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2017 First Period

Lymebees vs. Speakers

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This match-up took place pre-Senators game back in April.

Game 1 – The Bees start early as Robby Cano leads off the 2nd with a ringing single (8). Willson Contreras follows with a big fly off Joe Ross for a 2-0 lead.

The Speakers get ’em back in the 4th, thanks to a pair of Cano errors, a walk and 2-run single by Andrelton Simmons. Madison Bumgarner sees his way through the rest of the inning as well as 1st-and-3rd threats in the 5th and 7th.

2-out back-to-back doubles by Simmons (3-4, D, 2-RBI, R) and Buster Posey in the 8th score the go-ahead run. Speakers enjoy their first lead, 3-2.

A 1-2-3 9th seals the win. The Lymebees only muster 3 hits, the last of which is a lead off single by Eric Hosmer back in the 3rd inning.

W – Brad Hand (1-0); L – Mauricio Cabrera; S – Roberto Osuna (3)

Game 2 – Devon Travis doubles with 1 out in the 2nd. After Ryan Braun pops up to Simmons, Marwin Gonzalez singles to center. Mookie Betts charges and throws a strike to Posey to nail Travis at the plate.

The game remains 0-0 until the 5th. With 2 outs, Simmons doubles. Posey rips a clutch RBI single (7) to put the Speakers up 1-0.

Jake Arrieta is cruising, but walks the first two Bees to start the 6th. He then strikes out the side (Cano-Contreras-Travis) to quell the threat.

Betts begins the 8th with a double. Kris Bryant singles him in (5) for a much-needed insurance run.

The Bees go quietly in the 9th again, and fail to register a hit (again) after the 3rd inning. Arrieta twirls a CG 4-hitter, 2-0.

W – Arrieta (4-0); L – Kyle Hendricks

Game 3 – Ian Snell and 3 relievers hold the Speakers to 3 hits, all in different innings. The only needed offense takes place in the 1st as Luis Valbuena leads off with a single. Christian Yelich bats next and lofts a homer. The Bees load the bases against Jeremy Hellickson, but fail to score any more.

Valbuena parks one in the 2nd to finish the scoring at 3-0. Yelich adds a 2-out double in the 7th, but is stranded.

W – Luke Gregerson; L – Hellickson (3-2); S – Derek Law

Game 4 – Ryan Braun (2-5, HR, RBI, 2-R) wreaks havoc from the lead off spot to lead the Bees to their second straight shutout, 7-0. Sandy Leon goes 3-4 batting behind Braun, collecting singles with a 9, 7 and hit-and-run 31.

Adrian Beltre (3-run HR) and Gregory Polanco go back-to-back in the 5th to seal this laugher. The Speakers are shut out for the 4th time in 20 games.

W – Lance McCullers; L – David Price (0-1)

2017 First Period

Arrogant Bastards vs. Speakers

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Way back on March 19th, the ABs and Speakers clashed on Carol Drive.

Game 1 – Mookie Betts homers twice (3, 4) and knocks an RBI double in his first three trips to the plate. That’s all Carlos Martinez needs (7.2 IP, 6 H, 1 ER, 1 BB) to pick up a 5-1 win.

Martinez turns away Evan Longoria’s homer in the 2nd and strands the bases loaded in the 5th. Roughned Odor chips in 3 singles (one on a hit-and-run 5 for an RBI).

W – C. Martinez (2-0); L – Danny Salazar

Game 2 – The ABs only manage 5 hits, but Kenta Maeda holds serve (8 IP, 5 H, 10 K). A scoreless tie reaches the 10th inning.

Joe Blanton strikes out Kevin Pillar to begin the bottom half. Tyler Saladino bunts for a hit. Addison Russell singles (9) to put the winning run at 2nd. Mike Trout pops to short.

With 2 away, Blanton loses Brett Gardner to load the bases. Stephen Piscotty attempts to walk, but Blanton denies him (+21). Piscotty then rolls another 14 for a walk off walk!

Bastards win 1-0. No Speaker makes it to 3rd base through 10 innings.

