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timmyw3 · 09-22-2005, 12:40 PM

Sim #2 – 4/13/04 – 4/20/04

Game 6 – 4/13/04 - @ Jacksonville – Jacksonville 5 SLC 4
The Jacksonville Ospreys scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 8th to steal game 1 of the 4-game series 5-4. Catcher Stephen Lynch drove home Julian Viveiros with the game winning run with an RBI single off of Donald West. For the Speed, Jose Magana hit his 2nd homer of the season and Arch Stanton drove in a pair of runs.
LP – Espino (0-1) HR – Magana (2)

Game 7 – 4/14/04 - @ Jacksonville – Jacksonville 6 SLC 2
The Ospreys made it 2 in a row against the Speed as they scored 2 runs in both the 7th and 8th innings to break a 2-2 tie. 2B Ralph Bunn drove in 3 runs and Fermin Villar added a pinch hit 2-run double off of Eric Mattie in the 8th for insurance. Bryan Madison pitched well for the Speed going 6 innings, allowing 2 earned runs. Arch Stanton hit his 2nd homer of the year.
LP – West (0-1) HR – Stanton (2)

Game 8 – 4/15/04 - @ Jacksonville – Jacksonville 4 SLC 3
The Speed bats were silenced by Osprey starter Urbano Silva who pitched 8 strong innings allowing 1 earned run while striking out 7. The Speed, trailing 4-0, rallied for 3 runs in the top of the 9th, which included a 2-run homer by David Cardenas off of stud closer Randy Banach, but came up short in the end. SLC starter James Lamay didn’t walk anyone this time around but allowed 11 hits in 7+ innings. Pedro Posada hit his 2nd homer of the year for Jacksonville.
LP – Lamay (0-2) HR – Cardenas (2)

Game 9 – 4/16/05 - @ Jacksonville – Jacksonville 8 SLC 6
The Ospreys completed the 4-game sweep over the Speed with an 8-6 win. Joe McNabb was roughed up for 7 earned runs in 4 1/3 innings. Julian Viveiros was 4 for 4 with a homer and Pedro Posada knocked McNabb out of the game with a 3-run shot in the 5-run 5th inning. Eloy Medina hit a pair of solo homers for the Speed.
LP – McNabb (1-1) HR – Gates (1), Medina 2 (3)

Game 10 – 4/17/05 - @ Mexico City – Mexico City 4 SLC 0
The Speed saw their losing streak hit 6 as Ramon Cardenas and Kevin Roundtree combined on a 5-hit shutout. Former Speed catcher Robert Sasaki hit a solo homer in the 2nd for the Aguilas who scored 3 runs in the 7th to seal the win. Neil Heston picked up the loss allowing 4 earned in 6 2/3 innings.
LP – Heston (0-2)

Game 11 – 4/18/05 - @ Mexico City – SLC 6 Mexico City 2
The Speed broke their 6 game losing streak with a 6-2 win over the Aguilas at Paramount Park. All 6 runs scored courtesy of the long ball with Michael Prowell blasting a pair of solo homers and Robert Cowen and David Cardenas each hitting a 2-run shot. Starter Alton Colligan improved his record to 2-0 as he allowed 2 earned runs over 6 innings with 7 strikeouts.
WP – Colligan (2-0) HR – Cowen (4), Prowell 2 (2), Cardenas (3)

Game 12 – 4/19/05 - @ Mexico City – SLC 3 Mexico City 2
The Speed made it 2 in a row with an exciting 3-2 win over the Aguilas. Robert Cowen broke a 1-1 tie in the top of the 9th with a leadoff homer to left-center off of Michael Womble. Donald West, closing the game because closer David Guynn was used as a pinch-runner, survived a shaky 9th and got Zack Dowe to ground into a fielder’s choice with the tying run on 3rd. Former Speed pitcher Samuel Marpons pitched against his old team for the first time since being traded last July and allowed 1 run, a solo homer by Earl Dement, in 6 1/3 innings. For the Speed, Bryan Madison had his 3rd straight quality start, allowing just 1 run on 4 hits in 7 innings. Eddie Schuller picked up the win in relief.
WP – Schuller (1-0) SV – West (1) HR – Cowen (5), Dement (2)

Game 13 – 4/20/05 – vs. Calgary – Calgary 11 SLC 5
The Speed dropped their home opener to the defending champs 11-5. The Nighthawks legged out 18 hits and handed SLC starter James Lamay his 3rd straight loss in front of a full house at Tribune Field. Lamay lasted just 2 2/3 innings allowing 9 hits and 7 runs, all earned, and his ERA sits at an unsightly 10.80. Benjamin Leon and Amadis Hernandez each had 4 hits and 3 RBI for Calgary. Arch Stanton and David Cardenas each drove in a pair of runs for Salt Lake City.
LP – Lamay (0-3)

Player of Game Standings

1(tie). Cardenas, Prowell, Cowen, Dement, Madison 1

News & Notes

Earlier I predicted a breakout year for 3rd year catcher Arch Stanton. So far the 25 year old has done nothing to disprove me. He’s just 2 plate appearances from being 3rd in the NA in batting average, hitting .433 with 2 homers and 12 batted in. It appears he’s improved his batting eye immensely with 7 walks thus far. In his previous 2 seasons he only walked 63 times in 914 plate appearances.

