May 2020: Miners Finish Chapter 2 12-16

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Sam Tuivailala Chapter 2 MVP


Rebuilding a team after finishing 7 seasons in the playoffs is a painful process but few teams can avoid it at some point in a franchise's history.  The rebuild continued in Chapter 2 as Joplin went 12-16 in Chapter 2 and fell to 22-34 on the season, 16 games behind the first place Salem Cowtippers.  Here are the results of Chapter 2:

Allentown 2-2
Akron 2-2
BCJ  2-2
South Loop 1-3
Salem 2-2
Darien 1-3
North Carolina 2-2

The pitching staff went 12-16 with a 4.36 ERA.  Sam Tuivailala led the way with 3 wins, 2 saves and a 2.02 ERA.  

The Miners hit 242/326/343.  The top hitters were:

Mookie Betts 374/484/545
Carlos Santana: 314/427/735
Garrett Cooper: 281/344/446

The front office needs to make some waiver moves to fill some holes and local news outlets are engaging in heavy speculation as the waiver deadline looms over the BDBL.


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