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Wednesday, January 1, 2014
P. Pierce re-signed contract with Nets worth $6.62M to 1 year.
Mavs sign D. Nowitzki to 2yr/$17.25M deal.
Suns sign E. Okafor to 4yr/$20.52M deal.
Bulls sign L. Deng to 5yr/$57.18M deal.
Wizards sign T. Ariza to 5yr/$27.95M deal
Jazz sign R. Jefferson to 2yr/$4.09M deal
Jazz sign M. Williams to 5yr/$17.74M deal
INJURY:
Marcus Morris out for 6-8 weeks with Broken Arm.
C. Bosh out for 2-4 weeks with Strained Oblique.
M. Ginobili is injured (Strained hamstring) and will be able to play for 2-4 weeks.
Bobcats PG, K. Walker is injured (Strained hamstring) and will be able to play for 2-4 weeks.
12:05 AM - January 1, 2014. Written by deckofcards77
I'm gonna get a Big post out-of-the-way so I won't have to say it later in the season, this will basically just lay out some information about scouting, the trade block, and some minor-league prospects.Scouting:
I will be focusing most of my attention on infielders and pitching. Usually I just give my scouts one assignment because scouting for me is not usually the most important thing. And of course as the Marlins, I have a fairly high pick in the 2013 first player draft. So hopefully I will be able to use that to my advantage. Infielders are usually like to have some speed on them but this time I sent one of my scouts to find a Power hitting infielder, with some speed on them. Kind a like a Hanley Ramirez, may be a Robinson Cano.
Trade Block/Trading
With the Miami Marlins, I will focus my attention this season I'm trying to acquire some young players. The positions I feel that we need to improve on and get some depth would be pitching, third-base, and left field. When I say pitching, I'm talking about relief pitching. Looking over the first month of action, our relief pitching really stunk outside of our closing pitcher. So to improve there with some young arms would be a plus for me. At third-base and leftfield we have a couple of aging guys, I'm see that Juan Pierre is losing some of his rating due to his age, so this will more than likely be his last year with Miami. Maybe acquiring some prospects in these positions would help us improve in the coming years.
Prospects:
I am very excited for the future of Miami Marlins Baseball! I feel we have some young prospects in place that with time would give us the opportunity to be contenders in the NL East. Of course Ken Guthrie one of our top 50 prospects, is one of those players. This first month of action he managed to hit a 361 average with four homers in 20 RBIs. Some other noticeable prospects include second baseman Juan De La Rosa, third baseman Brian Carpenter and infielder Nick Green. Pitching wise it is still too early to tell what kind of prospects we have yet, for our top 50 Prospect Luis Cuevas he had a struggling April. I hope that ERA gets down.
That will wrap it up for another addition of Miami Marlins dynasty. The next post should be My May review, unless any sort of big acquisition happens for Miami.
Tuesday, December 31, 2013
| MLB Standings - Updated: May 1, 2013 | |||||
| NL EAST | W | L | GB | RS | RA |
| Washington Nationals | 18 | 9 | 0 | 128 | 92 |
| Atlanta Braves | 15 | 11 | 2.5 | 123 | 111 |
| Miami Marlins | 11 | 16 | 7 | 116 | 131 |
| New York Mets | 10 | 17 | 8 | 109 | 111 |
| Philadelphia Phillies | 9 | 18 | 9 | 62 | 94 |
So after a you can easily see that the Marlins while are not above 500, they're playing okay baseball. Let me make clear that I am not shooting for a World Series title, I don't think the Miami Marlins are ready or have the capabilities to be a playoff team. But I want to be a competitive in the NL East, the first month showed that we can.
