PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #16

Teams split the 6 game series

Long Beach takes 5 of 6 from New York

Bethesda (47-49) travels to Columbus (38-58) for a 6 game series – records aren’t too far apart, but the talent pool is. Look for lots of Bandicoots runs and a boost in their standings as they fight to get into the thick of the NL East pennant race.

Coots erupt for 5 in the 5th to turn a 2-1 deficit into a 6-2 lead enroute to a 10-2 drubbing of the Explorers. AGon bombs 2 out of the park (4 rbis) and Ruiz goes 4 for 4. Keep and eye on him this week.
Arrieta the win (4-4), Milone the loss (4-8).

Coots grab victory from defeat when they plate 4 in the 9th including a 3 run bomb by Rendon (11). Rollins goes 3 for 4 with homer (18) giving him 5 hits in the series so far. AGon 2 for 5 (again) with double and rbi.Wood the win (9-5) goes 8, Varvaro the BS (3) and the loss (3-5).

Back to our regular programming – the Coots take this one 6-1 with 15 hits – 2 more from Rollins (another SB) and Rendon gets 2 hits and HR (12) and Cain goes 3 for 5 with 3 rbis.

Odorizzi gets the CG and the win (4-7), Baker (4-6) the loss.

Another thrilling game (hiccup) until the Coots score 6 in the 7th. Let’s see – Ruiz goes 3 for 4, HR (2) and 3 rbis. MGon, 3 hits, Peralta 2 for 5, HR (5) and 3 rbis. Gillaspie 3 hits.

Cobb  (starting) goes 7 innings for the win (7-8). Tepesch (6-7) the loss.

The Coots grab the easy 5-1 series win. Look for Rollins to potentially be player of the week!

Fremont makes the drive West to the Windy City of Chicago, their team is so cheap they fly commercial.

Marcus Stroman (11-1 3.09) goes 5.2 innings, & Andrew McCutchen is super going 4 for 5 with 2 Home Run’s & 6 RBI’s. Delmon Young chips in by going 3 for 4 with 3 RBI’s.

Final Score: Chicago 13 – Fremont 6

Feliz Hernandez (18-1 1.10) goes 7 solid allowing only a solo Home Run to Kris Davis. Chicago gets two solo Home Runs from Pedro Alvarez & one from Andrew McCutchen. Aroldis Chapman picks up save #29 on the season.

Final Score: Chicago 4 – Fremont 1

Adam Wainwright (15-4 2.06) goes the distance with a 2 hit Shutout. Buster Posey has 2 RBI’s for Chicago.

Final Score: Chicago 4 – Fremont 0

Buster Posey Homers & has 3 RBI’s. Chris Sale (13-2 1.29) goes 6.2 alloing only two solo Home runs to Chris Gomez.

Final Score: Chicago 6 – Fremont 2

Jenrry Mejia (1-0 3.65) takes the ball & goes 8 scoreless. Dyan Vicedo gets a 2 Run Home Run in the 9th for Fremont. Justin Morneau is 4 for 6 with 4 RBI’s. Chicago routes the Cannons.

Final Score: Chicago 15 – Fremont 2

With the score knotted at 4 in the bottom of the 9th Christain Vazquez singles. Pinch Runner & speedster Jose Ramirez is brought in to pinch run & promptly steals 2nd and 3rd. Andrelton Simmons hit the next pitch to deep right field where it is caught for out number two, but Ramirez trots home with the winning run.

Final Score: Chicago 5 – Fremont 4

Chicago routes the Cannons of Fremont & are playing their best ball of the season right now. Winning their last 18 games straight. Fremont on the opposite end of the spectrum have lost 9 in a row.

Manhattan 3-0

WP=Simon

LP=Jimenez

SV=Sipp

Coconut Creek 4-3

WP= May

LP=Duffy

SV=Rondon

Coconut Creek 3-2

WP=Fiers

SV=Rondon

LP=Worley

Coconut Creek 5-1

WP=Feldman

Coconut Creek 3-2

WP=Colon

SV=Rondon

LP=Porcello

Coconut Creek

WP=Jimenez

SV=Rondon

LP=Simon

Coconut takes series 5-1Hard fought.  Four out of six games won by single run margin.

Sacramento is rebuilding with wonderful players and Selkirk is also rebuild but are a bit cursed. This season Selkirk hopes to get close
too .500 Sacramento looking at #1 pick

Selkirk wins in 10 innings 5 to 3 as Tazawa blows the save.

