2015 BoS Annual Draft

			2015 BoS Annual Draft
ROUND	PICK	OVERALL	PLAYER	POS	Team
1	1	1	ABREU, Jose	1B	CORK
1	2	2	PEDERSON, Joc	OF	SEA
1	3	3	de GROM, Jacob	SP	BRK
1	4	4	TANAKA, Masahiro	SP	CHI
1	5	5	ADAMS, Matt	1B	BUF
1	6	6	SPRINGER, George	OF	URB
1	7	7	GONZALEZ, Miguel Angel	SP	KING
1	8	8	BETTS, Mookie	OF	SPAR
1	9	9	PINEDA, Michael	SP	HOL
1	10	10	PANIK, Joe	2B	S.D.
1	11	11	SANCHEZ, Aaron	P	SWAT
1	12	12	INCIARTE, Ender	OF	KBB
1	13	13	CASTILLO, Rusney	OF	CHI	(T.C.)
1	14	14	SOLER, Jorge	OF	S.S.
1	15	15	HENDRICKS, Kyle	SP	POR
1	16	16	GILES, Ken	RP	FAIR
2	1	17	ELIAS, Roenis	SP	CORK
2	2	18	BOXBERGER, Brad	RP	SEA
2	3	19	FRANCO, Maikel	3B	BRK
2	4	20	STROMAN, Marcus	SP	CHI
2	5	21	HUGHES, Jared	RP	BUF
2	6	22	REDDICK, Josh	OF	URB
2	7	23	NORRIS, Bud	SP	KING
2	8	24	POLANCO, Gregory	OF	SPAR
2	9	25	ODOR, Rougned	2B	HOL
2	10	26	SANTANA, Danny	OF/2B	S.D.
2	11	27	JACKSON, Austin	OF	SWAT
2	12	28	PLOUFFE, Trevor	3B	KBB
2	13	29	FINNEGAN, Brandon	RP	T.C.
2	14	30	GUERRERO, Alex	OF/SS	S.S.
2	15	31	CERVELLI, Francisco	C	POR
2	16	32	LEONE, Dominic	RP	FAIR
3	1	33	RAMOS, Wilson	C	CORK
3	2	34	FLORES, Wilmer	SS	T.C.	(SEA)
3	3	35	BURNS, Billy	OF	BRK
3	4	36	POMPEY, Dalton	OF	T.C.	(CHI)
3	5	37	KARNS, Nathan	SP	T.C.	(BUF)
3	6	38	BOUR, Justin	1B	URB
3	7	39	OTERO, Dan	RP	KING
3	8	40	MARTINEZ, Nick	SP	SPAR
3	9	41	JENNINGS, Dan	RP	HOL
3	10	42	NORRIS, Daniel	SP	S.D.
3	11	43	McCANN, James	C	SWAT
3	12	44	EDGIN, Josh	RP	KBB
3	13	45	HAHN, Jesse	SP	POR	(T.C.)
3	14	46	VAN SLYKE, Scott	OF	S.S.
3	15	47	WILSON, Alex	RP	POR
3	16	48	GONZALES, Marco	SP	CHI	(FAIR)
4	1	49	FELIZ, Neftali	RP	CORK
4	2	50	SUSAC, Andrew	C	URB	(SEA)
4	3	51	PAREDES, Jimmy	3B/OF	BRK
4	4	52	TAYLOR, Michael A.	OF	CHI
4	5	53	BROXTON, Jonathan	RP	BUF
4	6	54	DUFFY, Matt	SS	URB
4	7	55	FLOWERS, Tyler	C	KING
4	8	56	SMITH, Carson	RP	SPAR
4	9	57	CABRERA, Asdrubal	SS+	POR	(HOL)
4	10	58	NAVARRO, Dioner	C	S.D.
4	11	59	ALONSO, Yonder	1B	SWAT
4	12	60	DESPAIGNE, Odrisamer	SP	KBB
4	13	61	OWINGS, Chris	SS+	URB	(T.C.)
4	14	62	GRANDERSON, Curtis	OF	S.S.
4	15	63	CROCKETT, Kyle	RP	SWAT	(POR)
4	16	64	ESCOBAR, Eduardo	SS+	FAIR
5	1	65	BAEZ, Javier	2B+	CORK
5	2	66	RAMIREZ, Neil	RP	SEA
5	3	67	MARISNICK, Jake	OF	BRK
5	4	68	RIVERA, Rene	C	FAIR	(CHI)
5	5	69	PUTNAM, Zach	RP	BUF
5	6	70	MORSE, Michael	1B+	SEA	(URB)
5	7	71	ROMINE, Austin	IF	KING
5	8	72	SINGLETON, Jon	1B	SPAR
5	9	73	BETHANCOURT, Christian	C	HOL
5	10	74	THAYER, Dale	RP	S.D.
5	11	75	ZIEGLER, Brad	RP	SWAT
5	12	76	QUACKENBUSH, Kevin	RP	KBB
5	13	77	JOSEPH, Caleb	C	BUF	(T.C.)
5	14	78	HUDSON, Tim	SP	S.S.
5	15	79	COGHLAN, Chris	OF	POR
5	16	80	McGEHEE, Casey	3B+	S.D.	(FAIR)
6	1	81	PERALTA, David	OF	CORK
6	2	82	LAMB, Jake	3B	SEA
6	3	83	JEPSEN, Kevin	RP	BRK
6	4	84	GORZELANNY, Tom	RP	CHI
6	5	85	ANDERSON, Chase	SP	BUF
6	6	86	MIDDLEBROOKS, Will	3B+	URB
6	7	87	HOWARD, Ryan	1B	KING
6	8	88	SORIA, Joakim	RP	SPAR
6	9	89	DYSON, Sam	RP	HOL
6	10	90	PETERSON, Jace	2B+	CORK	(S.D.)
6	11	91	HOLLAND, Derek	SP	SWAT
6	12	92	GONZALEZ, Marwin	SS+	KBB
6	13	93	YOUNG, Chris R.	SP	T.C.
6	14	94	JASO, John	C	S.S.
6	15	95	CISHEK, Steve	RP	POR
6	16	96	FORSYTHE, Logan	2B+	FAIR
7	1	97	SHREVE, Chasen	RP	CORK
7	2	98	FARQUHAR, Danny	RP	SEA
7	3	99	ALBURQUERQUE, Al	RP	BRK
