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Voice-over pro. Former broadcaster. Current president of Harrisburg Senators Fan Club. My passion is "baseball" - the strategic nine-player game (without a DH) where each player must run, hit and field.
2017 First Period

Juggernauts vs. Shartlesville Browns

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The Browns hosted the Juggernauts tonight.

Game 1: Rodon v Carrasco. The Juggs opened the scoring in the 5th as Ramirez led off with a single, Votto walked and Schoop singled to load the bases. With two outs back-to-back singles from Orlando and Springer made it 3-0. In the bottom of the 6th Kyle Seager singled and came around to score on Dozier’s triple. Dozier cut the lead to 3-2 coming into score on a passed ball. Rodon took the loss and Carrasco earned the win while Harris earned a 2 inning save. Juggernauts 3/6/1 Brown 2/4/0

Game 2: Cueto v Sabathia. The Juggs got on the board first once again when Freddy Galvis led off the 3rd with a dinger. Ramirez then doubled and made it 2-0 on Rivera’s RBI single. That would be all the support Sabathia needed as he twirled a complete game 2-hit shutout. The Browns didn’t get their first hit until the 6th and that was followed by a GIDP. Sabathia faced 28 batters in the win. Juggernauts 5/11/0 Browns 0/2/3

Game 3: Tillman v Kershaw. The Browns got their first (and what would turn out to be only) lead of the series when Reyes smacked a solo homer in the 2nd. The Juggs got that run back in the 3rd on a 2-out solo homer from Ramirez. Rivera made it 3-1 with a 2-run shot in the 5th and then a Krush Davis RBI single in the 6th pushed the lead to 4-1. Belt homered in the 8th vs Kershaw. Juggernauts 4/8/1 Browns 2/6/0

Game 3: Lester v Happ. The Juggs pushed across 2 unearned runs vs Lester in the 2nd on a Herrmann sac fly and a Votto RBI single after a Reyes error at short. In the top of the 6th the Browns got two out walks from Dozier and Reyes and tied things up with a double off the bat of Brandon Belt. But the Juggs came right back in the bottom of the 6th; loading the bases with walks to Springer and Ramirez with a K. Davis single in between. Herrmann walked with the sacks full to break the tie and Votto hit a sac fly to right to get the all important insurance run. The Browns threatened in the 8th as C. Seager pinch hit for Reyes and singled. Belt then followed with a single but Fowler struck out in his pinch hitting appearance and K. Seager grounded out. Juggernauts 4/4/1 Browns 2/7/2

Notes:

The Browns slashed .158/.211/.267, results more like the ’16 Browns than this year’s model.

Through the first 32 games the Browns averaged 5.06 runs per game and 8.75 hits per game. In this series those averages were 1.5 and 4.75.

Facing 3 lefty starters, including a 13 and a 17, Jose Reyes (+18 vs LHP) was 1-9 with the only hit being a 66 HR.

B. Belt was the only hitting star for the Browns going 4-12 with a 2B, HR, 2 BB and collecting 3 of the team’s total 5 RBIs in the series.

The most batters the Browns sent to the plate in 1 inning was 7 in the 6th inning of Game 4. Conversely they had only 3 batters in an inning 22 times out of 36 innings. 61% of the time. Yuck.

This concludes the first period for the Browns who will now take May off for a few well earned vacations. Chances are pretty good I probably won’t want to play again for a few weeks in June either after the bad taste this series left in my mouth.

Manager Tony

2017 First Period

The Plague vs. Lymebees

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Game 1: Matz vs Bumgarner; Plague get 2 runs in 2nd , Bees come back and get 2 runs in bottom of 2nd, Plague get 2 more runs in 4th, Bees get one back in bottom of 4th, Plague open things up in 8th with a two out 3 run HR by Wieters, Bees come back in bottom of 8th with 5 strait hits to get within one run and Yelich hits into a RP fly out runner doubled up at first but a run scores to tie game at 7-7, Goldschmidt leads off 10th with a HR and hold on to win 9-7.

