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4/24 vs. WIS
Sorry for the lack of updates of late. I will try my best to avoid similar lulls in the future. I will provide daily updates from Cedar Rapids and the Quad Cities on the upcoming road trip. The offense has come alive of late, and that is certainly a good sign. Let’s see if the Hawks can get their first sweep of the season tonight.
Hawks vs. Timber Rattlers Game Notes (Click)
7:05 p.m. EST | Coveleski Stadium | South Bend, In.
South Bend Silver Hawks (10-8) vs. Wisconsin Timber Rattlers (10-8)
SB – RHP: Jesse Darrah (1-1, 5.40 ERA)
WIS – RHP: David Goforth (2-0, 3.86 ERA)
Pregame show: 6:45 p.m. EST … broadcast can be found here.
Please e-mail me at tlucian@silverhawks.com if you lose feed at any point.
Feel free to participate with our trivia. Question will be posted on Twitter (@radiohawks) this afternoon (after I finish this post) and read aloud on the air during the fifth inning. The answer will be revealed shortly thereafter. All correct answers will have a chance to win a $10 card to TGI Fridays. Answers can be posted here, tweeted to @radiohawks or e-mailed to silverhawkstrivia@yahoo.com.
4/20 vs. Beloit
Rainy afternoon at The Cove, but we will be in good shape come game time. Days like today are what make the turf invaluable.
Click here for April 20 Game Notes vs. Beloit
7:35 p.m. EST | Coveleski Stadium | South Bend, In.
South Bend Silver Hawks (7-7) vs. Beloit Snappers (7-7)
SB – RHP: J.R. Bradley (1-1, 8.68 ERA)
BEL – LHP: Jason Wheeler (0-0, 3.00 ERA)
Pregame show: 7:15 p.m. EST … broadcast can be found here.
Please e-mail me at tlucian@silverhawks.com if you lose feed at any point.
Feel free to participate with our trivia. Question will be posted on Twitter (@radiohawks) this afternoon (after I finish this post) and read aloud on the air during the fifth inning. The answer will be revealed shortly thereafter. All correct answers will have a chance to win a $10 card to TGI Fridays. Answers can be posted here, tweeted to @radiohawks or e-mailed to silverhawkstrivia@yahoo.com.
4/18 @ Lansing
Best the weather has been during our three-day stay in Lansing. The Hawks are due for some offense tonight — they come in having been shut out in 3 of their last 4 games (the only non-shutout during that stretch was a 10-run outburst in the series finale against Dayton).
Final game against the Eastern Division before the Hawks play the next 12 games against the West beginning tomorrow.
Photos of Cooley Law School Stadium below:
Click for April 18 Notes @ Lansing
7:05 p.m. EST | Cooley Law School Stadium | Lansing, Mich.
South Bend Silver Hawks (5-7) vs. Lansing Lugnuts (11-1)
SB – LHP: John Pedrotty (0-0, 4.35 ERA) LAN – RHP: Marcus Walden (0-0, 4.66 EERA)
Pregame show: 6:45 p.m. EST … broadcast can be found here.
Please e-mail me at tlucian@silverhawks.com if you lose feed at any point.
Feel free to participate with our trivia. Question will be posted on Twitter (@radiohawks) this afternoon (after I finish this post) and read aloud on the air during the fifth inning. The answer will be revealed shortly thereafter. All correct answers will have a chance to win a $10 card to TGI Fridays. Answers can be posted here, tweeted to @radiohawks or silverhawkstrivia@yahoo.com.
TL
4/17 @ Lansing Game Notes
The Lugnut top ranked pitching staff (2.02 ERA through 11 games) was as advertised last night, as was Archie Bradley, who tallied a career-high eight strikeouts over five no-hit innings. A combination of four Lugnuts pitchers merged to strikeout 16, including eight in a row at one point late in the game. Archie struck out seven of the final 11 he faced and was particularly strong the second time through the order for a second straight start. Archie now has 22 strikeouts over 16 innings.
Tonight Jeff Shields vies for his first win of 2012 after looking razor sharp last week against Dayton.
It’s another cold and breezy day in Lansing. Just stepped outside and the temperature was in the upper 40s. Should bode well for the pitchers tonight.
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April 17 Game Notes @ Lansing (Notes Attached)
Game #12 | Game 2 of 3
7:05 p.m. EST | Cooley Law School Stadium | Lansing, Mich.
South Bend Silver Hawks (5-6) vs. Lansing Lugnuts (10-1)
RHP: Jeff Shields (0-1, 1.50 ERA) LHP: Dave Rollins (1-0, 2.00)
Pregame show: 6:45 p.m. EST … broadcast can be found here.
Please e-mail me at tlucian@silverhawks.com if you lose feed at any point.
Feel free to participate with our trivia. Question will be posted on Twitter (@radiohawks) this afternoon (after I finish this post) and read aloud on the air during the fifth inning. The answer will be revealed shortly thereafter. All correct answers will have a chance to win a $10 card to TGI Fridays. Answers can be posted here, tweeted to @radiohawks or silverhawkstrivia@yahoo.com.
4/16 @ Lansing
Very windy today in Lansing just as it was in South Bend when we left this morning. The Lugnuts are off to a great start – they won their first seven games – then lost to West Michigan – but have since won two straight. Great pitching matchup in game one tonight as it pits a pair of first-rounders. Right-hander Archie Bradley – drafted seventh overall in 2011 – faces righty Noah Syndergaard, who was taken 38th overall in 2010.
