2018 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #17
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| UPTON,Justin | TIJ AL | .636 | .955 | 6 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| STROMAN,Marcus | CHI AL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| STANTON,Giancarlo | SAC NL | .304 | .957 | 6 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| GONZALEZ,Gio | HIW NL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Rosemere Renegades @ Selkirk Steelers |
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| Series Preview: | A battle of last place teams. Both lack pitching so hitting should have fun. |
| Game #1: | Shields did not have it for Selkirk 4in 3 innings, but eckoff was worse 8 in 2.2.Sandoval hit a hoemr and rove in 4 for selkirk, but Parra off the bench hit a 3 run homer off McAllister to tie the game 8-8. But Krol had control issues and Selkirk got 3 off him for the 11-8 win. W-McAllister (4-5) S-Neris(18) L-Krol(0-1) |
| Game #2: | Ruiz homers, Gsellman wa sgreat 9 k’s no walk and Glover just holds on tot he save. Rosemere 5-4. W-Gsellamn(3-13) S_Grover(1) L-Rameriz(7-10) |
| Game #3: | A total nightmare Neris blow only his second save of the year allowing 5 in the 9th to lose the game 6-5. Castro and Hoskins homer in the loss. W-Johnson(1-0) S-Krol(1) L-Neris(2-6) |
| Game #4: | Hoskins homers again a 3 run show and Marrero does as well. Selkirk 6-3. W_Davies(8-8) S_McAllister(3) L-Aquino(2-16 allow he did strike out 10 Steelers in 5 innings) |
| Game #5: | Parra again comes up big 4 rbis as Eckoff and Rosemere wins 8-3. W-Eckoff(4-12) L Nicolino(6-9) |
| Game #6: | Shields is great as Selkirk gets the split 10 strikeouts in 8 innings and Hoskin hits a pinch hit grand slam to ruin Weavers day. Weaver did strike out 12 steelers int he loss. Selkirk 6 Rosemere 3 W-Shilds (9-6) L-Weaver(0-1) S-Neris(19) |
| Series Summary: | It in a battle of last place teams it ends in a split. Rosemere pitching struck out 65 Steelers in 6 games! Too bad they up 35 runs! Selkirk pitchers allowed 33 runs and struck out a respectable 53. Bench players stole the show: Parra(Ros) 9 for 16 with 3 doubles a homer 7 rbis. Hoskins (SEL): 5 for 9 with 3 homers and 8 rbis. Pitcher: Gibson(Sel). 1 in 8 innings 12 strikeouts 1 walk Pitcher: Gsellman(ROS)1 in 8 innings 9 strikeouts no walks |
Tijuana Bottle Rockets @ Mesa Solar Sox |
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| Series Preview: | Tijuana hosts Mesa for a 6 game series |
| Series Summary: | The hometown Bottle Rockets take all 6 to earn the sweep! |
Valdosta Snappers @ Harsens Island Walleye |
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| Series Preview: | Valdosta tries to keep winning and Harsens Island tries not to keep losing. |
| Game #1: | Gio Gonzalez throws a complete game shutout with 9 k’s. Harsens Island wins 2-0. W Gonzalez 8-7 L. Feldman 3-4 |
| Game #2: | The Walleye outlast the Snappers 4-3. W. Middleton L. Rogers 3-2 S. Rodney 21 |
| Game #3: | A 5 run 5th and a 3 run 9th win it for Valdosta 8-6. W. Colome L. Rodney 3-4 S. Kimbrel 24 |
| Game #4: | All Valdosta 8-0. W. McCarthy 5-1 L. Andriese 4-3 |
| Game #5: | Again all Valdosta 5-1 W. Delgado 5-3 L. Rodriguez 11-6 |
| Game #6: | Gio Gonzalez throws another complete game as Brian McCann and the Walleye win it with a walk off 2-1. W. Gonzalez 9-7 L. Kimbrel 3-1 |
| Series Summary: | 2 complete games by Gio Gonzales salvage a split series 3-3. |
Detroit Crime @ Motor City Muscle |
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| Series Preview: | Detroit Crime heads across town for 6 games with the Motor City Muscle. |
| Game #1: | DET 5 – MCM 1
WP: Carrasco HR: DET–Zobrist, Goins; MCM–J. Hicks DET’s Carlos Carraso cruised through 7.1 innings. A pair of two-run HRs in the 4th inning was all he needed. |
| Game #2: | MCM 3 – DET 2
WP: R. Madson HR: DET–B. Harper; MCM–Trout, V. Martinez Newly-acquired Ryan Madson gets the win on Victor Martinez‘s hits a walk-off HR for MCM. |
| Game #3: | MCM 7 – DET 0
WP: Miranda (CG) HR: MCM–Trout Ariel Miranda dominated, striking out 10 with only three hits (although he did walk five). Mike Trout (4-4, HR) and Eric Sogard (2-4, 2 doubles, 4 RBI) were the hitting stars for MCM. |
| Game #4: | MCM 5 – DET 4 (10 inn.)
