2023 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #15

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
RODRIGUEZ,Julio	CHI AL	.364	.545	5	22	8	1	0	1	4	8	6	1	0	0	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
KERSHAW,Clayton	HOL AL	2	1	0	0	0.00	16	0	0	7	18	3	0	0	0	1	0

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
REALMUTO,J.T.	TEM NL	.526	.947	6	19	10	0	1	2	6	9	2	6	0	3	0	1

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
WINDER,Josh	COL NL	2	2	0	0	0.50	18	1	1	#	24	2	0	0	0	0	0

Fremont Cannons @ Mesa Solar Sox
Preview:	The Freemont juggernaut travels south to crush the Solar Sox.
Game #1:	Tarak Skubal limits Mesa to 2 hits in 7 innings. Buxton homers and Higashioka double in 2. Suarez hits a solo homer for Mesa, but they go down meekly 5-1.
Game #2:	Freemont jumps all over Christian Javier for 5 runs in 7 innings. Mesa rallies to take a 6-5 lead off Alcantara but Scott Barlow loses his own game with a throwing error in the 8th. The Cannons win 7-6.
Game #3:	Freemont blasts 3 homers and lead 5-2 before Mesa rallies and takes a 6-5 lead in the 8th. Freemont ties it with a homer in the 9th and takes the lead with a run in the 10th but Mesa ekes out a win when Eugenio Suarez walks it off with a 2 run homer of Gallegos.
Game #4:	Vladdy homers and drives in 6. Ohtani and Hayes add long balls. Freemont easily 10-3.
Game #5:	Mesa dinks and dunks their way to 15 hits, rallies late again and wins 8-5.
Game #6:	Ohtani hurls a 3 hit shutout for his 9th win, 2-0.
Summary:	Freemont wins the series 4-2, and probably should have swept but Mesa got some home cooking for 2 late rally wins.

Sacramento Capitals @ Tempe Tempers
Preview:	The NL West leader visits the NL Central leader.
Game #1:	The game started off poorly for Sacramento as India took a ball off his shin and was injured for 11 games. A single and stolen base by Realmuto resulted in the first run of the game when Kwan singled. In the 5th, Carpenter cracked a two run pinch hit homer off Scherzer to put Tempe up 3-0. Realmuto’s bases clearing triple in the 7th off Barria put the game away. Darvish pitched five scoreless innings for the win. Tempe 6-0 W – Darvish 16-3, L – Scherzer 7-4, S – Strzelecki #1
Game #2:	Tempe scored first on Ramirez’s first rbi double in the 1st. Nick Martinez’s 29 inning scoreless streak (all relief) to start the season ended during his first start of the season when he gave up back to back doubles to Taylor and Nido to put Sacramento up 3-1. Ozuna took Bush deep in the 2nd to tie it at 3-3. Ramirez’s two run homer in third put Tempe up 5-3. Realmuto’s two run homer in 5th off Pruit added to the lead. Munoz worked out of a jam in the 8th and pitched a scoreless 9th for the save. Tempe 8-4 W – Martinez 2-0, L – Bush 2-5, S Munoz #24
Game #3:	Taylor got Sacramento going in the first with a two run, two out, rbi double after Realmuto made a rare error. Tempe quickly responded in the bottom of the 1st by unloading on Glasnow. Ramirez launched a three run homer and then Ozuna added a two run homer. Glasnow left after only 2.1 innings. Tempe added four more runs in the 4th off Lugo and cruised to the easy win. Wainwright gave the bullpen the day off and pitched the rare complete game. Tempe 11-3 W – Wainwright 3-1, L – Glasnow 0-2
Game #4:	Pollock put Sacramento up 1-0 with a rbi single in 2nd. Thompson’s two run homer in 4th gave Tempe a 2-1 lead. Mateo’s solo in 8th gave Munoz a little breathing room as he closed out the 9th for his second save of the series. Smeltzer took his first loss of the season. Tempe 3-1 W – Perez 18-3, L Smeltzer 6-1, S – Munoz #25
Game #5:	Tempe scored first on a Realmuto rbi single in 1st. Schoop tied it with a solo shot in the 3rd. A Ramirez sac fly in third put Tempe back up 2-1. Freeman rbi double in 5th put Tempe up 3-1. Munoz picked up a 4 out save. Cueto pitched well in loss, but Darvish surrendered only one hit over five innings for the win. Tempe 3-1 W – Darvish 17-3, L Cueto 3-3, S – Munoz #26
Game #6:	Tempe got to Scherzer for two runs in the first with a Realmuto rbi single and a Kwan rbi triple. A Pollock solo homer and a Lindor rbi single tied in the top of the 3rd. A Freeman solo homer put Tempe back up 3-2 in bottom of 3rd. In the 5th, Lindor took Bass deep for a two run homer to give Sacramento the lead. In the 7th, Scherzer remembered game one and intentionally walked pinch hitter Carpenter with a runner on 2nd. He then got a double play to get out of the jam. Unfortunately for Sacrameto, Graveman replaced Scherzer in the 8th and gave back to back to back homeruns to Freeman and Ramirez. Munoz faced one batter in the 9th for his fourth save of the series. Tempe 5-4 W – Bass 3-2, L – Graveman 2-3, S – Munoz #27
Summary:	Ramirez instantly rewarded the hometown fans after the big trade yesterday with three home runs, two stolen bases, nine RBIs and a 1.312 OPS. Munoz was the pitcher of the series throwing four scoreless innings with six strikeouts and four saves. Darvish was also very good going 2-0 with only four hits over 10 innings. Sacramento’s offense was uncharacteristically quiet during the series allowing Tempe to win the tight games and pull out the unlikely sweep.

