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Icons 2 at Larks 2
#1 Icons 7 Larks 4: Yolmer Sanchez and Mike Trout each had 3 hits and a HR to pace the Icons' 14 hit attack backing James Paxton's 6 2/3 solid IP for the win over Kenta Maeda; #2 Larks 4 Icons 3: Back and forth battle decided in the 8th when Salvador Perez and Kevin Pillar touched loser Dylan Bundy for solo dingers. Dan Jennings took the win retiring all 4 batters he faced while Yusmeiro Petit hung on for the save after giving up a run and having runners on 1st and 3rd with no outs in the 9th by inducing a flyout throw 'em out at home DP and striking out Dustin Pedroia; #3 Larks 6 Icons 4: Brilliant 7 IP, 3 H, 1 BB, 12 K performance made a winner of starter Dinelson Lamet. Larks notched 13 hits including 4 by Didi Gregorius and 2 each by Jonathan Schoop, David Freese, and Perez. Petit got another save with a perfect 9th; #4 Icons 9 Larks 6: Icons exploded for 5 runs off 5 pitchers in the 9th to earn the series split. Big blows in the 9th were an RBI 2B from Trout, a 2 RBI PH 1B by Danny Valencia, and a GW 2 RBI HR off the bat of Andrelton Simmons. Max Scherzer got the CG win despite giving up 10 hits and 2 HR's. Titans 0 at Mavs 4 Clutch hitting was the story of the day for the Mavericks as the pitching was just good enough and the team held on for 3 1-run victories. Titans 1, Mavs 6 Dickey vs Martinez - Top of the lineup delivered 4 runs and 4 RBIs. Suarez 3-4. Bradley HR Titans 5, Mavs 6 Miranda vs Tanaka - Mavs break on top in 2nd and hold on. Hundley HR. 3 Titans HR. Titans 5, Mavs 6 Kuhl vs Cole - a 4 spot in the 4th stake a lead and they hold on. 4 Titan solo HRs. Titans 4, Mavs 5 Castillo vs Berrios - This time the Titans break out with 4 in the 3rd but that's all she wrote. Mavs battle back behind Betts, Odor and Grossman HRs to pull ahead and hold on for the sweep Dream 3 at Icons 1 Gm 1: Catcher Christian Vazquez went 4 for 5, and SP Chase Anderson tossed 7 strong innings to pace the Dream to a 6-1 win in the opener. Jason Castro's solo HR accounted for the Icons lone tally. Gm 2: Icons' starter James Paxton (11 K's in 6 IP) and the pen combined for 4-0 shutout of the Dream. Pham had a 3 run HR in the Icons' 4 run 8th for all the offense the Icons needed. Gm 3: Dream SP Kyle Hendricks pitched into the 9th, but an Avisall Garcia 9th inning HR chased him to prevent the CG. Dream hung on for a 7-4 win. Icons gave up 3 unearned runs, the difference in the score. Gm 4: Blach gave the Dream 7 strong innings, and Odubel Herrera had 3 RBI to lead the Dream to a 6-3 win in the finale. Whiz Kids 1 at A's 3 Gm 1: Peacock and two relievers combine on 5-hit shutout, A's win 3-0 Gm 2: Beltre, G. Sanchez each knock in two runs as Kids win 6-3 Gm 3: A. Frazier (power W on both sides) jacks a 3-run HR in the 8th breaks the tie and A's win 5-2 Gm 4: Kids bullpen implosion gives away 4-1 lead, the big blow for A's a 2-run HR by Cervelli that crated the final 6-4 margin. Larks 2 at Black Jacks 2 Game 1 Larks 2 Black Jacks 0 Tied after 6 at 0-0 Freese Homers in the 7th , Larks turn 3 DPs to preserve the shutout and Jacks load the bases in the 9th to make it exciting Game 2 Larks 3 Black Jacks 6 The Jacks took an early lead 3-2 scoring 1 in the 1st, 3rd and 4th before breaking away with 3 in the 6th. The Larks never recovered. Homers by Schoop and K. Davis Game 3 