Results for Week 5: April 28 - May 4
4/28: Chicago Black Sox @ Des Moines Kernels - Win, 9-3.
Des Moines Roughed Up By Black Sox
W: A. Moelling (2-2) L: T. Karnes (1-4) .
HR - CHI: G. Lee (1), T. Durán 2 (6), R. Wattson (8) DM: L. Barrera (5)
4/30: Madison Wolves @ Chicago Black Sox - Win, 1-3.
Wolves Lose, 3-1, at Black Sox Park
W: F. Salgado (1-0) L: E. Likiliki (2-3) S: G. Sosa (10).
HR - CHI: D. Dave (10), H. Hang (3)
5/1: Madison Wolves @ Chicago Black Sox - Loss, 11-6.
Madison Gets 11-6 Win
W: L. Solís (2-0) L: P. Germán (3-2) S: J. Herrera (2).
HR - CHI: D. Dave (11), A. Budding (4), H. Hang (4)
5/2: Madison Wolves @ Chicago Black Sox - Win, 2-6.
Wolves Lose to Black Sox, 6-2
W: R. Tameiro (2-0) L: Y. Miyamoto (2-3) .
HR – None
5/3: Twin Cities River Monsters @ Chicago Black Sox - Win, 3-8.
Black Sox Roll to 8-3 Win Over River Monsters
W: J. McClain (3-1) L: J. Brown (0-2) .
HR – None
5/4: Twin Cities River Monsters @ Chicago Black Sox - Loss, 8-4.
Black Sox Stumble, Lose to River Monsters
W: H. Amaral (2-1) L: A. Moelling (2-3) S: J. Cerda (4).
HR - CHI: R. Clements (3), S. Fradesso (4)
Heroes of the Week
Tomás Durán, 3B: 22 AB, 11 H, 2 HR, 4 RBI, .500 AVG, 1.476 OPS
Rocky Wattson, 2B: 20 AB, 6 H, 1 HR, 4 RBI, .300 AVG, 1.040 OPS
Francsco Salgado, RP: 1 Win, 5.0 IP, 0 BB, 10 K, 0.00 ERA
How Things Stand
W-L Record for Week 5: 4-2, .667
Overall Record: 15-16, .484
Position in Standings: In 5th Place in the Frick Heartland Division, 7 games behind Yellow Springs.
Run Differential: -8
Team Hitting
AVG: .242, 11th in FL
OBP: .299, 12th in FL
SLG: .441, 8th in FL
Runs Scored: 135, 9th in FL
Team Pitching
Staff ERA: 3.78, 7th in FL
Starters’ ERA: 4.09, 8th in FL
Bullpen ERA: 3.21, 6th in FL
Runs Allowed: 143, tied for 10th in FL
Hitting Leaders
AVG: Tomás Durán, 3B: .330
OBP: Tomás Durán, 3B: .396
HR: Diesel Dave, C: 11
RBI: Diesel Dave, C: 22
WAR: Rocky Wattson, 2B: 1.6
RC/27: Tomás Durán, 3B: 9.38
Pitching Leaders
Wins: Pancho Germán and John McClain: 3
Saves: Gilberto Sosa: 10
ERA: David Bates: 2.65
K’s: Amayas Moelling: 34
K/BB: Romeu Tameiro: 3.14
WAR: Amayas Moelling: 1.0
Hot Take
Way to come up small, boys.
The Sox have been slowly clawing their way back towards .500 after their disastrous 0-6 in Week 2, and were poised to poke their heads into the heady atmosphere of winning baseball this week.
All they had to do was take the last game of the week. They were at home facing Twin Cities with their Ace, Amayas Moelling, on the mound.
Lookin’ good, right?
Uh … wrong.
Instead of stepping into the moment, Moelling stumbled … not terribly … but he didn’t exactly dominate, either: 3 runs (2 earned) in 6.0 IP, 3 walks, 3 Ks. Then usually-reliable Paul Kemp came on in relief … and gave up 4 hits and 2 runs in 2 IP. Then on came closer Gilberto Sosa … inexplicably, in a non-save situation … and he yielded 3 runs on 2 hits in 1 IP.
When the dust cleared, Twin Cities had batted the Sox around like a cheap River Monster toy and taken the game 8-4.
So, the Sox had to settle for a 4-2 week and enter May with a sub-.500 record.
Like we said before: way to come up small, boys.
The Week Ahead
1 Game vs Twin Cities at Chicago
3 Games at Seattle
2 Games vs San Fernando at Chicago
