PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #26

This series really didn’t mean much as two bottom of the division opponents went at it. Selkirk slim chnace to win 70 and Valdosta small chance to finish 500.

Reddick goes 4 for 5 with a homer and Correa wins his 13th for VS.

VS 9 SEL 2

McCarthy pitches a gem and lowers his era below 4.00 as improves to 6-12 Soria got his first save of the year.

Sel 3 VS 1

Crazy game VS scores 6 in the final two innings but Selkirk scores 7 but still comes up short in a 10-9 loss. Super Closer Kimbrel almost blew it as he allowed 3 runs to score before ending the game with runners on 1st and 3rd. W. Ramirez hits a pinch hit three run homer of a Selkirk pitcher who did not have an L or M and Ramirez hit no homers in real life. very weird.

VS 10 Sel 9

Collmeter goes 3.1 innings of shutout relief to get his 22nd save in a 3-2 Selkirk win.

Lavarnway goes 4 for 4 with 2 doubles and a homer.

Sel 10 VS 8

Selkirk ends on ahigh note winning 3-0 as McCarthy allowed just 3 hits lowering his era to 3.70 and Collmeter got the two inning save his 23rd.

Selkirk wins the series 4-2 and end the season at 69 wins. Voldosta finishes below .500 with 77,

Series finale Elyria takes 4 of 6 at Bethesda! When is the draft????

Chicago takes the series 4-2 over Detroit.

Two rebuilding teams match up for the final series in what will hopefully be a forgettable 2014 MWBL season.

Sacramento puts up a solid showing by taking 2 games of the 6 game set.

Tied for the division lead with Clovis – Camarillo needs strong finish to the season here.

Camarillo 1 New York 0 – Little offense in this one. Doug Fister goes to 14-10 with a great performance.

Not a lot of offense in this one either – with Camarillo coming away with the 2 to 1 victory in 13 innings.

Close game until late – Joey Votto bombs two out for Camarillo in the 8 to 1 victory.

C.J. Wilson improves to 24-7, however Jose Bautista is lost for the series with an an injury. Camarillo 7 to 4.

Rainout in the top of the 5th with Camarillo winning 1 to 0. Game will likely be rescheduled.

Gee pitches another solid game for New York and prevents the sweep with a 5 to 3 win for New York.

Camarillo wins the series 4 games to 1 with one rainout. If Clovis sweeps, then these two teams will meet up again in a winner take all wildcard.

Jersey and Motor City battle for the cellar in the NL Central.

JNE 8 – MCM 4WP: Peralta
LP: Grimm
SV: Cueto
HR: Thomas, SanchezClete Thomas paces Jersey’s offense with 5 RBI. Motor City rallies late to make it look closer than it was.

JNE 8 – MCM 2

WP: Capuano
LP: Cloyd
HR: Barnes, Montero

Four-run 5th inning on two HRs is all Jersey needed. Barnes had 4 RBI and Montero had 2 for Jersey.

MCM 3 – JNE 0WP: J. Williams (CG)
LP: Lincicum
HR: Trout

Trout supplies all the offense with a three-run bomb and Williams throws a gem for Motor City.

MCM 5 – JNE 1WP: Straily
LP: Quintana
HR: none

Leake leaves in the fifth due to injury and Straily picks up the win in relief. Myers had two RBI.

JNE 2 – MCM 0WP: Hendriks (CG)
LP: Locke
HR: noneHendriks shits down the Muscle, and the Jersey offense gets just enough offense.

MCM 5 – JNE 3WP: Grimm
LP: E. Johnson
SV: Hunter
HR: Myers, Torres, BarnesJersey has two homers but they aren’t enough as the Motor City offense ends the season with some timely hitting.

Jersey and Motor City split the series 3 games apiece

Final games of the season, Clovis in a dead heat with Camarillo for 1st place in the Wild Wild West! Play ball!!!

