Sunday, July 27, 2008
Tune In Today
At 5:05 pm my time. ( For you folks out west, that would be 2:05 pm???) Chance is taking the mound against the Kannapolis Intimidators. (Which we all know was named for the most famous NASCAR intimidator, Dale Earnhardt.) Check back later for game results!!!
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
WHO'S HOT?
Lakewood BlueClaws (Philadelphia Phillies)
THE WEEK IN REVIEW: The BlueClaws (19-10 second half, 57-42 overall) went 5-1 and were second in the SAL Northern after Saturday, two games behind West Virginia.
WHO'S HOT: 1B Matt Rizzotti's .474 week (9-for-19) pushed his average to .268 (56-for-209). ... RHP Vance Worley (1-0, 1.00) tossed seven scoreless innings to win his lone start. ... RHP Chris Kissock (2-4, 4.30) threw six scoreless innings in two appearances, also recording a save. ... RHP Chance Chapman (6-5, 2.76) is eighth among SAL ERA leaders.
WHO'S NOT: OF Jay Miller is batting .205 (16-for-78) in 20 games with the BlueClaws. ... OF Alberto Cambero is hitting .194 (6-for-31) in 19 games with the club.
~South Atlantic League Notebook
July 21, 2008
THE WEEK IN REVIEW: The BlueClaws (19-10 second half, 57-42 overall) went 5-1 and were second in the SAL Northern after Saturday, two games behind West Virginia.
WHO'S HOT: 1B Matt Rizzotti's .474 week (9-for-19) pushed his average to .268 (56-for-209). ... RHP Vance Worley (1-0, 1.00) tossed seven scoreless innings to win his lone start. ... RHP Chris Kissock (2-4, 4.30) threw six scoreless innings in two appearances, also recording a save. ... RHP Chance Chapman (6-5, 2.76) is eighth among SAL ERA leaders.
WHO'S NOT: OF Jay Miller is batting .205 (16-for-78) in 20 games with the BlueClaws. ... OF Alberto Cambero is hitting .194 (6-for-31) in 19 games with the club.
~South Atlantic League Notebook
July 21, 2008
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Seven Inning Stretch
Chance Chapman, who has been one of the BlueClaws most consistent starters since the departure of Drew Naylor, did not dissapoint. The right-hander went seven innings, giving up three runs, two earned on five hits. Chapman retired the first eight hitters that came to the plate and struck out eight batters, one shy of his career best.
Lakewood''s offense, which had posted two runs or fewer in seven of Chapman''s first 17 starts, supplied that and more in the second inning alone. The BlueClaws put the first two runners aboard to start the frame with a Matt Rizzotti base hit and a hit by pitch by Asheville starter Robinson Fabian. Galvis notched an RBI double to give the BLueClaws the early 2-0 lead, before Naughton made it a three-run advantage with a base hit.
~ BlueClaws Baseball Game Recap
July 21, 2008
Lakewood''s offense, which had posted two runs or fewer in seven of Chapman''s first 17 starts, supplied that and more in the second inning alone. The BlueClaws put the first two runners aboard to start the frame with a Matt Rizzotti base hit and a hit by pitch by Asheville starter Robinson Fabian. Galvis notched an RBI double to give the BLueClaws the early 2-0 lead, before Naughton made it a three-run advantage with a base hit.
~ BlueClaws Baseball Game Recap
July 21, 2008
It's About Time
Lakewood starter Chance Chapman got more run support than he has become accustomed to Monday night against the Asheville (N.C.) Tourists.
Unfortunately for Chapman, his bullpen couldn't shut the door in the ninth inning, but Joel Naughton's two-out RBI single in the top of the 10th inning plated Freddy Galvis and allowed the BlueClaws to win their sixth straight game, 6-5. Galvis laced a two-out double with two outs and advanced to third on a throwing error to set up Naughton's game-winning hit. Galvis went 5-for-5 with three RBI and two runs scored.
Chapman, despite not figuring in the decision, remained true to form, allowing three runs … two earned … on five hits, while striking out seven without walking a batter in his seven innings of work. He left the game with a 5-3 lead.
Chapman, 6-5 despite a 2.76 ERA coming in, was staked to a three-run lead in the top of the second.
~ Asbury Park Press, July 21, 2008
Unfortunately for Chapman, his bullpen couldn't shut the door in the ninth inning, but Joel Naughton's two-out RBI single in the top of the 10th inning plated Freddy Galvis and allowed the BlueClaws to win their sixth straight game, 6-5. Galvis laced a two-out double with two outs and advanced to third on a throwing error to set up Naughton's game-winning hit. Galvis went 5-for-5 with three RBI and two runs scored.
