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2017 First Period

Speakers vs. Eliminators

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These two teams, who entered OOTL the same year, squared off in the Eliminators’ new Mechanicsburg ballpark Saturday afternoon.

Game 1 – After getting strafed in his Speakers’ debut, Bartolo Colon leaked just enough oil to pick up his second loss in as many starts. The Speakers were able to cover Colon’s allowing solos to Victor Martinez and Odubel Herrera. However, they couldn’t overcome back-to-back-to-back doubles (Josh Donaldson, Victor and Ian Desmond) in the 4th. Xander Bogaerts strokes a 2-out RBI single in the 8th to wrap up a 5-3 win that was nowhere near as close as the score indicates.

W – Kevin Gausman; L – Colon (0-2); S – Addison Reed

Game 2 – The Speakers score as many in the top of the 1st as they did in Game 1. A pair of walks hurt Julio Teheran as Kris Bryant gaps a 2-out 2-run double and Ian Kinsler follows with an RBI single.

Kinsler singles home Manny Machado in the 5th with run #4. Jake Arrieta and Joe Blanton do the rest as the Speakers knot the series, 4-0.

W – Arrieta (2-0); L – Teheran; S – Blanton (1)

Game 3 – Rookie David Dahl starts the Speakers’ 2nd with a double. With 2 outs, Buster Posey lines a double of his own. Mookie Betts singles home Posey for an early 2-0 advantage.

The Eliminators cobble together Desmond’s single, Jonathon Lucroy’s perfect hit-and-run single (31) and Herrera’s RBI double to cut the lead in half, 2-1, in the 3rd. After Roughned Odor singles with 1 away in the 4th, Posey executes a hit-and-run single. Betts’ sac fly helps the Speakers regain their 2-run margin, 3-1.

The Eliminators enjoy base runners in every succeeding inning except the 9th, but can’t muster a clutch hit. Jeremy Hellickson and the Speaker pen preserve the 3-1 victory.

W – Hellickson (2-0); L – Felix Hernandez; S – Roberto Osuna (1)

Game 4 – Chris Archer’s first pitch of the season lands beyond the left-center field fence as Jean Segura puts the Eliminators up early. In the 3rd, Segura does it again — his second solo blast of the game.

The big blow comes in the 4th as new Eliminator Hanley Ramirez launches a 3-run homer. The Elims bat around in the 5th to plate 3 more for an 8-0 lead before the Speakers get their first hit.

The Speakers also bat around in the 5th, scoring 4 times, but it would hardly be enough. The Eliminators win 8-4 to split the series.

W – Jeff Samardzija; L – Archer (0-1)

Series Notes: The Eliminators out-homer the Speakers, 5-1. Although Colon coughs up 5 ER in 6.2 IP, he reduces his ERA to 10.80. Through 8 games, Arrieta (2-0, 1.10) and Hellickson (2-0, 0.57) are saving a staff whose overall ERA is 4.20.  Kinsler produces all 6 of his hits in this series. Herrera goes 4-9 with a double, HR and 4 walks — all from the 9 hole.

2017 First Period

Eliminators vs. Shartlesville Browns

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The Browns kicked off their 2nd season in the league by welcoming the Eliminators to their Downtown home on Sunday:

Game 1. Cueto v Sale. The Eliminators jumped out to a quick lead as Jean Segura made his former team pay with a leadoff homer. Two unearned runs in the 7th pushed the lead to 3-0 before Dozier smacked at 2 run shot to narrow it to 3-2. The teams traded runs in the 8th before a Donaldson 2 Run Homer put it away in the bottom of the 8th. Sale was the winner while Cueto took the loss.

Game 2: HIll v Gausman. The Browns got on the board first with a another homer by Dozier. A C. Seager RBI single in the 4th made it 2-0, but the Eliminators pushed 1 across in the 5th to cut the lead. Another Seager RBI single made it 3-1 in the 6th before the a sloppy inning, including 2 errors from C. Maybin, tied things at 3 after 6 full. It stayed that way until the 11th when Kyle Seager worked a leadoff walk and following a single from Miggy was driven in by the younger Seager for his 3rd RBI single of the day. Montgomery Worked 2 innings for the win, Betances took the loss and Strop earned the save.

Game 3: Hammel v Lester. This was a home run game. Cabrerra Hit a 2 run Shot in the 1st and Brandon Guyer Had solo shots in the 3rd and 7th, all off Lester. That was enough for the Browns to survive another Segura dinger in the 3rd and a laed off homer from V-Mart in the 7th. Hammel won, Lester went a complete game in the loss and Jones picked up the save.

Game 4: Rodon v Richard: The Elims used 3 singles to take a 2-0 lead in the 1st. It was 4-0 as the bottom of the 5th started but by the time it was done the Browns had batted around (aided by 2 errors) and lead 7-4. A Dozier 3B made it 8-4 in the 7th and it looked like the Sharts would cruise to an easy win. But the Eliminators made it tough in the 9th when with 2 out and one on they got a Steve Pearce 2B followed by a Freeman single and a Heyward pinch hit single vs 30 Donnie Hart to make it 8-6 before the Browns could get out #27. Rodon got a gross W while Richard took the loss. Hart got one out for the save.

