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timmyw3 · 09-26-2005, 11:08 AM

Sim #3 – 4/21/04 – 4/27/04

Game 14 – 4/21/04 – vs. Calgary – Calgary 5 SLC 4
The Speed’s bullpen blew their 1st save of the season as the Nighthawks scored 3 runs in the top of the 9th off of David Guynn to rally for a 5-4 win in Salt Lake. Benjamin Leon’s single to left field scored pinch runner Ben Dieguez with the winning run. Joe McNabb’s strong start was wasted as the veteran righty pitched 7 innings, scattering 8 hits and allowing 2 earned runs. Earl Dement had 3 hits including his 3rd homer of the year for the Speed.
LP – Guynn (0-1) HR – Medina (4), Dement (3)

Game 15 – 4/22/04 – vs. Calgary – Calgary 5 SLC 2
The Nighthawks hit 3 home runs and Benito Sancho ran his record to 3-0 as Calgary made it 3 in a row against the Speed in a 5-2 victory. Rookie catcher Gerald Hinkley hit his 1st career HR in the 2nd off of losing pitcher Neil Heston to give Calgary an early lead that they would not relinquish. Heston did pitch 7 innings allowing just 5 hits but there was little offensive support. The Speed managed 10 hits off of 4 Calgary pitchers but they were all singles except for Robert Cowen’s 6th homer in the 8th inning.
LP – Heston (0-3) HR – Cowen (6)

Game 16 – 4/23/04 – vs. Calgary – Calgary 4 SLC 2
The Calgary Nighthawks completed the 4 game sweep of the Speed with a 4-2 win at Tribune Field. Winning pitcher Beremundo Bustos improved his record to 2-0 going 7 innings, allowing 2 runs on 6 hits. Calgary scored 2 runs in both the 2nd and 3rd innings off of losing pitcher Alton Colligan to account for all of their runs. For SLC, Jose Magana led off the 1st inning with a solo homer, his 3rd of the season. Paul King hit his 1st of the year in the 5th inning.
LP – Colligan (2-1) HR – Magana (3), King (1)

Game 17 – 4/24/04 – vs. Portland – SLC 4 Portland 3 (11)
The Speed snapped their 4 game losing streak with a 4-3 win over Portland in 11 innings. Michael Prowell drove in Robert Cowen with a 1-out double in the bottom of the 11th with the winning run. David Guynn blew his 2nd save chance in a row as he inherited a 3-0 lead but allowed 3 runs in the top of the 9th. Starter Bryan Madison was brilliant, allowing just 3 hits in 7 scoreless innings. Andres Espino picked up the win in relief and backup catcher David Gates hit his 2nd homer of the season in the 5th.
WP – Espino (1-1) HR – Gates (2)

Game 18 – 4/25/04 – vs. Portland – SLC 3 Portland 2
Salt Lake City won on their last at-bat for the 2nd straight night as Earl Dement drove home Jose Magana with a 2-out single to give the Speed a 3-2 win. With 1-out Magana’s speed forced a wild throw by Meteor 3B Jose Desouza on a slow grounder. Magana then stole 2nd and reached 3rd on a throwing error by catcher Gustavo Barret. After a Joshua Travis strikeout and a Robert Cowen walk, Dement ripped a single to left for the game-winner. Kyle McCalla pitched 3 scoreless innings of relief to pick up his first career NA win.
WP – McCalla (1-0) HR – Prowell (3)

Game 19 – 4/26/04 – vs. Portland – SLC 7 Portland 6
The Speed completed the 3 game sweep of Portland, all by 1 run, with a 7-6 win on a rainy night at Tribune Field. The dreary weather did not effect the SLC bats as 5 of the team’s 10 hits were home runs, 4 off of losing pitcher Willard Moronta. Robert Cowen homered in his first 2 at bats and Paul King also went deep twice. Earl Dement hit his 4th of the year. Joe McNabb picked up the win despite pitching rather poorly and David Guynn overcame his recent troubles to pitch a perfect 9th inning.
WP – McNabb (2-1) SV – Guynn (2) HR – Cowen 2 (8), Dement (4), King 2 (3)

Player of Game Standings

1(tie). Prowell, Madison, Dement 2
4(tie). Cowen, Cardenas, King 1

News & Notes

If we are to be a playoff contender we will certainly have to play much better against the better teams of the league. Against last year’s playoff teams (Vegas, Calgary, and Jacksonville) were are 1-10 this year. Against everyone else we are 7-1.

Our pitching woes have continued as we are 27th in league in ERA at 4.93. While that ranking is slightly better than last season we expected to be at least a little bit improved in that area. Some of it may be due to the tough schedule we’ve had thus far. The month of May looks to be much easier schedule wise with dates against basement dwellers Vancouver, New Orleans, and Nashville scheduled so look for our numbers to improve over the next month.

