PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #6

Divisional rivals, Elyria visits Landfill Stadium in Manhattan

Manhattan 7-4WP=SmylyLP=MinorSV=Sipp

Manhattan 4-1WP=DuffyLP=ZimmermanSV=Klein

Manhattan 9-2WP=TanakaLP=Nuno

Elyria 3-0WP=GeeLP=Darvish

Manhattan 6-5 (10 innings)WP=StreetLP=Nathan

Manhattan 5-0WP=Smyly (CG)LP=Holmberg

Elyria 1-0WP=ZimmermanLP=Klein

Manhattan takes series 5-2

Yonge Street at 9-24 faces Virginia at 18-13

YSS 2-1J.Kelly gives up 1 run in 6.2 innings and the bullpen takes it from there. Wright’s SF in the 1st and Conger’s tie-breaking single in the 7th are all YSS needs.

YSS 3-2Stalkers eke out another one as Latos goes the first 4 (ejected after hitting 3 batters), Abad throws 3 innings of shut-down, Bastardo almost blows it, and Papelbon seals it. Sluggers lose A.Ramirez for 5 games,…thanks Latos.

VIR 3-0Like I said, thanks Latos. Ramirez’ replacemnet, R.Flaherty, rips a 3-run shot in the 4th and Tillman and company make it hold up.

VIR 10-2Cole and Bastardo get hammered in 5 innings as VIR scores 9 runs and coasts to victory. Stanton (#12) and Rizzo (#7) go deep to help
Scherzer improve to 5-1.

YSS 5-0Stalkers come back with a shutout to get J.Shields (1-5) his 1st win of the year. Shields pitched a CG 3-hitter with 8 K’s. J.Bour got his 1st homer and T.d’Arnaud picked up 3 RBI.

VIR 5-1In trouble of losing the series, Sluggers ride the arm of T.Cahill, 7 innings, 7 hits, 10 K’s, and the bats of B.Hicks (2-2, 2 runs and a Homer) and C.Culberson (3-4, 2 RBI and a Homer) to pull out a 3-3 series tie.

Not a good showing for VIR as they expected to win this series. But it was not to be. A 3-3 tie is better than a 2-4 loss.

Battle of two teams already showing they are not going to be a factor.

Selkirks Hammell pitched well 2 in 8 but Kendrick got an rbi hit and the shark was great throwing a 4 hitter with 8Ks no walks. Jersey 2
Selkirk 0

Selkirk forgets to hit and goes 13 innings and get just 4 hits. Jersey wasn’t anybetter until the 13th when they scored 2 off Floyd. Duda gets a big hit Jersey 2 Selkirk 0 in 13 innings

Gibson does it all. ! run in 7.1 innings and hits a GRAND SLAM as an american league pitcher! Selkirk 6 Jersey 1

Bourjous goes 4 for 4 Selkirk wins 8-5

Black gets an ugly save after hitting two guys and walking two, Selkirk 5 Jersey 4

Selkirk wins 4 in a row as they win 6 to 4

Selkirk 4 Jersey 2

Tijuana takes the 1st 3 of the series quite easily, the final three games were all 1 run affairs in which the home team won 2. Bottle Rockets 5-1

Divisional opponents square off in a 7-game series. Long Beach comes into Grand Haven with a 22-11 record, which is tops in the NL West. Grand Haven currently sits at .500 with a 16-16 record

Norris (LBD) vs. Santana (GHG)Long Beach jump out to an early 4-0 lead in the top of the 1st….All Dirt Bags in this gameGame Final: LBD 11 – GHG 3

Shoemaker (LBD) vs. Wilson (GHG)2nd Inning, again Long Beach jump out early with a 4-0 lead5th Inning, Dirt Bags add another run via a V-Mart solo HR. Lead now 5-0Game Final: LBD 5 – GHG 0

Lester (LBD) vs. Morton (GHG)1st Inning, Gennett with a solo HR for the Dirt Bags, lead 1-04th Inning, Dirt Bags on on 4 runs, lead now 5-07th Inning, Grand Haven get on the board with a solo HR from Joey B. Only the second hit of the game given up by Lester to this point.
Dirt Bags still control the game 5-18th Inning, Nieuwenhuis doubles and brings home Espinosa. Long Beach still lead 5-29th Inning, Melancon comes in to close it out for the Dirt Bags…1,2,3 down, picking up his 11th save of the seasonGame Final: LBD 5 – GHG 2

Long Beach take 5 of the same games in the series – improving their record to 27-13. The Dirt Bags return home to take on Triple  CreekGrand Haven’s record drops to 18-21, with the offense struggling lately. The Gators head on the road to Columbus.

