2016 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #18

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NAME TEAM AVG SLG G AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI K W IW SB CS HBP
TRAVIS,Devon CHI  AL .500 1.357 3 14 7 3 0 3 4 9 4 1 0 0 0 0
NAME CLUB G W L S ERA IP R ER H K BB IBB WP BK HB HR
MARTINEZ,Carlos Matias CHI  AL 2 2 0 0 2.19 12.1 3 3 11 10 4 0 0 0 0 0
NAME TEAM AVG SLG G AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI K W IW SB CS HBP
CESPEDES,Yoenis TEM  NL .550 1.000 6 20 11 0 0 3 7 11 4 4 3 3 0 0
NAME CLUB G W L S ERA IP R ER H K BB IBB WP BK HB HR
CUETO,Johnny TEM  NL 2 2 0 0 1.23 14.2 2 2 9 10 4 0 0 0 1 0

Chicago  Mobsters @ Virginia  Sluggers
Series Preview
Chicago heads into Virginia (Paul asked me to play this weeks games) for a 6 game Series with the Sluggers.
Game #1:
Carlos Martinez (12-3 2.65) gets the win. Dustin Pedroia has 3 hits & 3 RBI’s. Billy Hamilton steals 2 bags. Mark Teixeria goes down with a 10 game injury for the Mobsters.
Final Score: Chicago 10 – Virginia 2
Game #2:
Noah Snydergaard (9-5 3.87) Strikes Out 9 in 7 Innings. Andrew McCutchen is 3 for 5 with 2 RBI’s. Billy Hamilton steals 4 more bags.
Final Score: Chicago 4 – Virginia 0
Game #3:
Chris Sale (12-5 3.34) goes 5.1 Innings for the Win. Devon Travis is 3 for 6 with 2 Home Runs, a Double 7 RBI’s.
Final Score: Chicago 11 – Virginia 5
Game #4:
C.C. Sabathia (3-5 5.68) goes 8 solid in picking up Career Win #229 (9 Behind Andy Pettittie the MWBL all time Wins Leader). Billy Hamilton steals 4 more bags (Caught once). Dustin Pedroia has 4 RBI’s, as does Curt Casali who has 2 Home Runs to go with his own 4 RBI’s.
Final Score: Chicago 12 – Virginia 5
Game #5:
Felix Hernandez improves to (17-4 2.11) Aroldis Chapman pick up Save #32. Billy Hamilton swipes 3 (Caught once) as he goes 3 for 5 with an RBI.
Final Score: Chicago 5- Virginia 2
Game #6:
Carlos Martinez (13-3 2.59) gets the win. Aroldis Chapman Save #33. Devon Travis is 3 for 4.
Final Score: Chicago 4- Virginia 1
Series Summary
Chicago comes in & takes the series in a sweep. However Detroit is proving to be just too good for Chicago to make up any ground, let alone catch them.

 

Sacramento  Capitals @ Corktown  Cycle
Series Preview
Corktown is one of the leagues hottest teams and look to do some damage vs. the NL west leading Capitols.
Game #1:
Sac 5-3
Game #2:
Sac 5-2
Game #3:
Sac 9-1
Game #4:
Sac 4-3 (14 Innings)
Game #5:
Sac 3-1
Game #6:
Sac 4-2
Series Summary
A 6-0 sweep –  Lance Lynn beat his former team twice in the series including taking a no hitter into the 6th in game 6.

 

Detroit  Crime @ Motor City  Muscle
Series Preview
Detroit buses across town to Motor City Field for a 6 game series.
Game #1:

DET 3 – MCM 0

WP: Burnett
LP: de Grom
SV: Villanueva

HR: DET–Harper (2)

Harper’s two HRs supply all the offense Burnett would need, as he and closer Villanueva shut out the Muscle.

Game #2:

DET 5 – MCM 4

WP: Carrasco
LP: Locke
SV: Britton

HR: DET–Fielder

Detroit jumped out to a 3-0 first inning lead and held on by adding two in the 6th inning. Harper knocked in the Crime’s first run, giving him four RBI before the Muscle had scored their first run on the series.