We can take at the injuries for the Miami Marlins in the month of April:
| April injury report for the Miami Marlins. | ||
| Pos | Player | Injury Note |
| SS | Adeiny Hechavarria | Placed on the 15 day DL with a fractured arm. |
| 3B | Placido Polanco | Placed on the 15 day DL with an inflamed hip. |
| CF | Joel Hatch | Placed on the 15 day DL with a shoulder strain. |
| 1B | Logan Morrison | Placed on the 60 day DL with a torn finger ligament. |
| LF | Bryan Peterson | Placed on the 60 day DL with a torn groin. |
My sadness was very quickly changed to happiness when I realized I had several prospects in AAA that were able to perform well under the circumstances of the injured players. We hope to get them back healthy and very very soon.
Prospects like Chris Gomes (1B) replaced Morrison, hit a 368 average with a couple homers in 38 at-bats. Matt Downs replaced Hechavarria at shortstop, he has hit a mediocre 225 average with a homer and 71 at bats.
So far this is been a pretty acceptable start the season. So much has been down in Miami, and I will focus my attention on some scouting, which I will focus on in my next post.. The stats of my major-league players Will be available at the All-Star break.
06:57 PM - December 31, 2013. Written by deckofcards77
Miami Marlins Depth Chart - 2013
- Catcher
- Rob Brantley
- First Base
- Logan Morrison
- Second Base
- Donovan Solano
- Third Base
- Placido Polanco
- Shortstop
- Adeiny Hechavarria
- Left Field
- Juan Pierre
- Center Field
- Justin Ruggiano
- Right Field
- Giancarlo Stanton
- Starting Pitcher
- Ricky Nolasco
- Nathan Eovaldi
- Jacob Turner
- Henderson Alvarez
- Wade LeBlanc
- Relief Pitcher
- Brad Hand LR
- Tom Koehler LR
- Scott Maine MR
- Evan Reed MR
- Ryan Webb SU
- Michael Dunn SU
- Closer
- Steve Cishek
- Designated Hitter
- Greg Dobbs VS. Righties
- Matt Downs VS. Lefties
Hechavarria won! LeBlanc played well enough to earn the 5 spot, unfortunately for Nick Green, I have decided to send him to AAA. Hand and Koehler will be in the bullpen
These are all of the major-league starters, I did not put any minor-league starters in this depth chart.
And the way we are going to do this GM season for the Marlins, I am going to simulate a month at a time and give you guys a month in review on how they are performing are performing and any moves we make.
06:31 PM - December 31, 2013. Written by deckofcards77
So looking over major-league roster for Miami Marlins, it's easy to see our top two players, right fielder Giancarlo Stanton and closing pitcher Steve Cishek. I hope these two players will make a difference for us in 2013. As I was looking at our triple a roster I noticed we have two top 50 prospects in outfielder Ken Guthrie and closing pitcher Luis Cuevas.This is an interesting opportunity for the Marlins but also bad one. These two prospects are in the same position as our top two players on our major-league roster. Which raises the question, do Guthrie and Cuevas become movable during the season? We could possibly acquire some other prospects for the positions that we do need, but it just all depends on the performance of our major league players. We might be able to get some major-league players also out of those two prospects, some guys that are major-league ready.
Moving on to a couple of likely spring-training competitions. Shortstop will definitely be one of those we have four major league shortstops as it stands in spring training right now. That number will obviously decline, we also have prospect Roger Torres in AAA. The two shortstops that will likely be in the running for the starting job because I don't want to committee, will be Adeiny Hechavarria and Nick Green. I honestly want to see Adeiny win it, but may the best man win.
The last possible competition in spring-training will be the fifth spot in the starting rotation. Wade LeBlanc, Brad Hand, and Tom Koehler will be in the running. Hand and LeBlanc are both lefties. We have a righty heavy starting 4, which includes Nolasco, Eovaldi, Turner, and Henderson Alvarez.
I will be posting the opening day depth chart soon after spring training.
To start off let me first clearly state that I am not a Marlins fan. But I have an extreme pleasure in takeover bad teams and try to make them contenders. It's been one of my hobbies since the game came out and I think this would be a fun thing for me to do and publicize it.
I will not be playing any of the games I will be simulating them and I will give you roughly month in reviews on how the team is performing and any big moves.
