2017 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #9

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
MORALES,Kendrys	DET AL	.500	1.033	6	30	15	2	1	4	7	14	8	2	0	0	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
BUMGARNER,Madison	DET AL	2	2	0	0	0.00	14.2	1	0	6	19	3	0	0	0	0	0

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
HARDY,J.J.	LBD NL	.615	.846	4	13	8	0	0	1	1	9	0	2	0	0	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	0.71	12.2	1	1	4	12	2	0	0	0	0	0

Columbus Explorers @ Windy City Black Sox
Series Preview:	A couple of 2nd place NL clubs meet in the Windy City.
Game #1:	Explorers grab an unearned run in the 2nd when Gio Gonzalez makes a bad throw to first on what should have been the third out of the inning. But the Sox tie it up on a Carlos Beltran homer to lead off the bottom of the inning. More mistakes for the home team in the third. A wild pitch with the runner going puts a runner at third. Then a walk and a steal makes it 2nd and 3rd with no outs. Nunez goes down looking. Then Desmond hits a fly to Beltran in right, who bobbles it. Two runs score and Desmond ends up on 2nd. The next two go down and its 3-1 Columbus. Black Sox come back in the 4th doing what they do best, hitting the ball over the fence. Arenado and Beltran go back to back to tie the game. Sox take the lead on a McCann solo shot in the 6th. But the Sox pen can’t hold the lead. Explorers score three in the 8th off Ogando and Hembree to take a 6-4 lead. Watson allows two base runners in the 9th but gets Belt to end the game. Final Columbus 6 Windy City 4
Game #2:	Columbus with an early crooked number as they score 3 in the 2nd against Matt Harvey. No change until Russell Martin goes yard in the 7th to make it 4-0 Explorers. In the bottom of the 7th the Sox load the bases with one out. Alexei Ramirez delivers a two run pinch hit single. Then Rajai Davis knocks one in on a pinch hit fielders choice, then steals second to make it 2nd and 3rd. But Gardner and Saunders pop out with the tying run at third. 4-3 Columbus after seven innings. Sox get the tying run to 2nd with one out in the 9th but Watson escapes again. Final: COL 4 WC 3
Game #3:	Columbus gets two in the first and one in the second and that proves to be enough for Josh Tomlin, who goes the distance allowing just a solo shot to McCann in the 9th inning. Final: COL 3 WC 1
Game #4:	More of the same. Explorers get single runs in the 2nd and 3rd. Shoemaker tosses a complete game, one hit shutout. Final: COL 2 WC 0
Game #5:	Columbus strikes first again with two in the first. Sox answer with two in the 4th on Beltran’s third homer of the series. Explorers take the lead in the 8th as Nunez reaches, steals second and scores on Carpenter’s single. On the play Nunez ran over McCann, who is lost for 15 days. KRod and Watson close it out. Final: COL 3 WC 2
Game #6:	Explorers leave the bases loaded in the top of the first. Sox score a run with two outs on a Beltran double. Explorers take the lead with two in the 3rd but once again leave the bases loaded. Sox come right back with two in the bottom of the inning. Explorers come up empty with the bases loaded and nobody out in the 4th. Gio really pitching through traffic for Windy City. Sox tack one on in the 6th on Castro’s triple but strand him at third. Hembree and Jansen lock it down for Gio and the Sox avoid the sweep. Final: WC 4 COL 2
Series Summary:	It remains feast or famine for the Black Sox. They go three straight lopsided series, one bad, one good, one bad.

Pittsburgh Lumber Company @ Grand Haven Gators
Series Preview:	Pittsburgh heads to Grand Haven for an NL East vs NL West Clash
Game #1:	Extra Innings Game Final (12): PIT 8 – GHG 6
Game #2:	Game Final: GHG 5 – PIT 0
Game #3:	Game Final: PIT 4 – GHG 3 *Grand Havens CJ Cron injured for 5 days
Game #4:	Game Final: PIT 4 – GHG 3 A Gators game-tying run was cut down at the plate in the bottom of the 9th
Game #5:	Game Final: PIT 3 – GHG 0
Game #6:	Game Final: PIT 7 – GHG 3 *Pittsburghs Jonathan Lucroy extends hit streak to 21 games
Series Summary:	Pittsburgh takes 5 of the 6 games

Detroit Crime @ Dallas Cougars

Series Summary:

Triple D. Detroit destroys Dallas.

