Post Graduate Work

Ryan Church

The Atlanta Braves have pulled to within 4 games of the National League wild card lead. Church has shown some signs of life after a lengthy slump. In the last 4 games, he has scored 2 runs and recorded 3 hits (2 doubles) in 8 AB's. He drew 1 walk & struck-out once.

Danny Duffy

The Wilmington Blue Rocks pitcher looks to get one more regular season start this weekend as the team takes on the Frederick Keys for four games. Wilmington has locked up a play-off berth already, but the Keys are fighting for a spot. In his last outing (30 Aug) Duffy had an excellent 5 & 2/3 rds [2 hits, 1 ER, 3 walks, 8 K's] and dropped his ERA to 3.13.

Andy Shipman

The Gary Southside Railcat nailed down another save (his 15th) in the Northern playoff opener against his old squad - the Kansas City T-Bones. KC, the '08 League Champs, jumped out to a 1st inning 3-0 lead, but the 'Cats came back with runs in the 4th, 6th, 8th, & 9th.

Workhorse starter Tony Cogan settled down and pitched shutout ball through the rest of his 8 frames, and Andy allowed just 1 hit in an otherwise clean bottom of the 9th.

Shipman in his regular season time with Gary was 5th in the Independent Norther League in ERA (1.85), 3rd among those with more than 10 innings. He was also 1st in saves with 14 for the full season.

In 36 appearances (39 innings) for Gary he was 4-3, allowed 11 runs (8 earned) on 29 hits & 11 walks. Three of the hits were home runs. He struck out 34, did not throw a wild pitch but hit 1 batter, and opposing batters hit .210.

On the year, he was 4-4 with 44.1 innings in 41 games. His 3.45 ERA was 15th among all pitchers, including some with only 1 inning of work. 43 hits, 1 hit batter & 13 walks led to 21 runs (17 earned). He struck out 40 and hitters recorded a .259 average against him.

Kansas City finished the year with one hurler with an ERA under a 4.00 (3.16) and only 5 under a 5.00 ERA. Their team ERA was 4.77. Maybe should have kept the 'Ship.

Chris White

Chris has struggled since his promotion to AA Erie, with only 4 hits in 12 games. He may be pressing a bit - 3 of his hits were for extra bases, a homer and two doubles.

The SeaWolves [71-66 in their 15th year] are fighting for the Eastern League Southern Division wild card heading into the final weekend of the season. They are a game back of the Reading Phils [72-65] after dropping a 4-3 decision to Harrisburg. They face the Southern Division leading Akron Aeros in their final 4 games (Fri-Mon). Reading takes on the Connecticut Defenders - leaders of the Northern Division.


Forum Notes

Jerrod DeGeorgia hangs it up

Lydell Sargeant is Waived

Boo Who ?