2023 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #5
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| STASSI,Max | CCC AL | .471 | 1.000 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| ALCANTARA,Sandy | FRE AL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.12 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| ALONSO,Pete | SEL NL | .375 | .708 | 7 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| PEREZ,Martin | TEM NL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.63 | 14 | 1 | 1 | # | 20 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Columbus Explorers @ Selkirk Steelers |
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| Preview: | Selkirk is in second place hoping to make the playoffs, Columbus is playing .500 ball deciding if they have a chance or not? |
| Game #1: | Selkirk Gibson was great 9 innings 4 hits 1 walk 10 K’s. Carlson homered. Selkirk 4 Columbus 0 W-Gibson 1-1 l-winder 1-2 |
| Game #2: | Cease is on 6 innings 2 hits no runs for Selkirk. Selkirk mashed with 5 homers Profar, Turner, Garcia, Dubon and Perez. Selkirk 10 Columbus 1 W_Cease 5-1 L Espino (2-2) |
| Game #3: | Stubbs hits two homers for Columbus. Abbott gets the win as Bautista holds on for the 7-6 save. Columbus 7 Selkirk 6 W-Abbott (1-0) S-Bautista(2) L-Keller(1-1) |
| Game #4: | Pete Alonso 4 for 4 with a double and homer as Quantrill goes 7 in the 6-1 Selkirk win. Selkirk 6 columbus 1 W-Quantrill(2-2) Gilbert (2-2) |
| Game #5: | Selkirk gets 4 homers Betts, Alonso (grand slam), Semien and Turner 6 rbis, Freid was get over 6 innings 2 hits. Selkirk 16 Columbus 0 W-Freid (6-0) L-Lyle (1-5) |
| Game #6: | Gibson didn;t have it this time as Duran homers in the 6-3 win. Columbus 6 Selkirk 3 W-Winder (2-2) L-Gibson (1-2) |
| Game #7: | Cease a strong 7.1 2 runs. Abreu gave up 3 runs in the columbus pen. Selkirk 5 Columbus 2 W-Cease(6-1) S-Hendricks L-abreu (0-2) |
| Summary: | Selkirk gets good pitching and tons of hitting winning 5 of the 7 games. Pitcher of the Week Cease 2-0 13.1 innings 7 hits 2 runs 14 k’s 2 walks Pete Alonso 10 rbis |
Virginia Sluggers @ Chicago Mobsters |
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| Preview: | The oldest two Franchises in MWBL History pair up in a windy city showdown. |
| Game #1: | Chicago pounds out 11 Hits & 11 Runs. Riley Greene has a Grand Slam. Julio Rodriguez chips in with 3 RBIs.Final Score: Chicago 11 – Virginia 2Win: Javier Assad 1-1 (3.75) Loss: Luis Patino 0-1 (27.00) |
| Game #2: | Jesus Luzardo pitches well once again, & Wily Adames has 2 solo Home Runs as Chicago gets by the Sluggers.
Final Score: Chicago 6 – Virginia 1 Win: Jesus Luzardo 2-2 (2.25) |
| Game #3: | Virginia’s Jackie Bradley has 2 Doubles & 2 RBIs. Triston McKenzie is solid going 7 Innings and allowing only 4 Hits and 1 Run.
Final Score: Virginia 6 – Chicago 2 Win: Triston McKenzie 3-0 (2.25) |
| Game #4: | Whit Merrifield & Sean Murphy have 2 Hits each as Elieser Hernandez pitches well for the Sluggers going 7 Innings and allowing only 6 Hits and 1 Run.
Final Score: Virginia 4 – Chicago 1 Win: Elieser Hernandez 2-2 (4.91) |
| Game #5: | Joe Ryan goes down with a 12-day injury in the 5th Inning for the Sluggers. Alex Bregman has 2 Doubles and 2 RBIs for Chicago. Rafael Devers has 3 RBIs for the SluggersFinal Score: Virginia 6 – Chicago 4Win: Kyle Finnegan 3-0 (4.70) Loss: Devin Williams 0-1 (2.89) Save: Clay Holmes #10 |
| Game #6: | Chicago scores a late run in the 8th to take the lead. They hold on to win it for Edwin Diaz.
