On a night when the man who hit the biggest home run in Spirit history returned to the fold, Josue Lopez picked up a big, clutch homer of his own, sending a two-run blast deep into the night in the 9th to give the Spirit a 6-4 victory over the New Jersey Jackals.
Derek Drage picked up another heart-attack save, putting on the first two men before escaping the jam with the help of a huge strike 'em out, throw 'em out double play when Dustin Yount whiffed. He got Joe Mihalics to pop out to (who else?) Nilson Teilon to end game 1 of a 4-game set that could very well be a preview of the championship series in a few weeks.
Joey Siak got the start for the Spirit. He pitched five decent innings, giving up three runs, and earned a no-decision.
The Spirit gave Joey an early lead off of Isaak Pavlik, putting up a 3-spot in the 2nd inning. Teilon (woo!) walked and came around to score on an RBI groundout by Josue Lopez. After Jerson Perez reached, John Welch hit his 3rd home run in the last 5 games, increasing the lead to 3-0.
With the score 3-1 in the 4th, Josue Lopez got another RBI on a fielder's choice - his 2nd RBI of the night.
From there, the Jackals began to claw back. They chased Joey Siak by putting a pair of runs up in the bottom of the 5th when Clay Kuklick got an RBI triple and Joe Mihalics brought him home with a single to center.
Brandon Martin came in to pitch the 6th and didn't get off to the best start, giving up an RBI double to Wilton Veras to tie the game. He was aided by some poor baserunning, though, as Veras ran into the second out of the inning trying to stretch his hit into a triple. The next man popped up to end the inning.
Martin settled down after that, keeping the Jackals quiet through the 7th and 8th and setting the stage for Josue Lopez's blast off of losing pitcher (and former Elmira legend) Kyle George in the 9th.
W) Martin
L) George
SV) Drage
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The Spirit have signed pitcher Luis Arroyo, who made the All-Star team in the United League this year pitching for the Laredo Broncos.
18 starts
8-4
3.55 ERA
4 CG
124.1 IP
126 H
58 R/49 ER
128 K/63 BB
.259 avg against
Not bad at all, but who knows how these numbers translate.
He has 3 years of experience in the Atlantic League from 2002-2004.
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I'll be tracking the big 'magic numbers' on the left-hand side of the blog.
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Monday, August 20, 2007
14 to go: Spirit @ Jackals, 8/20
For old time's sake, let's do a game thread, with all postings here in comments instead of going to the chat room.
Scoreboard
FINAL - Spirit 6, Jackals 4
Other games impacting the playoff race:
Brockton Rox 6 @ Quebec Capitales 3, 8th
Atlantic City Surf 6 @ Worcester Tornadoes 6, 8th
New Haven County Cutters 1 @ Sussex Skyhawks 2, 8th
Boston Red Sox 6 @ Tampa Bay Devil Rays 0, FINAL
New York Yankees @ Anaheim Angels, 10:05 PM
Game Notes:
6:30 PM>
According to the league site, the starters are: DENNIS ROBINSON (4-4) VS ISAAC PAVLIK (7-5).
But if D-Rob really is gone, someone else will be starting. Stay tuned.
OK, let's go.
7 PM>
AHH Nilson Teilon is in the lineup!!! And the Spirit have added a pitcher, Luis Arroyo, who has 3 years of Atlantic League experience and was a United League all star this year. He'll be pitching Wednesday.
Scoreboard
FINAL - Spirit 6, Jackals 4
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0 |
| NJJ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
Other games impacting the playoff race:
Brockton Rox 6 @ Quebec Capitales 3, 8th
Atlantic City Surf 6 @ Worcester Tornadoes 6, 8th
New Haven County Cutters 1 @ Sussex Skyhawks 2, 8th
Boston Red Sox 6 @ Tampa Bay Devil Rays 0, FINAL
New York Yankees @ Anaheim Angels, 10:05 PM
Game Notes:
6:30 PM>
According to the league site, the starters are: DENNIS ROBINSON (4-4) VS ISAAC PAVLIK (7-5).