Taking a look on the kind of Division we play in, the NL East. This is a division that will be extremely tough. I would roughly say this is probably the second or third hardest division in major-league baseball behind the AL East. Mets, not that good so not really concerned about them. But the Phillies nationals and Braves are all teams you have to be worried about.
I will be continuing another post very very soon as I will be looking over the roster and examining strong points.
Monday, December 30, 2013
So let's take a look at the box score...
| Orlando Magic at Indiana Pacers | |||||
| Oct 29, 2013 | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | SCORE |
| Orlando (0-0) | 13 | 18 | 26 | 15 | 72 |
| Indiana (0-0) | 26 | 20 | 30 | 32 | 108 |
| Orlando Magic | ||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| J. Nelson | 33 | 3-13 | 1-4 | 1-2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| V. Oladipo | 34 | 7-15 | 1-3 | 1-4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| T. Harris | 26 | 6-13 | 1-2 | 1-4 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| G. Davis | 20 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| N. Vucevic | 24 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-2 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| M. Harkless | 22 | 5-10 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| C. Butler | 18 | 2-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| K. Humphries | 19 | 2-6 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| E. Moore | 17 | 1-6 | 0-3 | 2-4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| G. Oden | 18 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| A. Nicholson | 13 | 0-5 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| D. Lamb | -- DID NOT PLAY -- | |||||||||
| TEAM TOTALS | 31-80 | 3-12 | 7-22 | 35 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 72 | |
| Indiana Pacers | ||||||||||
| STARTERS | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| G. Hill | 31 | 2-5 | 1-1 | 2-4 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
| L. Stephenson | 31 | 7-12 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 19 |
| P. George | 33 | 6-18 | 1-3 | 0-0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| D. West | 24 | 4-7 | 0-0 | 2-2 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| R. Hibbert | 25 | 5-8 | 0-0 | 1-2 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 |
| BENCH | MIN | FGM-A | 3PM-A | FTM-A | REB | AST | STL | BLK | TO | PTS |
| L. Scola | 20 | 3-4 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| I. Mahinmi | 17 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Danny Granger | 15 | 3-4 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| O. Johnson | 14 | 3-6 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| D. Sloan | 13 | 4-9 | 0-0 | 4-4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
| C. Copeland | 13 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| C.J. Watson | 10 | 5-5 | 1-1 | 0-0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| TEAM TOTALS | 44-80 | 8-13 | 12-16 | 56 | 33 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 108 | |
I repeat; ouch.
Indianapolis just dominated me from beginning to end and there was little I could do to stop it. I shut down George but two bench players in Sloan and Watson were absolutely on fire.
Luckily it is just game one and hopefully the team will get better as the season continues (and I get used to HoF).
When firing up MyGM I had already made the decision that I wanted to take a rebuilding franchise and change them to a championship team (and I didn't want it to be overnight - meaning I couldn't just trade for superstar players).
My first thought was the Boston Celtics. The Celtics have a lot of interesting pieces, but (outside of Rondo) they are just pieces. I could foresee already that I would get too many tempting trade offers to ignore. So I nixed Boston.
Second up was the Milwaukee Bucks. This team is absolutely barren. Sure, O.J. Mayo is a niece player but outside of him the team is filled with expiring contracts and bench warmers. It seemed much too difficult in all honesty.
Lastly I came across the Orlando Magic. The team has a few niece young players in Oladipo, Vucevic, Harris and Harkless and has movable contracts in Afflalo, Turkoglu and Davis. Not to mention their jerseys aren't too bad which won't get boring after 82 games.
Moves prior to season
When the owner sat down with me he gave me a few demands. 1, win 18 games at home this season; 2, trade either Ronnie Price or Hedo Turkoglu; 3, play Victor Oladipo 24 min a game; 4, get better on paper.
I don't think demand #1 is going to happen, the team is a collection of awful. Going 18-23 at home seems like an unlikely feat. Also demand #4 is probably not going to happen. I don't want to fleece the computer on every trade so I realistically can't get much better on paper.
