Diamonds in the Rough 9.6
(Photo Jake Rose Photography)
The roles reversed on Thursday as Omaha lost and Wilmington won their playoff games while Idaho Falls dropped their season finale.  HR Roll Call Max Ramirez (18) Matt Fields (18) Jared Schlehuber (5) Nick DelGuice (3)Â
Pine Tar Press Hitter of the Day Cheslor Cuthbert 3-5 2-2b, 2 R, RBI
Pine Tar Press Pitcher of the Day Jason Adam 7 IP 5 H 2 R 1 ER 3 BB 4 K
Albuquerque Isotopes 5 Omaha Storm Chasers 3
Series Tied 1-1
Things got off to a good start for the Chasers but they couldn’t sustain the early success falling into a 1-1 series tie. Â That early success came via Ryan Verdugo’s five shutout innings and a Max Ramirez two run home run in the 2nd that was part of the 3-0 lead the team had built. Â At 3-0 Omaha could not expand on their lead and it took just two innings for Albuquerque to jump ahead. Â The first two runs came in the 6th via a two out Trent Oeltjen RBI triple which cut the lead to 3-2. Â Verdugo would run into trouble again in the 7th giving up a single and a walk before giving way to Juan Gutierrez who quickly gave up the lead on back to back singles by Dee Gordon and Josh Fields before wiggling out of the jam. Â The Isotopes would tack on another in the 8th while the Chasers couldn’t get anything moving.
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W:Â Fife (1-0, 3.86)Â L:Â Verdugo (0-1, 5.68)
S:Â Rice, S (1)
| Albuquerque Isotopes | |||||||||||
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| Player | Pos | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
| Elian Herrera | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .286 |
| Dee Gordon | SS | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .300 |
| Josh Fields | 3B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | .333 |
| Jerry Sands | 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .429 |
| Scott Van Slyke | LF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 |
| Trent Oeltjen | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .250 |
| Matt Angle | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .143 |
| Josh Bard | C | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .571 |
| Tony Gwynn | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 |
2B: Bard (1, Sisk).
3B: Oeltjen (1, Verdugo).
TB: Fields 2; Sands; Gwynn; Herrera; Gordon 3; Oeltjen 3; Bard 4.
RBI: Oeltjen 2 (2), Fields 2 (3).
2-out RBI: Oeltjen 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Oeltjen 2; Angle; Van Slyke.
GIDP: Van Slyke.
Team RISP: 5-for-14.
Team LOB: 9.BASERUNNING
SB: Gordon (1, 2nd base off Sisk/Moore).FIELDING
E: Gordon (1, fielding).
DP: 2 (Gordon-Sands, Fields-Herrera-Sands).
Pickoffs: Fife (Moore at 2nd base).
| Omaha Storm Chasers | |||||||||||
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| Player | Pos | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
| Irving Falu | SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .143 |
| Mitch Maier | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .167 |
| Anthony Seratelli | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 |
| Wil Myers | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 |
| Clint Robinson | 1B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .125 |
| Max Ramirez | DH | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .286 |
| Â Â Â 1-Â Terry Evans | PR-DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Rey Navarro | 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 |
| Jason Bourgeois | LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 |
| Adam Moore | C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
2B: Robinson, C (1, Fife), Navarro (2, Fife).
HR: Ramirez, M (1, 2nd inning off Fife, 1 on, 1 out).
TB: Moore; Falu; Bourgeois 2; Robinson, C 2; Navarro 2; Ramirez, M 4; Maier.
RBI: Ramirez, M 2 (2), Navarro (1).
2-out RBI: Navarro.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Bourgeois; Ramirez, M; Myers.
SAC: Falu.
GIDP: Seratelli, Moore.
Team RISP: 1-for-5.
Team LOB: 5.BASERUNNING
PO: Moore (2nd base by Fife).FIELDING
E: Navarro 2 (2, throw, throw).
DP: (Navarro-Falu-Robinson, C).
| Albuquerque Isotopes | |||||||||||
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| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |||
| Stephen Fife (W, 1-0) | 7.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3.86 | |||
| Scott Rice (S, 1) | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Omaha Storm Chasers | |||||||||||
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| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |||
| Ryan Verdugo (L, 0-1) | 6.1 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 5.68 | |||
| Juan Gutierrez (BS, 1) | 0.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Brandon Sisk | 2.0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
HBP: Sands (by Gutierrez, J).