But if D-Rob really is gone, someone else will be starting. Stay tuned.
| Tonight's Pitching Matchups | ||
|---|---|---|
| ATLANTIC CITY AT WORCESTER | J.C. HUGUET (6-5) VS ALEX PENA (4-5) | |
| NEW HAVEN COUNTY AT SUSSEX | ROLANDO VALLES (4-5) VS JAMIE MERCHANT (2-1) | |
| BROCKTON AT QUEBEC | BRYAN MORSE (2-3) VS MICHEL SIMARD (8-7) | |
| NORTH SHORE AT NEW JERSEY | DENNIS ROBINSON (4-4) VS ISAAC PAVLIK (7-5) | |
| NASHUA AT GRAYS | HIDEKI NAGASAKA (8-1) VS ELLIOTT SHAW (6-7) | |
OK, let's go.
7 PM>
AHH Nilson Teilon is in the lineup!!! And the Spirit have added a pitcher, Luis Arroyo, who has 3 years of Atlantic League experience and was a United League all star this year. He'll be pitching Wednesday.
Friday, August 10, 2007
Spirit Swept By Rox In DH ; Onwards To Sussex!
Tonight Joe won't make it back till late--so he asked me to do the update tonight.
So here it goes:
FIRST OFF: I want to state that Josue finally got hte recognition he deserves....as he and Joey Siak recieved Player of the Month honors from the Spirit. Congrats on continuing to pitch great Joey and it's nice to know Josue was recognised for a month in which he proved why we should start the official "I ♥ Josue" fan cluib. ^_^
Back to buisness.....
For starters: I want Morse back. :'-[
He was a good guy (from what we saw,at least) and is STILL a damn good pitcher. We were on a 5-game winnign streak going into today,and he derailed us......he is still an awesome pitcher in my opinion.....but too bad we traded him. =[
ANYWAYS--In game one former Spirit Bryan Morse went aginst current Spirit Matt Bishop as the Rox came up to Lynn to finish their weirdly-scheduled series against us. Both pitchers were brilliant in this game,but Morse proved that he is still one of the best pitchers in this league as he went the distance in the 1-0 shutout victory for the Rox.
It was vinatge Morse out there for Brockton. He went the complete game for the Rox pitching a one-hit shutout for the Rox. The Sprit would only come close to scoring once in the 7th. After two straight outs and a Torres walk Luis Lopez came up. He hit a deep ball out to right center......and we all thought it was gone as Brockton CF Matt Maloney chased it down. Then we saw him jump up and reach his glove out......AND ROB LOPEZ OF A 2-RUN BLAST! That was the closest the Spirit came all night....and it was shot down with an amazing catch by the Center feidler.
Bishop only allowed (including last night) 8 hits the entire game to Brockton while striking out 4 and walking 4. Even though Brockton got runners on they didn;t get past second until the 9th. In that inning Matt Maloney,with one out,got a single. That was the end of bishop's night and the start of Derek Drage's. Drago came in and Maloney stole a base, and Andre Alvarado followed that with an rbi single to right. But some bad baserunning lead to a 9/2/4 out. Then Lee Rubin poped up to end the 9th for the Rox.
As you can tell,it was a pretty good pitcher's duel....but in the end only one could prevail,and it's the one we all thought would in this situation.
Now onto game 2:
This game sped by quick,lasting only 1 hour,42 minutes. Game 2 featured former Rox Gary Galvez going against current Rox Mike McTamney. This one wasn't really a pitcher's duel,but the Spirit were still held to little offense as the Rox went on to win 3-1 in this 7-innign affair.
Mike McTamney also went the distance for Brockton,throwing a complete game and allowing only 1 run on 5 hits. The Spirit got their onyl run on an Alex Trezza homer in the 2nd,his 9th of the year. the Spirit got close again the next innign with runners on 2nd and 3r and Trezza up again,but he couldn't come through again-strikign out to end the inning and any threat of scoring from the Spirit.
Galvez almost went the distance for the Spirit,going 6 2/3 innings,but didn't pitch well enough afor a win. In that time he gave up 3 runs on 4 hits while strikign out 5 and walking 3. The Rox got on the board first in the 2nd. The first two batters got on via a walk and getting hit,then Maloney came up and once again helped his team--hitting a three-run bomb,his 2nd of the year,to put the Rox up 3-0. The 7th would be the closest they would come to scoring again,as Julio Soriano c ame in to relieve Galvez in the 7th with runners on 2nd and 3rd to strike out Rubin to end the Rox 7th,and any more scoring.
