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2016 Second Period

Shartlesville Browns at The Plague

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The Browns took on the first-place Plague tonight and it was blow-out shutouts wrapped around a tight extra inning affair.

Game 1 Wacha v Sanchez. Fowler and Herrera walked leading off the 1st and Salvy Perez smacked a 3-run homer to get things started for the Browns. Seager reached on an E2 and was plated by an Iglesias triple to make it 4-0. Iglesias picked up another RBI in the 3rd and Hairpin rocked a 2-run homer in the 5th to give the Browns 7 runs. Wacha improved to 2-7 and picked up the Browns first ever CG Shutout by working around 8 hits and 3 walks.

Game 2: Shields v Ramirez. The Sharts struck first when Espinosa doubled and was driven in by Herrera to go up 1-0. The Plague evened things up in the 4th as Kipnis led off with a single and came around to score on a Cain triple. Cain was then thrown out at home by Hairpin’s cannon arm. The Plague started the 6th with back-to-back-to-back singles from Pierzynski, Span, and Kipnis that chased Shields. Strop came in with the bases loaded and struck out Goldschmidt before Lindor plated a run on a 6-3 grounder to make it 2-1. Strop K’d Cain to end the threat. Hairpin evened the score with a solo shot in the 8th to make it 2-2. It stayed that way til the bottom of the 10th when Hunter Strickland K’d the first two batters before giving up a 2-out single to Billy Hamilton. Hamilton promptly stole 2nd and 3rd which rattled Strickland as he walked Santana. The Browns summoned Uehara to face Goldschmidt but The Plague stole 2nd with Santana, flipping to the 2nd & 3rd board and making the 8 they got from Goldy good to win the game 3-2. Managing error from Champa who should’ve looked at the board and walked Goldschmidt and taken a chance with Lindor.

Game 3 Gallardo v Matz. The Plague batted around in the 1st against Gallardo sending 11 to the plate and scoring 7 on 3-run homers from Goldschmidt and Moustakas and a double from Span in his second at bat of the inning. Gallardo did his best to save the pen and gutted it out through 6 2/3 giving up 10 runs, 7 earned. The Plague end up winning 11-0 behind a 3-hit shutout from Matz. Both teams had some pretty shaky D as the Browns had 3 very costly errors while The Plague worked around 4 miscues.

The Brown fall to 25-29 while The Plague continue to surge atop the standings to 34-17.
Manager Tony
2016 Second Period

The Plague at Lymebees

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Game 1; Kazmir vs Gray; Bees get a 1-out double by Travis. With 2 outs, Braun singles in the first run in the 1st inning. The Plague get a leadoff HR by Brantley in the 2nd. Bees get a leadoff double by Hosmer in the 6th. With Hosmer going to 3rd on a wild pitch with the infield in, Braun hits a grounder that goes to Fielding 3, so the run scores and the batter is safe. With 2 outs, Beltre hits a 2-run HR. The Plague would get runners thrown out at the plate twice and one caught stealing as Bees win 4-1.
Game 2; Fernandez vs Arrieta; scoreless until the top of the 5th when Brantley leads off with a walk. With 2 outs, Kiermaier triples him in. The Plague get another run in the 7th. With 1 out, they get back-to-back doubles. Both pitchers pitch complete games and The Plague win 2-0.
Game 3; Ramirez vs Bumgarner; Bumgarner goes 6.2 innings of 1 hit ball and gets pulled with a runner on second, but the Bees bullpen holds The Plague thru 9 innings. In the bottom of the 9th, Lind leads off with a single (his only hit in series). Braun runs for him and steals second. With 2 outs, Beltre hits a single that scores Braun from second for a 1-0 Bees win.
Bees record at 24-18.
Bees hit under .200 for series with no HR.
John Ingiosi
2016 Second Period

The Plague at Arrogant Bastards

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Well it has taken me a while to put this series to words. I must admit, since my return to the league this one may have been the most frustrating one yet. Not much if anything went my way in this series and the frustrating thing is I didn’t roll all that bad in comparison to the previous 9 series. Anyway…

