2016 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #21

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
SANTANA,Carlos	VIR AL	.571	1.333	6	21	12	1	0	5	7	13	5	5	0	0	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
HERNANDEZ,Felix	CHI AL	2	2	0	0	2.45	14.2	4	4	10	11	5	0	0	0	0	0

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
BRAUN,Ryan	TEM NL	.238	.667	6	21	5	0	0	3	3	8	4	2	0	2	2	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
SANTANA,Ervin	COL NL	2	2	0	0	1.15	15.2	2	2	8	16	4	0	0	0	1	1

Manhattan Project @ Southwest Detroit Fighting Chihuahuas
Series Summary	Manhattan takes the 6 game series 5-1

Triple Creek Patriots @ Pittsburgh Lumber Company
Series Summary	TCP takes the first 4, then PIT takes the final two.

Chicago Mobsters @ Hollywood Werewolves
Series Summary	Chicago pitching stymies the Werewolves & the Mobsters hit homers in the right spots.

Valdosta Snappers @ Bethesda Bandicoots
Series Preview	Third-place Valdosta is hosted by Bethesda
Game #1:	A pitching mismatch of Matt Wisler versus Jake Arrieta turns out with the expected results but via an unexpected path as Arrieta homers in the 2nd inning to help his cause in an easy 8-1 Bethesda win over Valdosta. Arrieta (12-8) stayed in five innings, just long enough to get the win with the bullpen taking the rest of the way. Leonys Martin hit his 4th of the year for Valdosta which was one of only three hits for the Snappers on the day. Carlos Ruiz had two hits and the same number of RBIs for Bethesda with Adrian Gonzalez and Alex Rodriguez getting the day off. The win was a costly one for Bethesda. In the first of several injuries in the series, Travis Shaw was gimped for 11 days after being Wisler-ed.
Game #2:	Valdosta’s tenacious offense would not be denied as they stormed back from an early deficit to even the series with a 6-5 victory. Adrian Gonzalez started things off the right way with a three-run blast off Valdosta starter Colby Lewis to open the game, but then Tyson Ross started a crapfest in the 2nd inning that continued through the 5th and handed the Snappers the game. For Ross, it was a case of lousy pitching and equally lousy bullpen management by yours truly who gave Ross just enough extra leash to hang himself on. It also meant relegation to the bullpen for the Padres’ pitcher after this series. Former Bandicoot Seth Smith had three hits and Leonys Martin three RBIs for the Snappers. Lewis (10-11) allowed five runs – three earned – on six hits with one walk and four strikeouts in six innings. Craig Kimbrel was flawless in the 9th and nailed down his 23rd save. Ross dropped to 7-9 after allowing all the runs to score on 10 hits in just over four innings and saw his ERA rise to over 4.00. Chris Carter (20) and Leonys Martn (5) went deep for Valdosta. Gonzalez (25) and Ethier (12) countered in a losing effort for Bethesda.
Game #3:	Another brilliant managerial decision in which Sonny Gray was pulled for a pinch hitter (Chris Colabello) who popped out in the bottom of the 5th turned a comfortable 4-1 lead into a bullpen asshole ripping wide open 16-6 shit-kicking at the hands of the Snappers. The Snappers mauled mercilessly relievers John Axford, Steve Cishek and Zach Lee for 12 runs in the 6th inning with Lee staying in for some good ol’ fashion ass-whipping for over three innings as he fought to meet his usage requirement. Omar Infante had four hits and scored three times while Miguel Sano (12), Seth Smith (12), and Aaron Altherr (7) clubbed four-baggers for Valdosta – Smith actually only finished a double shy of hitting for the cycle. AJ Pierzynski was a perfect 3/3 and Alex Rodriguez 2/2 for Bethesda. Adrian Gonzalez (26) and Jimmy Paredes (6) homered for Bethesda. The loss was handed to Cishek (2-3) for his yeoman-like 2/3 of an inning of futility in which he gave up six runs on five hits and a walk. Disgusting or what? Robbie Ross was in the right place at the right time to earn the win and even his record at 1-1.
Game #4:	Alex Rodriguez smacked a three-run blast into the ionosphere in the 8th off Fernando Rodriguez to complete a come-from-behind 5-2 win for Bethesda. It was A-Rod’s 26th of the year. Adonis Garcia (11) homered for Valdosta. Collin McHugh tossed a fine seven innings of three-hit ball for Valdosta, but wound up losing the win thanks to the Rodriguez’s efforts. Doug Fister turned a surprisingly strong seven-plus innings of work and allowed just two runs. Brian Matusz (1-4) took a page from Robbie Ross’s book in the previous game and got the win after getting one out in the 8th. Rich Hill picked up his 16th save in what would have to be called a successful experiment in moving him from the rotation to the closer role in Bethesda.
Game #5:	More bullpen mismanagement with Steve Cishek at the centre again with Valdosta stomping back from a 5-1 shortage to win it 7-6. Miguel Sano had three hits including his 13th homer to lead the way for Valdosta. Chris Young became the 2nd starter this series victimized by my misplaced confidence, leaving with a comfortable 5-1 lead only to have it turn to shit largely due to the ineptitude of Steve Cishek. Cishek didn’t get the loss though – that honor went to Brian Matusz (1-5) whose return from an extended stay in the minors included allowing two runs on three hits and a walk while getting only one out. Julio Teheran (15-7) was lousy – five runs on 8 hits and three walks in just five innings – but he was good enough to get the win with Craig Kimbrel once again saving the day with his 24th. AJ Pierzynski continued to hit for Bethesda going 3/6 with 3 RBIs including his 7th homer. Andre Ethier hit his 2nd of the series and 13th of the year for Bethesda as well. David Peralta went down to a minor one-game injury after being plunked by Fernando Rodriguez.
Game #6:	The rematch of the series opening pitching mismatch almost defied the odds makers after Valdosta opened things up scoring twice in the 1st inning off Jake Arrieta, but a three-run 3rd inning against Matt Wisler saved the Bethesda hides and they hung on to win 4-2. Matt (the C-sucker) Wisler continued his massacre of Bethesda hitters, beaning both Lorenzo Cain and Anthony Rendon and knocking them out for 5 and 23 days respectively. Valdosta only managed three hits on the day against Arrieta (13-8) and closer Rich Hill (save #17). Matt den Dekker, AJ Pierzynski and Chris (Cheater) Colabello each had two hits for the Bandicoots.
Series Summary	Bethesda and Valdosta split a hard fought series with the Snappers easily coming out ahead on the bloodshed front having sent four Bandicoots to the infirmary.

