2016 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #4

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
DOZIER,Brian	MSS AL	.400	.867	7	30	12	3	1	3	6	10	4	2	0	0	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
KERSHAW,Clayton	HOL AL	2	2	0	0	0.60	15	3	1	4	19	2	0	0	0	0	1

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
VALENCIA,Danny	SAC NL	.273	.727	5	22	6	1	0	3	4	9	4	0	0	0	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
LESTER,Jon	LBD NL	2	2	0	0	1.69	16	3	3	10	13	0	0	0	0	0	0

Southwest Detroit Fighting Chihuahuas @ Chicago Mobsters
Series Preview	One team looking forward to the season, the other looking forward to the next.
Game #1:	C.C. Sabathia (0-1 10.50) gets his first start of the season and get shelled. Down 5-0 after a 1/2 inning of play the Mobsters never catch up. 2 RBI’s for Matt Duffy & Christian Bethancourt for The Chihuahuas. Vidal Nuno (1-0 1.50) gets the win & Mike Pelfrey gets a 3 inning save, his 1st. Final Score: Southwest Detroit 7 – Chicago 4
Game #2:	Noah Snydergaard (2-1 3.38) strikes out 12 in 7 Innings of work. Billy Hamilton is 3 for 4 with 2 Runs Scored. Russell Martin has 2 RBI’s for the Mobsters. Final Score: Chicago 7 – Southwest Detroit 1
Game #3:	Carlos Martinez (3-1 2.16) goes 6.2 before Andrew Miller & Aroldis Chapman (Save #7) take over & finish it out. Single RBI’s for Andrew McCutchen, Mikie Mahtook, Luis Valbuena & Curt Casali are all the Mobsters need. Final Score: Chicago 4 – Southwest Detroit 2
Game #4:	After a day of rest for both squads Chicago comes out swinging. Billy Hamilton is 3 for 4, Justin Turner has a 3 Run Home Run in the 1st inning & Adam LaRoche is 2 for 4 with a Double, Home Run & 4 RBI’s. Felix Hernandez (5-0 1.84) goes 8 Innings. Final Score: Chicago 10 – Southwest Detroit 4
Game #5:	Chris Sale (3-1 2.87) goes 6.2 Innings and fans 9 Chihuahuas. Josh Reddick Homers & Drives in 4 RBI’s. Final Score: Chicago 9 – Southwest Detroit 3
Game #6:	In the closest game of the series the Mobsters get 2 in the 9th to take the lead. Aroldis Chapman gets the final out for his 8th save. Asdrubal Cabrera is 3 for 4 for Southwest Detroit. Andrew McCutchen is 3 for 5 with a Home Run & 3 RBI’s for Chicago. Final Score: Chicago 8 – Southwest Detroit 7
Series Summary	Both teams needed the day of rest in the middle of the series & now have an off day as well. Chicago heads north to talk on Division Rivals the Yonge Street Stalkers next week. The Chihuahuas will play host to the Sluggers from Virginia.

Long Beach Dirt Bags @ Selkirk Steelers
Series Preview	Battle of teams off to a rough start. Long Beach should be doing better Selkirk well not so much.
Game #1:	Alvarez was great for Selkirk 13 K’s and a 5 hitter but he did allow 2 runs. Lester was better for Long Beach he faced just 28 batters in his shutout win allowing 2 hits. LBDB 2 SS 0
Game #2:	Four Selkirk errors did Lamb in as Long Beach wins 6 to 1. Lind chipped in 4 rbis
Game #3:	Haren and Gibson were solid but amazing Selkirk hit a Singleton walk off homer int he 9th to give Hughes the blown save and the loss. Sel 3 LB 2
Game #4:	Ventura hit a home run? He also throw a complete game. LB 7 SS 3
Game #5:	Long Beach only scored in two innings too bad for Selkirk it 6 in the 5th and 4 in the 9. LB 10 SS 3
Game #6:	Again Melancon Sets up Hughes this time it works as LB wins 5 to 3. Lind has another good game with a 2 run homer.
Game #7:	Lamb and Fiers each K’d 10 but this one went 12 innings before Long beach wins. LB 2 Sel 1
Series Summary	Long beach wins the series 6 to 1. You have to think a sweep was possible if the micro didn’t just Hughes as a closer. Pitcher of the week Fiers (1-0) 17 innings 1 run just 6 hits and 19 K’s!

