PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #6

 Yonge Street Stalkers @ Elyria Indians

Series Summary *

Elyria takes the series 5-1

·         Dallas Cougars @ Pittsburgh Lumber Company

Series Summary *

Dallas comes to town and takes 4 of 7. Happy birthday to you, Jarl!

Fremont Cannons @ Bethesda Bandicoots

Series Preview

Divisional rivals (?) Fremont Cannons and Bethesda Bandicoots square off as they both take a step towards respectability and .500 records.

Game #1:

Sonny Gray’s wildness keeps the Cannons off balance limiting them to just three hits over 7 frames with Jose Iglesias driving in the game winner with a 7th inning double as the Bandicoots took the opener 3-2. Iglesias drove in two runs with a pair of doubles in the game. Donnie Veal hung on to get two out in the 9th to get his second save of the year. Zach Lutz walked twice and scored half of Fremont’s runs only one of which was earned thanks to Jimmy Paredes razzle dazzle juggling routine in Bethesda’s outfield. Chris Davis drove in RBI #38 with his 15th double.

Game #3:

The pitching gutting continued into Game Three with Fremont starter Ricky Nolasco surrendering five runs on eight hits in six innings as Bethesda stomped to a 10-2 win. Nolasco (1-5) fared as well as his successors – Aaron Crow allowed two runs without registering an out and Chad Qualls gave up three runs on four hits and a walk in one inning. Chris Davis (11) hit the lone homer for Bethesda and drove in two runs. Willin Rosario continued to hit for Fremont driving in both of their runs with a single and a double. Martin Perez (3-1) went six for Bethesda with seven hits and a walk while fanning three.

Game #5:

Chris Davis homered for the third straight game and drove in a couple of runs as the Bethesda offense began to gear down in a 7-2 win over Fremont. Brandon Phillips homered for the first time this year for the Cannons. Anthony Rendon and Tony Cruz each had three hits for the Bandicooots. Ross Detwiler dropped to 0-4 on the season for Fremont after giving up four runs on nine hits in 5.2 innings. Alex Cobb (2-4) got back on track allowing just one run on three hits in 6.1 innings. He walked one and fanned six.

Game #7:

Speaking of freakish … Kevin Slowey pitched a fantastic three hit shutout against the burned out Bethesda offense, fanning 11 as Fremont nabbed a 2-0 win to close out the series. Jake (AntiChrist) Arrieta pitched six innings, walking six and striking out six and fell to 1-2. Jimmy Paredes was about the only Bandicoot to figure out Slowey as he was 2/2 with a walk in the game for Bethesda. Willin Rosario had three of Fremont’s five hits including his 6th homer to lead their charge. Chris Johnson went 0/4 while Chris Davis went 1/3 with a walk.

Series Summary *

Spotty pitching performances were the story of the series, but just as Bethesda’s hitting is not that good, Fremont’s pitching is not that bad. Bethesda moves into a temporary lead over Elyria in the division with the series results.

·         New York Outlaws @ Selkirk Steelers

Series Preview

New York visits Selkirk hoping to improve thier season’s record while Selkirk is just trying to make it through the year.

Game #1:

Hefner pitches a gem 1-0 Selkirk

Game #2:

The New York pen got the worst win ever as the starter went 6 shutout innings but Lopez gives up 7 runs and and ends up with the win for New York in a 11-9 slugfest.

Game #3:

Josh Johnson headhunts hitting 3 Outlaws injuring two be fore he is ejected. Selkirk 4 NYO 3

Game #4:

Janssen and Perkins blow the save and the game as selkirk wins 3-2

Game #5:

NY’s Peavy pitches great wins 4-2

Game #6:

Kuroda wins his 4th in a 7-4 NY win./

Series Summary *

The series is split 3-3 as Selkirk won the 3 1 run games and lost the others.

Southbend Lynx @ Chicago Mobsters

Series Preview

First place Chicago takes on last place Southbend in the Windy City for a six game series.

