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April 29th, 2010

The Scranton Warriors are 25 games into the season, and they have recently hit a rough patch, losing 4 straight to the Jacksonville Lions and Charlotte Knights. The Warriors are currently second in the NL East, 1 game behind the Foxborough Lobsters. The Warriors were hit hard by the injury bug early in the season as starting pitchers Tom Gorzelanny and Junior Livings both went down with elbow pains. Both of these pitchers had under a 1.50 ERA to start their season. A big factor for their recent struggles is the lack of offense that has suddenly plagued the team, over the past 4 games, they are only averaging 2.25 runs per game. Hopefully the Warriors can get back on track, if not, it looks like the Lobsters could run away with the division.

NL EAST STANDINGS
Team Name WINS LOSSES GB
1.Lobsters 17-8
2.Warriors 16-9 1.0
3.Hornets 13-12 4.0
4.Eskimos 11-14 6.0
5.Knights 10-15 7.0

April 29th, 2010

R H E
Warriors 6 13 0
Lions 5 10 0 F/13

The Warriors came into this game looking to just salvage one game from the series as they had been killed in the first 3 games and this was easily the most exciting game so far this season, as the Warriors came storming back from a 5-1 deficit to win 6-5 with a walk off HR by Greene. Jim Oilhands got the start today and he pitched decent giving up 3 runs in 6 IP while throwing 67 pitches.( 35 4SFB, 18 Curveballs, 7 SIFB, 4 CHG, and 3 Mistake) But the hero of the day was Greene, who has been struggling all season, and came into this game hitting just .180 but got a pitch over the plate and sent it packing over the left field wall for the win. The bullpen also came up big today with Rocket, Hochevar, and Bowie pitching 5 innings of shutout baseball. This win is a huge confidence boost for the Warriors and hopefully this is just what they needed to get back in the groove of things.

Hitters
Florence- 3-6, 2 Runs
Gurch- 4-6, 1 Run
Deafface- 0-6, 1 RBI, 1 Run
Nady- 1-3, 1 RBI, 1 SO
Howard- 1-3
Braun- 1-6, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 Run, 2 SO
Greene- 1-6, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 Run, 2 SO
Ankiel- 1-5, 1 SO
V.Olvariz- 1-5
J.Oilhands- 0-2
Sain- 0-1
Q.Portis- 0-1
Ruiz- 0-1

Pitchers
J.Oilhands- 6 IP, 6 H, 4 SO, 3 ER
Sain- 2 IP, 3 H, 2 SO, 2 ER
Rocket- 1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO
Hochevar- 3 IP, 1 H, 4 SO
Bowie- 1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO WIN

Below is the scoring summary from a few of the key innings in todays game(I just used these as notes so if its confusing thats why)

4th Inning- Single by Kelly Johnson, Double by Rodriguez, RBI score 3-0, stranded 1, Warriors- Single by Florence, Single by Gurch 0 outs, FC for Deafface runners on 1st and 3rd 1 out, RBI single off the wall runners on 1st and 3rd 1 out Score 3-1, pop up by Braun 2 out, GO by Greene stranded 2.

8th Inning- Lions- single, 2 run HR score 5-1, Warriors- single by Florence 1 out, pass ball Florence to 2nd, single by Gurch runners on 1st and 3rd 1 out, FC Florence Scored runners on 1st and 2nd 1 out, score 5-2, Howard PH for Nady, Howard FO runners on 1st and 2nd 2 out, Braun 3 run HR, score 5-5 2 out, Greene SO.

12th Inning- Lions- 0 hits, Warriors- Single by Olvariz 0 out, Ruiz PH for Pitcher, single by Florence runners on 1st and 2nd 1 out, single by Gurch bases loaded 1 out, DP by Deafface stranded 3.

13th Inning- Lions- 0 hits, Warriors- Greene walk-off HR score 6-5.

