Week 6, May 5-11
Last Week’s Results
5/5: Twin Cities River Monsters @ Chicago Black Sox - Loss, 6-1.
River Monsters Win at Chicago, 6-1
W: J. Valdés (4-2) L: D. Bates (2-4) S: J. Cerda (5).
HR - TWC: H. Curtis (3), J. Benavidez (4), P. Davenport (5)
5/7: Chicago Black Sox @ Seattle Storm - Loss, 3-4.
Storm Drop Black Sox, 4-3
W: J. Ramos (4-0) L: G. Sosa (0-2) .
HR - CHI: A. Budding (5) SEA: J. Bolen (2)
5/8: Chicago Black Sox @ Seattle Storm - Loss, 10-11.
Storm Edge Past Black Sox, 11-10
W: J. Ramos (5-0) L: F. Brinson (1-1) .
HR - CHI: T. Durán (7), A. Budding (6), S. Fradesso (5) SEA: A. Penharanda (8), L. Mao (5), J. Bolen 2 (4), A. Angosisye 2 (7)
5/9: Chicago Black Sox @ Seattle Storm - Loss, 1-2.
Storm Edge Black Sox, 2-1
W: K. Walter (4-1) L: J. McClain (3-2) S: J. Perkins (13).
HR - CHI: A. Budding (7)
5/10: San Fernando Bears @ Chicago Black Sox - Win, 3-5.
Chicago Topples San Fernando, 5-3
W: A. Moelling (3-3) L: K. Nishikawa (2-3) S: G. Sosa (11).
HR - SFB: A. Ramírez (9), Q. Richardson (9) CHI: D. Dave (12), S. Fradesso (6)
5/11: San Fernando Bears @ Chicago Black Sox - Loss, 11-4.
Bears Win at Chicago, 11-4
W: J. Cook (1-1) L: D. Bates (2-5) S: O. Oyama (1).
HR - SFB: L. Palácios (11), C. Dickens (7) CHI: D. Dave (13), A. Budding (8)
Heroes of the Week
Aarnoud Budding, 1B: 19 AB, 5 H, 4 HR, 5 RBI, .263 AVG, 1.228 OPS
Diesel Dave, C: 21 AB, 6 H, 2 HR, 7 RBI, .286 AVG, .890 OPS
Tomás Durán, 3B: 20 AB, 6 H, 1 HR, 5 RBI, .300 AVG, .883 OPS
How Things Stand
W-L Record for Week 6: 1-5, .167
Overall Record: 16-21, .432
Position in Standings: In 6th place in the Frick Heartland Division, 10 games behind Yellow Springs.
Run Differential: -21
Team Hitting
AVG: .237, 13th in FL
OBP: .296, 14th in FL
SLG: .430, 11th in FL
Runs Scored: 159, 9th in FL
Team Pitching
Staff ERA: 4.14, 7th in FL
Starters’ ERA: 4.35, 8th in FL
Bullpen ERA: 3.77, 8th in FL
Runs Allowed: 180, 11th in FL
Hitting Leaders
AVG: Tomás Durán, 3B, .324
OBP: Tomás Durán, 3B, .385
HR: Diesel Dave, C, 13
RBI: Diesel Dave, C, 29
WAR: Rocky Wattson, 2B: 1.7
RC/27: Rocky Wattson, 2B: 8.75
Pitching Leaders
Wins: 3 tied with 3
Saves: Gilberto Sosa, 11
ERA: Pancho Germán, 2.97
K’s: Amayas Moelling, 36
K/BB: Romeu Tameiro, 2.40
WAR: Amayas Moelling, 0.9
Hot Take
Let’s see … a couple of winning weeks in a row … almost back to .500 … losing streak due …
Yep! Right on time: 1-5.
The Sox never could stand prosperity, and this season is no different than any other.
It doesn’t really take a genius to see what’s up with them: the offense is horrendous, even by the generous grading curve we usually accord Chicago offenses. Part of the issue is that Hao Hang’s sophomore slump has extended more than a month into his junior year, so management punched his ticket this morning for a stint in AAA Carolina to see if he can work things out.
Carolina’s new hitting coach – Alex Dominguez – supposedly has “big talent” in that area, so we’ll see how he does with the drooping Hang.
So to speak.
The other issue is that the two rookie starters, despite tantalizing flashes of talent here and there, are pitching exactly like rookie starters. Sox fans are going to need to be a little patient and give Romeu Tameiro and John McClain a year to settle in, it looks like.
Worse things have happened.
Like the Sox offense, for instance ...
We kid. We kid. We kid because with loathe …
The Week Ahead
1 Game vs San Fernando at Chicago
4 Games at Nashville
2 Games at Yellow Springs (Them again? Yikes!)