7	4	100	BLACK, Vic	RP	CHI
7	5	101	HOUSE, T.J.	SP	BUF
7	6	102	MILONE, Tommy	SP	URB
7	7	103	TOLLESON, Shawn	RP	KING
7	8	104	COLOME, Alex	SP	SPAR
7	9	105	DUKE, Zach	RP	HOL
7	10	106	RAY, Robbie	SP	SEA	(S.D.)
7	11	107	PAULSEN, Ben	1B/OF	SWAT
7	12	108	BURNETT, A.J.	SP	KBB
7	13	109	TORRES, Carlos	P	T.C.
7	14	110	ANDERSON, Brett	SP	S.S.
7	15	111	NIEUWEHNHUIS, Kirk	OF	POR
7	16	112	BEIMEL, Joe	RP	FAIR
8	1	113	SARDHINAS, Luis	2B+	CORK
8	2	114	JONES, James	OF	SEA
8	3	115	FRASOR, Jason	RP	BRK
8	4	116	VARGAS, Kennys	1B	CHI
8	5	117	PETRICKA, Jake	RP	BUF
8	6	118	VENABLE, Wil	OF	URB
8	7	119	FLOYD, Gavin	SP	KING
8	8	120	ATCHISON, Scott	RP	SPAR
8	9	121	CRON, C.J.	1B	HOL
8	10	122	HARDY, Blaine	RP	S.D.
8	11	123	ESPINOSA, Danny	2B+	SWAT
8	12	124	GRIMM, Justin	RP	KBB
8	13	125	ROSALES, Adam	1B+	T.C.
8	14	126	FREESE, David	3B	S.S.
8	15	127	HESTON, Chris	P	POR
8	16	128	CHIRINOS, Robinson	C	FAIR
9	1	129	FRIAS, Carlos	P	CORK
9	2	130	MILLER, Brad	SS+	SEA
9	3	131	BOLSINGER, Mike	SP	BRK
9	4	132	AVILA, Alex	C	CHI
9	5	133	ARIAS, Joaquin	IF	BUF
9	6	134	TORRES, Alex	RP	URB
9	7	135	CARLYLE, Buddy	RP	KING
9	8	136	PETIT, Yusmeiro	P	SPAR
9	9	137	CRISP, Coco	OF	HOL
9	10	138	MARSHALL, Evan	RP	S.D.
9	11	139	SOUZA, Steven	OF	SWAT
9	12	140	REDMOND, Todd	RP	KBB
9	13	141	JOYCE, Matt	OF	T.C.
9	14	142	VARVARO, Anthony	RP	S.S.
9	15	143	KONTOS, George	RP	POR
9	16	144	FREEMAN, Sam	RP	FAIR
10	1	145	DYSON, Jarrod	OF	CORK
10	2	146	LOWRIE, Jed	SS	SEA
10	3	147	SEMIEN, Marcus	SS+	BRK
10	4	148	NEGRON, Kris	3B+	CHI
10	5	149	JOHNSON, Chris	3B+	BUF
10	6	150	GREGRORIUS, Didi	SS+	URB
10	7	151	LEAGUE, Brandon	RP	KING
10	8	152	KURODA, Hiroki	SP	SPAR
10	9	153	VALENCIA, Danny	3B+	HOL
10	10	154	RODRIGUEZ, Alex [NC]	3B	S.D.
10	11	155	SIPP, Tony	RP	SWAT
10	12	156	GRICHUK, Randal	OF	KBB
10	13	157	ARCIA, Oswaldo	OF	T.C.
10	14	158	REALMUTO, J.T.	C+	S.S.
10	15	159	HERRERA, Dilson	2B	POR
10	16	160	DE AZA, Alejandro	OF	FAIR
11	1	161	LAYNE, Tom	RP	CORK
11	2	162	BUTERA, Drew	C	SEA
11	3	163	GOMEZ, Jeanmar	P	BRK
11	4	164	RZEPCYNSKI, Marc	RP	CHI
11	5	165	COLON, Bartolo	SP	BUF
11	6	166	WRIGHT, Jamey	P	URB
11	7	167	BECKHAM, Gordon	2B+	KING
11	8	168	RUTLEDGE, Josh	IF	SPAR
11	9	169	PEREZ, Oliver	RP	HOL
11	10	170	GUYER, Brandon	OF	S.D.
11	11	171	RASMUS, Cory	RP	SWAT
11	12	172	STAMMEN, Craig	RP	KBB
11	13	173	HANIGAN, Ryan	C	T.C.
11	14	174	KIERMAIER, Kevin	OF	S.S.
11	15	175	GIAVOTELLA, Johnny	2B	POR
11	16	176	JETER, Derek	SS	FAIR
12	1	177	GORE, Terrance	OF	CHI
12	2	178	DIEKMAN, Jake	RP	BUF
12	3	179	VAZQUEZ, Christian	C	KING
12	4	180	HALE, David	P	SPAR
12	5	181	BRACH, Brad	RP	HOL
12	6	182	SPANGENBERG, Cory	3B+	S.D.
12	7	183	HUTCHINSON, Drew	SP	SWAT
12	8	184	MOYA, Steven	OF	KBB
12	9	185	SMOLINSKI, Jake	OF	T.C.
12	10	186	MORIN, Mike	RP	S.S.
12	11	187	LOWE, Mark	RP	POR
12	12	188	VICIEDO, Dayan	OF	FAIR
13	1	189	SUAREZ, Eugenio	SS+	BUF
13	2	190	GRAVEMAN, Kendall	RP	S.D.
13	3	191	SIEGRIST, Kevin	RP	SWAT
13	4	192	GUERRA, Javy	RP	KBB
13	5	193	BARRETT, Aaron	RP	T.C.
13	6	194	CAIN, Matt	SP	S.S.
13	7	195	DeSCLAFANI, Anthony	SP	POR
13	8	196	MENDEZ, Roman	RP	FAIR
14	1	197	FELDMAN, Scott	SP	KBB
14	2	198	SALAS, Fernando	RP	S.S.
14	3	199	MAY, Trevor	SP	POR
14	4	200	SOLARTE, Yangervis	IF	FAIR