Notes: The Eliminators strategy to throw 3 southpaws at the Browns looks to have backfired. The Sharts slashed .227/.266/.387 (17-75) vs lefties and .189/.396/.358 vs righties.

C. Seager drove in 5 runs in the series while hitting .250
C. Maybin made 3 errors
Who had Brandon Guyer being tied with Brian Dozier for the team lead in HR after 1 series?
J. Abreu collected 5 hits in the series, all vs LHP

The Browns are scheduled to play the Lemonheads on Sunday.

Manager Tony

2016 Third Period

Lymebees at Eliminators

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Game 1; McCullers vs Sale; Bees manufacture a run in the 1st on a Yelich walk, Travis hit-and-run single and Braun sac fly. Bees would get another run in the 5th and an unearned run in the 7th. McCullers pitches out of trouble in the first two innings and gets two outs in the 9th before giving up a double and gets pulled. Bees win 3-0.

Game 2; Syndergaard vs Smyly; Bees get a 2-run by Hosmer in the 2nd, a leadoff solo HR by Braun in the 4th, and another 2-run HR by Tulowitzki in the 7th before the Eliminators get back-to-back doubles by Heyward and Harrison in the 7th and another run in the 9th as Bees win 5-2.

Game 3; Gray vs Volquez; Both teams would score single runs in the 2nd and 3rd innings. Eliminators would get a 2-out single by Ethier in the 5th for their 3rd run. Bees would tie the game up in the 9th without getting a hit. Eliminators get a single by Martinez in the bottom of the 9th to pull out the 4-3 win.

Lymebees record is at 46-35.

John Ingiosi

2016 Third Period

Shartlesville Browns at Eliminators

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The Browns hosted their first series at their new Pine St. digs, even though the Eliminators were the home team:

Game 1: Shields v Smyly. The Eliminators got on the board first in the 5th behind a Donaldson 2-out 2-run double and an Ethier single to take a 3-0 lead. It would prove to be more than enough offense. The Eliminators added two more runs in the 6th and Smyly went the distance striking out 13 in a 4-hit complete game giving up just an RBI single to Iglesias. Eliminators win 5-1.

Game 2: Wacha v Ventura. The surprise MVP of this game was Ventura who worked around 7 hits and 3 walks to record a complete game shutout. The Eliminators won on the power of a 2-run homer from Donaldson in the 1st and a solo shot from Freeman in the 2nd. Eliminators win 3-0.

Game 3: Paxton v Volquez. In keeping with the way the Browns win games, all their runs came in one inning. In the 2nd they sent 11 men to the plate, scoring 6 runs on 3 hits, 3 walks, an error and a HBP. The Eliminators got one back in the bottom of the 2nd, but Paxton and 4 relievers shut them out from there to get the win 6-1.

The Browns slashed .206/.293/.268 in their first series without a homer. Corey Seager got his first OOTL hit while going 1 for 3 with two walks, a run scored and an RBI.

The Browns fall to 37-41 and will play the Speakers next week.
2016 Second Period

Speakers at Eliminators

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Game 1 – Former Speaker, Yasiel Puig, opens the scoring with a 2-out RBI single in the 1st. That immediately followed a top half where Kris Bryant walks with 2 away. Yoenis Cespedes gets robbed of a 2-run HR (Edinson Volquez +25) and Bryant is nailed at the plate to end the inning.

Victor Martinez’s double play grounder with the bases loaded in the 3rd makes it 2-0 Eliminators. AJ Pollock mows down Carlos Gonzalez at the plate in the 4th, but Andrelton Simmons’ 2-run HR caps that 3-run inning for the Speakers.

The Eliminators tie on 3 consecutive singles to open the 6th. Puig with his second RBI hit.

Ian Kinsler leads off the Eliminators’ 9th with a double off Jeurys Familia. After Joe Mauer walks, Jonathon Lucroy walks off with a double in the gap, 4-3.

W – Bryan Shaw; L – Familia (0-4)

Game 2 – The rout is seemingly on. Andrew McCutchen (2-run HR in the 3rd) and Carlos Correa (3-run shot in the 4th) back Jon Lester, who doesn’t allow a base runner until the 6th. That’s when the Speakers bat around plus two. 7 hits and a walk produce 6 runs for an improbable 6-5 lead. Bryant (3) and Chris Young (3) each go deep.

While the Speakers pen stymies the Eliminators, the offense adds another 6-run inning in the 8th. 5 hits (4 doubles), a walk and a costly Correa error complete the 12-5 come-from-behind win.

Interestingly, the Speakers only hit safely in those 2 big innings and do not get a base runner in the other 7! The Speakers have only scored in 3 of the first 18 innings, yet are 1-1 in the series.

W – Chris Archer (4-2); L – Lester

Game 3 – Roughned Odor (5) and McCutchen match solo shots in the 3rd. Freddie Freeman singles home another in the 4th for a 2-1 Eliminators lead.

Bryant strokes a clutch 2-out 3-run homer (4) in the 5th to put the Speakers on top, 4-2. The Eliminators get 2 singles and a walk the rest of the way against the Speakers’ relief corps while Bryant adds to the lead with another 2-run shot (5) in the 9th. 6-2 final and series win for the Speakers as Bryant slugs more HRs in this series than he has to date.

W – Roberto Osuna (2-0); L – Yordano Ventura; S – Familia (7, in his final appearance with the Speakers)