Virginia Sluggers @ Southwest Detroit Fighting Chihuahuas
Summary:	Southwest Detroit Fighting Chihuahuas takes 4/6 at home against Virginia. All close games!

Dallas Cougars @ Chicago Mobsters
Preview:	Two long time MWBL Franchises face off in a 6 game set in the Windy City of Chicago.
Game #1:	A back & forth affair that included 8 Home Runs, 22 Runs, 26 Hits, & 11 Pitchers used in this one. Yordan Alvarez led the way for Chicago with 2 Long Balls. Julio Rodriguez had 2 Hits, including a Home Run & 4 RBIs. Seth Brown had 2 Home Runs leading the way for Dallas. Final Score: Chicago 12 – Dallas 10 Win: Edwin Diaz 7-1 (0.75) Loss: Zach Pop 1-2 (2.53) Save: Devin Williams #7
Game #2:	Julio Urias was spectacular & was pulled after 5 Innings with a No-Hitter going. The Chicago pen held things down & finished it off allowing only 2 Un-Earned Runs the rest of the way. Chicago had offense from Yandy Diaz (Home Run & 3 RBIs) & Willy Adames (Home Run & 2 RBIs). Final Score: Chicago 7 – Dallas 2 Win: Julio Urias 15-2 (1.46) Loss: Lucas Giolito 5-9 (5.44)
Game #3:	Dallas scores a run in the 9th breaking a 6-6 tie. M.J. Melendez has 2 Home Runs, & Jose Abreuhad 2 RBIs. Final Score: Dallas 7 – Chicago 6 Win: Chris Martin 1-1 (1.88) Loss: Camilo Doval 3-4 (3.99) Save: Ron Marinaccio #10
Game #4:	Chicago found some solid offense. 12 Runs worth. Alex Bregman leads the way 3 Hits & 3 RBIs. Newly acquired Danny Mendick had 3 Hits in 4 trips with a Home Run & 4 RBIs. Chicago pounded out 22 Hits in this one. Final Score: Chicago 12 – Dallas 1 Win: Luis Garcia 8-6 (2.29) Loss: Kris Bubic 2-7 (4.86)
Game #5:	Only 13 Hits in this one for Chicago, but they again put up a 12 spot in Runs. Julio Rodriguez has 3 Hits in 5 trips along with 3 RBIs. Yprdan Alvarez, Eric Hosmer, & Luis Guillorme have 2 RBIs each. Same score as game #4. Final Score: Chicago 12 – Dallas 1 Win: Tony Gonsolin 5-2 (2.17) Loss: Jon Heasley 3-11 (7.73)
Game #6:	Julio Urias goes the distance for Chicago allowing 3 Runs. Patrick Corbin goes 8 for the Cougars, only allowing 1 Run. Ron Marinaccio closes out Chicago in the 9th. Final Score: Dallas 3 – Chicago 1 Win: Patrick Corbin 3-5 (6.33) Loss: Julio Urias 15-3 (1.50) Save: Ron Marinaccio #11
Summary:	Chicago wins the series 4 games to 2, but comes away feeling disappointed in the outcome.

