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2016 Second Period

Shartlesville Browns at Arrogant Bastards

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Reeling from a tough 3 game plowing from The Plague the AB’s decided to get back on the bike w/ some changes as they hosted the Browns on Tuesday evening.  Tony was gracious enough to pick up delicious Mother’s Subs from their new location on 2nd & Maclay – if you haven’t tried them…your loss.  On to the rolling….

Game 1
Gallardo v Scherzer.  The AB’s would enjoy one of their ‘easiest’ games of the year as the SB’s only mustered about 3 hit numbers in a 6-1 dominant Max outing.  Max went the distance yielding only a Salvy solo HR in the 8th cruising to a 6-1 two hit, 14 K, no BB’s CG performance.  The AB’s pushed 3 across in the 2nd sending 8 men to the plate.  Gardner drove in Piscotty on a single, Russell had an RBI groundout plating Turner who had doubled; and then, Trout knocked in Gardner on a rare 2-out RBI single.  AB’s got two more in the 6th as Gardner, who BB’s, scored on a double by Russell and a butcher job by Odubel in LF.  Panik then had another 2-out RBI single to plate Russell.  The AB’s ended their scoring in the 8th on doubles by Trout and Stanton.

Game 2
Cueto v Miller.  Trout led the bottom of the first off w/ a solo HR.  The SB’s would tie it in the 4th on a 2-out RBI single by Danny plating Hairpin.  In the 5th the SB’s would take the lead on a 2 RBI single by Odubel that plated Salvy and Burns to go up 3-1.   Then in the middle of the 5th (night)….the sun came oat.  Russell reached on a F3 roll on a F2 fielding pitcher Cueto. Trout then BB’d.  Panik popped to 3rd and Stanton K’d for the 2nd out.  Then Agone hit an RP pop up that was lost in this mysterious sun in the middle of the night that fell in for an RBI single which plated Russell as Trout stopped at 3rd.  Piscotty then delivered a ringing double that scored both Trout and Agone and put the AB’s up to stay 4-3.  The Browns would threaten in the 7th getting their first two men on but Salvy was mysteriously picked off of 1st and Melancon & Thornton were able to get out of the jam.  Miller collected the win while Cueto went the distance in a tough loss.  Wade Davis notched a Save.  4-3 final.

Between games the Mothers Subs were consumed to the delight of Tony and Steve….rumors that they crossed arms are totally unfounded.

Game 3
Shields v Salazar.  The SB’s opened the scoring in the 2nd on another 2-out RBI single from Iglesias that plated Danny.  Addy Russell jacked a solo HR in the 3rd to tie the game at 1-1.  David Wright led off the 6th w/ a single, but Gardner (who has earned more playing time due to his ability to get on base) butchered the single allowing Captain America to circle the bases with a Little League HR.  (Just to note in the previous series w/ The Plague the AB’s scored a run on the EXACT same RP board result….you just can’t make this stuff up).  The AB’s would get a 6th inning 2-out double by Trout, a 7th inning 2-out double by Piscotty and a 9th inning 2-out triple by Stanton…..but not score another run and drop game three 2-1 as the Browns finally got their first franchise win vs. the AB’s.  Shields went 8 innings w/ 10 K’s and yielded only 4 hits to pick up the W.  Salazar took a tough loss and Albers pitched the 9th for the save.

SB’s went 3 for 12 with RISP….the least amount of opps for an AB’s opponent this year.  Tony dropped a ton of double numbers…just not for his batters.
AB’s went 7 for 32 with RISP…..5 for 17 in game one but 2 for 15 over the last two games.

AB’s are now 22-20 and may look to play next week sometime.

2016 Second Period

Lemonheads at Shartlesville Browns

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The Browns and Lemonheads met tonight to kickoff the 2nd period. Here’s what happened:

Game 1 Cueto vs Greinke. In Cueto’s debut for the Browns he matched zeros with Greinke through 4 before Fielder knocked in two with a double. The Sharts mounted their charge too late with an Espinosa solo shot in the 8th which cut the lead to 3-1. With one out in the 9th Harper singled and Seager walked to chase Greinke. Harper came into score on a throwing error by Javier Lopez who settled down to earn the save.

