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timmyw3 · 09-28-2005, 09:28 AM

Sim #4 – 4/28/04 – 5/5/04

Game 20 – 4/28/04 - @ Austin – SLC 6 Austin 3
The Speed won their 4th game in a row with a 6-3 victory over the Austin Armadillos at Nelson Memorial Field. David Gates provided the offense with a 2-run homer off of Michael Rigg in the 2nd inning. The following batter, Paul King, was hit by a pitch which sparked a brawl leading to the ejection of both Rigg and King. Earl Dement also hit a 2-run homer. Alton Colligan pitched 6 1/3 innings allowing 3 earned runs to improve his record to 3-1.
WP – Colligan (3-1) SV – Guynn (3) HR – Gates (3), Dement (5)

Game 21 – 4/29/04 - @ Austin – SLC 8 Austin 7
Salt Lake City made it 5 wins in a row with an 8-7 comeback win over Austin. Trailing 7-3, the Speed scored 3 runs in the 6th, 1 in the 7th, and 1 in the 8th to take the lead. A hustling Michael Prowell beat out a potential double play grounder which scored Robert Cowen with the game winning run. SLC’s bullpen pitched 4 scoreless innings with Eric Mattie picking up his first win and David Guynn pitching the 9th for his 4th save.
WP – Mattie (1-0) SV – Guynn (4)

Game 22 – 4/30/04 - @ Austin – SLC 5 Austin 0
The Speed completed the sweep of the Armadillos in a 5-0 blanking in Austin. Speed starter James Lamay, who had pitched horribly in his first several starts was excellent as he pitched 8 innings allowing 5 hits and 4 walks, striking out 2. He also added an RBI single in the 3-run 4th inning. Mark Pendleton added his 1st homer of the season, a pinch hit homer in the 9th.
WP – Lamay (1-3) HR – Pendleton (1)

Game 23 – 5/1/05 - @DC – SLC 15 DC 9
The wind was blowing out at Armed Forces Field and that produced a game that featured 24 runs, 35 hits, 10 homers, and almost 5 hours of game time. 7 of those homers were hit by the Speed, which is a team record, by the end of the 6th inning. Both David Cardenas and Paul King had a pair of dingers with Arch Stanton, Eloy Medina, and Earl Dement providing single blasts of their own. Jose Magana had 4 hits, none of which were homers, and ran his hit streak to 9 games. Andres Espino picked up the win in relief of starter Joe McNabb.
WP – Espino (2-1) HR – Stanton (3), Dement (6), Cardenas 2 (5), Medina (5), King 2 (5)

Game 24 – 5/2/05 - @DC – DC 8 SLC 7 (11)
The Speed saw their modest 7 game win streak come to an end with an 8-7 loss to the Shadow in 11 innings. Howard Shunsho drove home Rene Castro with a game winning single to left off of losing pitcher Christopher Cunningham. SLC went through 8 pitchers as starter Neil Heston left after the first batter of the second inning with a shoulder injury. Robert Cowen hit his league leading 9th homer in the 1st inning and Jose Magana hit his 4th homer of the year, a 3-run shot, in the 6th.
LP – Cunningham (0-1) HR – Cowen (9), Magana (4)

Game 25 – 5/3/04 - @ DC – SLC 10 DC 5
The Speed got back on the winning track with the “B” lineup in a 10-5 win over the Shadow to take 2 out of 3 from our East Division rival. Even with big guns Robert Cowen and Michael Prowell sitting this one out we managed 12 hits including 4 more homers to give us 13 in the 3-game series. Eloy Medina had a 3-run shot and Arch Stanton provided the crushing blow with a 441-foot bomb to dead center, chasing Shadow starter Augusto Pinochet from the game in the 5th. Alton Colligan didn’t have his best stuff (yet again) but was good enough to improve his record to 4-1.
WP – Colligan (4-1) HR – Pendleton (2), Stanton (4), Cardenas (6), Medina (6)

Game 26 – 5/4/04 – vs. Birmingham – SLC 6 Birmingham 3
Bryan Madison continued to pitch well early in the season and was the beneficiary of a pair of Speed homers as SLC stung the Bees 6-3 at Tribune Field. Madison improved to 2-0, pitching 6 innings, allowing just 1 earned run while striking out 7 and lowering his ERA to 2.43. Robert Cowen hit his 10th round tripper of the season and David Cardenas blasted his 7th, both coming off of losing pitcher Richard Ewing.
WP – Madison (2-0) HR – Cowen (10), Cardenas (7)

Game 27 – 5/5/04 – vs. Birmingham – Birmingham 6 SLC 2
The Bees laced 17 hits and got a solid pitching performance from Leonard Priester to shut down the Speed offensive attack and win 6-2 in Salt Lake City. Birmingham scored 2 runs in each of the first 2 innings to give them a working lead. Losing pitcher James Lamay regressed from his last start and allowed 5 runs and 10 hits in 5+ innings of work. SLC scored their only 2 runs in the 4th, one on a solo homer by Arch Stanton and the other on a sacrifice fly by Michael Prowell.
LP – Lamay (1-4) HR – Stanton (5)

Player of Game Standings

1. Bryan Madison 3
2(tie). Prowell, Dement, King 2
5(tie). 6 tied at 1

News & Notes

Our recent offensive surge has us in the WHBL lead for team home runs at 53, an average of almost 2 per game. The 13 homers in the DC series is only 3 less than what Rio has for the entire season. Not surprisingly we lead the league in slugging percentage as well but we are also 3rd in both steals (33) and walks (105). If we can continue at this pace it should overshadow some of the pitching troubles we’ve had going back to last season.