Game #3:

MCM 5 – DET 4

WP: Verlander
LP: Kazmir
SV: Ramos

HR: DET–Maybin, Machado, Harper, Fielder;
MCM–Castellanos, Ahmed

Detroit led off the game with three solo HRs in a row, but Motor City fought back, tying the game on Castellanos’s solo HR in the 5th, and taking the lead for good on Ahmed’s two-run HR in the 6th inning. Fielder added another solo shot for Detroit to make it interesting.

Game #4:

DET 10 – MCM 3

WP: Bumgarner
LP: Leake

HR: DET–Machado, Grandal; MCM–Perez

Detroit broke it open with a six-run 5th inning. Grandal has four RBI.

Game #5:

DET 7 – MCM 4

WP: Strasburg
LP: Volquez
SV: A. Wilson

HR: DET–Harper (2)

Harper hit two more solo HRs, and the relentless Crime offense brutalized another Muscle starter.

Game #6:

DET 8 – MCM 4

WP: Burnett
LP: Gray

HR: DET–Morales, Harper, A. Jones; MCM–Ruf, Perez

Detroit jumped out to an 7-0 lead on early 3-R HRs by Morales, Jones, and a solo shot by, yes, Harper.

Series Summary
DET takes the series 5 games to 1
Harper hit 6 HRs (5 solo shots) and had 9 RBI.
Morales had 6 RBI.
Machado had 2 HRs and 5 RBI; Grandal also had 5 RBI.
Detroit hit a total of 14 HRs.
Motor City is just glad it wasn’t a 7-game series

 

Southwest Detroit  Fighting Chihuahuas @ Mesa  Solar Sox
Series Preview
Not a lot of pitching here. Should be an offensive series.
Game #1:
Mesa ekes out a 9-8 win on an unearned run in the 8th inning. Bethancourt drops a sure out to let Kevin Keirmaeier score. Odubel Herrera drives in 4 for Mesa. Each team gathers 14 hits.
Game #2:
More hits (Mesa 16, SW Detroit 12). Alicedes Escobar goes 4-4 with a homer in a Mesa 7-4 win. Steven Pierce and Brian Dozier also go yard.
Game #3:
Escobar is the hero again, this time hitting a walk off 10th inning two run homer off Andrew Bailey. Eddie Rosario goes 4-5 with 4 runs scored, two doubles and a triple.
Game #4:
The Fighting Chihuahuas bang out 17 hits and win 9-3. Jordan Schaefer goes 4-5. Jordan Zimmerman wins his 6th.
Game #5:
Trevor Bauer evens his record at 10-10 with a complete game 6 hitter. Mesa wins 3-1 behind Bauer and homers from Herrera and Yan Gomes.
Game #6:
Ricky Nolasco goes one better, hurling a five hitter and only allowing an unearned run. Rosario, Pierce, Van Slyke, and Gomes go deep for the Solar Sox, who hit 14 in the series.
Series Summary
Odubel Herrera went 11-22 with 3 homers and 9 RBI in the series, fueling the Solar Sox to 5 wins in 6 games.

 