Final Score: Chicago 4 – Virginia 3 Win: Edwin Diaz 3-0 (0.79) |
| Summary: | These two long-running Francises split the 6 games set in Chicago. They will battle it out again the last week of August right before rosters are set to expand. |
Cincinnati Skyliners @ Southwest Detroit Fighting Chihuahuas |
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| Summary: | Cincinnati is the real deal. Winning 5 of 7 at Southwest Detroit. Corbin Burns tosses a No-Hitter in game 7. |
Sacramento Capitals @ Harsens Island Walleye |
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| Preview: | Sacramento visits Harsens Island. |
| Summary: | The Walleye take the series 4 games to 2. |
Tempe Tempers @ Long Beach Dirt Bags
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| Summary: | empe sweeps 6 from Long Beach. |
Yonge Street Stalkers @ Detroit Crime |
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| Summary: | Detroit takes series 4-3. |
Tijuana Bottle Rockets @ Hollywood Werewolves
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| Summary: | Hollywood and Tijuana split in a very tight series. 4 straight extra inning games. Hollywood couldn’t hit to save their lives. They got lucky to get the split thanks to some late inning heroics. |
Portland Lumber Jax @ Corktown Cycle
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| Game #1: | Luis Robert 2 HR and 6 RBI and lead a 5 run 5th for the Lumber Jax
Portland 8-2 |
| Game #2: | Portland lead the whole game. Kyle Freeland was electric striking out 9 and walking only 2.
Portland 5-2 |
| Game #3: | Portland 4-1
W. German Marquez CG 2-1 |
| Game #4: | Pitchers duel, but the Lumber Jax come out on top again.
Portland 1-0 |
| Game #5: | Corktown going the wrong way.
Portland 9-0 |
| Game #6: | Portland strikes first in the 9th to make it 1-0. But the Cycle finally find some life and get 2 for their first W of the series.
Corktown 2-1 |
| Summary: | Portland comes in and smacks Corktown in the face! Winning 5 of 6. |
Coconut Creek Crushers @ Dallas Cougars |
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| Preview: | Dallas 8-19 (6-7 Home) host Coconut Creek 3-23 (2-11 Road). |
| Game #1: | Andres Gimenez had four hits including two doubles for the Cougars. One of the hits was a two out single in the 11th that eventually became the winning run when Jose Abreu doubled him home.
Final Score: Cougars 8, Crushers 7 (11) |
| Game #2: | After the Crushers tied the game at 6 in the top of the 8th Ramon Laureano stepped up with two outs and runners on the corners, “Speedy ROBLES edging down the line … now he throws to first … and ROJAS is back easily NOGOSEK gets the ball back … now he’s set again … and now the pitch LAUREANO turns this ball around … it’s soaring to center … NIMMO turns and gives chase the boarding house reach … it’s over his head … off the base of the wall NIMMO corrals the ball … ROBLES scores … COUGARS lead! … ROJAS is around third they’re waving him in and he scores … LAUREANO’s in standing with a double”
Final Score: Cougars 8, Crushers 6 |
| Game #3: | Coconut Creek lived up to their name by crushing the ball for 18 hits including 7 extra base hits winning easily.
Final Score: Crushers 12, Cougars 5 |
| Game #4: | Matt Stassi doubles home the winning run for the Crushers in the 9th.
Final Score: Crushers 9, Cougars 8 |
| Game #5: | Kris Bubic pitches a CG shutout for Dallas while Laureano and Victor Caratini drove in 5 of the 6 runs with homers.
Final Score: Cougars 6, Crushers 0 |
| Game #6: | Dallas Keuchel went 6 innings allowing only 3 hits and Miguel Rojas provided margin of victory with his 3 run homer in the third
Final Score: Cougars 4, Crushers 1 |
| Summary: | Dallas takes the series 4 games to 2 |
Yucaipa Road Runners @ Triple Creek Patriots |
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| Preview: | Road Runners (beep beep) cruise into Triple Creek for six games. |
| Game #1: | Patriots string together some doubles in the 7th to hang a 3-spot that makes the difference. Sierra 3-3 with 4 SB’s led Yucaipa’s offense.
YRR 2 TCP 4 W: Strahm (2-0) |
| Game #2: | Doughnut-fest as no scoring until the bottom of the 7th. The one run Triple Creek scored, on a Keston Hiura solo shot, was the only run of the day for both squads. Biebs goes the distance for the Patriots on three-hitter.
YRR 0 TCP 1 W: Bieber (3-1) |
| Game #3: | Road Runners score in the 5th to end a 17 inning drought. They would score in the 5th, 6th, 7th and 9th to squeak out a 1-run victory. Reynolds 2-4 w/ 4 RBI and Sierra (3 more SB’s) help secure the W.