Plague 9/11/0 Bees 7/19/1

Game 2: Urias vs Fulmer; Plague score first with a solo HR by Bregman in 3rd, Plague add another run in 6th with a lead off Bregman triple and a sac fly by Hamilton, Bees would get there only run in 8th as Plague win 2-1.

Plague 2/4/2 Bees 1/6/0

Game 3: Snell vs Roark; Bees get there only hit in 6th by Hosmer as Plague score 2 unearned in 1st, 4 runs in 2nd , one run in 3rd and cap things off with a 2 run HR by Santana in 5th as Plague win 9-0.

Plague 9/10/0 Bees 0/1/2

Game 4: Hendricks vs Sanchez; Plague get shut down with only a two out double by Kepler in 7th and Bees get single runs in 2nd, 3rd and 6th for a Bees win 3-0.

Bees 3/6/0 Plague 0/1/1

Lymebees record at 9-15 and looking to schedule our remaining 3 first period series.

John Ingiosi

2017 First Period

Shartlesville Browns vs. The Plague

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Today the Browns took on The Plague

Game 1: Rodon v Estrada. Runs were at a premium in this one. New Brown Josh Reddick led off the 3rd with a single, moved to 3rd on ground outs from Perez and Fowler and came in to score on a wild pitch. It was still 1-0 in the top of the 9th when Maybin and C. Seager singled followed by a Jose Abreu triple to plate two insurance runs. Another new Brown, Cody Allen, worked the 9th for the save. Rodon improved to 4-1 on the season. Browns 3/6/0 Plague 0/7/0

Game 2: Cueto v Roark. Fowler tripled to lead off the game and C. Seager made it 2-0 with a dinger. The Plauge didn’t wait long to strike back as 4 of the first 5 batters reached against Cueto to put them up 3-2. They piled on 3 more runs in the 2nd as Wieters led off with a walk followed by a Hamilton single and a Santana touched ’em all. The Sharts got single runs in the 3rd, 6th and 9th but squandered many chances in a 6-5 loss. Plague 6/9/0 Browns 5/11/1

Game 3: Tillman v Sanchez. The Browns loaded the bases in the bottom of the 1st but couldn’t score. With 2 outs in the top of the 2nd the Plague got 3 straight singles followed by a Salvy Perez error. By the time the inning was over the Plague scored 4 runs (3 unearned). The Browns threatened against Sanchez but hit into 3 double plays to kill each chance. Cameron Maybin finally delivered two runs with a bases loaded single in the 8th, but that was all the scoring the Browns could muster. Tillman was a hard luck loser and the Browns lost back-to-back games for only the second time all season. Plague 4/7/1 Browns 2/6/1

Game 4: Lester v Fernandez. The Browns took an early 2-0 lead on a Dozier RBI single followed by a K. Seager triple. New Brown Jon Lester was cruising and looked like a sure winner when the Browns got an error-aided big inning of their own in the 5th. Tulo reached on an E3, Fowler doubled and Maybin drove them both in with a single. After a Dozier 2-out single K. Seager made it 6-0 with a single. Lester was still chugging along until the 7th when The Plague got 2 singles and 2 doubles to cut the lead to 6-3. For some unknown reason the Browns let Lester answer the bell in the 8th and with 2 outs he surrendered a solo shot to Goldy to make it 6-4. Dozier homered leading off the bottom of the 8th to push the lead back to 3 and Pedro Strop worked the 9th to earn the save. Browns 7/8/0 Plague 4/7/2

Notes:

The Browns slashed .244/.314/.417 while pitching to a 2.83 ERA. The pen was scoreless in 6 2/3 innings.

Dexter Fowler reached leading off all 4 games via 3 walks and a triple. He was 3-11 with 8 walks in the series.

K. Seager started the series 0 for his first 9 before getting a triple, double and single in game 4. With a shot at the Cycle he struck out in the 8th.

