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2017 First Period

Browns 2017 1st Period Stats

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While the Browns got off to a hot start with the bats things seem to have regressed to the mean and they are now slashing .237/.310/.433 for the year. Left handers continue to be an issue as the Browns are hitting .226/.300/.400 against southpaws and .243/.317/.446 against RHP. Thus far the Shart’s O is being paced by B. Dozier (.259-6-25) and D. Fowler (.290/.416/.484) even though both of them cooled off quite a bit in the last series. The Seager bros. have both been steady throughout the 1st period With Corey (.263/.305/.458) with 4 homers and 21 RBI and Kyle (.302/.357/.453) leading the club in doubles.

Despite the recent addition of Jon Lester the starting pitching is still very shaky at 18-16 with a 3.95 ERA. Rich Hill (3-0 3.14 in 4 starts) and C. Rodon (4-2 1.45 in 6 starts) have carried the staff while Johnny Cueto (3-5 4.58 in 8 starts) has been a continuing disappointment. The Pen has performed well above expectations posting a 2-0-13 record, a 1.69 ERA and a 0.83 WHIP.

Despite my maneuvering to shore up shaky D at 1B, SS and in the OF we are still kicking the ball around to the tune of 37 errors in 36 games.

I’m now taking the month of May off from playing to travel and will look to start playing 2nd Period games some time in mid to late June.

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

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

Shartlesville Browns vs. Lymebees

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Shartlesville Browns vs Lymebees

Game 1: Rodon vs Bumgarner; Bees score first with unearned run in 1st, Dozier leads off 2nd with solo HR, Guyer leads off 3rd and get on a catch error, Abreu strikes out, Dozier single, Maybin out, Recker doubles in two and Harper follows with a 2 run HR as all 4 runs unearned, Bees would get a 1 out double by Gonzalez in 7th with a Reddick single to score him, Browns get solo HR’s by Harper and Iglesias in 8th and win easily/ Browns 7/11/1 Bees 2/8/1

Game 2: Cueto vs Hendricks; Bees score 2 runs in 1st on a Pederson HR, Bees go on to add 2 runs in 3rd, 2 runs in 4th, Cano hits a solo HR in 5th, 2 more runs in 6th and Hendricks has a complete game shutout/ Bees 9/10/0 Browns 0/4/1

Game 3: Snell vs Miranda; Browns load the bases with no out in 1st and Cabrera hits a sac fly to score 1st run, Bees come back with 2 runs in top of 4th on a Franco shot, Browns would come back and get 6 runs in bottom of 4th to chase Snell with Seager hitting a 2 run HR and Rodriguez a 3 run HR before the first out was recorded, Browns would add 5 more runs over 6th, 7th and 8th for the win/ Browns 12/14/0 Bees 2/4/0

Game 4: Fulmer vs Taillon; Bees start game with two outs but Pederson walks and Cano hits 2 run HR followed by a solo HR by Contreras, Browns get 2 runs in bottom of 1st, Bees get solo HR by Beltre to lead off 2nd and with two outs Pederson hits a 3 run HR, Browns get one back in bottom of 2nd, Bees score in 4th and Browns get 2 runs in 4th, Bees start 5th with back to back doubles followed by back to back errors on Seager at short as Bees cruise to a win and a series split/ Bees 11/12/1 Browns 5/10/4

Lymebees record at 5-7 and available to schedule (except April 11, 14, 15 and 17th)

John Ingiosi

A few Browns Notes from Manager Tony:

The Sharts Slashed .255/.350/.474 including 19 walks.

The Browns Starters worked to a 8.27 ERA in the series while the pen posted a 1.26 mark.

Brian Dozier was 8 for 16 in the series with a HR, 2B and 3B while driving in 4 runs and scoring 5. He was 5-5 vs LHP.

Hairpin had 2 homers and 6 walks in the series driving in 3 and scoring 5.

In his first start at SS J. Iglesias reached the seats off Bumgarner with a 66-33, one of only 3 homers he has in the 2nd column.