Demands #2 and #3 on the other hand are right in line with what I wanted to do. Moving Hedo was something I wanted to do as soon as I picked Orlando, and giving Oladipo a high amount of minutes was also a given.
I immediately went to the trade screens and started looking for deals involving both Price and Hedo. The best - and most realistic - trade I was offered was from Boston. The Celtics took both Price and Hedo in exchange for Kris Humphries. I actually really like Humphries, he is an absolute rebound machine. This also allows me to move Glenn Davis sometime in the future because I can live with Humphries starting and getting 30+ min a night for now.
Trade two was about moving Aaron Afflalo for a 1st round pick and a veteran to use off the bench. Luckily the Bucks were able to fill this role for me. They coughed up a 2014 1st round pick and threw in Caron Butler. Once the trade was complete I moved Butler to the bench and changed his role to role player which severely lowered his morale, but seeing as how I don't plan to resign him it means little to me.
The final trade was about moving one of my many PF's to free up some minutes for Humphries and Nicholson. What I wanted was a big 7-footer to back-up Vucevic and a 2nd round pick or a solid reserve. This time the Miami Heat gave me an offer I couldn't refuse, they offered Greg Oden and Roger Mason for Jason Maxiell and a 2015 2nd rounder. It was great to add height and rebounding for a minimal charge.
The Rotation
After all these moves I was forced to severely alter the rotation. Here's what I came up with based on what I had and what I wanted to do:
PG Jameer Nelson 28 min
SG Victor Oladipo 30 min
SF Tobias Harris 28 min
PF Glenn Davis 26 min
C Nikola Vucevic 32 min
6 Maurice Harkless 28 min
7 Caron Butler 20 min
8 Kris Humphries 18 min
9 E'Twaun Moore 12 min
10 Greg Oden 10 min
11 Andrew Nicholson 8 min
12 Doron Lamb 0 min
Res. Kyle O'Quinn
Res. Roger Mason
Game one of the season is in Indianapolis against the Pacers. I am playing on HoF sliders, so I anticipate a struggle this season. Check back for game-by-game updates.
01:00 AM - December 30, 2013. Written by IchBinDeutsch
Vols Defense Shines In Win Over Western Kentucky
Knoxville, TN-Many experts were picking Western Kentucky to upset Tennessee after they upset Kentucky 30-27 in the season opener, but the Tennessee football team silenced them on Saturday with a convincing 30-9 win. Alton "Pig" Howard returned the opening kickoff 104 yards before being tackled at the WKU 5 yard line. Two carries by Rajion Neal put the Vols up early 7-0. Both teams exchanged punts the next 4 possessions, before Western Kentucky put together an 11 play, 76 yard drive capped off by a Keshawn Simpson 1 yard TD run, tying the game 7-7. The Vols knew they needed to answer to put the momentum back on their side, they marched down the field before the drive stalled and they were forced to kick a field goal, putting them up 10-7 late in the first half. The teams went into the locker room with Tennessee leading 10-9 after Rajion Neal was tackled in the endzone for a safety.
The second half was a different story as Tennessee held WKU to under 100 yards of offense, allowing 0 points the rest of the game. The Vols offense drove into WKU territory 3 times in the third quarter but were held to only 6 points, 2 field goals of 44 and 28 yards by Michael Palardy to be precise, putting the Big Orange up 16-9 heading into the 4th quarter. The 4th quarter was definitely the best quarter of football the Vols played all game, scoring 14 points, an 8 yard pass from Justin Worley to Pig Howard, who made a sensational grab in the back of the endzone, and a 2 yard run by Rajion Neal, the final score of the game which gave the Vols a 30-9 win.
QB Justin Worley struggled almost the whole game, completing just 3 of 13 passes in the first half, which left the fans in Neyland Stadium wanting a quarterback change. However, Worley did finish the day 13-26 and 1 TD pass. Rajion Neal was definitely the player of the game, finishing with 29 carries, 147 yards, and 2 TD. WR Pig Howard caught the only TD pass of the day, his only catch of the day strangely enough. On defense, ball-hawk A.J. Johnson finished with 14 tackles and a forced fumble.