Chapman, despite not figuring in the decision, remained true to form, allowing three runs … two earned … on five hits, while striking out seven without walking a batter in his seven innings of work. He left the game with a 5-3 lead.
Chapman, 6-5 despite a 2.76 ERA coming in, was staked to a three-run lead in the top of the second.
~ Asbury Park Press, July 21, 2008
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Top Ten
from south atlantic league notebook
NEWS AND NOTES: RHP Chance Chapman (6-5, 2.74) has emerged as a key factor for the BlueClaws over the past two months, going 5-2 with a 2.83 ERA in his last 10 appearances. Chapman is ninth among the SAL ERA leaders and has made 16 starts. An eighth-round pick by the Phils and native of San Luis Obispo, Calif., Chapman played at Oral Roberts University and was 5-3 with a 2.09 ERA with Williamsport last season, earning Mid-Season New York-Penn League All-Star recognition. At 6-foot-4, 210 pounds, he has good size and appears to be finding a groove in the SAL as the BlueClaws stay in contention for a playoff berth. ... The BlueClaws and Phillies extended their Player Development Contract two seasons through 2010.
NEWS AND NOTES: RHP Chance Chapman (6-5, 2.74) has emerged as a key factor for the BlueClaws over the past two months, going 5-2 with a 2.83 ERA in his last 10 appearances. Chapman is ninth among the SAL ERA leaders and has made 16 starts. An eighth-round pick by the Phils and native of San Luis Obispo, Calif., Chapman played at Oral Roberts University and was 5-3 with a 2.09 ERA with Williamsport last season, earning Mid-Season New York-Penn League All-Star recognition. At 6-foot-4, 210 pounds, he has good size and appears to be finding a groove in the SAL as the BlueClaws stay in contention for a playoff berth. ... The BlueClaws and Phillies extended their Player Development Contract two seasons through 2010.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Next Game
Chance is scheduled to pitch on Wednesday, July 16 at 7:00 pm in North Carolina against the Hickory Crawdads ( a Pittsburgh Pirates affiliate)
Friday, July 11, 2008
From the Asbury Park Press
Thursday's starters Chance Chapman of Lakewood and Madison Bumgarner of Augusta were both selected in the 2007 Major League Baseball First Year Players Draft, and the similarities end there.
Bumgarner, a first-round pick of the San Francisco Giants, has taken the South Atlantic League by storm as an 18-year-old. Entering Thursday night's game against the BlueClaws, the left-hander from North Carolina was 8-2 with a 1.77 ERA and 91 strikeouts to just 15 walks in 81 1/3 innings.
Chapman was an eighth-round selection of the Phillies out of Oral Roberts University and while he has been one of Lakewood's most reliable arms, the 24-year-old has not generated the kind of buzz among scouts and players that Bumgarner has.
Thursday at FirstEnergy Park, the college right-hander upstaged the phenom left-hander and pitched the BlueClaws past the GreenJackets 3-2, giving Lakewood the four-game series three games to one.
Chapman pitched 8ลก innings and allowed two runs on seven hits, while striking out seven. Chapman walked two batters in the first inning, but did not walk any the rest of the way.
"I guess it was just a case of the jitters,'' Chapman said of the first inning. "This was a big game for us and I guess I was trying to be too fine. After that I got pretty mad at myself and was able to throw my game.''
After recording the first two outs of the ninth inning, Chapman (6-5) surrendered a single to Augusta clean-up hitter Angel Villalona. Manager Steve Roadcap visited the mound to have a word with his starter before letting him continue. Chapman surrendered a single to Thomas Neal on a 2-2 fastball, then left to an ovation from the 6,552 in attendence.
"He told me he had him (Neal) and he lied to me,'' Roadcap joked.
Jared Simon gave up an RBI single to Andrew Davis to make it 3-2, but struck out Nestor Rojas to end the game and earn his 17th save.
Bumgarner (8-3) allowed three earned runs in seven innings while striking out two in his first road loss of the season.
The BlueClaws (13-8, 51-40) took the lead in the bottom of the fifth on an RBI single by T.J. Warren. Travis Mattair led off the inning with a single that fell in front of left fielder Garrett Baker. Bumgarner appeared to have him picked off at first, but first baseman Angel Villalona slipped, allowing Mattair to reach second with a stolen base. Mattair advanced to third on a Freddy Galvis sacrifice bunt and scored on Warren's single to right over a drawn-in infield.
Designated hitter Dennis Winn gave the BlueClaws an insurance run with an RBI single in the sixth that plated catcher Tim Kennelly, who finished 1-for-2 with a run, an RBI and a walk.