Game #1:

Adam Wainwright (4-0 2.27) is solid for 8 innings, and Kyle Blanks 2-Run Home Run helps the Mobsters attain the victory. Aroldis Chapman picks up his 11th save on the season with a 1-2-3 9th including 2 K’s.
Final Score: Chicago 3 – Southbend 2

Game #2:

Late inning runs including 2 in the 8th, 3 in the 9th and then one in the bottom of the 10th give Chicago the win. Clint Barmes has a 2-Run Home Run for the Lynx. Andrelton Simmons and Pedro Ciraco both Homer for Chicago.
Final Score: Chicago 7 – Southbend 6

Game #3:

Home Runs from Dustin Perdroia & Andrew McCutchen lead the way for Chicago. Mark Trumbo his a 3-Run Home Run for the Lynx. Felix Hernandez (7-0 1.98) is solid for 7.2 innings. Aroldis Chapman picks up save #12 on the season.
Final Score: Chicago 5 – Southbend 3

Game #4:

After a rare day off during the series the teams pick back up and the results are the same. Chicago gets 5.2 innings of solid relief from Carlos Matias Martinez (2-0 2.63) after he comes in for the starter C.C. Sabathia who went down with a sprained knee which will keep him on the shelf for 12 days (Maybe even a D.L. Stint).
Final Score: Chicago 6 – Southbend 2

Game #5:

Southbend gets on the board with a win, behind the solid pitching of Matt Harrison with 10 K’s, but it’s the bullpen picking up the win & J.J. Putz picks up his 2nd save on the season. Logan Forsythe is 2 for 4 with a HR & 4 RBI’s.
Final Score: Southbend 6 – Chicago 3

Game #6:

With the score tied at 2 each in the bottom of the 8th Chicago picks up a lone run, and holds on for the win. Adam Wainwright (5-0 2.26) goes 8 strong, and Chapman gets his 13th save on the season.
Final Score: Chicago 3 – Southbend 2

Series Summary *

Chicago takes the series 5 games to 1, and looks to hold onto first place in the American League Central. Chicago stays home next week vs. the Stalkers of Yonge Street. Mean while things don’t get any easier for the Lynx as they go home to face Division rival and 1st place in the American League West the Hollywood Werewolves.

·         Roseville Thorns @ Sacramento Capitals

Series Preview

Cross-town rivals face off in what should be a blowout.

Game #1:

Willingham’s 2-run home run is all Sacramento would need.
RVT 1 – SAC 2

Game #2:

Sacramento’s offense is passable and Samardzija pitches a shutout.
RVT 0 – SAC 6

Game #3:

Roseville turns it around behind a masterful performance by Justin Masterson … yes, I just did that.
RVT 5 – SAC 0

Game #4:

A lot of offense with 25 hits combined. But, Roseville comes out ahead.
RVT 11 – SAC 6

Game #5:

Sean Nolin takes one for the team. In what might be a MWBL record, he faces 49 batters and gives up 17 hits and 19 runs (14 earned) in 8 innings before being injured by a Russell fastball.
RVT 19 – SAC 4

Game #6:

More of the same. Roseville pounds Sacramento pitching with 17 hits.
RVT 7 – SAC 4

Game #7:

Samardzija couldn’t repeat his stellar shutout performance of Game 2, giving up 6 runs in 2.1 innings … and Sacramento’s bullpen didn’t fare much better.
RVT 11 – SAC 1

Series Summary *

Roseville takes the series 5 – 2 in the 7 game set.

Traverse City Crusaders @ Detroit Crime

Game #1:

Detroit wins 2-1 in 14 Innings

Game #2:

Detroit gets 3 HRs wins 9-4

Game #3:

Another extra inning game Detroit wins in 13 4-3

Game #4:

Wood pitches a 4 hit shutout and wins 3-0

Game #5:

DeRosa has 8 RBI and Detroit wins 20-1

Game #6:

Detroit wins 5-2

Series Summary *

Detroit takes series

Tempe Tempers @ Long Beach Dirt Bags

Series Summary *

Long Beach surprises the home fans by taking 2 of the 6 games against powerful Tempe.

Iron City Yinzers @ Columbus Explorers

Series Preview

Iron City Yinzers (13-20) at Columbus Explorers (15-18). Columbus is holding on to 2nd place in the NL Central but way back of Tempe (already) is hoping to get back to or close to .500 ball. Yinzers looking to move up in NL East where they are 4th.

Game #1:

Explorer 3 run 6th ties the game, Young Jr. rbi single in 7th wins it.
IRN 4-7-1 LP Westbrook (0-4)
COL 5-8-1 WP Oberholzer (1-1) S Dunn (3)
HRs: IRN – Gonzalez (2), Gyorko (5)
Hosmer 3 hits, run, rbi. Andrus injured for 2 days tagging out Desmond on a stolen base attempt.

Game #2:

Milone goes to 5-0, Headley 2 run HR not enough for Lynn and Yinzers as Iron City drops a tight 3-2 game at Columbus.
IRN 2-7-2 LP Lynn (4-2)
COL 3-8-1 WP Milone (5-0) S Dunn (4)
HRs: IRN – Headley (3)
Milone goes 6 innings, 7 hits 2 runs, 7 ks, bullpen perfect over last three. Young, Jr. and Carpenter 2 hits each for Explorers. Lynn tough loss goes 6 innings, 7 hits, 3 runs.

