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Well my name has a 21 in it so TECHNICALLY WE'RE TIED RIGHT

Man! Yeah, I guess we are

May 25, 2012

Vancouver Mendenhals (38-11) vs. Boston Red Sox (19-30)

Matchup: Roscoe Heikkenen (4-0, 2.15) vs. Junichi Tazawa (0-0, 0.00)

LINEUP NOTE: Due to condition issues, Darren Escobar will start over Steve Barnes tonight.

Final
Boston Red Sox - 2 | 12 | 1
Vancouver Mendenhals - 11 | 15 | 0

W - Heikkenen (5-0)
L - Tazawa (0-1)
S - N/A

Scoring Summary
-Bottom 1st: (bases loaded, 0 out) Tim Inidator 3-R 2B to LF, Adams, Anderson, Potter score, 3-0 Mens
-Bottom 1st: (1 on, 0 out) Colton Bartlett RBI single to CF, Inidator scores, 4-0 Mens
-Bottom 1st: (1 on, 0 out) Derek Wayne 2-R HR (7, 436 ft, RF, Tazawa), Bartlett scores, 6-0 Mens
-Bottom 2nd: (0 on, 1 out) Daniel Potter solo HR (20, 433 ft, CF, Morales), 7-0 Mens
-Bottom 2nd: (0 on, 2 out) Bartlett solo HR (9, 433 ft, CF, Morales), 8-0 Mens
-Top 6th: (1 on, 2 out) Cody Ross 2-R HR (8, 430 ft, LF, Heikkenen), Gonzalez scores, 8-2 Mens
-Bottom 6th: (1 on, 2 out) Bartlett 2-R HR (10, 416 ft, RF, Miller), Anderson scores, 10-2 Mens
-Bottom 6th: (1 on, 2 out) Scuba Steve RBI 2B to CF, Wayne scores, 11-2 Mens

Box Score:
Mendenhals Batting:
-Adams: 1-5, R
-Anderson: 2-5, 2B, 2 R, K
-Potter: 2-5, HR, RBI, 2 R
-Inidator: 1-5, 2B, 3 RBI, R, K
-Bartlett: 4-5, 2 HR, 4 RBI, 3 R
-Wayne: 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
-Steve: 3-3, 2B, 3B, RBI, BB
-Bernard: 0-4, K
-Escobar: 0-4

Mendenhals Pitching:
-Heikkenen: 5.2 IP, p H, 2 R/ER, 10 K, 0 BB, HR
-Brewer: 2.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R/ER, 3 K, 0 BB
-Garcia: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R/ER, 0 K, 0 BB

Red Sox Batting:
-Ellsbury: 2-5
-Pedroia: 2-5, 2B, K
-Ortiz: 0-4, 4 K
-Saltalamacchia: 1-4, 2 K
-Gonzalez: 1-4, R, 3 K
-Middlebrooks: 2-4, K, E
-Ross: 1-4, HR, 2 RBI, R, 2 K
-Kalish: 1-4
-Aviles: 2-4

Red Sox Pitching:
-Tazawa: 0 IP, 6 H, 6 R/ER, 0 K, 0 BB, HR
-Morales: 2 IP, 4 H, 2 R/ER, 1 K, 1 BB, 2 HR
-Breslow: 2.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R/ER, 1 K, 0 BB
-Miller: 1 IP, 2 H, 2 R/ER, 0 K, 0 BB, HR
-Aceves: 2.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 K, 0 BB

Other Scores:
AL East:
Orioles 2 - 4 Yankees
Rays 8 - 3 Indians
Blue Jays 8 - 4 Royals

Blowouts:
None
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After the game, the weekly MVPs were announced. They were:

American League:

Rangers RF Nelson Cruz (.545/3/13)
White Sox 3B Kevin Youkilis (.560/1/6)

National League:

Mets LF Jason Bay (.500/2/9)
Marlins SP Josh Johnson (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 9 K)

Darn. None from us this week. Maybe next week.

Dammit, me! Not good enough!