May 2nd, 2010
R H E
Warriors 2 11 0
Knights 1 9 1

The Warriors got a much needed win today, coming off a tough 8-3 loss to the Knights. Junior Livings got his first start after coming off the DL yesterday and pitched pretty good given the circumstances, he pitched just 5 innings and threw just 57 pitches while giving up 7 hits and 1 ER and striking out 4. Deafface continued to struggle, going 0-4 from the plate but did manage to drive in a run. The game was tied 1-1 for a long time until Ryan Howard knocked in a run in the bottom of the 8th to score the go ahead run. Tensions were high after the game as Knights OF Brad Hawpe turned to social media after the game to vent his frustration after a tough loss. "Man I hate the Warriors, they think they're so good but they can't stop me, I'm hitting like .600 this year against their so called "great" pitching staff." said Hawpe. The League Commissioner was not pleased with Hawpe's actions and quickly issued a 10,000 dollar fine for Hawpe, who after hearing of this news made matters worse by using social media to call out the League Commissioner by saying "10,000 dollars? thats chump change to me bro." The League Commissioner, who obviously felt like his authority was being challenged issued another fine, this time for 50,000 dollars. Hawpe(probably realizing he better stop while he still has a job) then quickly terminated multiple social media accounts. Definitely a string of events you don't see very often.

Key Batters
Ruiz- 3-4, 2 Runs Scored
Gurch- 3-4
Deafface- 0-4, 1 RBI
Howard- 2-4, 1 RBI

Pitchers
Livings- 5 IP, 7 H, 4 SO, 1 ER
Hochevar- 2 IP, 1 H, 1 SO
Sain- 2 IP, 1 H, 1 SO WIN(3-1)

APRIL PLAYER OF THE MONTH
Jim Oilhands won April's pitcher of the month award, he went 4-0 in the month of April with an unbelieveable 0.99 ERA while striking out 26 batters. Jim Oilhands, who was the focus of many trade rumors last year due to poor play said "This is a very important award for me considering where I was last season, I knew this year was my year to prove the nah sayers wrong and so far thats what im doing"

WARRIORS VS LIONS 4 GAME SERIES. RECAP OF 3 OUT OF GAMES.

May 3rd, 2010
R H E
Warriors 4 10 0
Lions 5 7 2

Steve Screws got the start in this game and did what he has done for most the season, sucked. He didn't even get out of the 5th inning and gave up 4 runs before being replaced by Patrick Star, who kept the game 4-2 until the 9th inning when Ryan Howard and Ryan Braun hit back to back HR's to tie the game up 4-4. The Warriors then gave the ball to Scott Proctor to protect the tie and send it into extras, Proctor threw one pitch to Jason Giambi who hit it deep over the center field wall to win the game. Proctor is now 0-2 on the season.

Key Batters
Ruiz- 3-4, 1 Run
Gurch- 1-4, 1 2B, 1 RBI. 1 Run

Pitchers
S.Screws- 5 IP, 6 H, 5 SO, 4 ER
Patrick.S- 3 IP, 0 H, 5 SO, 0 ER
Proctor- 0 IP, 1 H, 1 ER LOSS(0-2)

May 4th, 2010
R H E
Warriors 4 9 0
Lions 1 5 0

Jim Oilhands was the starting pitcher for todays game and came up big as he pitched 7 and 2/3 innings of great baseball, giving up just 5 hits and 1 earned run while striking out 5, Otto Rocket came in and got the 4 out save without giving up a hit, his 8th of the year. Ryan howard, Ryan Braun, and Xavier Nady all got home runs today and Greene also knocked in a run.

Pitchers
J.Oilhands- 7 2/3 IP, 5 H, 5 SO, 1 ER WIN(5-0)
Rocket- 1 1/3 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, SV(8)

May 5th, 2010
R H E
Warriors 5 9 0
Lions 2 8 0

The Warriors used a 5 run 8th inning, and a 3 run HR by Deafface to overcome a 2 run deficit to beat the Jacksonville Lions, 5-2. Pineiro came in and pitched just 1 inning(his first inning this year in the majors) but got the win after Durvisuski wasn't able to get any run support and had to come out of the game. Otto Rocket came in and got his 9th save of the year.