Big Names, New Places (Mid-Season Transaction Report)

McCutchen is hoping to be the answer for Chicago.

The third season of the Boys of Summer APBA Baseball League is half-way through, and we are starting to see teams move their chips, place down their cards...

Who's all in? Who is out?

The league was quiet for the first couple months after the season started, but then the Chicago Nine broke the silence by picking up veteran Justin Morneau in exchange for speedy, plus-outfielder Anthony Gose; The two players have a stark contrast in terms of power, but both give their teams something that they seek.

The Portland Microbrewers (back-to-back National League Champions) once again have the best record in the entire league (in seek of the 1st BoS World Championship) made a huge splash in acquiring shortstop Troy Tulowitzki; Portland also acquired reconstruction relief project Neftali Feliz in the deal, while the Corktown Tamales get themselves a catcher (which they desperately needed) with a little pop and reliable, consistent reliever Mark Melancon.

The Traverse City Panthers were close into landing two big-name starting pitchers from two other franchises, but had to settle on Adam Wainwright from the Kingsley Brownbeards. Things will get interesting as the Panthers will not have Wainwright, Alex Cobb, Drew Smyly, and Henderson Alvarez for the 2016 seasons (due to MLB injuries) -- but will have Matt Harvey returning, to go along with Corey Kluber and a down-year from Julio Teheran (who was finding his way in 2nd-half for MLB). The Wainwright trade comes with another price, the Panthers traded Tampa Bay's Nathan Karns (7-5, 3.67 ERA & 145 K's in 147 IP) who had a good season for the Rays, with Yankees' pitcher Adam Warren (7-7, 3.29 ERA & 104 K's in 131.1 IP), plus T.C.'s 2nd Round Draft pick for upcoming draft. The Panthers acquired scrap in pitchers Roberto Hernandez and Rex Brothers, who will both not play a role in the team this season, and will find themselves most likely available after the season.