Aside from Donald West, who has been demoted to mop-up duty, and David Guynn, who has had limited appearances, our bullpen has fared pretty well. Eric Mattie and Eddie Schuller have settled into their set-up roles fairly well and we are very pleased with the work of converted starters Kyle McCalla and Christopher Cunningham. Cunningham has only allowed 2 baserunners and no runs in his 3 appearances and McCalla has been solid aside from his first appearance of the year. Andres Espino has been a workhorse and is on pace to appear in 90+ games for the second straight season.

After a somewhat disappointing season by his standards last year, SS Robert Cowen is making an early push for MVP consideration. He’s currently tied with DC’s Harold Murphy and Vegas 1B Pierre Perez for homers with 8 and is 2nd behind Murphy in OPS. There is somewhat of a rivalry brewing to see who the best SS in the NA is between Cowen, Austin’s William Snodgrass, and Juan Zaragoza of New Orleans. Should be interesting to see who comes out on top this year.

NA West Standings

CGY 15-4
LVA 12-7 3.0GB
POR 10-10 5.5GB
SLC 8-11 7.0GB
CJC 8-13 8.0GB
VAN 5-14 10.0GB

Minor League Update

AAA Cheyenne – 9-10
2B prospect Abel Castellanos is amongst the leaders in many offensive categories, including AVG, OBP, SLG, HR, RBI, Runs, and 2B. For the year he is hitting .372 with 8 homers and 20 RBI. Our plan is to keep him in AAA for the year barring injury at the major league level. But should King, Cardenas, or God forbid Cowen were to miss significant time, Castellanos would be thrust into the starting lineup immediately.

AA Billings – 8-11
Closer Justin Allred looks to have rebounded from a disappointing 2003 where he failed at the AAA level and, after a demotion, pitched poorly at AA. Thus far he has yet to be scored upon in 6 games, racking up 5 saves in 5 chances and striking out 9 batters in 6 inning pitched. At 23, he may be poised to try the AAA level again.

A Provo – 2-17
The champagne was uncorked as the Single-A affiliate finally won a game. 1st Round draft pick Julio Gonzalez has picked it up of late and is now hitting .247 with 2 homers and 8 RBI. 3rd year pro Jason Denn leads the team with 11 RBI.

