2017 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #21
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| RODRIGUEZ,Sean | DET AL | .500 | 1.400 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| SYNDERGAARD,Noah | CHI AL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.53 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| MOYA,Steven | GHG NL | .409 | .955 | 6 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| SALE,Chris | SAC NL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.12 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Hollywood Werewolves @ Chicago Mobsters |
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| Series Preview: | A highly anticipated series pitting two American League Division leaders matched up in a six game series. |
| Game #1: | This was the Noah Syndergaard show. 8.2 Innings allowing No Hits, & the BAMN don’t you know it – Christian Yelich breaks it up with 2 outs in the 9th. Chicago scored 5 Runs early in the (2 in the 1st & 3 in the 3rd). Though disapointed Syndergaard was please with his effort & most importantly the teams victory.
Final Score: Chicago 5 – Hollywood 0 Win: Noah Syndergaard 17-3 (1.60) |
| Game #2: | Dexter Fowler was 3 for 5 & Justin Turner had 2 RBI’s as the Mobsters push past the Werewolves. David Price was roughed up in the first two Innings allowing 5 Runs.
Final Score: Chicago 8 – Hollywood 3 Win: Carlos Matias Martinez 13-4 (3.29) |
| Game #3: | Dominant is all you can say when Clayton Kershaw takes the hill. Allowing only a solo 1st Inning Home Run to J.D. Martinez. On the offensive side for Hollywood Ian Kinsler was 3 for 5 with 2 RBI’s & Carlos Gonzalez was 2 for 4 with a Home Run & 3 RBI’s.
Final Score: Hollywood 6 – Chicago 1 Win: Clayton Kershaw 12-2 (2.14) |
| Game #4: | Hollywood offense came alive again in this contest. Christian Yelich was 3 for 5 with an RBI & 2 Runs Scored. Paul Goldschmidt was 2 for 5 with 3 RBI’s. Carlos Gonzalez chipped in with 3 Hits. Kenta Maeda Pitched 8 Innings of 2 Run Ball.
Final Score: Hollywood 8 – Chicago 2 Win: Kenta Maeda 15-3 (1.94) |
| Game #5: | Chicago righted the ship as Aaron Sanchez went the distance in a Complete Game Shutout. Justin Turner collected 3 Hits in 4 trips including a Home Run.
Final Score: Chicago 7 – Hollywood 0 Win: Aaron Sanchez 15-2 (2.28) |
| Game #6: | Dexter Fowler was 3 for 3, Noah Syndergaard went 8 Innings allowing only 1 Run. Chicago’s bullpen held the lead for the Mobsters in a tight one.
Final Score: Chicago 3 – Hollywood 2 Win: Noah Syndergaard 18-3 (1.57) |
| Series Summary: | Chicago takes the series 4 games to 2. Dominant games by some ace pitchers in this one as Syndergaard, Sanchez, Maeda & Kershaw all show they are true aces. |
Triple Creek Patriots @ Selkirk Steelers |
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| Series Preview: | Triple Creek is in a battle for a wild card and was looking to gain ground vs the last place team from Selkirk. |
| Game #1: | Piscotty got 4 hits and Gonzalez homers as Triple Creek hammer Lamb. Bucholtz got the win. TC 11 Sel 3 |
| Game #2: | Selkirk usaes the longball in this one as Adams, Heisey andUpton hits 2 as the Steelers win 6-2. Neris the Selkirk closer gets the win. |
| Game #3: | Melvin Upton comes through again gets 3 gets three hits. Wright does a great job as he did not allow an earned run in 8 innings. Neris gets his 24th save. Sel 5 TC 2 |
| Game #4: | Wood improves to 11-0 as Hedley homers in the 5-2 Triple Creek win. |
| Game #5: | Cuthbert and Bourjos homers as Selkirk wins 4-2 as Neris gets his 25th save. |
| Game #6: | Adams, Upton and Heisey hoemrs but Triple Creek avoided disaster as they scored as Viller, thompson and Gonzalez homers.TCP 13 Sel 7 |
| Series Summary: | Triple Creek missed an opportunity as Upton and Adams hit the long ball and Selkirk got the split. |
Pittsburgh Lumber Company @ Bethesda Bandicoots |
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| Series Preview: | Pittsburgh travels to Bethesda as the two tied teams try to duke it out over the lead in the NL East. |
| Game #1: | Rich Hill didn’t have it at all lasting just 2/3 of a 4-run inning, but Justin Nicolina did have it – go figure – holding Pittsburgh scoreless for 4+ innings which gave Bethesda just enough time to come back to capture a 6-4 come-from-behind win. Matt Kemp (21) and Marlon Byrd (1) homered for Pittsburgh – both during Hill’s forgettable performance – with Kemp knocking in three runs on three hits. Anthony Rendon (22) blasted a two-run shot off starter Sean Manaea in the 4th to make it 4-2 for the Lumber Company and then Trevor Story made the highlight reel with a three-run pinch hit blast in the 7th off Sammy Solis after the lefty reliever got into control problems walking Eric Fryer and Carlos Ruiz to open the inning. |
