6 ER 2 BB 1 K

• Former Tarpon Andy Luman (WAS) pitched a 3-hitter striking out 9 to beat San Antonio for his 14th win (14-6 4.52)

• AL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Chris Palmisano (MIL) 14-32 2 HR 4 RBI (.226-22-79)
• NL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Mike Topolski (SD) 15-31 4 HR 11 RBI (.307-32-93)

• TARPONS MINOR LEAGUE NEWS:
• Dan McMullen 12-25 5 HR 12 RBI took home AAA POTW honors. He's hitting .320-24-106

• RECORD: 4-3 (85-49)
• STANDINGS: 1st +19
• RUNS FOR: 756 3rd
• RUNS AGAINST: 569 1st
• DEFENSE: .704 1st
• POWER RANKINGS:

1. Pittsburgh
2. Washington
3. Ohio
4. Texas
5. Florida

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SCHEDULE:
1 @ St Louis
OFF DAY
3 vs Brooklyn
2 vs Alaska

RESULTS:

• 8/29: Florida 12 St Louis 2
• W-Sugihara (13-10 3.99) L-Mendoza (6-11 5.44) S-Ballard (1)
• HR: FLA-Bursey (16) Chase (38) STL-Rivera (9)
• POTG: Hallamore 4-5 3 R 2B (23) 3B (9) 4 RBI (63) BB Error 2 (23)

• RJ Stanton (CHI) punched out 16 Milwaukee Hawks en route to a 14-0 pasting and improved to 18-7 3.63.
• In that game teammate, Ernesto Montiel went 5-5 and drove in 2.

• 8/30: OFF DAY

• Both Clovis and Alamogordo clinched their divisions.

• 8/31: Florida 9 Brooklyn 4
• W-Pollock (14-9 3.94) L-Kimura (9-12 3.86) S-Yamada (2)
• HR: FLA-Hayashi (23) Flores (8) Bursey (17) Chase (39)
• POTG: Chase 2-4 BB HR 3 R 2 RBI (118)

• Bobby Rone (OH) struck out 5 in a 3-hitter to beat Milwaukee 9-0. He's 18-7 3.56
• Leith Southorn (DET) won his 13th in a 2-hitter to beat St Louis 4-0. He's 13-8 4.42
• Tomaz Pgo (MEM) tied the single-game K record by striking out 19 Punishers in the Blue Sox 8-1 win. He gave up just 3 hits while walking 2.

SEPTEMBER CALL UPS

• RP Chris Skeens ® 0-2 1 Sv 3.09 32 IP 1.13 WHIP (AAA)
• RP Tyrese Umoh (L) 3-7 31 Sv 4.66 1.45 WHIP (AAA)
• C Eddie Ellerbee (L) .264/.341/.468 16 HR 63 RBI 100 G (AAA)
• 2B Dan McMullen ® .323/.385/.595 26 HR 110 RBI 20 SB 125 G (AAA)
• IF Moromao Yamaoka ® .300/.391/.530 11 HR 55 RBI 27 SB 93 G (AAA)
• OF Talbot Linseman (S) .254/.351/.530 31 HR 99 RBI 19 SB 125 G (AAA)

• 9/1: Brooklyn 9 Florida 1
• W-Renz (2-2 3.95) L-Samvdio (16-10 3.09)
• HR: NONE
• POTG: Russell 3-5 2B (27) 3B (2) 2 R 5 RBI (63)
• Renz CG 10 H 1 ER 1 BB 4 K
• Samvdio 7 IP 6 H 5 ER 6 BB 11 K Kaneshiro 0.1 IP 5 H 4 ER 0-0 game after 5, 9-1 after 8.

• Jin-Hyun Noh (LV) struck out a season-high 15 in a 2-hitter as Vegas downed Phoenix 6-0. He's 10-10 2.89
• All three of our top farm clubs have won their respective divisions.

• 9/2: Brooklyn 7 Florida 2
• W-Sakai (11-9 4.24) L-Coronado (7-3 3.27)
• HR: BRK-Church (9) Laramie (10)
• POTG: Sakai CG 6 H 2 ER 9 K
• Coronado 5.1 IP 8 H 7 R 4 ER 9 K Hallamore Error (24)

• Sergio Orozco (SAN) tossed a 4-hitter to beat Portland 3-0. He's 13-11 6.50

• 9/3: Florida 12 Alaska 4
• W-Willoughby (20-4 4.57) L-DeSclafani (17-9 3.81)
• HR: ALK-Oyewole (3) FLA-McCullen (1)
• POTG: Bursey 4-5 2 R RBI (75) 3 2B (23) ties the club record for a single game
• Willoughby 6 IP 4 H 2 ER 6 K

• 9/4: Florida 4 Alaska 1
• W-Sugihara (14-10 3.89) L-Faulkner (2-1 5.24) S-Turner (26)
• HR: NONE
• POTG: Sugihara 7 IP 4 H 1 ER 9 K
• Hayashi 3-4 2B (32) 2 RBI (91)

