Monday, July 30, 2007

Abes vs Babes 16: Mötley Crüz

Different week, different rules, same result. The Abes, who have now lost 7 in a row, can take solace in the fact that the 2000 Yankees, 2005 White Sox, and 2006 Cardinals - all World Series Champions - also endured 7 game losing streaks. But a 7 game losing streak embedded in a 162 game season is a lot more tolerable than in a 25 game season.

In anycase, this week's Babes victory was due - literally - to an unlikely and diverse pair of Cruzes. Just-called-up-from-minors outfielder Nelson Cruz slugged 1.286 with 2HR and 5RBI to earn Player of the Week, while little-used middle reliever Juan Cruz picked up a win on only 2.1 IP. Without these two, the Abes actually would have won the week.

Unnormalized:
The Abes The Babes
Avg 0.262 0.235
Runs 17 17
HRs 5 6
RBIs 23 27
SBs 1 3
ERA 5.40 3.42
Wins 2 5
Saves 0 0
Ks 12 34
Total 1 6
Normalized by AB/IP:
The Abes The Babes
Avg 0.262 0.235
Runs 15 17
HRs 4 6
RBIs 20 37
SBs 1 3
ERA 5.40 3.42
Wins 6 5
Saves 0 0
Ks 34 34
Total 2 5

The Babes lead the Abes 12-2-2

3 comments:

Orel said...

He slugged 1.286? Not OPSed?

Eric Karros said...

Nice use of OPS as a verb. But yes - he had 2 HR and a single in 7 AB's.

Steve Sax said...

I've OPSed out of this debate.

Orel, could you please conjugate OPS?