The Hawks offense busted out yesterday afternoon for a season-high 10 runs on a season-high 13 hits. Chris Ellison (4-for-5, 2 RBI) and Tom Belza (4-for-4, 5 RBI) were a combined 8-for-9 with seven batted in. J.R. Bradley had a bounce back start, allowing just a run on two hits over six innings.
Game #10 / Series: Game 1 of 3
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Monday, April 16 / Cooley Law School Stadium / Lansing, Mich.
First pitch: 7:05 p.m. EST
South Bend Silver Hawks (5-5) @ Lansing Lugnuts (9-1)
SB: RHP Archie Bradley (1-1, 1.64 era)
LAN: RHP Noah Syndergaard (1-0, 0.00 era)
Broadcast can be found here – Pregame show at 6:45 p.m. EST
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Check out this box score from yesterday. If you thought the Hawks offense exploded, check out Bowling Green.
TL
4/13 vs. DAY
Hawks playing pretty good baseball right now, winners of 4-of-5 and 3-of-4 at The Cove. Jeff Shields had good sink last night, and the slider was working. He’ll be an important part of the equation this season and it was encouraging to see him “click” last night. Offensively it wasn’t pretty, but offense is down all around the league (league BA is .237) as is typical in April.
Game 2-of-4 tonight versus Dayton:
Game #8
Silver Hawks (4-3) vs. Dayton Dragons (2-5)
SB: LHP John Pedrotty DAY: LHP Tanner Robles
First Pitch: 7:35 p.m. EST
Pregame: 7:15 p.m. EST
Broadcast: HERE (Archived games for the last three nights are now available online and will be available for each game moving forward).
I’m working on a feature piece with third baseman Matt Helm. If finished it will play in the middle of the 5th inning.
The top of the 5th inning will be our trivia inning. Correct answers will enter into a drawing for a $10 gift card to TGI Fridays. Email answers to silverhawkstrivia@yahoo.com and tlucian@silverhawks.com, or tweet your answer to @radiohawks. The question will be posted via twitter around 7 p.m. and read aloud on the air in the top of the 5th.
TL
4/11/12 Game Notes
Baseball coming up in a few more hours… Hawks looking to take the series from Fort Wayne. We see Archie Bradley for a second time and the weather is better than last night.
First pitch at 7:05 p.m. EST
Pregame show begins at 6:45 p.m. EST
Pregame guest is Hawks hitting coach Bobby Smith
In case you don’t have it, here is the broadcast link.
RHP Archie Bradley
LHP Frank Garces
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4/10 vs. FW
Fort Wayne: 8
South Bend: 1
Final
A few points on tonight’s game:
- It was cold. The temperature was right around 35 degrees at first pitch and we had a few flurries. Scary to think that it still could have been a lot worse. The good news is we got the game in… the bad news is that it kept many of the casual fans away. To those braved the cold, thank you.
- Cody Hebner is very good. I’m not comfortable saying Hebner is the best pitcher the Hawks have faced this season because who am I to make that call? Every pitcher in the Midwest League is talented. Every one. However, I will say that Hebner’s performance was the best the Hawks have faced to this point. Hebner was hitting 95 MPH early in the game and his first six outs were strikeouts.
- It was pretty cold.
- Defense was a bright spot. Josh Parr played a rock solid shortstop and the double play he helped turn in the first inning was hardly routine. Matt Helm continues to pick it at third. He also drove in another run and extended his hitting streak to five (as did Ender Inciarte).
- J.R. Bradley had a rough first inning, settled down in the second and third innings, and was chased from the game int he fourth. J.R. didn’t walk anyone and the TinCaps earned every run they got. It will be interesting to see how J.R. responds next start.
Tomorrow should be fun as fans get to see Archie 2.0 for the first time at the Cove. He should be pretty fired up to pitch at home — he wasn’t too happy with the loss in his first start. Hawks have a chance to take the series from Fort Wayne.
Best,
TL
4/9 vs. FW
Last night was a very clean with for the Hawks… a few things that stood out.
Jesse Darrah pitched very confidently… he seemed in control all night, even when the TinCaps got their lone run off him in the first inning. Darrah really settled in during innings two and three. He retired the TinCaps six-up, six-down and the ball never left the infield.
Big Inning: The fourth inning was South Bend’s biggest inning this season as they posted four runs on four hits and eight men came to the plate. Bobby Stone and Roidany Aguila showed off their power, particularly Aguila who hit his to the opposite field.
Great crowd: The crowd last night was terrific. The attendance of 4,033 is the Silver Hawks larges since a crowd of 4,631 watched the Silver Hawks on July 8 of last year. At last year’s home opener on April 11, the paid attendance was 1,627.
We’ll have game notes and an update later.
J.R. Bradley makes his 2012 debut tonight at The Cove.
TL
4/7 at Bowling Green
Another sunny day in Bowling Green… see yesterday’s photo below because it’s pretty much the same. A few degrees warmer though.
Starters: (Both making MWL debuts)
SB: LHP – John Pedrotty
BG: RHP Parker Markel
First Pitch: 8:05 p.m. EST
Pregame Show: 7:45 p.m. EST
You can catch the game broadcast at this link.
Shoot me an e-mail (tlucian@silverhawks.com) if you have an issues with the feed, or with any questions, comments or concerns. The fifth inning is our trivia inning, so feel free to participate with that as well.
Below are the game notes for today’s game.
The Cove 