• AL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Joe Vertz (OH) 9-16 2 HR 10 RBI (.307-38-116
• NL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Dan Harrison (LA) 13-20 2 HR 8 RBI (.278-14-48)

TARPONS MINOR LEAGUE NEWS:
Jeremy Clark (AA) took home POTW honors going 13-27 2 HR 9 RBI. The 25th overall pick in 2010 is hitting .293-14-78

• RECORD: 4-2 (89-51)
• STANDINGS: 1st +20
• RUNS FOR: 796 2nd
• RUNS AGAINST: 596 1st
• DEFENSE: .702 1st

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• AL PLAYER OF THE MONTH- Zach Sheppard (OH) .433-8-26 (.379-26-97)
• NL PLAYER OF THE MONTH- Mike Topolski (SD) .381-11-29 (.308-32-94)
• AL PITCHER OF THE MONTH- Hughie Meah (ALK) 4-0 0.88 (7-7 1 Save 3.19)
• NL PITCHER OF THE MONTH- Bobby Ross (PIT) 5-0 8 Saves 1.02 ERA (12-4 30 Saves 2.18)
• AL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH- Yuusei Nakamura (FLA) .302-6-19 (.293-11-39)
• NL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH- Ted Vaughn (NE) .340-5-16 (.345-8-29)

• Some great races all around. The NL East is featuring 2 big time powers in the Jets and Miners. Feels like the Miners have been on a 9-1 run for about a month. I know they had a 13 game win streak earlier. That's the ABA's version of the AL East.
• That, the AL West and maybe the wild cards are the only real suspenseful races unless someone goes white hot or ice cold.
• Can't get over how quickly our division has fallen.
• Cortezo is due back this 1st week in September.
• Callups will be strategic. Few arms, extra catcher and 3-4 bats maybe.

TARPONS MONTH

• Dan McMullen hit .366-10-31 to win AAA POTM honors. He's at .323-26-110 for the year.
• Josh Thompson went 4-0 2.65 to take home AAA PIOTM. He's 20-2 3.58
• Shojiro Sato (A) was 5-0 3.27 to win Class A PIOTM for Farmington. He's 8-2 3.81
• Zaire Vialet (SA) was 4-1 2.40 in August to take home Short-season PIOTM. He's 8-2 2.64

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SCHEDULE:
1 vs Alaska
3 @ Milwaukee
3 vs Denver

RESULTS:

• 9/5: Florida 6 Alaska 1
• W-Pollock (15-9 3.81) L-Bournes (6-5 4.87)
• HR: FLA-Adams (17*)
• POTG: Pollock CG 7 H 1 ER 7 K 123 pitches

• Shoshichi Katagiri (BUF) struck out 6 in a 4-0 win over San Antonio. He's 3-3 4.30 since the Nickels acquired him from Phoenix earlier this year

• 9/6: Milwaukee 7 Florida 3
• W-J Mendoza (9-7 4.06) L-Samvdio (16-11 3.12) S-Provost (27)
• HR: FLA-Chase (40)
• POTG: J Mendoza 7 IP 6 H 2 ER 9 K

• 9/7: Florida 11 Milwaukee 9
• W-Coronado (8-4 3.60) L-Stanfield (6-10 6.15)
• HR: FLA-Elizondo (9) Chase 2 (42) Bursey 2 (19) MIL-Ayala 2 (3) Knipp (6)
• POTG: D Ayala 3-5 2B (2) 2 HR ties Milwaukee club record with 7 RBI

• The win clinches the AL East with 9 games to go. Cortezo due back tomorrow. We'll start giving days off and mixing in starts for September call-ups.

• 9/8: Florida 6 Milwaukee 1
• W-Willoughby (21-4 4.40) L-Moya (8-17 4.87)
• HR: FLA-Ogden (1) Hayashi 2 (25) MIL-Faulcon (15)
• POTG: Willoughby CG 3 H 1 ER 8 K Retired 1st 17. 100 pitches

• 9/9: Florida 8 Denver 1
• W-Sugihara (15-10 3.84) L-Bowman (0-2 6.23) S-Ballard (2)
• HR: FLA-Funicello (12) Hayashi (26) Hallamore (17)
• POTG: Sugihara 5 IP 4 H 1 ER 8 K Ballard 4 IP 1 H 6 K
• Sugihara comes out after 5. He's got some back issues and will head to the DL for 10 days at least. Luis Balderas will move into the rotation from the bullpen

• Arturo Mendoza (STL) scattered 6 hits in beating Phoenix 1-0. He struck out 8 to move to 8-11 4.97. He's hitting .277 with 11 HR and 31 RBI in 60 games at 3B.

