2016 Second Period

Lymebees at Asian Tsunamis

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Game 1; Gray vs Gio Gonzalez; Tsunamis get 2 walks in the 4th. With 2 outs, a double scores a run and the other runner is thrown out at home to end the inning. In the 7th, Tsunamis get a 2-out single by Phillips to score a run and Phillips is caught stealing to end the inning. Bees would put runners in scoring position in the first 5 innings, but not able to score as Tsunamis win 2-0.

Game 2; Bumgarner vs Zimmermann; Bees score 1 run in the 1st. Tsunamis get a leadoff HR by Ryan Zimmerman in the 1st and Gutierrez hits a 2-run HR in the same inning. In the 2nd, Ramos hits a solo HR for the Tsunamis. Bees score 3 runs in the 3rd to tie the score until the top of the 7th. With 2 outs Yelich walks and Bees hit and run as Hosmer hits a triple and is thrown out at home. Tsunamis get 5 straight walks off of 3 different Bees pitchers to lead off the 8th inning. With 1 out Valencia (#9 batter) hits a Grand Slam. Bees would get 1 unearned run in the 9th as Tsunamis win 10-6.

Game 3; Arrieta vs Kershaw; Kershaw pitches 4 perfect innings before giving up a leadoff single to Braun. Gonzalez gets a single with Braun running and is sac flied in by Beltre. Arrieta goes 5 1/3 perfect innings before giving up a hit to Gordon, who would score on a 2-out double by Cabrera in the 6th to tie the game. Arrieta gives up a leadoff HR to Davis in the 8th. Both pitchers would stay in for complete games as Tsunamis win 2-1 and a 3 game sweep.
Lymebees record at 30-24 and hit just .194 – .218 – .276 for the series while giving up over 5 runs per game.
John Ingiosi
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)

2016 Second Period

Eliminators at Lymebees

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Game 1; Hernandez vs McCullers; Pollock leads off the game with a double, but is stranded there. Pollock leads off the 6th with a solo HR. Eliminators get a leadoff runner (McCuthcen); Heyward walks, Donaldson strikes out, Ethier singles in a run and Kinsler walks. Mauer hits for Freeman and hits into an inning-ending double play. Bees stay off the board until the 9th when Cano leads off with a double. Beltre makes an out, Reddick hits a game-tying 2-run HR off Hernandez, Tulowitzki strikes out, Avila walks and Hernandez’s day is done. Gonzalez runs for Avila. Wilson comes in to pitch to Yelich, who is pinch hit for with Braun who singles. Hosmer hits a game-winning double for a 3-2 come-from-behind Bees win.
Game 2; Smyly vs Bumgarner; Reddick leads off the Bees 3rd with a double, Gonzalez HBP and Norris follows with a 3-run HR. Eliminators in the 4th get a leadoff walk to McCuthen, Donaldson single, Martinez pop out, Puig doubles in 1 run, Kinsler walks to load the bases and Mauer and Castillo strike out to end the inning. Bees get 1 run in the 5th, and that would end the scoring with Giles coming in to finish the last inning and a third as Bees win 4-1.
Game 3; Sale ve Hendricks; Braun would lead off the Bees 2nd with a solo HR. Eliminators tie the score in the top of the 4th. Bees take the lead back with 2 runs in the bottom of the 4th and one more run in 5th. Bees bring in Capps to pitch the 9th. Ethier singles and Harrison pinch runs. Kinsler and Freeman make outs, Correa hits a 2-run HR to put the Eliminators within one. Jones hits for Castillo and walks, but Pollock would strike out to end the game as Bees win 4-3.
Lymebees record at 30-21 and await Craig this Friday. Lymebees starters each gave up one run in their starts, with the relievers giving up one unearned run by Kimbrel and two earned runs by Capps.
John Ingiosi
2016 Second Period

