2017 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #5
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| ORTIZ,David | HOL AL | .429 | .893 | 6 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| TANAKA,Masahiro | MAN AL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| ARENADO,Nolan | WCB NL | .296 | .778 | 7 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| LACKEY,John | BET NL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.56 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Coconut Creek Crushers @ Southwest Detroit Fighting Chihuahuas |
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| Series Preview: | Southwest Detroit and Coconut Creek split the six game series at SWD. Some great games. |
Chicago Mobsters @ Tijuana Bottle Rockets |
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| Series Preview: | Two American League Central Division Rivals go at it got a Seven game Series in Chicago. |
| Game #1: | Chicago gets 4 early runs in the 1st inning thanks to a Andrew McCutchen 3 Run Home Run off Anibal Sanchez. Aaron Sanchez pitching for the Mobsters goes 6 Innings allowing 3 Runs, (1 Earned).
Final Score: Chicago 4 – Tijuana 3 W – Aaron Sanchez 3-1 (2.84) |
| Game #2: | Hanley Ramirez & Justin Turner have 2 RBI’s each as Felix Hernandez goes 6.2 Innings allowing only 3 Hits & 2 Walks, while Striking Out 8.
Final Score: Chicago 5 – Tijuana 1 W – Felix Hernandez 4-0 (2.28) |
| Game #3: | Seth Lugo was a little wild as he Walked 5 Mobsters along the way, but Lugo allowed only 1 Hit, while Striking Out 9, pitching 7.2 Innings. Mobsters bats were completely quiet in this one.
Final Score: Tijuana 3 – Chicago 0 W – Seth Lugo 2-2 (2.86) |
| Game #4: | Tijuana got 5 runs in the 1st Inning and never looked back. Josmil Pinto was 2 for 4 with 4 RBI’s. Edwin Encarnacion chipped in with 2 Hits including a home Run. Jimmy Nelson was spectacular over 7 Innings. Chicago’s bats were kept quiet for the second straight day.
Final Score: Tijuana 9 – Chicago 0 W – Jimmy Nelson 1-5 (6.21) |
| Game #5: | Chicago starter Carlos Matias Martinez left in the top of the 4th with some elbow tenderness, but Dellin Betances stepped up & gave the Mobsters 4 solid innings in relief. Andrelton Simmons has 2 RBI’s for Chicago as they squeaked out the victory.
Final Score: Chicago 4 – Tijuana 2 W – Dellin Betances 1-0 (1.40) |
| Game #6: | Rougned Odor had 3 RBI’s for the Bottle Rockets, but Chicago’s Buster Posey & J.D. Martinez had Home Runs & Chicago squeaked out another victory by a 1 run margin. Final Score: Chicago 4 – Tijuana 2W – Aaron Sanchez 4-1 (3.00) L – Anibal Sanchez 0-3 (10.71) S – Aroldis Chapman (10) |
| Game #7: | Felix Hernandez went 6.2 Innings & Seung-hwan Oh went the last 2.1 for Chicago in yet again another 1 run victory for the good guys. Seth Lugo was solid in 7 Innings for Tijuana.
Final Score: Chicago 3 – Tijuana 2 W – Felix Hernandez 5-0 (2.37) |
| Series Summary: | Chicago takes the Series 5 games to 2. Tijuana played a lot tougher than the Series outcome shows. Chicago heads to the American League West home of the Hollywood Stars for what could be a Playoff match up preview, while Tijuana will head home south of the border down Mexico way to take on the Sluggers who will be visiting from Virginia. |
Tempe Tempers @ Selkirk Steelers |
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| Series Preview: | A massacre waiting to happen first place team Tempe at last place Selkirk. |
| Game #1: | Adrian Beltre and Evan Gattis homer an Johnny Cueto was on.
Tempe 6 Selkirk 2 |
| Game #2: | Selkirk shocks Tempe in the 15th as Hector Sanchez hits a 3 run homer in the 15th.
Selkirk 7 Tempe 4 (15) |
| Game #3: | Jon Lester improves to 7-0 with a shutout, Ryan Braun and Yoenis Cespedes homered.
Tempe 9 Selkirk 0 |
| Game #4: | Another shutdown this time Junior Gurrea.
