2016 Second Period

Lymebees at Shooting Stars II

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Game 1; Hendricks vs Degrom; Stars get back-to-back doubles by Teixeira and Carpenter in the 4th to score the 1st run. In the 5th Pedroia gets a lead-off HR. Stars score another on an error. Chapman comes in to get the last out and preserve the shutout as Stars win 3-0.
Game 2; Bumgarner vs Lackey; Stars get one run in the 1st. Bees get a solo HR by Beltre in the 2nd. Stars get a 2-run HR by Escobar in the bottom of the 2nd. Bees get a lead-off runner (Tulowitzki) in the 5th. Polanco doubles with one out and, with runners on 2nd and 3rd, Stars bring in Chapman to pitch to Hosmer who grounds out to score one run and Polanco moves to 3rd. With 2 outs Lind comes to bat and Polanco steals home to tie the game at 3. Bees get a lead-off HR by Lind in the 8th and score 2 more runs. Stars get a solo HR by Pagan in the 8th. Bees add one more in the 9th and win 8-4.
Game 3; McCullers vs Fiers; Stars get 2-out singles by Escobar, Peralta and Cerveli in the 4th to score the only run of the game as Stars win 1-0.
Lymebees record at 22-17.
John Ingiosi
2016 First Period

Lymebees vs. Unhinged Wahoos

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Game 1; Verlander vs Arrieta; Bees get a lead-off single by Lind in the 4th. With 2 outs Beltre singles, Reddick singles to score Lind and Tulowitzki singles in a 2nd run. In the 6th Eaton gets a 1-out walk, Encarnacion singles and Arenado hits a 3-run HR off Arrieta as the Wahoos go on to win 3-2.
Game 2; Norris vs Bumgarner; Wahoos score 4 runs in the 4th with Martin hitting a 2-out 2-run HR. Bees get a solo HR by Hosmer in the bottom of the 4th. Wahoos get a 3-run HR by Encarnacion in the 5th. Bees score 1 run in the 6th, a solo HR by Travis in 8th and get bases loaded for Franco, who walks to score another; but, Beltre would make the final out in the 8th. Bees get a solo HR by Gonzalez in the 9th, but that would be as close as they would get as Wahoos win 7-5.
Game 3; McCullers vs Burnett; Wahoos score 2 runs in the 2nd on a Martin double. Bees come back in the 3rd and get a 2-run HR by Polanco. Bees score 8 runs in the 5th with Cano getting a bases-loaded triple. Wahoos get a 3-run HR by Arenado in the bottom of the 5th. Bees get a solo HR by Hosmer in the 6th. Wahoos score 1 run on a McCann double in the 8th as Bees win 11-6.
Game 4; Syndergaard vs Iglesias; Bees score 1 run in the 2nd. Wahoos get a solo HR by Abreu in the bottom of the 2nd. Bees get a 2-run HR by Upton in the 3rd and 2 runs in the 4th. Wahoos get a 2-run HR by Arenado in the bottom of the 4th. Bees score 1 run in the 7th and Braun hits a 2-run HR in the 8th. Wahoos end scoring with a solo HR by McCann in the 8th as Bees win 9-4.
Bees finish the first period at 21-15.
John Ingiosi
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

Shooting Stars II vs. Arrogant Bastards

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Last Wednesday night the Stars invaded Linglestown to wrap up the 1st period for both teams.  This may be more brief than previous write ups.
Game 1
Salazar v Fiers.  HFP belts a 2-run HR two batters into the game for a SS 2-0 lead.  In the 3rd HFP butchers a Trout fly ball into a 4 base error.  Peralta hits a solo HR in the 5th to make it 3-1.  Agone leads off the 7th w/ a solo Jack which chases Fiers.  With 2 outs Martin hits another solo not turned back by Smith’s +52.  Game stays tied until the top of the 11th as Andrus gets a hit and goes to third on a 2 base error by Holt.  Andrus then scores the winning run on a wild pitch.  AB’s win 4-3 in 11.  Dyson wins it; Davis the save; Lowe w/ the loss.
Game 2
Hamels v Lynn.  AB’s jump to 3-0 lead in the 2nd on an Ortiz single, Swihart double, Parra 2-rbi single, Gardner single and Russell RBI single, but strand runners on 1st and 3rd w/ no one out.  In the bottom of the 6th the SS erupt for 6 runs.  Tex triples in 3 to tie it and then Carpenter homers to make it 5-3. Another run is added later. Swihart knocks in Andrus on a groundout in the 8th but Tex answers w/ a solo HR in the bottom half for a 7-4 SS win.  Lynn wins; Brach loses; Chafin gets save.
Game 3
deGrom v Karns.  This becomes a 15-3 laugher early as SS win.  Tex doubles in 2 in the 1st.  Parra doubles in Ginger Jesus to make it 2-1 in 2nd.  In the top of the 3rd living hell breaks loose.  W/ bases loaded and two outs, Karns is one out away from keeping the game 2-1.  SS then go BB, double to clear bases, BB, single, BB, single and single as they build a snowman, chase Karns and take a 10-2 lead.  In the bottom of the 3rd the AB’s get an RBI single from Papi and an RBi double from Swihart.  Dyson ends up coming in for the AB’s and goes 5.1 innings giving up 4 more runs before he ends as a 1.  Choo knocks in a run in the 7th to make it 14-3.  In the bottom half deGrom is lifted after the AB’s rally with a double by Panik, Trout reaches on an error and Agone BB’s.  Lowe comes on to get two huge outs on Turner and Ortiz to keep the 11 run lead.  Lowe escapes 2 more runners in the 8th, getting out of it again.  SS add a run in the 9th on a double by Choo to make it 15-3.  Chapman comes in for some work in the 9th for a 1-2-3 inning.  deGrom winner; Karns loser.
Game 4
Lackey v Scherzer.  Ginger Jesus hit a solo in 1st for a 1-0 lead.  Casali BB’s to start the 2nd; then on a Granderson 12, the AB’s roll a 56 F2 for Agone to turn a DP into a single.  Frazier later hits a triple for a 2-1 SS lead.  Same score in the 4th; with two outs Choo singles and Frazier rolls a 33-5 on a called hit-and-run, which becomes a single.  Escobar then flies out.  Game stays 2-1 until 2 outs in the bottom of the 9th. Ginger Jesus doubles (22-0) and Gardner comes in to PR.  Chapman comes on to face Papi but Ozuna PH’s and drops a 22-7 (his 1st hit of the season only facing LH pitchers…APBA ball high plusses…gorilla sounds) to score Gardner standing and tie the game at 2.  In the top of the 10th Parra greets Chapman w/ another 22-0 and 33-1 in the 2nd column for a HR that +42 Chapman failed to turn back.  AB’s win 3-2. Melancon winner; Chapman loser.
No notes right now…5th straight series split for AB’s ending 1st period at 20-16.  I’ll take it.
Manager Steve

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