Long Beach  Dirt Bags @ Columbus  Explorers
Series Preview
Long Beach (55-53, 3rd NL West) travels to Columbus (84-24, 1st NL Central) for a 6 game series. The Dirt Bags are seeing their hopes for post season dwindling and the Explorers don’t know what’s going on, but don’t want to see it change.
Game #1:
Runners on 2nd and 3rd and no outs, Columbus scores when Desmond grounds out for 1-0 lead. Severino and Jimenez are locked in a good match when Flowers hits his 4th homer of the year in the 5th to make it 2-0 Explores. Dirt Bags get one back in the 6th on a Solano rbi single. But in the 7th, O’Day, Chafin and Rodriguez take over to keep the Dirt Bags at 1.
LBT 1-6-0 LP Jimenez (5-11)
COL 2-6-0 WP Severino (7-0) S Rodriguez (19)
Game #2: Lester and Milone start this one but neither finish, but both pitch well and get no decision. Lester goes 7.2, 8 hits, 3 runs. Milone 7 ip, 7 hits, 3 runs (1 earned). Donaldson doubles in 2 in a 3 run Long Beach 3rd. Columbus gets 2 back and then tie it in the 6th. Game stays that way until the 11th when Napoli takes a Chafin pitch deep out of the yard (7) to go up 4-3. But in the bottom half with two outs Enrique Hernandez hits a PH homer (4) to retie the game at 4-4. Then with 1 out in the bottom of the 11th, the magic continues as Choo hits a walk-off homer (16) of Belisle!
LBT 4- 9-0 LP Belisle (2-3)
COL 5-13-2 WP Chafin (7-2)
Game #3:
Fiers and Happ – and J.A. goes 7 innings, 5 hits, 1 run, 9ks and gets 2 shutout innings from Pinder (1 ip) and Rodriguez. A 2 run Explorer first was enough, but they got one more for insurance in a tight 3-1 game. Fiers got the lone Dirt Bag rbi on a SF.
LBT 1-7-2 LP Fiers (11-6)
COL 3-6-1 WP Happ (14-3) S Rodriguez (20)
Game #4: Dan Haren vs. Lance McCullers. McCullers has a sub 2.00 era – way below, Haren a lot higher. By the 4th it was 8-1 Long Beach. The onslaught included 2 J.Martinez homers (26, 27) and 6 rbis (1 was the grand salami). McCullers lasted 3.1 innings, 9 hits, 2 walks and 8 runs. Gordon didn’t start and Revere and Cuddyer took bench rest at this point down 8-1.BUT – did the reserves have some fun – YES! Romine comes in and goes 2 for 2 rbi, 2 runs. Holt playing for Gordon gets 2 hits, 3 rbis. Nunez in for Cuddyer goes 3 for 3 with 3 rbis and a run. Desmond hits a 2 run homer (7). Columbus plates 4 in the 5th to cut it to 8-6 and then 7 in the 6th to go up 12-8. Pinder, Hardy (WP) Chafin, Gilmartin and O’Day keep the Dirt Bags in check and the Explorer magic continues.
LBT 8-13-0 LP Lyons (2-3) BS Lyons (2)
COL 12-17-0 WP Hardy (2-1) S O’Day (18)
Game #5:
Ventura vs. Dickey – Dickey comes through with probably his best game of the season tossing a 6 hit CG shutout. Tyler Flowers gets 2 hits, his 1st one in the 3rd was later followed by a Gordon HR (3) for a 2-0 lead – and that was all there was. Ventura only had one mar on the day going 6 innings, 5 hits and 7ks.
LBT 0-6-1 LP Ventura (5-8)
COL 2-7-1 WP Dickey (8-9)
Game #6:

Ubaldo Jimenez and Luis Severino square off again and this time Jimenez has the better day. Barely. Top 6 Span singles and Pillar doubles him home. In the 7th still up 1-0 with 1 out Jimenez walks Avila. Romine goes in for him and Hernandez PHs for Severino. He then singles Romine to 3rd. Jimenez stays in to face Gordon and pops him up. Revere then walks to load the bases. Lyons is called in to face Blackmon and strikes him out (0 for 5 day). Lyons is lifted for a PH, so Hughes comes in to pitch the 8th gives up a 1 out walk to Choo. Zimmerman singles Choo goes to 3rd. Holt then doubles home Choo but Zimmerman stops at 3rd. With the infield in,  Flowers pops out and then Hughes gets E.Hernandez to ground out but the game is tied 1-1.

The 9th the ball is turned over to Melancon. This is where you really start to wonder what’s going on. Gordon beats out an infield single. Nunez singles, Gordon scampers to 3rd – no outs. Blackmon grounds out with the infield in, Nunez to 2nd. Carpenter up, infield in, the whiff. 2 outs. Choo up – IW to get forces everywhere and face the lighter hitting Zimmerman. Melancon the pitch, it gets past Rivera and Gordon trots home with game winner on a walk-off Passed Ball!
LBT 1-3-0 LP Melancon (1-4) BS Hughes (5)
COL 2-8-0 WP Rodriguez (5-0)

Series Summary
Through smoke, mirrors and magic, the Explorers manage the 6 game sweep. They will need all that and then some next week as they travel to Sacramento to play the RED HOT Capitals. Long Beach stays on the road going to Bethesda (another 1st place team).

