Miami Palms Blog

On the final day of the trade season, the real headline in Miami was a power outage at Coca Cola Palms Park. The game scheduled for tonight against the Tigers has been rescheduled for tomorrow, which was intended to have a travel day.

Perhaps the third spot in the order is cursed. After Ayoz Sadan languished in the 3rd spot, Frank Sohn has gone .222 there in the past 10 games. Still worse, another middle of the order guy, Billy Dupont is hitting .200 over the same timeframe. On the other hand, Jaspero Gonzalez is hitting .405 for the past 10 games, including 3 home runs. Surprisingly, Randy Winn also has 3 big blasts in the past 10.

Javier Vazquez, Felix Gonsales and Blake Johnston combined to shut the Tigers down. The Palms got most of their runs when they batted around in the 3rd. Surprisingly, things could have been even more lopsided, as the Palms had 15 hits. Miami Palms 8, Detroit Tigers 0 Saturday, July 30, 2011 Detroit Tigers (0-1) Miami Palms (46-60) Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- Dirks cf 5 0 1 0 0 1 9 0 0 2 .200 Crisp cf 3 1 2 1 1 0 4 0 0 0 .284 Boesch lf 3 0 1 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 .333 Henning 2b 5 1 3 2 0 0 2 1 0 0 .328 Ordonez rf 4 0 1 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 .250 Prado 3b 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 .338 Cabrera 1b 4 0 1 0 0...

Ivan Fernandez was on his game, allowing only 5 hits over 8 innings. The Palms got 2 of their three runs on a 2nd inning Tony Abreu double, but for the most part, the basepaths were fairly empty. Miami Palms 3, Detroit Tigers 2 Friday, July 29, 2011 Detroit Tigers (0-1) Miami Palms (45-60) Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- Jackson cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 .000 Crisp cf 4 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 .281 Dirks rf 4 0 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 .000 Prado 3b 3 0 0 0 1 2 3 1 0 0 .340 Boesch lf 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .250 Sohn rf 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 3 .285 Cabrera 1b 4 0 0 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 .000 Gonzalez 2b ...

It was a good old fashioned pitchers duel between Philip Humber of the White Sox and Dave Balierough of the Palms. Each side had a solo homer, from Alexi Ramirez and Martin Prado, but the real difference came on Ramirez's RBI single in the 5th. Chicago White Sox 2, Miami Palms 1 Thursday, July 28, 2011 Miami Palms (44-60) Chicago White Sox (1-0) Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- Crisp cf 4 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 .281 Pierre lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 .000 Prado 3b 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 .343 Ramirez ss 4 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 .500 Sohn rf 4 0 1 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 .287 Konerko 1b 4 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 0 2 .000 Gonzalez 2b ...

Since July 19th, an 8 inning, 6 hit domination of the Giants, Troy Munoz has had only one quality start. For over a month, Munoz has struggled to keep the ball in his teamate's gloves. The problem has been balls dropping in play and not really any fault of Munoz's. His strikeout total could probably be improved, but he basically needs to get luckier.

It was a tight affair in Chicago, with the Palms finally taking the lead with a 3 run 7th. The White Sox fought their way back with a two run blast from AJ Pierzynski and a game tying sacrifice fly in the 9th. Jose Molina looked like he put the Palms ahead for good with a solo homer to lead off the top of the 10th, but Pierzynski came through with a game winning 2 run homer, his second of the game. Chicago White Sox 6, Miami Palms 5 Wednesday, July 27, 2011 Miami Palms (44-59) Chicago White Sox (1-0) Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- Crisp cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 .282 Pierre lf 4 0 2 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 .500 Abreu 3b 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .294 Vizquel 3b 5 0 ...

Unlike their trend through the season, and one that was commented upon here just 2 days ago, the Palms took a lot of pitches. They only had 5 hits, but took 6 walks. Unfortunately, Chicago had no problem reaching base by any means, and crossed the plate 5 times against Troy Munoz, and once more against Felix Gonsales. Chicago White Sox 6, Miami Palms 3 Tuesday, July 26, 2011 Miami Palms (44-58) Chicago White Sox (1-0) Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- Sohn cf 3 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 0 .291 Pierre lf 5 1 2 1 0 1 4 0 0 1 .400 Prado 3b 5 1 1 1 0 1 1 3 0 2 .341 Ramirez ss 4 2 4 3 1 0 1 3 0 0 1.000 Sadan lf 4 0 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 .289 ...

