| Frenchtown Field | Lafayette Park | Frenchtown Field | |||||||
| 5/14 | 5/14 | 5/14 | 5/15 | 5/15 | |||||
| FS | 1|0 | FS | 0 | WW | 1|3 | ||||
| WD | 2|2 | WW | 4 | WD | 4|6 | ||||
| WD w 2 | WW w 1 | WD w 2 | PPD | PPD | |||||
| Marquee Match-up: |
| May 14th | 2 PM | Frenchtown Field |
| Flying Squirrels @ Wiffling DeLoppes |
Return to action in Week 3 includes the important opportunity to measure up the 2-0 Campus Commandos 46 against the 2-2 veteran Ass Kickers Sunday afternoon at Lafayette Park. The teams will play their full 4-game season series! The Commandos winning percentage has them sitting atop the WSEM standings after one week of play, but it is hard to fully determine what they truly are capable of with their only wins coming against the 0-6 Jason Mattseals. The Ass Kickers are expected to be an above .500 team and their only losses this season so far come against the highly touted Flying Squirrels. So, the Ass Kickers should give the Commandos their first taste of real, serious Wiffle in Southeast Michigan.
No less exciting, the Westside Warriors will make their 2011 debut this weekend! Great to have this team out as they bring an unequaled energy to the game when they are on the field; Westside just takes the whole thing to another level with their style of play. That said, their presence may be out shined by the match-up of their tri-meet counterparts, the Wiffling DeLoppes 29 (3-1) and Flying Squirrels 16 (3-1). The DeLoppes and Squirrels over the past two years have competed several times, almost always in 1-run games; a couple of which have been won in walk-off fashion, if memory serves correct. These two teams have always kept it tight with great pitching, low scoring affairs, but with Snow, Delano, and Comstock seemingly bulking up the DeLoppes offense they may give their team the advantage and claim their first win against the Squirrels. The unbalanced W-L record is the only thing keeping this short of a great rivalry, and the DeLoppes look like they are poised to make that a non-factor in 2011.
The Squirrels are still no slouches in the batters box, out-slugging (FS-.659, WD-.556) and hitting for better average (FS-.364, WD-.319) than the DeLoppes. In fact, the Squirrels lead the league in hits (32) and home runs (8). There is trouble attached to those stats, though, as the Squirrels are also last in the league in runs scored (15). Clutch hitting is obviously missing for the Squirrels after one week, and that is clearly evident in the stats; Corbett and Murtha both have 3 HR and just 6 RBI, while Coffee has 2 HR with only 3 RBI. Corbett also has 2 doubles further reinforcing that the Squirrels big hits are coming without runners on.
The DeLoppes pitching rotation, as expected, has come out dominant to start the 2011 season. Chad Hoppe leads the league with a 1.00 ERA, a 3.43 K/BB ratio, and 2.4 KPI (strike-outs per inning). Cliff Comstock is also in the top 5 for ERA with a 2.78 and an excellent 4.67 K/BB ratio. The two have surrendered a staggeringly low 7 runs in their 4 games. For the Squirrels Corbett struggled to find the zone in week one, uncharacteristically walking 11 and being pulled in his second start. However, Matt Murtha still managed to shine in his performance: 1.00 WHIP, 2.08 ERA, 27 Ks (leading the league), and a 4.50 K/BB ratio. Murtha's pitching definitely kept the Squirrels in their games and provided the opportunity to win their usual low scoring affairs. Corbett will need to have a better start and much better control against the Warriors and DeLoppes, as both teams are notorious for being patient hitters and taking walks. In week one the DeLoppes took 34 BB, nearly double the rest of the league that played 4 games. Frenchtown Field won't have the mud that Constanti Field did, so I expect the Squirrels pitching to be improved on both fronts. I also expect the DeLoppes pitching to improve or at least stay on its strong course, and the Warriors will likely come charging out of the gates with the feeling they need to prove themselves after missing week one. Expect Minnesota Twins style play with small-ball, stretching singles into doubles/doubles into triples, and flat-out hotly contested but good humored games won or lost on one key play. This should be a day filled with exciting finishes and flashes of brilliance!