Next Saturday the Vols (2-0) make their first road trip of the season, traveling to Eugene, Oregon take on the #2 Oregon Ducks (2-0). Most Vols fans aren't expecting a win, as most would be happy with a respectable showing, but hey...you never know.
| Western Kentucky Hilltoppers at Tennessee Volunteers | |||||
| Sep 7, 2013 | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | SCORE |
| Western Kentucky Hilltoppers (1-1, 0-0) | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Tennessee Volunteers (2-0, 0-0) | 7 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 30 |
| Team Stats Comparison | ||
| WKU | TENN | |
| Total Offense | 338 | 300 |
| Rushing Yards | 69 | 172 |
| Passing Yards | 269 | 128 |
| First Downs | 15 | 13 |
| Punt Return Yards | 13 | 37 |
| Kick Return Yards | 27 | 125 |
| Total Yards | 378 | 462 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 1 |
| 3rd Down Converstion | 5-17 | 8-16 |
| 4th Down Conversion | 1-5 | 0-0 |
| 2-Point Conversion | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals | 1-1-0 | 5-3-1 |
| Penalties | 3-15 | 0-0 |
| Posession Time | 12:50 | 19:10 |
| Scoring Summary | |||
| FIRST QUARTER SCORING | WKU | TENN | |
| 7:21 | (TENN) R. Neal, 2 yd run (M. Palardy kick) | 0 | 7 |
| SECOND QUARTER SCORING | WKU | TENN | |
| 6:09 | (WKU) K. Simpson, 1 yd run (G. Schwettman kick) | 7 | 7 |
| 4:26 | (TENN) M. Palardy, 43 yd FG | 7 | 10 |
| 0:56 | (WKU) Team Safety | 9 | 10 |
| THIRD QUARTER SCORING | WKU | TENN | |
| 5:40 | (TENN) M. Palardy, 44 yd FG | 9 | 13 |
| 0:26 | (TENN) M. Palardy, 28 yd FG | 9 | 16 |
| FOURTH QUARTER SCORING | WKU | TENN | |
| 3:51 | (TENN) P. Howard, 8 yd pass from J. Worley (M. Palardy kick) | 9 | 23 |
| 1:39 | (TENN) R. Neal, 2 yd run (M. Palardy kick) | 9 | 30 |
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Sunday, December 29, 2013
Butch Jones Runs Through The T For The First Time
Knoxville,TN-99,765 Tennessee fans showed up in Big Orange Country on Saturday to watch their beloved Vols under 1st year head coach Butch Jones. All Vols fans were curious to see how their team would do in their 2013 season opener, they wouldn't have anything to complain about as the Vols won in impressive fashion, 41-0.
Orleans Darkwa Leads Green Wave To Fourth Straight Win
Player of the Game:RB Orleans Darkwa-28 carries, 105 yards, 1 TD, 8 catches, 98 yards, 2 TD, 3 all-purpose TD
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04:36 PM - December 29, 2013. Written by BionicBeard52
| Troy Trojans at Georgia State Panthers | |||||
| Oct 12, 2013 | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | SCORE |
| Troy Trojans (4-3)(1-2) | 7 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 22 |
| Georgia State Panthers (2-4)(1-0) | 0 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 27 |
There wasn't much to be excited about heading into this game after last week's shellacking by Alabama but the Panthers offense finally came together the way offensive coordinator Zach Fanko thought it would at the beginning of the season as Georgia State pulled off a stunning upset of Troy to kickoff the Sun Belt season.
Starting HB Gerald Howse went down with a concussion early in the 1st quarter but back-up Travis Evans came in and showed his coaches why he might be the best back on the team. A 117 yard day along with a signature TD on an option play late in the game that put the Panthers up for good. Sophomore QB Ronnie Bell's first start wasn't spectacular(17-30, 191 Yds, 2 INTs) but the young QB made some big throws when he had to and showed the athleticism to make plays when the pocket was breaking down.
