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| Wildcats 1 Sluggers 3 Gm 1 - Cats 3 Sluggers 7 - Close game until Sluggers broke it open with 3 runs in the 7th Gm 2 - Cats 1 Sluggers 11 - Gray blasted in the 3rd with 7 runs. Stripling and Tonkin combine with 12 SOs. HRs by Lewis and Bohm Gm 3 - Cats 0 Sluggers 3 - Corbin beats Wheeler with 6 strong innings and 6 SOs. HR by Guerrero Jr Gm 4 - Cats 5 Sluggers 3 - Cats salvage a win in the series behind Luzardo's 7 IP with 12 SOs. HRs by Donovan, Bichette, Bohm Cubs 1 At Bombers 3 Cubs 5-8-1 Bombers 6-11-0 WP Kikucho LP Mikolas Cubs 2-9-0 Bombers 5-10-0 WP Schmidt LP Ober Cubs 4-9-1 Bombers 11-14-0 WP Ashcraft LP Steele Cubs 3-6-0 Bombers 2-6-1 WP Morton LP Beck Cubs 2 At Ungulates 2 Cubs 1-4-2 Ungulates 4-9-0 WP Wells LP Morton Cubs 1-10-1 Ungulates 6-8-1 WP Bieber LP Irvin Cubs 4-9-1 Ungulates 3-10-1 WP Mikolas LP J, Gray Cubs 5-9-0 Ungulates 1-3-2 WP Ober LP Ryan Wildcats 4 Huskers 0 Gm 1 - Cats 8 Huskers 4 - Wheeler goes the whole way with 10 SO. HRs by Lewis, Garcia, and Narvaez. Cats had 4 innings with 2 runs for the win Gm 2 - Cats 6 Huskers 3 - 4 run 1st is all the Cats needed behind Luzardo. Lead off HR by Robert. Rogers and Abreu both homered. Luzardo went 7 with 10 SOs. Detmers did settle down with 8 SOs through 6 Gm 3 - Cats 11 Huskers 2 - Cats bust out with 16 hits. Lead off HR by Robert again followed by HRs from Garcia and Rogers. Greene went 5 strong with 5 SOs Gm 4 - Cats 1 Huskers 0 - 1 hitter by Sale and a Hold by Leclerc and a S by Graterol. Lewis homered in the first and that was all the Cats needed. Sale had 6 SOs with 1 BB while Williams got the tough loss with 9 SO Rogues 4 at Huskers 0 The Raleigh Rogues salvaged the first block of their 50th season by winning 4 one run games over the Omaha Huskers and ending the block with a 13-7 away record, with the help of 2 sweeps a 1-3 series and two 2-2 series. Gm1-Aaron Nola was masterful in scattering 5 hits, 1 run over 8 innings in a 2-1 win over David Peterson, who allowed only 3 hits and 2 runs over 6 innings of work. Cody Bellinger and Joey Gallo's solo homers held up in the Rogues 2-1 victory. Major oddity in this game saw Corey Seager and Bryce Harper both injured, back to back in their first at bats of the game. Adam Duval had 2 hits in the loss. Chris Martin backed Peterson with 3 perfect innings. Gm2-Nelson Velazquez's pinch hit 3 run homerun in the 8th overcame a 2 run deficit and Seager's 2 run blast in the 9th gave the Rogues an 8-4 lead going into the bottom of the 9th. Bobby Witt stroked a 3 run opposite field homer in the 9th to pull within one. However, Josh Hader was brought in to put out the fire and succeeded in the Rogues 8-7 triumph. Harper and Bellinger had 3 hits each. Alex Thomas hit a 3 run dinger for the Huskers. Gm3-Taijuan Walker hurled 7.2 innings of 3 hit one run ball in a 2-1 win in game 3. In another rarity, Willie Castro and Harper were the first two batters in the game with both taking Jordan Lyles pitches into the bleechers. The Rogues only got one more hit on the day, as the back to back blasts held up due to Walker and the Rogues bullpen. Gm4-Joey Gallo crushed a pinch hit 3 run homerun off Joel Payamps in the top of the 9th to overcome a 2 run lead as the Rogues swept the Huskers 5-4 win in the series finale. After falling behind 4-2, the Rogues bullpen posted 4 innings of 1 hit, no walk, no run innings to keep the game close. Neither team hit very well during the series: Rogues scored 17 times to the Huskers 13. Teams hit .206 and .208 respectfully, with the big difference being the Rogues 7 clouts to the Huskers 3. Rogues ERA was a very strong 2.75 to the Huskers 4.25. Mitts 2 at Penguins 2 In what apparently will be the Mitts' last visit to McMurdo the teams split with Carl's Penguins winning the first two games in dramatic walk-off fashion followed by strong Mitt starting pitching games. gm 1-Mitts trailed 4-3 going to the 9th. A combination of walks, hits and a run scoring balk tied up the game. Mitts scored one in the 10th but in the home half Julio Rodriguez came up with two on and one out. He beat out an infield single to 3B and when the throw went up the foul line both runners scored. Pens 6-5 in 10. gm 2- Mitts led 3-1 heading to the bottom of the 9th with the Mitts' best closers prepped to grab the win. Wilmer Flores homered early in the inning and with two already in Riley Adams pinch hit a 2 run walkoff HR off Alvarado. Pens win 5-3. gm 3-Best way to win a game - don't let the other team score. Javier Assad and Tyler Rogers combine for a 5-hit shutout. Mitts win 7-0 but it was close most of the way until the Mitts tallied five runs in the 8th. Kyle Farmer grand slam. gm 4- Another shutout. Logan Webb with help from Jason Adam and Rogers blank the Penguins. Final is 4-0 with Olson taking the loss. Splash 2 at Blackjacks 2 Game 1: Splash 0, Blackjacks 4 - Eury Perez and Yennier Cano hold Lake Delton to just four hits. Shea Langeliers and Jason Heyward went long. Game 2: Splash 7, Blackjacks 12 - The ball was flying in this one. The Splash put up a five spot in the 1st on three homers. Atlantic City countered with four roundtrippers of their own over the course of the game. Game 3: Splash 2, Blackjacks 0 - Mackenzie Gore improves to 3-0 (the team is 4-7). He was aided by double plays in the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd and two runners thrown out at the plate by Jazz Chisholm. Game 4: Splash 6, Blackjacks 2 - Mitch Keller went the distance, striking out 12. Three Atlantic City errors aided the Lake Delton offense Icons 2 at Huskers 2 #1 Huskers 8-4: Huskers pounced on Dane Dunning for 3 runs in the 1st behind 2 2b's and 2 1B's. Icons topped that with a solo shot from Bryson Stott and a 3 run blast from Gunnar Henderson knocking out Gavin Willaims in the 2nd. Omaha tied it in the 4th on a 3 base error by Blake Perkins and took the lead for good thanks to Adam Duvall's 6th inning lead-off round tripper. Huskers tacked on 3 insurance runs in the 8th behind 2 hits, an error, a catcher interference, 2 walks and a sac fly. Outstanding 7 1/3 innings of 3 hit scoreless relief stifled Icons hitters. Chris Martin went 2 1/3 IP, Tim Mayza got the win with 3 IP of 1 hit work and Josh Fleming earned the save retiring all 6 batters he faced; #2 Icons 8-3: Icons used a 12 hit attack to plate runs in 6 different innings to make a winner of starter Tony Gonsolin. Sean Murphy had 3 hits including a HR while Alex Wood went 3 innings of 1 hit scoreless relief. Starter Jordan Lyles got the loss; #3 Icons 5-3: Each team had 11 hits but long balls from Spenser Steer and Mike Trout (twice) bettered 2B's by Luis Matos, Bobby Witt Jr, Andres Giminez, and David Peralta. Zach Eflin got the win, J.P. France took the loss, and Tanner Scott earned the save with 1 1/3 perfect innings; #4 Huskers 1-0: Reid Detmers (6 IP, 3 H, 0 BB, 3 K) outdueled Braxton Garrett (6 IP, 3 H, 1 BB, 5 K) thanks to an error-plagued opening stanza. Witt singled but was thrown out stealing. Jonah Heim lined a 1B to LF and