• 9/10: Florida 8 Denver 5
• W-Balderas (3-5 6.15) L-Duenas (0-8 6.92) S-Turner (27)
• HR: DEN-Futrell (36) A Lee (4) Preece (15) FLA-Flores (9) Adams (18) Nakamura (12)
• POTG: Nakamura 2-3 BB HR 2 R 2 RBI (45)

• Talib bin-Musa (LV) won his 15th (15-10 4.63) on a 5-hit shutout of Alaska.
• Nehemiah Waith (POR) scattered 9 hits in beating Texas 4-0. He's 8-13 6.21

• 9/11: Florida 10 Denver 0
• W-Pollock (16-9 3.70) L-Daugherty (8-12 3.47)
• HR: FLA-Chase (43)
• POTG: Pollock 6 IP 5 H 1 BB 4 K
• Bursey 3-4 3B (5) R 3 RBI (81) CS (5) Cooke, Skeens, Umoh 3 IP 2 H 6 K

• AL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Dan Goodman (MEM) 11-25 5 HR 7 RBI (.276-43-114)
• NL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Juan Reyna (KC) 12-23 3 HR 10 RBI (.296-29-100)

• RECORD: 6-1 (95-52)
• STANDINGS: 1st +23
• RUNS FOR: 848 2nd
• RUNS AGAINST: 619 1st
• DEFENSE: .701 1st
• POWER RANKINGS:

1. Washington
2. Florida
3. Pittsburgh
4. Ohio
5. Los Angeles

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WEEK 24
SCHEDULE:
OFF DAY
3 @ Chicago
3 vs Ohio

RESULTS:

• 9/12: OFF DAY

• 9/13: Florida 9 Chicago 8
• W-Yamada (1-2) L-D'Addio (2-13) S-Turner (28)
• HR: CHI-Colle (2) E Mitchell (38)
• POTG: W Belanger 3-4 3 2B (5) 3 RBI (3) ties Chicago team record for 2B in a game

• Joe McGinn (SD) won his 13th (13-8 3.82) striking out 5, walking none and scattering 5 hits to beat Los Angeles 4-0.

• 9/14: Chicago 5 Florida 2
• W-Stanton (20-7 3.43) L-Coronado (8-5 3.77) S-D'Addio (36)
• HR: FLA-Bursey (20) CHI-Nishikawa (5)
• POTG: Nishikawa 2-4 3B (3) HR (5) 2 R 4 RBI (27)
• Coronado 6 IP 6 H 5 ER 7 K

• Sean Cockley (WAS) struck out 6 to win his 19th of the year in an 8-0 win over Oklahoma. He's 19-8 2.98

• 9/15: Florida 11 Chicago 5
• W-Willoughby (22-4 4.48) L-Ortega (8-7)
• HR: FLA-Saldana (14) CHI-Hatch (15) Shelley (28)
• POTG: Saldana 3-5 2 2B (17) HR (14) 3 R 3 RBI (77)

• Jorge Zavaleta (TEX) went 5-5 driving in 2 in the Cowboys 10-4 win over Buffalo. He's hitting .324-36-113
• Ohio clinched today. They are also coming in for 3 games and we are both 97-53. There are 12 games left to decide the AL's #1 seed.
• Over in the NL Washington has now won 13 straight and are 107-53, 3 games up on 2nd place Pittsburgh

• 9/16: Ohio 8 Florida 7
• W-Rone (21-7 3.55) L-Turner (4-2 BS 4) S-Miles (38)
• HR: OH-Robles (36) Paredes (37) Schroeder (19) FLA-Hallamore (15)
• POTG: Paredes 2-4 HR 3 RBI (110)

• Tomaz Pgo (MEM) struck out 11 in shutting out Milwaukee 3-0. He's 13-10 4.04 with 288 K's in 245 IP

• 9/17: Florida 13 Ohio 0
• W-Pollock (17-9 3.57) L-Anguiano (17-6 3.86)
• HR: FLA-Adams 2 (20) Chase 2* (45)
• POTG: Chase 3-5 3 R 2 HR (45) 6 RBI (136)
• Adams 3-3 2 BB 2 HR (20) 3 RBI (67)
• Pollock 8 IP 9 H 4 K

• Alamogordo was upset in the 1st round. So I will call up:
• SP Joe Rogers
• SP Josh Thompson will be added to the 38 man roster and recalled
• IF Wilton Montalbetti
• SS Dan Sharp will be added to the 38 man, 3B Juan Castillo will be DFA

• 9/18: Florida 4 Ohio 1
• W-Turner (5-2) L-Osorio (19-10 4.12)
• HR: OH-Cosman (45') FLA-Bursey (21x) (x = walk-off)
• POTG: Samvdio 7 IP 1 H 10 K 1 ER
• The staff combines on 1-hitter with Bursey hitting 1 out 3 run walk off.
• Osorio CG 8.1 IP 7 K 4 ER 7 K
• The win puts us +1 on Ohio for the top seed in the AL

• New England fired GM Bobby McCoy and Manager Nate Spears. After winning the NL East in 1990-91 the team has made just 2 appearances over the next 19 years and both of those as a Wild Card. I'm actually hearing rumors of their interest in me......