W-Black 2-4 S-Sanchez(11) L-Tazawa(1-3)

Collmeter pitches a 3 hitter as Selkirk wins 6-0

Selkirk wins behind a 2 hit over 8 innings buy McCarthy Sanchez gets his 12th save Sel 3 Sac 1

Alvarez evens his record at 6-6 as Selkirk wins 9-2

Hammel pitches another great game and Sanchez gets his 3rd save of the series his 13th,

Gibson had a no hitter in the 9th when an error happened with two out in the 9th then Wong got an infield hit! Gibson finished off the 1 hitter no walks but two errors behind him by the battery. Sel 5 Sac 0

Selkirk wins the series 6-0 as Panda and the pitching did great.

The Werewolf juggernaut visits Yonge Street.

Johnny Cueto goes the distance and allowed 2 runs…BUT he was the tough luck loser. Esmil Rogers and 2 relievers work to hold the visitors to a single run.

YSS 2 – HOL 1

Kershaw vs Taijuan Walker making his debut. The starters are strong. David Freese ties the game at 3 with a single in the btm of the 9th. Hollywood breaks through with 2 runs in the 12th. Jake McGee locks it down for the visitors.

HOL 5 – YSS 3 (12)

The home team rallies after losing the game 2 heartbreaker. Shelby Miller and Will Smith combine to allow 2 runs while Jered Weaver was strong in defeat.

YSS 4 – HOL 2

Gerrit Cole is very sharp in his return from a lengthy DL stint. Jorge Solers 2 run HR is enough for the Stalkers.

YSS 3 – HOL 1

Finally…a blowout. David Price was sharp and the Wolf offense took out their frustrations on Mat Latos.

HOL 9 – YSS 1

The second fairly lengthy extra inning game. Cueto and Shields were very strong, but long gone at the end. A David Wright hit ends game 6 in walk off fashion in the 14th.

YSS 2 – HOL 1 (14)

Who knew? This series was verrry close to being a 5-1 YSS series win. The home squad is still very happy to pull out a series win, taking 4 of the 6 closely fought games.

Two teams with similar records square -off in sunny Long VALLEY, NJ for a crucial 6 game series.

Valdosta pitched well holding the Nor’eastrers to only 13 runs in the 6 game series. They take the series 5-1 knocking Jersey out of 1st place in the NL East.

NL Central leading Tempers come into 4th place Patriot territory. Tempe travels well at 31-14 and Triple Creek has struggled at home to the tune of 13-25. Looking like a tough row ahead for the home squad but both teams are 5-5 over there last 10 contests.

Wada (4-2) vs. De La Rosa (2-6)Wada improves to 5-2 with 5+ strong while striking out 6 and walking none. De La Rosa struggles allowing 11 hits and 6 runs. De La Rosa heads to the showers with a puffy 5.74 ERA for the year. Diaz is hit hard as he takes over for Wada but Holland takes over quickly and he and Otero are perfect for Tempe as the visitors win handily 10-5.

Leading Tempe scoring are Granderson 4-4 w/ 2 HRs and 6 rbi, Cano 4-6 w/ 1 rbi and Beltre 4-5 w/ 1 rbi.

Despaigne (6-4) vs. Vargas (7-3)Vargas, who has been pitching well at home all year, was pounded today as he served up 5 doubles. The skipper stuck with him through 4 innings to see if he could right the ship but after the 14 hit Jason had to go. Despaigne tosses 4 hit 2 run ball over 5 innings and the Tempe relief corps allows just 1 hit over the final 4 frames. Tempe pumps out 19 hits and coasts to a 13-2 victory.

TT: Cespedes 3-5 w 3 runs and 2 rbi, Granderson 2-5 w/ 1 rbi, Cano 2-5 w/ a solo shot and Beltre 2-5 w/ 2 doubles and a rbi

Santiago (2-3) vs. Masterson (1-10)Masterson, on a short leash with his 8+ ERA, pitches just 1 inning today as the Patriot skipper feels blessed he doesn’t allow any runs in the 1st. In the bottom of the 3rd Triple Creek busts a scoreless game open with 3 runs as Headley delivers a big hit. Tempe scores 2 in the top of the 5th but cannot solve Leone late falling 3-2. Triple Creek is fired up as they ties up the series two-all.

Wada (5-2) vs. De La Rosa (2-7)Not wanting to see the entire sequel to De La Rosa’s game 1 spectacle, he is yanked after 2 innings (and 2 runs). Down 2-0 after 4 1/2, Pence takes Wada deep, which would be his last batter of the day. The Tempe pen marches in 3 arms which allow just 3 base runners over the final 3 2/3. Each team allows just 4 hits and the Patriots lose a tough one 2-1.