The Trojans had a shot to tie the game following a Brandon Burks TD run with 1:27 left but the 2-point conversion that followed failed but Troy was able to get the ball back once again as Georgia State was unable to run out the clock. QB Corey Robinson guided the Trojans all the way down the field to the 23 yard line with 3 seconds left but this would not be Robinson's day as his errant pass was deflected and fell incomplete.
Georgia State will leave the friendly confines of the Georgia Dome as they travel to Texas State to face the Bobcats next week.
Saturday, December 28, 2013
| Boston Red Sox at Cleveland Indians | ||||||||||||
| Apr 16, 2013 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Boston (8-6) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 0 |
| Cleveland (8-6) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 0 |
| W: Franklin Morales (2-1) L: Rich Hill (0-1) S: Joel Hanrahan (5) | ||||||||||||
| Scoring Summary | ||||
| SCORING DETAILS | BOS | CLE | ||
| BOS | 2 | Ortiz homered to center. | 1 | 0 |
| CLE | 4 | Santana homered to center. | 1 | 1 |
| BOS | 8 | Gomes homered to center. | 2 | 1 |
| BOS | 8 | Ortiz grounded to right for a single. Victorino scores. Nava scores. Pedroia advances to 3rd. | 4 | 1 |
| CLE | 8 | Cabrera lined to center for a single. Swisher scores. | 4 | 2 |
| Boston Red Sox | ||||||||
| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR | AVG |
| Victorino, RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .189 | |
| Nava, CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .250 | |
| Pedroia, 2B | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .411 | |
| Ortiz, DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .310 | |
| Napoli, 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .264 | |
| Middlebrooks, 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .232 | |
| Saltalamacchia, C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .343 | |
| Gomes, LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .362 | |
| Drew, SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 | |
| TEAM TOTALS | 36 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | .290 | |
| BATTING: 2B: Pedroia (6) HR: J. Gomes (6), D. Oritz (9) RBI: J. Gomes (12), D. Ortiz 3 (18) GIDP: W. Middlebrooks, S. Drew | ||||||||
| BASERUNNING: CS: S. Victorino (1) | ||||||||
| Cleveland Indians | ||||||||
| HITTERS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | HR | AVG |
| Bourn, CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .290 | |
| Brantley, LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .135 | |
| Swisher, 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .267 | |
| Santana, C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .233 | |
| Cabrera, SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .302 | |
| Aviles, DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .241 | |
| Stubbs, RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .268 | |
| Raburn, 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .107 | |
| Chisenhall, 3B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .333 | |
| TEAM TOTALS | 33 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 8 | .252 | |
| BATTING: HR: C. Santana (3) RBI: A. Cabrera (7), C. Sanatan (6) HBP: N. Swisher GIDP: N. Swisher | ||||||||
| Boston Red Sox | ||||||||
| PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| F. Morales (W, 2-1) | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5.63 | |
| C. Breslow (H, 1) | 0.1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2.70 | |
| K. Uehara (H, 2) | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.00 | |
| J. Hanrahan (S, 5) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| TEAM TOTALS | 9.0 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 3.38 | |
| PITCHING: WP: J. Hanrahan (1) | ||||||||
| Cleveland Indians | ||||||||
| PITCHERS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA |
| J. Tomlin | 7.0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3.63 | |
| R. Hill (L, 0-1) | 0.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | |
| M. Capps | 0.1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5.06 | |
| M. Albers | 0.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.50 | |
| F. Herrmann | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.35 | |
| TEAM TOTALS | 9.0 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 3.51 | |
| PITCHING: WP: J. Tomlin (1) | ||||||||
Highlight reel:
| Matchup Preview | Week 5, 2013 | |||||||||||||||||
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| Houston Texans at San Francisco 49ers | |||||
| Week 5, 2013 | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | SCORE |
| Houston Texans (2-2) | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| San Francisco 49ers (2-2) | 21 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 35 |
| Team Stats Comparison | ||
| HOU | SFO | |
| Total Offense | 326 | 440 |
| Rushing Yards | 43 | 273 |
| Passing Yards | 283 | 167 |
| First Downs | 14 | 20 |
| Punt Return Yards | 14 | 49 |
| Kick Return Yards | 36 | 47 |
| Total Yards | 376 | 536 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 1 |
| 3rd Down Converstion | 5 | 7 |
| 4th Down Conversion | 1 | 0 |
| 2-Point Conversion | 0 | 0 |
| Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals | 1/0 | 4/0 |
| Penalties | 2-10 | 1-5 |
| Posession Time | 27:14 | 32:46 |
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HEADLINES
Ravens RG Marshal Yanda is looking forward to being back on the field after nursing an injury..