Tempe 4 Selkirk 0 |
| Game #5: | Adrian Beltre homers and Tempe wins.
Tempe 5 Selkirk 2 |
| Game #6: | Yoenis Cespedes homers Johnny Cueto goes 7 shutout.
Tempe 3 Selkirk 0 |
| Game #7: | Steven Wright 3 hitter, Xander Bogarts & Robinson Cano homers.
Tempe 10 Selkirk 0 |
| Series Summary: | Tempe wins 6 of the 7 games. Atleast Selkirk wasn’t no hit… Pitcher of the week Johnny Cueto Maybe (Tem) 2-0 12 innings 7 hits one run. |
Rosemere Renegades @ Bethesda Bandicoots |
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| Series Preview: | The Rosemere Renegades tackle the Bandicoots for a six-game stretch in Bethesda as Rosemere (10-16) aims to turn things around and Bethesda (19-8) tries to break free of a tie with Windy City for 1st place in the NL East. |
| Game #1: | Rosemere catcher Rafael Lopez entered the game wanting to make a difference and he sure did. Three errors later the backstop was almost single-handedly responsible for two unearned runs as he bobbled and wildly threw himself and the rest of the Renegades into oblivion as Bethesda captured the opener 3-1. Tyler Naquin had two of Bethesda’s 10 hits in the game and drove in a pair with a triple while on the other side of the diamond plucky 3rd baseman Juan Uribe clubbed a John Lackey offering deep into the cheap seats for his 3rd dinger of the season. Jared Eickhoff fell to 0-6 after allowing just one earned run on nine hits in just under 7 innings. John Lackey (2-1) got the win for Bethesda with eight innings of four-hit ball while the resurgent Steve Cishek fanned two in an inning for his 6th save. |
| Game #2: | Francisco Liriano, Dario Alvarez, and Dario Alvarez were chewed up spit out and then trampled as the Bandicoots mushed up the Renegades 12-0 in Game 2. Liriano (1-4) lasted just eight outs giving up five runs (three earned) on six hits. Trevor Story did the bulk of the bashing for Bethesda hitting his 5th homer of the year and his first grand slam of the year as part of a 3/4 performance. Jon Jay had a not bad day at the dish either, slamming two two-run homers for his first dingers of the season. Reserve call-up Robert Andino continued to please going 3/4 and scoring twice. Jake Odorizzi (2-2) gave up just one hit and struck out six in six innings to get the |
| Game #3: | Sonny Gray continued to baffle hitters and Bethesda management as he held Rosemere to just one unearned run over five innings in a 4-2 Bandicoot win over Rosemere. Gray (4-0) somehow lowered his ERA to 1.30 despite the team expected an implosion almost daily from the Oakland righty. Brad Miller (12) homered and drove in a pair for Bethesda while Steve Cishek notched save #7 with a shaky (one walk and two hits) 9th ending the game on a groundout by Gerardo Parra with the bases loaded. Kelly Johnson had three hits for Rosemere. Starting pitcher Taylor Jungmann (0-1) gave up all four runs to Bethesda in 4.2 innings on the mound. He gave up seven hits and struck out four. |
| Game #4: | Rookie hurler Luke Weaver fried 15 Bethesda hitters before the end of the 7th but unfortunately the Bandicoots caught up to his fastball and golfed three out of the park that inning to come from behind and capture a 5-2 win over Rosemere. Weaver (0-3) allowed just seven hits and a walk in the game and up 2-1 appeared on the verge of an upset over Bethesda starter Jake Arrieta before being bitten by the long ball. Kelly Johnson (3) put Rosemere up 2-1 with a blast deep over the right field fence in the top of the 7th, but Bethesda starter Arrieta (4-0) barely had time to hang his head when Anthony Rendon (6), Trevor Story (6) and Travis Shaw (4) each took Weaver deep in the 4th run Bethesda 7th. Weaver had some measure of revenge in the game taking Bethesda outfielder jon Jay deep (in the jaw) and knocking the slap-hitting Jay out for 19 days and continuing the Bandicoots’ parade to the DL. Shaw had three hits for Bethesda while Johnson had three for Rosemere. Steve Cishek tossed another shaky inning of relief (one walk and one hit) but emerged |