WP: Madson HR: DET–Phillips; MCM–Trout, Panik Another MCM walk-off HR, another Ryan Madson win for MCM. This time the hero was Joe Panik. |
| Game #5: | DET 8 – MCM 7
WP: M. Bush HR: DET–M. Machado, A. Jones; MCM–Castellanos, Panik, Freese MCM went to the well one too many times with Ryan Madson, as he and Justin Wilson coughed up a 7-4 lead. Adam Jones and Manny Machado both had a HR and three hits for DET. |
| Game #6: | MCM 4 – DET 3hird wal
WP: W. Davis HR: DET–C. Davis; MCM–Castellanos, S. Perez The third walk-off win of the series for MCM, on a 9th inning single by Eric Sogard. |
| Series Summary: | MCM takes the series 4 games to 2 MCM had three walk-off wins, two on HRs. Mike Trout had a HR in three straight games; Nick Castellanos and Joe Panik homered in back-to-back games for MCM Ryan Madson, in his first series for MCM since a trade from Bethesda, had wins in two games and took the loss in a third. Ken Giles had two saves and a loss for DET. DET had seven HRs in the series, by seven different hitters |
Jersey Nor’easters @ Sacramento Capitals |
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| Series Summary: | Sacramento takes 4 of 6 from the visiting Nor’easters with the help of Stanton’s 5 HRs. He now has 45 HRs and 102 RBI in 108 games. |
Columbus Explorers @ Long Beach Dirt Bags |
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| Series Summary: | Columbus sweeps Long Beach. The pitching was too good as they gave up just 11 runs in the 6 games. |
Chicago Mobsters @ Dallas Cougars |
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| Series Summary: | Chicago and Dallas split. |
Triple Creek Patriots @ Pittsburgh Lumber Company |
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| Series Summary: | Pittsburgh splits with Triple Creek. |
Bethesda Bandicoots @ Portland Lumber Jax |
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| Series Preview: | The NL East first place team the Bethesda Bandicoots (58-44) visit the Portland Mavericks (42-60). Bandicoots struggled with Columbus last series and are riding a 5 game losing streak. |
| Game #1: | Sonny Gray and Steve Cishek keep Portland bats quiet as the Bandicoots get the 3-1 win. |
| Game #2: | The runs poured like Portland rain in this one. In the end, it was Trever Story with two homeruns that gave Bethesda the 11-9 win. Story had one HR in game one also. |
| Game #3: | Bandicoot Jake Arrieta keeps Portland off the scoreboard in the 3-0 win. |
| Game #4: | Dominating pitching once again from Bethesda, with Ryu and Lyons holding the LumberJax to 1 run in route to the 4-1 win. |
| Game #5: | Bandicoots jump to a 5-0 lead, and Portland can’t answer back. 5-2 Bethesda. |
| Game #6: | Portland jumps out to its first lead 3-1 in the first but can’t score thereafter. Story picks up his 4th HR of the series in the 5-3 win. |
| Series Summary: | The Bethesda Bandicoots (64-44) remain in first place in the NL East with the six-game sweep. Portland stands at (42-66). |
Virginia Sluggers @ Yonge Street Stalkers |
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| Series Preview: | The Sluggers head north hoping to chip away at Hollywoods lead in the A.L. West. The home team is looking to put seemingly constant injuries in the rearview mirror and right the ship. |
| Game #1: | A slug-fest. Chris Tillman got the win despite a less than stellar effort (5 1/3 IP, 7 ER). Anthony Rizzo led the way with 2 doubles and 4 RBI. Yonge Street lost Jason Heyward for 15 days. VIR 10 – YSS 8 |
| Game #2: | Another slug-fest. VIR had 3 pitchers give up 3 runs apiece, but Jorge Bonifacio homered twice and plated 5 to pace the Sluggers. Jorge Soler had a HR and a double and knocked in 5 for the losing Stalkers. VIR 11 – YSS 9 |
| Game #3: | Marco Estrada took the brunt of the Slugger damage in this one. Virginia scored double digit runs for the 3rd straight game. Oh, by the way…YSS lost Joc Pederson for 13 days. VIR 13 – YSS 5 |
