Regular Season Week 5: April 28-May 4
Last Week's Results
4/28: Des Moines Kernels @ Chicago Black Sox - Win, 0-6.
Black Sox Squelch Kernels Offense in Shutout Win
W: A. Moelling (2-1) L: E. Lópes (1-2) .
HR - CHI: G. Lee (4), D. Dave (10)
4/29: Twin Cities River Monsters @ Chicago Black Sox - Loss, 6-2.
Black Sox Lose to River Monsters, 6-2
W: M. Espinoza (1-1) L: L. Gonzáles (2-3) .
HR - TWC: M. Wareham (4), J. Cordero (8), O. Heijnen (5), P. Davenport (2)
4/30: Twin Cities River Monsters @ Chicago Black Sox - Win, 1-5.
Black Sox Knock Off River Monsters, 5-1
W: P. Jaramillo (4-1) L: J. Brown (1-2) S: B. Smith (1).
HR - TWC: J. Bradshaw (2) CHI: R. Wattson (6)
5/1: Twin Cities River Monsters @ Chicago Black Sox - Loss, 2-1.
River Monsters Make Black Sox 2-1 Losers
W: C. Kelly (2-0) L: D. Bates (4-2) S: O. Vega (2).
HR - None
5/2: Twin Cities River Monsters @ Chicago Black Sox - Loss, 4-2.
River Monsters Bridle Black Sox, 4-2
W: M. Espinoza (2-1) L: J. Nicto (2-1) S: J. Cerda (2).
HR - TWC: R. Aragón (4)
5/3: Chicago Black Sox @ Yellow Springs Nine - Loss, 1-3.
Black Sox Lose to Nine, 3-1
W: J. Henson (3-1) L: A. Moelling (2-2) S: C. Phillips (4).
HR - CHI: L. González (1)
5/4: Chicago Black Sox @ Yellow Springs Nine - Loss, 3-5.
Win Makes Yellow Springs 17-13
W: E. Martas (1-0) L: F. Salgado (0-2) S: Á. Hernández (1).
HR - YS9: A. Sediki (4), J. Rodríguez (6), R. Foster (8)
Heroes of the Week
Luis González, 3B: 15 AB, 6 H, 1 HR, 3 RBI, .400 AVG, 1.067 OPS
Hao Hang, OF: 23 AB, 7 H, 0 HR, 3 RBI, .304 AVG, .781 OPS
Pepe Jaramillo, SP: 1 Win, 6.1 IP, 0 BB, 8 K, 1.42 ERA
Bums of the Week
Grant Lee, OF: 26 AB, 4 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, .154 AVG, .454 OPS
Rocky Wattson, 2B: 23 AB, 3 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, .130 AVG, .504 OPS
Luis Gonzáles, SP: 1 Loss, 3.1 IP, 2 BB, 5 K, 16.20 ERA
The Fast and The Furious
SP Luis Gonzáles was suspended for 6 games after he ignited a brawl with a brushback pitch to Yellow Springs OF Ricardo Mendoza on May 4. The Sox are considering their options for replacing Gonzáles, who has been largely ineffective this season, in the rotation.
Record as of May 4
W-L Record for Week 5: 2-5, .286
Overall Record: 15-16, .484
Position in Standings: In 6th Place in the Frick Heartland Division, 6 games behind Louisville.
Hot Take:
Ah, the agony of early season baseball.
All it takes is one lousy week and your fortunes nosedive. One week you’re a couple games over .500, challenging for a wildcard spot without a care in the world, and the next you’ve gone 2-5 and no one even wants to remember that Chicago even has a BBA franchise.
The only couple of things worth noting last week (beyond the team’s general suckitude) were Hao Hang’s slight uptick in production (see Heroes of the Week for specifics) and the BBA commissioner’s office doing the Sox a solid by barring SP Luis Gonzáles from taking the field for the next six days.
Chicago might extend that ban a bit, given that Gonzáles is 2-3 with a 7.83 ERA and a 7.80 FIP on the season. The Sox might use an opener/follower combination of some sort, or throw a start to two-way player Paul Kemp, who’s pitched 12.1 innings in relief so far this year without allowing a run.
Either way, they can’t do worse than Gonzáles.
We could prattle on about this and that, but the Sox hardly seem worth the effort at this point.
So, we’re gonna grab a case of Sun King Wee Mac, kick back, and look forward to football season …
The Week Ahead
1 Game at Yellow Springs
3 Games at Sacramento
2 Games at Valencia