The Palms are always known for their aggressive yet successful approach at the plate. They typically put a lot of runners on base and do it with only a few walks. In fact, there are three hitters batting over .400 when hitting the first pitch (Martin Prado, Jose Molina and Ryan Henning). The team is hitting .347. Conversely, the team is hitting .214 with 2 strikes, and only Jaspero Gonzalez is hitting above .300 in that situation.

Rookie Ivan Fernandez, the Palms rookie starter, is seeing his numbers begin to decline after two rough outings. In 9 innings, he has allowed 12 runs to score, while striking out only 1.He will have to be closely watched. Many young pitchers see their production lag late in season, after working more innings than they were used to, and Fernandez could be falling prey to the same problem.

The two teams went back and forth through 3 innings, but then, the White Sox stopped scoring. The Palms went ahead on back to back to back home runs from Jaspero Gonzalez, Billy Dupont and Omir Santos. The Palms ended up hitting 5 solo home runs. Javier Vazquez now has a three game winning streak Miami Palms 10, Chicago White Sox 4 Monday, July 25, 2011 Miami Palms (44-57) Chicago White Sox (0-1) Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- Crisp cf 6 2 3 3 0 1 7 0 0 3 .285 Pierre lf 3 1 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 1 .333 Prado 3b 5 1 3 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 .343 Ramirez ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 0 4 .200 Sohn rf 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .293 Konerko 1b 4 ...

The Rays rocked Ivan Fernandez in the rubber game of the three game set. They scored 6 in the first two innings to put the game out of reach early, and continued Ivan Fernandez's slide. Tampa Bay Rays 9, Miami Palms 4 Sunday, July 24, 2011 Tampa Bay Rays (1-0) Miami Palms (43-57) Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- Jennings cf 5 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .600 Crisp dh 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .282 Damon dh 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .250 Henning ss 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 0 0 .317 Zobrist 2b 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 3 0 1 .200 Prado 3b 4 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .339 Longoria 3b 5 1 2 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 .400 Gonzalez 2b 4 1...

The game Saturday was a back and forth affair that eventually went the way of the Palms. they scored 5 runs between the 7th and 8th innings, including two run homers from Frank Sohn and Paul Janish. A strong outing in relief from Blake Johnston helped the Palms set themselves up for a series iwn on Sunday. Miami Palms 7, Tampa Bay Rays 5 Saturday, July 23, 2011 Tampa Bay Rays (0-1) Miami Palms (43-56) Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- Jennings lf 5 3 4 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 .800 Crisp cf 5 0 0 0 0 1 5 0 0 1 .285 Damon dh 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .000 Prado 3b 5 1 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 .334 Zobrist rf 5 0 1 1 0 2 3 0 0 3 .200 Sohn rf ...

Despite a 4-4 night from Randy Winn and 3 solo home runs from the Palms, Miami was unable to overcome the Rays at home. The Rays got a two run homer from Casey Kotchman in the top of the 9th to put the Rays up by the same margin. Randy Winn, among his 4 hits, had two of the team's home runs and hit one of them in the 9th to pull it within 1, but it was not enough. Tampa Bay Rays 5, Miami Palms 4 Friday, July 22, 2011 Tampa Bay Rays (1-0) Miami Palms (42-56) Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- Damon dh 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Crisp cf 4 0 1 0 1 0 5 0 0 0 .289 Zobrist 2b 5 1 2 1 0 0 2 1 0 3 .400 Abreu ss 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 .295 Kotchm...

Since the 22nd of June, a month now, Ayoz Sadan only has 2 multi-hit games and has seen his batting average drop to .285. Management is considering dropping him in the lineup, perhaps swapping him out with Frank Sohn. The problem is that Sadan is the most feared, exclusively left handed bat in the order, and having an all righty middle of the order isn't exactly optimal. The best hope is to hope Sadan can turn it back around.

The Palms struck early, mashing Mitch Atkins' pitches and scoring 11 quick runs. They did it with 4 home runs, but the biggest hit was a bases clearing double by Randy Winn that drove in three. Troy Munoz had a decent 5 innings, but his 4th inning was a struggle, when he allowed the O's to score 3 of their 5. Miami Palms 11, Baltimore Orioles 5 Thursday, July 21, 2011 Miami Palms (42-55) Baltimore Orioles (0-1) Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- Crisp cf 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .289 Angle lf 5 0 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 1 .400 Prado 3b 5 2 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 .334 Hardy ss 4 1 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 3 .250 Sadan lf 5 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 .285 ...

