Miami Palms Blog

These stats include a game from July that was not included in previous statistical releases, and are the complete, official stats on the season. Team leaders include (rate stats for qualified batters only) G: Frank Sohn, 154 BA: Coco Crisp, .310 2b: Sohn, 44 3b: Tony Abreu 11 HR: Sohn 32 RBI: Sohn 105 R: Crisp 99 BB: Crisp 66 SLG Crisp .505 OBP: Crisp .369 Wins: Oliver Perez 13 Saves: Many PArra 36 IP: Kyle Blume 224.67 ERA: Blume 4.05 K: Blume 136 Quality Starts: Blake Johnston 18 Now, the full stats Player Position G AB H AVG 2b 3b HR RBI Run K BB GIDP LOB/3outs TB SLG OBP OPS Sac OPS + Billy Dupont 1b 148 612 176 0.288 34 7 21 83 67 73 30 2 152 287 0.469 0.320 0.789 1 103 Johnny Giavotella 2b 39 150 46 0.307 8 2 3 16 14 27 4 31 67 0.447 0.323 0.769 1 99 Kelly J...

The Palms ended their season strong, with a thorough route of the Chicago White Sox. Still, they had the courtesy to let Paul Konerko finish his career with an RBI single. It was only the 5th hit that Blake Johnston allowed, and the only run. The final run of the season was scored by Coco Crisp on a sac-fly by Frank Sohn. Chris Johnson was the player with the final hit, a double in the 8th. Billy Dupont walked in the 9th to become the final baserunner. Brett Hayes flew out to center to be the last batter of the season. Tony Abreu fielded a grounder off the bat of Leury Garcia on a pitch from Keith Harding to finish the season. The final homer for the season was actually hit on Friday night by Dupont. So that's it, the Palms' season ends without the postseason, but the team can look forward to figuring out how to move forward into next year.  Miami Palms 7, Chicago White Sox 2  Sunday, September 28, 2014  Miami Palms (78-83)       ...

Much as it has been this entire season forr Kyle Blume, he was clicking at a good pace, and had a solid outing, save for one inning. In this case, it was the 3rd, when He loaded the bases and the retiring Paul Konerko gave the home fans something to remember him by, launching a grand slam into the right field seats. Aside from that excitement, it was a quiet game, and the Palms never really threatened.  Chicago White Sox 5, Miami Palms 1  Saturday, September 27, 2014  Miami Palms (77-83)                                      Chicago White Sox (3-3)                                  Player      ...

Troy Munoz's start against the White Sox on Friday night may have been his last in a Miami Palms uniform. He has degraded a little bit over the last few years, but his performance in 2014 was something of a bounceback. Despite a 9-15 record, he had the 2nd best ERA among starters at 4.57 and the best FIP at 3.30. The veteran was the victim of little support behind him both at the plate, where he had little run support, and on defense, as he endured the highest BABIP of all pitchers on the roster. If he does decide to move on, Munoz' veteran leadership and stability will be sorely missed.

In a season plagued by poor run support, Troy Munoz got all he needed against the White Sox in the opener of the final series of the season. Billy Dupont had 5 runs batted in, thanks to a double and home run as well as an RBI single. Carlos Ruiz and Chris Johnson also went deep for Miami  Miami Palms 10, Chicago White Sox 2  Friday, September 26, 2014  Miami Palms (77-82)                                      Chicago White Sox (2-3)                                  Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      Player...

The Palms came through with a win in their season home finale, thanks to a solid outing from John Danks and timely hitting from Billy Dupont, who had a 2 RBI triple, and Steve Drysdale, who hit a 2 run homer, the final at Palms Park this season. The Palms final hit at home for the season came in the 5th inning, from Chris Korb, so it was a good thing that Tim Byrdak and Manny Parra were solid in relief.  Miami Palms 5, Boston Red Sox 2  Thursday, September 25, 2014  Boston Red Sox (7-8)                                     Miami Palms (76-82)                                      Player    ...

The Red Sox only beat Miami by 1 run, but they ended up with 7 more hits. The Palms were timely, getting 4 of their runs on homers from Joe Mather, Gregor Blanco and Steve Drysdale. The biggest blows came from Yoenis Cespedes, however, as he drove in half of Boston's runs.  Boston Red Sox 6, Miami Palms 5  Wednesday, September 24, 2014  Boston Red Sox (7-7)                                     Miami Palms (75-82)                                      Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave      Player...

The Palms will officially finish the season below .500 after losting on Tuesday evening to the Red Sox. The issue, as it often has been this year, was an offense that seemed incapable to producing against the opposition. Clay Buchholz held Miami to 3 hits and struck out 8 through 8 inning. Blake Johnston was pretty good in his 7 innings of work, scattering 7 hits and striking out 6. The Palms allowed runs on an RBI single from David Ortiz and a sac fly from Garin Cecchini.  Boston Red Sox 2, Miami Palms 1  Tuesday, September 23, 2014  Boston Red Sox (6-7)                                     Miami Palms (75-81)                               ...

Kyle Blume was so good through 7 innings, but he blew his team's lead in the 8th inning by allowing 3 runs and Pete Otterloop furthered the damage by giving up 4 in the top of the 9th. This game was nip and tuck throughout, and the Palms had the upper hand, but again, it was shoddy late inning pitching that sunk the home squad. They big in their final home series of the season with Boston Tuesday evening.  Seattle Mariners 9, Miami Palms 4  Sunday, September 21, 2014  Seattle Mariners (4-3)                                   Miami Palms (75-80)                                      Player      ...

Troy Munoz is closing the season strong, and had another great game against the Mariners. He went 8 innings, striking out 8 and scattering 5 hits. On the offensive side, the Palms had a tremendous outing from Steve Drysdale. He accounted for 5 of the team's runs, with a three run homer and a two run single.  Miami Palms 6, Seattle Mariners 1  Saturday, September 20, 2014  Seattle Mariners (3-3)                                   Miami Palms (75-79)                                      Player          AB R  H BI BB SO  P  A  E LOB   Ave  ...

The Palms struggled mightily on the mound again. John Danks left the start early, but it was with a 1-0 deficit. Palms relievers promptly gave up 6 runs in the next three runs to fall further and further behind. There wasn't really a problem with the offense, which had 11 hits and scored 4 runs, the pen was a serious concern. The biggest star of the game was clearly Austin Jackson. The Mariners center fielder hit for the cycle.  Seattle Mariners 8, Miami Palms 4  Friday, September 19, 2014  Seattle Mariners (3-2)                                   Miami Palms (74-79)                                      Player  ...

The Palms are going to struggle to reach .500 this season, and now must look to the future as the playoffs are out of reach. Here is a list of Miami's pending free agents. - 3b Chris Johsnon - DH Steve Drysdale - SP Kyle Blume - SP Troy Munoz Additionally, relievers Felix Gonsales and Pete Otterloop are eligible for free agency.

The Angels waited until the 7th inning to start scoring, when David Freese pushed across a run with an RBI single. They tacked on another in the 8th when CJ Cron homered, and that looked like enough. The Palms were scoreless through 8. There were two outs but two on when Tony Abreu had a single that pushed Kelly Johnson across the plate. The next batter, rarely used Joe Mather, took a 1-1 Huston Street pitch over the left field fence to make the Palms walk off winners.  Miami Palms 4, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim 2  Wednesday, September 17, 2014  Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (3-3)                      Miami Palms (74-78)                                      Player   ...