2023 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #17

Kyle_Tucker23 Sandy_Alcantara23 Marcus_Semien23 Kevin_Gausman23

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
TUCKER,Kyle	SBL AL	.360	1.040	6	25	9	2	0	5	6	10	5	1	0	0	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
ALCANTARA,Sandy	FRE AL	1	1	0	0	0.00	7.1	0	0	2	8	1	0	0	0	1	0

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
SEMIEN,Marcus	SEL NL	.520	1.120	6	25	13	0	0	5	9	14	6	3	2	4	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
GAUSMAN,Kevin	TCP NL	1	1	0	0	0.00	9	0	0	0	10	1	0	0	0	1	0

Triple Creek Patriots @ Bethesda Bandicoots
Summary:	Bethesda and Triple Creek meet up for six games and walk away no better or worse for wear as the two teams split. Series MVP is Andrew Vaughn for getting hit by a pitch and injured again.

Mesa Solar Sox @ Chicago Mobsters
Preview:	Chicago with many new fresh faces takes on the Solar Sox from Mesa. Chicago Manager Stray Corrado is hoping they don’t get too burned with the hot Solar Sox who are sitting in 2nd in the American League West.
Game #1:	Alek Manoah makes his Mobster debut & goes 5 Innings allowing only 2 Hits, & 1 Run (Home Run). Chicago’s new pen-men come in before some old veterans close it down. Yordan Alvarez is the man on offense for the Mobsters with 3 Hits in 4 trips, including a Home Run & 3 RBIs. Final Score: Chicago 5 – Mesa 1 Win: Alek Manoah 9-6 (2.19) Loss: Drew Smyly 2-4 (2.90)
Game #2:	Julio Rodriguez had a Home Run & 3 RBIs, Matt Wisler went 5 Innings allowing 2 Runs in his Mobsters Debut. Chicago wins this one in a rout. Final Score: Chicago 12 – Mesa 2 Win: Matt Wisler 6-2 (1.59) Loss: Pablo Lopez 7-8 (3.60)
Game #3:	Chicago IMPLODED. a Mesa 5-Run 8th, & 3-Run 9th put the score knotted at 9 Runs each after 9 Innings of play. a 4-Run 15th Inning for the Solar Sox embarrassed the Chicago Bullpen as the Mobsters pen gives up 10 Runs. Eugenio Suarez had a Home Run & 4 RBIs for Mesa. Rowdy Tellez & Mitch Garver have 3 RBIs as well. Final Score: Mesa – 13 – Chicago 9 (15 Innings) Win: Ryan Pressly 7-2 (1.85) Loss: Jhoan Duran 2-3 (2.21)
Game #4:	After 22 Runs, what more would you expect besides a 1-0 Pitchers duel in 10 Innings? Yep, just that. Ken Waldichuk & Tony Gonsolin both go 9 Shutout Innings each before the pens take over. Rafael Montero pitches a No-Run 10th for Chicago, but Brooks Raley gives up a lone run for Mesa as the Mobsters win on an Alex Bregman Sacrifice Fly in the bottom of the 10th Inning. Final Score: Chicago 1 – Mesa 0 (10 Innings) Win: Rafael Montero 5-2 (0.72) Loss: Brooks Raley 4-1 (1.74)
Game #5:	Cristian Javier goes 7 scoreless Innings for the Solar Sox before Dylan Lee comes in for the final 2 Innings & shuts out the Mobster’s offense. Randal Grichuk has a Home Run &2 RBIs for Mesa. Final Score: Mesa 4 – Chicago 0 Win: Cristian Javier 10-3 (2.21) Loss: Alek Manoah 9-7 (2.34)
Game #6:	Another tight one here as the Mobsters get RBI Doubles from Julio Rodriguez & Keibert Ruiz for their only 2 Runs. Mesa has a solo Home Run from Mitch Garver for their lone run. Final Score: Chicago 2 – Mesa 1 Win: Julio Urias 17-3 (1.54) Loss: Drew Smyly 2-5 (2.91) Save: Edwin Diaz #15
Summary:	This series was a tight one. Besides the one-game blowout in Game #2, it was all close the rest of the way. Mesa could be a troublesome team for someone come the playoffs. Chicago hopes it’s not them.