I also want to add i saw quite a few DeVries Jrs out there today. Not much hustle today.....I felt like chanting run it out a few tiems today. We need a hustle coach--maybe BJ? XD
But,in the end the Spirit came out scoring only 1 hit in 16 innings of baseball on 6 hits,and 2 straight loses.
Now the Spirit move on to a 3-game series in Augusta,NJ aggainst the suckit Skyhawks. This should be an easy couple of wins for us,so let's hope that we can keep up what we've been doing and also cheer them on during this final couple of weeks.
NOW,here's a treat for you all....a post-game wrap-up featuring Joe & Jonathan....
SCORES FROM TONIGHT:
Worcester 4, New Jersey 3
New Haven County 6, Grays 4
Atlantic City 6, Quebec 5
So here it goes:
FIRST OFF: I want to state that Josue finally got hte recognition he deserves....as he and Joey Siak recieved Player of the Month honors from the Spirit. Congrats on continuing to pitch great Joey and it's nice to know Josue was recognised for a month in which he proved why we should start the official "I ♥ Josue" fan cluib. ^_^
Back to buisness.....
For starters: I want Morse back. :'-[
He was a good guy (from what we saw,at least) and is STILL a damn good pitcher. We were on a 5-game winnign streak going into today,and he derailed us......he is still an awesome pitcher in my opinion.....but too bad we traded him. =[
ANYWAYS--In game one former Spirit Bryan Morse went aginst current Spirit Matt Bishop as the Rox came up to Lynn to finish their weirdly-scheduled series against us. Both pitchers were brilliant in this game,but Morse proved that he is still one of the best pitchers in this league as he went the distance in the 1-0 shutout victory for the Rox.
It was vinatge Morse out there for Brockton. He went the complete game for the Rox pitching a one-hit shutout for the Rox. The Sprit would only come close to scoring once in the 7th. After two straight outs and a Torres walk Luis Lopez came up. He hit a deep ball out to right center......and we all thought it was gone as Brockton CF Matt Maloney chased it down. Then we saw him jump up and reach his glove out......AND ROB LOPEZ OF A 2-RUN BLAST! That was the closest the Spirit came all night....and it was shot down with an amazing catch by the Center feidler.
Bishop only allowed (including last night) 8 hits the entire game to Brockton while striking out 4 and walking 4. Even though Brockton got runners on they didn;t get past second until the 9th. In that inning Matt Maloney,with one out,got a single. That was the end of bishop's night and the start of Derek Drage's. Drago came in and Maloney stole a base, and Andre Alvarado followed that with an rbi single to right. But some bad baserunning lead to a 9/2/4 out. Then Lee Rubin poped up to end the 9th for the Rox.
As you can tell,it was a pretty good pitcher's duel....but in the end only one could prevail,and it's the one we all thought would in this situation.
Now onto game 2:
This game sped by quick,lasting only 1 hour,42 minutes. Game 2 featured former Rox Gary Galvez going against current Rox Mike McTamney. This one wasn't really a pitcher's duel,but the Spirit were still held to little offense as the Rox went on to win 3-1 in this 7-innign affair.
Mike McTamney also went the distance for Brockton,throwing a complete game and allowing only 1 run on 5 hits. The Spirit got their onyl run on an Alex Trezza homer in the 2nd,his 9th of the year. the Spirit got close again the next innign with runners on 2nd and 3r and Trezza up again,but he couldn't come through again-strikign out to end the inning and any threat of scoring from the Spirit.
Galvez almost went the distance for the Spirit,going 6 2/3 innings,but didn't pitch well enough afor a win. In that time he gave up 3 runs on 4 hits while strikign out 5 and walking 3. The Rox got on the board first in the 2nd. The first two batters got on via a walk and getting hit,then Maloney came up and once again helped his team--hitting a three-run bomb,his 2nd of the year,to put the Rox up 3-0. The 7th would be the closest they would come to scoring again,as Julio Soriano c ame in to relieve Galvez in the 7th with runners on 2nd and 3rd to strike out Rubin to end the Rox 7th,and any more scoring.
I also want to add i saw quite a few DeVries Jrs out there today. Not much hustle today.....I felt like chanting run it out a few tiems today. We need a hustle coach--maybe BJ? XD
But,in the end the Spirit came out scoring only 1 hit in 16 innings of baseball on 6 hits,and 2 straight loses.
