2023 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #18

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
PEREZ,Michael	SBL AL	.533	1.133	5	15	8	0	0	3	6	8	2	2	0	0	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
MANNING,Matt	SWD AL	2	2	0	0	0.64	14	1	1	7	12	5	0	0	0	0	1

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
HARRIS,Michael	VAL NL	.565	1.130	6	23	13	5	1	2	5	13	3	1	0	2	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
CRUZ,Fernando	TEM NL	2	2	0	0	0.00	13	0	0	3	16	3	0	1	0	0	0

Hollywood Werewolves @ Detroit Crime
Summary:	Hollywood takes the series 4 games to 2.

Long Beach Dirt Bags @ Selkirk Steelers
Preview:	Long Beach 31-77 vs second place Selkirk 75-33.
Game #1:	Long Beach’s Webb had a perfect game through 18 batter when Winker hits a solo shot for Selkirk. Quantril and the Selkirk pen allowed no runs. Selkirk wins 1-0 on one hit. SEL 1 LBD 0
Game #2:	Selkirk bats crushed Long beach as Turner hit 2, plus Carlson, dubon and Garcia. SEL 11 LBD 2
Game #3:	Longoria plays hero driving in the only 2 Selkirk runs, Cease was great for Selkirk. Selkirk 2 Long Beach 1
Game #4:	Selkirk homers from Garcia a slam, Alonso and Carlson. Long Beach Reyes and Downs hit long balls. Selkirk 10 Long Beach 5
Game #5:	Woodruff and Fried were great in this one neither got a Win or loss. Selkirk pen wins this one 2-1 in 10 innings as Salvator Perez drives in Ad Garcia. Selkirk 2 Long Beach 1
Game #6:	Webb amazing again throwing a 1 hitter at Selkirk. Wade homered and Quantrill could not match him again. Long Beach 3 Selkirk 0
Summary:	Not often a team loses 5 of the 6 games gets pitcher of the week but Webb back to back 1 hitters for Long Beach did just that, Webb 1-1 16 innings 2 hits 1 walk 1 run 11 strikeouts.

Bethesda Bandicoots @ Harsens Island Walleye
Preview:	Bethesda visits Harsens Island
Summary:	Harsens takes 5 of 6

Baltimore Comets @ Tempe Tempers
Preview:	Comets fly in from the East for six games.
Game #1:	Realmuto’s two run homer was part of a big four run first inning. Quintana didn’t finish the 2nd. Cruz gave up one hit over six scoreless innings. Martinez with the three inning save. Tempe 6-0 W – Cruz 1-0, L – Quintana 9-6, S – Martinez #3
Game #2:	Verlander tossed five hitless innings. Brantley two run homer in 2nd. Bogaerts rbi double. Bass tossed three scoreless innings of relief and Munoz closed it out. Tempe 3-0 W – Verlander 21-1, L Gray 7-6, S – Munoz #29
Game #3:	Scott drives in the Comets first two runs of the series in the 3rd inning. Olson’s two run shot in the 6th knocked out Darvish. Philips comes in the 8th with the tying run at the plate, but works out of a jam. He then pitched a hitless 9th for the save. Zerpa was very effective getting his first win of the season. Baltimore 4-1 W – Zerpa 1-0, L – Darvish 18-4, S – Phillips #22
Game #4:	Tempe uses the longball with homers by JD Martinez, Thompson, Ozuna, and Mateo. Martinez tosses five scoreless innings and turns it over to the pen. Tempe 6-1 W – Martinez 4-0, L – Anderson 9-6
Game #5:	Comets get their first two runs off wild pitches to go up 2-0 early. A Mateo solo homer was matched by a Vasquez solo to put comets back up by two in 6th. Ozuna two run jack tied it in 7th. In the bottom of the 9th, Phillips got Freemen to ground out with a couple runners on. Straw rbi sac fly in 11th and Woodward perfect 10 and 11th win in extras for the Comets. Baltimore 4-3 11 INN W – Woodward 3-0, L – Munoz 3-2
Game #6:	Tempe jumped on Quintana again with RBIs by from Freeman, Slater and Kwan. Tempe adds a couple more and Cruz cruises to his second win of the series. Tempe 6-0 W – Cruz 2-0, L Quintana 9-7
Summary:	Tempe limits Baltimore to nine runs in 56 innings and takes four of six. Cruz was the pitcher of the series getting two rare spot starts.

