Seattle Beats Up on Amigos Bullpen, Takes Game 3

The Seattle Monarchs came from behind and beat the Saskatoon Amigos 8-6.  The Amigos jumped out to an early lead putting a three-spot up on the board.  Seattle managed to tie the game at 4-4 in the top of the sixth with their own three run inning, but Saskatoon managed to take the lead in the bottom of the inning.  Seattle, however, took the lead in the seventh and solidified it in the eighth with four runs off of Amigo reliever Willie Sewell.  Seattle now leads the Cecil Cup series 2-1.

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Game 4 -- Saturday night
Game 5 -- Sunday night

Game 2: The Amigos Bats Wake Up

The Saskatoon Amigos tied the Cecil Cup Series at 1 game apiece with a 10-4 victory.  Saskatoon managed to get six runs on the board before Seattle even had a single base runner.  The hitting stars of the game for Saskatoon were RF Santiago Salazar who went 2-3 with a home run, 2 RBI and 3 runs scored and LF Rufus Murray who had four hits in five at bats, including a double with three runs scored and an RBI.  Thomas Cohen went the distance for Saskatoon, earning his third victory of the post-season.  Seattle starter Ronald Placencia was bombed for six runs in 2.2 innings. 

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Game 3 Thursday night.
Game 4 Saturday night

Seattle Takes Game 1 of Cecil Cup Series

It was a pitcher's duel out  there as Seattle took Game 1 of the Cecil Cup series from the Saskatoon Amigos by a score of 2-0.

Both pitchers held their opposing teams scoreless until the bottom of the seventh when SS Rich Bender reached on a single and pinch hitter Steve Jackson (pinch hitting for Mudge??!!) hit one over the right field wall for a two run home run. 

Bender was the only player on either team to have more than one hit (he had three) in the game.  Joseph Macaluso went the entire way for Seattle, earning a complete game shutout.

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Game 2 will be Wednesday night.

Saskatoon, Seattle Head to Cecil Cup Series

I'm sorry... it's very late here in NYC, so I'm not going to write up the articles.

Seattle 7, Cleveland 1
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Saskatoon 6, Maui 2
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Seattle Wins In 10, Fike Throws Two-Hit Shutout: Both Series at 3-2

The Seattle Monarchs needed 10 innings to defeat the Cleveland Steamers and take a 3-2 lead in their playoff series.  Both teams put two runs up in the first inning:  Cleveland's pair coming via a 364 foot homer by Tyler Thomas and Seattle's runs by a Roger Nicols lead off homer and an RBI by "Nitro" Granado.  Cleveland put another two on the board in the fourth on a two run homer by Bill Torre.  Seattle answered back with a solo home run by "Rimfire" Cedeno in the sixth and an RBI double by Eugene Alustiza in the seventh.  The score remained tied until the bottom of the 10th when Cedeno hit his second blast of the day - a two run 415 foot walk-off homer off of reliever Arnold Pough to win the game.

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Maui's Robert Estill hit a lead-off home run off of Saskatoon starter Hector Orozco's second pitch of the game.  After that, the Masher batters could have just sat on the bench the rest of the game as starting pitcher Kyle Fike pitched a two-hit shutout against the Amigos.  So dominating was Fike, that he had a perfect game until there were two out in the seventh.  In fact, the only batter to even reach second base for Saskatoon was pinch hitter Telmo Dalmau, who, in the ninth inning, received the only walk that Fike gave up and went to second on a groundout.  In the end, Fike ended up pitching the entire game and only faced 29 batters (one of the batters who got a single was erased in a double play), two more than the minimum for nine innings.

Even though they weren't needed after the first batter, the Maui batters also pitched in their share, chasing Orozco from the game in the third and scoring eight runs overall. 

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Game 6- Sunday night
Game 7 (if necessary) - Monday night

Cleveland Ties Series, Saskatoon Shuts Out Maui

The Cleveland Steamers tied their playoff series with the Seattle Monarchs at two games apiece with a 4-2 victory.  Cleveland scored first in the fifth with a home run off a solo homer.  Seattle struck back with two in the bottom of the inning on a Richard Bender double and a Jaime Cruz RBI groundout.  Cleveland responded with two more runs on a Monte Goss single and a William Midkiff single. Cleveland added an insurance run in the 8th on another Midkiff single.

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The Saskatoon Amigos took a 3 games to 1 lead against Maui with an 8-0 shutout.  Saskatoon starter Thomas Cohen was dominating, allowing seven hits and striking out ten while throwing eight shutout innings.  Brian Frison and Rufus Murray both hit home runs for Saskatoon in the victory.