ended up on 3rd thanks to Trout's error. Slugger Giancarlo Stanton produced the lone run and eventual game winner when Gio Urshela booted his grounder at 1B that would have been the last out. Detmers scattered 3 hits without walking a man for the win while Garrett matched his performance over the same 6 innings but with 1 walk. Husker Jose Abreu was the only multi-hit performer for either side. Ponies 3 at Ungulates 1 Game 1-Ponies 9 Ungulates 6 - Renfroe HR 3 RBI - Alonso HR 3 RBI Game 2-Ponies 5 Ungulates 2 - Drury 2 HR 3 RBI - Mullins HR Game 3-Ungulates 3 Ponies 2 - Tucker HR 2 RBI -Riiley HR 2 RBI Game 4-Ponies 4 Ungulates 1 - Riley 2 hits 2 RBI - Urias 8 IP 4 hits Rogues 2 at Mavs 2 The Raleigh Rogues and Millard Mavs matchup was similar to the playoff series last year where the Rogues win early but the Mavs bounce back. 3 of the 4 games were 1 run games and the finale was won by the Mavs on a walk off clutch single by Esteury Ruiz. Gm1-Bryce Harper crushed a homer and drove in 2 while Alejandro Kirk stroked 3 hits to lead the Rogues to an 8-2 win in the opener. Kyle Hendricks was the winner allowing 3 hits, 1 run over 6. Reynaldo Lopez hurled 2 perfect relief innings. Corbin Carroll and Shohei Ohtani homered in the loss. Gm2- 4 Rogues homers carried the day in a 5-4 win. The Rogues broke on top with a 3-0 lead when Mookie Betts blasted a game tying homer. Nelson Velazquez led off the following inning with a solo clout and was immediately followed by a Corey Seager solo dinger to give the Rogues a 5-3 lead that they were able to hold onto. Zac Gallen was the winner and Josh Hader posted a save. Garrett Cole allowed 4 homers. Gm3-Ohtani allowed 3 hits over 6 innings to get the win in a 4-3 Mavs victory. The Rogues hit 3 homers (Seager, Bellinger, Gallo) but they were all solo. Ha-Seong Kim led the Mavs attack with 3 hits including a 2 run single that broke the game open. Gm4-Kevin Gausman and Aaron Nola locked heads in an interesting pitchers duel. Gausman struckout 15 in his 7 innings of work, while Nola threw 124 pitches through 7.2 innings with 11 K's. The score was tied into the bottom of the 9th when Hader was called into pitch. Endy Rodriguez drew a walk, Jorge Mateo pinch ran, and promptly stole second. Carroll and Arraez both flew out. The Rogues decided to intentionally walk Betts to face the left handed batter. Ohtani loaded the bases with his walk. Up stepped Ruiz, who entered the game as a pinch runner the previous inning, scoring the tying run, and he promptly lashed his clutch single to left, driving in the winning run in a 4-3 walk off win to even the series at 2 games apiece. The Rogues scored 19 runs in the series, the Mavs 14. The Rogues did hit 10 homeruns to the Mavs 3. Rogues hit .257 with a 3.63 ERA to the Mavs .211, 4.25. Arraez hit .438 to lead the Mavs. Seager was the Rogues top hitter - .500 with 3 homers, 5 RBI and a double. Whiz Kids 4 at Penguins 0 Gm 1: After Penguins knot the game at 3 in the bottom of the 9th on aJulio Rodriguez HR, the Kids shake off the disappointment and put up five in top of the 11th capped by a C. Walker grand slam to win by a misleading 8-3 margin Gm 2: Kepler HR is the big blow in a five-run Whiz Kids first. But 4 Penguins homers help the home team claw back, just falling short in the end as Whiz Kids win 6-5 Gm 3: The Penguins suffer a total defensive meltdown, making six (!) errors as well giving up a few x-chart hits. That, and five Kids homers, lead to an easy 11-2 win. Logan Gilbert hurls a six-hit CG for the win. Gm 4: Kids complete the sweep. J. Montgomery gives up 2 runs, pitching into the 7h to run his record to 5-0 on the season. Kiner-Falefa's 3-run homer is all the offense he'd need as Whiz Kids win 4-2. Titans 2 at Ponies 2 1 – Titans 3, Ponies 2 Miley vs Darvish Kiermaier drives in 2, Correa with a HR. Bullpens pitched a combined 9 innings without an earned run. Only 11 hits in the game. 2 – Titans 5, Ponies 6 Castillo vs Glasnow Titans pound out 16 hits and 3 HRs but it wasn’t enough. Drury drives in 3 with a HR. Farmer wins in relief. 3 – Titans 8, Ponies 2 Suarez vs Miller After Mountie gets plunked in the 2nd the Titans bat around and plate 7 runs, coasting to victory. Alvarez and Muncy HRs. Ponies had lots of baserunners but few clutch hits. Garcia and Castellanos each had 3 hits and no RBIs. 4 – Titans 5, Ponies 6 Verlander vs Urias Smith has a 3 run HR in the first but the Ponies rally to tie it in the 2nd. Ponies take the lead with a Castellanos HR in the 3rd and Mullins hits the difference maker in the 7th with a man on. Titans rally falls short when Alvarez strikes out with 2 aboard in the 9th. Titans 3, Penguins 1 1 – Titans 7, Pens 6 Verlander vs Olson Wilmer did all he could with 2 HRs and a triple to drive in 4 but HRs by Benson, Smith and Muncy drove in 7 to capture the victory. Olivares chipped in a dinger for the Penguins. 2 – Titans 7, Pens 4 Javier vs Sanchez Tied headed into the 7th, Soto breaks it open with a 3 run HR. Four different Pens drove in runs. Rodriguez had 3 hits but didn’t score or drive in anyone. 3 – Titans 9, Pens 6 Miley vs Miller Mountie had a monster game with 4 hits including a double and HR with 3 RBIs. With the Titans up 9-1 in the 9th the Pens unleashed 3 HRs against a tiring Pivetta to score 5. Julio, Olson, Flores and Edman HRs. 4 – Titans 2, Pens 5 Castillo vs Peralta In the feature game of the series with the aces squaring off, our former mate got the best of the Titans leading a combined 2 hitter. Edman had a 2 run HR to put the Pens in front 3-2 and they never looked back. Ponies 2 at Bombers 2 Game 1-Ponies 2 Bombers 1 - Mullins 3 hits - Brennan 2 hits RBI Game 2-Ponies 4 Bombers 3 - Correa HR 2 RBI - Votto 2 RBI Game 3-Bombers 5 Ponies 4 - Siri HR 2 RBI - Castelanos 2 hits HR 3 RBI Game 4-Bombers 10 Ponies 2 - Siri HR 3 RBI - Smith 2 hits 3 RBI Splash 1 at Hurricanes 3 Game 1: Splash 8, Hurricanes 2 - Adley Rutschman had 3 of the 10 Splash hits and Mackenzie Gore went six solid. Manny Machado homered twice in a losing effort. Game 2: Splash 1, Hurricanes 8 - Domingo German took a no-hitter into the 6th inning. Elias Diaz, Marcell Ozuna, and Machado all went yard for the Hurricanes. Game 3: Splash 6, Hurricanes 7 - The Splash battled back from a 5-2 deficit to take a 6-5 lead into the bottom of the 9th. With two outs, Jordan Walker took Raisel Iglesias over the wall for a walk-off win. Game 4: Splash 1, Hurricanes 4 - Manny Machado hit his 4th home run of the series and Aaron Civale shutout the Splash for 5 1/3. Rogues 2 at Splash 2 The Rogues continue to struggle scoring runs (except for 1 game) as they score only 6 runs total in 3 of the games. Gm1-Nelson Velazques 2 run homer and Joey Gallo's SF after a James Outman triple backed a strong Rogues pitching performance in a 3-1 win. Aaron Nola notched the win. Josh Hader with the save. Both teams struck out 13 times. Gm2-Zac Gallen's 14 strikeout performance was for naught as the Rogues were only able to cross the plate twice in the Splash 4-2 win. The Rogues were 0-8 with runners in scoring