Griffin looking to win his 20th of the season on the mound for Clovis. Things go south quickly as Chisenhall bats with the bases loaded and clears them with a triple in the second. A base hit, a walk and then Zack Cozart plants a 3 run bomb deep into left for an insurmountable 7-0 lead for the Roseville. Vargas pitches great for the Thorns who quickly burst the Wheat Kings bubble.

A must win for Clovis but another flat performance. Quintanilla, Pence, and Rodriguez all blast 2-run homers for Roseville in support of Masterson who picked up the win. Clovis pennant hopes fading fast as the season is on life support now.

Harvey on the mound for the Wheat Kings who all come out with their hitting shoes on. By the time it is over Clovis will crush the Thorns 15-5 lead by 3 run jacks off the bats of Arenado and Byrd. Arenado will contribute 4 hits total and every position player will gather at least one hit. Season still on life support.

Cashner is masterful on the bump with 8 2/3 innings only giving up one unearned run and 3 hits while striking out 8 with 0 walks. Belt provides the bulk of the offense with 2 big flies and 3 hits total to lead Clovis to the easy 7-1 win. Odds are still long but a glimmer of hope remains.

Liriano takes charge for Clovis who keep hope alive with a 6-0 win. Liriano only surrendered 5 hits while striking out 11 to finish the season 12-9 with 4 shutouts. Arenado and Hardy both homered for Clovis.

Clovis drops the first 2 but comes back to take the final 4 ending the season at 99-63. With Camarillo at 99-62 and currently holding a 1/2 game lead it look like the makeup game between the Quest and the Outlaws will need to be played.

Pittsburgh, a team that had high hopes visits the Traverse City Crusaders, a team that had no hope.

Pittsburgh 2, Traverse City 0Justin Verlander pitches a one-hitter, allowing the hit in the 4th inning to Todd Frazier. 7 K’s for J.V. Solo HR by Ryan Howard.

Pittsburgh 4, Traverse City 2Dan Haren records the win, going 7 innings, allowing 12 hits & 2 ER’s, with 6 K’s. Dan Phelps loses his 20th game for the Crusaders.
2 RBIs for Pitt’s Andre Ethier.

Traverse City 2, Pittsburgh 0Jeanmar Gomez pitches a two-hit, shutout of the Lumber Company.
Two-run HR by Stubbs, his 2nd HR of the series.

Pittsburgh 9, Traverse City 5Traverse City led after the first 4-1, and still manage to lose the game. Andre Ethier goes 2-for-3 with a solo HR. Drew Stubbs hits his
3rd HR of the series.

Traverse City 4, Pittsburgh 2Travis Wood wins his 10th (10-17, 3.71), going the distance, allowing 6 hits & 2 ER’s with 4 K’s. Kyle Blanks & Matt Kemp hit
solo HRs for Pitts.

Traverse City 10, Pittsburgh 2This time Justin Verlander wasn’t on his ‘A’ game, going only 1.2 innings, allowing 7 hits & 7 ER’s (3 HR’s). Brett Gardner and Brian Dozier each hit 2 HR’s for the Crusaders. Yovani Gallardo finishes the season 9-15, with a 4.20 ERA.

Traverse City pulls off a 3-3 split. As they pack the clubhouse, and prepare for the upcoming off-season & likely another long season.

Can CCC hold on to the 2nd wild card slot against powerhouse Hollywood?

Both Cliff Lee and Cingrani get hit pretty hard. Lee sticks around long enough to get more support against the CCC bullpen and take the win for HOL 8-4.

David Price against emergency starter Eric Surkamp. Game is tied 4-4 after 6 innings. The Crusher bullpen then implodes as HOL rolls to a 12-5 win.

Jered Weaver and Scott Feldman bring pitching to the series for the first time. Weaver goes 7 scoreless while Feldman goes 8 with 1 run.  Scheppers comes on in the 8th for HOL to keep CCC down. Matt Holliday has other plans and jacks a 2-run HR to give CCC the lead.  Melancon then does what he has all season. He slams the door in the 9th to give CCC their first win of the series by a 2-1 score.