Series Tied 1-1
Wilmington Blue Rocks 12 Lynchburg Hillcats 3
The Blue Rocks offense exploded to even up their divisional series with Lynchburg.  Nine of the eleven hitters that came to the plate collected at least one hit to combine for eighteen hits and twelve runs.  The middle of the order did much of the damage as Lane Adams, Matt Fields and Cheslor Cuthbert combined for seven hits, reached base nine times and scored seven of the teams runs.  Starter Jason Adam made it a one sided affair with seven innings of two run ball while working around five hits and three walks, allowing just a pair of runs to take the win.
John Sadak Postgame Audio with Manager Vance Wilson
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W:Â Adam (1-0, 1.29)Â L:Â Delgado (0-1, 11.25)Â
| Wilmington Blue Rocks | |||||||||||
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| Player | Pos | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
| Orlando Calixte | SS | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .111 |
| Nick Van Stratten | LF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 |
| Â Â Â b-Â Tim Ferguson | PH-LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Lane Adams | RF | 4 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .429 |
| Matt Fields | 1B | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .143 |
| Cheslor Cuthbert | 3B | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
| Brett Eibner | CF | 5 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .375 |
| Geulin Beltre | DH | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .429 |
| Â Â Â a-Â Murray Watts | PH-DH | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 |
| Juan Graterol | C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .000 |
| Luis Piterson | 2B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .400 |
2B: Eibner (1, Delgado, D), Beltre (1, Delgado, D), Cuthbert 2 (2, Weber, Weber).
HR: Fields, M (1, 3rd inning off Delgado, D, 2 on, 2 out).
TB: Piterson 2; Eibner 3; Calixte; Cuthbert 5; Beltre 4; Van Stratten 2; Adams 3; Watts; Fields, M 4.
RBI: Fields, M 3 (3), Piterson (1), Cuthbert (1), Beltre 2 (2), Adams (1), Eibner 2 (2), Watts (1).
2-out RBI: Fields, M 3; Eibner 2; Watts.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Beltre; Van Stratten; Piterson; Graterol.
SF: Adams.
GIDP: Graterol, Ferguson, T.
Team RISP: 9-for-18.
Team LOB: 8.BASERUNNING
SB: Van Stratten (1, 2nd base off Shreve, Ch/Schlehuber).FIELDING
E: Adam (1, pickoff), Calixte (1, fielding).
| Lynchburg Hillcats | |||||||||||
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| Player | Pos | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
| Andrelton Simmons | DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 |
| Nick Ahmed | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .375 |
| Tommy La Stella | 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .375 |
| Chris Garcia | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .143 |
| Â Â Â a-Â Matt Weaver | PH-1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Adam Milligan | RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .333 |
| Â Â Â b-Â David Rohm | PH-RF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Edward Salcedo | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .125 |
| Dan Brewer | LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .500 |
| Mycal Jones | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .222 |
| Braeden Schlehuber | C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .333 |
| Â Â Â Â Chad Comer | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
2B: Ahmed (1, Adam).
TB: Jones, M; Milligan; Simmons; Brewer, D 2; Ahmed 2; La Stella.
RBI: La Stella 2 (5).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Schlehuber; Milligan; La Stella.
SAC: Ahmed.
Team RISP: 1-for-7.
Team LOB: 8.BASERUNNING
SB: Simmons (1, 2nd base off Adam/Graterol).FIELDING
E: Salcedo (1, throw).
DP: 2 (Ahmed-La Stella-Garcia, C, La Stella-Ahmed-Weaver, M).
| Wilmington Blue Rocks | |||||||||||
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| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |||
| Jason Adam (W, 1-0) | 7.0 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1.29 | |||
| Antonio Cruz | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Santiago Garrido | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
| Lynchburg Hillcats | |||||||||||
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| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |||
| Dimasther Delgado (L, 0-1) | 4.0 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 11.25 | |||
| Ryan Weber | 3.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9.00 | |||
| Chasen Shreve | 1.0 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 36.00 | |||
| Ian Marshall | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||
Orem Owlz 15 Idaho Falls Chukars 3
The Chukars lost a lopsided season finale to end their season. Â Starter John Lamb’s final game didn’t end with much success as the lefty gave up six runs on seven hits, two of which left the yard to take the loss. Â Things didn’t go much better for the relief crew as three of the final four pitchers gave up runs including four off Ali Williams and four more (1 ER) from David Middendorf.