Selkirk Steelers @ Jersey Nor’easters
Series Summary	The dog days of summer saw two sub 500 teams battle to a 3-3 draw.

Dallas Cougars @ Motor City Muscle
Series Preview	Dallas @ Motor City for 6 big games Top two teams in the AL East.
Game #1:	DAL 5 – MCM 0 WP: Lackey (CG) LP: Verlander HR: DAL–Solarte, Harrison Dallas HRs supplied the offense as Lackey scattered three hits. Burns goes on the DL for 10 days just when MCM needs him most.
Game #2:	DAL 3 – MCM 0 WP: Corbin (CG) LP: Leake HR: none Another dominant pitching performance for Dallas, as Corbin scatters four hits while going the distance.
Game #3:	DAL 5 – MCM 3 WP: Warren LP: de Grom SV: Lowe HR: DAL–Polanco, Rasmus, Abreu Dallas uses the longball to down Motor City. Warren out pitches deGrom because, sure, why not? Motor City finally scores, with Crawford driving in two.
Game #4:	MCM 5 – DAL 2 WP: ZImmermann LP: C. Anderson SV: Ramos HR: MCM–Crawford, Aybar Motor City comes through with three late runs to snag a win.
Game #5:	DAL 5 – MCM 3 WP: Keuchel LP: Volquez SV: Lowe HR: DAL–Solarte; MCM–Moss Motor City scored first but Dallas came right back to take the lead and never gave it up.
Game #6:	DAL 4 – MCM 3 WP: Alvarez LP: Rosenthal SV: Lowe HR: DAL–Solarte, Francoeur; MCM–Panik No scoring before the 6th inning, then all hell broke loose. MCM jumped to a 2-0 lead, but DAL tied it with single runs in the 7th and 8th. Panik homered to give MCM the lead in the 8th but Grimm could not hold it, giving up a Francoeur solo shot to tie it. That man Solarte got the game-winning RBI in the 10th off Rosenthal.
Series Summary	DAL wins the series 5 games to 1, most likely ending MCM’s hopes for a division title. Solarte hit .360, with 3 runs, 3 HRs, and 7 RBI in the series. Dallas had 8 HRs total in the series. Lackey and Corbin both had CG shutouts for Dallas Mark Lowe saved 3 games for Dallas