LB Brian Cushing was resigned by the Texans, agreeing to a 5-year contract extension worth $49.0M.
DT Ndamakung Suh injury is a temporary setback for the Lions- will miss the next 6 weeks with a dislocated elbow.
Pending.
| Team | Transaction | |||
 Arizona Cardinals | xxx. | |||
 Atlanta Falcons | Released FB Patrick Dimarco. Signed FB Chris Pressley. | |||
 Baltimore Ravens | xxx. | |||
 Buffalo Bills | xxx. | |||
 Carolina Panthers | xxx. | |||
 Chicago Bears | xxx. | |||
 Cincinnati Bengals | xxx. | |||
 Cleveland Browns | xxx. | |||
 Dallas Cowboys | xxx. | |||
 Denver Broncos | xxx. | |||
 Detroit Lions | xxx. | |||
 Green Bay Packers | xxx. | |||
 Houston Texans | Released LB Tim Dobbins. Signed LB Jeff Tarpinian. Resigned LB Brian Cushing. | |||
 Indianapolis Colts | xxx. | |||
 Jacksonville Jaguars | Released DT Sen'Derrick Marks. Signed DT Jarron Gilbert. | |||
 Kansas City Chiefs | xxx. | |||
 Miami Dolphins | xxx. | |||
 Minnesota Vikings | xxx. | |||
 New England Patriots | xxx. | |||
 New Orleans Saints | xxx. | |||
 New York Giants | xxx. | |||
 New York Jets | Released K Adam Vinatieri. Signed K Lawrence Tynes. | |||
 Oakland Raiders | xxx. | |||
 Philadelphia Eagles | xxx. | |||
 Pittsburgh Steelers | xxx. | |||
 San Diego Chargers | xxx. | |||
 Seattle Seahawks | xxx. | |||
 San Francisco 49ers | xxx. | |||
 St. Louis Rams | xxx. | |||
 Tampa Bay Buccaneers | xxx. | |||
 Tennessee Titans | xxx. | |||
 Washington Redskins | xxx. | |||
NFC Offensive Player of the Week- HB Frank Gore, San Francisco.
NFC Defensive Player of the Week- RE Chris Long, St. Louis.
AFC Offensive Player of the Week- QB Peyton Manning, Denver.
AFC Defensive Player of the Week- LB Dannell Ellerbe, Miami.
Georgia DT Keoni Maake is a fifth-year senior who will finally get a chance to show his stuff.
Louisville WR Carter Cleveland has a breakout first game against a heavily favored Miami team.
NC State Starts Off Dave Doeren Era With Win
NC State 1st year Head Coach Dave Doeren knew that it wouldn't be an easy task to be the new NC State coach, but he embraced the opportunity he received. He kicked off his tenure with a 45-31 victory over Louisiana Tech. Doeren said in the post-game press conference "We knew we were playing a quality opponent out there today, we preached that to our players all week, and they did their jobs and got us the win. They played like champs the first half, but the second half was a different story...we faced some adversity going down 31-30 late in the fourth, but all summer long I preached to our guys about playing through adversity and never quitting. That's exactly what they did."
