PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #15

Elyria takes the series 4-2.

4-3 Selkirk as they survive a Beltran homer

6-1 New York as Hamels wins his 11th

Collmenter wins his 6 as Slekirk wins 5-3

Ramirez huge game 3 extra base hits 10-2 New York

Kuroda was a god 1 hit in a 4-0 NY win

Rodney manages to save uit for new york 3-2 win

New York wins 4 games to 2.

Jersey’s hanging onto a slim lead in the NL East with Bethesda within striking distance of 1st place themselves.

Bethesda wins 2-1 behind Martin Perez.

Jersey wins 2-0 as Chris Young pitches 8 innings of 1-ht ball.

Bethesda wins 2-1 again as Wily Peralta and Sonny Gray each pitch complete games.

Bethesda comes from behind late to win 5-3.

Jersey win 4-1 as Jeff Samardzija pitches a beauty.

Jersey needs this one and they get winning 6-2.

In a very closely played series where only 3 total home runs were hit nothing was decided. The teams split the six games.

Iron City (41-49) visits Columbus (34-56) – two last place teams, Iron City is only 8 games out of 1st while Columbus is 30 games behind the ever dominate Tempe Tempers. Both teams playing for respect with suspect pitching staffs.

Iron City sends out Robbie Ray who goes 8 innings giving up 7 hits and 2 runs. Along the way he cracks a triple and scores a run. LeMahieu drives in 2 and Iron City takes the opener 4-2.

WP Ray (1-0)

S Treinen (1)

LP Greene (1-6)

Explorers come back in game 2 behind strong pitching from Nick Tepesch 8.2 innings of 3 hit shutout ball before giving up a 2 out HR to Hosmer (13) in the 9th. The run made it 6-1 Columbus, the final. Explorer offense led by Carpenter (3 hits, 2 runs, 1 rbi – HR (7) and Blackmon, 2 hits, double and triple and 2 rbis.

WP Tepesch (5-6)

LP Koehler (7-4)

Lots of runs. Col 2-0 after 3, then 4-3 after 4. Then 6-4 after 5 and 7-5 after 6! LeMahieu HR (5) part of the Yinzers offense as well as 2 hits from Andrus and Hosmer. Blackmon (10) and Nunez (4) go deep for the Explorers, Blackmon again a solid game, 2 for 4, 3 rbis.Oberholtzer stays in long enough for the win (4-2) in 6 ip with 8 ks – Varvaro gets the save striking out 3 in the 9th sandwiched around 2 hits. Danks runs his record to 2-12 with the loss.Final – 7-5 Columbus.

Another game were the home town fans chewed their finger nails as the Eplorers hold a 5-4 lead after 6 – and keep the Yinzers from plating any more runs. Blaine Hardy goes the final 3 in relief – 9 batters, for the save (1). Olivo gets 3 hits for Iron City, Murphy homers (5). and Hellickson was the pitcher who gave up the runs including homers to Desmond (16) and Dunn (15). Blackmon gets 3 hits and 2 rbis.

WP Happ (6-5)

S Hardy (1)

LP Hellickson (5-10)

This one was a blowout and over by the 4th. Ray started again and got hammered giving up 7 hits, 2 walks and 8 runs in 3.1 innings. Maholm didn’t do too much better in 2.2 ip, 5 hits and 3 runs. Meanwhile, “ace” Tepesch goes 9 innings giving up 4 hts and fanning
12 for the CG shutout.Jeter 2 hits, 3 rbis (HR #2), Blackmon a 2 run HR (11), Nunez a HR (5) an couple other 2 hit guys in the 12 hit attack. Final 11-0 Columbus.

WP Tepesch (6-6)

LP Ray (1-1)

Columbus ends up with a 4-2 series win. And stays at home to face NL East Bethesda. Iron City returns home to face Grand Haven from the NL West.

Two friendly rivals, and terrible teams, face off for a 6-game set.

The Lumber Company takes the series 3-2, with a Game 5 rain out and a rain-shortened Game 4.