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Game 5 -- Saturday night
Game 6 -- Sunday night

Steamers, Amigos Win. Both Series stand at 2-1

The Cleveland Steamers won their first game of the playoffs with a 6-4 come-from-behind victory over the Seattle Monarchs.  The Monarchs had a 3-1 lead going into the top of the 8th when facing Joseph Malcuso, they scored three runs on a homer by Tyler Thomas.  Seattle tied it up in the bottom of the inning on an RBI single by Steven Jackson.  Cleveland, however pushed across two more runs on a single by John Grondin.  Junior Cuomo then came in to shut the Monarchs down in the ninth.  Tyler Thomas was the hitting star of the game, going 3-5 with the home run (however, he also left 5 runners on base). 

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The Saskatoon Amigos took a 2-1 lead in their series against the Maui Mashers with an 8-6 victory.  Things got off to a bad start for Maui when starter Jesus Morales had to leave the game in the first inning with an injury that will likely sideline him for the remainder of the playoffs.  Anibal Ottman came in to pitch the next three plus innings and gave up six hits and four runs to take the loss.  Gabriel Sequiros was the hitting star of the game for Maui, going 3-5 with 3 RBI.  Bill Frison went 3-5 for Saskatoon, including hitting his second triple of the series. 

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Game 4 on Thursday night
Game 5 on Saturday night

Seattle Takes 2 Game Lead, Maui Ties Series

The Seattle Monarchs won Game 2 of their series easily behing eight innings of two-hit ball pitched by righty Christopher Hester and home runs by Armando Cedeno and Alberto Granado.  Closer Timothy Vallejo came in to pitch the ninth and gave up the third hit of the game, but that was all for the Steamers.

The Maui Mashers defeated the Saskatoon Amigos by a score of 5-4.  Maui batters chased righty Hector Orozco in the third inning after tagging him for five runs.  The damage came from home runs by Dong Lutz, Willy Guzman and Gabriel Sequeiros. 

Game 3 tomorrow night.

Seattle, Saskatoon Take Game 1

The Seattle Monarchs crushed the Cleveland Steamers 8-1 in the first game of the playoffs.  Ronald Placencia (19-10) held the Steamers to nine hits and one run in eight innings of work while striking out eleven.  The hitting stars of the game for the Monarchs included CF Roger Nichols who missed hitting for the cycle (he had a single, double and triple) and RF David Kerry, who went 3 for 4 with a home run and 3 RBI.  Nathaniel Burton went 3-4 in a losing effort for the Steamers.

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The Amigos beat the Mashers today in an 11-7 victory.  This game was all about the offense, as both starting pitchers were roughed up.  Saskatoon took the lead for good in the third inning with a four run inning featuring a Brian Frison 2 RBI triple, a Royal Wilson RBI single and a Billy Pla double.

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Game 2 on Tuesday night
Game 3 on Wednesday night
Game 4 on Thursday night.

Sept II Sim Done

Game Date:
September 23, 2016 (the day before the playoffs)

Who Uploaded?:
Cleveland
Houston
Los Angeles
Maui
Seattle

Playoffs -- Round 1 Matchups:
Seattle vs. Cleveland
Saskatoon vs. Maui

Awards:
Hickory 1B Fredrico Soriano wins Player of the Week (9/19)


Injuries:
None affecting playoff teams or the 2017 season.


Milestones:
No new milestones reached.

League Leaders:
Batting Avg:  Monte Goss (CLE) .357
Hits:  Monte Goss (CLE) 230
Doubles:  Monte Goss (CLE) 52
Triples:  Winston Satterlee (RIV) 12
Home Runs:  Luis Jeon (BRK) 42
RBI:  Santiago Salazar (SAS) 134
Stolen Bases:  Nathaniel Burton (CLE) & Duane Gerhardt (DAN) 47
Walks:  Robert Estill (MAU) 125

Earned Run Average:  Kyle Fike (MAU) 2.49
Wins: Kyle Fike (MAU), Ronald Placencia (SEA), James Turner (CLE), Juan Villatoro (RIV)  19
Saves:  Junior Cuomo (CLE) 46
Innings Pitched:  Ronald Placencia (SEA) 253.2
Shutouts:  Juan Villatoro (RIV) 5
Strikeouts:  Ferdinand Pineda (MAU) 252
WHIP:  Ronald Placencia (SEA) 0.95

Upcoming Schedule:
Game 1 -- Sunday night
Game 2 -- Tuesday night
Game 3 -- Wednesday night
Game 4 -- Thursday night


UPDATE:  The league pages have been updated.  For the eight of us not playing right now and looking to the future, you might want to pay attention to this.

