2021 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #17
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| VOTTO,Joey | CHI AL | .800 | 1.600 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| GIOLITO,Lucas | DAL AL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| MENDICK,Danny | LBD NL | .600 | 1.800 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| TOUSSAINT,Touki | VAL NL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Southwest Detroit Fighting Chihuahuas @ Chicago Mobsters |
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| Series Preview: | Chicago riding a 6 game winning streak is at home to take on the Fighting Chihuahuas from Southwest Detroit. |
| Game #1: | Corbin Burnes gets roughed up in this one allowing 9 Runs, 8 Earned over 5 Inning. Chicago’s offense is hot. Joey Votto is 4 for 5 with a Double, Home Run, 4 RBI’s. Yandy Diaz goes 5. Trevor Bauer goes 6 Innings. Rookie Casey Mize picks up his 1st Career Save by pitching the final 3 Innings allowing only a solo Home Run to Dansby Swanson.
Final Score: Chicago 12 -Southwest Detroit 2 Win: Trevor Bauer 4-3 (2.73) |
| Game #2: | Tied at 2 Runs each after the 1st Inning & Chicago’s started Lance McCullers settled in. Chris Paddack didn’t, allowing 3 more Runs over 2 more Innings before being pulled. The Fighting Chihuahuas bullpen (Jordan Montgomery & Joey Lucchesi) then held the Mobsters scoring. McCullers was pulled after 6.2 & Alex Colome came in and promptly plunked Wilson Contreras for the 2nd time in this game, resulting in a 3 day injury for Contreras. Francisco Cervelli was the offensive star for Chicago with a Home Run & 2 RBI’s. Aroldis Chapman shut down the door in the 9th by striking out the side for Chicago.
Final Score: Chicago 5 -Southwest Detroit 2 Win: Lance McCullers 4-3 (3.25) |
| Series Summary: | Chicago riding the hot wave while they can sweep the Fighting Chihuahuas and now set their eyes on the Stalkers from Chicago who after a nice day off will come in for a 3 game set. Southwest Detroit will head to Cincinnati in hopes of getting back on track and still having hopes of a low playoff seed in 2021. |
Dallas Cougars @ Hollywood Werewolves |
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| Series Summary: | Hollywood drop both to Dallas. |
Tijuana Bottle Rockets @ Virginia Sluggers |
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| Series Preview: | Tijuana comes north of the border to play Virginia. |
| Game #1: | VIR 5-0 W-A.Plutko (6-2) L-F.Valdez (204) A 4-run 7th highlighted by an E,Jimenez 3-run blast propels VIR to the win. Plutko’s 8 innings of 3-hit ball helps. |
| Game #2: | TIJ 16-1 W-N.Margevicius (3-5) L-T.Williams (0-3) A total blow-out. 24 hits by the Bottle Rockets as they exploded. Everyone one on TIJ’s team got a hit. L.Garcia had 5, Kiner-Falefa and M.Freeman had 4, and Mullins and Grisham had 3. Grisham also had 4 RBI while K.Hays and Freeman had 3 each. Glad it’s over. It was a beating. |
| Series Summary: | Series split. But TIJ’s beat down in the second game was a thrasher. |
Selkirk Steelers @ Bethesda Bandicoots |
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| Series Preview: | The good versus the mediocre. |
| Game #1: | The good win a squeaker 2-1. |
| Game #2: | The mediocre fight back with a9-0 shutout. |
| Series Summary: | Split. |
Coconut Creek Crushers @ Mesa Solar Sox |
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| Series Preview: | Mesa looks to get some momentum going versus a Coconut Creek squad that is struggling. |
| Game #1: | Randall Grichuk drives in 2 and Andrew Heaney strikes out 9 in 6 innings. Mesa wins 3-1. |
| Game #2: | The Crushers Brandon Nimmo leads off the game with a homer, but Tim Anderson hits a single, a double, and a homer to drive in 4 as Mesa gets the two game sweep 10-4. Christian Walker hit a solo homer for Coconut creek while Grichuk drives in 2 more with a long ball. Mesa starter Pablo Lopez hurts himself and is now out for two weeks. |
| Series Summary: | Mesa wins two but loses a starting pitcher, which hurts, coming down the stretch. |
Triple Creek Patriots @ Portland Lumber Jax |
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| Game #1: | TCP 7 POR 5 |
| Game #2: | TCP 11 POR 7 |
| Series Summary: | TCP wins the series 2-0 |
Long Beach Dirt Bags @ Pittsburgh Lumber Company |
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| Series Preview: | Long Beach (24-17) and in the hunt for an N.L. playoff spot vs. Pittsburgh (16-25) already packing their bags for a move east. |
| Game #1: | Zack Wheeler and Hyun-Jin Ryu square off and it’s a pitcher’s duel all the way. Hunter Renfroe’s 2nd inning solo homerun is the game’s only run as the Lumber Company pitching staff shuts out Long Beach.
LB 0-5-1 |
| Game #2: | It’s Long Beach’s turn for the shut out as Barria, Brogdon, and Green blank Pittsburgh, holding the Lumber Company to 2 singles. Mendick had a big day for the Dirt Bags, going 3 for 5 with 2 homeruns, one of which was a grand slam, and 7 RBIs, more than doubling his total RBI tally for the season.