 

Selkirk  Steelers @ Pittsburgh  Lumber Company
Series Summary
Series Split.

 

Coconut Creek  Crushers @ Yonge Street  Stalkers
Series Preview
The Crushers visit the Stalkers.
Game #1:
J. Weiland worked around 6 walks, but was otherwise awesome. He allowed just 2 hits in the CGSO. Middlebrooks paced the offense with 2 doubles and a HR.CCC 5 – YSS 0
Game #2:
This time it was a balanced approach. The visitors played small ball behind J. Hahn. H. Rondon picked up save number 19 and padded his impressive stats. CCC 5 – YSS 2
Game #3:
The home team makes its first appearance of the series 🙂 Homers from Bryant, Bird and D’Arnaud are more than enough for Taijuan Walker. YSS 6 – CCC 2
Game #4:
Estrada and Papelbon combined to shut out the Crushers. YSS 3 – CCC 0
Game #5:
D. Muno had the lone hit for CCC (he was caught stealing). Shelby Miller was very, very good. He allowed just 1 hit and 1 walk. YSS 1 – CCC 0
Game #6:
Mat Latos combined with 3 RP to shutout the Crushers in the finale. YSS 7 – CCC 0
Series Summary
CCC came out quickly, taking the first 2 games. YSS righted itself and took the final 4. CCC heads to HOL, while YSS stays home to host
MSS

 

Hollywood  Werewolves @ Manhattan  Project
Series Preview Manhattan, mediocre team with important injuries meets the Hollywood Big Dog.
Game #1: Manhattan 7-4
WP Allen
SV Sipp
LP Dyson
Extra innings
Injury: Duffy 10 days
Game #2: Hollywood 3-0
WP Kershaw CG+ Finished 9th inning
LP Medlen
Game #3: Hollywood 5-4
WP Price
LP Sipp
Hollywood scores 3 runs top of the 9th to win
Game #4: Hollywood 4-2
WP Hamel
Sv Storen
LP Tanaka
Game #5: Hollywood 3-1
WP Ryan
SV Soria
LP Tanaka
Game #6: Hollywood 14-1
WP Dyson
LP Meden
Series Summary Hollywood takes 5 out of 6.

 

Bethesda  Bandicoots @ New York  Outlaws
Series Preview
NL East Division Leader (BET) vs NL East 3rd Place Team (NYO). Outlaws missing a few key players due to injuries.
Game #1:
BET 8 NYO 3
Adrian Gonzalez 3/4 3r 4 rbi behind THREE Home runs.
BET slaps around Outlaws.
Game #2:
NYO 3 BET 2
T Ross: 7ip 4 h 1 r
Hamels 9ip 4h 2r
Parra 3/5 with WALK OFF HR in bottom 10th
Game #3:
NYO 12 BET 6
Fister rocked for 6 runs in 2.2 innings.
Pagan 4/5; Uribe 2/5 3 RBI
Vogt 3/5 FIVE RBI
Injury: Utley (10 days) his 4th injury this season !
Game #4:
NYO 2 BET 0
Wright shuts out Bandicoots!!
Uribe 2/3
Wright CG, 2h, 0r
Game #5:
NYO 6 BET 3
B Miller 2/4 TWO Home Runs
Arrieta rocked for 6 runs in 5 innings (somehow he is only 10-7 !)
Vogt 2/3
Game #6:
BET 8 NYO 6
Ethier 4/4

INJURY: B McCann (5 days)

Series Summary: Somehow the Outlaws found a way to win this series. But in the process lost yet TWO more players to injury.