position. Seiya Suzuki homered and had 2 hits to lead the Splash. Jorge Polanco added a homer for the Splash. Brandon Pfaadt allowed only 3 hits and 2 runs over 7 innings. Bryce Harper homered in the loss. Gm3-The Rogues offense finally exploded scoring 15 runs on 23 hits with 4 homers, 5 doubles and a triple in a 15-4 romp. Cody Bellinger had 4 hits, 3 rbi, a homer and scored 3. Corey Seager had 4 hits including 2 doubles, while Ketel Marte blasted 2 homers and drove in 4. MJ Melendez posted 3 hits and Bo Naylor homered. Anthony Volpe had 3 hits in the loss. Rogues were 9-24 with RISP after going 0-8 in gm 2 and 1-11 in game 4. Gm4-Rogues leave 13 on base in 4-1 Splash victory. 2 of the runs were unearned. Mackenzie Gore scattered 11 hits and no runs over 5.1 innings of work for the win. Nolan Jones tripled, scored 2, drove in 1 to lead the Splash offense. Willi Castro homered for the Rogues lone run. |
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COMMENTS FROM TITANS RICH
Optioned to AAA.
It’s
been a brutal start to the season for the 21-year-old Jordan Walker,
who entered the 2023 season widely considered one of the game’s top-10
prospects and debuted with a .276/.342/.445 showing as a rookie. He’s
looked lost at the plate in his sophomore season, hitting just
.155/.239/.259 with a 26.9 percent strikeout rate and no home runs in
his first 67 trips to the plate.
Meanwhile... Yainer
Jordan's
young and it's a small sample size for both but given Yainer's position
and performance, I'd be happy if I had him. Just reflecting, I know it
didn't come down to these two for you.
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  Guardians stunned by rare balk rule that forces in a run in loss to Red Sox |
 After
their 0-5 start the Mets have righted the ship and sit two games over
.500 mark. Their no-name bullpen (of course, Mitt Edwin Diaz is
not a no-name) has been surprisingly effective. Maybe David
Stearns knows a thing or three....In the SBA my 5th round pick in
February (pick #70) was Seth Lugo. He has a 1.05 ERA thru his
first four major league starts this year. Stay healthy
Seth.....Jordan asked me recently if I'd retired from tennis in favor
of pickleball. I replied, "Haven't turned in my official
retirement papers yet but have no strong motivation to go back to
it. Am enjoying my involvement with the local pickleball
community." Even Mrs. Webmaster has gotten into the p'ball craze
even though she's never aware of what the score is....NY Rangers
prepping for the playoffs. I'm hoping I can see one more Stanley
Cup from them in this lifetime.....After all the mock NFL drafts I've
seen (and done on line with simulators) the actual draft next week
might be anti-climactic.....I made a particularly good shot a
pickleball recently. My partner, a woman in her 60s, commented
good naturely "Nice shot for an old man".....Mitts' 1st round pick
Francisco Alvarez seems to have boundless energy and enthusiasm for the
game. Let's see how much of that lasts the season if he ends up
catching 130 games.
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CBL's BEST INTEREST OF
THE LEAGUE
COMMITTEE
Matt-
commissioner
Mitch- league statistician Jordan- rules coordinator Mark - representing West division Wayne- representing Chicago division Bob- representing South division |
The
members of the CBL will never forget our friend
and charter member Mac McConchie. |
In October of 2022 the league also lost
long time member Eric Johns to ALS. |
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