LB 9-11-0 |
| Series Summary: | Teams split a couple of shutouts. |
Jersey Nor’easters @ Tempe Tempers |
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| Series Preview: | The playoff bound Nor’easters blow into Tempe for a quick two game series. |
| Game #1: | Means worked out of a couple bases loaded jams in the first two innings, but Tempe eventually broke through. Wainwright gave up only 1 hit over 7.1 shutout innings. Tempe 6-1 W – Wainwright 6-0 L – Means 3-2 |
| Game #2: | A Santana two run jack in the 5th was all Lament needed as he out-dueled Maeda. Lament went 8 innings giving up only one run and two hits. Hand pitched a perfect 9th for the save. New Jersey 2-1 W Lament 5-4 L – Maeda 3-3 S – Hand #6 |
| Series Summary: | A split series between two good teams that may next face each other in the playoffs. |
Columbus Explorers @ Rosemere Renegades |
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| Series Preview: | 2nd place Columbus is in town for a short 2 games series |
| Game #1: | Thanks to a couple of DP and timely hitting, Rosemere wins the opener 8-5. Tatis ans White both go yard twice. |
| Game #2: | This one is ALL Columbus – 13-2. |
| Series Summary: | A fair split for both teams |
Valdosta Snappers @ Sacramento Capitals |
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| Series Summary: | A total of 4 runs in two games, and they all go to Valdosta for two shutout wins. |
Cincinnati Skyliners @ Motor City Muscle |
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| Series Preview: | Cincinnati travels up I-75 for a quick two-game series. |
| Game #1: | MCM 2 – CIN 1
WP: Davies (CG) Zach Davies went the distance, scattering five hits and striking out eight. |
| Game #2: | CIN 9 – MCM 4
WP: Lindblom It was over early, as CIN got all nine of their runs in the first four innings (five in the third). J.T. Realmuto went 4-4 with three RBI and two runs scored and 10 total bases. |
| Series Summary: | Series split of the two games Cincinnati’s J.T. Realmuto went 5-8, with 14 TB, 2 HRs, 3 runs, 3 RBI, and 3 doubles |
Harsens Island Walleye @ Corktown Cycle |
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| Series Preview: | Couple teams at the bottom, trying to salvage some Ws late in the season. |
| Game #1: | Corktown 7-4 |
| Game #2: | Corktown 6-3 |
| Series Summary: | The Cycle sweep the series 2-0. |
Yonge Street Stalkers @ Southbend Lynx |
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| Series Preview: | Yonge Street, fighting to reach .500 and get back into the playoff hunt, travels into Southbend for a 2 game series. |
| Game #1: | Southbend elects to start Houck, their top of the line Grade 27 Starter, just for the fun of it. Well, he pitches a decent game giving up 1 run on 5 hits while fanning 10, dropping his ERA for the year to 5.40. Yes, he is a 27, and he’s not supposed to have an ERA that high, but what can you do. Unfortunately the Lynx can only get him 1 run, so he ends up with a no decision. YSS gets 3 straigh 1bs in the T3 by Heyward, Solano, and d’Arnaud for thier 1st run. Owings ties it up for the SBL with a solo-HR in the B5. YSS gets the game winner in the T8 on a Heyward solo-HR. YSS Singer matched Houck going 6.2, giving up 1 run on 5 hits but also got a no decision. YSS Kelly gets the win and Alcala comes on for the save. SBL T.Miller takes the loss.YSS 2, SBL 1 |
| Game #2: | YSS gets out early with runs in the 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th, leading 6-0 after 6 innings. The big hits were an Estrada 2-run 1b in the T4, a Heyward solo-HR in the T5, and a Nola rbi-2b in the T6. YSS T.Walker is dominate on the mound going 5IP , giving up only 1 hit, and fanning 3. YSS then used the pen to close out the game. The lone bright spot for the SBL was a Canha 2-run HR in the B8. Walker gets the win for YSS and C.Hernandez take sthe loss for the SBL.
YSS 6, SBL 2 |
| Series Summary: | Yonge Street sweeps the 2 game series over Southbend behind some strong pitching. |
Detroit Crime @ Fremont Cannons |
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| Series Preview: | A matchup between Detroit and Fremont sees the teams jockeying for playoff position. |
| Game #1: | Kyle Higashioki homers off of Chris Bassitt in the second inning to give Fremont a 1-0 lead. Bryce Harper doubles in the fourth, then Luke Voit singles him home to tie it at 1-1. Both pitching staffs keep it scoreless until the ninth.
Tesocar Hernandez leads off the bottom of the inning with an infield single. Carlos Correa bunts him over to second. Travis Shaw strikes out, but Yoan Moncada is able to single in Hernandez for the winning run. Fremont takes it 2-1. W: Genesis Cabrera (2-0) HR: DET- none; FRE- Kyle Higashioka (5) |
| Game #2: | Both starters begin well, but Detroit starter Carlos Carrasco walks two straight to load the bases in the 3rd. Teoscar Hernandez and James McCann singled in three runs. Fremont tried for a fourth on a Byron Buxton fly out, but Hernandez is thrown out at the plate by Kyle Schwarber.
Detroit gets right back in it with a four-run 4th inning, led by Brandon Belt’s two-run double off the wall. Fremont quickly ties it at 4-4 in the bottom of the 4th with a Travis Shaw solo homer. Fremont starter Dylan Bundy leaves after 5.2 innings with an arm injury and will be out 12 days, which is a blow to Fremont’s stretch run. In the bottom of the seventh, Carlos Carrasco gives up a leadoff infield single, and departs in favor of Aaron Loup. Loup is able to get two outs, but Teoscar Hernandez hits a two-run homer to give Fremont the 6-4 lead. Fremont goes into the ninth with Tanner Scott on the mound. Brandon belt hits a leadoff single. After a Cesar Hernandez fly out, a throwing error by Yoan Moncada puts runners on second and third. Cameron Maybin has a chance to tie or win in, but his blooper is caught spectacularly by Javier Baez, and a flip to second completes the double play and the win. Fremont wins 6-4! |
| Series Summary: | Fremont wins both games to pull within two of Detroit. |