Brewer=Beast

Escobar better be playing some amazing defense...

Scuba Steve with a near-cycle!

EDITOR'S NOTE: I'll refrain from posting full updates of the Oakland series, and move ahead a few days to May 30th, when we start a series against the Blue Jays. Here's a quick recap of the Oakland series:

May 26: Vancouver 3 - 2 Oakland (W: Garcia, L: De Los Santos, S: Seville, HR: Potter (21))

May 27: Vancouver 3 - 0 Oakland (W: Panther, L: Colon, S: Seville)

May 28: (Due to condition issues, and poor performance, Blake Carter was called up from AAA after hitting 1.000 with 5 HR in 3 games* in AAA, subsequently, Darren Escobar was called down to AAA, after hitting only .160 with 1 RBI in 9 games. Also, the Cardinals traded Adam Wainwright to the Angels for Mike Trout]. Shocking.) Vancouver 1 - 2 Oakland (W: Fuentes, L: maccrash21, HR: Inidator (18))

Now on to Toronto for a 3-game series.

*Hypothetical stats

Well, alright, Blake Carter's looking forward to this opportunity!

Wainwright for Trout.. huh.

May 30, 2012

Vancouver Mendenhals (41-12) @ Toronto Blue Jays (23-30)

Matchup: dishnetkid (7-1, 2.14) vs. Henderson Alvarez (1-3, 7.71)

Final
Vancouver Mendenhals - 6 | 13 | 0
Toronto Blue Jays - 4 | 12 | 0

W - dishnetkid (8-1)
L - Alvarez (1-4)
S - Seville (17)

Scoring Summary
-Top 1st: (1 on, 2 out) Inidator RBI single to CF, Adams scores, 1-0 Mens
-Top 4th: (2 on, 0 out) Bartlett RBI 2B to CF, Potter scores, 2-0 Mens
-Top 4th: (2 on, 2 out) Barnes RBI 2B to LCF, Inidator and Bartlett score, 4-0 Mens
-Top 4th: (1 on, 2 out) Bernard RBI 2B to CF, Barnes scores, 5-0 Mens
-Bottom 5th: (2 on, 2 out) Ben Francisco RBI single to CF, Johnson scores, 5-1 Mens
-Top 6th: (1 on, 1 out) Bernard sac bunt, Steve scores, 6-1 Mens
-Bottom 6th: (1 on, 1 out) J.P. Arencibia 2-R HR (15, 370 ft, LF, dishnetkid), Encarnacion scores, 6-3 Mens
-Bottom 8th: (0 on, 0 out) Jose Bautista solo HR (19, 395 ft, LF, Durham), 6-4 Mens

Box Score:
Mendenhals Batting:
-Adams: 1-5, 3B, R, K
-Anderson: 1-5, K
-Potter: 3-5, 2 2B, R
-Inidator: 2-5, 2B, RBI, R
-Bartlett: 2-3, 2B, RBI, R, BB
-Wayne: 0-4
-Steve: 1-4, 2B, R, K
-Barnes: 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI, R
-Bernard: 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI, SH

Mendenhals Pitching:
-dishnetkid: 5.1 IP, 8 H, 3 R/ER, 9 K, 2 BB, HR
-WildThing: 1.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R/ER, 3 K, 0 BB
-Durham: 1 IP, 2 H, 1 R/ER, 1 K, 0 BB, HR
-Seville: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R/ER, 1 K, 0 BB

Blue Jays Batting:
-Francisco: 2-5, RBI, K
-Rasmus: 1-4, 2 K
-Bautista: 1-4, HR, RBI, R, 3 K
-Encarnacion: 3-4, 2B, R, K
-Arencibia: 1-4, HR, 2 RBI, R, K
-Lawrie: 1-4, 2B, K
-Johnson: 0-1, R, K, BB
--Escobar: 1-2, K
-Davis: 0-3, 2 K, BB
-Vizquel: 2-4, K