Game #3:

Explorers run string to 3 straight as late Zimmerman 2 run HR puts game on ice.
IRN 2-11-0 LP Ziegler (1-2)
COL 4-6-0 WP LeCure (1-1) S Varvaro (1)
HRs: COL – Zimmerman (4)
Iron City ties game in 7th when Chen blows save (2) giving up rbi single to Hosmer (3 for 5). But Ryan Zimmerman tags reliever Ziegler deep for 2 run blast in bottom of the 8th to win it.

Game #4:

Day off works wonders for Yinzers in 5-3 win. VMart the man!
IRN 5-8-0 WP Koehler (4-3) S Romo (8)
COL 3-9-2 LP Hembree (0-2) (BS 1)
HRs: Col – De Aza (6)
Explorers 1st three batters reached including De Aza 2 run HR but Koehler settled in to go 6 innings giving up but one more run. Frasor, Ziegler and Romo hold Explorers in check for final 3.
VMart gets 2 hits and 2 rbis including the go ahead run on 2 out single in 7th.
After the game Heath Hembree reported that his arm was done for the year and he’ll be looking forward hopefully to next year.

Game #5:

Iron City scores 3 runs in 1st and 4th, Columbus scores 4 in 1st and 2nd – who wins the game?
IRN 7-11-1 LP Hellickson (1-5)
COL 9-13-0 WP Tepesch (2-1) S Dunn (5)
HRs: IRN – VMart (5), Ibanez (6); COL – De Aza (7)
Lots of offense in this one – Andrus, Gonzalez and VMart each have 2 hits, Ibanez 3 rbis on his HR. Desmond goes 3 for 5 with 3 rbis and De Aza gets 4 rbis (3 for 4). Tepesch weathered the 3 run 1st and limped through the 3 run 4th (and another run in the 5th – he still had a 1 run lead) to get the win on 5 innings pitched. Chen (2 ip) and Dunn (2 ip) stop the bleeding.

Game #6:

Series finale goes 10 – Carpenter’s 3rd double of game with 2 on ends it with win for Explorers.
IRN 3-8-1 LP Romo (1-2)
COL 4-10-0 WP LeCure (2-1, after BS 1)
HRs: IRN – Ibanez (7), Young (3)
Ibanez comes in to PH in the 9th and LeCure can’t handle him and it’s a two run dinger to send the game into extras. LeCure then gets the garbage win when Romo disintegrates in the 10th, walk and 2 hits.

Series Summary *

Columbus takes series 5 games to 1 – enjoy running on Victor Martinez’s arm. Billy Martin tested Avila and Explorers countered by putting Shoppach and Baker’s killer arms behind the plate.

·         Manhattan Project @ Motor City Muscle

Series Preview

Manhattan Project at Motor City Muscle for a 7-game series

Game #1:

MAN 6 – MCM 2
WP: Porcello
LP: Straily
HR: none
Manhattan jumps on Straily early and cruises.

Game #2:

MCM 3 – MAN 2
WP: Locke
LP: Zito
SV: Caminero
HR: C. Young, A. Hill
Zito helped himself with an RBI single in the second, after hurting himself with a run-scoring WP in the first. Young’s two-run HR is the big blow for Motor City. Locke had 10 Ks for the Muscle.

Game #3:

MCM 2 – MAN 1 (10 inn.)
WP: Blevins
LP: Smyly
HR: none
Jose Fernandez pitched brilliantly, striking out 12 in 9 innings, but Manhattan couldn’t get him enough runs. Elmore’s single in the 10th pushed across the winning run for the Muscle. Manhattan also loses Austin Jackson for 13 days on a HBP.

Game #4:

MAN 4 – MCM 0
WP: Darvish (CG)
LP: Williams
HR: none
Darvish was dominant, going all the way and striking out 13, giving up just a pair of singles.

Game #5:

MAN 4 – MCM 0
WP: Medlen (CG)
LP: Straily
HR: Ramos
Medlen nearly matched Darvish’s dominance, scattering three hits and striking out 11 for Manhattan.

Game #6:

MAN 4 – MCM 2
WP: Porcello
LP: Morton
SV: Robertson
HR: Schumaker
Schumaker backed Porcello’s second win of the series with all four RBI, two coming on a sixth inning HR.