Corktown Cycle @ Selkirk Steelers
Preview:	Selkirk goes into 50% use panic mode can Corktown take advantage.
Game #1:	Anderson get his Bf in gets hammed corktown wins 8-1 as Bello is awesome and Montcastle hits a 3 run homer.
Game #2:	Lowe hits Selkirk ace Freid hard and they win 7-5. Betts hits two in the loss.
Game #3:	Keller getting BF gets hammered 11-4 Corktown.
Game #4:	Quantrill turns it around as Alonso hits two homers. 5-1 Selkirk.
Game #5:	Selkirk wins 4-3 in 13 innings no homers.
Game #6:	Freid hit hard again 7 runs in 3 innings but Selkirk bats hot scored 13 to win 13-9.
Summary:	Series split. Selkirk did get lots of PA for sanchez, winker and Bf for pitchers as we deal with the 50% rule. Corktown does better then their record suggested.

Southbend Lynx @ Cincinnati Skyliners
Preview:	Southbend makes the trek to Glenn Sample Field for a six-game set with Cincinnati.
Game #1:	SBL 5, CIN 4 Jake Cave and Kyle Tucker each delivered two hits and the bullpen threw three scoreless for the Lynx.
Game #2:	CIN 10, SBL 7 Ji Man Choi went two-for-four with a homer and four RBI.
Game #3:	CIN 3, SBL 2 Rich Hill allowed one run over seven innings and Christopher Morel had a sixth inning homer for the Skyliners.
Game #4:	CIN 5, SBL 4 Anthony Santander and Darrick Hall each homered for Cincinnati.
Game #5:	CIN 6, SBL 0 Braxton Garrett allowed two hits over six innings and fanned five in picking up the win for Cincinnati. Triut, Haase and Farmer all homered for the Skyliners.
Game #6:	CIN 4, SBL 3 (11 innings) Cincinnati bullpen worked four innings of one hit baseball, fanning five. Kyle Tucker delivered three hits, including a double and a homer for the Lynx.
Summary:	Cincinnati takes five of six in a very tough series, as four of the games were decided by a single run. With the Fremont results also in, the Skyliners are now one game behind the Cannons for the AL East Division lead.

Harsens Island Walleye @ Valdosta Snappers
Preview:	Walleye visit Valdosta.
Game #1:	Harsens Island 6-2. Walleye rap out 12 hits and win easily.
Game #2:	Harsens Island 11-0. From bad to worse. Tyler Alexander got lit up for 10 runs, meanwhile, Kyle Wright (8-7) tossed 7 innings of 1-hit ball.
Game #3:	Valdosta 2-1 (17 Innings). A marathon game but rookie Michael Harris put an end to it with a walk-off HR.
Game #4:	Harsens Island 5-2. Nolan Arrendo stroked his 20th HR and the Walleye again get some excellent pitching.
Game #5:	Harsens Island 9-8. Once again, the Snappers SP stunk it up and again the Walleye win. Michael Harris hit a 3B and a HR, with 4 RBI’s.
Game #6:	Harsens Island 6-0. Walleye held Valdosta to a pair of hits and win easily once again.
Summary:	Valdosta’s free fall continues, and Harsens Island stays in 2nd place in the NL West. Harsens Island takes 5 of 6.