Jersey Nor’easters @ Clovis Wheat Kings
Series Preview	Jersey rebuilding for the future takes on Clovis who is in a dog fight in the West and currently in second place.
Game #1:	Tim Hudson Day as Huddy tosses a complete game 1-0 shutout. Bruce provided the firepower with a blast of Harvey.
Game #2:	Granderson bangs in a pair in a 3 run 6th to give Clovis the edge in a 6-3 win.
Game #3:	Brad Hand with the complete game beauty as Nor’Easters take their second of the series 3-2.
Game #4:	Jersey jumps all over Watson and Grilli with both feet for a 7 run 8th, highlighted by a Lucas Duda 3 run shot, to break open a tight one and give Nor’Easters a 9-5 win.
Game #5:	Clovis takes it 4-3 in ten innings when Phillips singles, steals second and scores on an Arenado single.
Game #6:	Wheat Kings score 6 over the first two innings and Richards pitches just well enough for the win, 7-3
Series Summary	Clovis was hoping for a bit more but Jersey played very tough and deserved the split.

New York Outlaws @ Pittsburgh Lumber Company
Series Summary	Pittsburgh drops 4 of 7 to the visiting Outlaws.

Corktown Cycle @ Valdosta Snappers
Series Preview	Corktown Cycle visits Valdosta.
Game #1:	Valdosta 5-4. Seth Smith’s solo HR off of Araujo was the game winner in the bottom of the 9th.
Game #2:	Valdosta 2-1. Seth Smith again provided toe offense with a 2 run HR. Colby Lewis improved to 2-2 and Kimbrel picked up his 6th save.
Game #3:	Corktown 5-4. Snappers rallied for 3 in the 9th but fell short against Morgan who held on for the CG victory.
Game #4:	Valdosta 5-4 Valdosta rallied late, 2 in the 8th and 2 in the 9th, to sneak past the Cycle. Smith homered again for the Snappers.
Game #5:	Valdosta 6-1. Julio Teheran (4-2) scattered five hits in 7 solid IP.
Game #6:	Valdosta 9-1. An offense explosion for the Snappers as they cruise behind Colin McHugh (2-2).
Series Summary	Snappers continue their torrid pace at home as they win 5 of 6. Valdosta will face 1st place Columbus and Corktown will come home to face Clovis next week.

Manhattan Project @ Motor City Muscle
Series Preview	Manhattan @ Motor City for 7 game series. Both teams are depleted by injuries and fatigue issues.
Game #1:	STO 2 – MAN 1 (12 inn.) WP: Freeman LP: Street HR: MCM–C. Young Motor City’s bullpen blows another save, but Chris Young’s 12th inning HR takes them off the hook. Manhattan suffers injuries to Ramos (5 days) and F. Freeman (7 days)
Game #2:	MCM 6 – MAN 1 WP: Volquez LP: Smyly HR: MCM–C. Young, Crawford, Panik, Ramirez Back to back HRs in the 2nd inning get MCM off to a good start. They never looked back.
Game #3:	MCM 4 – MAN 3 (12 inn.) WP: Hoover LP: Street HR: MAN–Drew Another MCM blown save leads to another 12th inning win. Manhattan’s bullpen also blew a save.
Game #4:	MCM 5 – MAN 2 WP: Locke LP: Duffy SV: Ramos HR: MAN–Hill; MCM–Rupp Rupp’s 3 RBI are the difference as Locke picks up the tired MCM rotation
Game #5:	MCM 3 – MAN 1 WP: de Grom LP: Porcello (CG) SV: Grimm HR: MAN–Hill; MCM–Ramirez Porcello deserved a better fate, but could get no support other than an Aaron Hill solo shot.
Game #6:	MCM 4 – MAN 3 (14 inn.) WP: Rosenthal LP: Jepsen HR: MAN–Drew; MCM–Trout, Rupp Rupp and Trout hit back to back homers in the 8th, ruining Manhattan’s bid to ride Drew’s 3-R HR to a victory. Aybar won the game in the 14th with a walk-off triple/E9. In addition to losing the game, Manhattan lost Matt Holliday for 13 games.
Game #7:	MCM 12 – MAN 1 WP: Godley LP: Smyly HR: MCM–Trout (2) Mike Trout was a one-man wrecking crew, with 2 HRs, 8 RBI, 3 hits and 3 runs scored.
Series Summary	Motor City sweeps the series. Both teams had to deal with weird lineup choices due to injuries and fatigued players. So, of course, three of the games went extra innings. Manhattan suffered three injuries in the series. Trout had 3 HRs and 10 RBI, Rupp had 6 RBI in the series, 5 in the 7th inning or later, and 4 of them tied or won the game for MCM. Street and Smyly both took 2 losses for Manhattan.