Key Batters
Deafface- 2-4, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 Run
Howard- 2-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 Run

Pitchers
Durvisuski- 6 IP, 6 H, 7 SO, 2 ER
Pineiro- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, WIN(1-0)
Hochevar- 1 IP, 0 H, 2 SO
Rocket- 1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO SV(9)

These are some basic stats through 32 games of the season

Scranton Warriors Stats through 32 games(21-11 2nd in NL East)

Hitters AVG. HR RBI
Ruiz .333 0 5
Howard .333 16 36
Gurch .300 0 4
Braun .290 21 27
Ankiel .279 2 5
Deafface .250 4 12
Greene .192 3 8
I.Riley .667 0 0
A.Cabrera .320 1 5
Nady .320 3 5
Litsch .250 1 1
Florence .222 0 0
S.Screws .167 1 2
Patrick.S .167 0 0
V.Olvariz .161 2 2
Q.Portis .154 1 3
J.Oilhands .118 0 1
Livings .100 0 0

Pitchers ERA IP Record
J.Oilhands 1.02 44.0 5-0
Durvisuski 1.85 34.0 3-0
S.Screws 4.89 35.0 1-3
Hochevar 0.00 7.0 0-0
Pineiro 0.00 1.0 1-0
Gorzelanny 0.98 18.1 1-1
Patrick.S 1.14 23.2 0-0
Livings 1.63 27.2 2-0
Litsch 2.30 31.1 2-0
I.Riley 3.46 13.0 0-1
Rocket 3.60 15.0 1-1
Sain 3.68 14.2 3-1
Frank O. 3.72 9.2 1-0
Bowie 4.15 4.1 1-1
Proctor 6.00 12.0 0-2
Condrey 10.8 5.0 0-1

May 6th, 2010
R H E F/10
Warriors 2 6 0
Lions 0 7 0
Win:Patrick.S(1-0) Loss:Hughes(0-3)

Howard: 1-4, 1 HR, 2 RBI

Litsch: 8 IP, 6 H, 4 SO, 0 ER
Patrick.S: 2 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 ER
May 9th, 2010
R H E F/16
Warriors 3 11 0
Bobcats 2 10 1

This was the longest game of the season, and the first for Gorzelanny after
staying on the DL, Gorzelanny gave up 2 earned runs in 8 innings pitched, then
the bullpen pitched 8 innings of shutout baseball and Deafface hit a homerun for
the win in the bottom of the 16th with 2 outs. Ian Riley ended up with the win,
his first of the year.

Pitchers
Gorzelanny: 8 IP, 8 H, 5 SO, 2 ER
Patrick.S: 5 IP, 1 H, 7 SO, 0 ER
I.Riley: 3 IP, 1 H, 4 SO, 0 ER

May 10th, 2010
R H E
Warriors 3 8 0
Knights 1 5 0

Durvisuski pitched his second complete game of the year in a hard fought 3-1 win
over division rival Charlotte. Tension has recently heated up in the rivalry due
to Brad Hawpe of the Knights trash talking, well today was no different, in the
4th inning Hawpe had a borderline strike 3 called on him and he was not happy and
let everyone know it after the game, saying "These Umps couldn't do a peewee game
and they're out here at the highest level doing it. It's BS and the only way the
Warriors can win is if they pay these idiots to give them all the calls." Fines
are sure to follow after an outburst after that, After the game the Scranton
Times was able to catch up to Durvisuski who had this to say after his outing,
"This year I've just been feeling it and today was no exception, I was hitting my
spots and I had a good feel on all of my pitches." He threw just 76 pitches(51
4SFB, 19 CCHG, 1 SLD, and 5 Mistake) while striking out 10.

Key Batters
Deafface- 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI
Greene- 2-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI

Pitchers
Durvisuski- 9 IP, 5 H, 10 SO, 1 ER WIN(4-0)

May 11th, 2010
R H E
Warriors 9 14 0
Knights 2 7 2

The Warriors bats finally came to life and exploded for 9 runs, and it all
started when starting pitcher Jim Oilhands hit his first home run of the year
over the left field fence, Oilhands said "That really help give me the confidence
that I needed to go out there and get the win." The Warriors followed the next
inning by scoring 3 runs off of 4 hits. In the 5th inning Oilhands hit a skid and
ending up giving up 2 runs to make the score 4-2 through 5, But it wouldn't stay
like that for long as Gurch capped off a 4 run 6th with a 3 run home run to left
center field, his 1st on the year. Ryan Howard also had a big game, hitting his
19th and 20th Home runs on the season. The Warriors extend their win streak to 8 games and look to stay hot when they face the Knights one more time tomorrow, looking for the series sweep.