| Game #2: | Former Bandicoot Jake Odorizzi doesn’t take long to get his revenge on his former team as he allowed just one run over six innings as Pittsburgh evened the series with a 2-1 win. Odorizzi gave up just four hits and no walks and fanned eight in the contest. Miguel Gonzalez dropped to 1-4 on the year despite pitching a fine eight innings with just four hits allowed. Gonzalez made just two mistakes, but there was no evidence left to prove it as they were pulverized over the outfield wall by Matt Kemp (2nd inning #22) and Eugenio Suarez (#15 in the 5th). Derek Norris drove in the lone Bethesda run with a single in the 2nd that scored Brad Miller from 2nd base. |
| Game #3: | Aledmys Diaz doubled and homered to lift the Bandicoots to a 5-3 win over Pittsburgh. The Lumber Company continued to have no problem leaving the park with their third straight two-homer game – Michael Saunders (16) and Eugenio Suarez (16). Diaz’s homer was his 18th and it helped starter John Lackey move to 12-5 with Steve Cishek notching his second save of the series and 22nd of the year. |
| Game #4: | Cole Hamels improves to 17-5 and nearly takes Trevor Story’s head in the process as he holds the Bandicoots to just three hits in a narrow 2-1 Pittsburgh win. Story is expected to be out of action landing on the DL for about two weeks. The shortstop watched groggily as the mash parade continued for the Lumber Company with Michael Saunders (17) and Chris Owings (6) going deep. Brad Miller who seemed to have 20 homers in the first 30 games of the season managed his 25th as he countered for Bethesda in a losing effort. |
| Game #5: | Rich Hill recovered nicely from his Game #1 outing to throw a two-hitter in a 2-0 shutout of the Lumber Company. Hill struck out 11 and walked four as he improved to 10-0 on the year. Tyler Naquin had three hits for Bethesda and Travis Shaw slammed homer #16 with the only other run scoring on an Aledmys Diaz double play groundout. |
| Game #6: | Brad Miller launched a three run homer in the 6th inning to lead the Bandicoots to a 6-4 comeback win over Pittsburgh. Miller’s homer followed Michael Saunder’s 18th homer of the year and third of the series which broke open a 1-1 tie when it left the park with two runners on base with none other than shit for brains Ryan Madson on the mound. Saunders added a single and drove in all four of the Lumber Company runs. Anthony Rendon had two hits and scored twice for Bethesda. The worst thing about this game was that even after pitching like garbage and allowing the homer to Saunders it was Madson that was credited with the win. |
| Series Summary: | Bethesda snatches four of six to take a brief 2-game lead over surging Pittsburgh in the NL East. |
Tijuana Bottle Rockets @ Virginia Sluggers |
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| Series Preview: | Two teams way out of the race, but Tijuana with 20+ wins more than Virginia. |
| Game #1: | VIR 8-7 Each team exploded for 15 hits in a wild one. Even though he allowed 14 hits in 6 innings, Trevor Williams (8-9) did manage to whiff 10 batters and the Sluggers’ bullpen only allowed 1 hit in 3 innings to preserve the win. Every starter for Tijuana had a hit and there were four long balls, including two solo shots by Jake Lamb. For Virginia, batters 1-3 were a combined 9-14 with 6 RBI and two homers. |
| Game #2: | VIR 2-0 A pitchers’ duel. Daniel Wright (8-10) threw a CG 4-hit shut out and K’d 7. Cory Kluber (15-7) did one better by allowing only 3 hits in 8 innings,…however, 2 of those hits were by Anthony Rizzo who doubled in the first run of the game. The 3rd hit was a solo blast by Jackie Bradley Jr. |
| Game #3: | TIJ 7-2 Four Big Boppers go Bridge for the Bottle Rockets,… Edwin Encarnacion (37), Justin Upton (19), Addison Russell (15) and Joe Mauer (6). Upton was 2-2 with 3 runs and 2 RBI. On the mound, David Phelps (3-7) K’d 8 in 6 innings for the win and the pen shut it down for 3 innings to protect the lead. |