Yonge Street Stalkers @ Mesa Solar Sox
Preview:	Two 2nd place clubs face off in the desert.
Game #1:	Daniel Lynch pitches the game of his life – a CG 6 hit shutout with 6 Ks and one walk! Randal Grichuck smacks two homers, Rowdy Tellez added a solo shot, and Jon Berti went 4-4 in the 9-0 Mesa win.
Game #2:	Domingo German and Pablo Lopez hooked up in a pitchers duel that did not get decided until the 13th inning when Adley Rutchman singled home Adam Frasier with the game winner. Yonge Street wins 2-1.
Game #3:	More offensive woes for Mesa, as Taiwan Walker and 3 relievers blank them on 4 hits in a 2-0 Stalker win. Clase saves is 20th game.
Game #4:	Yonge Street starter Gerrit Cole does not retire a single batter in the 1st, allowing 6 runs on 5 hits and a walk. The Stalkers fight back but fall short 6-5.
Game #5:	More great Yonge St. pitching, a 3-1 win for Adrian Houser (Clase with his 21st).
Game #6:	Nestor Cortez allows only one hit over 7 innings but has the misfortune of matching up against Lynch, who goes 9 shutout innings – that’s 18 shutout innings in the series for Lynch. Mesa gets the series split with an unearned run in the 12th.
Summary:	Great pitching dominated this series..It could have gone either way, so the split was probably a valid outcome!

Columbus Explorers @ Portland Lumber Jax
Preview:	The 55-53 Columbus Explorers visit the 54-54 Portland Mavericks, in what should be an exciting series. Both teams currently hold the last two playoff spots in the NL, but the Corktown Cycle at just a few games back.
Game #1:	Portland’s Tyler Mahle gets his eighth win of the year (3 loses), in a combined shutout 5-hitter. POR 3 COL 0
Game #2:	COL 2 POR 1
Game #3:	COL 5 POR 4
Game #4:	COL 8 POR 1
Game #5:	COL 7 POR 6 (11)
Game #6:	COL 4 POR 1
Summary:	Columbus dominates Portland on the road winning 5 of 6 to move to 60-54, while Portland drops back to 55-59. Corktown will overtake Portland in the playoff race with a good performance this week.

Valdosta Snappers @ Prairie Falcons
Summary:	Snappers won both 3 game series 2-1…they won game 1-2 lost g3, then win games 4-5 and lose game 6…Snappers won one in extras while Home team got a walk off single bu Jake Ham Burger to win the finale 10-9….Falcons good to go vs COL next week…

Fremont Cannons @ Coconut Creek Crushers
Preview:	First place Fremont visits lowly CCC.
Game #1:	Rodon vs Greene. Close game into the 8th when FRE blows it open. Greene K’s 14 but FRE wins 9-1.
Game #2:	Cabrera holds FRE in check and CCC wins 5-2.
Game #3:	Dueling Grade 8’s in this one. Kaprielian edges Buehler for a CCC 2-1 win.
Game #4:	Ohtani vs Snell Both pitchers are knocked out in lees than 5 innings. The CCC bullpen proves stronger in this one and CCC wins 6-5.
Game #5:	Musgrove vs Alcantara Musgrove is slightly better in this one. CCC adds on versus the FRE bullpen to pull away and win 6-2.
Game #6:	Hunter Greene fires a 2-hit shutout with 12 K’s. CCC wins 2-0.
Summary:	CCC shocks FRE by taking the series 5-1. CCC is 10 games over .500 vs the East. While we are a total of 32 games under .500 vs the Central and West.

Virginia Sluggers @ Dallas Cougars
Summary:	Dallas gets complete game shutouts from Plesac and Giolito but loses the series 4 games to 2.

Chicago Mobsters @ Cincinnati Skyliners
Preview:	The Chicago Mobsters make the annual trek to Glenn Sample Field for a six-game set with the Cincinnati Skyliners.
Summary:	Chicago takes five of six. Alek Manoah tosses a no-hitter in the fourth game. Darrick Hall’s pinch hit homer in the bottom of the ninth in game six avoided the sweep.

Sacramento Capitals @ Yucaipa Road Runners
Preview:	YUC begins series trying to break an 8 game losing streak.
Game #1:	SAC 6-5 in 10 innings Lorenzen blown out early, but bullpen is steller YUC has now lost 9 in a row
Game #2:	Sac 5-3 Hoskins continues to punish the Roadrunners 10 losses in a row
Game #3:	Sac 8-6 13 innings Hoskins 3 more hits 11 in a row
Game #4:	Sac 7-3 Hoskins picks up another hit and 2 ribbies, rasies his BA 11 points since joining SAC 12 in a row
Game #5:	Sac 3-2 Sherzer 0 earned runs 13 in a row
Game #6:	YUC 13-7 Grand slams from Yepez and Haase finally ends the losing streak
Summary:	Great series for SAC

Southwest Detroit Fighting Chihuahuas @ Tijuana Bottle Rockets
Preview:	Tijuana hosts Southwest Detroit for 6.
Summary:	The visitors take 4 of 6.