Key Batters
Ruiz- 2-5, 1 RBI, 1 RUN
Gurch- 1-5, 1 HR, 3 RBI
Howard- 2-5, 2 HR, 2 RBI
A.Cabrera- 2-4, 2 RBI, 1 RUN, 1 SO
J.Oilhands- 1-3, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 R

Pitchers
J.Oilhands- 5 1/3 IP, 5 H, 6 SO, 2 ER WIN(6-0)
Hochevar- 1 2/3 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 ER
Pineiro- 2 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 ER

The Scranton Times

Big news came from The Scranton Warriors today as the GM has announced that he will be making some line up changes to the team thats already in 1st place. Rick Ankiel, currently the starting right fielder for the Warriors will be replaced by Xavier Nady who has exploded onto the scene for this team lately, hitting .316 with 4 home runs and 7 runs batted in, in just 38 at bats. Ankiel was batting .262 in 126 at bats with 2 HR's and 5 RBIS. The Warriors GM had this to say about the move. "We really like both of these guys but it comes down to production and what the team needs and at this time I think Nady at right is what this team needs." He also said he still expects Ankiel to get adequate playing time, but also didn't rule out a possible trade to send Ankiel elsewhere. The Warriors currently have a salary of 59760 P, which is one of the highest in the league, and rumor has it that the owner of team has purchased a lot of new practice equipment, so a lot of moves could be coming to cut down on expenses.

May 14th, 2010 series with the Louisville Bobcats

Game 1
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Warriors 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 4 8 1
Bobcats 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 X 5 11 0

Line up
Ruiz 1-4, 1 SO
Gurch 1-4
Defface 0-4, 1 SO
Howard 1-4, 1 Run
Braun 1-4, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 Run, 1 SO
Greene 1-4, 1 Run, 1 SO
Nady 1-3, 1 RBI
A.Cabrera 1-3
Livings 0-2
V.Olvariz 1-1, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 Run

Pitchers
Livings- 5 IP, 8 H, 7 SO, 4 ER
Frank O.- 2 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 0 ER
Condrey- 1 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 1 ER LOSS(0-2)

GAME 2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Warriors 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 1 5 9 0
Bobcats 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 14 1

Line up
Ruiz 1-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 Run
Gurch 1-4, 2B, 1 Run
Deafface 1-4, 1 RBI
Howard 2-4, 1 Run
Braun 1-4, 1 Run
Nady 1-4, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 Run
Greene 0-4
V.Olvariz 1-3
S.Screws 1-2
Q.Portis 0-1

Pitchers
S.Screws- 4 1/3 IP, 7 H, 6 SO, 2 ER
Patrick.S- 1 2/3 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 0 ER
I.Riley- 1 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 1 ER WIN(2-1)
Hochevar- 1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 ER
Rocket- 1 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 ER SV(12)

GAME 3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Warriors 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 5 10 0
Bobcats 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 11 2

Line up
Ruiz 0-4, 1 SO
Gurch 1-4, 1 SO
Deafface 2-3, 2B, SH
Howard 1-4, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 2 Runs
Braun 2-4, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 1 Run
Greene 1-4
Nady 2-4
A.Cabrera 1-4
Durvisuski 0-2
V.Olvariz 0-1
Florence 0-1

Pitchers
Durvisuski- 7 IP, 7 H, 6 SO, 0 ER
Gorzelanny- 1 IP, 3 H, 0 SO, 2 ER WIN(2-1)
Rocker- 1 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 0 ER SV(13)