Crime outscore Cougars 64 to 13 and win 5 of 6.

Jersey Nor’easters @ Valdosta Snappers
Game #1:	Jersey 4-2 (10 Innings). A 2 run 10th off of Craig Kimbrel made the Nor’Easters winners in extra innings.
Game #2:	Valdosta 12-11. The Snappers almost blew an 11-0 lead but Kimbrel saves the day with his 7th save.
Game #3:	Valdosta 7-5. Snappers hang on as Craig Kimbrel saves his 8th.
Game #4:	Valdosta 12-1. Julio Teheran (5-3) got plenty of support including Chris Carter’s 28th HR as the Snappers win a laugher.
Game #5:	Jersey 15-3. Snappers struck out 20 of the enemy but couldn’t keep the ball in the park as they allow 5 HR’s. Two were hit by Jay Bruce who also knocked in 6.
Game #6:	Jersey 4-3. Snappers waste a great start from Colby Lewis as they give up 4 8th inning runs to lose.
Series Summary:	Series split at 3-3.

Chicago Mobsters @ Mesa Solar Sox
Series Preview:	Chicago’s devastating roster comes to Mesa for some batting average health as they eye the starting rotation of the Solar Sox and start drooling.
Game #1:	Mesa surprises the Mobsters by hitting 4 homers, the last of which breaks a 4-4 tie in the 7th for a 5-4 Mesa win. Todd Frasier connects off Andrew Miller for the game winner. Chicago outhits the Sox 10-8 but Dozier, Napoli, and Steven Pierce go deep to offset Donaldson’s solo jack.
Game #2:	Nelson Cruz hits a 9th inning homer for a 2-1 Mobster win. Frasier homered again for Mesa, but Clayton Richard‘s strong start is cancelled out by Cruz’s blast off Brad Zeigler. Chapman gets his 15th save.
Game #3:	Adam Wainwright turns back the clock with a 4 hit complete game. Eddie Rosario and Dozier homer in the 8-1 Mesa win.
Game #4:	Dozier hits another homer and the Sox build an early 5-2 lead, which evaporates pretty quickly. 4 doubles and two homers (JD MArtinez and Cruz) later the Mobsters win the game 9-6.
Game #5:	C.C. Sabathia was masterful for Chicago, pitching a complete game 4 hit shutout. Donaldson homers again in the 3-0 win.
Game #6:	Cruz (again) and Fowler homer to lead Chicago to an 8-3 win.
Game #7:	The Mobsters put an exclamation mark on the series with an 11-1 victory. Fowler, Donaldson, and Cruz were at it again with long balls. Syndergaard wins it (his 7th) with bullpen help
Series Summary:	After playing Chicago tough for 4 games, the Sox kind of fell apart against the titans of the league.

Manhattan Project @ Yonge Street Stalkers
Series Preview:	The first place Project visit Yonge Street.
Game #1:	MAN started out fast behind Jose Fernandez. Ramos and Garcia hit b2b HRs in the 2nd to pace the Project. MAN 3 – YSS 1
Game #2:	The visitors tore into Geritt Cole early. MAN was led by Holiday, Seager, and Garcia. They plated 9 in support of Tanaka. YSS homered 4 times while getting mauled. MAN 12 – YSS 6
Game #3:	Porcello improved to 8-1 as MAN takes the first 3 games of the series. MAN 6 – YSS 1
Game #4:	After the day off…the home team replied. Taijuan Walkers strong early start continued. YSS 6 – MAN 5
Game #5:	YSS made it 2 straight behind a strong Ivan Nova outing. YSS 4 – MAN 1
Game #6:	Shelby Miller bested Jose Fernandez to end the series in a draw. YSS 5 – MAN 2
Series Summary:	The Project arrived full of piss and vinegar…they left urine soaked and bloody. They’ll head to CHI on a 3 game slide. YSS will pack up for a tough visit to HOL.

