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Southern California APBA Baseball League
 
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      2014 SCBL Champs

      Santa Ana Scrubs

               Manager: Glenn M.
 
        2015 Schedule and Results: 
 
Mar Sharks  4-2

Crush  3-3
Apr Trucks  1-5

Angels 1-5
May Misfits  3-3

Red Wave  3-3
Jun Barracudas 2-4

tggers  3-3
Jul Sultans  0-6

Lizard Licker 4-2
Aug Pond Scum  4-2

Marlins  2-4
Sep Bombers  3-3
              Sultans   3-3
 
 
 
1st half record:  17-25  6th
2nd half in bold
 
 
Team Rankings
 
July


AVG OBP SLG ERA
.243 .297 .385 4.10
7th 7th 9th 11th
 

Record 38-46

Aug Opponents:  @  Pond Scum  4-2

                              @  Marlins  2-4

 
 
 


 
 
 
June  Team Leaders
 
Batting Avg            .320       C.Blackmon
 
Onbase Pct            .376       J.Morneau
 
Slugging Avg         .518       J.Morneau
 
Runs Scored           34        J.Werth
 
RBI                           35        H.Pence
 
Stolen bases           13        C.Blackmon
 
Wins                          4         J.Lester, D.Smyly
 
ERA                          3.25     J.Lester
 
Saves                       10        J.Smith
 
Strikeouts                71        J.Lester
 

2015 Draft Results
14 Scrubs C, Carrasco SP
30 Scrubs C. McHugh SP
51 Scrubs J. Panic 2B
53 Scrubs A. Sanc hez RP
76 Scrubs A. Susac C
82 Scrubs A. Alcantara OF
85 Scrubs B. Carlyle RP
 
 
2015 Roster Scrubs
 
 
Position Players





















LG SP St C 1B 2B 3B SS OF Main G Sp SAL St# Steal “A” Steal “B” Steal “C” Steal “D”
Andrew Susac 18 S 63 7+1




2 35 5 N 0




Derek Norris 66
52 7-4




2 127 8 F 20



52
Justin Morneau* 72 S 63
5



3 135 6 C 7



63
Adam Lind* 48 S 63
3



3 96 6 N 0




Brayan Pena# 60 S 63 8+5 4



3 115 5 D 16



63
Joe Panik* 36
52

7


4 73 13 N 0




DJ LeMahieu 78
52
2 9 4 7
4 149 10 C 20



52
Matt Carpenter* 84 F 41


4
1 5 158 15 G 25



41
Manny Machado 42 F 41


5

5 82 16 R 31



41
Hanley Ramirez 66 F 41



7
6 128 15 E 29



41
Brandon Crawford* 78 F 41



9
6 153 15 F 25



41
Jayson Werth 78 F 41




3 7 147 17 G 34



41
Charlie Blackmon* 78 F 25




2 7 154 15 D 29


25 41
Hunter Pence 84 F 41




2 7 162 16 E 27



41
Avisail Garcia 24 F 41




2 7 46 16 E 31



41
Arismendy Alcantara# 36 F 41

7

1 7 70 15 B 24



41










































Pitchers





















GR LGS LIP ERA H/L Z K G/M MG IP GS







Jon Lester* A- 17
2.46 H Z+ X
15 219.2 32







Carlos Carrasco B/B* 8 26 2.55 L Z+ XY
13/14 43.0 14







Collin McHugh B 14
2.73 L
X
14 154.2 25







Lance Lynn B 18
2.74

Y
14 203.2 33







Jose Fernandez B 5
2.44 L
XY
13 51.2 8







Drew Smyly* B 14
3.24

Y
11 153.0 25







Michael Wacha C 11
3.20 L
Y
9 107.0 19










(87)
















Aaron Sanchez A&C-*
20 1.09 L
Y G 21 33.0 0







Buddy Carlyle A*
19 1.45
Z+ X
18 31.0 0







Joe Smith A*
45 1.81 L Z+ X
18 74.2 0







Alex Torres* B*
33 3.33
W Y
13 54.0 0







Eric O'Flaherty* B*
12 2.25 L Z+ Y
12 20.0 0

















































Reserves



















Kris Medlen 1

















Gerardo Parra*


















Jarrod Saltalamacchia#


















Stephen Drew*


















Tyler Thornburg


















Travis Wood*


















Jordan Lyles


















 
 