Fremont Cannons @ Virginia Sluggers
Series Preview	Fremont 4-16 comes to Virginia 10-11 after losing 7 straight to Dallas. Cannons are looking to rebound.
Game #1:	FRE 13-3 Cannons bust out 18 hits and 13 runs. J.Baez cranks out 3 hits including a monster home run, C,Gomez also rifles out 3 hits and M.Kepler slashes a bases loaded triple. C.Johnson leads the RBI parade with 4 on a double and a dinger. M.Buehrle was the recipient of all this offense to improve his record to 3-1.
Game #2:	FRE 6-5 A 2-run homer by Buxton and a 2-run double by McCann highlight the offense for the Cannons. Markakis with 3 hits and DeJesus with 5 lead a 12 hit VIR attack, BUT they can’t get the runs in. Gallardo picks up the win.
Game #3:	VIR 13-3 Sluggers bust out the hit sticks and double up the Cannon hits 21-10. Rizzo and Walker pounded out 4 hits each and newly acquired G.Springer collected 6 RBI on 3 hits. Y.Flande upped his record to 2-1. For FRE, J.Baez was 3-4 in the lead-off spot with 2 runs scored.
Game #4:	VIR 11-0 8 innings of shut out ball by C.Archer sparked VIR to an easy win. Of course 16 hits will help you score runs and the Sluggers did that too. A.Rizzo had 3 doubles and a homer to go along with 4 RBI. C.Gomez had 2 hits for the Cannon.
Game #5:	VIR 5-4 Detwiler took the loss, Tillman the win. A.Ram gave VIR 3 runs when he connected on his 2nd homer of the year in the 6th inning. But, it took two RBI hits in the 8th to seal the win for VIR. Vargas left the yard for the Cannon.
Game #6:	VIR 6-1 Out hit 12-7, the Sluggers made their hits count as they scored 5 more than FRE. 4 long balls helped as Rizzo and ARam went over the wall and Guyer went deep twice to garner 3 RBI. D.DeJesus had 3 hits for FRE and the young rookie, C.Correa, had 2 hits.
Series Summary	Expecting to lose quite a few games this year, VIR is surprised by its run of wins. Following up a 6-1 series record over CCC, this 4-2 win leaves VIR 10-3 in the last 2 series (look out Hollywood). Fremont gets no rest as they go back home to face the always tough Motor City Muscle. VIR stays at home to host SW Detroit.Anybody else getting a lot of injury/ejections? Seems like abnormal amount.VIR – Schumaker 5 days VIR – Rizzo rest of the day VIR – Santana ejected FRE – Green ejected VIR – Markakis 4 days VIR – Walker 5 days

Coconut Creek Crushers @ Detroit Crime
Game #1:	Det 4 CCC 2
Game #2:	Det 2 CCC 1
Game #3:	Det 5 CCC 3
Game #4:	Det 7 CCC 0
Game #5:	Det 5 CCC 1
Game #6:	CCC 3 Det 1
Game #7:	Det 3 CCC 2
Series Summary	Det takes series over CCC

Tijuana Bottle Rockets @ Hollywood Werewolves
Series Summary	Hollywood takes 5 of 7

