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11 Ks! A new pro career high for Donnie Veal! Apparently Donnie finishes his seasons strong...he had 10 Ks for Boise in his 2005 finale. 6 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 3 BB, 11 K, 93 pitches.

FSL Playoff Race: Jupiter up on first-place Palm Beach 5-0 in the third. St. Lucie up on Vero Beach 2-1 in the 6th. Bah, the D-Cubs have a man out at home to end the bottom of the 5th. It's 0-0 in the top of the 6th.

Rich. Hill. :D

Donnie Veal ties his professional career high in Ks! 5 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 2 BB, 10 K 0-0 in the bottom of the 5th.

Ok, I was thinking it was a very strange game time. I edited.

Thanks, Nathan. That's disappointing, given how well he did in Mesa. You said he's small...how small? His height/weight isn't listed on MiLB.com. If Santo isn't ready for Game 4, who would go instead? Jiminez?

Not according to this. Nice picture contributions. :D

I'm so pumped up for the season to start (and Bears vs. Packers!) that I had to start the game thread already. And what good is this thread without some pics? http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/Navinda/tillmanhitinside120405.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v177/Navinda/brett-favre-sacked-bears.jpg The game is on FOX. GO BEARS!

Which makes me happy.

Standings: PCL American North Nashville 75-65 .536 - --- Magic Number: 1 Iowa 72-68 .514 3.0 --- 4 games remaining SL North Huntsville 39-25 .609 - --- Magic Number: 1 Chattanooga* 36-30 .545 4.0 If Chattanooga wins the SL North again, the Diamond Jaxx will make the playoffs. FSL East Palm Beach 35-27 .565 - --- 4 games remaining; Magic Number: 3 Daytona 35-29 .547 1.0 --- 4 games remaining St. Lucie* 35-30 .528 1.0 --- 4 games remaining Peoria already clinched a playoff spot by winning the MWL North in the first half. They have 4 remaining games in the regular season. NWL East Boise 41-29 .586 - --- 6 games remaining; Magic Number: 1 Tri-City 35-35 .500 6.0 Mesa did not make the playoffs. *First-half division winner.

Probable Starters: Iowa: RHP Wade Miller (rehab: 1-0, 6.55 ERA) West Tenn: LHP Chris Shaver (7-9, 2.95 ERA; overall: 7-9, 2.78 ERA) vs. LHP Tyler Pelland (8-5, 4.17 ERA) Daytona: LHP Donnie Veal (6-2, 1.82 ERA; overall: 11-5, 2.25 ERA) Peoria: RHP Mitch Atkins (12-4, 2.55 ERA) @ LHP Alexander Smit (7-1, 2.93 ERA) Boise: RHP Jose Pina (2-5, 4.77 ERA) Miller (Iowa, West Tenn & Peoria): 25 IP, 28 K/9 BB Shaver (West Tenn & Daytona): 155 IP, 126/55 Veal (Peoria & Daytona): 148 IP, 162/79 Atkins: 130.2 IP, 120/51 Pina: 54.2 IP, 23/19

The Chiefs' playoff rotation took another hit in today's game:

Box Scores Iowa keeps their slim playoff hopes alive with a 3-2 win, box score: CF F. Pie 2/4, CS (11) 2B E. Patterson 2/4, R, SB (7) LF M. Restovich 0/4, E (2, fielding) RF B. Coats 3/4, R, 2B (21), K, SB (17) DH L. Montanez 1/4 C J. Reyes 1/4, RBI SP M. Suzuki 5 IP, 2 ER, 4 H, 3 K/2 BB, WP, 6 GO-5 FO RP C. Marmol 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 K/1 BB, 2 GO-3 FO West Tenn is eliminated from playoff contention and loses their 10th in a row, 3-1, box score: CF C. Walker 1/2, R, BB, HBP, K, CS (22) 3B R. Lewis 1/3, BB LF S. Moore 1/2, RBI, 2 BB, OF assist at third base :shock: RF J. Fox 0/4, 2 K 1B B. Sing 0/4, 2 K, E (2, fielding) SP C. Shaver 7 IP, 3 ER, 6 H, 4 K/1 BB, HBP, 7 GO-9 FO In a crushing blow to their playoff hopes, Daytona gives up 9 in the 8th inning and lose 10-0, box score: 3B J. Spearman 1/4 SS J. Mota 1/4, 2 K, 2 E (17, throw & 18, fielding - both in 8th inning) DH C. Robinson 0/3, 2 K - first game with Cubs without a hit (10 games in Cubs system) RF R. Harvey 0/4, K C J. Muyco 2/3, K SP D. Veal 6.1 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 12 K/3 BB, WP, 0 GO-6 FO - career high in Ks (previous career high: 10) RP J. Hunton 1.1 IP, 5 R, 3 ER, 3 H, 1 K/1 BB, 1 GO-2 FO RP G. Johnson 0.1 IP, 4 R, 0 ER, 3 H, 0 K/1 BB, HR, 0 GO-1 FO Peoria wins 3-0, box score: 2B V. Heredia 0/2, 2 BB, K, 2 CS (3) SS R. Chirinos 1/3, RBI, K LF J. Valdez 1/4, OF assist at home 1B R. Norwood 2/3, R, BB 3B K. Reynolds 0/4, 4 K - oof C M. Reed 1/4, R, K RF Y. Carter 1/3, R, 2B (20), RBI, K SP M. Atkins 7.2 IP, 0 R, 5 H, 7 K/2 BB, 7 GO-6 FO Boise clinches a playoff spot with a 10-5 win, box score: CF M. Camp 3/5 SS M. Matulia 0/4, E (14, fielding) LF T. Colvin 2/4, 2 R, 2 HR (11), 3 RBI - 6 HRs in last 5 games 1B R. Canzler 0/4, 3 K 3B J. Lansford 2/4, R, K, E (11, throwing) RF DJ Lewis 2/3, 2 R, 2B (15), HR (5), 4 RBI, BB, K - grand slam C M. Mercedes 2/3, 2 R, 2 RBI, HBP, passed ball (8) SP J. Pina 4 IP, 1 ER, 5 H, 1 K/2 BB, WP, 6 GO-5 FO RP D. Downs 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 3 K/0 BB, 2 GO-1 FO

Albuquerque beats Nashville 9-8. Iowa is still 3 back with 4 games remaining for both Nashville and Iowa. Boise shuts out Spokane 9-0 for the second straight game. Boise pitching now has a 21 inning scoreless streak.

Not only did Timmons yell at Clark, he started walking up on him too as if to instigate. And the second Brewer was Jeff Cirillo.

I'm surprised EPatt made it, I didn't think he had that great of a year at AA. But second base isn't exactly a position of major depth in the SL.

What's wrong with Timmons? I can't stand umps who have to try to take things into their own hands.

Tyler Colvin with a solo HR - his 9th of the year and the 4th straight game he's had a HR. Boise now up 9-0. Canzler: 2/5, 2 2Bs.

Peoria wins it 6-5.

NAU up on ASU 14-7. :shock:

The problem is, who's truly more deserving? I'm all for playing the kids at this point, but I don't want kids that clearly not ready up here doing nothing but hurting their confidence. As long as Miller doesn't push out Z, Hill or Marshall I'm ok. Marmol needs to be in the minors to work on his control and Mateo and Guzman could use the work down there to. The problem with that is the minor league season is over in 4 games. Even if the minor league season wasn't coming to a finish, I'm not sure why these guys couldn't work in the big leagues.

Ugh. :( ---- Peoria is up 5-4 as they bat in the bottom of the 8th. Boise up 8-0 in the middle of the 6th. Renshaw's final line: 6 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 1 BB, 5 K.

At least Nashville is down 7-4 in the 6th. Keeping Iowa's slim playoff hopes alive.

Iowa now losing 6-4. Jerome: 6.1 IP, 5 ER, 9 H, 4 BB, 2 K, 90 pitches (54 strikes). Peoria up 5-4 after 7. Boise up 8-0 in the middle of the 5th. Renshaw: 5 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 1 BB, 4 K.

That'd be hilarious. Slowey! Slowey!