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2016 Third Period

Shartlesville Browns at Shooting Stars II

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The Browns traveled to Lewisberry to take on the Stars on Wednesday night.

Game 1: Wacha v Lynn. The Stars got right to work in the bottom of the 1st with a 2-out walk to Tex followed by Carpenter getting plunked to set the stage for a Granderson 3 bagger to take a 2-0 lead. The Browns struck back in similar fashion when Fowler worked a 2-out walk and Iglesias dropped an 11 to get into the second column and a 66 to tie things up. With the game tied, Aroldis Chapman came in with no outs and one on in the 4th and took control. He worked 3.66 hitless innings while striking out 6. The Stars hit the front for good and made a winner out of Chapman in the 5th when Pedroia led off with a double and Pence homered. The Iglesias HR was the Browns’ only hit in the game. Stars win 4-2.

Game 2: Paxton v deGrom. Peralta hit a leadoff homer to break a scoreless tie in the 4th and Pedroia added another in the 7th to put the Stars up 2-0. It was 3-0 when Hairpin hit a meaningless/stat padding solo shot in the 9th and the Stars went on to win 3-1. At this point the Browns fell to an all time low 9 games under .500.

Game 3: Shields v Lackey. The Browns used 2 hits, 2 errors and a walk to plate 3 unearned runs in the 1st. The Stars cut the lead to 4-2 using a 1B, 3B, 1B combo, but that was the last of their scoring for the day. The game featured 6 errors, including 5 by outfielders and the rare play board was in full use. The Sharts ended up with an ugly 10-2 win.

Notes:
The Browns and Stars ended up splitting the season series 5-5.
By going 1-2 in the series, the Browns reached 46 losses ensuring their first season will not be a winning one.
The cold bats continued as the Browns were 1-hit in game 1 and slashed .168/.266/.295 for the series.
After getting smacked around by the Speakers, the Browns Pen bounced back allowing no earned runs in 5.66 IP.

2016 Third Period

Speakers at Shartlesville Browns

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Game 1 – Neither David Price nor James Shields were sharp, resulting in a 4-4 tie after 4. Carlos Gonzalez (7) and Manny Machado (13) go back-to-back in the Speakers’ 2nd. Jose Iglesias (4-4, D, 2 RBI, R, SB) contributes all series for the Browns.

After an unearned run in the 4th, Machado slugs a 2-run homer (14) in the 6th and a sac fly in the 9th. The Speakers win 9-5 to spite Price allowing 11 hits. The Speakers record 10 safeties, 5 of which leave the park. Shields giftwraps 3 of them.

W – Price (7-5); L – Shields

Game 2 – Carlos Martinez and Johnny Cueto restore order, tossing zeroes through 6. In the 7th, Ian Kinsler doubles home a pair. The Browns storm back after the stretch as Iglesias doubles and scores.

With a slim 2-1 lead, Machado coaxes a walk off Cesar Ramos to start the 9th. Rajai Davis rattles a ball off the top of the fence for an RBI double and a big insurance run.

Brett Cecil plunks Jose Abreu to lead off the bottom half. Lucas Duda strokes a double. The Browns enjoy the tying runs at 2nd and 3rd with no outs.

Darren O’Day gets Iglesias on a 3-1 play–(only the second out he’s made this series)! Kyle Seager pops foul to Andrelton Simmons. With 2 away, pinch hitter Corey Seager flies out to center to end the game. 3-1, Speakers.

W – Martinez (8-3); L – Cueto; S – O’Day (3)

Game 3 – The strangest of the bunch, and possibly of the season. The Browns send 9 to the plate in the 1st with the first 5 reaching safely. When the dust clears, Corey Seager has a 2-run homer and the home team has a 4-0 lead.

Apparently oblivious to the concept of the shutdown inning, AJ Burnett promptly faces 11 Speakers in the 2nd inning. A Yoenis Cespedes 2-run double and 7 runs later, the Speakers lead 7-4 … after 1.5 innings!

Burnett recovers enough to retire his last 9 batters faced to end the 5th. The Browns offense responds with another 4-spot in the bottom of. Adam Jones connects for a Baltimore Special 3-run homer and Dexter Fowler’s 2-out RBI double accounts for the lead run.