• AL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Eric Mitchell (CHI) 10-19 5 HR 8 RBI (.331-42-120)
• NL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Jorge Zavaleta (TEX) 16-24 4 HR 11 RBI (.329-37-118)

• RECORD: 4-2 (99-54)
• STANDINGS: 1st +23
• RUNS FOR: 894 2nd
• RUNS AGAINST: 646 1st
• DEFENSE: .703 1st
• POWER RANKINGS:

1. Pittsburgh
2. Washington
3. Florida
4. Ohio
5. Los Angeles

• (Top 2 teams in the ABA are in the same division. Love to see them meet in the NLCS)

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WEEK 25
SCHEDULE:
OFF DAY
3 @ Minnesota
3 @ New York
OFF DAY

RESULTS:

• 9/19: Minnesota 2 Florida 1
• W-Nichols (12-6 4.07) L-Coronado (8-6 3.69) S-Mycroft (33)
• HR: MIN-Rosales (4)
• POTG: T Nichols 8 IP 6 H 1 ER 5 K
• Coronado CG 8 IP 6 H 2 ER 6 K 0 BB 108 pitches Linseman 2-2

• 24-year-old Shoji Ishibashi (BUF) moved to 11-4 2 Saves 4.03 with a CG 2-hitter in a 3-0 win over Oklahoma.
• Clovis is in the AA World Series. They will face the Eau Claire Black Dogs (MIN)

• 9/20: Minnesota 10 Florida 3
• W-Tejeda (13-14 4.24) L-Willoughby (22-5 4.80)
• HR: FLA-Cortezo (23) MIN-Rick 2 (24) Sgattoni (31)
• POTG: Rick 3-4 2 R 2 HR 5 RBI (95)
• Willoughby 2 IP 8 H 2 HR 8 ER

• Dallas and 28-year old closer Alan Simon reached an agreement on a 2 year 6.32 million dollar extension. He's 3-3 34 Saves 2.45 this year and 22-34 150 saves 3.63 lifetime.
• The Minutemen have signed 2 new guys who've never held an ABA level job as their Manager, Jerry Garvin, and their GM Daisuke Arai.

• 9/21: Minnesota 7 Florida 5
• W-Ripley (1-1) L-Umoh (0-1) S-Mycroft (34)
• HR: FLA-Hayashi (27) Saldana (15) Chase (46) MIN-Lewis (11) Rick (25)
• POTG: L Troncoso 2-3 2B (21) 2 R RBI (38)
• Hallamore 3-5 2B (27) SB (62) RBI (70)
• Josh Thompson ABA debut 6 IP 8 H 4 ER 4 BB 3 K 2 HR

• Chris Tharpe (PIT) won his career high 17th game (17-10 3.40) striking out 3 in a 4-0 win over Texas. The win puts the Miners 1 back of Washington with 6 to play in the race for the NL East. The loser of that division will be the NL's #1 WC and host the play in game.
• Sergio Reynosa (PHX) went 3-3 homering 3 times and driving in 4 in the Roadrunners 6-1 win over Milwaukee

• 9/22: New York 7 Florida 6
• W-Griffin (2-0) L-Ballard (5-1) S-Ito (4)
• HR: FLA-Cortezo (24) Chase (47) NY-Kennealy (30) Brave (14)
• POTG: Brave 1-3 2 BB 2 R HR 3 RBI (59)
• Joe Rogers ABA debut 6 IP 4 H 3 ER 3 K 7 BB
• Hallamore 4-5 2B (28) 2 R

• Toshiichi Ono (NE) struck out 6 in a 5-hit shutout of Washington. He's 7-7 4.30
• Zaire Nibbs (CHI) struck out 7 in Chicago's 6-0 win over Memphis. 11-4 3.83
• Washington signed pitcher Arturo Cervantes to a 3 year 6 million dollar extension. Acquired in July Cervantes was 2-13 4.95 in 19 starts for Oklahoma. The Jets put him in their pen and he is 2-0 1 Save 1.93 in 11 appearances.

• POSTSEASON PICTURE
• With 5 games left the AL East, AL Central and AL West titles are clinched. Us, Ohio and Las Vegas (clinched today) have won our divisions. Chicago has locked up home field for the play in game. Alaska currently sits 1 game up on Memphis and 4 on New York and Detroit.
• In the NL it's LA, Texas, Washington, and Pittsburgh in. LA and Texas as division champs, Pittsburgh and Washington are fighting for the East (the Jets are 1 up as of today).
• In the Wild Card, you have San Antonio holding the 2nd spot with San Diego (3 GB) and Kansas City (4 GB) as the only potential contestants.

• 9/23: New York 7 Florida 3
• W-Haselden (9-12 4.86) L-Sugihara (15-11 3.93) S-Genus (40)
• HR: NY-Mohr (42)
• POTG: Cortezo 4-4 2 R SB (14)

• Juan Ramos (POR) struck out 5 and didn't walk a batter in the Lancers 13-0 win over San Diego. He's 8-18 4.75

• 9/24: Florida 1 New York 0
• W-Ballard (6-1) L-Kantor (16-10 3.71) S-Turner (29)
• HR: NONE
• POTG: Pollock 6 IP 5 H 2 BB 8 K
• Kantor CG 7 H 0 ER 4 BB 2 K
• Cortezo bases-loaded walk in the top of the 9th for the only run.

