week 4

More coming...

Tampa struggled in week 4 going 2-4 including being swept by the scummy evil cruel heartless child-raping orioles. This loss was incredibly dishearting because going into the 3 game series, tampa was in first in the division and ended in second. Tampa has no more comments because they are to disappointed. No more questions. Looking forward to getting far away from this week.

Seattle had a sucessful week going 5-1 led by veteran DH Nomar Garciaparra who hit .414 with 1 double 2 triples and 1 home run, driving in 7 while scoring 6 times himself. Closer Jose Capellan finally got going recording 4 saves in 4 oportunities. Other notables were Chipper Jones' 3 for 5 3 HR 7 RBI game against the Angels, and Mat Cain's 7 2/3 innings of shutout ball prior to a flareup of shoulder tendinitis which is going to shut him down for a week.

Well, a rough start to the week with 2 losses at home to the surprising Blue Jays, but as TB indicated it ended well for the Orioles. Williams and Lester both struggled in the 2 losses, but there were 2 bright spots... 1st was future star Eric Hurley pitching 5 innings of 1 run ball. Hurley will be going back to AAA, but left the Orioles fan excited about his future with the team. 2nd was 2b Ruben Gotay going 6-8 with 2HR and 4 RBIs in the two losses. Orioles bounced back in game 3 to win 8-1 behind another solid 8IP by Livan Hernandez, who gave up 1 run.

This was followed by a 3 game sweep of TB, putting the Orioles in 1st place at weeks end. The first game saw a 4-1 lead blown in the bottom of the 7th as TB scored 3 to tie things up. The Orioles bounced back though outscoring TB 5-2 in the last two innings. Gotay hit his 3rd HR of the week in this game. In game two the Devil Rays tied things up in the bottom of the ninth by scoring a run off of Orioles closer Chris Britton. The Orioles put up the winning three runs in the 11th. Lopez led things off with a single, and eventually stole 2nd. Nixon singled him home, and came home himself on a HR by Renteria. Jon Lester wrapped up the sweep by getting the win against TB ace Jeremy Bonderman, with the final score being 5-3..

Another tough week for the Brewers, started with getting swept by the Cubs in three games that wern't even close. We did end the week with some better home performances against the Reds taking 2 out of the 3 games.
Felix PIE's 2 HR for the week was some what of a highlight.
The low light was Pitcher Joe Lindgren on the DL further weakening out rotation. He is 0-3 with a 10.02 ERA, so that may be a blessing actually.

cubfan131 wrote:

Overall a pretty good week for the Cubs as they went 4-2 sweeping the Brewers and handing the Giants their 2nd loss of the year. The hitting continues as they are averaging more then 2 HRs per game. How long can they keep it up?

this was with the game file, so thought I'd copy and paste it here.

Struggles Continue for Pirates

May 2, 2010

PITTSBURGH, PA. (AP) - Frustration begins to mount as the Pittsburgh Pirates experienced yet another tough week. After losing all three games to the Reds and two out of three against the Astros, they finished their road trip with a 1-8 record, and a dismal 5-19 on the year so far.

Adding insult to injury, they also lost starting pitcher Wilfredo Ledezma to an ankle stress fracture resulting from a close play at first base. Scrambling to cover first on a ball hit to the first baseman, Wilfredo awkwardly stepped on the bag and ended up injuring his ankle. He continued to pitch until he was later taken out for his ineffective pitching. After the game, he was evaluated by the team's medical staff and it was concluded that he suffered a mild stress fracture in his right ankle.

"It's a big blow to the team," the team's manager said. "When you lose a solid pitcher like Ledezma to an unfortunate injury, it puts a sour taste in your mouth."

The team continues to struggle to cook up a winning recipe, but you can be sure that the young and risky GM is looking for the right ingredients.

"I'm definitely looking for help," Andrew Lizon, the Pirates' General Manager said. "Whether it comes from free agency or from a trade, we'll find what we need."

The last place Pirates finally head back home to face off against the St. Louis Cardinals for a three game set, then the San Diego Padres come into town on Friday for three games.