Clovis Wheat Kings @ Columbus Explorers
Series Preview	The Clovis Wheat Kings check into Columbus on a hot and humid weekend for a six game series. The Wheat Kings are trying to wrap up a wild-card spot while the Explorers continue on cloud nine but are facing the ever charging team from Az – that team not to be mentioned, but in the words of the Sacramento franchise, that AZ team is from the Dark Side. Columbus hopes for help this week as that team not to be mentioned is visiting Sacramento. NOTE: although those Capitals have offered some help, those same Capitals have become the ragging team in the NL as of late.
Game #1:	Very tight game as the Explorers take a 1-0 lead into the 8th thanks to a 5th inning solo HR (6) from Tyler FLowers. Jungman and Santana in a marvelous duel. But in the bottom of the 8th, with Watson in in relief, the bottom falls out for Clovis as Choo clubs a 3 run HR (17) and the Explorers go on to a 5-1 win. CWK 1-7-0 LP Jungmann (7-5) COL 5-6-0 WP Santana (7-5) Wheat King run scored on solo HR (8) by Phillips in 9th (off newly acquired David Robertson)
Game #2:	Cruz gets a 1st inning walk and then scores on a 2 out single by Belt to make it 1-0 Wheat Kings. But that was the end of the road for Clovis as Columbus scores 4 in the 2nd, 3 in the 3rd and 2 more in the 7th to destroy Samardzija and company. Enrique Hernandez has big day going 2 for 3 (and HBP), with a HR (6) and 4 rbis. Milone tosses 3 hitter over 6 innings. CWK 1-5-1 LP Samardzija (10-5) COL 9-9-0 WP Milone (8-4)
Game #3:	Harvey vs. Happ and it’s a great duel. Columbus gets one in the 4th and another in the 6th – Gordon gets 2 hits, a double and HR (6) and scores both runs as Columbus wins 2-0. Tough news was Belt getting belted by pitch in 1st and will miss 5 days. CWK 0-6-0 LP Harvey (12-8) COL 2-4-0 WP Happ (16-3) S Rodriguez (21)
Game #4:	Richards vs. Dickey and R.Davis greets Dickey with a lead-off HR (4). In the 4th the Wheat Kings make it 2-0 when they take advantage of a Blackmon error. But the Explorers get those 2 right back in the bottom half and then plate the winner in the 7th. O’Day pitches the final 2 for the save. CWK 2-3-1 LP Richards (10-11) COL 3-5-1 WP Dickey (10-10) S O’Day (21 – 16th for COL)
Game #5:	Liriano vs. Rusin (league surprise pitcher just trying to get his time in). Crawford takes Rusin deep in the 4th (22) for a 1-0 lead. That was Rusin’s only hiccup as he goes 6 giving up 5 hits and 1 run. In the 6th the Explorers score 3, add another in the 7th and 4 relievers keep the score at 4-1. CWK 1-7-2 LP Liriano (12-5) COL 4-5-2 WP Rusin (8-1) S Rodriguez (22)
Game #6:	In the final, it’s Jungmann vs. Santana again. Columbus gets 4 in the 2nd starting with a Carpenter HR (29) and Jungmann having some control issues. Santana on the other hand was near perfect through 8 but in the 9th gave up a walk and 2 run HR (23) to Crawford and needed some help from O’Day and he got it. CWK 2-3-0 LP Jungmann (7-6) COL 4-8-3 WP Santana (8-5) S O’Day (22)
Series Summary	Columbus manages another sweep – timely hitting and running has been the big key and a lot of bullpen help. Wheat Kings outhit the Explores in half the games – but there really wasn’t alot of hitting during the series. Columbus travels to Valdosta next week and Clovis hosts Corktown.

Fremont Cannons @ Detroit Crime
Series Summary	Detroit takes series 4-2 over Fremont.

Grand Haven Gators @ Long Beach Dirt Bags
Series Summary	Long Beach takes 5 of 6 from Grand Haven

Tempe Tempers @ Sacramento Capitals
Series Summary	Long-time rivals Sacramento and Tempe split the low-scoring series.

