2019 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #19
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| BREGMAN,Alex | CHI AL | .391 | 1.000 | 6 | 23 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| FOLTYNEWICZ,Michael | SBL AL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.53 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| BLACKMON,Charlie | COL NL | .464 | .643 | 6 | 28 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| CASHNER,Andrew | SEL NL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rosemere Renegades @ Harsens Island Walleye |
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| Series Preview: | Two bottom feeders go at it. |
| Game #1: | Rosemere 5-2 W Maton 2-3 4.81 era L Chafin 0-5 6.95 era |
| Game #2: | Harsens Island 3-0 W Urena 6-12 3.32 era L Eickhoff 1-16 5.98 era |
| Game #3: | Rosemere 5-2 W Lauer 4-14 5.13 era L Gonzalez 1-18 5.48 era |
| Game #4: | Rosemere 12-4 W Kuhl 6-12 4.27 era L Bettis 4-12 4.48 era |
| Game #5: | Rosemere 5-4 W Gsellman 4-6 4.13 era L Anderson 1-4 4.67 era |
| Game #6: | Rosemere 1-0 W Weaver 1-3 4.71 era L Ramirez 0-2 2.72 era |
| Series Summary: | The good news. Harsens Island stops their 21 game losing streak with a victory. The bad news. That was their only win of the series dropping 5 of 6. |
Yonge Street Stalkers @ Southwest Detroit Fighting Chihuahuas |
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| Series Summary: | Yonge Street Takes the Series 4 games to 2. |
Detroit Crime @ Manhattan Project |
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| Series Preview: | Central Division leader Detroit comes to Manhattan just to see the street lights working. |
| Game #1: | Manhattan 2-1 WP – Alexander LP – Dominguez |
| Game #2: | Detroit 7-1 (Rain shortened, called in 6th inning) WP – Strasburg LP – Lopez |
| Game #3: | RAIN OUT!! |
| Game #4: | Detroit 8-5 (10 Innings) WP – Dominguez LP – Alexander |
| Game #5: | Detroit 4-3 WP – Minor LP – Suarez SV – Dominguez Manhattan starting pitcher M. TANAKA injured for 12 days |
| Game #6: | RAIN OUT!! |
| Series Summary: | Two rain outs. One game shortened by rain. FOUR games played. Detroit takes 3 out of 4 played |
Tempe Tempers @ Sacramento Capitals |
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| Series Summary: | Sacramento takes 3 of the first 4 games against Tempe, but drops the last two for a series split. All but the last game could have gone either way, but Tempe had its way with Sacramento in Game 6 to close out the series. |
Mesa Solar Sox @ Virginia Sluggers |
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| Series Preview: | Two middle of the pack teams beginning to think about next year. Mesa coming in after a 3-3 series split, Virginia after a 4-2 series win. Can the Gents stay hot? |
| Game #1: | VIR 9-6 W-Trevor Williams (9-9) L-Anibal Sanchez (3-6)
After two innings of nothing, Virginia opens the scoring in the bottom of the 3rd. Carlos Santana leads off with a walk and Whitt Merrifield follows with a single to left putting runners at 1st and 2nd. Jean Segura then lines a shot to left center scoring Santana but Merrifield is out trying to go to third. Anthony Rizzo follows Segura and settles into the box,…”A. RIZZO facing A. SANCHEZ, B 3rd, 2 Outs, Runner on 1st, Ahead 1-0…SEGURA well off first … SANCHEZ rocks and fires … and RIZZO puts a charge into it…deep to right center … if it’s deep enough … jackpot! … home run for RIZZO…and two runs score |
| Game #2: | VIR 5-0 W-Luis Castillo (9-4) L-Clayton Richards (3-10)
This one was all Castillo as he went the distance throwing a 3-hit shut-out. Jean Segura went deep, George Springer and Brian Anderson had 2 RBI each and Anthony Rizzo was 4-4 with 2 runs scored. |
| Game #3: | VIR 9-6 W-Chris Archer (8-5) L-Ian Kennedy (1-5) SV-Felipe Vazwuez (21)
