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2015 Second Period

Birds of Pray at The Plague

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G-1 The Plague got a 1st inning lead off walk & turned it into a run on a Brantley SF. The Plague added 2 more in the 3rd on RBI hits from Cain & Brantley. Birds got a 2-run homer from N. Cruz in the 4th & a 3-run homer from Cruz in the 5th (#7) to build a 6-3 lead. Prado homered in the 6th to extend the lead to 7-3. The Plague then scored 5 in the 6th, capped by a bases-clearing double by Span to take an 8-7 lead & end the scoring.
G-2 Birds built an early 3-1 lead after 2. The Plague used a 2-run homer by Lawrie to tie at 3. Birds regained the lead on Lagares’ 5th-inning double. Goldschmidt led off the 6th with a solo for a 4-4 tie. The Plague then got a 2-out 8th inning pinch single from Rivera for a 5-4 win.
G-3 M. Cabrera hit a 2-run homer (#7) to give the Birds the early lead. The Plague battled back, getting RBI doubles from LeMahieu & Moustakas for 5-3 lead. C. Headley hit his 2nd homer of the game to ignite a 5-run 7th, capped by 6 straight singles for an 8-5 lead. After a bases loaded walk in the 8th, the Birds held on for an 8-6 win.

Both teams scored 19 runs on 32 hits. Y. Molina (Birds) threw out all 3 attempted base stealers, & has now thrown out 7 of his last 8 attempted base stealers.

2015 Second Period

Speakers at The Plague

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Game 1 – [yawn] Alfredo Simon hurls a 5-hit shutout, the 8th time the Speakers have been shutdown in 53 games. 3 1st inning runs — all with 2 outs and nobody on — lead The Plague to the easy 3-0 win.

W – Simon; L – Alex Wood (2-1)

Game 2 – The Plague roll 3 hits in the bottom of the 12th, highlighted by Denard Span’s walk-off 7, to take a 5-4 victory. Each team homers twice: Michael Brantley and DJ Lemahieu for The Plague; Anthony Rendon (6) and a 2-run HR to tie in the 8th from Rajai Davis (2).

W – Kelvim Herrera; L – Jeurys Familia (2-3)

Game 3 – The Speakers get their first 4-hit inning in what seems like decades in the 7th inning to shatter a 1-1 1st inning tie. 3 runs result in a 4-1 win to prevent the sweep. Anthony Rizzo (3-5, 2-RBI) leads the way. As frustration continues to boil over, Buster Posey gets ejected in the 1st following a called 3rd strike.

W – Chris Archer (3-6); L – Scott Kazmir; S – Trevor Rosenthal (1)

2015 Second Period

Lymebees at The Plague

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Game 1; Arrieta vs Simon; The Plague get 2 runs in the 2nd on doubles by Montero and Kipnis. The Plague score again in the 5th on a Span double. Lymebees get a 3-run HR by Reddick in the 7th to tie. The Plague score off of Gregerson in the 11th to win 4-3.

Game 2; Gray vs Sanchez; Bees score in the 3rd on a double by Yelich. Bees score 2 runs in the 5th on a Yelich single. The Plague get a solo HR by Lawrie in the 5th. The Plague score 3 runs in the 7th, but the Bees come back with 3 in the top of the 8th. The Plague get a solo HR by Hunter in the bottom of the 8th, but that would end the scoring as the Bees win 6-5.

Game 3; Hendricks vs Fernandez; Bees would get a run in the 3rd. The Plague score in the 6th on a double by Hunter. With 2 out in the top of the 9th, the Bees get a solo HR by Upton off of Fernandez. The Bees bring in Holland for the save to win 2-1.

Lymebees at 26-17.

2015 First Period

The Plague vs. Lymebees

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Game 1; Kazmir vs Bumgarner; The Plague score 2 runs in the top of the 6th. Bees tie the score in the bottom half. With 2 out in the bottom of the 9th, Braun hits a solo HR for a 3-2 Bees win.

Game 2; Ryu vs Gray; Bees score in the first 3 innings. The Plague get single runs in the 5th and 7th to get score to 6-2. Bees score 5 in the 8th and win 11-2.

Game 3; Gio Gonzalez vs Alvarez; Bees score in the top of the first. Plague score 1 in the 1st, 2 in the 2nd, 1 in the 3rd and 4th. Bees get 1 back in the 5th, but get no closer as The Plague add 3 in the 7th to win 8-2.

Game 4; Wheeler vs Sanchez; The Plague score 1 in the 1st, Bees get 4 runs in the 2nd, The Plague get 1 run back in the 2nd, tie the score in the 3rd and go ahead in the fourth to win the game 5-4.

2015 First Period

The Plague vs. Speakers

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Game 1 – Yu Darvish blanks the hapless Speakers on four hits. The Plague, meanwhile, strike for 3 in the 1st, 2 in the 4th and another pair in the 7th for a 7-0 shellacking.

W – Darvish, L – Chris Archer (1-1)

Game 2 – Anthony Rendon leads off the game with a solo HR to score the Speakers first run of the series. In the 2nd, Carlos Gonzalez doubles following a Yoenis Cespedes triple. Andrelton Simmons connects off Jose Fernandez in the 5th, his 3rd yet first HR since Opening Day. Albert Pujols homers in the 6th.

The Plague finally reach Felix Hernandez in the bottom of the 6th. Jason Kipnis doubles, Denard Span triples him home and Billy Hamilton lifts a sac fly to center. In the 9th, Simmons singles home Gonzalez (who had doubled) to close out a highly unexpected 6-2 Speakers win.

W – Hernandez (2-3), L – Fernandez

Game 3 – Danny Santana’s 2-out RBI single breaks a scoreless tie in the bottom of the 5th. The Speakers hold that 1-0 lead until the inevitable 8th. With 1 out, Billy Hamilton walks (RP 28). After Hamilton swipes 2nd, Span doubles him home. With 2 outs, Torii Hunter singles home Span for a 2-1 win. The Plague moundsmen retire the final 11 Speakers consecutively.

W – Henderson Alvarez, L – Jesse Hahn (0-2)

Game 4 – Michael Brantley’s double play ground ball scores Span for The Plague to take a 1-0 1st inning lead. A strikeout/passed ball helps the Speakers score 4 (3 unearned) in the 2nd inning. Jason Heyward’s 1st HR, Gonzalez’s double, Rendon’s 2-run double and Yasiel Puig’s RBI single provide extremely rare highlights.

The Speakers’ much anticipated nightmare surfaces in the 5th as Jordan Zimmermann (+42) walks a pair. Hamilton naturally makes him pay with a 2-out 2-run double. Brantley rubs salt in the gaping wound with an RBI single to tie the score at 4-4.

Fast forward to the top of the 12th when Paul Goldschmidt hits a game-winning 2-run HR, 6-4. Following Heyward’s 2-out bases empty double in the 3rd, the Speakers total three weak singles over the next 9 innings.

W – Aaron Sanchez, L – Jeremy Affeldt (0-1), S – Jonathon Papelbon

Sad refrain: The Speakers scored in only 2 of 30 innings of these 3 losses, totaling 2 ER of “offense”, against 13, 12 & 10 starting pitchers. Through 1/5th of the season, the Speakers have been shut out 4 times, are 2-9 in games decided by 1 or 2 runs, and are 0-4 in extra innings. Our scouts are poised to research the first selection of the 2016 Rookie Draft.