Long Beach Dirt Bags @ Columbus Explorers
Preview:	Two teams looking to future and Columbus looking to head up over .500 (at least for now). We’re really not good, just doing will against the other weak teams like us. This week could be good.
Game #1:	Josh Winder goes the distance tossing a 7 hitter for the win fanning 13 Dirt Bags (hey, that’s their name, it’s not a comment). Alcides Escobar drives in the lone Long Beach run in the 2nd and then sub .200 hitter Vimael Machin drives in single runs in the 7th and 9th to win the game! He also goes 4 for 4 (huh??). LBD 1- 7-0 LP Rodriguez (1-4) COL 2-10-0 WP Winder (9-3)
Game #2:	Pitchers don’t do much in this one except hit bats. 27 hits and 9 walks end up producing 15 runs. Both teams score 3 times in the 1st but Columbus plates 2 more in the 2nd AND 3rd for a 7-3 lead. Dirt Bags cut it to 7-5 in 6th with two more runs but Columbus counters with 1 in the bottom half, another in the 8th before a Tommy Pham Long Beach homer (17) ends the scoring in the 9th. Final 9-6 Columbus. Franmil Reyes and Miguel Cabrera each have 3 hits. Daulton Varsho homers (13) for Columbus and Charlie Blackmon gets 4 singles. LBD 6-11-2 LP Ryan Feltner (2-8) COL 9-16-2 WP David Peterson (5-4)
Game #3:	Long Beach finally takes control of a game when Josh Winckowski blanks the Explorers for 7 innings. 2 hits, 4 ks. Then of course, he’s lifted. But the score was 6-0 at the time. Lamonte Wade hits a 2 run homer (6) in a 2 run 2nd and Alcides Escobar doubles and singles and scores twice as Long Beach plates single runs in the 5th, 6th and 7th. Joely Rodriguez gets roughed up in the 8th when he takes over and Columbus scores 3 times to close the gap. But Brandon Woodruff comes in and saves the day for Winckowski and the Dirt Bags and Long Beach even adds another run in the 9th. LBD 7-8-0 WP Winckowski (4-4) S Woodruff (4) COL 3-7-0 LP Louie Varland (1-3) and word has it Louie will be optioned back to the farm for the rest of the year.
Game #4:	That 9th inning run by Long Beach in game 3 turned out to be their last run in the series – NO JOKE! Jordan Lyles tosses a 9 hits, 8 k shutout walking 2. Ezekiel Duran drives in 2 and 3 others add rbis in the 5-0 Columbus win. Alcides Escobar gets 3 of the 9 Dirt Bag hits. LBD 0-9-1 LP Chase Silseth (1-7) COL 5-9-1 WP Lyles (6-10)
Game #5:	In the battle of the Logans, Logan Gilbert (8 ip, 3 hits, 14 ks) and 2 relievers keep the scoreless streak going. They get 2 rbi each support from Eli White and Francisco Mejia. LBD 0-3-0 LP Logan Webb (6-10) COL 4-8-0 WP Gilbert (11-3)
Game #6:	Is Josh Winder trying to get a Columbus pitcher Pitcher of the Week for a 2nd consecutive week? Maybe! He tosses a 3 hitter, fans 11, walks 1 for the CG shutout win! A 3 run PH double by Raimel Tapia sparks a 4 run 7th that disrupted an otherwise great performance from Lance Lynn. He had full control for 6 innings before the tough 4 run 7th. LBD 0-3-1 LP Lynn (2-10) COL 4-8-0 WP Winder (10-3)
Summary:	Strange as it might be, we go 5-1 for the 3rd straight week. Don’t expect anything like that next week when we travel to Baltimore. But Winder has a real good week. 2-0, 2 starts, 2 CG (18 ip), 10 hits, 1 run, 24 ks, 2 walks! Wow, didn’t realize just how good it was until I checked the total stats!!

Coconut Creek Crushers @ Tijuana Bottle Rockets
Preview:	Tijuana hosts Coconut Creek for 6
Summary:	Tijuana splits 3 games apiece with Coconut Creek.

Prairie Falcons @ Triple Creek Patriots
Preview:	Falcons fly into Triple Creek for 6 games.
Game #1:	Prairie bats are hot early as the tag Kremer for 5 runs over 5 innings. The Patriot pen didn’t fare any better as they allow 4 more. Benintendi enjoys lighting up the team that trade him away with a 3-5 2 RBI day. Burger, Garcia, Taylor each also have two hits. Triple Creek tallied 11 safeties of their own but couldn’t drive in many. PF 9 TCP 3 W: Junis (6-9) L: Kremer (4-5)
Game #2:	Patriots square up Kluber and company nicely with 3 doubles, a triple and 2 HRs. Alex Wood twirls great 6 innings allowing just 2 runs. Seager with a big 4-5 4 RBI day paced the homies. Mancini delivered a 2-run shot for the Falcons. PF 2 TCP 7 W: Wood (7-5) L: Kluber (8-9)
Game #3:	Eovaldi was on today, delivering 8+ innings of shutout ball. Elder would collect the last out. Prairie could only muster a couple keys hits but it was enough today off Kopech. PF 2 TCP 0 W: Eovaldi (8-7) L: Kopech (3-6) S: Elder (9)
Game #4:	Tied at three after 6 1/2, Triple Creek bats caught fire and plate 5 runs late to blow it open. Benintendi was 3-4 to continue his tormenting of old squad. Wil Smith 4-5, Miller 3-4 3 RBI, Villar 2-5 2 RBI led the Patriot attack. Gordon injured for 9 games. PF 3 TCP 8 W: Holloway (1-0) L: Kikuchi (4-11)
Game #5:	All Triple Creek until the last couple innings. Patriots score in bunches: 3,4,3,3 and 3 – with the help of 3 HRs and 2 doubles. Miller 3-5, Miranda 3-3 w/ 5 RBI and Collins PH 3-run shot highlighted a 14 hit day. Falcons drilled 11 hits of their own but 6 were in the last two frames against the bullpen scrubs. PF 5 TCP 13 W: Bieber (10-5) L: Cessa (3-3)
Game #6:	Tight game all the way. Gausman goes 7 full allowing just 1 run while Junis went 6 allowing 4 (only 2 earned). Miranda with a big 2-run shot in the 1st helped edge out Prairie in the finale. PF 2 TCP 4 W: Gausman (8-7) L: Junis (6-10) S: Jimenez (4)
Summary:	Patriots take 4 of 6.