The Palms had two monster performances. Javier Vazquez pitched 7 innings of 1 hit ball before giving way to Dennis Sarfate. The Orioles loaded the bases in the 9th, but the shutout was preserved. In the 2nd with the bases loaded, Coco Crisp hit his third home run in the past 2 games, this time a Grand Slam that was more than enough run support for Vazquez. Miami Palms 6, Baltimore Orioles 0 Wednesday, July 20, 2011 Miami Palms (41-55) Baltimore Orioles (0-1) Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- Crisp cf 5 1 2 4 0 0 7 0 0 1 .291 Hardy ss 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 1 .000 Prado 3b 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .330 Markakis rf 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 Sadan lf ...

The O's hit Ivan Fernandez hard early, scoring their 5 runs in the first two innings. Coco Crisp managed to hit two solo home runs, including one to lead off the game, but the team struggled to push anyone else across the plate, leaving 13 runners on base. Baltimore Orioles 5, Miami Palms 3 Tuesday, July 19, 2011 Miami Palms (40-55) Baltimore Orioles (1-0) Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- Crisp cf 5 2 3 2 0 0 3 0 0 3 .289 Angle lf 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 Abreu 3b 5 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 .303 Hardy ss 4 0 2 1 0 1 2 5 0 0 .500 Sadan lf 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 .288 Markakis rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 .250 Go...

The Palms had two rainouts at the beginning of the season, and it will soon be time to play those games. In a couple of weeks, they will have a 5 game series with the Yankees in the Bronx. On the next homestand, there will be an extra game at home, this coming against their current opponent, the Orioles. The Palms are playing better lately than they did early in the season, so the hop is that this pays off.

The Palms led the whole way, right up until the end of the game. With one out in the 9th, and two ducks on the pond, the Orioles' Nick Markakis lined one over the fence off of closer Manny Parra to give the O's a walk off winner, and the Palms a heartbreak. Baltimore Orioles 6, Miami Palms 4 Monday, July 18, 2011 Miami Palms (40-54) Baltimore Orioles (1-0) Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- Crisp cf 5 0 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 .285 Hardy ss 5 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 1 .200 Abreu ss 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .299 Markakis rf 5 1 2 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 .400 Sadan lf 3 1 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 .291 Jones cf 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 .333...

The Palms had the game dominated until the 8th, when Blake Johnston, working his third inning of relief started allowing some Ranger baserunners. The manager then brought Felix Gonsales in, who only poured gas on the fire. The Rangers 7 run inning was capped by a three run homer off the bat of Mitch Moreland. It was a tough way to lose the game and the sweep at home. A four game stanza in Baltimore is forthcoming. Texas Rangers 9, Miami Palms 6 Sunday, July 17, 2011 Texas Rangers (1-0) Miami Palms (40-53) Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- Kinsler 2b 5 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 .000 Crisp cf 5 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 .286 Andrus ss 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .400 Prado 3b ...

The Palms finally got a good start from Troy Munoz, who fought his way through 6 innings. The bullpen held the Rangers in check as well, while the Palms maximized their runners. Orlando Tiropes, who didn't hit a homerun in the entire first half, hit his second in as many days, and Miami coasted to victory after distancing themselves late in the game. Miami Palms 7, Texas Rangers 3 Saturday, July 16, 2011 Texas Rangers (0-1) Miami Palms (40-52) Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- Kinsler dh 5 1 1 2 0 3 0 0 0 0 .200 Crisp cf 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 .287 Andrus ss 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 .400 Abreu 3b 4 1 2 1 0 1 0 2 0 1 .301 Hamilton lf 5 ...

The Palms and Rangers had a contentious start to the second half. Two players were ejected after three batters were hit. It was actually the benches that were the most agitated, with Paul Janish getting tossed for bumping a Ranger after Jose Molina was hit. Two innings later, after Michael Young was hit for a second time, Nelson Cruz, the on deck batter, said something to get himself tossed. After Molina was hit, the Palms responded the best way possible, with back to back home runs that put the Palms in front for good. Ryan Henning hit two of this team's 4 blasts in this one. Miami Palms 7, Texas Rangers 4 Friday, July 15, 2011 Texas Rangers (0-1) Miami Palms (39-52) Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- Kinsler 2b...