Randal Grichuk gets Mesa on the board in the first with a blooper that falls in for a 2-run double. Virginia answers in the 2nd with a Nick Markakis RBI triple and a Carlos Santana SF. They go up 4-2 in the 4th on RBI singles by Brian Anderson and Cam Gallagher. Mesa makes it a 1 run game in the 5th, “E. ROSARIO facing C. ARCHER, T 5th, 1 Out, Bases Empty, Behind 2-4…Here’s the pitch … ROSARIO lofts a high fly … down the line to right…MARKAKIS looks as if he’s got it covered … on the warning track … now his back’s to the wall…the leap … and he comes down … empty handed! … ROSARIO eases into his home run trot…that ball just wouldn’t die |
| Game #4: | VIR 3-2 W-Hansel Robles (1-3) L- Jeremy Jeffress (5-3)
A costly victory for Virginia as they lost starting pitcher Trevor Cahill for 35 days! The good news?…they beat Trevor Bauer (grade 18) and Jeffress (grade 23). Jesus Aguilar opened the game with a 2-run blast in the 1st and after Virginia scratched a run in the 2nd, Bauer settled in and it looked like it was over. But oh how things can change. Bottom of the 7th, Bauer strikes out George Springer and Nick Markakis to start the inning. Carlos Santana then dinks a Texas leaguer to right for a single. And then…” R. DEVERS facing T. BAUER, B 7th, 2 Outs, Runner on 1st, Behind 1-2…The pitch … DEVERS lashes one to right … base hit … that could be trouble … it’s rolling…MARISNICK gallops for it … he’s up with it … SANTANA’s around third…they’re waving him in…here comes the throw home…DEVERS’s going for third…SANTANA scores … tie game … AGUILAR cuts it to third … and DEVERS’s … out by a mile…oh, those, SOLAR SOX … they slay the go-ahead run … they trade the run for a big out.” The game stays like that until the 11th. Jackie Bradley leads off with a walk and steals 2nd. Whitt Merryfield draws the intentional walk and Gregorio Petit’s sac bunt moves them up 90 feet. Mesa elects to put Anthony Rizzo on and the sacks are now loaded. “G. SPRINGER facing J. JEFFRESS, B 11th, 1 Out, Bases Loaded, Tied 2-2…They’re playing him in … the runners take their lead … the pitch comes in … high … ball one…G. SPRINGER facing J. JEFFRESS, B 11th, 1 Out, Bases Loaded, Tied 2-2…The runners take their lead … he lets it go … smoked to right … base hit … it’s all over…BRADLEY scores |
| Game #5: | VIR 5-2 W-Ryan Borucki (2-7) L-Anibal Sanchez (3-7) SV-Felipe Vazquez (22)
Borucki goes 8 innings scattering 6 hits and hands it over to Vazquez for the save as Virginia is one win away from a rare series sweep. George Springer’s 2-run monster shot in the first gives Borucki a lead he doen’t squander. Mesa does tie the game in the 2nd on back to back RBI doubles from Tim Anderson and Jake Marisnick,…but to no avail as Virginia puts up 2 more in the 2nd on a RBI double off the bat of Anthony Rizzo and a bases loaded walk from Nick Markakis. Borucki takes charge from there and keeps Mesa of the boards the rest of the game. Jean Segura adds a RBI double in the 6th to put Virginia up by the final score of 5-2. More bad news for Virginia (well not too bad) Clint Frazier lost for 25 days. |
| Game #6: | VIR 7-1 W-Heath Fillmyer (4-4) L-Clayton Richard (3-11)
Another good game from a Virginia pitcher. Fillmyer limits the Solar Sox to 5 hits over 8 innings while striking out 10 batters. Tim Williams pitched a perfect 3 batter 9th and the Sluggers captured a rare series sweep. On the offensive side of the game, Anthony Rizzo ripped a 2-run homer and a 2-run double, Whitt Merrifield had 2 RBI’s on a double and 2 singles and Rafael Devrs hit his 10th homer of the year. For Mesa, Jesus Aguilar had 2 of his team’s 5 hits. |
| Series Summary: | Virginia wins it 6-0 in a series sweep. No super outstanding performances but several very solid ones: for Mesa Tim Anderson was 7-20 .350 AVG and 4 RBI Jesus Aguilar 7-24 .291 AVG, 4 RBI and 2 HRfor Virginia Whitt Merrifield 9-23 .391 AVG, 7 runs, 7 SB Anthony Rizzo 8-24 .333 AVG, 8 RBI and 2 HR Nick Markakis 9-24 .375 AVG George Springer 9-20 .450 AVG, 6 runs, 6 RBI and 2 HR |
Columbus Explorers @ Corktown Cycle |
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| Series Preview: | Battle of (some) of the Cs – Columbus at Corktown (games played by Columbus) |