SERIES BATTING STATS
Ruiz- 2-12, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 run, 2 SO
Gurch- 3-12, 1 2B, 1 Run, 1 SO
Deafface- 3-11, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 SH, 1 SO
Howard- 4-12, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 4 Runs
Braun- 4-12, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 3 Runs, 1 SO
Greene- 2-12, 1 Run, 1 SO
Nady- 4-11, 1 HR, 4 RBI, 1 Run
A.Cabrera- 2-7
V.Olvariz- 2-5, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 Run

PLAYER OF THE SERIES: Ryan Braun

Ryan Braun broke out of his slump, hitting 2 key home runs including a game winning 3 run home run in the 9th inning to win game 3 of the series. Each game of this series was decided in or after the 8th inning, Xavier Nady came up big in his first series as the Warriors starting right fielder batting in 4 and getting a hit in every game of the series. Greene continues to struggle as he went just 2-12 in this series and is now batting just .200 on the season. The owner of the Warriors said after game 3 of the series that "Greene is our SS for the time being and we have faith in him for now, until his play starts costing this team games we will have to stick with him."

May 17th, 2010
GAME 1 SERIES VS THE WHALES
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Warriors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
Whales 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0

Line up
1.Ruiz 1-4
2.Gurch 1-4
3.Deafface 0-3
4.Howard 0-3
5.Braun 0-3
6.Greene 0-3
7.Nady 0-3
8.A.Cabrera 0-3
9.J.Oilhands 0-2
V.Olvariz 0-1

Pitching
J.Oilhands- 6 IP, 5 H, 6 SO, 1 ER LOSS(6-1)
Frank.O- 2 IP, 1 H, 2 SO, 0 ER

GAME 2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Warriors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1
Whales 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 0

Line up
1.Ruiz- 1-4, 1 SO
2.Gurch- 2-4
3.Deafface- 0-4, 1 SO
4.Howard- 1-4
5.Braun- 2-4
6.Greene- 0-4
7.Nady- 1-3
8.A.Cabrera- 1-3, 1 SO
9.Litsch- 0-2
V.Olvariz- 0-1

Pitching
Litsch- 6 IP, 8 H, 4 SO, 3 R, 2 ER LOSS
Pineiro- 1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 ER
Hochevar- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 ER

GAME 3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Warriors 6 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 16 0
Whales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 13 0

Line up
1.Ruiz- 3-5, 2 Runs
2.Gurch- 0-5, 2 SO
3.A.Cabrera- 2-4, 1 RBI, 1 Run, 1 BB
4.Howard- 2-5, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 Runs, 1 SO
5.Braun- 2-5, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 Runs
6.Nady- 1-4, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 Run
7.Deafface- 4-4, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 Run
8.Greene- 1-4, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 Run
9.Livings- 1-4, 1 SO

Pitching
Livings- 8 IP, 7 H, 6 SO, 0 ER WIN(4-0)
Condrey- 0 IP, 4 H, 4 ER
Hochevar- 1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 ER

The Warriors must have saved all of their offense for the last game of this series as they were able to get 6 runs in the first inning, knocking out Whales pitcher Cole Hamels after just pitching 0 2/3 innings. The Warriors manager tried to send a message to Deafface by moving him from 3rd in the line up down to the number 7 spot and boy did he get the message, going 4-4 with a home run. The Warriors dominated this game and hopefully they will use this momentum to win their next series.

SERIES HITTING STATS
Ruiz- 5-13, 2 Runs, 1 SO
Gurch- 3-13, 2 SO
A.Cabrera- 3-10, 1 RBI, 1 Run, 1 BB, 1 SO
Howard- 3-12, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 2 Runs, 1 SO
Braun- 4-12, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 2 Runs
Nady- 2-10, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 Run
Deafface- 4-11, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 Run, 1 SO
Greene- 1-11, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 1 Run
V.Olvariz- 0-2

PLAYER OF THE SERIES: Ryan Braun

Rough series except for the last game.

Is that Khalil Greene you have at shortstop?

yes it is, I like him at SS but he has had a really bad season so far.