Two evenly matched teams with Pittsburgh 19-20 and Triple Creek 19-19.

Verlander tosses 9 shutout innings but gets a no-decision as neither team could score in regulation. Teixeira finally ends it with a pinch-hit solo shot in the 13th off Russell.

PIT 1 TCP 0 Maurer – W Crow – S Russell – L

Pittsburgh enters the 9th down 7-1 as Buchholz goes 8 strong allowing just 5 hits. Reed enters the game with flamethrower strapped on and as usual starts a fire for himself. The Patriot defense doesn’t help either with 3 errors in the inning as Pittsburgh hangs a 5 spot to lost by 1.

PIT 6 TCP 7 Lewis – L Buchholz – W

With a 6-3 lead entering the 8th the Patriot defense again begins throwing the ball around making 2 errors helping 3 visitors to score. Pittsburgh adds another run in the 9th to snag victory even though out hit 13-7.

PIT 7 TCP 6 Wacha – W Feliz – BS & L

Masterson couldn’t find the strike zone walking 7 in 3 2/3 and scattering 13 base runners. Friedrich gets in some good work finishing up the mess all the while padding Pittsburgh’s offensive stats.

PIT 11 TCP 2 Kennedy – W Masterson – L

Gausman goes 7.1 solid innings allowing 6 hits and 3 walks. The Patriot bullpen finally shows up as Leone allows nothing over the remainder.

PIT 1 TCP 5 Hutchison – L Gausman – W Leone – S

Entering the 7th down 5-1, the visitors look giddy as they can see activity in home bullpen, and for good reason. Matusz takes over for
Gonzalez and promptly allows 4 hits (two of them souvenirs) and 4 runs while recording 1. Jennings tries to put out the flames but allows an additional run to score. Pittsburgh tacks in 1 more in the 8th to give Wacha a 3 run cushion in the 9th. Games see 26 total hits.

PIT TCP 5 Lindstrom – W Wacha – S Matusz – LSuarez takes a fastball off the head and is out for 13 days.

Rained out

Pittsburgh takes 4 of 6 as game 7 is rained out.

Bethesda visits Valdosta.

Bethesda 5-0. Arrieta struck out 12 on his way to a 2-hit shutout.

Bethesda 1-0. Cobb scattered 6 hits as the Bandicoots sneaked pat the Snappers.

Valdosta 1-0. Phil Hughes improved to 4-4 and Kimbrel with the save.

Valdosta 5-4. Mark Reynolds’ 8th inning HR was the game winner and Kimbrel with his 7th save.

Valdosta 6-4. Russell Martin and Juan Francisco help power the Snappers past the Bandicoots. Kimbrel with save #8.

Bethesda 10-0. Arrieta again shuts down the Snappers with 7 shutout IP.

Split, 3-3.

Fremont takes the early lead but Detroit battled back to tie it at 3-3 in the eighth. Wilin Rosario doubles home Khris Davis in the tenth for the Fremont 4-3 victory.

Juan Nicasio goes nine strong, shutting out the Crime 4-0 and racking up 15 strikeouts. Khris Davis tripled for the fifth time this season.

Detroit wins their first of the series 5-4 to give Dustin McGowan his first win of the year. Harper (7), Saltalamacchia (2), and Machado (2) all left the yard for Detroit, while K. Davis (4) and Schoop (4) homered for the Cannons.

The Crime have some momentum, rolling over Buehrle and the Cannons 9-2. Zack Wheeler improves to 2-4, and A. Jones (7) and Peralta (9) homer for the winners.

Peralta’s 3-run HR in the first, his tenth, carry Detroit to the 3-2 victory. Bumgarner (4-3) picks up the win, while Cosart (1-3) takes the hard-luck loss.

A scoreless game until late, Fremont ties it at 2-2 in the bottom of the eighth. Khris Davis singles home Kennys Vargas in the bottom of
the eleventh for the 3-2 win.

Another split for the Cannons, who move to 15-24. Detroit goes to 23-16.

Chicago hosts the Werewolves of Hollywood in a six game set.

Clayton Kershaw (7-0 1.34) is solid, but the offense wins it for Hollywood. ALex Gordon’s Home Run & 3 RBI’s make the difference. Drew Storen picks up his 1st save on the season.