Sacramento Capitals @ Grand Haven Gators
Series Preview	NL West matchup on our hands here, as the division leader Sacramento Capitals travel west to take on the Grand Haven Gators. A few familiar faces on the team bus for the Capitals.
Game #1:	Garcia (SAC) vs Loshe (GHG) One of those previously mentioned familiar faces said his ‘hello’ quickly; Danny Valencia got the party started for the Capitals in the first, with a 3-run HR Valencia then adds to the Capital’s lead with a run scoring double in the 5th Top of the 8th, Garcia is lifted after a fine performance, for Corey Dickerson….who then gives the Grand Haven fans a souvenir with a 2-run shot. This game was all Sacramento; Grand Haven manages just 4 hits Game Final: SAC 7 – GHG 0
Game #2:	Nelson (SAC) vs Hale (GHG) 4 runs in the 1st, 4 in the 3rd, chase Hale out of the game quickly. Nelson pitches a gem; a one hit shut out Game Final: SAC 10 – GHG 0
Game #3:	Matz (SAC) vs Chavez (GHG) The Capitals jump out early in the 1st, scoring 2. Sacramento’s DeShields is rung up in the 2nd, asked the Ump how his day was going (or at least what it sounded like he asked anyway); apparently the ump didn’t like the question and tossed him. Chavez goes 8 innings for the Gators, limiting the Caps’ to 3 runs on 11 hits. He is lifted in the 8th for a pinch hitter, CJ Cron – who pokes one out down the left field line for a 2-run pinch hit HR, bringing the Gators down to within 1; also scoring the first runs of the series for Grand Haven. It was not to last though, as Giancarlo Stanton takes Franklin Morales deep in the top of the 9th, with a 2-run HR Game Final: SAC 5 – GHG 2
Game #4:	Scherzer (SAC) vs Morton (GHG) In a rarity (or fluke some may call it) the Gators plate one run in the 1st, taking an early lead. The top of the 3rd, that ole familiar face shows up again; Danny Valencia sails a 3-run shot out into the home stands….not to be outdone in the inning, Gators SS Freddy Galvis says “I can do that too” and sends a solo shot over the RF wall. Scherzer and Morton both go 8 strong innings; another familiar face in closer Will Harris comes in for the Capitals in the 9th to seal the victory. Game Final: SAC 3 – GHG 2
Game #5:	Salazar (SAC) vs Farmer (GHG) Sacramento grabs a run in the top of the 4th to take the lead. Gators plate 2 in the bottom of the 6th to pull ahead. It didn’t take long for the Caps to respond, getting the tying run across, then Corey Dickerson belting a 3-run HR Game Final: SAC 5 – GHG 2
Game #6:	Lynn (SAC) vs House (GHG) Valencia does it again, firing a 2-run shot in the 1st to give the Capitals an early lead. Much the same story, Sacramento’s offense is very good. Grand Haven scatters a couple runs, but this game was all Sacramento from the start. Game Final: SAC 7 – GHG 2
Game #7:	Garcia (SAC) vs Loshe (GHG) A bit back-n-forth in the early innings; until the 6th when the Capitals put up a 3-run inning to take the lead for good. Game Final: SAC 6 – GHG 3
Series Summary	The Capitals come in a take a series sweep from the Gators, taking all 7 games. Grand Haven was outscored 39-11 in the series. Danny Valencia was terrific in his return to Grand Haven, his line: 7-22 (.318), 4 R, 9 RBI, 1 2B, 3 HR Sacramento heads home to take on Triple Creek; Grand Haven goes on the road to New York

Dallas Cougars @ Yonge Street Stalkers
Series Preview	AL East leader DAL visits YSS
Game #1:	Game 1 was all Dallas…Keuchel, that is. He allowed 1 run and K’d 16, going the distance. YSS lost “Hammerin'” Hank Conger for 24 days. DAL 5 – YSS 1
Game #2:	John Lackey managed 8 strong innings. The Cougar defense let him down a bit, but the visitors held on for their 2nd straight win to begin the series. DAL 6 – YSS 4
Game #3:	A see-saw affair that needed bonus time. Travis D’Arnauds 3 run HR ended it for the home team in walk off fashion. YSS 7 – DAL 4 (10)
Game #4:	Patrick Corbin took his turn baffling the home team. Gregory Polanco led the way, going 3-5 with a pair of HRs and 3 RBI. DAL 8 – YSS 4
Game #5:	Gerrit Cole steadied the ship for YSS. Kris Bryant hit his 10th HR. Yang Solarte blasted a pair of HR in the losing effort for DAL. YSS 5 – DAL 3
Game #6:	Keuchel wanted to make sure he got his name out there for Pitcher of the Week consideration. Rasmus, Swihart and Solarte all went yard in the series ending blowout. DAL 11 – YSS 2
Series Summary	Dallas was entirely too strong for the home town Stalkers. Dallas Keuchel tossed 2 complete games, allowed 11H, 3BB, and K’d 28…not too shabby. The Cougars continue on to Mesa next week, while YSS welcomes Chicago.

