The Reno Aces have began the 2010 TBA campaign as expected with an 11-20 mark early in the season. The offense is performing as expected and the pitching is performing woefully as expected. Reno picked up potential future aces in the 2010 entry draft in Mat Latos and Brian Matusz. Both were hit hard in their first starts of the season but Matusz came back with a stellar performance in his second start. On offense, David Wright is ignoring his Strat card and performing at pre 2010 levels as he has 7 homers in his first 120 at bats.
The outlook for beyond 2010 for this team offensively looks fantastic, the pitching is still a little suspect going forward though. The good news is that there should be plenty of ammunition to trade for some solid starters.
The Good News:
Jayson Werth, recently picked up, has 15 doubles and 5 homeruns in real life. He is batting about .350 currently as well. David Wright has returned to form with a solid .280 batting average and 7 homeruns. His strikeout ratio is still troublesome though. Kevin Youkilis gets on base no matter what. He has 5 homers also and is near the league lead in OBP. Youngster Ian Desmond is playing solid shortstop and getting ab's. His average is a little low, but hopefully will come around. Orlando Hudson is off to another fantastic start as well. Josh Hamilton appears to be beyond his injury woes and has 5 taters as well as a .280 batting average early this season. Brian Matusz has lowered his ERA below 4.00 and that is with three starts against the Yankees.
The Okay News:
Jay Bruce, who started slowly, has picked up his batting average and his power numbers going into May and is about .240 with 4 homers. Mat Latos is getting innings but needs to learn how to keep the ball in the park. James Shields is pitching fantastic but has similar problems to Latos. His last start was impressive though.
The Bad News:
Gil Meche and David Hernandez have no idea how to pitch. Neither does Ramon Ramirez and David Robertson. Jeremy Guthrie figured out how to keep the ball in Camden Yards, but can't keep opponents from scoring. Kelly Shoppach has spent the majority of the season on the DL. Alex Avila can't get enough playing time to get over .200; however, his two homer game the other day gives me hope. Daniel Murphy hasn't seen a pitch yet this season.
The Makes Me Feel Better News:
Cliff Lee, Jorge De La Rosa and Yunel Escobar have all spent time on the DL early this year.
The Makes Me Feel Really Better News:
Jason Heyward is playing like a veteran with rookie quirks, Stephen Strasburg is most likely going to get 100 innings in the Majors this year; I don't need either of them. If I have the opportunity I could trade that pick and pick up more beneficial options for 2011. Of course, if I had the option of picking either of those fellows, I might just keep them anyways.
Friday, May 7, 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Ted Lilly PERFECT GAME!!!
No, this is not a repeat. Ted Lilly, who just pitched a no-hitter against Old Bridge which was a near-miss perfect game on 27th batter, now pitches a perfect game against Edgewater!!!
Lilly has yet to give up a hit to LH batter all season!
Lilly has yet to give up a hit to LH batter all season!
Strat-O-Matic Report
BOXSCORE: 2010 Washington Booze Hounds At 2010 Edgewater Giants 5/12/2010
Booze Hounds AB R H RBI AVG Giants AB R H RBI AVG
S.Victorino CF 4 0 0 0 .284 M.Bourn LF,CF 3 0 0 0 .303