| Game #1: | Lots of offense for Columbus as they come back from 2-1 1st inning deficit to win 12-2 – most everything happened in 9 run 6th inning. Best reliever for the Cycle was Kevin Plawecki who pitched the 9th, 3 batters, 1 k and no hits. Tyler Flowers cracked 2 homers (10, 11) for Columbus. |
| Game #2: | 12 runs was enough offense for Columbus, so they scored 20 runs in this one. Game featured a 7 run, 6 run and 5 run outburst and 26 hits for Columbus. Final was 20-5 with 36 hits total in the game. Carlos Perez homered for Corktown (1). Corktown again goes to the bench for a 9th inning pitcher – this time Franmil Perez. He didn’t like it – 10 batters, 3 walks, 4 hits and 5 runs (and gave up a homer). |
| Game #3: | Things settled down for the game 3 – Columbus only gets 14 hits and only scores 7 runs and only hit 1 homer – Brock Holt (6). But it was enough for a 7-1 win. Chris Taylor led the 7 hit attack for the Cycle with 2. Final 7-1 Columbus. |
| Game #4: | We have a ballgame. Columbus scores 4 runs in the 3rd including a Brock Holt 2 run homer (7). However, the Cycle find ways to keep in the game as they tag J.A. Happ for 4 (FOUR) homers. Ok, they were all solo shots, but they add up. AND TWO OF THEM were by Corktown starter Anthony DeSclafani ((1,2). After 6, the score is 5-4 Columbus, but the Cycle plate 2 in the 7th to take the lead. However, the Explorers put together a 3 run 8th and hang on to win 8-6. |
| Game #5: | Columbus gets 2 in the 1st, add a few more and hang on for 5-3 win as neither team gets double digit hits. Arms and shoulders must be getting tired or they found and old supply of baseballs. |
| Game #6: | Columbus goes for the sweep, but Felix Pena (W 3-8) has other ideas. He goes 7 innings, gives up only 5 hits, fans 5 and gives up 1 run. AND he gets offensive help as the Cycle score 4 times in the 3rd. Pablo Reyes goes 3 for 3 with a walk, 2 runs, a homer (3) and rbi. Big blast was a Jorge Alfaro 3 run homer (2) in the 4 run inning. Final score 6-2 Corktown. |
| Series Summary: | Columbus hit the road and took 5 from their hosts. Corktown will next host Pittsburgh, Columbus goes home to host Valdosta. |
Pittsburgh Lumber Company @ Triple Creek Patriots |
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| Series Preview: | NL East leading Pittsburgh (66-48) takes on Triple Creek (54-60) in efforts to stay ahead of the Bandicoots. |
| Game #1: | Taillon squares off against Tropeano and both pitches leave with a decision. Knotted after 7 full the bullpen battle was won by the Lumber Co. Jansen and Iglesias were too much for Soria and Triple Creek’s bats.
Dozier led for Pitt – 2-4 w/ solo shot but the Pitt pen allowed just 2 base runners over the last 3 frames. Corey Seager shined with a 3-4 day and Bellinger drove in two with a double and HR. PLC 4 TCP 3 W – Pazos (4) |
| Game #2: | Clevinger tossed a gem allowing just 4 hits and 1 walk over 8 1/3. Moustakas and Adames both went 2-4 and Judge, Moose, and Sisco each drove in a Lumber Co.
PLC 3 TCP 3 W – Clevinger (10) |
| Game #3: | Afteer 9 innings of not plating a run, Pittsburgh hurlers tack on 9 more. Yarbrough, Jansen, Hudson and Iglesias tag team for a 3 hit no walk shutout. Moose delivered the only run Pitt would need, a solo shot in the 2nd. Gausman went 8 full for the Creek allowing just 4 hits and 1 run himself but Triple Creek wiffle bats squandered his efforts.
PLC 1 TCP 0 W – Yarbrough (5) |
| Game #4: | Another hard fought battle but this one favors the home squad. Newcomb and Strahm pair up to help deliver Triple Creek their 1st, and only win, of the series. Dual threat Newcomb tallies a 2-3 1 RBI day to help his own cause. Manaea pitched a nice game going 6 full on 3 runs but the Creek arms ruled the day.
PLC 2 TCP 3 W – Newcomb (8) |
| Game #5: | Pitt strikes early for a quick 4 run lead but Triple Creek fights back with 5 late to tie things up after 8 full. The Lumber Co bullpen decided another game as Jennings just didn’t have it in the 11th. Judge (3-5 2/ 2 RBI), Marte (2-5 w/ 2 RBI) and Soto’s pinch hit 2 run shot led Pitt’s offense. Bellinger’s 3-5 2 RBI and Seager’s 2-5 w/ 2 RBI efforts were wasted.