"He had a pretty good fastball,'' Kennelly said of Bumgarner. "We just wanted to swing at strikes. When a pitcher is that good, you're not going to get too many hits, but the idea is to make him throw strikes and put the ball in play.''
Lakewood broke through on Bumgarner in the bottom of the third inning on an RBI single by Kennelly. Galvis ripped a one-out single past the third baseman, Davis, who made a diving stop to rob Mattair of a single one batter earlier. Warren followed with a slow ground ball that stayed fair along the third-base line and stopped in front of Bumgarner and Davis. Two batters later, Kennelley hit a sharp ground ball just to the right of shortstop Charlie Culberson to score Galvis from second.
Augusta (14-7, 55-35) answered in the next inning with an RBI single by Davis to score Garrett Baker. Chapman stranded runners on second and third when Dominic Brown caught Rojas' long fly ball for the second out, hit the cutoff man, Galvis, who threw out Villalona trying to tag from second to third.
"I told Chapman before the game that it's all about pitching and defense,'' Roadcap said. "Once he got past that first inning, he threw strikes, got ahead and let his defense work and they did the job behind him.''
Bumgarner, a first-round pick of the San Francisco Giants, has taken the South Atlantic League by storm as an 18-year-old. Entering Thursday night's game against the BlueClaws, the left-hander from North Carolina was 8-2 with a 1.77 ERA and 91 strikeouts to just 15 walks in 81 1/3 innings.
Chapman was an eighth-round selection of the Phillies out of Oral Roberts University and while he has been one of Lakewood's most reliable arms, the 24-year-old has not generated the kind of buzz among scouts and players that Bumgarner has.
Thursday at FirstEnergy Park, the college right-hander upstaged the phenom left-hander and pitched the BlueClaws past the GreenJackets 3-2, giving Lakewood the four-game series three games to one.
Chapman pitched 8ลก innings and allowed two runs on seven hits, while striking out seven. Chapman walked two batters in the first inning, but did not walk any the rest of the way.
"I guess it was just a case of the jitters,'' Chapman said of the first inning. "This was a big game for us and I guess I was trying to be too fine. After that I got pretty mad at myself and was able to throw my game.''
After recording the first two outs of the ninth inning, Chapman (6-5) surrendered a single to Augusta clean-up hitter Angel Villalona. Manager Steve Roadcap visited the mound to have a word with his starter before letting him continue. Chapman surrendered a single to Thomas Neal on a 2-2 fastball, then left to an ovation from the 6,552 in attendence.
"He told me he had him (Neal) and he lied to me,'' Roadcap joked.
Jared Simon gave up an RBI single to Andrew Davis to make it 3-2, but struck out Nestor Rojas to end the game and earn his 17th save.
Bumgarner (8-3) allowed three earned runs in seven innings while striking out two in his first road loss of the season.
The BlueClaws (13-8, 51-40) took the lead in the bottom of the fifth on an RBI single by T.J. Warren. Travis Mattair led off the inning with a single that fell in front of left fielder Garrett Baker. Bumgarner appeared to have him picked off at first, but first baseman Angel Villalona slipped, allowing Mattair to reach second with a stolen base. Mattair advanced to third on a Freddy Galvis sacrifice bunt and scored on Warren's single to right over a drawn-in infield.
Designated hitter Dennis Winn gave the BlueClaws an insurance run with an RBI single in the sixth that plated catcher Tim Kennelly, who finished 1-for-2 with a run, an RBI and a walk.
"He had a pretty good fastball,'' Kennelly said of Bumgarner. "We just wanted to swing at strikes. When a pitcher is that good, you're not going to get too many hits, but the idea is to make him throw strikes and put the ball in play.''
Lakewood broke through on Bumgarner in the bottom of the third inning on an RBI single by Kennelly. Galvis ripped a one-out single past the third baseman, Davis, who made a diving stop to rob Mattair of a single one batter earlier. Warren followed with a slow ground ball that stayed fair along the third-base line and stopped in front of Bumgarner and Davis. Two batters later, Kennelley hit a sharp ground ball just to the right of shortstop Charlie Culberson to score Galvis from second.
Augusta (14-7, 55-35) answered in the next inning with an RBI single by Davis to score Garrett Baker. Chapman stranded runners on second and third when Dominic Brown caught Rojas' long fly ball for the second out, hit the cutoff man, Galvis, who threw out Villalona trying to tag from second to third.
"I told Chapman before the game that it's all about pitching and defense,'' Roadcap said. "Once he got past that first inning, he threw strikes, got ahead and let his defense work and they did the job behind him.''
July 10, 2008
LAKEWOOD, N.J. –Chance Chapman outdueled first rounder Madison Bumgarner on Thursday night at FirstEnergy Park in to help the BlueClaws to a 3-2 victory in a battle of staff aces.