The Panthers are rumored to have been shopping Brandon Finnegan, Teheran, Alex Cobb and Dalton Pompey in an attempt to bring a bigger name than Wainwright.

Wanted Man: San Diego, 3rd team to land Puig.

Two big trades went down on November 1st, the Chicago Nine, no strangers to making a deal (I believe they have made the most deals in the league's brief history), landed Andrew McCutchen. In exchange for McCutchen, the Nine send Cuban star outfielder Yasiel Puig, young ace Danny Salazar of the Indians, and Chicago's third-round draft pick. Chicago acquired Puig from Traverse City prior to the 2015 BoS Draft in a blockbuster trade that watched the Nine send Miguel Cabrera, Drew Smyly, Josh Harrison, Leonys Martin & a Chicago 3rd Round Draft Pick (that ended up being Dalton Pompey) to Traverse City; Puig was sent to Chicago with pitchers Yu Darvish and Cody Allen, plus first baseman Brandon Belt & T.C.'s 1st Round Pick (Rusney Castillo).

Miguel Cabrera happened to be acquired hours before the Chicago-Traverse City Puig-Cabrera deal, when Chicago acquired Cabrera and Wade Miley from the Buffalo Yankees in exchange for young phenom Chris Archer and second baseman Ian Kinsler. Chicago having a knack for landing big players and trading big players, also landed Adam Jones and Elvis Andrus from the World Champion Fairgrove Tigers, in exchange for Carlos Gomez and Shelby Miller.

Johnny Cueto & Holland shooting for division title & more.

The other big trade on November 1st was between the South Side Spartans and Holland Hitchhikers. In a attempt to try to keep up with the N.L. East leading Panthers, the Hitchhikers landed ace Johnny Cueto and two veteran relievers (Jordan Walden and Joel Peralta) in exchange for a equally impressive package of shortstop Andrelton Simmons, starting pitcher Zack Wheeler, outfielder Adam Eaton and Holland's 2nd Round Draft Pick.

We are at the closing hours, as the BoS has until November 6th (8:00 am) to get in any more deals before the Trade Deadline.

2014 BoS Award Winners

American League

The A.L. Most Valuable Player Award goes to Paul Goldschmidt; Goldschmidt batted .271, 40 HR & 114 RBI with .897 OPS; Along with Madison Bumgarner, helped the Fairgrove Tigers become 2014 BoS World Champions.

Bumgarner was the unanimous choice for the A.L. Cy Young Award, going 20-6, 2.16 ERA with 208 K's in 221 Innings. The Tigers' ace was also a killer in the League Championship Series, going 2-0 with a 0.56 ERA -- including 18 K's (while only allowing 8 hits) in 16 innings of work.

Hyun-Jin Ryu wins the A.L. Rookie of the Year Award; He put together a 16-7 record, that included 7 complete games & a save -- posting a 2.58 ERA with 169 K's in 223.2 innings. Ryu also earned one Cy Young vote. 

Koji Uehara earns the A.L. Fireman of the Year Award (presented to the best A.L. Relief Pitchers). Uehara was nearly untouchable with 0.80 ERA & 5-0 record in relief -- he recorded an American League leading 31 Saves, with 72 K's in 56 innings; He also earned 3 votes on the A.L. Cy Young ballot.

Robert Mosher led his Fairgrove Tigers to their first BoS World Championship, by defeating the Portland Microbrewers in the BoS World Series, 4-2. Fairgrove posted a 107-55 record, while winning their division by an impressive 35 games. Mosher also had two stars in Goldschmidt & Bumgarner walking away with awards as well, while he had other stars that played a major part in their championship run in Adam Jones, C.J. Wilson, Mat Latos, Jed Lowrie, Joe Nathan (Fireman Runner-Up) & rookie Jarred Cosart. Jones set the second-half tone for the Tigers by winning the 2014 BoS All-Star Game MVP Award.

National League

The Portland Microbrewers' Mike Trout edged San Diego's Chris Davis for the National League's Most Valuable Player Award. Trout put together an excellent, all-around season, batting .309 with 29 HR & 89 RBI; Trout also stole 19 bases while sporting a .963 OPS.

Davis, meanwhile set the single-season BoS record for most home runs with 56.

Bartolo Colon wins the N.L. Cy Young Award, defeating Hannibal's Jon Lester by 8 votes. Colon was consistent & strong, completing 8 games, while on his way to a 17-7 season campaign with a low 2.07 ERA. He may not have been blazing fastballs for K's (127), but he kept batters off the bases -- allowing only 139 hits & 42 walks, with a 0.818 WHIP!