 

Valdosta  Snappers @ Clovis  Wheat Kings
Series Preview
Valdosta visited Clovis to take on the Wheat Kings in a series managed by Valdosta.
Game #1:
Valdosta 3-0. Phil Hughes (6-11) with 8 innings of shutout ball. Kimbrel saves his 17th.
Game #2:
Clovis 3-2. Gio Gonzalez allowed just 2 hits through 7 IP and Ziegler picked up his 30th save.
Game #3:
Clovis 5-4. Ziegler gets the win in relief and Nelson Cruz smacked his 33rd HR of the season.
Game #4:
Clovis 2-1 (11 Innings). Wheat Kings slip past the Snappers but lose Liriano to a sore arm (7 Days).
Game #5:
Clovis 2-0. Matt Harvey (11-6) had a no hitter until a 2 out 9th inning pinch hit 2B by Aaron Altherr to break it up.
Game #6:
Valdosta 11-8 (12 Innings). Snappers blew a big lead late but Seth Smith mashed a 3 run HR off of Romo and Ross held on for his 1st save of the year.
Series Summary
Clovis wins 4 of 6.

 

Jersey Nor’easters @ Tempe  Tempers
Series Preview
Jersey picked the wrong to time to visit Tempe. 120 degree heat and a sizzling hot Tempe squad.
Series Summary
The heat seemed to get to Jersey as Tempe pulled off multiple come from behind victories. Tempe extended their winning streak to an incredible 20 games…Unfortunately, they’ve only picked up two games on a Columbus during the 20 game streak and time is running out. Cueto was impressive in his Tempe debut going 2-0 14.2 INN 2 ER.

 

Grand Haven  Gators @ Triple Creek  Patriots
Series Preview
NL West battle of the cellar dwellers.
Game #1:
Buck Farmer deals for the Gators today going 8 innings of 1 run ball. Visitors take it by a score of 2- 1.
Game #2:
House is hammered for 9 hits and 8 runs and the route was on for Triple Creek. Patriots even things up with a 10 – 4 win with Brantley leading the way banging out 4 RBI.
Game #3:
Hale tosses 8 innings of shut out ball for his 4th win. Cron goes 3-4 as the Gators cruise 5 – 0.
Game #4:
Triple Creek trades in their bats for batons as they get 1-hit by Chavez and Quackenbush. Gators bang out 10 hits but can only muster 1 run but that’s all they need.
Game #5:
Hit parade day as the teams combine for 25 safeties and the home squad comes out on top 8-5.
Game #6:
Gators win the finale 4-2 behind another good SP performance, this time Morton.
Series Summary
Grand Haven takes 4 of 6 as Triple Creek continues to swoon as injuries and tired players mount. Gators starting pitching was slinging a lot of peas.

 

Dallas  Cougars @ Southbend  Lynx
Series Preview
Dallas visits the lowly Southbend Lynx
Game #1:
DAL ties it off SBL Familia in the T9 on a Solarte rbi-2b then plate 4 in the T10 to take the win. Trumbo was SBL offense with a 3-run HR in the 6th.
DAL 7, SBL 3
Game #2:
DAL up 3-1 in the B9 and Canha puts a scare into them with a solo-HR to make it 3-2, but Lowe then K’s the next 3 SBL hitters for the save. DAL Pollock has the big 2-rbi 1b in the T5 to put DAL ahead. DAL Abreu rbi-2b in T7 accounts for other DAL run.
DAL 3, SBL 2
Game #3:
This game is all DAL Keuchel as he tosses a Shutout fanning 15 SBL hitters. SBL errors help DAL plate their runs.
DAL 4, SBL 0
Game #4:
The game was all tied 5-5 until the T7 when DAL put upa 7 spot on the SBL. The big hits were a 2-run 1b by Harrison, an Abreu 2-run 2b, and a Rasmus 2-run HR.
DAL 12, SBL 5
Game #5:
DAL gets 3 in the T2 on a Solarte solo-HR, a Blanco rbi-1b, and a bases loaded WP. SBL would eventually tie it on a Corporan 2-run HR in the 5th (his 2nd of the game). But DAL was not to be denied as they plated 4 in the T7 on a Rasmus rbi-1b, Solarte rbi-1b, and Polanco 2-run 2b.
DAL 7, SBL 3
Game #6:
Not much to say about this one except that DAL crushed the Lynx. Pollock has a 2 HR game. DAL bangs out 20 hits and scores 18 runs.
DAL 18, SBL 2
Series Summary
DAL sweeps the hapless Lynx.

 

Fremont  Cannons @ Tijuana  Bottle Rockets
Series Summary
Fremont takes 4 of 6 from the home team

 

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