W – Brad Brach; L – Blanton (0-2)

Game 3 – With 2 on and 1 out in the 3rd, the Speakers break their scoreless streak. Kris Bryant’s 2-run triple gives the home team the early advantage.

Anthony Rendon walks with 2 outs in the 4th. Buster Posey reaches on Trout’s miscue in center, putting runners at 2nd and 3rd. Max Scherzer plunks Betts to load the bases; and then, he uncorks a run-scoring wild pitch. Speakers lead 3-0.

Jeremy Hellickson keeps the ABs at bay, except one innings gets away from the veteran. Russell doubles with 1 out in the 5th. Joe Panik pops to short for the 2nd out, but Trout’s 2nd hit of the series (11) scores Russell.

A rattled Hellickson balks and proceeds to walk Gardner and David Ortiz. Bases jammed. Giancarlo Stanton tries to walk for an RBI, but Hellickson (+26) turns it away and finally gets a 4-6 fielder’s choice to end the tense situation.

Bryant doubles to lead off the 7th. Carlos Gonzalez grounds out, moving Bryant to 3rd. Manny Machado lifts a fly ball to Stanton. Bryant breaks for the plate, but Stanton’s throw is on the money for a 9-2 double play!

Elvis Andrus starts the 9th with the ABs’ only other hit, a bunt single against Jeremy Jeffress. Evan Gattis promptly grounds into a tailor-made double play to erase the threat. Adrian Gonzalez grounds to short to bring down the curtain on a 3-1 Speakers’ win.

W – Hellickson (3-0, 7 IP, 3 H, 1 ER, 4 BB, 10 K); L – Scherzer; S – Jeffress (1)

Game 4 – Ervin Santana and Joe Ross lock horns for 4 scoreless innings. Longoria starts the ABs’ 5th with a double that injures Bryant in right field.

With 1 out, Russell doubles in Longoria. With 2 away, Panik singles home Russell. 2-0 ABs.

Another pair of extra base hits start the ABs’ 6th. Gonzalez doubles and Stanton triples him home. Longoria singles (5) in Stanton for a commanding 4-0 lead.

The Speakers have chances against Santana, but can only manage back-to-back doubles (Rizzo and Machado) to start the bottom of the 6th. They would leave 6 RISP and go 2-13 in those situations.

ABs take the finale to salvage a split, 4-1.

W – Santana; L – Ross (0-1); S – Kenley Jansen

2017 First Period

Speakers vs. Unhinged Wahoos

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At the end of May, the Speakers wrapped up their 1st period against the formidable Wahoos.

Game 1 – The Wahoos become Unhinged in the 2nd, turning a lead off walk and three consecutive singles into the first 2 runs of the game. Carlos Gomez and Brandon Crawford collect RBIs.

Roughned Odor answers in the bottom half with a 2-run triple following a lead off walk and Ian Kinsler single. Buster Posey’s clutch 2-out single plates Odor for an early 3-2 lead.

The Wahoos go back to work in the 3rd as Starling Marte singles in Jose Altuve with 2 away. Solos by Crawford and Altuve in the 4th put Mann’s Wahoos ahead, 5-3.

Posey singles again to start the bottom of the 5th. Mookie Betts takes Stephen Strasburg deep (7) to knot the game at 5-5. But the Speakers aren’t done. Doubles by Anthony Rizzo and Manny Machado surround a Kris Bryant HBP. Kinsler adds a sac fly to complete a 4-run inning and 7-5 lead.

Edwin Encarnacion’s sac fly in the 6th brings home Sparky Eaton in the 6th to close the margin to 7-6. However, the Wahoos fail to reach base against the Speaker pen, which retires 11 straight.

W – Bartolo Colon (1-1); L – Strasburg (0-5); S – Roberto Osuna (5)

Game 2 – Daniel Norris and Carlos Martinez clash in an old fashioned pitchers’ duel. Kinsler doubles with 1 out in the Speakers’ 4th. Javier Baez singles him home to break a scoreless tie.

In the very next half-inning, Bryant whiffs on a grounder to 1st allowing Marte to reach 2nd. Martinez gets the next 2 batters, but Roberto Perez coaxes a walk to turn over the lineup. That gives Eaton a chance to become the hero. Sparky laces a 2-run double to put the Wahoos ahead, 2-1.