Blue Jays Pitching:
-Alvarez: 3.2 IP, 7 H, 5 R/ER, 0 K, 0 BB
-Oliver: 2 IP, 3 H, 1 R/ER, 0 K, 0 BB
-Villanueva: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 R/ER, 2 K, 1 BB, WP
-Frasor: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R/ER, 1 K, 0 BB
-Pauley: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R/ER, 0 K, 0 BB

Other Scores:
AL East:

Tigers 0 - 4 Rays
Yankees 9 - 3 Rangers
Red Sox 7 - 2 Twins
Chargers 4 - 0 Orioles

Blowouts:
None
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May 31, 2012

Vancouver Mendenhals (42-12) @ Toronto Blue Jays (23-31)

Matchup: MLBPPWorld (8-1, 1.07) vs. Kyle Drabek (2-0, 5.58)

Final
Vancouver Mendenhals - 2 | 7 | 0
Toronto Blue Jays - 1 | 4 | 0

W - MLBPPWorld (9-1)
L - Pauley (0-1)
S - N/A

Scoring Summary
-Top 2nd: (2 on, 1 out) Scuba Steve RBI FC to 2nd, Bartlett scores, 1-0 Mens
-Bottom 3rd: (1 on, 2 out) Colby Rasmus RBI 2B to RCF, Davis scores, 1-1
-Top 9th: (1 on, 0 out) Inidator RBI single to LF, Potter scores, 2-1 Mens

Box Score:
Mendenhals Batting:
-Adams: 0-4, 2 K
-Anderson: 0-4, K
-Potter: 2-4, R, SB
-Inidator: 2-4, RBI
-Bartlett: 1-4, R, K
-Wayne: 1-4, 2B, K
-Steve: 0-4, RBI, K
-Barnes: 1-3, DP
-Bernard: 0-3, K

Mendenhals Pitching:
-MLBPPWorld: CG, 4 H, 1 R/ER, 20 K, 1 BB

Blue Jays Batting:
-Francisco: 0-4, 3 K
-Rasmus: 1-4, 2B, RBI, 2 K
-Bautista: 0-3, 2 K, BB
-Encarnacion: 1-3, 2 K
--Escobar: DNB
---Gomes: 0-1
-Arencibia: 0-4, 4 K
-Lawrie: 0-3, K
-Johnson: 1-3, 2 K
--Hechavarria: DNB
-Davis: 1-3, R, 2 K, SB
-Vizquel: 0-3, 2 K

Blue Jays Pitching:
-Drabek: 6.1 IP, 5 H, 1 R/ER, 5 K, 0 BB
-Pauley: 1.2 IP, 2 H, 1 R/ER, 2 K, 0 BB
-Cordero: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R/ER, 0 K, 0 BB

Other Scores:
AL East:

Tigers 11 - 10 Rays
Yankees 4 - 1 Rangers
Red Sox 3 - 2 Twins
Chargers 7 - 1 Orioles

Blowouts:
None
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After the game, the Players of the Month were announced. They were:

American League:

Player of the Month: Rangers RF Nelson Cruz (.449/9/29 in May)
Pitcher/Rookie of the Month: Mendenhals SP MLBPPWorld (5 W, 0.81 ERA, 80 K in May)

National League:

Player of the Month: Nationals RF Jayson Werth (.376/10/30 in May)
Rookie of the Month: Nationals LF Bryce Harper (.396/6/19 in May)
Pitcher of the Month: Diamondbacks SP Joe Saunders (4 W, 2.51 ERA, 22 K in May)
Reliever of the Month: Astros CL Brett Myers (0 W, 10 SV, 0.00 ERA, 5 K in May)

Great to see all these players recognized for their hard work this month, especially MLBPPWorld!

Next post: End-of-May Overall Statistics.

I wonder what Maccrash 21 thinks of that!