PLC 8 TCP 5 W – Iglesias (4) |
| Game #6: | The Lumber Co brought it early and often as they pillaged for a 6 run lead after 3 full. Triple Creek had nothing in the tank after several close games and Pitt wins this one easily. Adames (3-4), Moose (3-5 w/ 2 RBI), Sisco (3-4) and Dozier (2-5) paced Pitt.
PLC 8 TCP 2 W – Taillon (11) |
| Series Summary: | Pittsburgh took the series 5-1. |
Chicago Mobsters @ Dallas Cougars |
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| Series Preview: | That’s what Bilbo Baggins hates! |
| Series Summary: | Chicago came to Dallas and treated their host in much the same way the dwarves treated Bilbo during the unexpected dinner at Bag End winning the series 5 games to 1. The Panthers managed to salvage one win with their ace, Patrick Corbin pitching game 3 with a little help from Yangervis Solarte who hit two home runs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPuH5zcxqRk |
Bethesda Bandicoots @ Portland Lumber Jax |
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| Series Preview: | Bandicoots in the running for the NL East title with 66-54 record heads to 56-63 Portland. |
| Game #1: | Bethesda gets the easy win with a big five run 6th inning. BET 5 POR 2 |
| Game #2: | Portland scores 3 runs in the bottom of the 9th to sent it to extras… but lose it in the 10th. BET 5 POR 4 |
| Game #3: | Another easy win for Bethesda BET 6 POR 3 |
| Game #4: | Portland’s Tyler Mahle gets pounded for 13 earned runs sending his era from 5.00 to 6.42. BET 13 POR 1 |
| Game #5: | Walker Buehler and TJ McFarland combine for the shutout in 12 innings… as it took that long for Portland to manage a run. POR 1 BET 0 |
| Game #6: | Portland’s John Flaherty pitches the second straight shutout for Portland. POR 1 BET 0 |
| Series Summary: | Bethesda beats Portland 4 games to 2. |
Southbend Lynx @ Fremont Cannons |
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| Series Preview: | The West leading Lynx visit the not-so-great Cannons. |
| Game #1: | Max Muncy remembers Fremont passing on him in the draft, and responds with his 36th HR and 3 RBI. Southbend wins 7-2, giving Michael Foltynewicz his 17th win. James McCann has a rough day with two errors. |
| Game #2: | Derek Holland and Archie Bradley combine to shut out the Cannons 8-0. |
| Game #3: | Eduardo Escobar knocks out his 35th HR as Southbend wins 4-2. Fremont outhit the Lynx 11-9, but Kolby Allard doled out 7 walks. |
| Game #4: | Eduardo Escobar continues his hot hitting with 2 home runs, as the Lynx win 5-2. Sal Romano drilled Zach Cozart in the neck, and he is lost for 30 days. |
| Game #5: | Ty Blach leads Southbend to another shutout of Fremont, 6-0. Daniel Norris reaches the 10 strikeout mark again in the loss. |
| Game #6: | An identical 6-0 score behind Michael Foltynewicz’s CGSO 3-hit, 13 strikeout effort gives the Lynx the series sweep. |
| Series Summary: | Potentially Fremont’s worst effort of the year yields a 6-0 sweep by the visiting Lynx. |
Hollywood Werewolves @ Motor City Muscle |
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| Series Preview: | Hollywood at Motor City for 6 games. |
| Game #1: | MCM 8 – HOL 2
WP: K. Hendricks HR: MCM–Y. Alonso (2), Trout, Candelario MCM busts out the power, with four HRs, two by Yonder Alonso. The win was expensive, though, as Dustin Fowler (11 days) and Greg Garcia suffer injuries when they collide. |
| Game #2: | MCM 9 – HOL 4
WP: Leake HR: MCM–Ahmed, A. Garcia; HOL–Goldschmidt MCM offense stays hot, and Mike Leake goes eight innings. HOL’s Taylor Cole was ejected in the fifth inning. |
| Game #3: | HOL 6 – MCM 1
WP: H. Valezquez HR: MCM–Freese; HOL–Yelich HOL balanced attack and Hector Velazquez shut down the Muscle |
| Game #4: | MCM 7 – HOL 6
WP: B. Wood HR: MCM–Castellanos, Ahmed; HOL–C. Gonzalez (2) MCM was down 6-1 going into the bottom of the ninth, but capped a five-run rally on Nick Ahmed’s three-run HR. An innin later, Orlando Arcia knocked in the winner. Justin Verlander was ejected in the sixth inning. |