• Layne Cosman (OH) went 5-5 with 5 singles and 3 RBI's in the Generals 13-6 win over Las Vegas.
• Joe Dennis (STL) beat Milwaukee 4-0 on a 4-hitter. He's 7-15 6.11
• Portland fired GM Brian Smith and Manager Bartolo Castillo today. The Lancers have just 2 postseason appearances in their 22-year history and both as a wild card. They have had just 5 .500+ seasons and have never won more than 85 games.

• 9/25: OFF DAY

• AL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Joe Vertz (OH) 10-19 3 HR 11 RBI (.318-42-139)
• NL PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Brad Rivera (LA) 11-25 6 HR 9 RBI (.353-36-114)

• RECORD: 1-5 (100-59)
• STANDINGS: 1st +21
• RUNS FOR: 913 2nd
• RUNS AGAINST: 679 1st
• DEFENSE: .702 1st
• POWER RANKINGS:

1. Pittsburgh
2. Washington
3. Ohio
4. Florida
5. Los Angeles

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WEEK 26
SCHEDULE:
OFF DAY
3 vs Detroit
END OF THE REGULAR SEASON

RESULTS:

• 9/26: Florida 9 Detroit 7
• W-Robb (1-0) L-Southorn (15-9 4.39) S-Turner (30)
• HR: DET-Burmeister (21)FLA-Chase (48) Nakamura (13)
• POTG: Burmeister 2-4 HR 2 R 2 BB 2 RBI (81) Error (14) CS (19)
• J Thompson 1.1 IP 3 H 5 BB 5 ER

• Clovis took home the AA Crown today beating Eau Claire 3 games to 1.

• TARPONS EXTEND YAMADA
• 25 year old reliever Tsunesuke Yamada and the Florida Tarpons have agreed to a 5 year 9.725 million dollar contract extension. The young reliever was set to become a free agent at seasons end but the club had expressed a strong desire to try and keep the southpaw in the Tarpon navy and red.
• Yamada is 1-2 2 Saves 3.20 this year and career he's 12-8 7 Saves 3.71 ERA with 335 K's and 169 walks in 361 career innings. He had a breakout season in 2010 going 2-1 2 Saves with a 2.24 ERA and 94 K's in 64.1 IP.

• GM'S OFFICE
• I really wanted to get this one done. He's the perfect setup/stopper arm pre-9th inning and allows me to go with an R/L bridge to get to Turner. He's making 885 this year and was a comp FA if I wanted to let him go. I have arms but he's a legit closer option, and he's just 25. His base is 1.38/1.68/.1.88 and 2/385 with a 5th-year player option at 2.38.

• POSTSEASON UPDATE
• There are 2 remaining questions and 1 remaining spot for October. Alaska and Memphis are tied at 82-78 for the 2nd AL WC and Pittsburgh and Washington are tied at 112-48 for the NL East.
• San Antonio has clinched the 2nd NL WC

• 9/27: Detroit 9 Florida 6
• W-Takeuchi (2-1 5.00) L-Balderas (3-6 6.20) S-Berg (7)
• HR: DET-Tibbets (17) FLA-Cortezo (25)
• POTG: Tibbets 2-5 HR 3 RBI (69)

• 9/28: Florida 8 Detroit 5
• W-Willoughby (23-5 4.72) L-Fujino (9-16 6.18) S-Turner (31)
• HR: DET-Marrero (23) Ogarro (38) Barella (34) back to back to back FLA-Ogden (2)
• POTG: Nakamura 3-5 2B (22) R 5 RBI (53)
• Ogden 3-4 HR 2 R RBI (5)
• Willoughby 5 IP 4 H 1 ER 4 BB 5 K

• Luis Valles (KC) tossed a 3-hit shutout in a 7-0 win over LA. He finishes 15-15 4.92
• Luis Santillan (SF) became just the 3rd player in league history to hit 600 career home runs. Santillan went 2-5 hitting his 600th and 601st career homers and drove in all 5 in the Bears 5-4 win over San Antonio. He trails Chris Frederick by just 7 and the all-time record is 643 held by Pat Stephenson. He is far ahead of active players leading Detroit's Loan Auffret 78 HRs.

• Pittsburgh wins the NL East in dramatic fashion as they needed 18 innings to down Oklahoma. The euphoria was short lived however as they learned Koufax candidate and ace Sean Riggs will undergo Tommy John Surgery and be lost for this postseason and likely all of 2013.
• Washington will play San Antonio in the play in game.
• Alaska and Memphis both lost so they will need to play a tiebreaker to determine the 2nd AL wild-card team.

END OF THE REGULAR SEASON

• RECORD: 2-1 (102-60)
• STANDINGS: 1st +21
• RUNS FOR: 936 2nd
• RUNS AGAINST: 701 1st
• DEFENSE: .702 1st

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• AL PLAYER OF THE MONTH- Joe Vertz (OH) .460-8-36 (.325-44-145)
• NL PLAYER OF THE MONTH- Jorge Zavaleta (TEX) .418-9-28 (.329-39-125)
• AL PITCHER OF THE MONTH- Talib bib Musa (LV) 4-0 1.19 (17-10 4.31)
• NL PITCHER OF THE MONTH- Sean Cockley (WAS) 5-0 2.18 (21-8 2.94)
• AL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH- Amari Oyewole (ALK) .315-7-13 (.315-7-13)
• NL ROOKIE OF THE MONTH- Chris Linn (BUF) .386-5-15 (.314-8-28) Could regret this trade..