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W:Â Krehbiel (2-2, 5.12)Â L:Â Lamb (0-1, 7.36)
| Orem Owlz | |||||||||||
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| Player | Pos | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
| Kyle Johnson | RF | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .289 |
| Chevy Clarke | CF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .271 |
| Jonathan Walsh | LF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | .300 |
| Â Â Â a-Â Joel Capote | PH-LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .335 |
| Michael Snyder | 1B | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .332 |
| Michael Bolaski | 3B | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .286 |
| Andrew Ray | DH | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .283 |
| Caleb Bushyhead | 2B | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .289 |
| Jose Rondon | SS | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .300 |
| Zac Livingston | C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .226 |
2B: Clarke, C 3 (11, Lamb, Williams, A, Middendorf), Ray (18, Williams, A), Snyder 2 (25, Patton, Middendorf).
3B: Bushyhead 2 (3, Lamb, Williams, A), Rondon, J (1, Lamb), Walsh, J (4, Patton).
HR: Walsh, J (9, 1st inning off Lamb, 0 on, 2 out), Ray (6, 2nd inning off Lamb, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Bolaski; Johnson 2; Snyder 4; Walsh, J 8; Ray 6; Rondon, J 3; Clarke, C 6; Livingston; Bushyhead 8.
RBI: Walsh, J 2 (45), Ray (36), Johnson 3 (12), Clarke, C 5 (26), Bushyhead (15), Snyder 3 (59).
2-out RBI: Walsh, J 2; Johnson; Clarke, C 3; Snyder 2.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Walsh, J; Snyder 2; Ray 2.
Team RISP: 12-for-23.
Team LOB: 9.BASERUNNING
SB: Bolaski (3, 2nd base off Lamb/Shin), Johnson (7, 2nd base off Williams, A/Shin), Rondon, J (1, 2nd base off Mills/Shin).FIELDING
DP: 2 (Rondon, J-Bushyhead-Snyder, Rondon, J-Bushyhead).
| Idaho Falls Chukars | |||||||||||
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| Player | Pos | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG |
| Ethan Chapman | CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .313 |
| Diego Goris | 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 |
| Jin-Ho Shin | C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .274 |
| Jared Schlehuber | 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .286 |
| Parker Morin | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .267 |
| Nick DelGuidice | 3B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .287 |
| Ysmelin Alcantara | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .208 |
| Jerico Blanco | LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .274 |
| Adrian Martinez | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .195 |
3B: Chapman (9, Efferson).
HR: Schlehuber (5, 9th inning off Adams, 0 on, 0 out), DelGuidice (3, 9th inning off Adams, 0 on, 1 out).
TB: Chapman 3; DelGuidice 4; Shin 2; Blanco, J; Schlehuber 5; Morin.
RBI: Shin (33), Schlehuber (19), DelGuidice (22).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Goris.
GIDP: Alcantara.
Team RISP: 1-for-7.
Team LOB: 5.FIELDING
E: Martinez, A (10, fielding).
Outfield assists: Chapman (Bolaski at home).
| Orem Owlz | |||||||||||
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| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |||
| Brandon Efferson | 4.0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6.03 | |||
| Joseph Krehbiel (W, 2-2) | 3.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 5.12 | |||
| Mike Morin | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.93 | |||
| Austin Adams | 1.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5.46 | |||
| Idaho Falls Chukars | |||||||||||
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| Player | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |||
| John Lamb (L, 0-1) | 3.1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 7.36 | |||
| Ali Williams | 1.0 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5.25 | |||
| Alec Mills | 1.2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4.62 | |||
| Spencer Patton | 2.0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6.32 | |||
| David Middendorf | 1.0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5.18 | |||
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unclejesse
I would never wish it upon someone to finish the year on a sour note, but in John Lambs case it just might be what the doctor ordered. If he would have smoked through the lower level he might not have worked as hard this offseason, I dont know the guy, its just a broad stroke about people in general. Here’s hoping that he comes back stronger and faster from the nasty ol TJ. I think this guy is going to be good and will give royals fans something to wish for next year.