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The Cheddar Chasers | 28 | 8 | 25 | 3 | 0.256 | 0.783 | 5 | 3 | 45 | 2 | 3.44 | 1.2 | 10 |
Ridge Bolts | 25 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 0.254 | 0.754 | 1 | 4 | 37 | 3 | 5.03 | 1.59 | 2 |
We begin with the biggest winners of the week, Matt’s Chasers, who swept the offensive categories to beat the Bolts 10-2, with Joyce and Stubbs doing much of the damage. Romero won twice and posted nine Ks with Colby Lewis. Bell, Marshall, Downs and Chapman took care of holds and saves for the Bolts, who played better than the score would suggest.
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Orpington Isotopes | 22 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 0.225 | 0.629 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 6.49 | 1.62 | 2 |
stevenston angels | 26 | 12 | 33 | 6 | 0.284 | 0.86 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 2 | 3.51 | 1.23 | 9 |
Another offensive sweep saw the Angels give my Isotopes a heavy defeat. Mike Napoli had a five-homer week, single-handedly outproducing my collective slumping offense, while Cueto and the now injured Cliff Lee took ERA and WHIP. Walden picked up the lone save of the matchup and Garza helped me salvage strikeouts.
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Boyd’s Base On Balls | 22 | 4 | 18 | 6 | 0.259 | 0.717 | 4 | 4 | 35 | 1 | 3.13 | 1.34 | 3 |
Weston-Super-Sox | 36 | 6 | 33 | 8 | 0.261 | 0.754 | 1 | 6 | 46 | 0 | 3.76 | 1.25 | 9 |
The third offensive sweep in a row saw the Sox defeated Margaret 9-3, with Cuddyer, Jennings and De Aza the pick of the hitters. Henry Rodriguez, Guerra and Hanrahan combined for six saves and Hanson struck out 11. Verlander, Vargas and Crain helped Margaret’s team take wins, holds and ERA.
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SWAT* | 34 | 8 | 30 | 9 | 0.265 | 0.736 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 2 | 3.97 | 1.38 | 7 |
tavira expats | 27 | 8 | 24 | 3 | 0.257 | 0.733 | 5 | 0 | 54 | 1 | 1.81 | 0.94 | 4 |
SWAT took five out of six offensive categories to defeat Tavira 7-4, thanks to the efforts of Beltran, Bourn, Encarnacion and Doumit. Tavira rebounded by taking four pitching categories, and you have to tip your hat to their manager for the inspired choice of Philip Humber. His perfecto, unsurprisingly, saw the Expats take wins, ERA and WHIP.
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Beck ‘Nams (GB) | 22 | 4 | 21 | 4 | 0.218 | 0.616 | 5 | 4 | 43 | 0 | 2.3 | 1.07 | 4 |
Pretzel Vendors | 22 | 6 | 24 | 3 | 0.257 | 0.771 | 1 | 1 | 44 | 2 | 2.33 | 1.04 | 7 |
The Vendors’ terrific form continues with a 7-4 win against Beck ‘Nams, with Kemp, Sabathai and King Felix the pick of their players. Beck ‘Nams had speed from Aviles, Andrus and Cruz and Veras, Papelbon and Wandy Rodriguez helped take wins, saves and ERA in a matchup which was overall very well pitched.
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BD Yankees | 23 | 5 | 24 | 4 | 0.269 | 0.769 | 3 | 4 | 38 | 2 | 3.06 | 1.3 | 5 |
Richie’s RBI’s | 25 | 9 | 33 | 5 | 0.284 | 0.833 | 6 | 3 | 31 | 1 | 3.61 | 1.35 | 7 |
Guess what? Another offensive sweep. This time Richie’s RBIs benefitted in a tight 7-5 win against the Yankees. Granderson and Cespedes were hot hitters, while Weaver won twice. The Yankees took the five remaining pitching categories thanks to Strasburg, Valverde and Cordero.
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The Wright Stuff | 24 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 0.234 | 0.639 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 3 | 6.38 | 1.39 | 6 |
YD33’s | 20 | 3 | 18 | 3 | 0.264 | 0.784 | 1 | 0 | 34 | 0 | 5.45 | 1.32 | 6 |
A closely-fought matchup saw the Stuff and YD33s draw 6-6. The Stuff had nice weeks from Uggla and McCann with the bat and Peavy and Romo with the ball. Headley and Kennedy were the pic of YD33s’ players.
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NE Riverkings | 16 | 4 | 25 | 4 | 0.241 | 0.652 | 5 | 1 | 50 | 3 | 1.69 | 0.97 | 6 |
Pontypridd Pirates | 28 | 8 | 28 | 3 | 0.305 | 0.863 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 0 | 2.84 | 1.06 | 6 |
The Riverkings and Pirates finished all square as the nautical matchup featured a lot of great pitching. Five different pitchers won games for the Riverkings, with Haren and Worley each striking out 11. The Pirates had the better offense thanks to Hamilton and Morneau.
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Bonestalkers | 18 | 2 | 24 | 4 | 0.239 | 0.636 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 4 | 2.72 | 1.02 | 5 |
Chatham Anglers | 24 | 3 | 18 | 4 | 0.3 | 0.751 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 2 | 4.05 | 1.35 | 5 |
There was nothing to separate Bonestalkers and the Anglers. Luebke and Beachy pitched excellently for Bonestalkers, while Jansen had three holds. Miguel Cabrera, Starlin Castro and Ethier had nice weeks with the bat and four different pitchers picked up wins.
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Iron Men | 28 | 5 | 23 | 4 | 0.267 | 0.73 | 1 | 0 | 51 | 1 | 3.42 | 1.23 | 5 |
daebhid2 | 18 | 6 | 20 | 3 | 0.292 | 0.803 | 4 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 2.25 | 1.25 | 5 |
The final matchup also ended 5-5 as Iron Men took on daebhid2. Furcal, Victorino and Ortiz had nice weeks with the bat for Iron Men and Gallardo and Duffy racked up the strikeouts. Daebhid2 had offense from Teixeira and Michael Young and four different pitchers won games.
17th after 3 weeks. Not the best of starts!
It’s a long season with many a twist and turn to come, as I’ll no doubt come to lament as my positive start goes by the wayside again!