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WILD CARD PLAY IN GAMES

• AL
• Memphis 6 Chicago 3
• W-Pgo (1-0) L-Stanton (0-1) S-Birch (1)
• HR MEM-Goodman (1) CHI-Montiel (1)
  
• NL
• Washington 7 San Antonio 5
• W-Cockley (1-0) L-Scippio (0-1) S-Diarte (1)
• HR SAN-Reisner (1) WAS-Yasuda (1)

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• NL
  Washington vs Pittsburgh
• This has a chance to be one of the best post-season series in league history.
• Pittsburgh ranked #1 in Pitching and #2 in offense while Washington ranked #2 in pitching and #1 in offense. 114 win team vs 113 win team. The Jets held the season series advantage 7-5.
• Juan Alatorre was 2-0 2 CG.00 ERA vs Washington.
• Kevon Cephus (.400-2-7) Chris Tarrant (.295-3-7) for the Jets
• Dan DeTray (.350-3-12) Jarod Bodkin (.375-2-8) for Pittsburgh

• Texas vs Los Angeles
• Texas won the season series 8-4.
• Ignacio Justiniano was 4-0 4.73 vs Texas
• Brad Rivera (.417-2-13) Dave Manzer (.275-5-10) for the Storm
• Kinnon Mendelson was 1-1 2.41 with 18 K's in 18.2 IP vs LA.
• Humberto Camacho hit .200 but also had 3 HR and 14 RBI in 12 games.

• AL
• Ohio vs Memphis
• Ohio was 10-5 vs Memphis.
• The Generals finished 1st in offense and 4th in the AL in pitching. Memphis was 6th and 9th respectively.
• Bobby Rone was 3-0 2.16 over 25 innings.
• Jorge Casarez hit .367-3-12, Dan Goodman .281-4-10 and Jeff Ansell .232-5-12 vs Ohio.
• This should be the biggest mismatch in this round

• Las Vegas vs Florida
• Season series was knotted 6-6.
• Our pitching ranked 1st, just ahead of Vegas in 2nd. Our 2nd ranked offense vs their 7th ranked.
• Nate Aucoin .385-0-11 was their big bat.
• Jin-hyun Noh (game 2 starter) was 2-1 2.63 while Tousei Sato (game 1 starter) was 1-1 4.32.
• Cortezo (.342-1-6) Hallamore (.326-2-7) hit well with power coming from Hayashi 3 HR 9 RBI and Saldana 3 HR 8 RBI.

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• Washington @ Pittsburgh
• Hurtado (22-7 4.02) Yuen 18-4 3.22
• Pittsburgh 7 Washington 1
• W-Yuen (1-0) L-Hurtado (0-1)
• HR WAS-Haupt (1) PIT-Gilliand (1)
• POTG Gilliand 3-3 2B HR 5 RBI 2 R
• Pittsburgh leads the series 1-0

• Texas @ Los Angeles
• Yoshikawa (3-2 2.89) Yamada (2-1 5.12)
• Texas 3 Los Angeles 0
• W-Yoshikawa (1-0) L-Yamada (0-1) S-Simon (1)
• HR NONE
• POTG Yoshikawa 8 IP 4 H 1 BB 5 K
• Texas leads the series 1-0

• Memphis @ Ohio
• Abeyta (10-7 3.79) vs Osorio (21-10 3.96)
• Ohio 13 Memphis 5
• W-Osorio (1-0) L-Abeyta (0-1)
• HR: OH-Paredes (1) Cosman (1) Robles (1) Vertz (1)
• POTG: Vertz 4-5 BB HR R 2 RBI
• Ohio leads the series 1-0

• Las Vegas @ Florida
• Sato (16-8 3.90) vs Pollock (17-9 3.47)
• Game started off horribly as Pollock walked the games 1st two batters. He battled for 6 innings giving up just 4 hits 3 walks and 3 earned runs before the offense jumped out with a 5 run 6th off Vegas ace Tousei Sato (7.2 IP 11 H 9 ER 3 BB 4 K).
• Florida 9 Las Vegas 4
• W-Pollock (1-0) L-Sato (0-1)
• HR: LV-Hall (1) Rhea (1) FLA-Hallamore (1)
• POTG: Hallamore 3-5 2B (1) HR (1) 3 R 3 RBI 3 double plays
• Florida leads the series 1-0

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• Washington @ Pittsburgh
• Almagauer (14-7 4.02) Alatorre (10-10 4.37)
• Pittsburgh 9 Washington 0
• W-Alatorre (1-0) L-Almaguer (0-1)
• HR PIT-Daig (1)
• POTG Alatorre CG SHO 2 K 2 H 6 BB
• Pittsburgh leads the series 2-0