Lester overachieved with his APBA Grade 11-Y (19-7, 2.20 ERA & 189 K's) compared to his real-life stats of 15-8 & 3.75 ERA. 

The #1 overall pick in the 2014 BoS Annual Draft - Yasiel Puig would win the N.L. Rookie of the Year Award for the Traverse City Panthers. Puig's presence with the emergence of Matt Carpenter, Josh Donaldson, Brandon Belt and their pitching staff transformed the Panthers from league laughing stock to falling a game short of reaching the World Series this past season.

Puig batted .275 with 14 home runs & 45 RBI, plus 7 stolen bases in 295 AB's (86 games). He was the other unanimous 2014 BoS award winner (other than Bumgarner) this season. Fellow Panther, Dan Otero led the Panthers in Saves with 22 Saves (while sporting a 1.28 ERA).

Greg Holland felt comfortable in Holland (yeah.. I know) leading the Holland Hitchhikers with 34 Saves (2nd in N.L.) -- with a microscopic ERA of 0.48! Kenley Jansen was runner-up & led the league with 36 Saves for the San Diego Heroes.

Just as Mosher & Fairgrove was to the American League -- so was Brad Stark and his Portland Microbrewers to the National League; Both teams met up in the World Series & their success is reflected in the major awards this season as well. Stark's "Brew Crew" fell short of the BoS single-season record for wins (while setting a N.L. record) with 108 victories -- but have the bragging rights as the National League's only league champions to date, going back-to-back...

while still seeking that BoS World Championship.

The Conclusion of the 2014 BoS World Series

The 2014 BoS World Series

We left off with the Fairgrove Tigers leading the series, 2-0 after the first two games. The Portland Microbrewers are in their second consecutive World Series; both teams trying to win their first championship.

In Game 3, with Portland now traveling to Fairgrove -- Portland's Anibal Sanchez did his best to try and keep the Brewers in the game; He went 7.1 innings, allowing only 2 hits, 1 ER, 1 BB with 10 strikeouts. The Tigers' pinch-hitter, rookie Khris Davis would hit a pinch-hit HR in the bottom of the 8th off of reliever Tony Watson. Joe Nathan would come in for his 2nd save of the series, winning the game 2-1.

With a commanding 3-0 series lead, the Microbrewers find their backs to the wall. Portland sends Cliff Lee to face the Tigers' Mat Latos in Game 4; Both starting pitchers got rocked -- Portland would pull away with 5 runs in the last three innings to win, 11-6. Juan Uribe was the hero for Portland, going 4-for-5, with 4 RBI & 2 runs, with a double -- Only two Brewers in the lineup didn't collect a hit, as Portland put 12 hits on the board.


Portland selected Bartolo Colon to start Game 5 against Madison Bumgarner, who has been unstoppable during these playoffs -- one of the best playoff performances for a pitcher in this league's young history, possible best ever to this point (Art imitating real life). But tonight, "Mad Bum" just didn't have it, got rocked allowing 7 ER, 6 hits & 4 walks in only 5.2 innings. Bartolo got touched up early, allowing 3 runs in the first 4 innings, and then settled down -- he would go the distance, as the Brew Crew's offense went off for a second consecutive game, with 5 runs in the top of the 6th & 7 runs in the top of the 8th. Portland wins again, 14-3, and have outscored Fairgrove 25-9, the last two games for a combined 27 hits in those two games.

Freeman continues to make Post-Season history in the BoS.

Talking about playoff history in the BoS, Freddie Freeman seems to live for this time of season as well, he had a historic post-season in the 2013 BoS Postseason, with 8 HR's! He ended up smacking two homers in this one (including a Grand Slam), going 3-for-5, with 6 RBI & 3 runs. I can definitely say he is our all-time leader in HR's for the post-season, in two years of existence.

Portland down 3-0, has now won two straight & forced a Game 6, playing in front of their home crowd again, the city of Portland was abuzz. But it wasn't mean't to be, Paul Goldschmidt would hit his 3rd HR of the series for Fairgrove, a two-run HR, that gave the Tigers, a 3-0 lead. Jarred Cosart was excellent, allowing only 2 hits, on no runs through 8 innings (although he allowed 4 walks). Joe Nathan would seal down the hatch, as the Tigers win their first BoS World Title on enemy territory. Hisashi Iwakuma got the loss for the Brewers, as Portland will try and get back here a third consecutive season, next year.

The 2014 BoS World Champions patch for the Fairgrove Tigers.

2015 BoS World Series (Games 1 & 2 )

It's now time for the BoS World Series between the Portland Microbrewers and the Fairgrove Tigers, for Portland this is their second consecutive trip to the "Fall Classic", while for the Tigers their first trip. Portland lost the series to South Shore last season.

Lowrie was rolling in Game 1 for the Fairgrove Tigers.