R.Zimmerman 3B 5 1 3 2 .333 A.Cora SS 2 0 0 0 .278
M.Teixeira 1B 4 1 0 0 .307 A-J.Hardy SS 1 0 0 0 .245
J.Mauer C 5 1 3 3 .333 B.Abreu RF 3 0 0 0 .342
T.Tulowitzki SS 5 0 0 0 .235 A.Pujols 1B 3 0 0 0 .250
J.Willingham LF 2 0 0 0 .200 C.Ross CF,LF 3 0 0 0 .196
B-W.Venable PH,LF 1 0 0 0 .333 B.Roberts 2B 3 0 0 0 .250
J.Maxwell RF 2 1 1 0 .368 R.Belliard 3B 3 0 0 0 .216
C-C.Gonzalez PH,RF 2 1 1 1 .283 A.Pierzynski C 2 0 0 0 .286
R.Cano 2B 3 1 0 0 .344 D-C.Miller PH 1 0 0 0 .000
T.Lilly P 3 1 1 1 .158 B.Bannister P 1 0 0 0 .000
C.Jakubauskas P 1 0 0 0 .000
J.Moyer P 0 0 0 0 .125
B.Badenhop P 0 0 0 01.000
E-J.Bailey PH 1 0 0 0 .000
-- -- -- --- -- -- -- ---
Totals 36 7 9 7 Totals 27 0 0 0
A-Subbed Defensively (SS) For Cora In 5th Inning
B-Pinch Hit For Willingham In 6th Inning
C-Pinch Hit For Maxwell In 6th Inning
D-Pinch Hit For Pierzynski In 9th Inning
E-Pinch Hit For Badenhop In 9th Inning
Booze Hounds.... 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 - 7 9 0
Giants.......... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - 0 0 0
Booze Hounds (25-10) IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
T.Lilly WIN(3-1) 9 0 0 0 0 7 0 89 3.10 A1
Totals 9 0 0 0 0 7 0
Giants IP H R ER BB SO HR PC ERA SCORESHEET
B.Bannister LOSS(3-1) 5 5 2 2 2 1 0 62 2.80 A1 C4
C.Jakubauska 1 1/3 0 0 0 0 3 0 17 4.11 C5 C9
J.Moyer 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 4.44 D1 D4
B.Badenhop 1 2/3 3 5 5 2 2 2 36 3.86 D5
Totals 9 9 7 7 4 6 2
ATTENDANCE- 40,912 DATE- Wednesday, May 12th 2010 TIME- Night WEATHER- Average
UMPIRES- Tony Randazzo, Rick Reed, Jeff Kellogg, Mark Wegner
T- 2:36
LEFT ON BASE- Booze Hounds: 7 Giants: 0
DOUBLE PLAYS- Booze Hounds: 0 Giants: 0
DOUBLES- R.Zimmerman(7th), J.Mauer(7th)
HOME RUNS- J.Mauer(3rd), C.Gonzalez(1st)
STOLEN BASES- J.Maxwell(3rd)
WALKS- S.Victorino, M.Teixeira, R.Cano, T.Lilly
HIT BY PITCH- W.Venable
STRIKE OUTS- J.Mauer, T.Tulowitzki-3, C.Gonzalez, T.Lilly, M.Bourn, C.Ross,
B.Roberts, R.Belliard, A.Pierzynski, B.Bannister, C.Jakubauskas
Ted Lilly(3-1) joined a select group of baseball pitchers in Edgewater by
tossing a perfect game as the Washington Booze Hounds defeated the Edgewater
Giants 7 to nothing.
Lilly was spectacular. The tension started to build around the 6th inning.
By the 9th inning the crowd was electrified. Washington rapped out 9 hits
for the night.
Brian Bannister(3-1) was charged with the loss. 'Lilly pitched one heck of a
game!' Joe Potts said. 'He didn't get away with any bad pitches because he
just didn't throw any bad pitches. What a performance!'
SCORESHEET: 2010 Washington Booze Hounds at 2010 Edgewater Giants
S.Victor-A1 A1:G/43 *4*:G/31 C1:IW>b1 D1:L/6 E1:G/13>1
2
R.Zimmer-A1 A2:G/23 B2:Si C2:Si>3# D2:G/63 E2:Do>2#
23 12
M.Teixei-A1 A3:G/63 B3:L/4 C3:F/9 *8*:G/63 E3:W>b1
J.Mauer-A1 *2*:K B4:G/53 *6*:Si D4:Do E4:HR>2#
1# b#
T.Tulowi-A1 A5:G/13 *5*:L/6 C5:K D5:K E5:K
J.Willin-A1 A6:G/63 B6:G/31 C6:HBP>12 D6:F/8
W.Venabl-C6
J.Maxwel-A1 *3*:F/8 B7:Si C7:K *9*:HR>b#
C.Gonzal-C7
R.Cano-A1 A8:G/63 B8:SB>12 C8:P/4 D8:F/9
IW>b1
T.Lilly-A1 A9:G/43 B9:Si>2# *7*:K D9:W>b1
13
M.Bourn-A1 A1:K *4*:G/63 *7*:F/8
A.Cora-A1 A2:P/2 B2:F/9 C2:G/63
J.Hardy-B4
B.Abreu-A1 A3:G/63 B3:F/7 C3:F/7
A.Pujols-A1 *2*:G/31 *5*:G/63 *8*:G/13
C.Ross-A1 A5:G/63 B5:K C5:G/53
B.Robert-A1 A6:K B6:FO/5 C6:F/9
R.Bellia-A1 *3*:K *6*:F/8 *9*:F/7
A.Pierzy-A1 A8:K B8:G/13 C8:F/9
C.Miller-C8
B.Bannis-A1 A9:K B9:K C9:G/43
C.Jakuba-B7
J.Moyer-C1+
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