Arrogant Bastards at Speakers

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Game 1
Miller v Price. Ozuna knocks in Piscotty for a 1-0 lead in 2nd. Posey doubles home 2 and Cargo singles 1 home in the 4th for 3-1 Speakers lead. In the 5th, Piscotty plates 2 w/ a 2-out double. Trout SAC Fly’s Andrus home [on an OF F1 error roll] in the 7th for the game-winning run, 4-3. W-Cedeno L-Price S-Davis
Game 2
Karns v Hahn. Betts belts an RBI double in the 2nd for a 1-0 lead. In the 6th, Piscotty gets a 2-out 2-run double on an OF F2 error roll, then scores on a Forsythe single. AB’s win 3-1.
W-Karns L-Hahn S-Davis
Game 3
Hamels v Harvey. Trout homers in the 1st and Turner singles home Agone for a 2-0 lead. Rizzo homers in the 1st. Parra homers in the 2nd. Machado homers in the 2nd. Swihart doubles home Turner in the 4th, then scores on a Forsythe groundout for a 5-2 AB’s lead. W/ 2 outs in the 4th, Machado BB’s, Odor singles and Rajai Davis cracks a 3-run HR to tie the game. Trout singles home Forsythe in the 7th to regain the lead, but the Speakers bounce right back on a Betts RBI single followed by a Cespedes (+52) 2-run HR off Cody Allen – with 2 outs. Speakers win 8-6.
W-Harvey L-Allen S-Familia

2016 Second Period

Speakers at Unhinged Wahoos

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Game 1 – The first 3 Speakers hit safely in the 3rd as Andrelton Simmons doubles home a pair. Chris Archer’s version of “shutdown inning” includes retiring the first 2 Wahoos, and then coughing up 5 straight hits with a HBP and Nolan Arenado 3-run bomb mixed in.

While the Speakers fold, the Wahoos never look back, tacking on a Chris “Stiff” Colabello 2-run double and Jose Abreu RBI single in the 7th. Wahoos handily win their first of the season against the Speakers, 7-3.

W – Daniel Norris (CG); L – Archer (3-2)

Game 2- The Speakers bat around in the 2nd. Although red-hot Rajai Davis loses a homer, the Speakers score 4 on 4 hits. Carlos Martinez promptly surrenders another Colabello 2-run double and Abreu RBI single with 2 away in the 3rd.

This time the Speakers storm back to match those tallies as Anthony Rizzo detonates for a 3-run homer, his 9th and the Speakers’ only long ball of the series, to reduce long time Speaker, Justin Verlander. “Spanky” Eaton singles home an unearned run in the bottom half to keep it close, 7-4.

Verlander steals a homer from former teammate Carlos Gonzalez in the 6th, and he doesn’t score. Arenado greets Joe Blanton with a 55-7 2-out RBI single in the 7th to close the gap to 7-5.

The Wahoos threaten in the 8th with 2-on and 1-away, but Roberto Osuna wriggles out of the jam. Rizzo starts the top of the 9th with a triple, yet doesn’t score. Finally, Jeurys Familia retires the top of the Wahoos’ lineup in order in the 9th for his 6th save, 7-5.

W – Martinez (6-0); L – Verlander; S – Familia (6)

Game 3 – The Speakers greet Rasiel Iglesias with 2 2-out RBI singles in the 1st, thanks to Gonzalez and Mookie Betts. A pair of doubles by Travis d’Arnaud and Ben Zobrist get the Wahoos on the board in the 3rd, 2-1.

The Speakers answer in the 4th. Kyle Schwarber doubles. With 2-away, Rizzo singles him in and Manny Machado coaxes a walk, setting up Buster Posey’s RBI single.

While the Speakers squander 3 more in scoring position, including Eaton nailing Stephen Vogt at the plate in the 6th, the Wahoos chip away. Abreu crosses the plate after a 2-out double in the bottom of the 6th. Newly acquired Starling Marte singles him home.

In the bottom of the 8th, Colabello greets Tony Sipp with a 1-out solo shot. Fortunately for Sipp, neither team reaches base thereafter. Sipp retires the last 5 Wahoos in order to preserve the 4-3 squeaker for the Speakers.

W – Jesse Hahn (3-2); L – Iglesias; S – Sipp (2)

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