Who has been the best at the various lineup positions so far this season? Something to think about as the season enters it's second half. Lead Off: Coco Crisp - batting .279 in the 1 spot 2nd: Steve Drysdale went 1-3 in one game, but Martin Prado is batting .320 in that position. 3rd: Frank Sohn went 4-4 in one game, but Jaspero Gonzalez has .308 average with 11 homers in the 3 spot. Cleanup: Ayoz Sadan was positively brilliant, posting a .366 line batting 4th, but through the season, only 11 homers have been hit out of this spot. 5th: Jaspero Gonzalez really found his groove batting 5th, hitting .375 there. 6th: Lots of players have hit 6th this year. Ryan Henning had 1 good game there, while Martin Prado did well in limited time, hitting .349 in 63 ABs. 7th: Tony Abreu and Steve Drysdale each had one good game here, while Coco Crisp's .364 average in 22 at bats stood out for players with multiple games. Frank Sohn has a .325 average out of that spot. 8th: Many players have ha...

Martin Prado and Jaspero Gonzalez represented the Miami Palms last night in yesterday's All Star Game. The Palms third baseman came in in the bottom of the 4th as a defensive replacement, while Gonzalez came in an inning later. Prado walked off of the Braves' Jair Jurrjens, while later in the inning Gonzalez flew out of Hunter Pence of the Astros off of the Braves; Craig Kimbrel. Prado eventually was replaced by Michael Young in the 8th, with Gonzalez playing the rest of the game.

with the all-star break starting today, and two players, Martin Prado and Jaspero Gonzalez in Arizona for the All Star Game, now seemed like a good time to take a look at the (qualified) team leaders in several categories at the break. Average: Martin Prado, .327 HR: Jaspero Gonzalez, 18 RBI: Jaspero Gonzalez, 60 2b: Frank Sohn, 22 3b: Coco Crisp/Martin Prado, 5 Runs: Frank Sohn, 50 ERA: Troy Munoz, 4.66 (not so good) Wins: Ivan Fernandez, 8 Strike outs: Troy Munoz, 70 Saves: Manny Parra, 16

The Palms went to the Bronx skidding, preparing for a tough 4 game set. Nothing went to plan, with a game getting rained out and the Palms eventually sweeping their divisional rivals. The Palms did most of their damage in the 1st, when Jose Molina hit a grand slam. The Palms kept adding runs, because so did the Yankees. They scored 4 on Ivan Fernandez over his 8 innings of work, and another in the 9th, but Manny Parra came in for the quick save. Miami Palms 8, New York Yankees 5 Sunday, July 10, 2011 Miami Palms (38-52) New York Yankees (0-1) Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- Sohn cf 5 2 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .300 Jeter ss 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 .000 Drysdale rf 3 1 2 1 2 0 2...

Miami didn't give Dave Balierough a lot of run support today, but he didn't need it. The Yankees scored only twice, on solo homers from Brett Gardner and Curtis Granderson. Felix Gonsales and Manny Parra each got out of their one inning of work unscathed. The Palms offense all came off the bat of Martin Prado, who singled home a run in the third and hit a two run shot two innings later. Miami Palms 3, New York Yankees 2 Saturday, July 9, 2011 Miami Palms (37-52) New York Yankees (0-1) Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- Crisp cf 4 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 1 .294 Jeter ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 .200 Prado 3b 4 1 2 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 .329 Granderson cf 4 0 1 0 1...

The Palms were pleased to report that the team has 2 all stars this year, for the game in Arizona. The first is second baseman Jaspero Gonzalez, who has a .329 batting average, putting him at number three in the American League. He also has the team lead in RBI with 60, as well as the team lead in home runs, with 18. Martin Prado is the teams other all star, putting up similar numbers to his counterpart at 2nd.He has hit .327, 5th in the league, with 12 homers and 2nd on the team with 47RBI. This is Gonzalez's second all star appearance in a row, and Prado's first.

The Palms opened their series in the Bronx with a come from behind victory. Frank Sohn was up with his team down 6-4 in the 6th, with Ayoz Sadan on third and Omir Santos on first, Sohn hit his second home run off of Bartolo Colon to turn the tables and put the Palms ahead for good. The bullpen heald the Yankees in check, allowing no runs through 4 1/3. Miami Palms 8, New York Yankees 6 Thursday, July 7, 2011 Miami Palms (36-52) New York Yankees (0-1) Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- Crisp cf 5 0 4 0 1 1 5 0 0 0 .297 Jeter ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 .200 Prado 3b 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 2 .327 Granderson cf 5 1 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 .200 Sadan lf 6 ...