C. Seager committed 4 errors in the series including 3 in game Four, with two of those coming on Back-to-back chances.

2017 First Period

Shartlesville Browns vs. Speakers

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Here’s a recap of the Browns v Speakers from yesterday:

Game 1: Cueto v Martinez. The Browns got to work off Martinez in the 2nd recording 7 hits in the inning. With one out the lower part of the order spit out 5 straight hits, including a bases clearing 2B from Harper. The damage was limited to just 5 runs, however, when Dozier, the inning’s 9th batter, singled to center and Kyle Seager was cut down at the plate. Those runs were all Cueto needed to secure the victory as he scattered 7 hits and a walk over 9 shutout innings. Browns 8/12/0 Speakers 0/7/0

Game 2: Arrieta v Taillion. Jameson Taillion received a rude welcome to the OOTL in the form of a 3 run dinger off the bat of Rougned Odor in the 2nd. Gonzalez pushed the Speakers lead to 4-0 with a solo shot in the 3rd. But Jake Arrieta’s only shaky inning let the Browns back into the game. Cabrera and Harper, perhaps spurned on by recent trade rumors surrounding each of them, led off the 5th with walks. Salvy Perez then got his once-a-series 66 for a 3 run bomb. Fowler then doubled and came in to score on an error by shortstop Machado to tie it up. Manny made amends for the error by roping a homer in the top of the 6th off Taillion who the Sharts inexplicably sent back to the mound rather than going the pen. The Speakers loaded the bases in the 9th but couldn’t get an insurance run. In the bottom of the 9th T. Turner led off with a single, stole 2nd and was moved to 3rd on a ground out from Miggy. Harper lifted a ball to left. When Turner tried to tag from 3rd he was axed at home by Gonzalez to end the game. Speakers 5/9/1 Browns 4/4/0

Game 3: Hammel v Hellickson. The Browns fashioned a 3-0 lead using a 2-out HR from Turner in the 2nd, a 2-out RBI single from Fowler in the 5th and, you guessed it, a 2-out RBI single from Cabrera in the 6th. Until that point the Speakers had base runners on in just about every inning but couldn’t cash in against Hammel. They got to him in the 6th as Rizzo led off with a walk, Bryant singled and Gonzalez doubled in their first run. Machado flew out to shallow left to bring up Kinsler. He singled and Bryant waltzed home but Gonzalez was cut down at home by Fowler’s throw. The Browns got an unearned run (also with 2 out) in the 7th to make it 4-2. The lead blew out to 9-3 behind a Fowler 2-run 3B and a Dozier RBI single, both with two outs in the 8th, followed in the 9th by a Harper 2-run homer… say it with me: with 2 outs. Browns 9/12/2 Speakers 3/8/1

Game 4: Tillman v Price. The Speakers struck first with an unearned run via a Bryant 2-out RBI single in the 1st. Sean Rodriguez leveled it up at 1 with a solo HR in the 2nd and the Browns pushed ahead with a C. Seager RBI double in the 4th. The Browns looked to put the game away in the top of the 5th when they loaded the bases with none out through walks to Tomlinson and Abreu with Guyer reaching on another Machado error in-between. Dozier hit a ball to medium center and Tomlinson was thrown out at home. Then, with 2 outs, Cabrera delivered a hit (on the rare play board), but this time it was Guyer who was thrown out by Bryant from RF. In the bottom of the 5th Rizzo got a 2-out double and Machado once again followed an error with a dinger. His 2-run shot put the Speakers in front, 3-2. The Browns did tie it in the top of the 8th when C. Seager singled in Dozier, who had doubled to lead off the inning. But the shaky Browns pen couldn’t hold the tie. Tony Watson issued a 1-out walk to Bryant before striking out Odor. The Browns summoned Nate Jones to try and get the 3rd out, but he gave up a 2-out, 2-run shot to Kinsler. Speakers 5/9/1 Browns 3/8/2

The Browns are now 16-8 and head to Hustontown to face a murderers row of starting pitching on Monday. This is almost certainly the Sharts’ last day in 1st place.

Notes:

The Browns slashed .265/.346/.471 in the series.

Dexter Fowler had hits in 5 straight AB’s from Game 3 to game 4 of the series and has now reached base safely in his last 17 games as well as 18 out of 19 overall.

Hairpin went 4-11 in 3 games including a homer, 3 doubles and 2 walks. He is still hitting below .200 for the season, however.

Cueto’s complete game shutout was the 3rd for the Sharts in ’17. They had 2 in all of ’16.

The Browns are now 11-5 in games started by RHP and 5-3 vs left handed starters.