The NC State offense got off to a quick start, going up 7-0 with an 8 yard TD pass to Bryan Underwood. The offense was clicking in the 1st half put couldn't manage to put the ball in the end zone but twice. RB Shadrach Thornton added a 21 yard TD run late in the 2nd Quarter and kicker Niklas Sade added 3 field goals as the Wolfpack led 23-3 at the half. However, the second half was a different story as Louisiana Tech scored 2 TD's, as NC State only scored one, cutting their lead to 30-17. There were tons of fireworks in the 4th as Louisiana Tech scored back to back touchdowns, giving them a 31-30 lead with 4 minutes remaining in the game. On the very first play after the La. Tech go ahead touchdown, NC State QB Pete Thomas marched on the field and threw a 71 yard bomb to Quintin Payton. After a successful 2 point conversion NC State got the lead back 38-31, before a 22 yard interception return by freshman Niles Clark, putting the game away 45-31.
The Wolfpack (1-0, 0-0) stay at home this weekend to take on the Richmond Spiders (1-0, 0-0). The game kicks off at 6:00 as the Pack look to improve their 2013 record to 2-0.
| Louisiana Tech Bulldogs at North Carolina State Wolfpack | |||||
| Aug 31, 2013 | 1ST | 2ND | 3RD | 4TH | SCORE |
| Louisiana Tech Bulldogs (0-1, 0-0) | 3 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 31 |
| North Carolina State Wolfpack (1-0, 0-0) | 7 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 45 |
| Team Stats Comparison | ||
| LT | NCST | |
| Total Offense | 408 | 445 |
| Rushing Yards | 62 | 154 |
| Passing Yards | 346 | 291 |
| First Downs | 19 | 21 |
| Punt Return Yards | 0 | 25 |
| Kick Return Yards | 28 | 155 |
| Total Yards | 436 | 625 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 1 |
| 3rd Down Converstion | 7-13 | 12-16 |
| 4th Down Conversion | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2-Point Conversion | 0-0 | 1-1 |
| Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals | 5-4-1 | 4-2-2 |
| Penalties | 6-35 | 0-0 |
| Posession Time | 11:50 | 20:10 |
| Scoring Summary | |||
| FIRST QUARTER SCORING | LT | NCST | |
| 4:10 | (NCST) B. Underwood, 8 yd pass from P. Thomas (N. Sade kick) | 0 | 7 |
| 2:30 | (LT) L. McPherson, 25 yd FG | 3 | 7 |
| SECOND QUARTER SCORING | LT | NCST | |
| 7:51 | (NCST) N. Sade, 27 yd FG | 3 | 10 |
| 5:51 | (NCST) N. Sade, 34 yd FG | 3 | 13 |
| 2:25 | (NCST) S. Thornton, 21 yd run (N. Sade kick) | 3 | 20 |
| 0:00 | (NCST) N. Sade, 41 yd FG | 3 | 23 |
| THIRD QUARTER SCORING | LT | NCST | |
| 5:16 | (LT) K. Dixon, 1 yd run (L. McPherson kick) | 10 | 23 |
| 3:03 | (LT) J. Jackson, 1 yd pass S. Young (L. McPherson kick) | 17 | 23 |
| 0:00 | (NCST) T. Purvis, 1 yd run (N. Sade kick) | 17 | 30 |
| FOURTH QUARTER SCORING | LT | NCST | |
| 7:21 | (LT) K. Dixon, 15 yd pass from S. Young (L. McPherson kick) | 24 | 30 |
| 4:38 | (LT) P. Turner, 8 yd pass from S. Young (L. McPherson kick) | 31 | 30 |
| 4:23 | (NCST) Q. Payton, 71 yd pass from P. Thomas (2-pt conv.) | 31 | 38 |
| 4:18 | (NCST) N. Clark, 22 yd INT return (N. Sade kick) | 31 | 45 |
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