| Game #4: | VIR 3-2 (10 innings) Homer Bailey (7 innings 5 hits 10K’s) and Chris Tillman (8.2 innings 6 hits 9K’s) pitched well but did not figure in the won/lost outcome. Grant Dayton (2-2) took the loss and Trevor Cahill (2-7) the win. Daniel Murphy’s RBI double and solo home run accounted for the Bottle Rockets 2 runs and George Springer’s SF and Anthony Rizzo’s solo long ball gave the Sluggers thier 2 runs. But it was Neil Walker’s walk-off RBI double in the 10th that gave VIR the win. Rizzo was 3-5 with 2 runs and 3 RBI. |
| Game #5: | VIR 4-2 Even though out hit 13-10, VIR held on to eek out a win. Chris Archer (10-9) K’d 12 but allowed 11 hits in 7 innings including Jose Bautista’s 2 run jimmy jack in the 5th that cut the VIR lead to 2. VIR had put 4 on the board in the 2nd highlighted by Jackie Bradley’s 2 run homer and those 4 runs held up as the bullpen did its job. |
| Game #6: | VIR 7-3 Trevor Williams (9-9) managed to pick up his 2nd win of the series and 3 long balls by Neil Walker, Anthony Rizzo, and Jean Segura gave VIR a 6-1 lead after 3 and they coasted to the win. |
| Series Summary: | A rare 5-1 series win for VIR. For Tijuana Encarnacion was 7-19 .368 with a HR and 2 RBI Bautista was 6-17 .352 and 4 RBI For VIR Rizzo 8-25 .320 7 RBI 3 HR Bradley Jr 6-14 .429 5 RBI 2 HR |
Mesa Solar Sox @ Coconut Creek Crushers |
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| Series Preview: | CCC hope to avoid getting swept. |
| Game #1: | Mesa jumps out to an early 7-0 lead and coasts to an easy 8-5 win. |
| Game #2: | 1B, HR, Hr in the 6th inning gives Mesa 3 runs. That is enough as they edge out a 3-2 win. |
| Game #3: | Kennedy is backed by 5 HR’s as Mesa cruises to a 12-0 blowout win. |
| Game #4: | Snell and Iglesias are just good enough to carry CCC to a 3-2 win. |
| Game #5: | CCC has a little fun in a 13-3 blowout win. |
| Game #6: | Almost a carbon copy of Game 1. Mesa jumps out to an 8-2 lead and coasts to an 8-5 win. |
| Series Summary: | Mesa takes the series 4-2. |
Long Beach Dirt Bags @ Jersey Nor’easters |
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| Series Summary: | Long Beach travels cross country and loses 4 of 6 to Jersey. |
Rosemere Renegades @ Sacramento Capitals |
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| Series Preview: | NL West showdown between first place Sacramento and last place Rosemere. |
| Series Summary: | Sacramento takes all six. |
Columbus Explorers @ Grand Haven Gators |
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| Series Preview: | Columbus visits Grand Haven for 6 games |
| Game #1: | Game Final: COL 3 – GHG 2 |
| Game #2: | Game Final: COL 7 – GHG 6 |
| Game #3: | Game Final: COL 10 – GHG 1 **Columbus C Tyler Flowers injured for 14-days. |
| Game #4: | Game Final: COL 7 – GHG 0 |
| Game #5: | Game Final: COL 5 – GHG 4 Gators blow a 1-run 9th inning lead. |
| Game #6: | Game Final: COL 8 – GHG 6 |
| Series Summary: | Columbus sweeps the 6-game series. |
Southwest Detroit Fighting Chihuahuas @ Fremont Cannons |
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| Series Preview: | Two lottery pick teams going at it. |
| Game #1: | Matt Moore goes eight strong to defeat the Cannons 8-1 and improve to 8-14. Preston Tucker finishes a double short of the cycle. |
| Game #2: | SWD scores one in the seventh and two in the eighth to pull within a run, but Fremont holds on to give Carlos Rodon the victory, 6-5. Khris Davis homered twice for his 33rd and 34th home runs of the season. |
| Game #3: | Drew Smyly gets an elusive win to improve to 3-17 as the Fighting Chihuahuas win 4-1. Pedro Alvarez hits homer #18 on the season. |
| Game #4: | Fremont wastes homers by Carlos Correa, Tommy Joseph, and Byron Buxton, as Shane Greene gets knocked around in the 10-7 Southwest Detroit victory. |
| Game #5: | Juan Nicasio holds SWD to 2 runs in 7.2 IP, and Fremont takes Game Five 3-2. Home runs by Kennys Vargas and Tommy Joseph account for all of the Fremont scoring. |
| Game #6: | A homer parade for the Cannons leads Fremont to victory in the finale, 7-4. Jonathan Schoop, Maikel Franco, Carlos Gomez, and Tommy Joseph (in his third straight game) all left the yard for the home team. |
| Series Summary: | 3-3 series split is the outcome. |
Tempe Tempers @ Corktown Cycle |
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| Series Preview: | The Cycle host the Tempers for a six game series. |
| Game #1: | Lester had a no hitter and 2-0 lead until the 7th when Taylor hit a solo HR. Lester made a throwing error later in the inning that allowed the tying run to score. Cano bailed him out gunning a runner at the plate to preserve the tie. Gattis solo home run in the 10th won the game for Tempe. Tempe 3-2 |