Game 2 Matched Big Game James against Frankie Liriano and once again the starters were on their games. The Browns broke a scoreless tie with a Seager RBI single in the bottom of the 6th just to see the Lemonheads tie it up in the top of the 7th. The Sharts put it out of reach with a 4 run bottom of the 7th including solo shots from Espinosa and Joseph and a 2 run Seager double. Tony Watson worked 2 1/3 to earn the win for the Browns in relief of Shields.

Game 3 was Strasburg vs Iwakuma. The Lemonheads jumped out to a lead via the long ball off Strasburg. In the 2nd, 3rd and 4th they got solos from Gallo and Martiniz and a 2 run shot from Peralta to lead 4-0. Then the Browns’ bats woke up as they plated 1 in the 5th, 4 in the 6th and 3 in the 7th including 3 doubles and 2 homers. Strasburg earned the win to help the Browns improve to 19-20.

*Bruce Hairpin went just 2-10 but scored 4 runs and smacked his team leading 10th homer.
*Espinosa continues to see the ball well since joining the Browns. He was 3-9 with 2 homers and a double in the series and is hitting .393-3-6 in 10 games with the Sharts.
*The Browns suped up D did it again with just 1 error in the series. Kendrys Morales’ glove has been sacrificed to the fielding gods.

The Browns are looking forward to setting up some series after Memorial Day.

2016 First Period

Shartlesville Browns – First 1st Period

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The Browns took 3 of 4 from the Speakers yesterday to finish up the 1st period at 17-19. Attached are the first period stats and here are a few notes:
The Sharts slashed .218/.268/.367 while pitching to a 3.29 ERA and out-homering their opponents 36-33.
The offensive star was none other than Bruce Hairpin (.261-9-24) who in 31 games led the team in runs (18), Hits (30), RBI (24), walks (18) and tied for the lead in HR (9) and SB (2). Kyle Seager (.242-9-18) was a close second.
The pitching star of the 1st period could easily still be Kershaw (3-3 2.25 3 CG 56 K in 48 IP) but since he’s off the squad that honor goes to Gallardo who is 3-1 in 8 starts with a 2.33 ERA. Tony Watson also deserves mention for posting a 0.00 ERA while earning 3 saves with 15 K’s in 14 innings over 7 appearances.
Three of the new Browns acquired in that Kershaw trade have helped to right the ship as the Sharts have played above .500 (7-5) baseball since the deal went down. Espinosa (.421-1-4) Duda (.239-3-6) and Marte (.159-0-1) have not only helped at the plate but have greatly improved the Browns defense, with the club only committing 2 errors in the 12 games since the trade. In the previous 24 games the Browns had 23 errors with almost half that number (Phillips-4, Morales-3, Burns-3) being committed by the now replaced fielders.
The Browns are now ready to schedule for the Second Period as they look forward to welcoming back their top 3 starters (Gallardo, Strasburg and Cueto) who have accounted for only 1 start in the last 12 games.
Tony Champa
2016 First Period

Shartlesville Browns vs. Lemonheads

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Here’s a recap of the Browns tilt against the Lemonheads:

Game 1 pitted Greinke against Shields. The Lemonheads opened the scoring with a leadoff homer from Gomes in the 3rd. The Browns pulled ahead in the 7th when Seager plated two on a bases loaded single. A Hairpin RBI double in the 8th added some insurance as the Sharts went on to win 3-1. Sheilds had is first effective start of the year as he scattered 9 hits and K’ed 10 in a complete game win.

Game 2 saw both Starters go 10 shutout innings as Gallardo and Young were on the top of their games. The game ended the only way a game with 10 total hits in 12 innings can: with a 2 out solo homer in the bottom of the 12th off the bat of Salvy Perez.