Larks 1 Black Jacks 4 Jacks pitchers Marquez 6 1/3IPS and Betances K 12 batters each getting 6 as the Larks didn’t score till the 7th on Moreland’s Homer Game 4 Larks 10 Black Jacks 7 After 6 innings with the score 8-7 the Larks scored insurance runs after Moreland doubled and Escobar made an error allowing Moreland to score in the 8th. Crabs 2 at Dream 2 Game 1 Dream 4 – 5 – 0 Crabs 3 – 12 – 0 wp-Hendricks sv-Hand lp-Salazar HRs(CD)OHerrera Dream hit Crabs, Salazar with 3 in 1st to take opener .. Hendricks scattered 9 hits, 1 BB in 6.3 innings, allowing only 2 ERs .. Crabs 2 for 12 in RISP .... Game 2 Dream 5 – 5 – 0 Crabs 2 – 7 - 0 wp-TBlach sv-Hand lp-Nova(cg) HRs(MC)Chirinos (CD)Headley, Puig.. Same script as Game 1 as Dream score 4 in 1st and never look back behind a solid performance by TBlach .. Maryland’s Nova allowed only 5 hits, 0 BBs but 5 earned in complete game effort .. Game 3 Crabs 3 – 6 – 0 Dream 2 – 8 – 0 wp-Nelson sv-Giles lp-Goody HRs(CD) CHernandez, Headley.. Crabs finally break thru for win behind Nelson who struck out 11, 2 ERs in 7 innings ..ZDavies was even better allowing only 3 hits, 1 ER in 6 innings ... Crabs score 2 in 8th to clinch win... Game 4 Crabs 5 – 12 – 0 Dream 3 – 7 – 0 wp-McGee sv-Giles lp-Swarzak HRs-(MC)Gennett, Smoak Crabs score 1 in 8th and 2 in 9th to edge out Dream and earn series split... McGee tossed 2.7 scoreless for the ‘W’ .. Gennett clubbed 2-run jack in 9th for Maryland... Whiz Kids 2 at Mavs 2 Gm 1: Chatwood and Edwards pitch 8 shutout innings, late 3-run rally makes it look close, but speedy Mavs hit 3 triples and cruise to 5-3 win. Gm 2: E. Suarez 2-run HR is the big blow, Osuna nails down his second save of the series for Mavs in a 4-2 victory Gm 3: E. Santana CG win for Kids, as Odor's HR is only run for Mavs. G. Sanchez HR, 5 RBIs. Kids win 6-1 Gm 4: G. Cole walks 7 and Kids eventually make him pay, as E. Thames 2-run HR sparks 5-2 win and a series split. Bradley HR supplies offense for the Mavs. Icons 2 at Revival 2 #1 Revival 5 Icons 3: Luke Weaver went a strong 6 innings for the win. Revival scored 4 in the 5th on a 2 run HR by Michael Conforto and a 2 run 2B by Nelson Cruz that knocked out losing starter Robert Gsellman; #2 Icons 6 Revival 4: Max Scherzer struck out 14 in the CG win despite 2 HR's by Brian Dozier. Icons cuffed loser Chris Sale with a 3 run Danny Valencia 4-bagger in the 1st and another 3 run shower-inducing round tripper from Mike Trout in the 6th; #3 Revival 6 Icons 5 (13): Marco Estrada only lasted 2/3 of an inning yielding 4 hits and 3 runs before being replaced by Juan Nicasio. Eduardo Nunez hit a solo HR in the 2nd off Zack Godley and the Revival took the lead in the 4th on a Nelson Cruz blast and a 2 run Jean Segura 2B. A.J. Pollock clubbed a 2 run homer off Buddy Boshers in the 8th to put the Icons up by 1, a lead erased in the 9th off Andrew Miller on 2 walks and a Domingo Santana 1B. Miller sent the game into extra innings by getting Joey Votto to hit into an inning ending DP with men on 1st and 3rd. Justin Wilson, Arodys Vizcaino and winner Pat Neshek shut out the Icons over 5 1/3 IP of 1 hit, 1 BB, and 7 K relief. a walk, sacrifice and a 2 our GW 1B by Conforto pinned the loss on Alex Colome. Santana and Nunez each had 3 hits for the home team; #4 Icons 6 Revival 3: Yolmer Sanchez hit 3 hits, 2 HR's and 4 RBI to make a winner of James Paxton and pin the loss on Lance Lynn who struck out 12 over 8 innings. Santana had another 3 hit game for the Revival. A's 2 at Mitts 2 #1 A's 5 Mitts 2 - Polanco HR in 3R 5th; A's