| Game #2: | Ray gave up a grand slam to Beltre in the 1st inning and another Beltre homer run in the 5th. Tempe 5-2 |
| Game #3: | Tempe jumped out to three run lead on a Braun homerun. Clutch hitting by Taylor (two run rbi single) and Hosmer (rbi double) tied it in 3rd. Semien rbi double and Hosmer single in 5th gave the Cycle a two run lead. Tempe loaded the bases in 6th but Altavilla came on and recorded two critical strikeouts. Bogaerts solo in 9th made it a one run game, but Flores gunned Braun at the plate later in the inning to preserve the win. Corktown 5-4 |
| Game #4: | RBI singles by Beltre and Bogaerts put Tempe up early 3-0. Dickerson rbi single in 6th and Hosmer fielders choice put two on the board for the Cycle. Tempe added two more in the 7th which ended up being needed when LeMathieu knocked an rbi double and then scored on a wild pitch. Tempe 6-4 |
| Game #5: | Votto solo to start the game. Rea then loaded the bases with no outs, but somehow got out of it with no more damage. Flores two run hr put Cycle up briefly. A Braun rbi single, Cano two run triple and Cespedes sac fly put the game out of reach. Tempe 5-2 |
| Game #6: | Asher out dueled Lester going eight scoreless innings. Lester only gave up two hits, but it resulted in one run. Colome picked up his 15th save. Corktown 1-0 |
| Series Summary: | The Cycle held their own during the series and just missed getting the split. |
Valdosta Snappers @ Windy City Black Sox |
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| Series Preview: | Valdosta and Windy City lock horns in an NL battle. |
| Game #1: | A back and forth battle where the pitching coaches updated their resumes ends with Valdosta getting the win on a two out, two run homer in the top of the 9th off Rodney. Snappers win it 9-8. |
| Game #2: | Wisler is one-hitting the Black Sox through six innings, but in the 7th, the Sox get the first two on and Brandon Belts one out to put the home side up 3-1. They hang on this time for the 3-2 win. |
| Game #3: | Pitchers duel as it is 1-1 after eight innings. But the Snappers break through against the Sox bullpen in the 9th for two runs and win it 3-1. |
| Game #4: | Another tight one, but the Snappers three run third holds up as they hang on for the 3-2 win. |
| Game #5: | Sox led it 4-2 to the 8th when Dunn gets tagged for a three run bomb by Adonis Garcia to give the Snappers the lead. But the Sox get one in the bottom of the 8th and it’s 5-5 to the 9th. In the bottom of the 9th the Sox load the bases for Rajai Davis, which prompts the Snappers to bring in Craig Kimbrel. He walks Davis to force in the winning run. 6-5 Sox win. |
| Game #6: | Sox win the finale 6-2 behind a decent performance from Matt Harvey and some timely hitting. |
| Series Summary: | The two teams split the series three games each. |
Dallas Cougars @ Yonge Street Stalkers |
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| Series Preview: | The Cougars visit the Stalkers |
| Game #1: | Michael Pineda spun a gem. He went the distance and K’d a dozen in the shutout. YSS 3 – DAL 0 |
| Game #2: | The Cougars bounced back behind 7 strong innings from Anderson and a 3 run shot by Gyorko. DAL 6 – YSS 2 |
| Game #3: | Lucas Giolito surrendered 5 homers, including 2 each from Scooter Gennett & Joc Pederson. YSS 7 – DAL 4 |
| Game #4: | Gyorko blasted a clutch 3 run shot in the top half of the 9th. DAL 5 – YSS 4 |
| Game #5: | The home teams second shutout of the series. Ivan Nova needed 2 outs worth of help from Kelvin Herrera. YSS 2 – DAL 0 |
| Game #6: | The Cougars took the finale behind a strong start from Gonzalez. DAL 7 – YSS 2 |
| Series Summary: | Aaron F%*$ing Boone loaned his nickname to Jed F%*$ing Gyorko as the teams alternated wins and losses in a highly unsatisfying split. |
Detroit Crime @ Southbend Lynx |
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| Series Preview: | Detroit, a very good team, visits Southbend, a very mediocre team for a six game series. |
| Series Summary: | Southbend smacks around Detroit in the 1st game, 12-3, that must have pissed them off because Detroit crushes Southbend in the next 5 games (8-4, 9-4, 8-2, 11-3, and 10-5.) Detroit wins the series 5-1. |
Motor City Muscle at Manhattan Project |
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| Series Summary: | Manhattan & Motor City Split the Series 3-3 INJURIES:
TEAM NAME POSITION STATUS LENGTH DATE OCCURRED MCM J. WIRTH OF ITCHY 5 DAYS AUGUST 24, Thursday MAN N. AOKI OF READY 5 DAYS AUGUST 27, Sunday |