Posada delivers 500th hit as a Posse to move Wainwright's steak to 14

Adam Wainwright delivered one of his worst starts of his career, but as often is the case, the Posse offense supported their pitchers with a huge seventh inning. As mentioned earlier, Wainwright has started his career by winning 13 straight games but things were not looking good in this game. He headed to the dugout after recording the last out of the sixth inning down 6-3 to the Melbourne Beach Manatees. In the top of the seventh the Posse were able to load the bases for Jorge Posada, who entered the game needing a hit to get his 500th in a Posse uniform. Jorge delivered the big hit, a double over the centerfielder's head to score two runs and put the Posse down by one. After an intentional walk to Chone Figgins the managers got into a battle of the wits contest which was won by the Posse manager. Wilson Betemit was brought in to pinch hit with the bases loaded, but did not get to swing the bat as the Manatees brought in Jimmy Gobble which forced a change to slugger Sammy Sosa. Sosa delivered with a grand slam homerun to give the Posse the lead which they would not lose, winning the game 10-7. Posada became the fifth Posse hitter to get 500 hits in their uniform, following Aramis Ramirez, Derek Jeter, Torii Hunter and Bobby Abreu.

Strat-O-Matic Report

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BOXSCORE: 2008 Oak Ridges Posse At 2008 Melbourne Beach Manatees     6/3/2008

 

  Posse              AB  R  H RBI AVG     Manatees           AB  R  H RBI AVG

  D.Jeter SS          5  1  3  1 .349     E.Byrnes RF         4  2  2  0 .284  

  B.Abreu RF,CF,LF    4  2  1  0 .237     B.Harris 2B         5  0  1  1 .284  

  P.Polanco 2B        4  0  1  0 .369     R.Belliard 3B       5  1  2  2 .296  

  B.Bonds LF          5  2  3  2 .292     P.Fielder DH        4  1  2  0 .278  

E-R.Johnson LF,CF     0  0  0  0 .298     M.Byrd CF           4  1  2  1 .383  

  F.Thomas DH         3  0  1  0 .255     B.McCann C          5  0  1  2 .243  

A-J.Giambi PH         1  1  0  0 .443     J.Payton LF         4  0  0  0 .327  

  J.Posada C          4  1  1  2 .305     S.Hillenbrand 1B    4  0  0  0 .000  

  A.Ramirez 3B        3  0  0  0 .336     T.Pena Jr SS        3  2  1  1 .272  

B-C.Figgins PH,3B     1  1  0  0 .294                                          

  T.Hunter CF         1  0  0  0 .295                                          

C-W.Betemit PH        0  0  0  0 .207                                          

D-S.Sosa PH,RF        2  1  1  4 .227                                          

  C.Kotchman 1B       5  1  1  0 .250                                          

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         Totals      38 10 12  9                 Totals      38  7 11  7

 

A-Pinch Hit For Thomas In 7th Inning

B-Pinch Hit For Ramirez In 7th Inning

C-Pinch Hit For Hunter In 7th Inning

D-Pinch Hit For Betemit In 7th Inning

E-Subbed Defensively (LF) For Bonds In 8th Inning

 

Posse........... 2 0 0  1 0 0  7 0 0  - 10 12  1

Manatees........ 2 0 2  1 0 1  0 1 0  -  7 11  0

 

Posse (52-11)            IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA

A.Wainwright WIN(12-0)    6 2/3   9   6   6   2   5   0 121   2.76

M.Corpas                  1 1/3   2   1   1   0   3   1  17   1.69

J.Nathan SAVE(23rd)       1       0   0   0   0   1   0  16   2.88

Totals                    9      11   7   7   2   9   1

 

Manatees (15-39)         IP       H   R  ER  BB  SO  HR  PC    ERA

S.Trachsel                6       6   3   3   3   0   1  94   4.84

O.Villarreal LOSS(1-2)    0 2/3   2   5   5   3   0   0  25   6.69

J.Gobble BS(4th)          0       1   1   1   0   0   1   3   9.33

D.Brocail                 1 1/3   3   1   1   0   0   0  25  10.32

R.Betancourt              1       0   0   0   0   0   0  10   5.68

Totals                    9      12  10  10   6   0   2

 

ATTENDANCE- 29,610 DATE- Tuesday, June 3rd 2008 TIME- Night 

T- 3:29

LEFT ON BASE- Posse: 8  Manatees: 8

DOUBLE PLAYS- Posse: 1  Manatees: 0

ERRORS- D.Jeter

DOUBLES- J.Posada(15th), E.Byrnes(9th), R.Belliard(17th), B.McCann(19th)

TRIPLES- C.Kotchman(3rd)

HOME RUNS- B.Bonds(12th), S.Sosa(1st), T.Pena Jr(4th)

STOLEN BASES- D.Jeter-2(6th), B.Abreu(3rd)

CAUGHT STEALING- T.Hunter

WALKS- B.Abreu, P.Polanco, J.Giambi, J.Posada, C.Figgins, T.Hunter, P.Fielder,

       T.Pena Jr

HIT BY PITCH- T.Hunter, E.Byrnes, M.Byrd

STRIKE OUTS- B.Harris, R.Belliard, P.Fielder, B.McCann-2, J.Payton-2,

             S.Hillenbrand-2

GIDP- B.McCann

WILD PITCHES- S.Trachsel, D.Brocail

Posse add prospect Dellin Betances

The Oak Ridges Posse announced today that they have finalized a deal with the Milwaukee Braves that sees Jeff Baker move on to the Braves. In return for Baker the Posse acquire prospect Dellin Betances.

Baker joined the Posse from the Mission Viejo Vigilantes when he was acquired for veteran reliever Luis Ayala. After starting the year in the Posse minor league system, Baker made it to the majors as a September call up and got to play everyday as the team chose to rest left fielder Barry Bonds. Taking advantage of the opportunity Baker hit .338 over 74 at bats, hitting 11 doubles, 4 triples and 4 dingers during that span. "This is great for Jeff. In Oak Ridges he was blocked by Barry Bonds, Torii Hunter, Chone Figgins and Bobby Abreu and with talented youngsters like Cameron Maybin and Chris Marrero knocking on the door, he just was not going to get a starting job opportunity. In Milwaukee he may get that opportunity.", stated GM Luddington.

In Betances, the Posse get a high ceiling raw pitching prospect. "Betances is someone we have been eyeing for a long time. When he was a junior in high school we had him rated the top pitching prospect in the draft. Unfortunately, we were not able to acquire him through the draft, but our interest did not decrease. Once we had the opportunity to acquire him, we pulled the trigger", claimed GM Luddington. Betances is a 6'8 19 year old right hander that has two plus pitches and is working to improve a third. So far in 13 minor league starts, Betances has tossed 48 innings, allowing 38 hits, 24 walks and 56 strikeouts.