Game #7:

MCM 4 – MAN 2
WP: Caminero
LP: Zito
SV: Hunter
HR: L. Gonzalez
Gonzalez’s seventh-inning bomb unties a closely-contested game in which Motor City emptied the bullpen.

Series Summary *

Manhattan takes the series 4 games to 3.
Pitching dominated the series. Porcello had two wins, Darvish and Medlen threw back-to-back shutouts, allowing a total of 5 hits between them, and Jose Fernandex struck out 12 in a no-decision for Manhattan. Freddie Freeman led the offensive charge for the Project with 14 hits and three RBI. Schumaker added 5 RBI in the series.
Caminero had a win and a save for Motor City.
Zito (Manhattan) and Straily (Motor City) each took a pair of losses.

·         Clovis Wheat Kings @ Valdosta Snappers

Series Preview

NL West leading Clovis visits Valdosta.

Game #1:

Valdosta 5-0. Andrew Albers(3-2) with 7 innings of 2 hit ball and HR’s from Mayberry and Reynolds led the way for the Snappers.

Game #2:

Valdosta 4-1. Mark Reynolds homered twice as Julio Tehran(4-3) and the Snappers pen shut down the Wheat Kings. Kimbrell with his eighth save.

Game #3:

Clovis 3-2. Murphy’s 3 run HR was all Liriano (5-1) needed as the Wheat Kings sneak past the Snappers. Phil Hughes’ nightmare continues as he dropped to 0-7.

Game #4:

Valdosta 3-1. Kevin Correia tossed 7 shutout IP to improve to 3-3 and Kimbrell with his 9th save.

Game #5:

Valdosta 5-4 (14 Innings). Kelly Johnson tripled and scored in the 10th to tie it and hit a walk off HR in the 14th for the win.

Game #6:

Clovis 5-1. Gio Gonzalez improved to 5-2 as he pitched into the 7th.

Series Summary *

Snappers take 4 of 6 in a very low scoring series.

 Jersey Nor’easters @  Camarillo Quest

Series Preview

Two teams battling around 500… (sorry for no details) … on vacation in Hawaii.

Series Summary *

After dropping 3 of the first 4, Camarillo battled back to take the final 3 and the series 4 games to 3 over Jersey.

·         Coconut Creek Crushers @ Virginia Sluggers

Series Preview

Two teams chasing Hollywood.
CCC comes to Virginia at 21-11. Virginia stands at 20-13.

Game #1:

VIR 1-0 C.Archer is dominate. CG 2-hit shutout to improve to 5-0 and lower his ERA to 1.04. Rizzo’s RBI ground out is the only run needed.

Game #2:

CCC 7-1 T.Lyons spins nice 3-hitter over 7 innings to get his 1st win. M.Moreland cranked a 3-run bomb and M.Holliday a 2-run triple.

Game #3:

VIR 8-4 Sluggers pick up 5 in the 1st highlighted by Segura’s 2-run homer, Stanton’s solo shot and Walker’s triple. They add 3 more on Santana’s blast in the 5th. Howard and Moreland connect for the Crushers.

Game #4:

VIR 5-4 Walker and Flaherty lofted long balls in a 4-run 5th and the Sluggers bullpen held on as D.Carpenter continued a great start with his 11th save to go with an ERA of 0.00. D.Uggla left the yard for CCC.

Game #5:

VIR 1-0 M.Scherzer continued to pitch well. Following a 1-run 2-hitter and 2-hit shutout against CHI last series, Scherzer tosses a 3-hit shutout against CCC and lowers his ERA to 1.84 while improving to 8-1 on the year. N.Walker’s 9th homer of the year was the only run needed.

Game #6:

VIR 3-0 Pitching, pitching, pitching. C.Archer keeps rolling along. His game 1 2-hit shutout is followed by a game 6 8 inning 1-hitter that lowers his ERA to 0.90. Carpenter gets save #12.

Game #7:

VIR 9-5 A 4-run 1st helped by Scheirholtz’s double put VIR ahead and they fought off a 2-run homer in the 6th by the Crushers’ M.Holliday when A.Rizzo hit a grand slam in the 7th.

Series Summary *

A 6-1 series win for VIR leap frogs them over CCC into 2nd place behind the Hollywood Werewolves.
C.Archer 2 wins. 17 inns. 3 hits 0 runs 17 K’s
VIRGINA welcomes East leader Pittsburg next series and Coconut Creek travels south of the border to take on Tijuana , 2nd place in the Central.

Tijuana Bottle Rockets @ Hollywood Werewolves

Series Summary *

Hollywood takes 5 of 6 from Tijuana