• Texas @ Los Angeles
• Pike (13-15 4.57) Justiniano (16-8 4.26)
• Los Angeles 6 Texas 3
• W-Justiniano (1-0) L-Pike (0-1) S-Kelly (1)
• HR TEX-Sugai (1) LA-Longoria (1)
• POTG Longoria 3-4 HR 2 R 2 RBI
• Series tied 1-1

• Memphis @ Ohio
• Espinoza (13-9 3.67) Rone (22-7 3.47)
• Ohio scored 10 runs from the 7th on but a 4 run 9th for Memphis evens the series
• Memphis 12 Ohio 11
• W-Russert (1-0) L-Miles (0-1) S-Uribe (1)
• HR MEM-Stockwell (1) OH-Schroeder (1*) Vertz (2) Millar (1)
• Series tied 1-1

• Las Vegas @ Florida
• Noh (13-11 2.93) Samvdio (16-11 3.25)
• Cortezo 1B followed by Hallamore HR and it's 2-0 2 batters into the bottom of the 1st. Samvdio erases that by allowing 5 consecutive hits including 2 home runs and is taken out after a 3rd inning leadoff 2B. Sergio Coronado comes in, allows that run to score and then clamps it down going 5 innings striking out 8 on 2 hits and 1 earned run. The offense claws back to 5-4 before a Nate Aucoin 9th inning HR opens the lead to two. Albuquerque strikes out the side in the 9th for a 6 out save (all 6 by K)
• Las Vegas 6 Florida 4
• W-Noh (1-0) L-Samvdio (0-1) S-Alburguerque (1)
• HR LV-Norlander (1) Aucoin (1) Chaffee (1) FLA-Elizondo (1) Hallamore (2) Chase (1)
• POTG Aucoin 3-4 HR R RBI
• Series tied 1-1

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• Pittsburgh @ Washington
• Kowalske (20-5 3.38) Cockley (21-8 2.94)
• A 1-1 game into the 11th before both teams plated a run. It stayed that way until the 15th when Washington, in a must win, plated the walk-off run to win it 3-2.
• Washington 3 Pittsburgh 2 (15)
• W-Adams (1-0) L-Freel (0-1)
• HR NONE
• POTG S Cockley 8 IP 6 H 1 ER 3 K
• Pittsburgh leads the series 2-1

• Los Angeles @ Texas
• Milazzo (14-12 3.76) Castillo (15-14 4.96)
• Texas 2 Los Angeles 1
• W-Castillo (1-0) L-Milazzo (0-1) S-Simon (2)
• HR NONE
• Texas leads the series 2-1

• Ohio @ Memphis
• Anguiano (17-7 4.10) Pgo (13-10 4.31)
• Ohio breaks a 6-6 tie with a 5 run 8th.
• Ohio 11 Memphis 6
• W-Onishi (1-0) L-Birch (0-1)
• HR OH-Torrez (1) Schroeder (2*) Echave (1*) MEM-Koo (1) Ansell 2 (2)
• POTG Schroeder 3-3 3 R 4 RBI (9)
• Ohio leads the series 2-1

• Florida @ Las Vegas
• Sugihara (15-11 3.93) Izaguirre (16-13 4.31)
• Another bomb start. Sugihara can't get through the 5th going 4.2 IP walking 4 on 6 hits 2 HR's and giving up 4 earned. But another yeoman's effort from the bullpen. Yamada, Robb, and Umoh go 2.2 IP 1 H to get the game tied 4-4 before Nate Aucoin's 3rd hit of the night against Joe Ballard broke the 4-4 tie.
• Las Vegas 5 Florida 4
• W-Helmrich (1-0) L-Ballard (0-1)
• HR FLA-Bursey (1) Hallamore (3) LV-Aucoin (2) Castaneda (1)
• POTG Izaquirre 7 IP 4 H 8 K 2 ER
• Las Vegas leads the series 2-1

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• Pittsburgh has lost 20 game winner Eric Kowalske for the remainder of the postseason and part of 2013. The righty will undergo potentially career-ending rotator cuff surgery tomorrow.

• Pittsburgh @ Washington
• Tharpe (17-10 3.40) Santander (16-9 4.60)
• The Miners held off a late Jets rally to take a 3-1 series lead
• Pittsburgh 9 Washington 6
• W-Tharpe (1-0) L-Santander (0-1)
• HR WAS-Anderson (1)
• POTG DeTray 3-5 2 2B 3 RBI 2 R
• Pittsburgh leads the series 3-1

• Los Angeles @ Texas
• Anglada (7-5 4.02) Rick (9-8 5.18)
• Texas scored single runs in the 8th 9th and 10th to take a commanding 3-1 series lead.
• Texas 6 Los Angeles 5 (10)
• W-Simon (1-0) L-Autry (0-1)
• HR TEX-Baud (1) 2-5 2B HR R 3 RBI (5)
• Texas leads the series 3-1
• POTG Baud