Now the Spirit move on to a 3-game series in Augusta,NJ aggainst the suckit Skyhawks. This should be an easy couple of wins for us,so let's hope that we can keep up what we've been doing and also cheer them on during this final couple of weeks.
NOW,here's a treat for you all....a post-game wrap-up featuring Joe & Jonathan....
SCORES FROM TONIGHT:
Worcester 4, New Jersey 3
New Haven County 6, Grays 4
Atlantic City 6, Quebec 5
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Spirit @ Brockton Video from Saturday Trip
Here is a video of pics/vids I took on the road trip Eric,Joe,Amanda,Alan & I took on Saturday to Brockton.
Warning,it's a little long......but this game was awesome! ^_^
Warning,it's a little long......but this game was awesome! ^_^
Monday, July 16, 2007
Saturday, July 14, 2007
Mea Culpa
That just brings a tear to my eye......
The Spirit pounded Brockton tonight, 14-3, and Josue Lopez had quite possibly the best game any Spirit positon player has ever had. He went 5-FOR-5 with a triple (Dave thankfully has video of this amazing feat), a double, and three singles. Truly unbelievable. Ever since Leahy compared him to Mo Vaughn, he's got 7 hits... so keep it up. Jo-sue might actually be turning it around - which would be huge! WOOOO!
Our thoughts on tonight's MVP:
In addition, Vic returned. North Shore improved to 4-0 with Vic Davilla in the lineup, although Vic did go just 1-4 with a cheap hit in the 9th. I really hope he stays permanently this time.
For the record, WE CALLED IT TONIGHT!! hahahahahaha....
Post game reactions in the car:
Chris Farley didn't have his best stuff tonight, giving up 8 hits in 6 innings, but in a very unSpirit like fashion, North Shore escaped a lot of jams tonight AND were opportunistic at the plate --- and won the game by 11 despite only having 1 more hit than the Rox. When has THAT happened this year?
Gary Galvez was cruising along for Brockton until the 3rd, when Tony Gonzalez dropped a routine fly ball into right by Luis Lopez. That opened the floodgates for the Spirit, leading to an 2RBI double for Josue "MY MAN" Lopez with 2 outs to open the scoring. Jerson Perez added another RBI to make it 3-0.
A job very well done....
In the bottom of the 4th, Gonzalez atoned for his error with a solo blast to right to make it 3-1, but it was as close as Brockton would get.
The rest of the game was a hit parade:
Torres RBI single in the 5th off of Galvez...4-1
Luis Lopez RBI single in the 6th off of Galvez...5-1
Top 6: Josue Lopez scores on a DOUBLE STEAL off of Luis Carreras...6-1
Top 8: Josue Lopez legs out an RBI TRIPLE...7-1
Stevens then came in for Brockton in the 9th and the wheels really fell off:
Luis Lopez brings in two on an E-6 by de La Cruz...9-2
Josue Lopez makes it 5-for-5 with a ribbie single...10-2
BJ Weed with 2RBI single...12-2
The Rox put in right fielder Tony Gonzalez to pitch... he walked Chris Wood and Mike Torres with the bases loaded to make it 14-2.
Yes... Fun IS Good....
Jamie Baker, Donny Langdon and Derek Drage combined to pitch the last three for the Spirit. They were all a bit shaky, but got the job done.
I think everyone can agree with this one.
Hey, at least the Rox had a FEW things to cheer about:
Vic didn't have a very good night...
And Sumo Wrestling always keep the patrons happy. I think the idiot in the red is Chris Miyake. It WOULD sum up his night... :)
Superman, Spirit style........QUOTE OF THE NIGHT:
"It's all fun and games until you [opens the fan scroll] CATCH THE SPIRIT!" -Eric Roberts
Also, I want to add that I called in to the Rox postgame show after the game. First and foremost, the Rox postgame show is GREAT. Why can't we do stuff like that?
The host is awesome, as well - and we had a nice chat. I avoided 'rubbing it in' as best as I could. ;)
At the end, he said that he knows that the Spirit fans have a blog... and that broadcasters around the league read it and pick up valuable information on the Spirit. He also greatly complimented the diehard Spirit fans out there -- we were all over Campanelli tonight.
So, Can-Am broadcasters...thanks for reading... and you're welcome. :)
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