Long Beach Dirt Bags @ Rosemere Renegades
Series Preview:	Battle between a couple of teams that shouldn’t be a factor in 2017
Game #1:	Crawford gets a couple of RBI’s and Liriano is solid through 6 innings as he collects his 2nd win of the year Span goes deep for the visitors Rosemere 4 / Long Beach 1
Game #2:	Perez goes 8 innings allowing just a couple of hits Hardy collects 3 hits and a couple of RBI’s Long Beach 7 / Rosemere 0
Game #3:	Long Beach plates 7 again thanks to Hardy again who goes 5 for 5 and collects all the visitors runs… Long Beach 7 / Rosemere 3
Game #4:	Plouffe hits a 3 runs HR in T1 and this was enough until late in the game as Rosemere starts a rally in B9 but fell one run short Long Beach 4 / Rosemere 3
Game #5:	Eickhoff is solid for 7 innings and the relievers are perfect Rosemere 3 / Long Beach 1
Game #6:	The locals are on their way to even out the series until Casali 3 runs HR in T9 change 4-2 lead to a 5-4 loss…
Series Summary:	Long Beach takes 4 out of 6

Southwest Detroit Fighting Chihuahuas @ Virginia Sluggers
Series Preview:	Virginia, coming off 4 wins at Mesa takes on Southwest Detroit after they are swept by Hollywood. Neither team having a good year, but both looking to get a few wins in this series.
Game #1:	SWD 2 – 4 -0 L – Moore (3-6) HR – Weiters (6), O,Arcia (2) VIR 4 – 11 -0 W- Tillman (6-4) HR – Rizzo (6)Virginia takes the opening game behind Chris Tillman. Tillman throws a CG and strikes out 10 while only walking 1. Anthony Rizzo led the offensive attack by going 3-4 with a longball and 3 RBI. 7 of 9 starters got hits for Virginia. J.Segura and T.Cruz were the only Sluggers to NOT get a hit. Weiters and Arcia were the only bright spots for the Fighting Chihuahuas as they both clubbed solo shots for SWD’s only runs.
Game #2:	SWD 2 – 8 – 0 L- V.Nuno (2-3) HR – none VIR 5 – 10 – 1 W- D.Wright (3-4) HR – Segura (6)Virginia took control of the game in the 3rd inning and quickly jumped out to a 2-0 series lead. Most of the damage in this game came from the first two batters in Virginia’s lineup. J.Segura had 3 hits, scored 2 runs and drove in 2 runs. N.Markakis had 2 hits, scored 1 and knocked in 1. Weiters and Jankowski had 2 hits each for Southwest Detroit.
Game #3:	SWD 1 – 11 – 0 L- J.Gray (4-5) HR- P.Alvarez (10) VIR 3 – 9 – 0 W-T.Williams (3-3) SV-Cahill (8) HR- C.Santana (9)Virginia takes a 3-0 series lead even though they are outhit by Southwest Detroit in game 3. Gray pitched well for SWD except for the 5th inning. An RBI double by N.Markakis preceded a C.Santana 2-run jimmy-jack that gave Virginia all they needed as Williams and the bullpen held on for the win.
Game #4:	SWD 0 – 6 – 0 L- D.Smyly (1-5) HR- none VIR 4 – 11 – 1 W-M.Morin (2-0) HR- C.Santana (10)Another Virginia win as N.Markakis knocks in 3 runs on 2 hits and C.Santana pokes his 10th homer. But it was the pitching that got the win. C.Archer was breezing along with a 1-hitter in the fifth when he felt something in his arm and had to come out. He will be lost to the Sluggers for 8 days. However, the bullpen stepped up and shut down the Fighting Chihuahuas for the remainder of the game and preserved the Virginia win.
Game #5:	SWD 9 – 15 – 0 W-M.Moore (4-6) Sv- V,Nuno (1) HR- P.Tucker (2) VIR 5 – 8 – 0 L-L.Permodo (3-4) HR- C.Santana (11)Southwest Detroit finally breaks through. Virginia jumped out 3-0 in the 1st inning and then SWD started to roll. P.Tucker highlighted a 4 run 2nd inning with his 2nd home run of the year to give SWD a lead they would not relinquish. They put the game away in the 5th on a bases loaded triple by O.Arcia. All total, the Fighting Chihuahuas cranked out 15 hits. Among the notables; Swanson 3-6, Ellsbury 3-5, Arcia 2-5 4 RBI, and Tucker 2-5 3 RBI.
Game #6:	SWD 6 – 10 – 0 W J.Gray (5-5) Sv- D.Guerra (7) HR- none VIR 4 – 9 – 1 L- J.de la Rosa (2-6) HR- noneTo prove their win in game 5 was not a fluke, Southwest Detroit did it again. J.Gray scattered 6 hits over 7 innings and punched out 10 batters to get the win and even his record at 5-5. To put runs on the board, the Chihuahuas turned to 5 different batters to get their runs. Heading the list was M.Weiters, who had 2 RBI. D.Guerra came in for the last out to preserve the victory for SWD.
Series Summary:	After surprisingly winning the first 4 games of the series, Virginia finally fell to Southwest Detroit in the final two games but still managed a 4-2 series win. Matt Weiters had a good series for SWD as he batted .429 in a 9-21 performance with a HR and 4 RBI. For the home team Sluggers, Carlos Santana hit .364 as he went 8-22 with 3 HR and 8 RBI. Southwest Detroit stays on the road and visits Central Division rival Detroit. Virginia continues its homestand and hosts cross town rival Southbend.