• Florida @ Las Vegas
• Willoughby (23-5 4.72) bin Musa (17-10 4.31)
• Game was over before it started almost. An 8 run 1st inning courtesy of 4 walks 5 hits, all singles. It was at one point 12-0 before the Aces came roaring back to actually get the tying run on 1st with 2 outs in the 9th vs Closer Brad Turner.
• Florida 13 Las Vegas 10
• W-Willoughby (1-0) L-bin Musa (0-1)
• HR FLA-Hayashi (1) Bursey (2) LV Fuji (1) Castaneda (2*)
• POTG Castaneda 3-3 2 BB 3 R Grand slam 4 RBI (5)
• Nate Aucoin came out of the game after making a throw in LF in the top half of the 1st. He's DtD.
• Series tied 2-2

• Ohio @ Memphis
• Medina (13-10 5.91) Matsushima (9-5 4.60)
• Ohio 17 Memphis 2
• W-Medina (1-0) L-Matsushima (0-1)
• HR OH-Torrez (2) Paredes (2) MEM-Goodman (2)
• Ohio leads the series 3-1

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• Pittsburgh @ Washington
• Yuen (18-4 3.22) Hurtado (22-7 4.02)
• Pittsburgh 7 Washington 4
• W-Yuen (2-0) L-Hurtado (0-2) S-Ross (1)
• HR WAS-Anderson (2) Bivens (1)
• POTG Yuen 7 IP 6 H 1 K 4 BB 4 ER
• Pittsburgh wins the series 4-1
• Series MVP – Luis Villaneda 9-21 4 RBI

• Los Angeles @ Texas
• Yamada (2-1 5.12) Yoshikawa (3-2 2.89)
• Texas 6 Los Angeles 3
• W-Yoshikawa (2-0) L-Yamada (0-2) S-Galindo (1)
• HR NONE
• Texas wins the series 4-1
• Series MVP – Serge Baud 10-19 HR 7 RBI

• Ohio @ Memphis
• Osorio (21-10 3.96) Abeyta (10-7 3.79)
• Ohio 8 Memphis 2
• W-Osorio (2-0) L-Abeyta (0-2)
• HR OH-Echave (2)
• POTG Osorio CG 9 H 7 K
• Ohio wins the series 4-1
• Series MVP – Luis Paredes 11-22 2 HR 14 RBI

• Florida @ Las Vegas
• Pollock (17-9 3.47) Sato (16-8 3.90)
• Adeiny Hechavarria hit a GW walk-off single off Brad Turner in the bottom of the 12th to put Vegas up 3-2. After another mediocre start (Pollock 5 IP 7 H 4 BB 7 K 4 ER) Ballar, Yamata, Turner went 6.1 scoreless innings before the game-ending single. Tousei Sato went 7 striking out 9 and giving up 4 earned.
• Las Vegas 5 Florida 4 (12)
• W-Myres (1-0) L-Turner (0-1)
• HR NONE
• POTG Sato 7 IP 4 H 9 K 4 ER
• Las Vegas leads the series 3-2

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GAME 6

• Las Vegas @ Florida
• Noh (13-11 2.93) vs Samvdio (16-11 3.25)
• A third inning Hallamore double plates the games 1st run. Samvdio cruises, working out of a few jams until he walks a hitter and then a Hallamore error, the 1st of 2 this game, puts runners on 1st and 2nd, Coronado comes in to face Norlander who greets him with a bases-clearing triple. An Aucoin Sac Fly makes it 3-1. Into the 9th, down 2, Saldana PH for Elizondo and draws a walk. Leith Bursey steps up and battles to a full count before lining a ball in the hole at short where Adeiny Hechavarria snags it, tosses to 2nd and onto 1st for a rally-killing, season-ending double play.
• Las Vegas 3 Florida 1
• W-Noh (2-0) L-Samvdio (0-2) S-Helmrich (1)
• HR NONE
• POTG Noh 7 IP 6 H 4 K 1 ER
• Las Vegas wins the series 4-2
• Series MVP – Ben Hall (LV catcher) 11-21 HR 2 RBI

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LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

• Ohio beats Las Vegas 4-2
• Series MVP Joe Vertz (OH) 6-19 2 HR 4 RBI

• Texas upsets Pittsburgh 4-2
• Pittsburgh was up 2-0 before the Cowboys won 4 straight.
• Series MVP Luis Toro (TEX) 10-21 3 RBI

2011 WORLD SERIES

• Ohio vs Texas
• Ohio shoots for their 2nd title in 4 years while the Cowboys look to win their 1st ever.
• Texas stuns the league by jumping out 2 games to 0 winning 3-1 and then in a 15 inning thriller 6-5.
• Ohio comes back 8-0 and then 6-3 to even the series before Texas takes game 5 11-6. This is a huge upset in the making before Bobby Rone shuts Texas out 4-0 in game 6.
• Game 7 is never a contest as Ohio pounds Texas 10-2 to win the 2011 World Series 4-3.
• Series MVP Layne Cosman (OH) 13-32 2 HR 6 RBI

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Both managers at AA and AAA took home their league's Manager of the year awards.
Josh Thompson got all 28 1st place votes to win the AAA Pitcher of the year award. He was 20-2 3.58 with 239 K's in 211 IP
As expected former Tarpon Chris Linn took home the AAA MVP hitting .332-35-101 for Buffalo