Baltimore Comets @ Long Beach Dirt Bags
Summary:	Baltimore takes 5 of 6 from Long Beach

Harsens Island Walleye @ Tempe Tempers
Preview:	The Walleye have the #1 fielding team and the #3 pitching squad. Will they be able to shutdown the Tempers offense enough for their limited offense to grab some key wins?
Game #1:	Verlander tossed five no hit innings and Refsnyder slugged a two run homer. Tempe 4-1 W – Verlander 19-1, L – Rodriguez 4-7
Game #2:	Slater, recently acquired for his defense, had a clutch bases clearing double in the 4th to brake a scoreless game open. Darvish tossed five shutout innings. Tempe 7-0 W – Darvish 18-3, L – Springs 10-4
Game #3:	Brantley drove in a couple runs to support five shutout innings from Wainwright. Otto pitched well for the Walleye, but he couldn’t get any run support. Stalling hit a solo shot in the 8th to avoid another shutout. Tempe 4-1 W – Wainwright 6-1, L – Otto 0-1, S – Munoz 28
Game #4:	Rivas got his 1st triple of the season and scored the first run of the game in the 3rd. The Walleye added another run in the 4th. An Ozuna two run homer tied it in the 5th. A second critical hit from Rivas drove in two runs in the 6th and the Walleye bullpen held strong. Harsens Island 4-2 W – Steele 8-5 L – Jimenez 2-2 S – Hentges #11
Game #5:	Wright had limited the damage for most of the game until a Peralta double capped off a double steal by Realmuto and Kwan in 6th. Verlander pitched five, one hit, shutout innings for his second win of the series. Tempe 6-0 W – Verlander 20-1, L – Wright 9-8
Game #6:	Rodriguez fell apart in the third as Tempe batted around and scored five runs. Wainwright gave the pen the day off and pitched a complete game shutout. Tempe 5-0 W – Wainwright 7-1, L – Rodriguez 4-8
Summary:	In this series, Tempe mostly used speed instead of the long ball to secure 5 of 6 games. Harsens Island’s offense was limited to only two runs in the five losses. Adam Wainwright made a bid for back to back pitcher of the week awards. He picked up career win #198 and #199 with 14 scoreless innings.

Southwest Detroit Fighting Chihuahuas @ Hollywood Werewolves
Summary:	Hollywood takes 4 of 6 from Southwest Detroit.

Corktown Cycle @ Yucaipa Road Runners
Preview:	The new Yucaipa team had high hopes coming into the series, looking for a split.
Game #1:	Falter pitches a solid game for 7 innings. YUC leading 5-1 Mitchell 2 HR’s YUC falters, Falter yet again. CRK scores 7 in the 8th, YUC comesback with 2 in 8th. Falter finishes his year with 2.64 ERA CRK 8-7 win
Game #2:	CRK 8-6 Verdugo 3 RBI’s
Game #3:	CRK 6-3
Game #4:	CRK 4-0 Greinke pitches well enough to win,, but once again no “O”.
Game #5:	CRK 3-2
Game #6:	CRK 14-3 Rosario and Mountcastle 4 hit games. all but Alfaro have hits. Bradish picks up 2nd loss of series.
Summary:	CRK SWEEPS EASILY YUC stuck at 20 wins for the season.

Detroit Crime @ Cincinnati Skyliners
Preview:	The Detroit Crime make the five hour trek south to square off with the Cincinnati Skyliners at Glenn Sample Field.
Summary:	Cincinnati escapes with five wins from Detroit. The series had two one-run, two two-run games and an extra inning affair.

Tijuana Bottle Rockets @ Dallas Cougars
Summary:	Lucas Giolito was the only winner for Dallas as he benefited from 15 runs in game 5 otherwise the Bottle Rockets dominated winning 5 games to 1.