GAME 1 (at Portland)

Portland sends Bartolo Colon (17-7, 2.07 ERA, 8 CG's with 127 K's) to the mound to face off against Madison Bumgarner (20-6, 2.16 ERA & 208 K's) . Colon by the way, had a ridiculously low WHIP of 0.818! Both pitchers are Cy Young candidates in their respective leagues.

6th Inning - Jed Lowrie breaks the silence in the top of the 6th for Fairgrove, with a RBI double off of the Brewers' Bartolo Colon, the game's first run. Carlos Gonzalez would even things up for Portland in the bottom of the inning with a solo HR off of Madison Bumgarner.

Top of the 8th - Jed Lowrie strikes again, with another RBI double. Adam Jones scores in Lowrie with RBI single, as Fairgrove takes 3-1 lead.

Madison Bumgarner goes 7 innings, allowing only 4 hits, a run & BB, with 4 K's. The Tigers' bullpen holds down the victory, with Joe Nathan closing out the game with 3 strikeouts, striking out Mike Trout, Carlos Gonzalez, allowing a one-out single to Freddie Freeman, and then striking out Alfonso Soriano.

Portland could only manage 5 hits; Bumgarner gets the win, Colon credited with the loss

FINAL SCORE: Fairgrove 3, Portland 1


GAME 2 (at Portland)

The Fairgrove Tigers will send Jarred Cosart had an impressive limited stretch (8-1, 1.81 ERA in 12 starts / 74.2 innings) this season, as he will face Hisashi Iwakuma (13-10, 3.06 ERA & 171 K's) of the Portland Microbrewers. Portland will try & even things up at home, before moving out east to Fairgrove, Michigan.

"CarGo" doing his best to keep Portland afloat.

Top of the 1st - Paul Goldschmidt sends a two-out solo homer to left, to get Fairgrove off to a 1-0 start to Game 2.

Top of the 3rd - Elvis Andrus and Howie Kendrick hit back-to-back home runs off of Hisashi Iwakuma, as Fairgrove increases their lead to 3-0.

Bottom of the 3rd - Jarred Cosart runs into trouble for the Fairgrove Tigers; After recording an out, Cosart loads up the bases all on walks to Coco Crisp, Jason Kipnis & Mike Trout. Carlos Gonzalez hits a two-run single; that's 3 hits & 3 RBI's for "CarGo" in this series. With runners on the corners & one out, Cosart strikes out Freddie Freeman. Alfonso Soriano hits into a force.
Fairgrove 3, Portland 2




Bottom of the 5th - Carlos Gonzalez collects his 4th RBI of the series, with a one-out sac fly, driving in Jason Kipnis to tie the ballgame, 3-3.

The game remains 3-3 for a few innings, Fairgrove's Jarred Cosart did not have his best stuff -- he went 4.1 innings, allowing 4 hits, 4 walks & 3 runs, with 4 K's; His bullpen calmed things down with good pitching by Robbie Ross and Craig Stammen over the next 2.2 innings. For Portland, Hisashi Iwakuma, settled down after allowing 3 runs in the first 3 innings, he would pitch 3.2 more scoreless innings -- finishing the night with 6 hits, 3 ER's, a walk allowed, with 8 strikeouts.

Top of the 8th - The game gets away from Portland, a RBI double with no outs for Adam Jones, as Jason Heyward follows with a two-run jack to right-center -- The Portland crowd is now silence. Lonnie Chisenhall would tack on another two-run HR; all 5 runs coming off usually-effective Glen Perkins.

Louis Coleman gets Fairgrove out of a bit of trouble in the bottom of the 8th, and clamps down the save for the Tigers, while Portland finds itself in a 2-0 series hole; Stammen gets the win, while Perkins gets the loss with 5 runs & 4 hits allowed in only 2/3 of an inning.

Every player (except for Andre Ethier) records a hit for the Tigers, while Portland's bats do slightly better than previous game, with 7 hits (12 hits in 2 games).

The series continues, as we head out to Fairgrove for at least Games 3 & 4, Portland is hoping they will get to play a Game 5, and bring the series back to Portland.

Fairgroves leads World Series, 2-0

2015 BoS Player (Pre-Draft) Releases

BOSTON releases - C+ Steve Clevenger, 1B- Casey Kotchman [NC], 2B+ Justin Sellers, 2B- Dan Uggla, 3B+ Luis Cruz [NC], 3B- Matt Dominguez, 3B+ Scott Sizemore, SS+ Cesar Izturis [NC], OF- Mike Baxter, OF- Shane Victorino, OF+ Kevin Frandsen, OF- Felix Pie [NC], OF- DeWayne Wise [NC], P-Chris Capuano, SP-Jerome Williams, SP- Edwin Jackson, P- Matt Belisle, P- Bruce Chen, SP- Brandon Beachy [NC], P- Kris Medlen [NC], RP- Kevin Gregg & RP- Jose Mijares [NC].