End-Of-May Statistics

Hitters

CF Will Adams: 55 G, .319 AVG (79/248), 6 HR, 30 RBI, 11 2B, 2 3B, 14/35 SB
LF Mitch Anderson: 55 G, .275 AVG (61/222), 6 HR, 20 RBI, 13 2B, 0 3B, 0/2 SB
DH Daniel Potter: 55 G, .378 AVG (87/230), 21 HR, 36 RBI, 14 2B, 0 3B, 8/16 SB
1B Tim Inidator: 55 G, .330 AVG (82/223), 18 HR, 49 RBI, 20 2B, 1 3B, 0/1 SB
3B Colton Bartlett: 55 G, .290 AVG (63/217), 10 HR, 29 RBI, 15 2B, 0 3B, 1/4 SB
RF Derek Wayne: 55 G, .330 AVG (70/212), 7 HR, 27 RBI, 16 2B, 0 3B, 0/1 SB
SS Scuba Steve: 52 G, .312 AVG (59/189), 3 HR, 18 RBI, 11 2B, 1 3B, 1/3 SB
C Steve Barnes: 48 G, .274 AVG (48/175), 1 HR, 10 RBI, 8 2B, 0 3B, 1/3 SB
2B Steve Bernard: 55 G, .204 AVG, 0 HR, 7 RBI, 7 2B, 0 3B, 1/5 SB

Bench:
1B Jack Suezo: 11 G, .300 AVG (3/10), 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0/0 SB
SS Spider-Man: 8 G, .235 AVG (4/17), 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 2B, 0 3B, 0/1 SB
UTIL Yuudai Aoi: 11 G, .500 AVG (3/6), 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 2B, 0 3B, 1/5 SB
RF Blake Carter: ------Has Not Played------

Other Players:
C Darren Escobar: 9 G, .160 AVG (4/25), 0 HR, 1 RBI, 1 2B, 0 3B, 0/0 SB

Pitchers

Starting Rotation:
MLBPPWorld: 9-1, 1.06 ERA, 85.0 IP, 139 K, 2 BB, .185 AVG, 6 CG, 2 SO
maccrash21: 4-2, 1.54 ERA, 76.0 IP, 73 K, 1 BB, .223 AVG, 3 CG, 1 SO
Jimmy Panther: 4-2, 2.57 ERA, 63.0 IP, 79 K, 2 BB, .238 AVG, 2 CG, 1 SO
Roscoe Heikkenen: 5-0, 2.25 ERA, 60.0 IP, 87 K, 2 BB, .247 AVG, 0 CG, 0 SO
dishnetkid: 8-1, 2.40 ERA, 60.0 IP, 48 K, 3 BB, .275 AVG, 0 CG, 0 SO
Ian Bannister: 5-2, 1.51 ERA, 59.2 IP, 40 K, 1 BB, .213 AVG, 0 CG, 0 SO

Bullpen:
Angel Garcia: 1-0, 3.27 ERA, 11.0 IP, 8 G, 4 K, 0 BB, .318 AVG
WildThing Jr.: 2-0, 2.61 ERA, 20.2 IP, 11 G, 24 K, 0 BB, .197 AVG
Vernon Brewer: 2-0, 0.00 ERA, 12.1 IP, 7 G, 21 K, 0 BB, .125 AVG
Tre'Von Coolbaugh: 1-1, 3.00 ERA, 12.0 IP, 12 G, 9 K, 2 BB, .283 AVG
Jeff Durham: 2-2, 4.74 ERA, 19.0 IP, 17 G, 22 K, 1 BB, .300 AVG, 0/5 SV
Cy Seville: 0-1, 2.05 ERA, 22.0 IP, 22 G, 32 K, 1 BB, .220 AVG 17/18 SV

Thoughts? Comments? Suggestions?

Daniel Potter leading the team in AVG, HR, and overall hits? Nice also second place in steals and RBIs.

And to think I was worried about him going by the pre-season games you posted.