Southbend Lynx @ Fremont Cannons
Series Preview:	Two teams that haven’t seen many wins get together in this series.
Game #1:	Archie Bradley allows only 1 hit in six innings as Southbend doubles up Fremont 6-3. Khris Davis mashes his 16th homer in the loss.
Game #2:	A pitchers’ duel won by Southbend 2-0, as Jon Niese throws a CGSO to beat Yovani Gallardo and lower his ERA to 8.22.
Game #3:	Fremont bats are quieted again, and Jung-Ho Kang and Zack Cozart both homer to lead Southbend to the 6-1 victory.
Game #4:	Jung-Ho Kang goes 3-5 with another homer as Southbend wins 7-3.
Game #5:	Jose Altuve homers twice, including a go-ahead shot in the 12th inning as Southbend continues their winning ways, 3-2.
Game #6:	Fremont gets a strong outing from Jarred Cosart, and homeruns by Khris Davis and Jonathan Schoop have the Cannons winning the finale 4-1.
Series Summary:	Southbend’s pitching staff holds Fremont to just 13 runs in 6 games to take teh series 5-1.

Hollywood Werewolves @ Tijuana Bottle Rockets
Series Summary:	Tijuana takes the final game in extra innings, giving us the 4-3 series win against Hollywood!

Selkirk Steelers @ Sacramento Capitals
Series Preview:	NL West’s leader Sacramento hosts NL Central’s Selkirk.
Series Summary:	Sacramento sweeps Selkirk in 7 games. Scherzer and Sale each earn 2 wins while Pujols slugs #600. Sacramento has been on quite a run, especially at home. It’s helped that we’ve faced all the last place teams over the past several seasons, and Sacramento is preparing for a hard fall back down to earth …