TT: Tulo 2 rbi on a homer

Tempe takes the series 4-2 but the Patriots play them tough the last 4 games. Holland bumps up his save total to 19.

Was in Ocean City MD for the past few days and just got back this morning, so I apologize for short re-caps.Motor City comes to VIR with a 45-51 record and 2nd place in the AL East.VIR starts the series at 41-53 and 3rd place in the AL Central.

VIR 2-0

C.Tillman (11-6) with a 5-hit CG shutout. Segura’s RBI triple and Rizzo’s following RBI single gave VIR the only 2 runs the Sluggers would need.

MCM 15-4

J.Buchanan easily gets his 1st win. 15 runs on 15 hits for the Muscle.C.Rupp 3-5, 3 runs, 4 RBI; N.Castellanos 2-5, 2 runs, 3 RBI and his
5th homer; Trout had 2 hits including a 2-run dinger (his 17th).

VIR 1-0

More good pitching from VIR. Scherzer throws CG shut-out and K’s 11.

VIR 4-1

J.de la Rosa scatters 6 over 8.1 and A.Ramirez gets 3 RBI on a 3-3 performance.

VIR 4-3

A tight game as Castellanos is 3-5 with 2 RBI to help put the Muscle up 3-0 after 5. However, J.Segura knocks in all 4 runs for the Sluggers including the walk-off RBI double in the bottom of the 9th.

With the exception of the 15-4 Motor City blow-out, the other games were fairly close. VIR is happy to come out on top with a 5-1 series win as they continue their climb to mediocrity.

Two teams not going very far this year.

A laugher as Elyria crushes SBL 8-1. ELY was up 5-0 after two with the big hit being a 1st inning 3-run HR by Rivera. Arcia adds a 2-run HR in the 5th. Holmberg is strong for ELY going 6 IP giving up 1 run. Nuno gets 3 inning save.

ELY 8, SBL 1

SBL get all their runs in the 1st off a Altuve solo-HR to lead off the game, a Gomes rbi-1b, and a Crisp 3-run HR. They then hold off an ELY push and take the game 5-3. N.Martinez is not stellar but is solid enough for the win. Putnam picks up his 17th save. Arcia 2-run HRin the 3rd and Valbuena’s rbi-1b in the 7th account for the ELY runs.

SBL 5, ELY 3

A barnburner of a game as both teams trade the lead several times. SBL get up 8-5 only to have ELY chip back with an Ellbury rbi-2b and a Cabrera rbi-1b. Putnam picks up his 4th blown save in the 9th when Wieters PH 2b and a Ellsbury rbi-2b. But Morse wins it with a
solo-HR in the bottom of the 10th. The Lynx 4th HR of the game.

SBL 9, ELY 8

Another extra inning game, but this time it was the SBL fighting back. ELY gets out to a 6-1 lead after 5-1/2. ELY Gee is looking good until the B6 when SBL creeps back ino the game on a Ludwick 2-run HR. The game is still 6-3 in the B9 with ELY Robertson on the mound. SBL rallies to tie the game on a Altuve 1b & sb, McGehee rbi-2b, Morse rbi-2b, and Morse scores on Bernadina throwing error
on a Joyce 1b. Morse is the hero again as he hits a 2-run HR in the 11th for the SBL win.

SBL 8, ELY 6

ELY upset over the last two losses puts it on the SBL with a 9-4 pasting smacking 19 hits. Arcia having a good seeries himself, swats 2 HRs, Rivera hits another, and Ellbury is 4 for 5. Holmberg is solid again giving up only 3 hits in 7 innings for the win. Morse is the SBL offense again as he hits a HR in his 3rd game in a row.

ELY 9, SBL 4

ELY finally takes an extra inning game as they pull of a 13 inning win. Ellsbury is the big ELY hero with a 2-run 2b in the 1st and a solo-HR in the 13th. Zimmerman is solid for ELY going 7 giving up 3 runs, fanning 8. ELY J.Wilson is the bright spot out of the pen going 3 scorelss & hitless innings to pick up the win.

ELY 5, SBL 4

Series ends in a split. Arcia, Ellsbury, Altuve and Morse have good series. But Morse was the big man with most of the key hits in the series for the SBL.

Tijuana takes the series 5-1

Clovis wins the series 4-2

This series is a split with 3 wins apiece.