YRR 6 TCP 5 W: Velasquez (2-1) |
| Game #4: | After a day off, Triple Creek score 5 in the 2nd and three in the 4th for a rare easy victory. Most games have been 1 to 2 run contests all season. Seager (3 run HR), Gurriel 3-3 w/ 2 RBI and Miranda 2-4 led the offensive outburst.
YRR 2 TCP 8 W: Wood (2-2) |
| Game #5: | Patriot’s plate 5 in the first then 3 in the 2nd to blow the game open. Four Triple Creek hitters with a multi-hit day as Grienke and Weaver struggled.
YRR 4 TCP 10 W: Montas (3-1) |
| Game #6: | 1-1 heading in to the 6th, Yucaipa tallies 3 more, which would be enough today. Bradish tosses another good game with 7 full innings. Sierra 2-4 w/ 2 RBI and 2 SB’s continued his highlight reel series.
YRR 4 TCP 1 W: Bradish (2-5) |
| Summary: | Triple Creek takes 4 of 6. Sierra embarassed Triple Creek’s cathing with an impressive 9 stolen bases. He stole at will. |
Prairie Falcons @ Baltimore Comets
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| Preview: | The (8-18) Prairie Falcons visit Baltimore (17-9) in an early season N.L. East matchup. |
| Game #1: | Comets battle back from a 3-run deficit to take the opener 8-5. Baltimore pounds out 14 hits, led by Joey Gallo‘s 2 homeruns, including a grand slam, and 6 RBIs. Harold Ramirez and Hunter Renfroe also had 3 hits apiece for Baltimore.
FALCONS 5 / 7 / 0 |
| Game #2: | Nathan Eovaldi pitches a gem, shutting out Baltimore on 5 hits, striking out 12, over 9 innings of work, but his offense couldn’t score him any runs, as Jameson Taillon works a shutout of his own, allowing only 3 Falcon hits over 8 innings. The game would go 12 innings, when Harold Ramirez smacks a 3-run walkoff homerun off Mark Melancon for the victory.
FALCONS 0 / 4 / 0 |
| Game #3: | Tyler Anderson and 4 relievers shut out Prairie on 5 hits. Josh Bell and Hunter Renfroe go deep to provide the Comet offense.
FALCONS 0 / 5 / 1 |
| Game #4: | The Falcon scoreless draught ends after 30 innings, but Prairie still only managed a single run. Josh Donaldson‘s 3 run, 4th inning, homerun is all the offense Baltimore would need.
FALCONS 1 / 5 / 0 |
| Game #5: | Comets nearly blow a 7-0 lead but hold on for an 8-7 victory to win their 5th straight. Hunter Renfroe had 3 hits, and Matt Olson hit a 3-run homerun to lead the Comet offense. Austin Romine went deep for Prairie.
FALCONS 7 / 9 / 1 |
| Game #6: | It takes 11 innings, but Prairie ends their losing skid thanks to a solo shot off the bat of Michael Taylor. Trevor Story also homered for the Falcons. Matt Olson had 3 hits and knocked in 3 for Baltimore.
FALCONS 6 / 9 / 2 |
| Game #7: | Prairie makes it 2 in a row, winning the series finale 4-2. Corey Kluber goes the distance, limiting the Comets to a pair of runs on 3 hits, while scattering 6 walks. Jose Barrero hits homerun #3 on the season. Alex Krilloff has a double, single, and knocks in 2.
FALCONS 4 / 6 / 1 |
| Summary: | Baltimore wins the series 5 games to 2. |
Valdosta Snappers @ Bethesda Bandicoots |
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| Preview: | Two basically .500 teams duke it out in the cozy confines of Bethesda. |
| Game #1: | Michael Wacha gives up just two hits over seven innings to improve to 4-1 as the Bandicoots win by the same score. Ryan McKenna drove in two runs with a pinch hit single in the 6th that broke a 1-1 tie. Andrew Vaughn had three hits for Bethesda. |
| Game #2: | Tucupita Marcano had four hits and drove in three runs in a 5-1 victory for Bethesda. George Kirby won tp improve to 4-2. |
| Game #3: | Everyone in the Valdosta grabbed at least one hit with Rooker going yard in a 15-hit attack that saw the Snappers crush Bethesda 9-2. A complete team effort for Valdosta in snagging the win. Michael Chavis scored three times for the winners. |
| Game #4: | Jeff McNeil had three hits including his 5th homer and drove in three runs in a 5-3 Bethesda win. Elvis Andrus and Brad Miller each had two hits for Valdosta. |
| Game #5: | Tyler Alexander allowed just two hits in a complete game 4-0 shutout of the Bandicoots. One of the Bethesda hits was by Josh Harrison who was promptly beaned and knocked out of action for a week as a reward. Lenyn Sosa went deep for the winners. |
| Game #6: | Ryan McKenna‘s dropped throw in the top of the 12th proved costly as it allowed Michael Chavis to scamper all the way around to 3rd base and then subsequently score on a fielders choice as Valdosta earned the split with a 4-3 win. |
| Summary: | A split … ho-hum. Probably as good as these teams can hope for. |
Fremont Cannons @ Southbend Lynx |
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| Preview: | Fremont travels into Southbend for a 6 game series. |
| Game #1: | FRE Buxton hits a 2-run HR in the T1 and then SBL Altuve answers with a 2-run HR in the B1.