Bethesda Bandicoots Corktown Cycle
Series Preview:	1st Place Bandicoots come to Corktown to tango with the Cycle.
Game #1:	Rich Hill continues his dominance on the season. This time throwing 8 innings giving up two runs. Bethesda 5-2 W. Rich Hill 5-0 L. Jose deLeon 0-2 S. Ryan Madson (5)
Game #2:	Good pitching on both sides today. The starters each went 8. Bethesda 3-2 W. Sonny Gray 6-3 L. Colin Rea S. Ryan Madson (6)
Game #3:	Chalk up another 8 strong for a Bandicoot starter. Bethesda 4-1 W. Jake Arrieta 7-0 L. Robbie Ray 3-7 S. Steve Cishek (12)
Game #4:	Both teams enjoyed an off day mid-series, but it this time it was Eric Hosmer with two home runs that lead the Cycle to their first win of the series. Corktown 6-4 W. Alec Asher 1-1 L. Jake Odorizzi 2-3 S. Alex Colome (8)
Game #5:	Corktown exploded in the 7th and capitalizing on a couple Bethesda errors for the W. Corktown 9-5 W. Tom Koehler 3-4 L. Steve Cishek 0-5
Game #6:	The game of the series. Bethesda entered the 9th up 1 run, and decided to add a couple insurance runs. Ryan Madson came in to close it out but Corktown was able to scratch off 3 runs to tie it and head to the 10th. It was the 12th inning when the hero of the day Anthony Rendon (How fitting) comes up with his 2nd home run from the 9th inning and beyond. Exciting game, that’s why we play. Bethesda 7-5 W. Steve Cishek 1-5 L. Chasen Shreve 0-3
Series Summary:	Bethesda came in and took 4 of 6 from the last place team. Corktown didn’t make it easy though. They host Columbus for an important series against the NL Champs.

Coconut Creek Crushers @ Motor City Muscle
Series Preview:	Coconut Creek @ Motor CIty for a 6 game series
Game #1:	MCM 5 – CCC 1 WP: Verlander LP: Karns HR: MCM–Werth CCC jumped out to a first inning lead but gave up in the bottom of the inning. MCM and Verlander never looked back. Werth had three RBI
Game #2:	MCM 9 – CCC 1 WP: Miranda LP: Feldman SV: Ottavino HR: CCC–Myers; MCM–Trout Both teams had 1st inning solo HRs, but it was all MCM after that. MCM put it away with a five-run 8th inning
Game #3:	MCM 10 – CCC 2 WP: Volquez LP: Reed HR: MCM–Ramirez (2), Perez, Moss, Trout Back to back RBI triples in the 1st inning got things going for MCM, and they kept the pedal to the floor. Ramirez led the way with two HRs and three runs
Game #4:	MCM 14 – CCC 0 WP: Verlander LP: Dickey HR: MCM–Perez, Trout (2) Verlander breezed, with a two hits over eight innings. Trout has two HRs and six RBI
Game #5:	CCC 3 – MCM 1 WP: Snell LP: Zimmermann SV: Iglesias HR: MCM–Panik Snell took a no-hitter into the 6th before giving up Panik’s solo shot. He was taken out two batters later but got the win. CCC finally pushed three runs across in the 5th.
Game #6:	MCM 4 – CCC 0 WP: de Grom (CG) LP: Karns HR: Moss de Grom was dominant, throwing a complete game two-hitter. Moss hit a three-run blast to top off a 4-run 5th inning
Series Summary:	MCM takes the series 5 games to 1 Jose Ramirez hit .478 (11-23) with 10 runs, 5 RBI, 2 HR Mike Trout hit .434 (10-23) with 6 runs, 9 RBI, and 4 HR Brandon Moss hit .318 (7-22) with 2 triples, 4 runs, 9 RBI, and 2 HR Jayson Werth hit .411 (7-17) with 5 runs and 4 RBI Justin Verlander won two games, giving up 1 run and 5 hits in 13.1 IP, while striking out 15

Triple Creek Patriots @ Tempe Tempers
Series Preview:	Triple Creek visits Tempe for a seven game series.
Series Summary:	The Patriots hit Lester hard in game two, but that was their only highlight of the series. Tempe wins 6 of 7.