Detroit Crime @ Motor City Muscle
Summary:	Two of the teams from the “D” match up in a 6 game set and the Crime take home 4 of 6.

Bethesda Bandicoots @ Baltimore Comets
Preview:	Bethesda pays a visit to Baltimore. The 38-52 Bandicoots trail the first place Comets (55-35) by 17 games heading into the series.
Game #1:	Bethesda plates 2 in the first, and that would be all the Bandicoots would need, as Reid Detmers and a pair of relievers limit Baltimore to a run on 4 hits. TJ Friedl has a 3-hit day to lead Bethesda. BANDICOOTS 3 / 9 / 3 COMETS 1 / 4 / 0 WP – Detmers (3-6) LP – Taillon (5-6) S – Moore (13)
Game #2:	Bethesda pounds out 12 hits in this one. Frank Schwindel led the way with 3 hits and 2 RBIs, and Merrill Kelly tosses 7 innings allowing only one run, despite issuing 7 hits and walking 6 as the Bandicoots win another 3-1 game. Josh Bell had 3 hits and a run scored for Baltimore. BANDICOOTS 3 / 12 / 0 COMETS 1 / 7 / 0 WP – Kelly 94-5) LP – Robertson (3-4) S – Moore (14)
Game #3:	Baltimore scores four times in the first and would hold on for a 4-1 victory. Miles Mikolas pitches 8 innings giving up just 1 run on 3 hits to notch his 11th victory of the year. BANDICOOTS 1 / 4 / 1 COMETS 4 / 9 / 0 WP – Mikolas (11-2) LP – Keller (1-10) S – Jansen (1)
Game #4:	The Comets rally with a run in the 8th to tie and a run in the 9th to win it. Kevin Newman had 4 hits, including a pair of doubles, and scored twice. Jorge Polanco had 3 hits and 3 RBIs. BANDICOOTS 5 / 7 / 2 COMETS 6 / 15 / 0 WP – Neris (4-2) LP – Moore (7-3)
Game #5:	Tyler Anderson combines with Jake Woodford and Kenley Jansen to shutout the Bandicoots on 4 hits. Hunter Renfroe doubled twice and scored 1 for Baltimore. BANDICOOTS 0 / 4 / 0 COMETS 3 / 7 / 1 WP – Anderson (7-5) LP – Flexen (5-9) S – Jansen (2)
Game #6:	Reid Detmers has Baltimore’s number as he shuts down Baltimore for the second time in the series. Josh Harrison goes deep for the Bandicoots, his 8th, Henry Ramirez hits his 6th for Baltimore in the loss. BANDICOOTS 2 / 5 / 1 COMETS 1 / 4 / 0 WP – Detmers (4-6) LP – Taillon (5-7) S – Moore (15)
Summary:	Baltimore is fortunate to get the split in this one!

Hollywood Werewolves @ Yonge Street Stalkers
Preview:	The Wolves come north.
Summary:	A pretty tight series that really wasn’t. Kershaw should be pitcher of the week. On the plus side, only one game got out of hand. (Unrelated: Burdick injured in game 4). The home squad lost 5 of 6. The lone win in 10 innings.

Yucaipa Road Runners @ Portland Lumber Jax
Game #1:	POR 6 YRR 5
Game #2:	POR 3 YRR 1
Game #3:	POR 6 YRR 0
Game #4:	POR 6 YRR 2
Game #5:	POR 14 YRR 1
Game #6:	POR 2 YRR 1
Summary:	Portland Sweeps Yucaipa. First sweep in… maybe forever for the franchise.