Game 3 matched Odorizzi against Wacha and went the way of every game Wacha has started for the Browns this year. Odorizzi hurled a 3 hit shut out and the Heads got all the O they needed from surprising sources. Peralta and Walker collided on a Harpin single in the top of the 1st and had to come out of the game. Peralta’s replacement was Alex Gordon who homered in his first time up in the bottom of the 1st and ended up 2-3 plus a walk. The Heads got a few insurance runs, including one out of Walkers replacement to win 3-0

Game 4 featured more runs than the first 3 combined. Rodon faced off against Bucholtz. The Sharts used singles and doubles galore to score 2 runs in 3rd, 4th and 5th before finally chasing Bucholtz. Rodon turned in a workman like 6 inning performance surrendering 2 runs on 8 hits and 3 walks. The Brown’s pen gave up solo runs in the 8th and 9th but it cold have been much worse as the Heads threatened to break the game open in each frame. The Browns went on to win 8-4 to take the series 3-1

Notes: Perez’s walkoff shot in game 2 was the Brown’s only homer of the series.

Next up for the Browns is a trip to Speakertown on 5/15 to finish out the 1st period.

2016 First Period

The Plague vs. Shartlesville Browns

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The Plague descended upon Shartlesville for a series on Sunday afternoon. Here’s how that went:
Game 1 featured production out of the new Browns as Marte went 3 for 6 with 2 runs scored and 2 doubles. Lucas Duda reached base 4 times going 2-3 with a walk & HBP to go along with his 2-run homer in his first AB as Brown. Hairpin also homered in the 2nd to put the Sharts up 3-0. The Browns lead was 6-4 going into the 8th before Kiermaier tripled to lead off and was plated by an Escobar single. Escobar then stole second and came around to tie it on a 2 out Brantley single. The Sharts got 2 in the top of the 11th as Marte leadoff with a double and was knocked in by a Seager two-bagger. Seager scored on an E6 and Hunter Strickland worked around two hits and a walk in the bottom half to secure the game for the Browns 8-6.
Game 2 was a much different affair as Fernandez and Strasburg both went the distance. Fernandez totally silenced the Brown’s bats allowing just a Duda 2B and a solo shot to Herrera while striking out 8 and walking none. The Plague got their runs thanks to RBI singles from Goldschmidt in the first and Pierzynski in the 4th as the Plague won 2-1. Strasburg was the tough luck loser as he walked none and struck out 10.
Game 3 saw the see-saw tilt back to runs and extra innings. The Plague jumped out to an early 4-0 lead as Goldschmidt homered in the 1st and 3rd. Hairpin made it 4-1 with a homer in the bottom of the 4th and the Browns nearly batted around to tie it in the 5th. Marte leadoff by reaching on an E6 before Kazmir hit Caleb Joseph. An Espinosa 2B made it 4-2 then a Burns sac fly made it 4-3. Momentum seemed to tip the Browns way as Iglesias singled to tie it with only 1 out and the middle of the Browns order coming up. Kazmir hit Seager but Hairpin and Morales choked and left it tied at 4. It stayed that way till the 11th when the Brown’s gambled and lost but leaving Strickland in for a 3rd inning. Kiermaier leadoff with a homer and Lindor added emphasis with a 2 run job to put the Plague up 7-4 to stay. Strickland blames the manager for sending him back out there.
Game 4 was played at a classic get-away day pace. Jamie Garcia baffled the Browns for a 2 Hit shutout, walking none and striking out 11. The Plague got sac fly RBI’s from Brantley in the 1st & 3rd and a Kiermaier solo homer in the 4th off Wacha who at least saved the pen by going 9. The Plague won 3-0.
The Browns fall to 11-17 and next travel to Lewisberry to take on the Lemonheads on Cinco De Mayo. After that an as yet to be scheduled tilt with the Speakers will wrap up the 1st for the boys from Shartlesville.