Triple Creek Patriots @ Corktown Cycle
Preview:	Corktown enters this series red hot winning 12 of their last 13 and now stands 2 games out of the final playoff spot. TPC is currently in the playoff mix.
Game #1:	Patriots flex on both sides of the ball. Triple Creek 5-1
Game #2:	After TPC ties it in the 7th, no team scores again until the home teams Alex Verdugo hits a 3 run walk off home run in the 15th inning. Corktown 5-2 (15 innings)
Game #3:	9 Innings doesn’t seem like enough for these 2 teams. Again, no scoring after the 7th until the 12th. Triple Creek 6-5 (12 innings)
Game #4:	Corktown comes back from 5 down to tie it in the 9th and take the game into extras for the 3rd consecutive day. Nate Lowe is the hero with the 3 run bomb this time. Corktown 8-5 (11 innings)
Game #5:	All Cycle in this one. Corktown 8-2
Game #6:	Triple Creek gets the finale. Triple Creek 7-4
Summary:	These 2 tie the series 3-3. TCP stands at 61-53 and Corktown is 55-59 and very much in play for the final playoff spot.

Motor City Muscle @ Southbend Lynx
Preview:	Motor City comes to Southbend for 6 games.
Game #1:	SBL opens the scoring in the B3 with a Bichette 2-run HR, then add 4 more in the B4 on a M.Perez Grandslam! MCM got 2 in the T5 with rbi-1bs from Castro and Adell and then pull within a run with a 3 run T6 with a J.Herrera rbi-1b and Moore 2-run HR. But SBL answers with a M.Perez rbi-1b in the B6 and a N.Plummer solo-HR in the B8 to close out the scoring. Southbend 8, Motor City 5
Game #2:	MCM scores 2 in the T1 on a Arcia FC-rbi and then a Rivera DP groundout. SBL ties it in the B3 on a M.Perez solo-HR and Tucker rbi-1b. But MCM retakes the lead in the T4 on a Herrera rbi-1b and a Escobar error that allows the 2nd run to score. MCM T.Wade’s rbi-1b in the T5 makes it 5-2 MCM. SBL gets a run back in the B5 on a Soto solo-HR. SBL ties the game in the B7 on a Herrera passed ball and a N.Plummer rbi-1b. In the SBL B8 Herrera drops a Bichette pop up and then Soto hits a 2-run HR. SBL Moronta and Houck shut down MCM to close out the win for the Lymx. Southbend 7, Motor City 5
Game #3:	SBL Soto and Altuve hit back-to-back solo-HRs in the B1 and the Lynx are off and running. SBL would tally 3 runs in the B4, B5, B6, and B7 to blow the game open and win easily. SBL Soto and ALtuve both have 2 HR games. Soto goes 3-4 with 4 runs and 4 rbis; Altuve is 3-5 with 2 runs and 4 rbi. SBL score 15 runs on 18 hits. MCM gets their offense from O.Cruz 2-3 with a rbi and 2-bbs; Franco 2-4 with an rbi; and Adell 1-2 with an rbi and a 2b. Southbend 15, Motor City 3
Game #4:	MCM Rivera hits a solo-HR in the T1 and get another run in the T2 when Celestino bounces into a DP. SBL take the lead in the B3 on a Bichette 2-rbi 1b with the bases loaded and a Soto rbi-FC. MCM ties the game in the T4 on a Celestino rbi-1b. The game remains tied through the 9th and goes into extra innings. In the SBL B10 Soto 2bs and then Altuve hits a 2-run HR for the game winner. Southbend 5, Motor City 3
Game #5:	SBL gets their first run in the B3 on a MCM B.Wilson wild pitch. MCM Castro ties it with an rbi-1b in the T4. SBL N.Plummer hits a solo-HR in the B4. MCM answers in the T5 with an Arcia 2-run HR. But SBL ties it in the B6 with an Altuve solo-HR. MCM retakes the lead in the T8 with a rbi-1b from PH Daza. In the SBL B9 Canha is HBP to lead off the inning and is injured again for the 4th time this year! SBL Cave comes on to PR and moves to 2nd on a L.Garcia wild pitch, and moves to 3rd on a Muncy groundout, and after a M.Perez bb, L.Garcia uncorks another wild pitch to score Cave and tie the game. SBL then gets the win 2 outs later when Candelario throws away Altuve’s grounder. Southbend 5, Motor City 4
Game #6:	SBL K.Tucker’s rbi-1b in the B1 opens the scoring. SBL add 2 more in the B2 on a M.Perez SF and a Bichette rbi-1b. In the inning SBL loses Cave for 32 days on another HBP. MCM plates 3 in the T3 to tie the game on a Rivera bases loaded 3-rbi 3b. The game goes scoreless until the SBL B7 when M.Perez hits a solo-HR SBL T.Houck comes on for the 4 out save. Southbend 4, Motor City 3
Summary:	Southbend unexpectedly sweeps Motor City 6-0.