The Speakers never reach 2nd base again as Norris and the Wahoos’ relief crew put the game away. Martinez is the tough luck loser, allowing only 3 hits and 2 unearned runs.

W – Norris (1-0); L – C. Martinez (4-3); S – Alex Colome (9)

Game 3 – Jeremy Hellickson and former Speaker Justin Verlander put on another pitching show. Encarnacion’s solo in the 1st allows the Wahoos to start fast.

Meanwhile, Verlander only allows one Speaker as far as 2nd base until the 8th. Cruising with 2 away, Verlander hangs a pitch to Carlos Gonzalez who strokes a double. Rizzo grounds to short, but Crawford can’t find the handle as CarGo streaks home to tie at 1-1.

That marks the first Speakers run in 13 innings. Verlander calmly picks off Rizzo to end the frame.

With 2 outs in the top of the 9th, Kinsler takes Verlander for a ride. His 3rd HR of the season gives the Speakers a 2-1 advantage.

Jeremy Jeffress strikes out the dangerous Nolan Arenado to start the bottom of the 9th. Wil Myers singles (10) to bring the winning run to the plate. With Myers in motion, Marte hits a seed into Machado’s glove. Manny throws to 1st to easily double off Myers and end the game, 2-1.

W – Jeffress (2-0); L – Verlander (3-3)

Game 4 – More pitching domination, this time featuring David Price and Corey Kluber. The Speakers jump out to the early lead today as Betts walks to begin the proceedings. Gonzalez singles. Bryant flies to right as Betts tags and slides safely into 3rd. Rizzo’s grounder to Myers results in a 3-6 fielder’s choice RBI.

In the top of the 4th, Gomez butchers a line drive to left resulting in Kinsler circling the bases. For these offenses, a 2-0 lead seems like a 12-0 cinch.

Arenado finally gets his bat going by slugging a solo shot in the bottom of the 4th. Two harmless singles and one walk, all in separate innings, are all the Wahoos can manage the remainder of the game.

When the 2-1 score becomes final, only Arenado has touched 2nd base during his home run trot. The last 10 Wahoos go down in order.

W – Price (2-2); L – Kluber (1-4); S – Osuna (6)

2017 First Period

Speakers vs. Juggernauts

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Game 1 – Roughned Odor’s 4th inning 3-run blast gives the Speakers a 4-1 lead. The Juggernauts chip away for a run in both the 6th and 7th to close the gap.

In the bottom of the 8th, the Speakers record 3 doubles (all turned back HRs) to plate another pair of runs. Good thing, too, because Jose Ramirez slugs a solo shot in the 9th for a 6-4 final.

W – Carlos Martinez (4-1); L – Masahiro Tanaka; S – Roberto Osuna (4)

Game 2 – Mookie Betts (3-4, 2 HR #5,6, 3-RBI, 2-R) keeps pace with the Juggernauts, who score 3 candlesticks. After a 1-2-3 top of the 9th, Will Harris comes in to pitch the bottom half in a 3-3 tie.

Kris Bryant greets the +44 power reliever with a long fly ball that results in a walk off HR. Bryant’s 2nd of the season comes at the right time to avoid extra frames and bushed bullpens.

W – Brad Hand (2-0); L – Harris

Game 3 – The Speakers suffer their 5th shutoat in their last 11 games at the hands of David Phelps. Yadier Molina’s solo in the 5th inning records the only run of the game.

W – Phelps; L – David Price (0-2)

Game 4 – The Speakers get back-to-back doubles in the 1st and 2nd innings, plus a 2-out RBI single from Manny Machado for an early 3-1 lead. Buster “Still Hearts Buster” Posey smacks his first homer of the year in the 4th, but then they put away the bats.

The Juggernauts bat around in the 5th for easily the biggest inning of the series for either team. Paolo Orlando’s pinch RBI single in the 6th ices a 6-3 win and series split.

W – Brad Ziegler; L – Chris Archer (0-2)

The Jugs out-hit the Speakers in every game. The Speakers score 13 runs (an improvement over the last eight games) and manage to split.

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.