| Game #4: | Perdomo was stellar and 6 Sluggers teamed up to score 7 runs. Virginia lost George Springer for 8 days. VIR 7 – YSS 4 |
| Game #5: | The home team took it to Trevor Cahill. Scooter Gennett and Kris Bryant both hit 2 homers to pace the Stalkers. YSS 11 – VIR 3 |
| Game #6: | VIR got back on track behind Chris Archer. Jackie Bradley drove in 3. VIR 6 – YSS 4 |
| Series Summary: | The Sluggers slugged, the Stalkers got hurt. Seems to be a pattern. Virginia will return home to host Tijuana, while YSS will call up reinforcements and head to DAL. |
Coconut Creek Crushers @ Hollywood Werewolves |
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| Series Summary: | Hollywood takes 5 of 6. |
Manhattan Project @ Fremont Cannons |
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| Game #1: | Khris Davis hits a two-run homer in the seventh to give Fremont the 3-2 win. |
| Game #2: | Eric Skoglund is pounded for an amazing 18 hits and 12 runs in three innings without giving up a homer. Fremont scores eight runs in the final two innings but still fall 16-13 to Manhattan. Khris Davis hits the 30-HR mark. Ian Kinsler finishes 3-5 with 4 RBI. |
| Game #3: | Dylan Bundy improves to 11-5 with the 5-2 Fremont victory. |
| Game #4: | Manhattan scores one in the eighth and one in the ninth to tie it up, but James McCann singles home Javier Baez in the tenth for the Fremont 7-6 win. J.T. Realmuto hit a grand slam in the losing effort. |
| Game #5: | Masahiro Tanaka doesn’t allow a hit until the sixth inning, but the Cannons jumped all over Peter Moylan in relief and win 6-2. |
| Game #6: | The Project get on Sal Romano early for 5 runs, and take the finale 6-2. Mitch Haniger goes 3-5 with a HR and 2 RBI to lead the way. |
| Series Summary: | Fremont get a rare series win 4-2! |
Southwest Detroit Fighting Chihuahuas @ Southbend Lynx |
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| Series Preview: | Southbend, after coming off a good series on the road, host Southwest Detroit in a series between celler dwellers. |
| Game #1: | All Southbend as Banda picks up his 11th win. banda gave up 2 in the T3 but Southbend struck back with 5 in the B4 en route to a 10-2 win. C.Gimenez the hittng star for SBL with 2 HRs. SBL 10, SWD 2 |
| Game #2: | SWD comes back and gets the win in the 2nd game. Moore goes the distance for his 4th win as he gives up #ER but fans 12. SWD D.Smith is the man as he hits 2 HRs for SWD. SWD 5, SBL 3 |
| Game #3: | SWD gets another strong outing from their starter as J.Gray gets the CG win giving up only 1 run on 4 hits while fanning 8. SWD uses 6 hits coupled with 2 SBL errors to plate their runs. Forsythe hits a solo-HR for the lone SBL run. SWD 4, SBL 1 |
| Game #4: | A recurring theme as SWD gets another CG from their starter as J.Montgomery fans 11 giving up 1 run on 6 hits. Healy and Wieters hit HRs for SWD. Wieters has 3 rbi and J.Jones 2 for SWD. Canha hits a solo-HR for the SBL run. SWD 7, SBL 1 |
| Game #5: | Southbend finally knocks out a SWD starter, but SBL starter Pivetta is pretty bad as he gives up 7 runs. SWD Swanson hits a HR and had 3 rbi in the game. Altuve starts to heat up with 4 rbi. SWD holds on for the win as Castro gets the 3 inning save. SWD 7, SBL 6 |
| Game #6: | SBL like SWD E.Fedde as they score 6 runs off him in 4.2IP. SBL A.Banda picks up his 12th win going 6IP giving up 3 runs. Altuve ends the series win a big game going 5-5 w/ 2 runs and 5 rbi and a 2b. Cozart is 2-4 with @ HRS and 5 rbi. J.Jones hits a HR for SWD. SBL 10, SWD 5 |
| Series Summary: | Southwest Detroit takes the series 4-2 with the difference being the starting pitching. |
Corktown Cycle @ Tempe Tempers |
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| Series Preview: | Adrian Beltre slugged four home runs in the series to lead the Tempe Tempers to a 4-2 series win over a solid Corktown Cycle. |
| Series Summary: | Beltre slugged two home runs in the final game of the series to pass Manny Ramirez (208) as the all time franchise leader in home runs with 210. |