| Game #5: | John Lackey tossed eight innings of three-hit shutout ball as Bethesda blanked Rosemere 1-0 for its 5th straight win. Robert Gsellman (4-2) also allowed only three hits, but over seven innings with Travis Shaw spoiling his shutout bid with an RBI single in the 5th. Lackey improved to 3-1 on the year with the win and Ryan Madson pitched his 5th save with a scoreless 9th. Angel Pagan and Brad Miller each had two hits in the game for Rosemere and Bethesda respectively. |
| Game #6: | Angel Pagan homered and Gregorio Petit doubled in a run in a two-run 10th inning to lift the Renegades to a 5-3 win over Bethesda and salvage the series. Ryan Madson (2-1) took the loss for Bethesda after pitching into his 2nd inning of the game. Brad Miller sent the game into extra innings with his 13th homer of the season off Xavier Cedeno in the 8th inning. Miller also tripled scored twice and drove in two in the contest. For Pagan, it was his 2nd homer of the year and his 2nd hit of the game. Petit had three hits and drove in two for the winners who got two great innings of pull-yer-butt-out-of-the-fire relief from Sergio Romo who improved to 2-1 with the effort. Ramiel Tapia scored twice and added three hits for Rosemere. |
| Series Summary: | Bethesda managed to eeke out five wins in the six-game with all but one of the games being close. The story of the series had to be Luke Weaver’s complete dominance over Bethesda for six innings before coming a little unravelled, but still finishing with 15 Ks over seven frames. Angel Pagan and Kelly Johnson had a solid series for Rosemere while catcher Rafael Lopez was an accident looking for a place to happen. For Bethesda, Sonny Gray continued to be much much much better than expected winning his 4th straight while Rich Hill convalesced. Brad Miller continued to drive in runs (31 RBIs in 31 games he has played) and drive out baseballs (13 HRs after two this series in a limited role). Bethesda heads to Pittsburgh next week while |
Triple Creek Patriots @ Pittsburgh Lumber Company |
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| Series Summary: | Pittsburgh wins the first game, then gets pushed back into the river by the Patriots. |
Long Beach Dirt Bags @ Grand Haven Gators |
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| Series Preview: | NL West Division Matchup |
| Game #1: | Game Final: GHG 6 – LBD 5 (14 Innings)
*Long Beach OF Kevin Pillar Injured for 3 Days |
| Game #2: | Game Final: LBD 5 – GHG 4 |
| Game #3: | Game Final: GHG 4 – LBD 3 |
| Game #4: | Game Final: GHG 4 – LBD 2 |
| Game #5: | Game Final: LBD 4 – GHG 3 |
| Game #6: | Game Final: GHG 10 – LBD 0 |
| Series Summary: | Grand Haven take 4 of the 6 games. All games were either within 1-2 runs, except the final game of the series. The Gators C.J. Cron has a 12-game hitting streak going, heading into the next series against the NL Central’s Columbus Explorers |
Hollywood Werewolves @ Fremont Cannons |
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| Series Preview: | First-place Hollywood visits a struggling Fremont team. |
| Game #1: | Kenta Maeda limits Fremont to two hits over seven innings as Hollywood takes the opener 3-1. |
| Game #2: | Fremont scores four in the eighth to turn the game around, as the Cannons even the series with a 5-3 win. |
| Game #3: | Jason Hammel exits with an injury only 2/3 of an inning into the game, but Hollywood still edges Fremont 3-2. |
| Game #4: | Khris Davis launches his 9th homer of the season, but it’s not enough as Adam Conley’s complete game beats the Cannons 6-2. Tommy Joseph is lost to injury for 12 days. |
| Game #5: | Clayton Kershaw moves to 4-1 on the season, allowing only a Khris Davis home run to blemish the scoreboard in the 7-1 Hollywood victory. |
| Game #6: | Kenta Maeda is masterful against the Cannons, allowing only one hit while striking out 15 in the 10-0 Hollywood win. David Ortiz launches two homers, while Miguel Cabrera hits his 12th HR. |
| Series Summary: | Hollywood takes the series 5-1. Scripts saved and available on request. |
Manhattan Project @ Dallas Cougars |
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| Game #1: | Fine pitching performance by Dallas starter Patrick Corbin, but Edwin Diaz blown loses it for the Cougars as the Project score 3 in the 9th to come from behind to win 3-2. |