BRONX releases - 1B+ Jesus Guzman, 1B- Lyle Overbay, 1B- Todd Helton [NC], 2B+ Munenori Kawasaki, 2B- Marco Scutaro, 3B+ Kelly Johnson, 3B+ Ramon Santiago, IF - Michael Young [NC], OF+ John Mayberry, OF+ Daniel Nava, OF- Logan Schafer, OF- Chris B. Young, OF+ Raul Ibanez, OF- Jason Kubel, OF- J.B. Shuck, OF- Andres Torres [NC], OF- Casper Wells [NC], P- Carlos Villanueva, SP- Dan Straily, SP- Ivan Nova, SP- Jarrod Parker [NC], RP- Ernesto Frieri, RP- Jim Johnson & RP- Darren Oliver [NC].

HANNIBAL releases - C- Geovany Soto, 1B- Paul Konerko, 2B- Brian Roberts, 3B+ Joaquin Arias, OF- Carlos Quentin, P- Samuel Deduno, P- Jhoulys Chacin, RP- Craig Breslow & RP- Alexi Ogando.

*** Boston, Bronx & Hannibal's owners resigned; new franchises named the Corktown Tamales, South Side Spartans & Kingsley Brownbeards have joined. ***

BROOKLYN releases - C+ Ryan Doumit, 1B+ Adam Dunn, 2B+ Ed Lucas, 2B+ Donnie Murphy, SS- Pedro Florimon, SS+ Pete Kozma, IF/OF- Mark DeRosa [NC], OF- Shane Robinson, OF- Chris Denorfia, OF-Reed Johnson, OF- Nate Schierholtz, SP-Matt Cain, SP- Joe Saunders, RP- Grant Balfour, RP- Dane De La Rosa, RP-Justin Wilson, RP- Bobby Parnell & RP- J.J. Putz. 

BUFFALO releases - C- George Kottaras, C+ Yorvit Torrealba [NC], C- Kelly Shoppach [NC], 1B+ Gaby Sanchez, 2B+ Gordon Beckham, 2B+ Danny Espinosa, 2B- Stephen Lombardozzi, 3B- Ryan Roberts, 3B+ Cody Ransom [NC], OF- Jeff Francoeur, OF- Will Venable, OF- Rick Ankiel [NC], P- Felix Doubront, P- Ricky Nolasco, P-Kevin Correia, SP- Wandy Rodriguez, P- Jeremy Hefner [NC], RP- Luis Avilan, RP- Neal Cotts & RP- Ronald Belisario. 

CHICAGO releases - C- Jose Molina, C-Jeff Mathis, C- Jose Lobaton, 1B+ Nick Swisher, 1B+ Yuniesky Betancourt [NC], 2B+ Jeff Keppinger [NC], SS+ Asdrubal Cabrera, SS+ Didi Gregorious, 3B- Trevor Plouffe, OF+ Roger Bernadina, OF- Desmond Jennings, OF+ Skip Schumaker, OF- Derrick Robinson [NC], SP- Jeremy Guthrie, SP- Wade Miley, SP- Tyler Chatwood, SP- Jacob Turner, RP- Paco Rodriguez & Guillermo Moscoso [NC].

FAIRGROVE releases - C- Dioner Navarro, C- Carlos Corporan, C- Josmil Pinto, 1B- Ryan Howard, 1B+ Michael Morse, 3B- David Freese, SS- Jed Lowrie, SS+ Cliff Pennington, OF- Curtis Granderson, OF- Robbie Grossman, OF- Jose Tabata, OF- Oswaldo Arcia, OF+ Darin Ruf, SP- Scott Feldman, P- Robbie Ross, RP- Antonio Bastardo, RP- Joe Nathan, RP- Craig Stammen, RP- J.J. Hoover, RP- Louis Coleman & RP- Kevin Siegrist.

HOLLAND releases - C- Hank Conger, C- Max Stassi, 1B- Ike Davis, 2B- Maicer Izturis, IF/OF- Jurickson Profar [NC], OF- Josh Reddick, OF- Jake Marisnick, OF+ Dayan Viciedo, P- Marco Estrada, SP- Martin Perez, SP- Mike Minor, P- Enny Romero [NC], RP- Brad Boxberger, RP- Jake Petricka, RP- Alex Torres, RP- Chris Withrow, RP- Scott Downs, RP- William Harris & RP- Jesse Crain [NC].

