Another Brick in the Wall?

EFL
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB	RS	RA
Old Detroit Wolverines	62	26	.703	—	508.1	329.8
D.C. Balk	55	28	.665	4.2	475.7	339.3
Flint Hill Tornadoes	57	31	.651	4.6	437.9	321.2
Peshastin Pears	54	32	.629	6.8	412.1	319.8
Kaline Drive	55	33	.622	7.1	460.6	361.3
Canberra Kangaroos	51	32	.612	8.6	428.0	344.6
Haviland Dragons	52	36	.590	10	430.1	367.5
Cottage Cheese	47	42	.530	15.2	505.0	488.5
Pittsburgh Alleghenys	44	42	.514	16.7	427.7	413.3
Bellingham Cascades	43	43	.504	17.6	354.8	353.9
Portland Rosebuds	36	50	.418	24.9	426.9	511.3

 

AVG: 0.095

OBP: 0.167

SLG: 0.143

OPS: 0.310

The Wolverines have Logan Gilbert and Logan Gilbert alone to thank for their small rebound from yesterday’s brick. He went 7 innings and gave up 0 runs – an excellent outing! But if you look beyond Logan you will see that there were still many bricks being laid – Sam Clay went 2/3 of an inning, giving up a run. Six batters appeared and only collected two hits total. The Wolverines lost 8 runs from their Runs Scored total, though they did gain back a bigger lead, now 4.2 games over DC.

Not a lot happened in DC yesterday, which is too bad, because a good day could have propelled them even closer to the Wolverines. They collected 5 hits (one double). Ryan McMahon led the way going 2 for 5.

ERA: 3.37

WHIP: 1.176

Yesterday I needed to activate a 3B to take Anthony Rendon’s spot since he went on the IL (again – now three times this season!). I chose Patrick Wisdom over Brad Miller, because Miller had been only pinch hitting the past week. Well, last night Miller went 3 for 5 with 3 home runs, and I got none of them. Where’s the wisdom in that? I also had Zach Eflin sitting, who tossed 6 innings of scoreless baseball. I did, however, have Yu Darvish activated, he and his 6 runs in 3 innings. Oh well.

ERA: 0.00

WHIP: 0.000

The Pears collected two home runs – one from Mitch Haniger and the other from Jazz Chisholm – but did little else. I suppose Juan Soto going 2 for 4 with 2 walks is worth noting, especially since the Pears need their offense to get moving, and he is the cog that makes the machine work. Kendall Graveman was the lone pitcher, tossing 1 scoreless inning. The Pears did manage to overtake the Drive, and now lead them by .3 games, while falling to 6.8 games behind the Wolverines. 

The Drive are getting to where Tom wants them to be, right in the middle. And all it took was a few days! Kaline added to it’s surplus ABs, getting 35, which surprisingly wasn’t the most on what was a fairly quiet day for the league. Omar Narvaez led the way, going 2 for 3 with a double and a walk. Mark Melancon pitched one scoreless inning, but that was all the pitching they could muster. 

 

 Canberra: DNP, 2-1; 12PA, 1IP

AVG: 0.300

OBP: 0.417

SLG: 0.700

OPS: 1.117

ERA: 9.00

WHIP: 2.000

The Kangaroos took an off day to hone their hitting skills, getting more in 12 PAs than several EFL teams did in twice as many appearances. Eric Haase continued his torrid month (7 homeruns this month), going 2 for 4 with (you guessed it) a homerun. Kyle Tucker added a double, just for fun. James Karinchak uncharacteristically gave up a run in one inning of work. The Roos are now only 1.5 games back of the Drive.

The Brewers did not play two games yesterday, so I think there must have been a data entry error in the standings during yesterday’s update. Thought they got no pitching, they still managed one win through what must have been some stored up PAs. Trea Turner was the only Cheese to get a hit, and he got three of them – two of them home runs.

ERA: 1.17

WHIP: 0.909

An excellent day on the mound erased 3 runs from the Allegheny monthly runs allowed total, most of it due to Frankie Montas who went 6.7 innings, giving up one run and striking out 10. Garrett Hampson’s 0 for 6 with 4 strikeouts really hurt. WIthout him, the team was 3 for 9. 

ERA: 3.86

WHIP: 1.143

The Cascades were so close to overtaking the Alleghenys, but will have to wait another day or two to make their move. Tyler Mahle tossed 6 innings, giving up 3 runs and 4 walks. Keston Hiura hit 2 doubles in 4 trips to the plate. 

 

AVG: 0.227

OBP: 0.357

SLG: 0.364

OPS: 0.721

ERA: 7.20

WHIP: 1.200

A fairly normal day in terms of quantity, it wasn’t enough to move the needle on a day when the Rosebuds did not have a game. Max Kepler stayed hot, with 2 hits in 3 trips to the plate, and his Twins teammate, Ryan Jeffers, added a home run. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AL East
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
Old Detroit Wolverines	62	26	.703	—
Flint Hill Tornadoes	57	31	.651	4.6
Boston Red Sox	54	34	.614	7.9
Tampa Bay Rays	51	36	.586	10.4
Toronto Blue Jays	44	40	.524	15.9
New York Yankees	44	42	.512	16.9
Baltimore Orioles	28	58	.326	32.9

NL East
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
D.C. Balk	55	28	.665	—
Canberra Kangaroos	51	32	.612	4.3
New York Mets	45	38	.542	10.2
Philadelphia Phillies	42	43	.494	14.2
Washington Nationals	42	44	.488	14.7
Atlanta Braves	42	44	.488	14.7
Miami Marlins	38	48	.442	18.7

 

AL Central
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
Chicago White Sox	51	35	.593	—
Pittsburgh Alleghenys	44	42	.514	6.8
Cleveland Indians	43	42	.506	7.5
Bellingham Cascades	43	43	.504	7.7
Detroit Tigers	40	48	.455	12
Minnesota Twins	36	50	.419	15
Kansas City Royals	36	51	.414	15.5

NL Central
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
Milwaukee Brewers	53	36	.596	—
Cottage Cheese	47	42	.530	5.8
Cincinnati Reds	45	42	.517	7
St. Louis Cardinals	43	45	.489	9.5
Chicago Cubs	43	45	.489	9.5
Pittsburgh Pirates	32	54	.372	19.5

 

AL West
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
Kaline Drive	55	33	.622	—
Houston Astros	54	34	.614	0.8
Haviland Dragons	52	36	.590	2.8
Oakland A’s	50	39	.562	5.3
Seattle Mariners	46	42	.523	8.8
Los Angeles Angels	44	42	.512	9.8
Texas Rangers	34	53	.391	20.3

NL West
TEAM	WINS	LOSSES	PCT.	GB
Peshastin Pears	54	32	.629	—
San Francisco Giants	54	32	.628	0.1
Los Angeles Dodgers	54	34	.614	1.1
San Diego Padres	52	38	.578	4.1
Colorado Rockies	38	50	.432	17.1
Portland Rosebuds	36	50	.418	18.1
Arizona Diamondbacks	25	64	.281	30.6