Tornadoes Game Notes
Published on July 8, 2010 under Canadian American League (Can-Am)
Worcester Tornadoes News Release
TONIGHT'S MATCHUP:
Thursday, July 8, 2010 - 7:05 PM
Hanover Insurance Park at Fitton Field, Worcester, MA
Brockton Rox (22-15, 2nd place) at Worcester Tornadoes (14-24, 6th place)
Wayne Lundgren (5-1, 3.46 ERA) vs. #23 John Kelly (3-2, 3.32 ERA)
Rest of Series Probable Pitching Matchups:
7/9 7:05 PM - TBA vs. #19 Matt Giusti (2-5, 6.53 ERA)
7/10 7:05 PM - TBA vs #32 Chris Farley (4-3, 4.96 ERA)
Game Notes: The Tornadoes welcome the Rox to the HIP for the first time this season and try to break their 5 game losing streak by sending John Kelly to the mound. Kelly, who played and coached the Rox last year, will be making his first start against his former team. After a very good start, he has fallen into a little slump as of late, picking up the loss in both of his last two starts. He gave up a combined 10 earned runs and 14 hits in those games, which came against Sussex and Pittsfield. Kelly leads all pitchers with 40 K's and has a team low 1.105 WHIP. Opposing him for the Rox will be 6'7" righty Wayne Lundgren. The Aussie, who pitched in the World Baseball Classic in 2006, has had very good success since June 7th, going 5-0 in 6 starts and lasting at least 7 innings in every game. He faced Worcester once back on May 28th, getting a no-decision with 5 innings pitched and 2 earned runs. The Tornadoes did prevail in that game with a 3-2 win.
Tuesday: The Tornadoes could not overcome 5 errors and 4 unearned runs as the team lost its fifth straight to the Capitales 7-2 on Tuesday. Worcester jumped ahead 1-0 on an RBI single by 1B Nick Salotti in the top of the first, but Quebec answered three runs in the bottom half of the frame to get all the runs they would need. Salotti was the only Tornado to have multiple hits as he was 3 for 5 with 3 singles. Quebec's starter Troy Cate went 5 innings allowing 2 runs, and then the bullpen combo of Andrew Albers and Andy Schon combined to give up just 2 hits and 2 walks in 4 innings of work.
Tornadoes:
Offense: OF Stantrel Smith has played very well in his first 8 games for the Tornadoes, batting .406 (13 for 32) and hitting an astounding 9 extra base hits, good for 4th on the team. OF Ryan Crespi has also had good numbers since joining the team, batting .352 with 3 homeruns and 13 runs scored in 14 games. 1B Nick Salotti and OF Billy Cather, who have batting averages of .293 and .292 respectively, are leading the team in that category. Salotti also has the team lead with 23 RBI's and 10 2-out RBI's. 3B Chris Colabello leads the team with 5 homeruns and 25 runs scored.
Pitching: SP John Kelly's 40 strikeouts is 14 above the next closest pitcher, SP Chris Farley, and his .219 batting average against is the team low for starters and second lowest amongst all pitchers. Kelly's 40 to 12 strikeout to walk ratio is also tops on the team, followed closely by RP Shawn Gilblair's 23 to 8 ratio. Gilblair's 16 appearances is the team lead, followed closely by RP Albert Ayala's 15. RP Rick Asadoorian has done well in his 4 appearances, striking out 7 of the 16 batters he has faced and giving up just 4 hits in 4 innings pitched.
Interesting Facts and Random Stats: The Tornadoes best day to play is Thursday's, where the team is 4-1 so far this season.The team is also 11-0 when having a lead after 7 innings of play while it is 0-21 when trailing after 713 of the team's 14 wins have come when the team scored 3 or more runsWorcester is batting .260 as a team (323 for 1243) and .297 (89 for 300) with runners in scoring positionTop 3 RBI's: Salotti (23), Colabello (22), and Trezza (18)Team ERA: 4.96 (staff), 4.46 (bullpen), 5.26 (starters)Kelly, Asadoorian, and LHP Zach Zuercher are the only 3 active pitchers to not have hit a batter this season.
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