After that FRE takes control scoring 2 more in the T3 on another Buxton 2-run HR and 2 in the T7 on a J.Peterson 2-run HR. FRE Alcantara after giving up the 2 hits in the B1 dominates the rest of the way as he goes 7IP giving up the 2 hits while fanning 3. Tepera and Gallegos close out the game. SBL K.Tucker hits a solo-HR in the B9 to extend his hit streak to 16 games. Frfemont 6, Southbend 3 |
| Game #2: | FRE T.Hernandez hits a 3-run HR in the B1 and then it’s all FRE form there on as they coast to a 9-2 win.Rodon goes 6IP giving up a run on 4 hits and M.Baumann comes on and gets the 3 inning save.FRE V.Guerrero goes 3-5 with 3 runs and 3 rbi and a HR; T.Hernandez is also 3-5 with 3 rbi and a HR.SBL Altuve hits another HR for the Lynx.Fremont 9, Southbend 2 |
| Game #3: | FRE opens the scoring with a V.Guerrero SF and a Hays rbi 1b.
SBL Altuve again ties it in B1 with a 2-run HR and Muncy hits a solo-HR in the B2 for a 3-2 Lynx lead. But I think the Cannons were just toying with the Lynx as they score 1 in the 4, 2 in the 5th and 3 in the Along the way FRE Hayes goes 3-5 w/4 rbi and a 2b and HR; Ohtani is 3-6 w/2 rbi and 2 2bs. All in all FRE gets 11 runs on 17 hits with 8 2bs and 2 HRs Fremont 11, Southbend 4 |
| Game #4: | The only close game of the series with all the scoring being done early. FRE Ohtani vs SBL F.Peralta.
SBL Bichette opens the scoring with a solo-HR in the B1, Soto 2bs, and then K.Tucker 1bs hime home and extends his hitting streak to 18 games. FRE answers in the T2 with 3 runs on a Moncada bases loaded 3 rbi-2b. Ohtani takes control of the game and doesn’t give up any more runs as he tosses 8IP scattering 7 hits while fanning9 and only walking 1. Gallegos comes in and tosses a scoreless 9th for the save. Fremont 3, Southbend 2 |
| Game #5: | FRE S.Alcantara is the story in this game as he continued his dominance over the SBL as he tosses the CG Shutout giving up only 2 hits, walking none, and fanning 7.
FRE gets 6 runs on 12 hits with 11 of them 1bs; Rojas goes 4-4 with a run and rbi and a 2b, the lone extra base hit in the game. V.Guerrero goes 3-5 with a run and rbi and Hayes goes 3-5 with 2 rbi as both players continue their strong hitting in the series. SBL K.Tucker’s hitting streak is snapped at 18 games. Fremont 6, Southbend 0 |
| Game #6: | Another game dominated by FRE as they tally 2 runs in the T1, T5, T7, and T9 along with a lone run in the T3. Yes, FRE scored in every odd numbered inning.
FRE Ohtani started the scoring with a 2-run HR in the T1 and that would be all they would need. FRE Rodon tosses 6IP giving up a lone run while fanning 8; Voth and Tepera close out the game. SBL lone run came off an Altuve 1b and K.Tucker rbi-2b Fremont 9, Southbend 1 |
| Summary: | Fremont dominates and sweeps Southbend 6-0; no doubt which team was the better team in this series. |
Mesa Solar Sox @ Motor City Muscle |
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| Preview: | Mesa @ Motor City for 6 games |
| Summary: | Mesa and Motor City split. |