On the other end of the spectrum we are disappointed so far in the play of 3B Paul King. Last year he was one of the top hitters in the NA over the first 2 months before slumping badly through the middle months. He turned it around to put up respectable numbers but he’s off to a slow start this year. Hitting .158 with 0 HR and 1 RBI. He had been hitting 2nd against lefties and 6th against righties but look for Stanton to switch spots in the batting order with King.

On the pitching side of things we’ve not gotten any sort of consistency from our starters aside from Bryan Madison who has pitched beautifully thus far. James Lamay has been brutal with a 10.80 ERA and 2.33 WHIP through 3 starts. Last season he battled inconsistency but was never this bad. Neil Heston is following last year’s trend of a decent WHIP but a bloated ERA while Joe McNabb followed up a good first start with a stinker.

While the bullpen hasn’t been lights out, they are worlds better than they were last season. My only concern for the time being is Donald West who has a WHIP of 3.00 in 6 appearances covering 5 IP. We may switch him to a mop-up role with Chris Cunningham moving to middle relief. Cunningham has not allowed a baserunner in his 2 appearances.

NA West Standings

CGY 10-2
LVA 8-4 2.0GB
POR 8-6 3.0GB
SLC 5-8 5.5GB
CJC 5-10 6.5GB
VAN 3-10 7.5GB

Minor League Update

AAA Cheyenne – 6-7
3B Casey Dunston has been ripping the cover off the ball, batting .326 with 6 HR and 14 RBI. The 29-year may learn to play some 2B in the future to make himself more valuable to the big club as he would certainly be a big improvement over current utility man Richard Smith.

AA Billings – 4-9
19-year-old relief pitcher Antonio Santa has turned heads since he came into the organization and it’s continued this year. Last year at Provo, the undrafted Dominican had a 2.23 ERA in 97 innings. So far this year he has allowed only 5 baserunners and 1 run in 11 2/3 innings.

A Provo – 0-13
It’s pretty ugly in Provo as our Single-A affiliate has yet to win a game. The hitting has been atrocious as the top hitter is 3B Martin Fulmer at .245. 6 of the 9 regulars are hitting under .200. Starting pitcher Jonathan Hadnot has been one of the few bright spots with a 2.70 ERA in 3 starts covering 20 innings.