KING ROAD releases - C+ Martin Maldonado, 1B- Matt Adams, 3B+ Jayson Nix, SS+ Omar Quintanilla, 3B- Placido Polanco [NC], OF- Josh Willingham, OF- Eric Young, Jr., SP- Miguel An. Gonzalez, SP- Gavin Floyd, SP- Tim Hudson, SP- Jorge de la Rosa, P- Paul Maholm, P- Chad Gaudin [NC], P-James McDonald [NC], P- Ross Ohlendorf [NC], RP- Michael Dunn, RP- Casey Janssen, RP-Jim Henderson & RP- Josh Roenicke [NC].

PORTLAND releases - C- A.J. Ellis, C+ Rene Rivera, 2B+ Mark Ellis, 3B- Eric Chavez, SS+ Brad Miller, SS+ Marcus Semien, SS- Jonathan Villar, OF- Coco Crisp, OF- Austin Jackson, OF- Chris Coghlan, OF- Colby Rasmus, OF- Alfonso Soriano, SP- Derek Holland, SP- Cliff Lee, SP- Bartolo Colon, SP- Jordan Lyles, P- Carlos Torres, SP- Robbie Erlin, RP- Neftali Feliz  & RP- Nick Vincent.

SAN DIEGO releases - C-Erik Kratz, C- Josh Thole, C- John Jaso, C-Alex Avila, IF- Jeff Baker, 3B-Juan Francisco, SS- Brendan Ryan, 2B- Chris Getz, 3B- Chris Johnson, 2B+ Josh Rutledge, OF- Craig Gentry, OF- Dustin Ackley, SP- Justin Masterson, SP- Mike Pelfrey, P-Yusmeiro Petit, RP-Vinnie Pestano, RP- Steve Cishek, P-Jeanmar Gomez, P- Ryan Dempster [NC], SP- A.J. Griffin [NC] & RP- Rafael Betancourt.

SEATTLE releases - C- Tyler Flowers, 1B- Mike Carp, 2B+ Logan Forsythe, 2B+ Nick Franklin, 3B+ Nick Punto, 3B- Matt Davidson [NC], SS- Derek Jeter, OF- David DeJesus, OF- Cody Ross, P- Chris B. Young, SP- Bronson Arroyo, P- Drew Hutchinson, SP- Ryan Vogelsong, P- Kyle Kendrick, RP- Charlie Furbush, RP- Vin Mazzaro & RP- Steve Delabar.

SOUTH SHORE releases - C- Ryan Hanigan, 3B+ Alexi Casilla, 3B+ Danny Valencia, SS+ Jeff Bianchi, SS+ Willie Bloomquist, SS+ Ronny Cedeno, OF- Jordan Schafer, OF+ Allen Craig, OF-Carlos Beltran, SP- Dillon Gee, SP- Jeff Locke, SP- Tommy Milone, RP- Jake Diekman, RP- Chad Qualls, RP- Edward Mujica, RP- Tyler Thornburg, RP- Troy Patton, RP- Sean Burnett, SP- Andy Pettitte [NC], RP- Luke Hochevar [NC], RP- Mariano Rivera [NC].

SWATARA releases - C+ Tony Cruz, C- Christian Bethancourt, 1B+ Mark Reynolds, 3B+ Don Kelly, SS+ Marwin Gonzalez, SS+ Jonathan Herrera, SS+ Chris Owings, OF-David Lough, OF-Matt Joyce, OF- Andy Dirks [NC], OF- Franklin Gutierrez [NC], SP- A.J. Burnett, SP- Trevor Cahill, P- Eric Stults, P- Jamey Wright, RP-Wesley Wright, RP- Dale Thayer, RP- Caleb Thielbar, RP- Jason Grilli, RP- Jerry Blevins &RP- Jared Burton

TRAVERSE CITY releases - C- Wilson Ramos, 1B+ Yonder Alonso, 2B- Derek Dietrick, 3B+ Kris Negron, SS+ Eduardo Escobar, OF - Jarrod Dyson, OF- Kevin Kiermaier, OF- Alejandro De Aza, OF+ Scott Van Slyke, OF+ Ryan Raburn, SP- Bud Norris, P- David Hale, SP- Tyler Skaggs, SP- Nate Eovaldi, P- Tanner Scheppers, RP- Al Alburquerque, RP- Dan Otero, RP- Anthony Varvaro, RP- Brandon Kintzler & RP- Tim Collins.

URBANA releases - 1B+ J.P. Arencibia, 2B- Jedd Gyorko, SS+ Wilmer Flores, 3B- Will Middlebrooks, OF- L.J. Hoes, OF- Justin Maxwell, OF- Nate McLouth, OF- Ryan Sweeney, OF- Jonny Gomes, SP- Hiroki Kuroda, SP- Nick Tepesch, SP- Jeremy Hellickson, RP- Aaron Crow, RP- Matt Lindstrom, RP- Carlos Marmol, RP- Jose Veras, DH/1B- Travis Hafner [NC] & OF- Vernon Wells [NC].