Closing notes: The Jason Mattseals are opting to take the week off having played six games already. At the time of writing this Git r' Done 22 was still in talks with the Belgian Wiffles to try to set up games on Sunday at Frenchtown Field,but nothing official had been added to the schedule but they have now confirmed 2 games to be played at 5pm at Frenchtown Field. Oh yeah, and I haven't yet mentioned that provided the Ass Kickers handle the Commandos as expected and the Belgian Wiffles vs. Git r' Done games do not happen, then the DeLoppes and Squirrels rivalry could be a battle for first-place! ... With the Warriors looking to play spoilers!
No less exciting, the Westside Warriors will make their 2011 debut this weekend! Great to have this team out as they bring an unequaled energy to the game when they are on the field; Westside just takes the whole thing to another level with their style of play. That said, their presence may be out shined by the match-up of their tri-meet counterparts, the Wiffling DeLoppes 29 (3-1) and Flying Squirrels 16 (3-1). The DeLoppes and Squirrels over the past two years have competed several times, almost always in 1-run games; a couple of which have been won in walk-off fashion, if memory serves correct. These two teams have always kept it tight with great pitching, low scoring affairs, but with Snow, Delano, and Comstock seemingly bulking up the DeLoppes offense they may give their team the advantage and claim their first win against the Squirrels. The unbalanced W-L record is the only thing keeping this short of a great rivalry, and the DeLoppes look like they are poised to make that a non-factor in 2011.
The Squirrels are still no slouches in the batters box, out-slugging (FS-.659, WD-.556) and hitting for better average (FS-.364, WD-.319) than the DeLoppes. In fact, the Squirrels lead the league in hits (32) and home runs (8). There is trouble attached to those stats, though, as the Squirrels are also last in the league in runs scored (15). Clutch hitting is obviously missing for the Squirrels after one week, and that is clearly evident in the stats; Corbett and Murtha both have 3 HR and just 6 RBI, while Coffee has 2 HR with only 3 RBI. Corbett also has 2 doubles further reinforcing that the Squirrels big hits are coming without runners on.
The DeLoppes pitching rotation, as expected, has come out dominant to start the 2011 season. Chad Hoppe leads the league with a 1.00 ERA, a 3.43 K/BB ratio, and 2.4 KPI (strike-outs per inning). Cliff Comstock is also in the top 5 for ERA with a 2.78 and an excellent 4.67 K/BB ratio. The two have surrendered a staggeringly low 7 runs in their 4 games. For the Squirrels Corbett struggled to find the zone in week one, uncharacteristically walking 11 and being pulled in his second start. However, Matt Murtha still managed to shine in his performance: 1.00 WHIP, 2.08 ERA, 27 Ks (leading the league), and a 4.50 K/BB ratio. Murtha's pitching definitely kept the Squirrels in their games and provided the opportunity to win their usual low scoring affairs. Corbett will need to have a better start and much better control against the Warriors and DeLoppes, as both teams are notorious for being patient hitters and taking walks. In week one the DeLoppes took 34 BB, nearly double the rest of the league that played 4 games. Frenchtown Field won't have the mud that Constanti Field did, so I expect the Squirrels pitching to be improved on both fronts. I also expect the DeLoppes pitching to improve or at least stay on its strong course, and the Warriors will likely come charging out of the gates with the feeling they need to prove themselves after missing week one. Expect Minnesota Twins style play with small-ball, stretching singles into doubles/doubles into triples, and flat-out hotly contested but good humored games won or lost on one key play. This should be a day filled with exciting finishes and flashes of brilliance!
Closing notes: The Jason Mattseals are opting to take the week off having played six games already. At the time of writing this Git r' Done 22 was still in talks with the Belgian Wiffles to try to set up games on Sunday at Frenchtown Field,