GAME 1 Warriors(30-15) VS Reapers(23-22)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Warriors 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 8 0
Reapers 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 6 0

Line up
1.Ruiz 1-4, 1 RBI
2.Gurch 0-4
3.A.Cabrera 1-4, 1 Run, 1 SO
4.Howard 2-4, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 Run, 1 SO
5.Braun 0-4, 2 SO
6.Nady 1-4, 1 SO
7.Deafface 2-3, 1 Run, 1 BB, 2 SB
8.Greene 1-4, 1 SO
9.Gorzelanny 0-3
Q.Portis 0-1

Pitching
Gorzelanny- 6 IP, 3 H, 4 SO, 1 ER WIN(3-1)
Patrick.S- 1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 ER
Pineiro- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 ER
Rocket- 1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 ER SV(14)

GAME 2
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Warriors 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 5 0
Reapers 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 X 4 9 0

Line up
1.Florence 2-4, 1 Run, 2 SO
2.Gurch 1-4, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 Run, 1 SO
3.V.Olvariz 1-4
4.Nady 0-4, 1 SO
5.Q.Portis 1-4, 1 SO
6.Ankiel 0-3
7.Deafface 0-2, 1 SO, 1 BB
8.Greene 0-3
9.S.Screws 0-1
Braun- 0-1
Howard- 0-1

Pitching
S.Screws- 5 IP, 4 H, 6 SO, 1 ER
Patrick.S- 1 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 2 ER LOSS(1-1)
Hochevar- 1 IP, 2 H, 2 SO, 0 ER
Condrey- 1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 ER

GAME 3
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Warriors 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 4 9 1
Reapers 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 14 1

Line up
1.Ruiz- 1-4
2.Gurch- 1-4
3.A.Cabrera- 2-4, 1 2B, 2 Runs
4.Howard- 1-4, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 Run
5.Braun- 1-4, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 1 Run
6.Nady- 2-4, 1 2B
7.Deafface- 0-4
8.Greene- 1-4
9.J.Oilhands- 0-2
V.Olvariz- 0-1

Pitching
J.Oilhands- 4 1/3 IP, 10 H, 3 SO, 2 ER
Pineiro- 1 2/3 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 ER
I.Riley- 1 IP, 1 H, 1 SO
Frank O.- 1 IP, 1 H, 2 SO WIN(2-0)
Rocket- 1 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 ER SV(15)

The Warriors were able to withstand a combined 29 hits for the reapers to win the series 2-1. In game one Ryan Howard came up big, hitting a 2 run shot in the 6th to break the 1-1 tie to give Gorzelanny the win. In game two of the series the Warriors gave a lot of their starters the day off, and it looked like they were going to get shut out for the 3rd time in 5 games until Gurch hit a blast to deep center field to take the lead 2-1, but the lead would not stand as Patrick Star gave up 2 runs which is highly uncharacteristic of him and earned his first loss of the year. In game three Ryan Howard came up big again, this time in the 9th inning hitting another 2 run bomb to win the game, Rocket came on in the bottom of the 9th and earned his 2nd save of the series, 15th on the year.

PLAYER OF THE SERIES: Ryan Howard: 3-9, 2 HR, 4 RBIs, 2 Runs, 1 SO

SERIES NOTES: Greene continues to struggle, batting just 2-11 in the series with one strike out, The Warriors owner has offically stated that they are looking around for a possible trade for Greene but will give him the next series to turn things around before making any moves.

League Standings Through 50 Games.

NL East
Warriors 33-17
Lobsters 31-19
Hornets 28-22
Eskimos 22-28
Knights 20-30

NL Central
Falcons 27-23
Cobras 27-23
Rhinos 25-25
Lions 23-27
Dinos 23-27
Whales 22-28

NL West
Reapers 26-24
Cougars 25-25
Pack 24-26
Sluggers 23-27
Bobcats 21-29

AL East
Gods 28-22
Gorillas 28-22
Eagles 26-24
Phoenix 24-26
Bees 22-28

AL Central
Wranglers 31-19
Monarchs 28-22
Patriots 25-25
Cheetahs 21-29
Mustangs 21-29

AL West
Terriers 28-22
Shooters 25-25
Dragons 24-26
Swingmen 19-31