bullpen 2.1IP 5K
#2 A's 4 Mitts 0 - Morales and Suzuki back to back
HR in 6th; Manaea and 3RP 2H shutout
#3 Mitts 5 A's 4 - Mitts 2R rally in 8th; Rosario
GW RBI
#4 Mitts 2 A's 1 - Turner walkoff HR in
11th Ponies 1 at Icons 3 Game 1-Ponies 8 Icons 2 -Posey 4 hits -Jones HR 2 RBI Game 2-Icons 3 Ponies 1 - Trout HR 2 RBI - Scherzer CG 6 hitter Game 3-Icons 4 Ponies 3 -Lind 3 hits RBI Game 4-Icons 9 Ponies 3 - Belt HR 3 RBI - Sanchez HR 2 RBI |
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CAN MARCUS SEMIEN BE SOMETHING? With the exception of DJ Lemahieu none of the Mitts batters have hit well in the majors this April. Some, like Justin Turner and Daniel Murphy, haven't gotten out of the gate due to injury. Others like Neil Walker, Carlos Santana, Eddie Rosario, and Evan Gattis just haven't hit. Period. The only player carrying even a 750 OPS along with DJ is this guy.  The
key number in that line is the 3.2 under the Def column. Were
Semien to play the full season and come home with an OPS in the 750s
the whole key to whether he is usable will be his defensive rating.
I've always had the feeling that there's an inertia to the Strat
defensive ratings. This is to say that the game company does not
take one year at face value but rather considers you whatever you were
in the current card set UNLESS you show them that you're a good bit
better or worse than that. Since Semien is sitting in the Mitts' minors as a SS-4 then that's his rating unless he dazzles on the field in which case the company may deign to promote him to a 3. As a 3 we could use this guy. As a 4 it will be time to part company. |
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CHECKING IN ON THE MITTS' MOST RECENT DRAFT CLASS Let's see how the players the Mitts drafted last November are faring in the bigs this year. As it turns out a number of the draftees were traded during the offseason.  All that's left of the position players who were drafted are these two Brewers. Brett Phillips was recalled for a few days but has since been sent down to AAA again. Traded Austin Jackson (round 3) in deal for Carlos Gomez Jed Lowrie (round 7) as part payment for DJ Lemahieu TJ Rivera (round 8) for Matt Belisle  Cashner, the 2nd round pick, is off to a very encouraging start. Urena is taking the ball (that's good) but doing little with it (that's bad). Fields has been solid as a set up RP for LAD. |
HOW ARE THE DRAFTEES DOING? Thought I would take a look at how the players the Criers drafted in February are faring.   With the ever injured Tulowitzki on the club our biggest concern was that Paul DeJong not be a one year wonder. Early signs are that he is not. Pirela is proving himself no twinkle-toes in the field but the fellow can hit and with Daniel Murphy not yet out of the gate there could be part of a DH slot available. Clint Frazier's recovery from his concussion has been very slow. I think he'll be ready for minor league rehab games soon but have been saying that for weeks. |
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Mitch- league statistician Jordan- rules coordinator Mark - representing West division Wayne- representing Chicago division Bob- representing South division |