| Game #2: | Two hit complete shutout for Masahiro Tanaka as Manhattan easily wins 4-0. |
| Game #3: | Andrew Cashner gets 7 strikeouts, but also gets hit hard giving up 7 runs on 12 hits. Manhattan wins a slug fest 9 to 6. |
| Game #4: | Dallas Keuchel cools the Project offense with 10 strikeouts in 8 innings as the Cougars get their first win of the series. 6 to 2. |
| Game #5: | Ryan Schimpf was the difference – a big difference! He just went 3 for 4 with 3 homers and 7 RBI leading the Project to a 8-1 victory. |
| Game #6: | Corbin and Diaz redeem themselves from game 1 with a 6 hit combined shutout. Dallas wins 2-0. |
| Game #7: | Masahiro Tanaka throws another 2 hit shutout as Manhattan takes the last game 6-0. |
| Series Summary: | Manhattan beats Dallas 5 games to 2. |
Detroit Crime @ Mesa Solar Sox |
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| Series Preview: | Mesa playing over its head and Detroit not playing up to their potential. |
| Series Summary: | Detroit blasts Mesa six straight, out homering them 12-4, out scoring them 38-12. Many other indignities handed out to the Solar Sox too numerous to mention. |
Virginia Sluggers @ Yonge Street Stalkers |
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| Series Preview: | Yonge Street hosts Virginia, in a battle of the middle. |
| Game #1: | Homers from George Springer and Carrera backed a strong outing from Tillman. VIR 5 – YSS 2 |
| Game #2: | Six well timed singles were enough for the “Sluggers”. VIR 2 – YSS 1 |
| Game #3: | This time the “Sluggers” added 2 doubles to their 12 singles. It was more than enough. VIR 7 – YSS 4 |
| Game #4: | Chris Archer was dominant. H. Robles wasn’t. Andres Blanco doubled 3 times for the home team. YSS plated 4 runs in the btm of the 9th to win it. YSS 6 – VIR 5 |
| Game #5: | Eight Sluggers drove home runs in this laugher. VIR 11 – YSS 5 |
| Game #6: | Chris Tillman out dueled Taijuan Walker as the visitors finish the job. VIR 2 – YSS 0 |
| Series Summary: | The visitors took 5 of 6. Virginia came in with an attitude and left brimming with confidence. Look out TIJ! YSS heads to DAL to try and find themselves. |
Motor City Muscle @ Southbend Lynx |
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| Series Preview: | Motor City, a playoff team, visits Southbend, a lottery team. |
| Series Summary: | The series was pretty much all Motor City. Southbend manages to win the last game on same late inning heroics as Motor City takes the series 5-1. |
Jersey Nor’easters @ Windy City Black Sox |
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| Series Preview: | NL East battle between Jersey and Windy City, as new Black Sox owner Matt Hoeppner finally gets to play a home series after not being able to play the home opener due to power outage. |
| Game #1: | Two batters into the game Jersey takes the lead on an RBI double by Howie Kendrick.
Black Sox tie it up in the 2nd as Alexei Ramirez plates Brian McCann with a two out double. They then take the lead the next inning the same way as Michael Saunders plates the pitcher Chad Bettis with a two out RBI double. Black Sox add another run in the fourth as McCann singles home Carlos Beltran to make it 3-1. More two out magic for the home side in the 5th as Brett Gardener reaches on a bloop single and Saunders follows with a double on a hit and run to score Gardner. 4-1 after five innings. Jersey gets back into it in the 6th as Jay Bruce connects for a two run bomb to make it 4-3 and chase Bettis from the game. Nor’easters tie it in the 8th on a two out single by Yunel Escobar off Fernando Rodney. But more two out magic for the Black Sox as Alexei Ramirez drops in a duck snort to score a run and Jason Castro follows with an RBI single of his own to give Windy City a 6-4 lead headed to the 9th. Jersey gets a run and two more on against Kenley Jansen in the 9th but Jansen gets the double play grounder to end it. WCB 6 JNE 5 final. |
| Game #2: | Nor’easters are all over Gio Gonzalez in the first but a funky 9-2-6 double play gets the Sox out of the inning with only one run of damage.