09-22-2005, 12:40 PM	#30
timmyw3 H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Baltimore, MD	Sim #2 – 4/13/04 – 4/20/04 Game 6 – 4/13/04 - @ Jacksonville – Jacksonville 5 SLC 4 The Jacksonville Ospreys scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 8th to steal game 1 of the 4-game series 5-4. Catcher Stephen Lynch drove home Julian Viveiros with the game winning run with an RBI single off of Donald West. For the Speed, Jose Magana hit his 2nd homer of the season and Arch Stanton drove in a pair of runs. LP – Espino (0-1) HR – Magana (2) Game 7 – 4/14/04 - @ Jacksonville – Jacksonville 6 SLC 2 The Ospreys made it 2 in a row against the Speed as they scored 2 runs in both the 7th and 8th innings to break a 2-2 tie. 2B Ralph Bunn drove in 3 runs and Fermin Villar added a pinch hit 2-run double off of Eric Mattie in the 8th for insurance. Bryan Madison pitched well for the Speed going 6 innings, allowing 2 earned runs. Arch Stanton hit his 2nd homer of the year. LP – West (0-1) HR – Stanton (2) Game 8 – 4/15/04 - @ Jacksonville – Jacksonville 4 SLC 3 The Speed bats were silenced by Osprey starter Urbano Silva who pitched 8 strong innings allowing 1 earned run while striking out 7. The Speed, trailing 4-0, rallied for 3 runs in the top of the 9th, which included a 2-run homer by David Cardenas off of stud closer Randy Banach, but came up short in the end. SLC starter James Lamay didn’t walk anyone this time around but allowed 11 hits in 7+ innings. Pedro Posada hit his 2nd homer of the year for Jacksonville. LP – Lamay (0-2) HR – Cardenas (2) Game 9 – 4/16/05 - @ Jacksonville – Jacksonville 8 SLC 6 The Ospreys completed the 4-game sweep over the Speed with an 8-6 win. Joe McNabb was roughed up for 7 earned runs in 4 1/3 innings. Julian Viveiros was 4 for 4 with a homer and Pedro Posada knocked McNabb out of the game with a 3-run shot in the 5-run 5th inning. Eloy Medina hit a pair of solo homers for the Speed. LP – McNabb (1-1) HR – Gates (1), Medina 2 (3) Game 10 – 4/17/05 - @ Mexico City – Mexico City 4 SLC 0 The Speed saw their losing streak hit 6 as Ramon Cardenas and Kevin Roundtree combined on a 5-hit shutout. Former Speed catcher Robert Sasaki hit a solo homer in the 2nd for the Aguilas who scored 3 runs in the 7th to seal the win. Neil Heston picked up the loss allowing 4 earned in 6 2/3 innings. LP – Heston (0-2) Game 11 – 4/18/05 - @ Mexico City – SLC 6 Mexico City 2 The Speed broke their 6 game losing streak with a 6-2 win over the Aguilas at Paramount Park. All 6 runs scored courtesy of the long ball with Michael Prowell blasting a pair of solo homers and Robert Cowen and David Cardenas each hitting a 2-run shot. Starter Alton Colligan improved his record to 2-0 as he allowed 2 earned runs over 6 innings with 7 strikeouts. WP – Colligan (2-0) HR – Cowen (4), Prowell 2 (2), Cardenas (3) Game 12 – 4/19/05 - @ Mexico City – SLC 3 Mexico City 2 The Speed made it 2 in a row with an exciting 3-2 win over the Aguilas. Robert Cowen broke a 1-1 tie in the top of the 9th with a leadoff homer to left-center off of Michael Womble. Donald West, closing the game because closer David Guynn was used as a pinch-runner, survived a shaky 9th and got Zack Dowe to ground into a fielder’s choice with the tying run on 3rd. Former Speed pitcher Samuel Marpons pitched against his old team for the first time since being traded last July and allowed 1 run, a solo homer by Earl Dement, in 6 1/3 innings. For the Speed, Bryan Madison had his 3rd straight quality start, allowing just 1 run on 4 hits in 7 innings. Eddie Schuller picked up the win in relief. WP – Schuller (1-0) SV – West (1) HR – Cowen (5), Dement (2) Game 13 – 4/20/05 – vs. Calgary – Calgary 11 SLC 5 The Speed dropped their home opener to the defending champs 11-5. The Nighthawks legged out 18 hits and handed SLC starter James Lamay his 3rd straight loss in front of a full house at Tribune Field. Lamay lasted just 2 2/3 innings allowing 9 hits and 7 runs, all earned, and his ERA sits at an unsightly 10.80. Benjamin Leon and Amadis Hernandez each had 4 hits and 3 RBI for Calgary. Arch Stanton and David Cardenas each drove in a pair of runs for Salt Lake City. LP – Lamay (0-3) Player of Game Standings 1(tie). Cardenas, Prowell, Cowen, Dement, Madison 1 News & Notes Earlier I predicted a breakout year for 3rd year catcher Arch Stanton. So far the 25 year old has done nothing to disprove me. He’s just 2 plate appearances from being 3rd in the NA in batting average, hitting .433 with 2 homers and 12 batted in. It appears he’s improved his batting eye immensely with 7 walks thus far. In his previous 2 seasons he only walked 63 times in 914 plate appearances. On the other end of the spectrum we are disappointed so far in the play of 3B Paul King. Last year he was one of the top hitters in the NA over the first 2 months before slumping badly through the middle months. He turned it around to put up respectable numbers but he’s off to a slow start this year. Hitting .158 with 0 HR and 1 RBI. He had been hitting 2nd against lefties and 6th against righties but look for Stanton to switch spots in the batting order with King. On the pitching side of things we’ve not gotten any sort of consistency from our starters aside from Bryan Madison who has pitched beautifully thus far. James Lamay has been brutal with a 10.80 ERA and 2.33 WHIP through 3 starts. Last season he battled inconsistency but was never this bad. Neil Heston is following last year’s trend of a decent WHIP but a bloated ERA while Joe McNabb followed up a good first start with a stinker. While the bullpen hasn’t been lights out, they are worlds better than they were last season. My only concern for the time being is Donald West who has a WHIP of 3.00 in 6 appearances covering 5 IP. We may switch him to a mop-up role with Chris Cunningham moving to middle relief. Cunningham has not allowed a baserunner in his 2 appearances. NA West Standings CGY 10-2 LVA 8-4 2.0GB POR 8-6 3.0GB SLC 5-8 5.5GB CJC 5-10 6.5GB VAN 3-10 7.5GB Minor League Update AAA Cheyenne – 6-7 3B Casey Dunston has been ripping the cover off the ball, batting .326 with 6 HR and 14 RBI. The 29-year may learn to play some 2B in the future to make himself more valuable to the big club as he would certainly be a big improvement over current utility man Richard Smith. AA Billings – 4-9 19-year-old relief pitcher Antonio Santa has turned heads since he came into the organization and it’s continued this year. Last year at Provo, the undrafted Dominican had a 2.23 ERA in 97 innings. So far this year he has allowed only 5 baserunners and 1 run in 11 2/3 innings. A Provo – 0-13 It’s pretty ugly in Provo as our Single-A affiliate has yet to win a game. The hitting has been atrocious as the top hitter is 3B Martin Fulmer at .245. 6 of the 9 regulars are hitting under .200. Starting pitcher Jonathan Hadnot has been one of the few bright spots with a 2.70 ERA in 3 starts covering 20 innings.