Detroit & Manhattan split the series.

Preparing to get spanked.

12-0 CHI win. Chris Sale cruises.

5-2 CHI win. Stroman gives up 2-run HR but that is all CCC can do.

3-0 CHI win. King Felix wins his 17th.

8-0 CHI win. Wainwright gives up only 1 hit.

5-2 CHI win. CCC manages to score off Dellin Betances.Our only moral victory in this series.

5-0 CHI win. Chris Sale too much again.

CCC is shut out 4 times in a total whitewashing by Chicago.

4th place Triple Creek heads to Clovis to take on the 1st place Wheat Kings who have been scuffling after being chewed up by Tempe over the last couple of series.

Clovis 7 Triple Creek 6 in 10 innings.

Fun game that went back and forth before Belt drives home the game winner in the 10th. Aoki knocked in 3 for the Patriots while  Arenado and Hunter went back to back with home runs for the Wheat Kings.

Patriots 10 Wheat Kings 3.

TP pounds Vogelsong led by Pence with a big fly and 4 RBI. Aoki and Chisenhall chipped in with 3 hits each to make a winner of De La Rosa.

TCP 4 CWK 2

Aoki, Pence, and Nava provide all the offense and Buchholz shuts down the Wheat Kings over before Russell and Leone close it out. Aoki scores a pair on 2 hits, Pence chips in with a pair of hits and a pair of RBI and Bava drives home the other two Patriot runs.
Cashner took his first loss of the season to drop to 11-1.

Wheat Kings 9 Patriots 0

Richards fires 3 hit shutout and Nelson Cruz hammers three home runs for 5 RBI to lead Clovis and gain a split of the series.

Patriots and Wheat Kings split six games. Cruz belts 4 homers in the series while Aoki gets on base 14 times over the 6 games to lead
their respective clubs.

Tijuana takes the series 5-1

Two teams going nowhere meet because they have to.

VIR 2-0

Scherzer goes 8, allows 2 hits and K’s 8. Rizzo doubles in 2 runs in the 1st and Scherzer makes it stick.

VIR 4-2

B.Guyer’s go ahead RBI double in the 8th gives VIR the lead and S.Tolleson makes it stand up.

VIR 2-1
Rasmus gives DAL a 1-0 lead in the 4th but Segura’s RBI in the 9th ties it and B.Guyer singles in Stanton with the winner in the 10th.

DAL 10-9

This game was a 5-5 tie in the 6th as the teams traded homers in the early innings. J.Abreu blasted 2 for DAL and Markakis hit 2 for VIR. In the 9th DAL took a 10-5 lead highlighted by a bases clearing triple by Pollack. VIR made it a game with 4 runs of their own in the bottom of the 9th, but DAL heldo on for the win.

DAL 6-4

J.Gyorko’s 2 homers gave DAL an early 4-0 lead but R.Flaherty hit a solo shot in the 9th to make it a 4-4 tie. Then, RBI’s by Harrison and Barton in the 11th gave DAL the victory.

DAL 5-4

DAL jumped out 3-0 in the 1st on a 2-run bomb by J.Harrison. VIR came back getting a homer from Rizzo and a RBI single and SF from C.Santana. An error by ARam gave DAL a 4-3 lead and Barton’s SF made it 5-3. ARam hit a solo shot in the 8th but it wasn’t enough as the Pirates pulled out the win.

A 3-3 split is about what you might have expected.

Hollywood comes in with a huge cushion in the West, while Fremont is only contending for the worst record in the league.

A pitchers’ duel, until Hollywood gets to Deduno in the fourth and fifth. 9-4 Hollywood wins. Price strikes out 15 to go to 9-6.

Johnny Cueto goes the distance to get to 16-2 as Hollywood wins 4-2.

Jered Weaver goes eight innings allowing two unearned runs, but Hollywood is held scoreless as they lose to Fremont 2-0. With two on and two outs, and Goldschmidt at the plate in the top of the ninth, Iannetta picked off Yelich at first to end the game.