Virginia Sluggers @ Yonge Street Stalkers
Series Preview	The Sluggers visit the Stalkers.
Game #1:	An exciting opener. C. Santana homered twice and plated 5 for the visitors, while 8 of the home teams 10 hits went for extra bases. YSS 9 – VIR 8
Game #2:	Walker HR’d and drove in 3 to pace the visitors. Mat Latos was LIT UP for YSS. VIR 10 – YSS 5
Game #3:	The Carlos Santana show. He had 2 HR and a 2B, to account for 3 of VIRs 4 hits, and all 4 of the RBI. VIR 4 – YSS 1
Game #4:	Cahill didn’t make it out of the first inning, but the VIR pen followed with 8.1 innings of 2H, 2BB, scoreless relief. (VIR OF DeJesus lost for 10 days). VIR 6 – YSS 4
Game #5:	Homers by Rizzo and P.O.W. nominee C. Santana were more than enough to back Archer.
Game #6:	Cole came up big to stop the 4 game slide and won the finale. YSS 4 – VIR 1
Series Summary	The home team won the bookends, the Sluggers took the 4 in the middle. VIR returns home to host SWD while YSS heads to CHI.

Coconut Creek Crushers @ Southbend Lynx
Series Preview	The two bottom feeders in the AL West face off in Southbend.
Game #1:	SBL open series on a high note as Bolsinger tosses a CG 5-hit shutout. SBL gets 3 rbi from Trumbo and Homeruns from Gomes and Corporan for their offense. SBL 5, CCC 0
Game #2:	Heck of a game. After the SBL take a 4-3 lead in the B6 on a Trumbo 2-run HR and Escobar solo-HR, CCC explodes for 5 in the T7. The big hits were a Duvall 3-run HR and Myers 2-run HR. SBL would get two in the B9 before Rondon comes on and shuts things down for CCC. CCC 8, SBL 6
Game #3:	Reversal of the last game as only 1 run is scored in the game. The run is scored on a V.Martinez DP groundout in the 1st. Heaney goes 7.1 giving up only 3 hits, fanning 6, but gives way to Rondon in the 8th. Rondon closes the game out for his 21st save. CCC 1, SBL 0
Game #4:	CCC Mercer hits a Grand Slam in the 1st for an early 4-0 CCC lead. SBL Trumbo answers with 2-run HR in B1. SBL get another run in the B2 on an Altuve rbi-1b. CCC Betts rbi-1b in the T4 makes it 5-3. SBL Trumbo rbi-2b in the B7 makes it 5-4 CCC. In the B8 Jaso would make the home town fans happy with a 2-run HR and a 6-5 SBL lead. Osuna gets the win and Familia picks up his 15th save. SBL 6, CCC 5
Game #5:	This game is all CCC as Shoemaker is dominant on the mound going 8 strong only giving up an unearned run for his 5th win. CCC plates 9 runs on 9 hits with the big stars being V.Martinez 4-5 w/4 rbi,a 2b & 2 HRs and Myers with a Grand Slam HR. Trumbo hits his 20th HR for the SBL. CCC 9, SBL 2
Game #6:	SBL needs a win for a series split, but it was not to be as CCC gets a 2-rbi bases loaded 1b from Lollis in the 5th and strong pitching from Garza to take the win. Garza goes 8 giving up 5 hits and a lone run on a solo-HR to Lowrie in the B8. Rondon comes on for his 22nd save. CCC 2, SBL 1
Series Summary	A pretty entertaining series all round as CCC takes the series 4-2. The SBL continue to have trouble at home.

Tijuana Bottle Rockets @ Mesa Solar Sox
Series Preview	Mesa looking to improve against a powerful Tijuana nine.
Game #1:	The Bottle Rockets’ Tanner Roarke beat the Solar Sox 4-2. Justin Upton homers. Corey Kluber hurls 3 innings of shutout ball for the save.
Game #2:	Mesas’ Eddie Rosario goes 4-5 with 5 rbi, a double and a homer. Brian Dozier homers for the second game in a row. Mesa evens up the series 10-6
Game #3:	Rickey Nolasco holds Tijuana to 4 hits and goes the distance in a 1-0 whitewash. Nolasco strikes out 10 and walks only 2 in the shutout.
Game #4:	Second straight shutout, this time Eddie Butler Ks 11 in his 4 hitter. Mesa, again, 1-0.
Game #5:	Tijuana breaks their 26 inning scoreless streak when Mauer singles home Puig in the sixth. However, that man Dozier hits a two run homer in the bottom of the frame and the Solar Sox have their third consecutive one run win, 2-1.
Game #6:	Jose Bautista hits two, two run homers for the Bottle Rockets and they hold a 6-3 lead in the bottom of the 7th when Steven Pearce blasts a grand slam to give Mesa the 7-6 win.
Series Summary	Mesa wins 4 straight one run games and take the series 5-1.

Corktown Cycle @ New York Outlaws
Series Summary	Corktown takes this series 4 games to 2. INJURY ALERT: Corktown: C Perez 11 days