2009 Storm Watch: July Review

[Manny]

August 1, 2009 - July is over and thank god for that. The Storm go a dismal 7-18 in July to drop to 41-67, 29 games back of the division lead. Scoring a measly 88 runs agaisnt the astronomical 166 allowed...yes you read that right. With the trade dealine now gone, Manny has done all the work he's going to do and it's obvious that this team is rebuilding. Their offense has slowed down as they've dropped down to 4th in the FL but that's still a great achievement but the pitching has only gotten worse ranking dead last across the board. Hopefully some nice free agents will be available to help bolster the rotation and bullpen.


Hitter of the month: 3B - Trey Williams

Our 23 year old sophmore had a great July ripping up the league with .967 OPS with 2 home runs and 11 RBI. He hit .367 for the month highlighted with his July 28th performance agaisnt Calgary where he went 4 for 5 with 3 doubles. He's quickly making a case for himself to be the face of the Franchise.

Pitcher of the Month: CL - Gerrit Strijk

Our closer wasn't all that busy this month....again as Seattle is so rarely in the lead and in close games so Strijk appeared in only 9 games and 8.1 innings but struck out 6 and had an ERA of 3.24 which is amazing looking at the 166 runs allowed by this squad.

Minor League Player of the Month: CL - Tomas Roman

When can Tomas jump up to join the Storm as they need pitchers like him now!! He tore up the RHML in July appearing in 14 games going 12.2 innings and striking out an amazing 22 people while walking none!! He also didnt allow and earned run the whole month, please please please call this guy up now Manny!!

[agrudez]

Roman gave up 1 R in July on a HR, but has 0 ER? How do you get an error HR? Haha...

[agrudez]

Hahahahaha... that half inning was so messed up:

"
Now in LF: Cooper White
Batting: LHB Alfredo Salazar 0-0: Reached on Error, E7 (Flyball, 7D)
Batting: RHB Nick Bullock 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Ball
2-1: SINGLE (Line Drive, 6MD)
Alfredo Salazar to third
Runner from 3rd tries for Home, SAFE, throw made home
Batting: RHB Carlos Enríquez 0-0: Ball
1-0: DOUBLE (Line Drive, 7LD)
Nick Bullock to third
Batting: LHB Billy Washington 0-0: Ball
1-0: Called Strike
1-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Foul Ball, location: 2F
1-2: Reached on Error, E7 (Flyball, 7S)
Nick Bullock scores
Carlos Enríquez to third
Batting: LHB Thad Douglas 0-0: Ball
1-0: Ball
2-0: Ball
3-0: Called Strike
3-1: Called Strike
3-2: SINGLE (Flyball, 8RS)
Carlos Enríquez scores
Billy Washington to second
Pitching: RHP Chris Collier
Batting: RHB Filiberto Manfredi 0-0: Ball
Wild Pitch!
Billy Washington to third
Thad Douglas to second
1-0: Ground out 4-3 (Groundball, 4)
Billy Washington scores
Thad Douglas to third
Batting: RHB Jeremy Kline 0-0: Fly out, F8 (Flyball, 8LXD)
Runner from 3rd tags up, SCORES, no throw
Pitching: LHP Tomás Román
Batting: RHB Curt Chapman 0-0: SOLO HOME RUN (Flyball, 7D), Distance : 375 ft
Batting: RHB Tom West 0-0: Called Strike
0-1: Ball
1-1: Ball
2-1: Foul Ball, location: 2F
2-2: Ground out 5-3 (Groundball, 56)
Bottom of the 9th over - 6 run(s), 4 hit(s), 2 error(s), 0 left on base; Kalamazoo 13 - Saint Paul 11
"

From what I can tell, Saint Paul only got 1 out in the inning because it ended after Roman's coaxed grount out to Tom West... anyone else find any outs in the inning? Kalamazoo ended up winning, so that wouldn't explain why the game ended either. It MUST have something to do with all the errors in the inning (3 by my count - 2 to reach base and 1 wild pitch). That must be why Roman's HR given up didn't count as an ER, either... the system must have counted 3 errors (even though 1 was a wild pitch) and considered the inning not subject to ER anymore... and the 2 reach by base erros must have somehow gotten considered as outs so that the first out could then equate to the 3rd.

Wow, finding an OOTP bug is like picking a needle out of a haystack, but it is pretty fun when you find one (and can see the aftermath)!

[trmmilwwi]

Who's on first?!

[felipe]

Manfredi ground out (4)
Kline flyout (8LXD)
West groundout (56)

I count three outs...