The Brewster

Regular Season, Week 22: August 25-31

Last Week’s Results


8/25: Omaha Cyclones @ Chicago Black Sox - Loss, 6-5.
Cyclones Win at Chicago, 6-5
W: E. Behner (3-0) L: P. Kemp (7-4) S: P. Whitlock (13).
HR - OMA: A. Ly (20), E. Morales (35), W. Estrada (21) CHI: A. Budding (10)


8/26: Chicago Black Sox @ Portland Lumberjacks - Loss, 5-8.
Lumberjacks Top Black Sox, 8-5
W: P. Rocha (4-5) L: P. Jaramillo (11-11) S: V. Venalde (6).
HR - CHI: G. Lee (18), J. Figueroa (12) POR: N. Schipper (6), B. Kim (1)

8/27: Chicago Black Sox @ Portland Lumberjacks - Win, 2-1.
Black Sox Beat Portland, 2-1
W: F. Brinson (3-3) L: V. Venalde (3-5) .
HR - CHI: J. Figueroa (13)

8/28: Chicago Black Sox @ Portland Lumberjacks - Win, 5-4.
Black Sox Edge Lumberjacks, 5-4
W: D. Bates (13-8) L: R. Verhoeve (3-10) S: G. Cordero (1).
HR - CHI: A. Budding (11), H. Hang (20) POR: M. Martínez (25)


8/30: Chicago Black Sox @ Hawaii Tropics - Win, 11-3.
Black Sox Win at Hawaii, 11-3
W: J. Nicto (10-7) L: S. Taub (4-6) S: B. Smith (3).
HR - CHI: R. Wattson (24), R. Clements (7), P. Kemp (5), S. Fradesso (19) HAW: J. Nichols (8)

8/31: Chicago Black Sox @ Hawaii Tropics - Loss, 9-11.
Tropics Down Black Sox, 11-9
W: N. McConnell (7-5) L: G. Cordero (2-4) .
HR - CHI: G. Lee (19), D. Dave (26), T. Durán (15), H. Hang (21) HAW: M. Aguilar, Jr. (26), J. Camacho (7), M. Campbell (31)

Heroes of the Week
Hao Hang, OF/DH: 19 AB, 9 H, 2 HR, 6 RBI, .474 AVG, 1.598 OPS
Grant Lee, OF: 23 AB, 8 H, 2 HR, 6 RBI, .348 AVG, 1.037 OPS
Tomás Durán, 3B: 22 AB, 9 H, 1 HR, 1 RBI, .409 AVG, 1.140 OPS

Zeroes of the Week
Rocky Wattson, 2B: 18 AB, 1 H, 1 HR, 2 RBI, .056 AVG, .449 OPS
Aarnoud Budding, 1B/DH: 18 AB, 2 H, 2 HR, 4 RBI, .167 AVG, .667 OPS
Pepe Jaramillo, SP: 1 GS, 4.2 IP, 1 L, 5 HA, 6 R, 2 BB, 3 K, 11.57 ERA

Notable Injuries of the Week
Catcher Diesel Dave strained a rib cage muscle on 8/30 and will be day-to-day for 4 weeks. Trainers say the injury should have minimal effects on his hitting – although, given that he’s slashing .212/.228/.470, how could we even tell?

Record as of August 31
W-L Record for Week 22: 3-3, .500
Overall Record: 73-64, .533
Position in Frick Heartland Division: In 3rd place, 18.5 games behind Yellow Springs
Position in Frick Wild Card Race: In 3rd place, 0.5 games ahead of Nashville and Hawaii.
StatsPlus Playoff Odds: 46.2 Percent

Hot Take

We can barely summon the interest. Wake us when we’ve missed the playoffs …

The Week Ahead

1 Game at Hawaii

3 Games vs. Seattle at Chicago


2 Games at Louisville