Columbus Explorers @ Triple Creek Patriots
Series Preview	League Leading Columbus Explorers (22-4) paddle into Triple Creek (8-18) looking for some easy W’s.
Game #1:	Milone (2-0) vs. De La Rosa (1-2) Milone spins 8 innings of no run (7K) ball and Carpenter and Avila each add 2-run long-balls as the Explorers cruise to victory #23. COL 6 TCP 0
Game #2:	Severino (2-0) vs. Buchholz (1-0) Triple Creek players began to call Luis “Mr. Severino” after he dominated them during this 3-hit shutout. COL 4 TCP 0
Game #3:	Happ (4-0) vs. Gonzalez (0-2) Triple Creek plates their first run during inning #26 of the series. Happ would allow only that single run over his 9 frames of work. The CG win improves his record to 5-0. COL 6 TCP 1
Game #4:	Dickey (2-1) vs. Wood (1-1) After a much needed day off the Patriots showed up to play! Trailing 2-0 heading into the bottom of the 6th, the home squad hangs a 3-spot on Dickey, and then holds on for their first W of the series. Jennings picks up save #2 for the Patriots. COL 2 TCP 3
Game #5:	Oberholzer vs. Graveman (0-1) Graveman is rock solid through 6 innings but the wheels came off in the 7th (with the help of a few errors). After the dust settled in the top half of the 7th, Triple Creek would turn a 4-1 lead into a 7-4 deficit. Rodriguez picked up save #6 for the Explorers. COL 8 TCP 4
Game #6:	Milone vs. De La Rosa Both bullpens would empty in this 15 inning affair. Both teams had plenty of chances to score all day as 28 hits were recorded. Carpenter drives in the winning run as Columbus would plate 3 in the top of the 15th. Triple Creek would score 1 and leave runners on base to make it interesting in the bottom half but Hardy would hang on for his 1st save. COL 5 TCP 3
Series Summary	Columbus easily takes 5 of 6 from the Patriots.

Mesa Solar Sox @ Southbend Lynx
Series Preview	Mesa visits Southbend for a 7 games series. Mesa is in 2nd Place in the ALW and Southbend is in the cellar.
Game #1:	SBL get 5 runs early with a 2-run HR by Escobar in the 2nd and a 3-run HR by Canha in the 4th. SBL extend the lead to 7-2 through 6. MESA makes it close with a Dozier 2-run HR in the 8th and a Howard solo-HR in the 9th. But SBL Familia holds on for the save and the SBL first win at home this year. SBL 7, MESA 5
Game #2:	This game is all MESA as they cruise to a 6-1 win behind the strong pitching of I.Kennedy. Kennedy goes 8, giving up only 1 run on 6 hits w? 5 Ks and 0 walks. NESA hitting star is Y.Gomes 2-4 w/ 3rbi and a HR. MESA 8, SBL 1
Game #3:	MESA offense pounds SBL Bolsinger and Brach for 9 runs. The game was 4-4 through 5 before MESA explodes for 6 in the T7. The big hits were a Bourn 2-run 1b and a Dozier 2-run 3b. MESA 10, SBL 4
Game #4:	SBL get a strong outing from N.Martinez as he goes 7 innings giving up only 4 hits w/ 6 Ks. Familia notches his 3rd save of the year. Dozier remains hot for MESA with a 2-run HR in the 6th. SBL get HRs from Forsythe and Joyce to pace their offense. SBL 4, MESA 2
Game #5:	The game is scoreless through 8 innings as MESA Iglesias and SBL Holland are both dominant. MESA Iglesias fans 11 and gives up only 3 hits before giving way to C.Smith for the save. The lone run of the game is a 9th inning solo-HR by Herrera for MESA. MESA 1, SBL 0
Game #6:	MESA puts a whipping on SBL getting 8 runs on 16 hits. MESA doesn’t hit any HRs but has 4 2bs. Paulsun is 4-5 and scroes 3 runs; Frazier is 3-4; Howard and Escobar each have 2 rbi. MESA 8, SBL 3
Game #7:	MESA hitters just keep rolling along as they get 13 hits and score 7 more runs. Kennedy not so good this game but still manages to pick up his 5th win. Jeffress gets a 3 inning save. Howard 3-5 w/rbi; Ciriaco 2-5 w/2 rbi. MESA 7, SBL 4
Series Summary	MESA too much for the SBL and take the series 5-2.