Hollywood gets the offense back in gear, winning 8-3. Yelich makes up for the last game by going 4-5 with a double and homer.

Kershaw allows one hit through six then is pulled with a comfortable lead. Hollywood wins 13-1. Kershaw is now 18-1.

Another unlucky number for Fremont as Hollywood closes the series ith a 13-3 win. Deduno is left out for all nine innings, allowing 20
hits and falling to 2-12 in his final start of the year.

Results as expected. Scripts saved and available on request.

Six game series between Traverse City and Motor City.

MCM 2 – TCC 1

WP: Leake

LP: deGrom

SV: A.J. Ramos

HR: D. Santana, K. ParkerDanny Santana gave Traverse City a lead with a solo shot in the 4th, then got hurt on a fielding play in the bottom of the same inning.
The 4th was busy, when Kyle Parker hit a two-run HR to give Motor City the lead, and the eventual win.

TCC 5 – MCM 2

WP: Bauer

LP: Buchanan

SV: Gregerson

HR: TroutTrout gave Motor City an early 2-0 lead with a HR, but Traverse City erased it on a 3-run 5th inning on RBI singles by Stubbs and Kiermaier. Traverse City added two big insurance runs in the eighth on an RBI double by Ciriaco and Casali’s RBI on a suicide squeeze
fielder’s choice.

TCC 5 – MCM 0

WP: C. Ramos (CG)

LP: Straily

HR: Gardner, FrazierFrazier started out the game with a solo HR, and it never got any better for Motor City. Traverse City scored another run in the 1st. They added three more runs in the 6th on another solo HR (by Frazier) and two more Gardner RBIs. Cesar Ramos went all the way, striking out 11 in a dominant performance.

MCM 8 – TCC 4

WP: Volquez (CG)

LP: Phelps

HR: Trout, GardnerMotor City jumps out to an early lead on a Trout 2-run HR. Gardner ties it on one of his own in the 3rd inning. Motor City broke it open with a 4-run inning in the 3rd. Castellanos tallied 4 RBI on a 2-run triple and a 2-run double. Volquez went all the way in strong performance.

MCM 1 – TCC 0

WP: Locke (CG)

LP: Gallardo (CG)

HR: GalvisLocke and Gallardo traded zeros until the 6th, when Galvis ambushed Gallardo with a solo shot. After that the starters resumed their domination.

MCM 6 – TCC 1WP: Locke (CG)LP: deGrom (CG)HR: Trout (2), DozierBoth pitchers went the distance, but Locke was better at limiting
damage. deGrom was victimized by two Trout HRs, accounting for 5 of
the Muscle’s 6 runs.

Motor City takes the series 4 games to 2.Mike Leake won 2 games. In 17 innings, he struck out 14, giving up only 2 runs and 13 hits.Mike Trout had 9 RBI, all on 4 HRs.Between the teams, there were 11 HRs and 6 complete games.

Long Beach visits Valdosta in a battle of 2nd place teams.

Snappers take 4 of 6.

Grand Haven visits Tempe looking to heat up and make a run at the second NL Wild Card.

Fister throws a complete game shutout. Grand Haven 3-0

Moss and Walters homeruns powered C.J. Wilson to his 6th win of the year. Grand Haven 4-1.

Hale avoids a bases loaded jam in the 1st and worked out of another tight spot in the 3rd. Beltre’s two rbi single in 3rd was all the pen needed. Tempe 3-1

Chen and Morton both pitched into the 9th but Chen picked up the complete game win when Granderson got Tempe’s second hit of the game and singled in the only run of the game. Tempe 1-0

Cano and Gattis each hit home runs off Burnett in the 1st and Tempe cruised the rest of the way. Tempe 6-2

The Gators jumped on Hale for three runs from five singles in the 2nd. Tempe tied it up in the 5th with a Cozart two rbi double. In the 8th, Ayabar doubled and then beat the throw at home when Navarro singled. Fister went eight strong innings for his second win of the series.Grand Haven 4-3

Fister took advantage of Tempe’s week lineup and the Gators split the series with the Tempers.