| Game #5: | MCM 5 – HOL 3
WP: de Grom HR: MCM: Y. Alonso; HOL–M. Chapman Jacob de Grom struck out 12 in 8.2 innings. Ian Kinsler (3 hits, 2 runs), Yonder Alonso (2 hits, 2 RBI, HR), and Nick Castellanos (3 RBI, 2 doubles) led the hitting attack. |
| Game #6: | HOL 5 – MCM 4
WP: T. Cole HR: MCM–S. Perez, Castellanos; HOL–Riddle MCM fought back to take a late lead on Nick Castellanos’s two-run HR in the bottom of the 8th. In the top of the 9th, J.T. Riddle returned the favor with a two-run shot of his own for the HOL win as MCM couldn’t answer back in the bottom of the inning. Christian Yelich was ejected in the 2nd inning. |
| Series Summary: | MCM takes the series 4 games to 2 The umpires wanted some attention this series, as there were 3 ejections The trainers got some screen time, too, with three injuries Yonder Alonso (MCM) and Carlos Gonzalez (HOL) had two-HR games. |
Jersey Nor’easters @ Selkirk Steelers |
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| Series Preview: | Jersey is playing above .500 and are in the wild card race but currently 10 back. Selkirk is still a bottom third team but they are much better than the past and now that all the players and pitchers reached their 45% rule the best lineups are out their every day, |
| Game #1: | Matz only game up 3 hits in 7+ innings but allowed 4 runs. Bauer homered for Jersey in the 4-2 win,Rodriquez improves to 7-1 and Matz falls to 8-14 |
| Game #2: | It was ajersey blowout but bad relief forced Hader the super closer in who got his 31st save in 31 chances! Jersey wins 12-8 but left bases full of Steelers. Hoskins, Dixon and Profar homer for Selkirk in the lose. |
| Game #3: | Cashner was player of the week worthy 9 innings 6 hits 1 walk 12 strikeouts int he 5-0 Selkirk win,Hoskins and Dixon homer int he win. |
| Game #4: | Keller improves to 13-4 as the Selkirk bats scored 10 runs in the win. |
| Game #5: | OMG Hader blows his first save a walk off triple by Torres as he came a single short of the cycle. 6-5 Selkirk. |
| Game #6: | Selkirk shocks Jersey expecting a 4-2 series win loses 4-2 as Hader the 22* blows back to back saves and takes the loss in game 5 and 6. |
| Series Summary: | Selkirk shocks Jersey expecting a 4-2 series win loses 4-2 as Hader the 22* blows back to back saves and takes the loss in game 5 and 6.
Pitcher of the week Cashner 6 hitter 1 walk 12 Strikeouts |
Coconut Creek Crushers @ Tijuana Bottle Rockets |
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| Series Preview: | Tijuana hosts Coconut Creek for 6. |
| Series Summary: | The visitors take 4 of 6. |
Long Beach Dirt Bags @ Valdosta Snappers |
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| Series Preview: | Playoff hopeful Long Beach pays a visit to last place Valdosta and the Snappers do their best Jekyll and Hyde imitation. |
| Game #1: | Long Beach 6-2. Jeremy Hellickson pitched into the 8th to notch just his 2nd victory of the year. Blake Treinen finished up for his 22nd save. |
| Game #2: | Long Beach 5-4. Jamie Barria improved to 7-1 with a solid 6 1/3 IP. Barria had zero AB’s in “real life” but managed his 1st HR of the season in this game. Blake Treinen allowed 2 runs in the 9th but held on for his 23rd save. |
| Game #3: | Long Beach 8-5. Brandon McCarthy (4-14) allowed 3 HR’s and the Snappers could not recover. Treinan with his 24th save. |
| Game #4: | Valdosta 7-3. Snappers popped 4 HR’s as they came ready to play today for a change. Jordan Zimmerman was shaky as usual but did manage to get the win to improve to 5-8. |
| Game #5: | Valdosta 8-2. Snappers bring the pain again as Josh Donaldson homered for the 2nd straight game and Kenta Maeda improved to 3-7, 3.51. |
| Game #6: | Valdosta 5-0. Jason Hammel (4-11) went the distance allowing just 4 1B’s and struck out 10 with easily his best start of the year. |
| Series Summary: | Strange series was almost like 2 separate series as the teams split the 6 games. |