Sox get two in the bottom of the inning as Carlos Beltran knocks in Gardener and Brandon Belt follows with an RBI single to score Beltran. Sox plate two more in the second on RBI hits from Ramirez and Rajai Davis. Windy City blows it open in the 3rd as they load the bases, McCann gets a bases loaded walk and then Chase Utley unloads on the pitch and unloads the bases with a grand slam. 9-1 Sox after three. Gio Gonzalez goes 7 strong allowing just the one run and the Sox lower bullpen guys get some work as 9-1 is indeed the final score. |
| Game #3: | No score until the bottom of the 4th inning when the home team plates a pair of runs. 2-0 Sox after four. Windy City adds three more in the 5th on a pair of homers. First a solo shot from Jason Castro, and then a two run blast from Nolan Arenado.
Matt Harvey helps his case at the plate with a two out RBI single in the 6th to make it 6-0 Sox. On the mound Harvey goes 8 innings allowing just three hits and no runs. Ogando struggles through the 9th but locks it down for a 6-1 Windy City win. |
| Game #4: | Scoreless to the 4th when Windy City breaks through with a couple runs to take a 2-0 lead.
Same score to the top of the 8th when Jersey loads the bases with one out but Rodney gets Escobar to line out and then Dunn gets Murphy to fly out to deep right to preserve the 2-0 lead. In the bottom half of the inning Davis gets on, steals second and scores on Arenado’s triple. Beltran brings home Arenado with a sac fly to make it 4-0. Dunn and Neal finish off Jersey in the bottom of the 9th for the Sox fourth straight win in the series. |
| Game #5: | Sox strike first against Kyle Hendricks on an Arenado homer in the 4th but Jersey answers with a pair in the top of the 5th.
Still 2-1 to the 8th when pinch hitter Brett Gardner walks, steals second and advances to third on a throwing error and comes home on Arenado’s sac fly to tie it at two. In the bottom of the 9th Goeddel reaches to lead off the inning, Jansen bunts him over and he makes third on an error. Rajai Davis then wins it with the sac fly to center. Black Sox win it 3-2. |
| Game #6: | Jersey gets two in the first off Jeff Samardzija on a Didi Gregorious double to take the early lead. Black Sox answer with one on Beltran’s single to score Davis. They then tie it up in the second as Castro singles home Ramirez. 2-2 after two.
Kendrick gives the Easters the lead back in the 4th with an RBI single. But Windy City takes the lead back in the bottom of the 5th on a two run blast by Arenado. Sox tack on three more in the 6th, all with two outs to make it 7-3. The Sox pen does the rest and Windy City takes it 7-3. |
| Game #7: | Jersey strikes first on a Jay Bruce two run dinger in the top of the first. Bruce then goes yard for the second time in the game in the 6th, this one a solo shot. Jersey adds another in the 6th to make it 4-0.
Two more for the NorEasters in the 7th, Bruce with a sac fly to give him four RBI in the game. Martin Perez tossed 8 shutout innings and Michael Lorenzen comes in to finish it off for Jersey, who avoids the sweep by winning the finale. |
| Series Summary: | Black Sox take six of seven against Jersey, winning the first six games of the series before dropping the finale. |
Columbus Explorers @ Sacramento Capitals |
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| Series Preview: | After a terrible road trip, Sacramento looks forward to a home series and much needed wins. |
| Series Summary: | Sacramento wins all 6 against Columbus, with 3 1-run games and 5 of 6 decided by 3 runs or less. |
Valdosta Snappers @ Corktown Cycle |
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| Series Preview: | Valdosta heads to Corktown for an early series of 6. |
| Game #1: | Corktown 4-2 |
| Game #2: | Corktown 3-0 |
| Game #3: | Corktown 10-3 |
| Game #4: | Valdosta 9-7 (10) |
| Game #5: | Corktown 2-1 |
| Game #6: | Corktown 10-2 |
| Series Summary: | The Cycle decided to show up this week in front of the home crowd. Corktown wins the series 5-1. |