Charley lived an amazing life. Another tough loss.
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Bob Clear (1927)
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Bob Clear was in baseball from 1945-1987 as a minor league player and manager, major league coach, and as a scout.
Date: Saturday, June 21.
Batting star: Corey Koskie was 1-for-4 with a home run, his tenth.
Pitching star: Micheal Nakamura pitched two perfect innings and struck out one.
Opposition stars: Wayne Franklin pitched seven innings, giving up one run on five hits and three walks and striking out two. Wes Helms was 3-for-5 with two home runs (his twelfth and thirteenth), three runs, and five RBIs. John Vander Wal was 2-for-3 with a home run (his seventh), a walk, two runs, and two RBIs.
The game: Two singles and a walk loaded the bases with none out in the first inning for the Brewers. John Vander Wal drove in one with a single and a sacrifice fly brought home another to put Milwaukee up 2-0 in the first.
The Twins put runners on second and third with one out in the third but did not score. In the fourth, however, Koskie led off with a home run to get the Twins on the board and cut the lead to 2-1. But in the bottom of the fourth Vander Wal and Helms led off with back-to-back homers to make it 4-1. In the sixth Helms hit a three-run homer to increase the lead to 7-1.
The Twins put a couple of guys on with walks in the seventh but nothing came of it. Milwaukee loaded the bases with one out in the eighth and got a sacrifice fly to conclude the scoring.
WP: Franklin (4-5). LP: Kyle Lohse (6-5). S: None.
Notes: Lew Ford was in left in place of Jacque Jones. Bobby Kielty was in right. There was no DH.
Ford was 0-for-4 and was batting .375. Justin Morneau pinch-hit and was 0-for-1, falling to .333. Doug Mientkiewicz was 0-for-3 and was batting .302. Matthew LeCroy was 0-for-1 and was batting .301. Koskie was batting .300.
Lohse had his second consecutive poor game. He pitched five innings and allowed seven runs on seven hits and two walks. He struck out four.
I have no memory that there was ever a pitcher named "Wayne Franklin". This was his only year as a starter, and he wasn't particularly good: 10-13, 5.50, 1.52 WHIP. He'd made four really good starts as a September call-up in 2002: 2-1, 2.63, 17 strikeouts in 24 innings. I imagine Brewers fans really thought they had something, but it didn't work out that way. He'd been a reliever every year before 2002, and returned to the bullpen after 2003. 2003 was his only full season in the majors, but he pitched in part of every season from 2000-2006. His record was 14-16, 5.54, 1.55 WHIP. He was in 143 games, 40 of them starts, and pitched 323 innings. He pitched in Taiwan and in independent ball in 2007, in Mexico and independent ball in 2008, and then exclusively in independent ball in 2009, 2010, and 2014, when he apparently made a comeback. He has stayed in baseball through coaching, and is a coach in the San Diego League, a collegiate wood bat league.
Since their hot streak ended, the Twins had now gone 8-14.
Record: The Twins were 39-34, in first place in the American League Central, one game ahead of Kansas City.
While basketball hasn't been away for too long, the Wolves definitely have. Nice to have them back.
Jack Taylor (1873)
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Larry Doby (1923)
Shotgun Shuba (1924)
Carl Erskine (1926)
Billy Loes (1929)
Bubba Morton (1931)
Lindy McDaniel (1935)
J. C. Martin (1936)
Ron Taylor (1937)
Ferguson Jenkins (1942)
Paul Boris (1955)
Dale Berra (1956)
Mike Mordecai (1967)
Matthew LeCroy (1975)
Ricky Nolasco (1982)
We would also like to wish a very happy birthday to spookymilk's mom.
The (or an) "other Spencer Krug ex-band"...I listened to this record a lot back in 09 when all the other indie kids were on Animal Collective
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(0 votes, average: 0.00 out of 10)Loading... Batting stars: Henry Ramos was 3-for-4 with two doubles, a walk, and two runs. Danny Ortiz was 2-for-4 with two doubles. T. J. Rivera was 2-for-4 with a home run (his second), a walk, and two RBIs. Jeremy Rivera was 2-for-4 with a double and two runs.
Pitching stars: Luis Medina struck out six in three innings, giving up a hit and two walks. Six relief pitchers each pitched a scoreless inning: Jean Cosme, Luis Quinones, Nefi Ogando, Braden Hagens, Jacob Condra-Bogan, and Nicholas Padilla.
Opposition star: Kenen Irizarry was 3-for-4.
The game: Mayaguez scored one in the first, two in the third, and then one in each of the fourth, fifth, sixth, eighth, and ninth.
WP: Cosme (1-0). LP: Juan Santos (0-1). S: None.
Notes: Ramos is batting .500. Ortiz and Rivera are each batting .412. Rivera, Christian Sojo, and Xavier Fernandez are each batting .333. Kennys Vargas was 1-for-3 with a double and two walks and is batting .308.
Medina, Quinones, Ogando, Condra-Bogan, and Padilla each has an ERA of zero.
I don't know who "RA12" is or why they're called "RA12". This was a home game for them and it was played in Hiram Bithorn Stadium, so I assume they're based in San Juan.
Record: Mayaguez is 4-0, tied for first with Caguas.
Next game: Mayaguez hosts RA12 today.
Batting stars: Gorkys Hernandez was 3-for-5 with two RBIs. Ildemaro Vargas was 3-for-6 with a double and two RBIs. Josmar Cordero was 2-for-2 with a walk.
Pitching stars: Nestor Molina pitched four innings, giving up one run on two hits and three walks and striking out four. Yapson Gomez struck out two in two perfect innings. Leonel Campos pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one. Derian Gonzalez pitched a perfect inning.
Opposition stars: David Rodriguez was 3-for-4 with a home run (his second), a walk, and two RBIs. Eguy Rosario was 2-for-5. Henry Centeno pitched 5.1 innings, giving up one run on five hits and two walks and striking out one.
The game: Cordero singled home a run in the eighth to tie it 3-3. In the top of the tenth, a wild pitch scored one run and Rodriguez singled home another to make it 5-3. In the bottom of the tenth, with two out, Lara got consecutive RBI singles by Hernandez, Deiner Lopez, and Vargas to win the game.
WP: Gonzalez (1-0). LP: Alfred Gutierrez (2-2). S: None.
Notes: Cordero is batting .414. Vargas is batting .355. Gabriel Moreno is batting .342. Yordanys Linares and Carlos Rivero are each batting .333. Yonathan Mendoza is batting .325. Jecksson Flores is batting .318. Jose Tabata is batting .308.
Jesus Sanchez gave up a run in one inning and has an ERA of 2.79. Gomez has an ERA of zero. Campos has an ERA of 2.35.
Each team used seven pitchers.
Lara stranded 12 and Margarita stranded 11.
Record: Lara is 9-4 in first place in the West Division, two games ahead of Magallanes.
Next game: Lara hosts Zulia tonight.