Game 1
Ramirez v Miller….The Plague jump out early in the 1st w/ back to back RBI doubles by Goldschmidt and Brantley for a 2-0 lead. They add a run in the 2nd on an Sac Fly by Span. The AB’s load the bases in the bottom of the 3rd w/ NO ONE out but only come away w/ a bases loaded BB by Gardner to plate Martin and cut the lead to 3-1. Agone hits a solo shot in the 6th to trim it to 3-2 but in the top of the 7th Goldschmidt gets a 2 out RBI single to plate Span to take a 4-2 lead. Trout leads off the bottom of the 7th w/ another solo HR to make it 4-3. A Plague sac fly RBI from Lawrie ends the scoring at 5-3 as Ramirez gets the win and Miller suffers the loss, Paps gets the save.
AB’s go 0 for 12 w/ RISP while the Plague go 4 for 9.
Game 2
Gibson v Hamels…Once again the Plague plate 2 first inning runs on a LeMahieu single and Goldschmidt single. Parra belts a 2 run HR in the 2nd to tie the score at 2-2. Gardner belts a solo HR in the 3rd to put the AB’s up 3-2. In the 4th the AB’s once again load the bases w/ NO ONE out as Gardner works yet another BB to make the score 4-2 and then Panik grounds a ball to 3rd for a force out and an RBI to make it 5-2. The AB’s would get no more that inning as they just can’t muster hits w/ RISP. The Plague get two back in the 5th on another LeMahieu RBI and a run scoring DP from Cain. In the 7th TP take the lead on a 2 out RBI double from Cain. In the bottom of the 7th Panik hits a solo HR to tie the score at 6-6. In the bottom of the 10th the AB’s get a lead off double from Big Papi as he is lifted for PR Pillar. The AB’s decide to SAC Bunt w/ Longo who drops a 13 for two strikes….the AB’s think for a second about taking the SAC Bunt off but decide to go w/ another attempt and Longo rolls a 66-1 for a bunt single rather than a walk off win. Up steps Agone but Longo gets picked off for out number one. Then Agone flys out to RF where Hunter rolls F2 (the best numbers for the defense on that board) giving Pillar a 50/50 shot to score….Hunter drops a 44 to complete the DP at the dish. The Plague get 3 in the top of the 10th on a Wieters RBI double followed by a TWO out double by Escobar and a TWO out single by Hamilton, and a TWO out single by LeMahieu. Manship wins, Davis loses and Sanchez saves it.
AB’s go 2 for 13 w/ RISP while the Plague go 6 for 14
Game 3
Estrada v Karns…Plague score on an RBI groundout by Goldschmidt in the 1st…AGAIN. In the 3rd the AB’s tie it on a Parra little league HR on a single and error to CF. The AB’s take the lead 2-1 on a Panik solo HR in the 6th. In the 9th the Plague’s Cain rolls an error number for C9 Martin and have 3 chances for it to be an error….Martin rolls a 64 of course for the E. One out later Lawrie hits a double to tie the game. A two out double by Brantley plates Goldschmidt in the 10th to complete the sweep. Smith wins, Jansen loses and Paps gets the save.
AB’s go 1 for 10 w/ RISP to finish the series 3 for 35 while the Plague cool off in game 3 going 1 for 12 w/ RISP but finish the series at 11 for 35 w/ RISP.

No luck for the AB’s – just no other way to put this kind of series. AB’s now 20-19 and reeling….may look to play next week – maybe Tuesday or Wednesday.

2016 First Period

Speakers vs. The Plague

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The tale of two series within a series.

Game 1 – The Plague commit 4 errors in the 2nd inning. Add an Andrelton Simmons 2-run homer, his first, and the Speakers lead 5-0. They tack on 3 in the 3rd on 3 RBI singles to reduce Erasmo Ramirez and the rout is on. The Speakers score 5 additional times to give David Price a 13-0 victory and the Speakers’ first shutout of the season.

W – Price (3-2, CG ShO); L – Ramirez

Game 2 – The Speakers continue their barrage against Kyle Gibson. Carlos Gonzalez hits a 1st inning 2-run home run (3). Kyle Schwarber connects in the 3rd for 2 more (2). Manny Machado puts the game away in the 8th with a grand slam (7), after 2 walks and an Anthony Rizzo HBP. The Speakers roll to a 9-2 win.

W – Chris Archer (2-1 CG); L – Gibson

Game 3 – And so begins the second series within a series. Scott Kazmir outduels Matt Harvey as each team collects just 3 hits. The only run scores with two outs in the bottom of the 7th. Mike Moustakas bloops a (9) single to score Michael Brantley who had doubled. The Speakers get two on with one out in the 9th, but Yoenis Cespedes grounds into a 6-4-3 DP to end the game.

W – Kazmir (CG ShO); L – Harvey (3-3)

Game 4 – The Speakers return the favor in the 2nd when Kolten Wong bloops a (9) single with two outs to score Carlos Gonzalez who had walked against Marco Estrada. Again, The Plague strike in the 7th: AJ Pierzynski (7) singles with two away. Billy Hamilton pinch runs and steals both 2nd and 3rd. Who’s up? Moustakas. This game, with Joe Blanton one out away from advancing, the Speakers go to the pen. Jeurys Familia surrenders an 8 single to knot the score at 1-1. With two outs in the 11th, Cespedes doubles and Kris Bryant strokes a 2-run HR (2) to give the Speakers a 3-1 lead. The Plague peck away at 3 Speaker relievers for (9) single, pop to short, (0) single, double-steal, walk (2 x ball 2), and Brantley’s bases loaded, walkoff double, 4-3.

W – Jonathon Papelbon; L – Jeremy Jeffress (0-1)

The Plague catchers snuff out 3 runners in the series. Familia (20*) has given up 11 hits, 5 walks and 2 wild pitches in 9.2 IP leading to a surprising 4.66 ERA this year. Jeurys has not prevented a single BB, hit or HR in 9 games. Schwarber now has 6 hits and 5 RBIs. Machado leads the Speakers with 7 HRs and 22 RBIs.

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.