Bethesda Bandicoots @ Tempe Tempers
Series Preview	Bethesda comes to Tempe for a seven game series in a battle between power arms and all-star sluggers. Bethesda is currently on top in the East while Tempe sits in 3rd in the Central with a .500 record. Bethesda has allowed the fewest runs in the NL at 41 while Tempe leads the league in scoring at 106 runs. Though, Tempe was shutout in their last three games and seems to only win double digit blowouts.
Game #1:	Tempe jumped out to an early 2-0 lead in the first on a Davis single, Votto double and a Cargo single. An rbi single by Shaw in the 5th put the Bandicoots on the board, but the Tempers responded with a run of their own on a Bogaert’s double. Tempe added two more in the 6th on doubles by Votto, Cano, and Beltre. Bethesda made it a two run game in the 7th when a Gonzo single scored two. Colabellow launched a solo home run in the 8th to make it a one run game, but Manship pitched a scoreless 9th. Tempe 5-4 Iwakuma, W – Ramierez, L – Manship, S
Game #2:	Cain led off the game with solo homerun to give Bethesda the early lead. Tempe utilized a two out rally and two errors to score four runs in the bottom of the 1st. The Coots chipped away on the lead with a run in the 2nd and another run in the 3rd on a Colabello solo HR. They then went on top 5-4 in the 7th on a Rendon single, Colabello double, and a Shaw bloop single. Tempe tied it in the bottom half with doubles by Longoria and Cargo. A pinch hit solo shot by Melky gave Tempe the lead in the 8th. Goeddel pitched a scoreless 8th and 9th for the win. Tempe 6-5 Goedell, W – Young, L
Game #3:	Bethesda sent Arrieta to the mound to right the ship and Tempe sent Cashner to the mound as the sacrificial offering. Both starters went the distance… However, the outcomes were very different. Cashner surrendered six runs in the first two innings and faced 45 batters over his 9 innings while Arrieta only gave up a solo homerun to Gattis and faced a modest 33 batters. Cain and Gonzo homered for the Bandicoots. Bethesda 7-1 Arrierta, W – Cashner, L
Game #4:	The game was scoreless until Votto took Grey deep in the bottom of the 4th to give Tempe the early lead. Chen also looked great until he booted a simple grounder in the 5th and then followed it up with gopher ball to Cain. The Coots added another run in the inning on a Colabellow double to take a 3-1 lead. Tempe got a couple singles in the 5th, a nice bunt by Molina and then a timely double by Davis with two outs to tie it up at 3-3. A Votto walk and stolen base then setup the go ahead run in the 6th. Manship pitched the final 2.1 innings for the save. Tempe 4-3 Thorton, W – Gray, L – Manship, S
Game #5:	Iwakuma was solid, but he surrendered two runs (1 earned) in the 3rd when Shaw hit a timely single up the middle. Ramirez seemed to struggle every inning, but he induced three double plays and stranded half a dozen runners over 7.1 innings. Chris Young pitched the final 1.2 innings for the save. Bethesda 2-0 Ramirez, W – Iwakuma, L – Young, S
Game #6:	In the 1st, Cain walked, stole second and scored on an Arod single to give Bethesda the early lead. Ross then gave it right back by walking four batters in the bottom of the inning. He somehow managed to get out of the inning with only Votto scoring when Beltre’s long fly was caught at the wall with bases loaded. Votto doubled in the second and scored again when Davis singled. In the 4th, Crush Davis launched his 8th homerun of the year to give Tempe a 5-1 lead. The Coots scored a run in the 7th and with two on, had the tying run at the plate. Manship made an early appearance to record the final out of the inning. Seven Tempe relievers pitched 7 innings of relief to preserve the victory. Tempe 5-2 Casilla, W – Ross, L – Goeddel, S
Game #7:	Game three starters, Arrieta and Casher, were both tired so the Bandicoots called on Nicolino and the Tempers sent Chen on two days rest. Chen gave up a two run homer to Shaw in the 1st and only lasted three innings. Tempe scored a run in the second on a Cano RBI double and tied it in the 5th on a Beltre solo HR. A Shaw RBI single in the 6th put Bethesda back on top 3-2. In the bottom of the 9th, Nicolino went back out in search of the complete game victory. Two quick doubles by Votto and Melky and the score was tied 3-3. The score remained tied until the 12th. Tempe’s final rested reliever ran out of gas in the 11th, but a tired Jay Howell pitched a scoreless 12th. Howell then led off bottom of the inning with a single in his first (and probably only) at bat of the year. Cano moved him to 2nd on a fielders choice. The Coots walked Leon to setup the double play. Longoria now playing for Beltre singled to left to load the bases for Votto with one out. Votto thought he had the walk off walk, but an appeal to 3rd gave Salas a SO. With two outs, Cabrera singled home Howell for the win. Tempe 4-3 12 inn – Howell, W – Salas, L
Series Summary	Last week, Tempe out scored Columbus but lost 5 of 7. This week they were out scored by a potential World Series team and managed to win four 1 run games and take 5 of 7 games. Melky Cabrera was the surprise player of the series going 6 for 11 off the bench with three game winning or tying runs.