The Twins completed the road sweep of Miami, who struggled to get anything across the plate, aside from a couple solo home runs from Jaspero Gonzalez and Frank Sohn. The real problem was that the Twins batted around in the first, another bad outing for Troy Munoz. Minnesota Twins 8, Miami Palms 3 Wednesday, July 6, 2011 Minnesota Twins (1-0) Miami Palms (35-52) Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- Revere cf 5 1 1 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 .200 Crisp cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 .290 Casilla 2b 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0 2 .000 Sohn rf 4 1 1 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 .292 Cuddyer 1b 5 1 1 0 0 0 8 1 0 0 .200 Prado 3b 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .329...

The Palms once again struggled getting runners across the plate. There were two occasions where the bases were loaded and runs didn't score. The Twins scored 4 off of reliever Felix Gonsales in the 8th after being held scoreless previously by Javier Vazquez. The big blow was a three run shot from venerable Jim Thome. Minnesota Twins 5, Miami Palms 3 Tuesday, July 5, 2011 Minnesota Twins (1-0) Miami Palms (35-51) Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- Revere cf 4 0 1 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 .250 Crisp cf 4 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 .293 Casilla 2b 5 1 2 1 0 1 1 4 0 3 .400 Prado 3b 3 0 0 0 2 2 1 4 0 0 .333 Mauer c 5 0 2 0 0 0 6 0 0 2 .400 ...

Brian Duensing was on his game, to a degree today. He only struck out one, but over 7 innings, he didn't allow a run to cruss the plate, despite having the bases loaded against him twice. The Twins scattered a few runs, scoring 1 in the first on a Michael Cuddyer Double and another a few innings later when Tsuyoshi Nishioka hit his first career home run. Minnesota Twins 3, Miami Palms 0 Monday, July 4, 2011 Minnesota Twins (1-0) Miami Palms (35-50) Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- Revere cf 5 0 0 0 0 2 4 0 0 2 .000 Crisp cf 4 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 .297 Casilla 2b 5 0 2 0 0 0 2 6 0 0 .400 Prado 3b 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 .337 Mauer c ...

The Astros battered Dave Balierough, but the Palms didn't give up against former teammate Dallas Chastanet. Chastanet was decent through 6 innings, allowing only two runs, solo homers by Frank Sohn and Randy Winn. In the 7th, with his Astros up 6-3, however, Chastanet allowed back to back home runs, the first a three run shot by Jaspero Gonzalez and a solo shot from Billy Dupont that completed the comeback for Miami. Miami Palms 7, Houston Astros 6 Saturday, July 2, 2011 Houston Astros (0-1) Miami Palms (35-49) Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- Bourn cf 5 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 .400 Crisp cf 3 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 .297 Barmes ss 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 .200 Prad...

The Palms went 10-17 in the month of june and lost 10 games on the lead. Mostly, the team struggled and saw stats go down, except for one, Right Fielder Frank Sohn who finally got his season going after a very slow start at the beginning of the year. Congrats to Frank, and now, at the mid ay point of the season, the hope is that the team can turn around their season like Sohn did his.

The Palms batted around in the 2nd, scoring 4 of their 5 runs, and had men on base regularly, leaving them loaded on two separate occasions. The Astros fought their way back into the game, even tying it off a Hunter Pence home run in the top of the 9th. Jaspero Gonzalez led off the bottom half of the 9th with a double, and moved the next two bases on sacrifices, crossing the plate for a win. Miami Palms 6, Houston Astros 5 Saturday, July 2, 2011 Houston Astros (0-1) Miami Palms (34-49) Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- Bourn cf 4 2 3 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 .750 Crisp cf 3 0 1 1 2 0 4 0 0 0 .300 Sanchez 2b 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 0 0 .000 Prado 3b 4 0 2 2 1 0 ...

The Palms left the bases loaded down 4 in the bottom of the 9th to end the game. Ayoz Sadan tapped a ball back to the pitcher to close out the game. Earlier, Brett Wallace had the big hit, a three run homer in the third inning. Houston Astros 6, Miami Palms 2 Friday, July 1, 2011 Houston Astros (1-0) Miami Palms (33-49) Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave Player AB R H BI BB SO P A E LOB Ave ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- ------ -- - - -- -- -- - - - --- --- Bourn cf 6 0 3 1 0 1 2 0 0 2 .500 Crisp cf 5 0 2 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 .300 Sanchez 2b 6 0 2 1 0 1 1 3 0 3 .333 Abreu 3b 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 .302 Pence rf 4 0 1 0 2 1 3 0 0 5 .250 Sadan lf 5 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 .297 Lee lf 4 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 ...