Final Score: Hollywood 7 – Chicago 5

Marcus Stroman improves to 5-0 (3.23) for the Mobsters. Justin Morneau is 3 for 5 with 1 Home Run & 5 RBI’s. Buster Posey is 3 for 4 with a Home Run & 2 RBI’s. Pedro Alvarez is 3 for 5 with a Home Run & 3 RBI’s.

Final Score: Chicago 11 – Hollywood 6

Johnny Cueto (7-1 3.19) goes 7 Innings. Miguel Cabrera is 2 for 5 with a Home Run & 4 RBI’s. Starlin Castro is 2 for 5 with 3 RBI’s.

Final Score: Hollywood 10 – Chicago 6

Felix Hernandez (8-1 1.45) goes 7.2 Innings Pitched allowing only a solo Home Run to Paul Goldschmidt. Ben Revere gets 3 hits in 4 trips & has 3 RBI’s.

Final Score: Chicago 6 – Hollywood 1

Holding a 4-0 lead in the 9th Chicago completes falls apart, blows it and loses 5-4. Aroldis Chapman is awful and loses his 3rd game on the season. Ian Kinsler is 2 for 4 with 3 RBI’s for Hollywood.

Final Score: Hollywood 5 – Chicago 4

Two aces face off Clayton Kershaw (8-0 1.17) picks up the win over Chris Sale (4-2 1.70) as both pitchers go the distance. Solo Home Run by Alex Gordon wins it for Hollywood.

Final Score: Hollywood 1 – Chicago 0

Chicago was looking for a 4-2 series win, or a split, instead take the series loss 4 games to 2 vs. Hollywood.

Niese is dominant in a 3-0 SBL win.

Stults is almost as dominant. Misses the shutout but gets a complete game 6-1 SBL win.

Tied 2-2 in the 9th, Frandsen kicks one and allows CCC to steal a rare 3-2 win.

Will Middlebrooks hits a walkoff 2-run HR in the 16th inning to give CCC a 4-2 win.

SBL takes out their frustration on Colon early. They then cruise to an easy 8-1 win.

Niese is back and dominant again. SBL wins easy 10-1.

Both SP get kicked around. Game goes to the 10th tied 7-7. SBL evens up the extra inning games with a run scoring 2B by Lowrie & wins 8-7.

SBL takes the series 5-2.

Motor City takes the series 6 games to one. The story of the series was either the dominance of the Muscle starting pitching or the collapse of the Panther’s pen.

Columbus heads west for a showdown with Clovis. Columbus having a tough season while Clovis coming off a disappointing series in Iron City.

Murphy and Hunter drive in a pair for Clovis to lead the 6-4 Wheat King victory. Lohse picks up the win while Pino tagged with the L.

Columbus explodes against Gonzalez for a snowman in the second but Wheat Kings keep chipping at the lead and come away with a 10-8 win. Watson grabs the W while McCure is saddled with the loss.

Big blasts from Belt, Saunders, and Castro twice as Wheat Kings demolish Explorers 13-1. Richards moves to 5-0.

Today it is Cashner who benefits from the home run bats as Cruz, La Roche, and Arenado power Clovis to an easy 11-2 win.

Phillips drives home Crawford in the bottom of the eighth to break a 2-2 tie and give Clovis a close 3-2 win. Watson gets the W in relief
while Varvaro takes the loss.

Clovis going for the sweep, Byrd goes deep for two in the second and Phillips drives another home in the fourth for Clovis. Nunez rips a
homer in the eighth to make it 3-2 but Watson and Casilla come in to shut the door and complete the sweep in the Clovis 3-2 win.

Wheat Kings were able to take advantage of Explorers inexperienced pitching staff in sweeping the six game set.

Multiple trades over the past couple of years between Sacramento and Tempe have resulted in many familiar names. All-stars Cano and
Molina and future all-stars Dickerson and Mesoraco among a few of the names that have swapped Jerseys.

Tempe let the scrubs get some needed usage at bats during the first four game or the series which made for a competitive series.  Tempe takes the series in the end 4-2 but they needed two one run wins in their last at AB. Sacramento does win game three when Chris Davis forgot to take his Adderal and missed touching 3B on two run RBI single. Sacramento has a ton of good young talent and should be back to their winning ways in the near future.

Outlaws take the series 4 games to 3