After struggling over the first 2 weeks, rookie leadoff hitter Jose Magana has been on fire, raising his average from around the Mendoza line to .294. He has also shown a little bit of pop with 4 homers and has stolen 10 bases thus far. His big asset is his defense where he has proven to be of Gold Glove caliber to this point.

2B David Cardenas has been exactly what we expected. Good power numbers with zero plate discipline. He leads the team with 21 RBI and should put up 30+ home runs this season. But he’s only drawn 4 walks and has an OBP of .269, right around last year’s mark.

It’s only a matter of time before either Kyle McCalla or Christopher Cunningham enters the rotation. James Lamay would be the most likely candidate for demotion based on his performance but he pitched very well for us last year and he’s only 27 so you would think he would improve. The odd man out very well could be Neil Heston. His shoulder injury was not serious as he is day-to-day but it may give us an opportunity to have either Kyle or Chris take his turn in the rotation to see what they can give us.

NA West Standings

CGY 19-7
LVA 17-9 2.0
SLC 14-13 5.5
POR 13-14 6.5
CJC 12-16 8.0
VAN 10-17 9.5

Minor League Update

AAA Cheyenne – 11-16
Top prospect William Blake has struggled to adapt to the AAA level. Still only 20, he has had control problems, walking 18 in 32 innings. He’s 1-2 with a 5.63 ERA. It may be time to send him back down to AA Billings to further refine his game. The last thing we want to do is rush him.

AA Billings – 11-16
Lefty reliever Robert Roles has had a good start to the year. Acquired from DC to us back in 2002 for backup catcher James Heier, Roles has always had the talent but it never transferred to success on the field. Now 25, Roles may have found his stride. So far he’s pitched 18 1/3 innings in middle relief with a 2.45 ERA and 13 strikeouts.

A Provo – 8-19
Don’t look now but Provo has won 6 of their last 8 to move out of the basement in the standings. Undrafted 1st year players Leonard Vogt and Martin Fulmer have been the offensive stars of late and draft pick Tommy Alford has settled down to stabilize the rotation a bit.