I would love to see something about the MLB investigating Potter for steroids

June 1, 2012

Vancouver Mendenhals (43-12) @ Toronto Blue Jays (23-32)

Matchup: Roscoe Heikkenen (5-0, 2.25) vs. Brandon Morrow (2-5, 4.01)

LINEUP NOTE: Due to coniditon issues, Blake Carter will get the start in RF for Derek Wayne, his first career MLB game. Yuudai Aoi will also be the starting C, filling in for Steve Barnes, and batting 9th.

Final
Vancouver Mendenhals - 0 | 7 | 0
Toronto Blue Jays - 3 | 9 | 0

W - Morrow (3-5)
L - Heikkenen (5-1)
S - Janssen (10)

Scoring Summary
-Bottom 2nd: (2 on, 1 out) Kelly Johnson RBI 2B to RF, Arencibia scores, 1-0 Blue Jays
-Bottom 2nd: (2 on, 1 out) Rajai Davis 2-R single to RF, Lawrie and Johnson score, 3-0 Blue Jays

Box Score:
Mendenhals Batting:
-Adams: 0-4
-Anderson: 3-4
-Potter: 1-4
-Inidator: 1-3, K
-Bartlett: 0-3, DP
-Carter: 1-3
-Steve: 1-3, 2 K
-Bernard: 0-3, K, DP
-Aoi: 0-2, K
--Suezo: 0-1

Mendenhals Pitching:
-Heikkenen: 4 IP, 7 H, 3 R/ER, 8 K, 0 BB
-Garcia: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R/ER, 1 K, 0 BB
-Brewer: 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R/ER, 3 K, 0 BB

Blue Jays Batting:
-Francisco: 0-4, 2 K
-Rasmus: 1-4, K
-Bautista: 1-4, 2 K
-Encarnacion: 0-4, 3 K
-Arencibia: 1-4, 2B, R, 2 K
-Lawrie: 2-4, R, K
-Johnson: 1-3, 2B, RBI, R, K
-Davis: 2-3, 2 RBI, SB
-Vizquel: 1-3, K

Blue Jays Pitching:
-Morrow: 6 IP, 5 H, 0 R/ER, 5 K, 0 BB
-Pauley: 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R/ER, 0 K, 0 BB
-Janssen: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R/ER, 0 K, 0 BB

Other Scores:
AL East:

Tigers 1 - 3 Rays
Yankees 9 - 4 Rangers
Red Sox 7 - 2 Twins
Chargers 11 - 5 Orioles

Blowouts:

Dodgers 12 - 1 Marlins
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After the game, the weekly MVPs were announced. They were:

American League:

Red Sox 1B Adrian Gonzalez (.500/3/12)
Yankees 2B Robinson Cano (.462/3/7)

National League:

Pirates RF Garrett Jones (.500/2/12)
Cubs SP Ryan Dempster (1-0, 0.00 ERA, 10 K)
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And, because it was June, the first AL All-Star voting update was announced.

Catcher:

Matt Wieters - Orioles 866,530
Joe Mauer - Twins 722,484
J.P. Arencibia - Blue Jays 656,431

First Base:

Adrian Gonzalez - Red Sox 1,202,665
Paul Konerko - White Sox 1,166,587
Prince Fielder - Tigers 1,124,349

Second Base:

Dustin Pedroia - Red Sox 846,648
Robinson Cano - Yankees 692,411
Jamey Carroll - Twins 476,444

Third Base:

Evan Longoria - Rays 1,164,560
Alex Rodriguez - Yankees 980,382
Miguel Cabrera - Tigers 798,346

Shortstop:

Derek Jeter - Yankees 602,543
Alexei Ramirez - White Sox 578,478
J.J. Hardy - Orioles 538,497

Outfield:

Nelson Cruz - Rangers 1,208,522
Jose Bautista - Blue Jays 1,022,521
Nick Swisher - Yankees 818,471
Shin-Soo Choo - Indians 666,284
Alex Gordon - Royals 666,145

DH:

Adam Dunn - White Sox 1,226,595
Jim Thome - Orioles 1,010,489
Daniel Potter - Mendenhals 908,409

Very surprised to see just one of our position players even mentioned on the ballot. We just need to step it up, then!