CCC jumped on Kershaw early only to give it back on errors and then collapse into a rout. HOL wins 10-3 to give Kershaw his 29th win.

Ubaldo comes out firing K’s and gets more than enough support. Matt Holliday and Geovany Soto each hit 2 HR’s as CCC wins easily 8-2.

Cliff Lee was just a little too strong as HOL wins the finale 4-2.

HOL wins the series 4-2.Matt Holliday should contend for POW as he had a dominant series against the top pitching staff in the league. 11 for 22 .500avg.4 HR, 9 RBI, 6 R plus a 2B and 3 BB for good measure.

Fremont pads the stats, hitting 14 HR en route to a sweep to avoid a possible 100 loss season.

The end is near.

A 10th inning walk off win for TIJ. TIJ 5 – YSS 4

Barry Enright took the bump for TIJ…YSS won, 6-5.

TIJ this time was represented by Blake Beavan…YSS won 11-10.

Ivan Nova was cruising through 3…then the rain began with one out in the 4th. RAIN OUT

TIJ wins another via the walk off. This time in regulation. TIJ 3 – YSS 2

Barry Enright got the call for TIJ again. YSS won 6-3.

YSS took 4 of 6 from the resting TIJ squad.

Columbus comes to Tempe to finish off the season.

Avila tied the game in the 5th with a two run hr, but Molina went deep in the 6th and 8th to put Tempe on top. Tempe 5-2

Iwakuma, Johnson, and Vincent combined to shutout the Explorers.  Chris Davis hit a two run hr. Tempe 2-0

Back to Back to Back hits by Zimmerman, Desmond, and De Aza put Columbus up 3-0 in the first. Buchholz and Morales each hit two run homeruns to put Tempe up 4-3 after four. Carpenter tied it with an rbi single in the 5th. The score remained tied until the 10th when super scrub/walk on Adam Moore hit a walk off single. Tempe 5-4 10inn

Tempe took advantage of Martin’s itchy 1 grade in the 1st inning.  Cano started things with a solo shot and Braun added a grandslam.
Tempe 9-2

Iwakuma went 7 innings giving up one run and picked up his 31st win of the year. Blackman slugged a 3 run hr in the 9th, but it wasn’t
enough. Tempe 8-4

Cain was cruising until the 6th when he felt a pain in his elbow and had to leave the game. He will miss the first and second (if Tempe advances) rounds of the playoffs. Larrell pitched well, but his defense let him down. Janish and Dickerson, mostly playing for usage, ended up the heroes of the game. Tempe 3-1

Tulo secured his first NL batting title and should be a top MVP candidate. Iwakuma should also be the front runner for the Cy-Young.

The MWBL NL Central should be very competitive next year as Tempe will take multiple steps back and the rest of the division will be better.

Manhattan hoping to clinch the NL East; Iron City keeping one eye on vacation plans.

Manhattan 8, Iron City 1Yu Darvish does his part, going the distance on a five-hitter and striking out 12.

Iron City 15, Manhattan 3The Yinzers take out a year’s worth of frustrations on Manhattan’s pitching staff. Iron City pounds out 18 hits, including four homers, to back Paul Maholm.

Iron City 6, Manhattan 1Tom Koehler goes six strong innings, Alex Rios and Josh Phegley each homer to drive in five of the six runs.

Manhattan 5, Iron City 2Kris Medlen wins his 15th and Chris Denorfia homers to even the series at two games apiece.

Iron City 2, Manhattan 0Tommy Hanson’s four-hit shutout makes things dicey for Manhattan’s title hopes.

Manhattan 13, Iron City 8Manhattan scores eight runs in the first three innings, then survives a five-run Yinzer ninth inning to close out the season with a victory.

It’s a split for Manhattan and Iron City. Not a terrible ending to a disappointing season for the Yinzers. With the split and New York losing four out of five to Camarillo, Manhattan wins the NL East for the first time in the history of the organization.

Virginia takes the series 4 games to 2 and ends up the #1 Wild Card Seed in the American League.