The Browns had 4 triples in the series and now have 12 on the season which is 2 more than they had all of 2016.

After making trades to improve defense the Browns had a season low 2 errors in the series.

Manager Tony

2017 First Period

Arrogant Bastards vs. Lymebees

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Game 1: Santana vs Bumgarner; Bees would score first with lead off double by Pederson in 4th and with one out Contreras goes deep for a 2 run HR, Bumgarner gives up a one out double to Saladino in 8th followed by a Stanton game tying 2 run HR, stays tied to top of 10th Garner pinch hits and get on via error on ss followed by pinch hitter Russel who gets on via a pitcher error, Saladino strikes out Gonzalez pinch hits a loads the basses with a walk and Trout hits a 2 run double as Bastards win 4-2 in 10 innings. AB 4/5/2 Bees 2/10/2

Game 2; Eickhoff vs Devenski; Bastards get a 2 run HR by Trout in 1st and score 3, Bees get the basses loads in 1st and can only get 1 run back on a Upton walk, Bastards get 1 run in 2nd on a Trout double with Gardner getting thrown out at home after getting on with a strike out passed ball, Bees get 2 run HR’s by Valbuena and Cano in bottom of 2nd and score 5, Bastards get a 2 run HR by Forsythe in 3rd, Bees score one run in 4th and 2 runs in 5th, Bastards get a 2 out baserunner in 9th on a Cano error, Russel doubles and Piscoty gets a single that scores 2 but Bees get last out and hold on to win 9-8.

AB 8/10/1 Bees 9/13/1

Game 3: Snell vs Hamels; Both teams score single runs in 3rd and 4th innings, Bastards score again in 5th, Bees tie game in 8th and Bastards get a game winning double by Longoria in 12th to win 4-3. Bees 3/11/2 AB 4/11/2

Game 4: Syndergaard vs Scherzer; Bees score 2 runs in 1st, Bastards get 1 run in 5th and Ortiz hits 2 run HR in 6th and that would be all of the scoring as Bastards win 3-2. Bees 2/4/1 AB 3/9/1

Both teams had the same number of errors is each game for a total of 12 errors. Lymbees record at 8-12 and playing the Plague this Monday in the am

John Ingiosi

2017 First Period

Juggernauts vs. Unhinged Wahoos

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Game 3 Juggs lose in bottom of 9th , tied 3-3 going into bottom of 8th Wahoos score 4 runs , but in top of 9th Juggs tie it up with a bases clearing double by PH Rivera off of Colome. Bottom of 9th Myers gets on by catcher error (Herrmann) and Marte hits a triple off of Thornburg to win game for Wahoos.
Game 4 Verlander vs Moore Both starters do well , but Moore gets chased out after 5 innings of no base runners bottom of 6th he gives up his first hit to Suzuki then he steals second , Crawford then doubles him home , Moore done. Belisle comes in and gets 3 outs in a row , score 2-1 Juggs. Bottom of 8th Crawford solo shot off of Belisle ties game , Mike hit a zero then rolls a 55 to hit the one and Belisle +44 vs homers can’t down grade it to a double. Tie game 2-2 going into bottom of the tenth. Miller a 26 grade lefty came into relieve Verlander after Verlander went 8.1 innings with 11 strike outs, Miller in relief fans 5 of the six batters he faces , bottom of tenth Arenado gets on by error (Galvis my 9 shortstop) Myers line out to 3rd, Marte walks , 1st and second one out Ziegler comes on to face Suzuki gets him to line to second , two outs , Crawford rolls a 23 which is 12 first base on board , previous inning I bring in C Davis 5 first baseman for defense I roll Fielding Two … with a SA batter single instead of out , goes to right field Springer 33 arm , Arenado 42 roll or better for me to get him at plate for 3rd out , Mike contemplates several minutes, then sends him , I roll a 33 runner safe . Juggs lose . .juggs now 1-4 in extra inning games.