09-28-2005, 09:28 AM	#35
timmyw3 H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Baltimore, MD	Sim #4 – 4/28/04 – 5/5/04 Game 20 – 4/28/04 - @ Austin – SLC 6 Austin 3 The Speed won their 4th game in a row with a 6-3 victory over the Austin Armadillos at Nelson Memorial Field. David Gates provided the offense with a 2-run homer off of Michael Rigg in the 2nd inning. The following batter, Paul King, was hit by a pitch which sparked a brawl leading to the ejection of both Rigg and King. Earl Dement also hit a 2-run homer. Alton Colligan pitched 6 1/3 innings allowing 3 earned runs to improve his record to 3-1. WP – Colligan (3-1) SV – Guynn (3) HR – Gates (3), Dement (5) Game 21 – 4/29/04 - @ Austin – SLC 8 Austin 7 Salt Lake City made it 5 wins in a row with an 8-7 comeback win over Austin. Trailing 7-3, the Speed scored 3 runs in the 6th, 1 in the 7th, and 1 in the 8th to take the lead. A hustling Michael Prowell beat out a potential double play grounder which scored Robert Cowen with the game winning run. SLC’s bullpen pitched 4 scoreless innings with Eric Mattie picking up his first win and David Guynn pitching the 9th for his 4th save. WP – Mattie (1-0) SV – Guynn (4) Game 22 – 4/30/04 - @ Austin – SLC 5 Austin 0 The Speed completed the sweep of the Armadillos in a 5-0 blanking in Austin. Speed starter James Lamay, who had pitched horribly in his first several starts was excellent as he pitched 8 innings allowing 5 hits and 4 walks, striking out 2. He also added an RBI single in the 3-run 4th inning. Mark Pendleton added his 1st homer of the season, a pinch hit homer in the 9th. WP – Lamay (1-3) HR – Pendleton (1) Game 23 – 5/1/05 - @DC – SLC 15 DC 9 The wind was blowing out at Armed Forces Field and that produced a game that featured 24 runs, 35 hits, 10 homers, and almost 5 hours of game time. 7 of those homers were hit by the Speed, which is a team record, by the end of the 6th inning. Both David Cardenas and Paul King had a pair of dingers with Arch Stanton, Eloy Medina, and Earl Dement providing single blasts of their own. Jose Magana had 4 hits, none of which were homers, and ran his hit streak to 9 games. Andres Espino picked up the win in relief of starter Joe McNabb. WP – Espino (2-1) HR – Stanton (3), Dement (6), Cardenas 2 (5), Medina (5), King 2 (5) Game 24 – 5/2/05 - @DC – DC 8 SLC 7 (11) The Speed saw their modest 7 game win streak come to an end with an 8-7 loss to the Shadow in 11 innings. Howard Shunsho drove home Rene Castro with a game winning single to left off of losing pitcher Christopher Cunningham. SLC went through 8 pitchers as starter Neil Heston left after the first batter of the second inning with a shoulder injury. Robert Cowen hit his league leading 9th homer in the 1st inning and Jose Magana hit his 4th homer of the year, a 3-run shot, in the 6th. LP – Cunningham (0-1) HR – Cowen (9), Magana (4) Game 25 – 5/3/04 - @ DC – SLC 10 DC 5 The Speed got back on the winning track with the “B” lineup in a 10-5 win over the Shadow to take 2 out of 3 from our East Division rival. Even with big guns Robert Cowen and Michael Prowell sitting this one out we managed 12 hits including 4 more homers to give us 13 in the 3-game series. Eloy Medina had a 3-run shot and Arch Stanton provided the crushing blow with a 441-foot bomb to dead center, chasing Shadow starter Augusto Pinochet from the game in the 5th. Alton Colligan didn’t have his best stuff (yet again) but was good enough to improve his record to 4-1. WP – Colligan (4-1) HR – Pendleton (2), Stanton (4), Cardenas (6), Medina (6) Game 26 – 5/4/04 – vs. Birmingham – SLC 6 Birmingham 3 Bryan Madison continued to pitch well early in the season and was the beneficiary of a pair of Speed homers as SLC stung the Bees 6-3 at Tribune Field. Madison improved to 2-0, pitching 6 innings, allowing just 1 earned run while striking out 7 and lowering his ERA to 2.43. Robert Cowen hit his 10th round tripper of the season and David Cardenas blasted his 7th, both coming off of losing pitcher Richard Ewing. WP – Madison (2-0) HR – Cowen (10), Cardenas (7) Game 27 – 5/5/04 – vs. Birmingham – Birmingham 6 SLC 2 The Bees laced 17 hits and got a solid pitching performance from Leonard Priester to shut down the Speed offensive attack and win 6-2 in Salt Lake City. Birmingham scored 2 runs in each of the first 2 innings to give them a working lead. Losing pitcher James Lamay regressed from his last start and allowed 5 runs and 10 hits in 5+ innings of work. SLC scored their only 2 runs in the 4th, one on a solo homer by Arch Stanton and the other on a sacrifice fly by Michael Prowell. LP – Lamay (1-4) HR – Stanton (5) Player of Game Standings 1. Bryan Madison 3 2(tie). Prowell, Dement, King 2 5(tie). 6 tied at 1 News & Notes Our recent offensive surge has us in the WHBL lead for team home runs at 53, an average of almost 2 per game. The 13 homers in the DC series is only 3 less than what Rio has for the entire season. Not surprisingly we lead the league in slugging percentage as well but we are also 3rd in both steals (33) and walks (105). If we can continue at this pace it should overshadow some of the pitching troubles we’ve had going back to last season. After struggling over the first 2 weeks, rookie leadoff hitter Jose Magana has been on fire, raising his average from around the Mendoza line to .294. He has also shown a little bit of pop with 4 homers and has stolen 10 bases thus far. His big asset is his defense where he has proven to be of Gold Glove caliber to this point. 2B David Cardenas has been exactly what we expected. Good power numbers with zero plate discipline. He leads the team with 21 RBI and should put up 30+ home runs this season. But he’s only drawn 4 walks and has an OBP of .269, right around last year’s mark. It’s only a matter of time before either Kyle McCalla or Christopher Cunningham enters the rotation. James Lamay would be the most likely candidate for demotion based on his performance but he pitched very well for us last year and he’s only 27 so you would think he would improve. The odd man out very well could be Neil Heston. His shoulder injury was not serious as he is day-to-day but it may give us an opportunity to have either Kyle or Chris take his turn in the rotation to see what they can give us. NA West Standings CGY 19-7 LVA 17-9 2.0 SLC 14-13 5.5 POR 13-14 6.5 CJC 12-16 8.0 VAN 10-17 9.5 Minor League Update AAA Cheyenne – 11-16 Top prospect William Blake has struggled to adapt to the AAA level. Still only 20, he has had control problems, walking 18 in 32 innings. He’s 1-2 with a 5.63 ERA. It may be time to send him back down to AA Billings to further refine his game. The last thing we want to do is rush him. AA Billings – 11-16 Lefty reliever Robert Roles has had a good start to the year. Acquired from DC to us back in 2002 for backup catcher James Heier, Roles has always had the talent but it never transferred to success on the field. Now 25, Roles may have found his stride. So far he’s pitched 18 1/3 innings in middle relief with a 2.45 ERA and 13 strikeouts. A Provo – 8-19 Don’t look now but Provo has won 6 of their last 8 to move out of the basement in the standings. Undrafted 1st year players Leonard Vogt and Martin Fulmer have been the offensive stars of late and draft pick Tommy Alford has settled down to stabilize the rotation a bit.