Chapman nearly went the distance, allowing just two earned runs on six hits over 8 2/3 innings. He also struck out seven hitters and walked just two. It was the longest performance for Chapman (6-5), who put together an eight-inning complete game in a loss at Lexington on April 27.
The 24-year old right-hander overcame some early control issues in the first inning, allowing just one fourth-inning run. He gave up just three hits in the final five innings and at one stretch got 11 outs in a row.
Chapman departed with two outs in the ninth inning after giving up back-to-back hits to Angel Villalona and Thomas Neal. Jared Simon gave up a hit to Andrew Davis to bring a run across, but struck out Nestor Rojas to end the game and earn his 17th save of the season.
The win closed out a series win over the first place GreenJackets. Three of the four games were decided by one run, while the other was a two-run contest.
Chapman’s outing overshadowed his highly touted counterpart. Bumgarner, who was the 10th overall pick in the 2007 Draft, had not lost a game since April 18 before taking the loss on Thursday. The 18-year old southpaw gave up all three Lakewood runs in seven innings. Lakewood roughed Bumgarner (8-3) up for a season-high nine hits.
The BlueClaws registered single runs in three separate innings against Bumgarner. Tim Kennelly stayed on top of his game with another RBI, driving in the first run of the game for Lakewood. Kennelly know has 10 RBIs in just 11 games for the BlueClaws. The catcher reached base in three of his four trips to the plate, going 1-for-2 with a walk and was hit by a pitch.
The BlueClaws tacked on runs in the fifth and the sixth, thanks to RBI hits from T.J. Warren and Dennis Winn. Warren drove in a pair of runs on Wednesday afternoon to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth, giving him three critical RBIs in the series.
Lakewood (13-8, 51-40) has now won three straight games and 10 of their last 12. As of the final out they moved within two games of first-place West Virginia.
The BlueClaws next welcome the Greenville Drive, the Class A affiliate for the Boston Red Sox, for the first and only time in 2008 starting on Friday. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. at FirstEnergy Park with Vance Worely (0-0) making his second start of the season for the BlueClaws and Terumasa Matsuo (3-3) going for the Drive.
There will be post-game fireworks presented by Toyota and Scion World of Lakewood.
Chapman nearly went the distance, allowing just two earned runs on six hits over 8 2/3 innings. He also struck out seven hitters and walked just two. It was the longest performance for Chapman (6-5), who put together an eight-inning complete game in a loss at Lexington on April 27.
The 24-year old right-hander overcame some early control issues in the first inning, allowing just one fourth-inning run. He gave up just three hits in the final five innings and at one stretch got 11 outs in a row.
Chapman departed with two outs in the ninth inning after giving up back-to-back hits to Angel Villalona and Thomas Neal. Jared Simon gave up a hit to Andrew Davis to bring a run across, but struck out Nestor Rojas to end the game and earn his 17th save of the season.
The win closed out a series win over the first place GreenJackets. Three of the four games were decided by one run, while the other was a two-run contest.
Chapman’s outing overshadowed his highly touted counterpart. Bumgarner, who was the 10th overall pick in the 2007 Draft, had not lost a game since April 18 before taking the loss on Thursday. The 18-year old southpaw gave up all three Lakewood runs in seven innings. Lakewood roughed Bumgarner (8-3) up for a season-high nine hits.
The BlueClaws registered single runs in three separate innings against Bumgarner. Tim Kennelly stayed on top of his game with another RBI, driving in the first run of the game for Lakewood. Kennelly know has 10 RBIs in just 11 games for the BlueClaws. The catcher reached base in three of his four trips to the plate, going 1-for-2 with a walk and was hit by a pitch.
The BlueClaws tacked on runs in the fifth and the sixth, thanks to RBI hits from T.J. Warren and Dennis Winn. Warren drove in a pair of runs on Wednesday afternoon to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth, giving him three critical RBIs in the series.
Lakewood (13-8, 51-40) has now won three straight games and 10 of their last 12. As of the final out they moved within two games of first-place West Virginia.
The BlueClaws next welcome the Greenville Drive, the Class A affiliate for the Boston Red Sox, for the first and only time in 2008 starting on Friday. First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. at FirstEnergy Park with Vance Worely (0-0) making his second start of the season for the BlueClaws and Terumasa Matsuo (3-3) going for the Drive.
There will be post-game fireworks presented by Toyota and Scion World of Lakewood.
Wednesday, July 2, 2008
Solid Start
Nice game Chance, although I couldn't make it up with the family last week end, I did get a chance to read about the game and view the box scores. What's a guy got to do to get moved up in the Philly organization?
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