09-26-2005, 11:08 AM	#33
timmyw3 H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Baltimore, MD	Sim #3 – 4/21/04 – 4/27/04 Game 14 – 4/21/04 – vs. Calgary – Calgary 5 SLC 4 The Speed’s bullpen blew their 1st save of the season as the Nighthawks scored 3 runs in the top of the 9th off of David Guynn to rally for a 5-4 win in Salt Lake. Benjamin Leon’s single to left field scored pinch runner Ben Dieguez with the winning run. Joe McNabb’s strong start was wasted as the veteran righty pitched 7 innings, scattering 8 hits and allowing 2 earned runs. Earl Dement had 3 hits including his 3rd homer of the year for the Speed. LP – Guynn (0-1) HR – Medina (4), Dement (3) Game 15 – 4/22/04 – vs. Calgary – Calgary 5 SLC 2 The Nighthawks hit 3 home runs and Benito Sancho ran his record to 3-0 as Calgary made it 3 in a row against the Speed in a 5-2 victory. Rookie catcher Gerald Hinkley hit his 1st career HR in the 2nd off of losing pitcher Neil Heston to give Calgary an early lead that they would not relinquish. Heston did pitch 7 innings allowing just 5 hits but there was little offensive support. The Speed managed 10 hits off of 4 Calgary pitchers but they were all singles except for Robert Cowen’s 6th homer in the 8th inning. LP – Heston (0-3) HR – Cowen (6) Game 16 – 4/23/04 – vs. Calgary – Calgary 4 SLC 2 The Calgary Nighthawks completed the 4 game sweep of the Speed with a 4-2 win at Tribune Field. Winning pitcher Beremundo Bustos improved his record to 2-0 going 7 innings, allowing 2 runs on 6 hits. Calgary scored 2 runs in both the 2nd and 3rd innings off of losing pitcher Alton Colligan to account for all of their runs. For SLC, Jose Magana led off the 1st inning with a solo homer, his 3rd of the season. Paul King hit his 1st of the year in the 5th inning. LP – Colligan (2-1) HR – Magana (3), King (1) Game 17 – 4/24/04 – vs. Portland – SLC 4 Portland 3 (11) The Speed snapped their 4 game losing streak with a 4-3 win over Portland in 11 innings. Michael Prowell drove in Robert Cowen with a 1-out double in the bottom of the 11th with the winning run. David Guynn blew his 2nd save chance in a row as he inherited a 3-0 lead but allowed 3 runs in the top of the 9th. Starter Bryan Madison was brilliant, allowing just 3 hits in 7 scoreless innings. Andres Espino picked up the win in relief and backup catcher David Gates hit his 2nd homer of the season in the 5th. WP – Espino (1-1) HR – Gates (2) Game 18 – 4/25/04 – vs. Portland – SLC 3 Portland 2 Salt Lake City won on their last at-bat for the 2nd straight night as Earl Dement drove home Jose Magana with a 2-out single to give the Speed a 3-2 win. With 1-out Magana’s speed forced a wild throw by Meteor 3B Jose Desouza on a slow grounder. Magana then stole 2nd and reached 3rd on a throwing error by catcher Gustavo Barret. After a Joshua Travis strikeout and a Robert Cowen walk, Dement ripped a single to left for the game-winner. Kyle McCalla pitched 3 scoreless innings of relief to pick up his first career NA win. WP – McCalla (1-0) HR – Prowell (3) Game 19 – 4/26/04 – vs. Portland – SLC 7 Portland 6 The Speed completed the 3 game sweep of Portland, all by 1 run, with a 7-6 win on a rainy night at Tribune Field. The dreary weather did not effect the SLC bats as 5 of the team’s 10 hits were home runs, 4 off of losing pitcher Willard Moronta. Robert Cowen homered in his first 2 at bats and Paul King also went deep twice. Earl Dement hit his 4th of the year. Joe McNabb picked up the win despite pitching rather poorly and David Guynn overcame his recent troubles to pitch a perfect 9th inning. WP – McNabb (2-1) SV – Guynn (2) HR – Cowen 2 (8), Dement (4), King 2 (3) Player of Game Standings 1(tie). Prowell, Madison, Dement 2 4(tie). Cowen, Cardenas, King 1 News & Notes If we are to be a playoff contender we will certainly have to play much better against the better teams of the league. Against last year’s playoff teams (Vegas, Calgary, and Jacksonville) were are 1-10 this year. Against everyone else we are 7-1. Our pitching woes have continued as we are 27th in league in ERA at 4.93. While that ranking is slightly better than last season we expected to be at least a little bit improved in that area. Some of it may be due to the tough schedule we’ve had thus far. The month of May looks to be much easier schedule wise with dates against basement dwellers Vancouver, New Orleans, and Nashville scheduled so look for our numbers to improve over the next month. Aside from Donald West, who has been demoted to mop-up duty, and David Guynn, who has had limited appearances, our bullpen has fared pretty well. Eric Mattie and Eddie Schuller have settled into their set-up roles fairly well and we are very pleased with the work of converted starters Kyle McCalla and Christopher Cunningham. Cunningham has only allowed 2 baserunners and no runs in his 3 appearances and McCalla has been solid aside from his first appearance of the year. Andres Espino has been a workhorse and is on pace to appear in 90+ games for the second straight season. After a somewhat disappointing season by his standards last year, SS Robert Cowen is making an early push for MVP consideration. He’s currently tied with DC’s Harold Murphy and Vegas 1B Pierre Perez for homers with 8 and is 2nd behind Murphy in OPS. There is somewhat of a rivalry brewing to see who the best SS in the NA is between Cowen, Austin’s William Snodgrass, and Juan Zaragoza of New Orleans. Should be interesting to see who comes out on top this year. NA West Standings CGY 15-4 LVA 12-7 3.0GB POR 10-10 5.5GB SLC 8-11 7.0GB CJC 8-13 8.0GB VAN 5-14 10.0GB Minor League Update AAA Cheyenne – 9-10 2B prospect Abel Castellanos is amongst the leaders in many offensive categories, including AVG, OBP, SLG, HR, RBI, Runs, and 2B. For the year he is hitting .372 with 8 homers and 20 RBI. Our plan is to keep him in AAA for the year barring injury at the major league level. But should King, Cardenas, or God forbid Cowen were to miss significant time, Castellanos would be thrust into the starting lineup immediately. AA Billings – 8-11 Closer Justin Allred looks to have rebounded from a disappointing 2003 where he failed at the AAA level and, after a demotion, pitched poorly at AA. Thus far he has yet to be scored upon in 6 games, racking up 5 saves in 5 chances and striking out 9 batters in 6 inning pitched. At 23, he may be poised to try the AAA level again. A Provo – 2-17 The champagne was uncorked as the Single-A affiliate finally won a game. 1st Round draft pick Julio Gonzalez has picked it up of late and is now hitting .247 with 2 homers and 8 RBI. 3rd year pro Jason Denn leads the team with 11 RBI.