The Tropic News 2043.22
Moderator: Jwalk100
- Jwalk100
- GB: FL Pacific Division Director
- Posts: 3121
- Joined: Sat Jan 11, 2020 9:42 pm
- Has thanked: 1836 times
- Been thanked: 793 times
The Tropic News 2043.22
The Tropics welcome the Madison Wolves for a three game series at Diamond Head.
Game 1- Hawaii SP Niccolo “Notorious” Destefani pitched 6 good innings and CF Ronnie Hubbard and 1B Manuel Aguilar, Jr. each homer. They combined for 6 RBI in leading the Tropics to a series opening win.
Both were 2 for 4 on the day with Aguilar scoring twice and Hubbard crossing the plate once.
Destefani allowed 1 run on 7 hits, a walk and struck out 3 batters. He improved to 10-6 on the season with a 4.01 ERA.
Hawaii wins 7-2.
Game 2- The Tropics overcome 2 errors and use an efficient day from LF Bastiao Fardos to put the Wolves in the kennel. Fardos was 3 for 3 on the day with a homer, 2 singles, a walk, 3 runs scored, an RBI and a stolen base. He is having a breakout season for Hawaii hitting .326 with 23 homers and 59 RBI.
RF Mike Campbell hit a big 3 run homer in the second inning to cut the early Wolves lead to just 5-4.
SP Jesus Gonzalez fought through the errors through 4 1/3 innings. He allowed 5 runs, all unearned, on 7 hits, 3 walks and struck out 3.
RP Norm McConnell pitched the ninth and walked a batter but earned his 23rd save of the season.
McConnell earns another save
Hawaii wins 7-5.
Game 3- The Tropics score 4 runs in the first inning and hold on for a win and a series sweep.
SP Alaric Wullenweber pitched 6 2/3 innings and gave up just 1 run on 4 hits, a walk and struck out 5. He moves to 10-9 with a 3.59 ERA.
RP Luis Torres almost blew another lead after relieving Wullenweber in the seventh. Torres gave up 3 runs on 4 hits over 1 1/3 innings of work. He did strike out 1 batter and barely bridged the gap to Norm McConnell. McConnell recorded his 24th save allowing no runs, no hits, issued 2 walks and struck out 2.
1B Miguel Aguilar, Jr. was 2 for 4 with another homer and a double. He drove in 3 runs and scored 1.
3B Gary Allen was 1 for 4 with a solo homer.
Hawaii wins 5-4.
The Tropics pay a visit to San Fernando for a three game series with the Bears at Chico’s Bail Bonds Field.
Game 1- The Hawaii bullpen blows another late lead and the Bears take the series opener. A team effiort by RP Felipe Lopez, RP Luis Torres and Norm McConnell. Lopez and Torres give up 4 runs in the seventh the McConnell follows with 2 runs allows in the ninth to give the Bears the win.
3B Gary Allen was 2 for 4 with two doubles, a run and 3 RBI.
DH Ernest McBride was 2 for 4 with 2 homers, 2 runs and 3 RBI. McBride has hit 38 bombs and driven in 106 runs while batting .330.
San Fernando wins 8-7.
Game 2- This game turned into a slugfest early by the Bears then late by the Tropics. The Bears eventually holds on the the “W”.
Bastiao Fardos was 2 for 4 with 2 homers, 3 runs and 4 RBI.
Mike Campbell was 1 for 5 with a 3 run homer.
C Ron Shiplack was 1 for 4 with a solo shot.
SP Stephen Taub struggled in this game after a string of good performances, He gave up 6 runs on 10 hits and 3 walks.
Felipe Lopez and Luis Torres added to their woes. Lopez allowed 3 runs over an 1 1/3 and Torres allowed 2 runs in an inning.
San Fernando wins 11-8.
Game 3- The Bears score 3 runs in the sixth, 1 in the seventh and 2 in the eighth to sweep the Tropics.
Mike Campbell hit a 2 run homer and Ernest McBride hit a solo homer.
Nick Destefani allowed 3 runs on 7 hits, 2 walks and streusel out 3 over 5 2/3 innings.
San Fernando wins 6-4 and sweeps the series.
After the game GM Jim Walker said, “We are going to sit down with the coaching staff and work out a bullpen plan going forward. We have some guys with some reverse splits that is extremely out of character.”
Everyone in Hawaii is wondering "WTF is going on?"
Who is online
Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 7 guests