The Browns pile on with a Harper 2-run HR in the 6th for a 10-7 lead. After Burnett and Tony Watson mow down 15 straight Speakers, Anthony Rizzo hits a solo shot (13) to start the 8th. With 2 on and 2 out, Kinsler singles off Koji Uehara to bring home the tying runs as Machado and Davis cross the plate.

After Harper’s homer, the Shartlesville bats go cold. Joe Blanton coughs up just a single in 1.2 IP to end the 8th.

At 10-10, Buster Posey singles (55-7) off Carlos Rodon to start the 9th. Mookie Betts pinch runs and steals 2nd. Cespedes makes the stolen base moot by launching a 2-run blast (7) for a 12-10 lead. Trevor Rosenthal sets down Kyle Seager, Adam Jones and Danny Espinosa in order in the bottom half to preserve the win.

W – Blanton (2-0); L – Rodon; S – Rosenthal (3)

2016 Third Period

Shartlesville Browns at Eliminators

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The Browns hosted their first series at their new Pine St. digs, even though the Eliminators were the home team:

Game 1: Shields v Smyly. The Eliminators got on the board first in the 5th behind a Donaldson 2-out 2-run double and an Ethier single to take a 3-0 lead. It would prove to be more than enough offense. The Eliminators added two more runs in the 6th and Smyly went the distance striking out 13 in a 4-hit complete game giving up just an RBI single to Iglesias. Eliminators win 5-1.

Game 2: Wacha v Ventura. The surprise MVP of this game was Ventura who worked around 7 hits and 3 walks to record a complete game shutout. The Eliminators won on the power of a 2-run homer from Donaldson in the 1st and a solo shot from Freeman in the 2nd. Eliminators win 3-0.

Game 3: Paxton v Volquez. In keeping with the way the Browns win games, all their runs came in one inning. In the 2nd they sent 11 men to the plate, scoring 6 runs on 3 hits, 3 walks, an error and a HBP. The Eliminators got one back in the bottom of the 2nd, but Paxton and 4 relievers shut them out from there to get the win 6-1.

The Browns slashed .206/.293/.268 in their first series without a homer. Corey Seager got his first OOTL hit while going 1 for 3 with two walks, a run scored and an RBI.

The Browns fall to 37-41 and will play the Speakers next week.
2016 Third Period

Lymebees at Shartlesville Browns

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Game 1; Syndergaard vs Paxton; Browns score single runs in the 2nd and 4th on Espinosa singles. Browns get 2-run HRs by Duda and Harper in the 4th. Bees come back with 4 runs in the 6th with Franco getting a 2-run HR. Browns go on to win 6-4.

Game 2; Gray vs Cueto; Bees get a 2-out single by Yelich in the 5th to score the first run. In the 6th, Cano singles in the 2nd run with 1 out. Braun’s pinch hit double in the 9th ends the Bees scoring as Gray pitches a complete game 2-hitter. Bees win 3-0.

Game 3; McCullers vs Gilmartin; Bees get 4 hits in the 5th and score 3 runs. Browns come back with a 2-out double by Jones with K. Seager single for the Browns first run. Bees get 3 hits in the 7th to score one run. Browns counter with a solo HR by Abreu. Bees hold on to win 4-2.

Lymebees record at 41-31 and looking to schedule remaining series.

John Ingiosi

2016 Seasonings

A Good Craftsman – Shartlesville Browns 2nd Period Stats

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A good craftsman never blames his tools, but after more woeful Browns offense in the 2nd period I just placed a big order with dicegamedepot.com. The Browns slashed .188/.258/.321 in the 2nd making the numbers from the first (.218/.268/.367) look like they’re from the steroid era. Despite trading Kershaw and Strasburg the pitching staff held steady, even slightly lowering their ERA by a hundredth from 3.28 to 3.27.

The Browns scored 1 or no runs in 7 of the 27 games in the second period and had 3 or fewer hits in 4 games. Amazingly those were both improvements over the first period when they had 0 or 1 runs 14 times and had 3 or fewer hits 6 times. The Sharts were 6-6 in 1 run games and 1-4 in extras in the 2nd…

… and somehow despite all of this epic sucking the Sharts managed to go 13-14 in the second and sit just 3 games below .500. We’re hoping the addition of Jose Abreu and Adam Jones will help.

Manager Tony