Selkirk Steelers @ Prairie Falcons
Preview:	Second Place Selkirk vs last place Prairie.
Game #1:	SEL 6 – PRA 2
Game #2:	SEL 13 – PRA 4
Game #3:	SEL 15 – PRA 9
Game #4:	SEL 12 – PRA 1
Game #5:	SEL 15 – PRA Goose egg, Nada, Nothing
Game #6:	SEL 8 – PRA Zilch, Zero, One minus one
Summary:	Two words to describe series, season, team, players, owner, General Manager, Board of Directors, Head of Scouting, Personal Trainer, Statistician, Executive Chef, Janitorial Serives, Parking Attendent, 2nd term intern, trophy wife… “We Suck” Outscored 69-16…yeah you read that right..average score was almost 11 to 2.5 thanks to one brillant game where we managed to score 9 times…otherwise it would have been even uglier… Betts Alonso Simien I think accounted for all 69 runs…. Betts scored 8 times drove in 7 and hit 3 dingers…interstingly enough he had back to back 0-4 games but managed to both score and knock in a run without a hit… Simien had 9 runs knocked up – I mean knocked in 14 and hit 5 homers 70’s Porn Star “The Big Peter” scored 8 times driving home 16 and touching them all 5 times as well… The highlight for the day in Prairie is that Ryan Kriedler did not end the game 3 consecutive times…he tried like hell being the 3rd out in every 9th inning but could only manage a 2 game streak…thank God Jake Burger is having a great year in South Chicago so I can play him at 3rd base all year.. Selkirk 6 wins – Prairie – come on you are smarter than a 5th grade…do your own f^&^king math

Portland Lumber Jax @ Valdosta Snappers
Summary:	Valdosta shockingly takes 4 of 6.

Motor City Muscle @ Fremont Cannons
Preview:	Top of the AL East vs bottom, busy weekend so short writeups.
Game #1:	Walker Buehler allows 1 run in 6.0 IP in his season debut, and Fremont homers 4 times to win 6-1.
Game #2:	MCM scores two in the seventh to tie it at 3-3, but Fremont gets one in the botoom of the inning and an insurance run in the 8th to win 5-3.
Game #3:	Joan Adon allows 12 baserunners in 7.0 IP, but Fremont can only muster 1 run as Motor City takes it 2-1. Guerrero Jr. leaves with HBP but only for the day.
Game #4:	Fremont chases Mackenzie Gore with a five-run fifth inning. Ohtani limits MCM to one run in 7.0 IP as Fremont wins 8-1.
Game #5:	Sandy Alcantara and Shelby Miller pitch a two-hit shutout of the Muscle, and Ohtani hits HR #20. Bad injury as Gorman and Margot collide; Gorman lost for 10 days and Margot for 23. Fremont wins 9-0.
Game #6:	Motor City piles up 13 hits and 6 runs on Mike Baumann, taking the finale 6-2.
Summary:	Fremont wins the series 4-2.