 
Scrubies fan Blog;
 
June 7th
 
After the Lizards beat the Scrubs 10 - 5 and 6 - 0 in games 1 and 3, even die hard Scrub fans were ready to raise the white flag on their season with another loss.
But then something happened that hasn't happened all year. Late inning heroics at the plate and on the mound in games 4, 5 and 6 (two of them in extra innings)
allowed the Scrubs to salvage the last three games and finish 4 - 2 against the Lizards.
 
In Game 4, although the Scrubs - par for the course prior to Sunday - gave up two runs in the bottom of the 9th allowing the Lizards to tie the game, 
a pinch hit double by Manny Machado in the 10th followed by two walks and a sacrifice fly gave the Scrubbies the win in the 10th. 
 
In game 5, the Scrubbies had 3 hits and no runs through 10 innings - but Scrub pitchers scattered 7 hits over 10 and the game went into the 11th 0-0. 
The Scrubs pulled the game out with doubles by Matt Carpenter and Hanley Ramirez in the top of the inning, and a 1-2-3 bottom of the 11th by the bullpen.
 
In game 6, the Scrubs went into the 9th trailing 7 - 6, but a one out walk was followed by a two out walk, and then a two out, three-run blast by Justin Morneau won the game.
 
At 26 - 28, the Scrubs playoff chances remain slim and none. But their die hard fans point out that of their 28 losses exactly one half - 14 - have been by a single run,
and in 5 others they were shut out (I'm not even going to mention the additional 6 games in which the Scrubs scored a single run). Stay tuned as the 'Cudas, also hoping to win a wild card slot, are up next.  
 
May 4th
 
The Scrubs won game one (3-0) and won big in game two (14 -5) to move within 2 games of .500. Then in the next three games, the Scrubs scored a total of 3 runs in 31 innings
(but winning one of these games - come on, it is the Scrubs after all).
 
The RedWave took game three 1-0 despite Scrub pitchers giving up a single hit in the last 8 1/3 innings. Game four was equally painful - the Scrubs lost 2-1 in 13 innings.
That's right, the Scrubs scored a single run in 22 innings. In game five, the Scrub bats came alive and pounded out a 2-1 victory to take a 3-2 series lead. 
 
But the heart breaker was game 6. After the Scrubs took an early 3-0 lead the RedWave tied the game in the third and took a 5-3 lead in the fifth.
Two runs by the Scrubs tied the score in the 6th, and the score remained tied until the RedWave scored a run in the top of the 12th to take the lead.
But the Scrubs pushed across a run in the bottom of the 12th to tie the game again. Then the RedWave scored two runs in the top of the 14th on Adrian Gonzalez' 5th and 6th RBI's of the game.
And again, the Scrubs came back to tie the score with a classic scrubbie rally consisting of two runs across the plate on an error, a walk, a balk, a single by their 
pitcher Michael Wacha (every bench player and reliever had already been used) and a fielder's choice. The RedWave then scored two more runs in the top of the 15th.
And the Scrubs then came amazingly close but fell short of the most incredible comeback in their manager's history. A double, a single and an intentional walk loaded the bases
with no outs in the bottom of the 15th. A fielder's choice got in one run, but the game ended when Wacha was unable to come through a second time with the game on the line.

     
 
March 20th
 
Special report ... special report ... special report ...
 
Confounding the experts' preseason predictions, the Scrubs are poised to challenge for the number one pick in next year's draft. How?
After the first three series of the season, role players Avisail Garcia, Andrew Susac and Arismendy Alcantara are a combined 0 for 16.
Regulars Matt Carpenter, Hunter Pence, Derek Norris, Manny Machado, Brandon Crawford and Brayan Pena in over 240 combined at bats are hitting a collective .161,
(special props to Pence, who despite having 3 14's on his card and 65 at bats does not have a single base on balls).
Yes, you read that right - 9 out of 16 position players on the team are collectively hitting .151.