Sep I Sim Done

Game Date:
Sep 16, 2016

Who uploaded:
Cleveland
Hickory
Houston
Los Angeles
Maui
Ohio
River Cities
Saskatoon
Seattle

Standings:
Cleveland clinched the Adams Division
Maui long ago locked up the Signorino
Seattle is six up over Saskatoon in the Zotti with six to go.
Saskatoon is six up in the wild card race over Ohio with six to go.

Awards:
Maui 1B Dong Lutz wins Player of the Week (9/5)
River Cities SS John Hukill wins Player of the Week (9/12)

Minor League Awards:
Class A
Outstanding Pitchers:

• Moose Jaw (SAS) closer Alejandro Lopez who spent most of the year as a starter going 15-5 (with 3 saves) with a 1.90 ERA.
• Sharon (RIV) starter Cal Hamilton with a record of 14-6, with a 1.90 ERA

Outstanding Hitters:

• Kent (SEA) 3B Bay Tran-Nhu who hit .381 with 7 home runs 51 RBI and an OPS of .867.  He also stole 29 bases.
• Kihei (MAU) CF Reijro Kondo who hit .369 with 11 home runs and 50 RBI and an OPS of .808.

Class AA
Outstanding Pitchers:

• Olympia (SEA) SP Jesus Concepcion with a record of 14-5 and a 2.68 ERA.
• Brighton (OH) SP Larry Gabrielson with a record of 15-2 and an ERA of 1.86 before being promoted to Mississagua (AAA) where he went 2-2.

Outstanding Hitters:

• Quincy (DAN) Kitahatchi Noriyori who hit .329 with 16 homers and 71 RBIs and an OPS of .854.
• Jersey City(AA) (HIK) LF Melvin Steinbach with a .276 average, 25 homers and 87 RBI.  His OPS was .828.

Class AAA
Outstanding Pitchers

• Regina (SAS) SP Einar Gaona compiled a record of 17-3 with an ERA of 2.70.
• Debois County (DAN) pitcher Benicio Castro who went 16-10 with a 2.71 ERA.

Outstanding Hitters:

• Jersey City (AAA) 1B Jorge Vasquez:  .300, 18HR, 85 RBI, .834 OPS.
• Dayton (RIV) 1B Lindsay Walker: .353, 11HR, 59RBI, .941 OPS

Injuries
Cleveland SP Ernest Gerth strained his bicep muscle.
Cleveland SP Kendrick Kaler developed a blister
Hickroy MR William Lawrence developed a blister.

All three are minor 1-2 week injuries but this close to the playoffs it may be significant.

Milestones
River Cities RF Patrick Valdez scored his 1000th run.  He is the 11th player to reach this milestone.

Next sim:
Next Saturday night, July 17.  This sim will cover the remainder of the regular season and take us up to Game 1 of the playoffs.

August II Sim Done

Game Date:
September 1, 2016 -- time to expand the rosters.

Who Uploaded?:
Hickory
Houston
Los Angeles
Maui
Ohio
River Cities
Seattle

Standings:
Adams:  Cleveland leads by twenty.
Zotti:  Seattle up by seven against Saskatoon
Signorino:  Maui leads by 32.
Wild Card:  Saskatoon leads Ohio by three and River Cities by four.

Awards:
Saskatoon 3B Albert Peavy wins Player of the Week (8/22)
Maui CF Ronald Amos wins Player of the Week (8/29)
Saskatoon LF Rufus Murry wins Batter of the Month
Maui SP Jesus Morales wins Pitcher of the Month
Maui SS George Sequeiros wins Rookie of the Month

Minor League Playoffs:
It was all Seattle and Ohio in the minor league playoffs!

AAA:  The Mississagua Free Agents (OH) defeated the Tacoma Tigers (SEA) 4-2.
AA:  The Olympia Oligarchs (SEA) defeated the Brighton Apples (OH) 4-2
A:  The Kent Kings (SEA) defeated the Sharon Beauties (OH) 4-1

Injuries:
No long-term injuries this sim.

Milestones:
Seattle 1B Gregory Mudge becomes the all-time leader in hits with 2098, passing Hall of Famer Michael Fay.  Mudge is also the all-time leader in home runs.

Next Sim:
Saturday night, July 10.