Virginia Sluggers @ Southbend Lynx
Preview:	Virginia visits Southbend for 6 games. Games played via TeamViewer, so the recaps will be shorter than usual.
Game #1:	Virginia opens the series by smacking SBL starter T.Henry around. Virginia opens the game with 4 runs in the 1st highlighted by Devers 2-run HR. Then add 2 more in the 2nd and 1 in the 3rd for a 7-0 lead. Before its all said and done Virginia racks up 11 runs on 15 hits. B.Anderson has 2 HR game. Virginia loses L.Castillo for 10 days in the 4th inning. The VA bullpen of Hill, Soto, Morgan, and Thompson is up to the task as they only yield a K.Tucker solo-HR and Muncy 1b in 6 innings of work. Virginia 11, Southbend 1
Game #2:	Southbend bounces back and surprises VA as J.Junk has a solid start and the Lynx offense wakes up. The game is 3-2 SBL going into the fateful B5. After Segura and Springer collide on a J.Soto 1b that puts runners on the corners, K.Tucker unloads a 3-run HR (his 2nd HR of the game) to open the game up. VA loses Segura (13 days) and Springer (5 days) VA gets 12 hits but just can’t come up with the big hit to get back into the game. SBL get 2 HR games from K.Tucker and N.Plummer. Southbend 7, Virginia 3
Game #3:	Virginia strikes back with 9 runs on 12 hits. B.Reynolds goes 2-5 with 3 rbi and a 3b. Jimenez has a 3-run in the 5th and VA plates 4 in the T6 to put the game away. VA Lodolo is solid going 7IP giving up 3 runs on 7 hits w/4 Ks. Southbend loses Canha (again) on a HBP for 5 days Virginia 9, Southbend 3
Game #4:	After VA gets out to 3 run lead on a Gallagher rbi-2b and Bradley rbi-1b in the T5 and a Rengifo rbi-2b in the T6, the SBL tie it in the B6 on a N.Plummer 2-run HR and a Escobar solo-HR. The game goes into extra frames where VA finally puts it away with 3 runs on the T10 on rbi-1bs by Devers, Jimenez, and Rizzo. Virginia 6, Southbend 3
Game #5:	VA L.Patino is the story in this game as he tosses a 6-hit shutout as he fans 6 and walks 5. Patino bent but didn’t crack in this game. The VA offense came from L.Gonzalez who had a 2-run HR and D.Castillo who is HBP with the bases loaded and is lost for 11 days to the Sluggers. Virginia 4, Southbend 0
Game #6:	The game looked bleak for SBL as VA tallied 4 runs in the T1 on a Jimenez rbi-1b and a Rengifo 3-run HR, and then put 2 more across in the T3 for a 6-1 lead.’ But SBL answers with 3 in the B3, which VA responds with 2 more in the T4 for a 8-4 lead. SBL just won’t go away as they take the lead with 5 runs in the B4 with the big hit being a K.Tucker 3-run HR. SBL add 2 m ore in the B5 which VA answers with 2 in the T6 on a Lopez 2-run HR (1st of the year) SBL N.Plummer hits a solo-HR in the B6 which VA Jimenez matches with a solo-HR in the T7. Both VA Lopez and Devers go 3-5 with 3 runs and 2 rbi, Jimenez goes 3-4 with 3 runs and 4 rbi. VA hits 5 HRs – A.Lopez(1), Devers(1), Jimenez(2) and Rengifo(1) SBL K.Tucker goes 3-5 with 2 runs and 5 rbi, Altuve 3-5 w/2 runs and 4 rbi SBL hit 4 HRs – K.Tucker(2), N.Plummer(1), and Escobar(1) SBL Barnes and Houck finally manage to get some VA hitters out to nail down the unexpected win for the Lynx Southbend 12, Virginia 11
Summary:	Virginia takes the series 4-2 with some entertaining games in the series.

Columbus Explorers @ Sacramento Capitals
Summary:	Sacramento continues to perform well at home despite poor performances on the road. The Caps take 5 of 6 from the Explorers behind a revamped offense. We’ll see if it holds.

Coconut Creek Crushers @ Yonge Street Stalkers
Preview:	The Crushers head north. The Stalkers await.
Game #1:	A back and forth affair started by P’s grade 5 or less. CCC squeezed the most juice out of this game 1 orange. Villar drove home 3 runs, while Hoerner, Nimmo and Haniger each plated a pair. Joc Pederson and Trevor Larnach homered in the losing effort. CCC 9 – YSS 7
Game #2:	Kind of a “diet” pitchers duel. Kaprelian was strong, just not quite strong enough. CCC scored both their runs on solo shots (O’Neill/Villar). Rutschmans solo shot in the 6th turned out to be the difference. YSS 3 – CCC 2
Game #3:	The home team jumped on Blake Snell early. His defense let him down fully. 7 unearned runs later, it was pretty much over. Taijuan Walker was nails for the home squad. YSS 9 – CCC 2
Game #4:	Another 3-2 game, but totally different. 5 of CCC’s 8 hits went for extra bases and they were against YSS’s best. Cole surrendered a pair, but as Clase tired late, Alvarado came in and hung the loss on him after allowing a hit and 2 walks in the 11th. CCC 3 – YSS 2 (11)
Game #5:	Houser out dueled Rogers in another matchup of low grade SP. YSS 4 – CCC 1
Game #6:	The finale was a repeat of game 5. two more middling(ish) SP’s. YSS 4 – CCC 1
Summary:	YSS won 4 of 6, but is barely hanging on. The smoke is beginning to clear and mirrors are visible. We soldier on to Mesa, while CCC returns home to host FRE.