Hitting a spectacular 67 points above these under performers is Hanley Ramirez at .218.
Jayson Werth is hitting a comparatively solid .234, but far below the dangerous DJ LeMahieu who at .243 is one of the most effective bats in the Scrubs' lineup.
Only Justin Morneau is hitting anything like expected at .296, but it as it turns out he is finding it incredibly difficult to drive in runs without anyone on base. Who knew?


Stay tuned as the Scrubs continue their drive to the cellar this Saturday against the Misfits
 
March 19th
 
Historic power outage in Chicago darkens Scrubs' season!

There is no joy in Chitown following the Scrubs’ recent series against the Trucks.

Game 1: Scrubs score 0 runs on 5 hits (4 of them singles) and lose 1-0.
Game 2: Scrubs score 1 run on 5 hits (all of them singles) and lose 6-1.
Game 3: Scrubs score 2 runs (1 earned)  on 7 hits (5 singles; 2 doubles) and lose 7-2.
Game 4: Scrubs score 2 runs on 6 hits (5 singles, 1 double) losing 3-2 (score was 2-2 going into the 8th inning).
Game 5: Scrubs score 1 run (unearned) on 1 hit and lose 6-1. 
Game 6: Scrubs lead 2-1 going into the 8th inning when they hit their first (and only) HR of the series to salvage one game, winning 8-1.   
 
March 7th
 
The '27 Yankee's, Roll over the Scrubs
 
"Bullshit!" said Scrub manager when told he had actually been playing the La Habra Angels. "They outscored us 37-8 in three games -
 in one game their number three hitter was 6 for 7 with 3 HR's and 9 RBI's - that was either Babe Ruth or
 Barry Bonds fresh from a trip to Balco - Adam Jones? No way!"

In two other games, the Scrubs bats were ice cold while the bullpen was torched. Nursing a 1-0 lead into the 7th, the bullpen gave 3 runs to lose 3-1.
In the 2nd close game, the Scrubs took a 4-3 lead into the 7th, but the bullpen gave up single runs in the bottom of the 7th and 8th to lose 5-4.
The Scrubs managed to salvage one win against the Angels despite Jon Lester being spiked in the second and having to leave the game.

Of the Scrubs 8 losses on the season, so far, three have been by one run, and two by 2 runs.
Making those close losses more painful is that even bad hitting, (instead of atrocious hitting), might have helped.
Starting catcher Derek Norris is batting .088 with 12 strikeouts in 36 plate appearances. Big bat Justin Morneau hit .076 in his last 7 games,
and Jayson Werth is at .209 for the season with three times as many strikeouts as walks despite allegedly having a .394 OBP last season.

While the start of this season is very similar to the slow start the Scrubs had last year, all three of the team's fans are asking
if this squad has the ability to make a storybook run like last year's team did. Out of an abundance of caution, management has
announced that all fans may bring their goats with them to future home games, especially since the next home stand is free to all female attendees, (2 or 4 legs).
Estimated attendance should soar into the teens, and the players have been notified of what could be a record setting home stand. 

 
March 1st
 
Deja Vu all over again!
 
Last year, the Scrubs' bullpen gave up ten 9th inning runs in splitting the season opener with the Crush.
This year, the Scrubs' bullpen gave up nine 9th inning runs and one 13th inning run in splitting the 2015 opener with the Crush. 
Scrub starters are 3-1 with a 2.26 ERA. The bullpen performance cannot be described in a family publication - Sanchez (A&C- Y GL) 4 IP; 4 earned runs.
Smith (AXZ+ L) 2.2 IP; 3 earned runs. O'Flaherty (BYZ+ L) .1 IP; 1 earned run. 
At the plate, the Scrubs as usual struggled, winning two games by one run (2-1 and 3-2), and losing two games by one run (4-3 and 6-5). 
The Scrubs' relief staff will try to regroup before facing the Angels on March 7.