2023 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #22

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
GUERRERO,Vladimir Jr.	FRE AL	.200	.550	5	20	4	1	0	2	2	10	2	2	0	0	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
CLEVINGER,Mike	HOL AL	2	2	0	0	0.69	13	1	1	4	7	5	0	0	0	0	1

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
HAASE,Eric	YRR NL	.389	.944	6	18	7	1	0	3	4	8	7	1	1	0	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
QUANTRILL,Cal	SEL NL	2	2	0	0	0.00	13	0	0	8	10	2	0	0	0	0	0

Corktown Cycle @ Portland Lumber Jax
Preview:	Corktown (59-73) travels to Portland (63-69) for a 6 game set. Both teams come into the series fighting for the final spot of the playoffs in the National League with Portland currently holding the 8th spot and Corktown in 9th.
Game #1:	Corktown wins in a 15 inning thrill ride 6-5. W Okert 5-2 L Gott 1-6 S Pagan 3. The loss puts Portland on a 5 game losing streak as they are stumbling down the stretch. Corktown got it started in the 1st with 2 runs off Kyle Freeland thanks to a 2 run triple by Ahmed Rosario. Portland took a 3-2 lead thanks to solo shots in the 3rd, 4th, and 5th by Jose Iglesias, Max Kepler, and Mike Moustakas. With Milner on the mound in the 8th Corktown tied it up when Jazz Chisholm STOLE HOME following a 2 out triple. Both teams tack on 2 in the 10th due to some sloppy play by Corktown. Ryan Mountcastle hits the winning solo shot in the top of the 15th. Big win for Corktown.
Game #2:	Final score Portland 8 – Corktown 2. W Mahle 10-5 L Rogers 0-5. A game that was close until it wasn’t it the bottom of the 8th when Portland scores 4. Royce Lewis gave the early 1-0 lead with an RBI double in the 1st. In the 2nd an error and a walk bit the Cycle to give Portland a 3-0 lead after Robert and Arroyo follow up with singles. The 4th inning saw a run from both team as Danny Jansen went yard for his 12th and an RBI single from Nevin, 4-1. A couple scoreless innings by Mahle and Rogers followed and then in the top of the 7th Corktown got another back on a Verdugo single 4-2. Then the bottom of the 8th happened…2 walks, an error by the pitcher Bellatti, a dropped fly ball by Miller in left, and a 3 run double by Arroyo flipped the game upside down for good.
Game #3:	Final Portland 4 – Corktown 1. W Gallen 11-9 L Ray 7-11 S Gott 1. Robbie Ray was really the story here even though he gave up all 4 runs and the loss. He struck out Portland 14 times, 18 total when LeClerc got 4 of his own in relief. Gallen goes 8 strong on 2 hits and 1 run with 9 punch outs. Back to back home runs by Torres (number 30 on the year) and Kepler in the 2nd were all Portland really needed in the game. In the 3rd Portland scored on a CJ Cron single and got their 4th run in the 6th on a Moustakas double. Corktown scored their lone run in the 5th on an RBI single by Kelenic.
Game #4:	Final Portland 12 – Corktown 1. W Marquez 6-9 L Berrios 10-8. Berrios was going for his 11th win in a row but was chased early after going 1.1 and giving up 7 runs. The Portland pitching was able to get Corktown to scatter 7 hits and also while walking 6, managed to get 11 runners stranded. By the end of the 4th the score was 10-0 and Corktown did what they could just to get through the game. Royce Lewis was a double shy of the cycle with 4 RBIs while Seiya Suzuki contributed 2 home runs and 4 RBI.
Game #5:	Final Portland 8 – Corktown 7 in 10 innings. W Peralta 3-4 L Pagan 0-4 BS Milner 4. The bats for Portland came out on fire following game 4 and ran out to a 6-1 lead after 3, chasing the Corktown starter for the 2nd game in a row. However, momentum completely shifted in the 6th when Portland pulled Eflin as he is running on limited availability the rest of the season. Milner came in and gave up the 7-2 lead when Corktown slapped 5 on the board to tie it. Singles by Verdugo and Toro were followed up by a Bleday RBI double 7-3. With two outs, Rosario hits another triple in the series to make it 7-5. Chris Taylor was the next batter and he slapped a 2-run shot just inside the foul pole to tie it up! Relivers for both teams from that point on were absolutely shutting down hitters. In the bottom of the 10th Portland put it away when Robert led off with a single, stole 2nd, advanced to 3rd on a wild pitch and then scored on a walk off single by Spencer Torkelson.
Game #6:	Final Corktown 7 – Portland 2. W Gray 8-13 L Freeland 9-11. Corktown ended the series the way they started it with a win. The game was never really in question score wise, but Portland was leaving runners all over the bases. Both Lowe (20th of the year) and Dalbec got themselves home runs to keep the game out of reach. Corktown was able twice to turn double plays with Moustakas at the plate with Portland threatening. A great performance by Gray to allow contact and trust the defense to make plays as he went 7.1 and only gave up 2. Bellatti was flawless in the 5 batters he faced to make sure that door never opened.
Summary:	Portland takes the 4 middle games as Corktown salvages 2 in the series. A real sandwich of results. Ahmed Rosario led Corktown in the series with 5 RBI to go along with 2 triples. Nathaniel Lowe has 6 hits with a 2B, HR, and 4 RBI. Robbie Ray even in a loss was impressive with his 14 K performance over 5.2 innings (82% of outs were k’s. Zac Gallen had the best start for Portland with 8 innings of 2 hit 1 run ball and 9 k’s. Wandy Peralta was impressive out of the pen all series logging 5.2 innings with 2 hits and 4 k’s. Hitting wise Royce Lewis went 6/16 (.375) with 2 2B, 1 3B, 1 HR, 5 RBI, and 2 runs scored. Christian Arroyo was 7/12 (.583) with 2 2B, 6 RBI, 5 runs scored. Record post series – Portland 67-71 Corktown 61-77.

Long Beach Dirt Bags @ Tempe Tempers
Preview:	Long Beach visits Tempe for six games.
Game #1:	Hummel crushed a two run homer and also gunned a runner at home. Woodruff allowed only five hits and pitched a complete game shutout. Long Beach 3-0 W – Woodruff 9-9, L – Darvish 19-5
Game #2:	Back and forth game. Ramirez two run homer put Tempe up early. Hummel tied it in 6th with a double. Wade solo shot in 10th off Bass put LB up 4-3, but Kwan launched a walkoff two run shot in the bottom of the 10th to win it for Tempe. Tempe 5-4 10 W – Bass 5-2, L – Matzek 1-6
Game #3:	Escobar and Reyes rbi singles game Long Beach the early lead. Tempe rallied to tie in bottom of 7th. Ramirez solo in 8th put Tempe up 3-2. However, Munoz imploded in the 9th giving up three runs for an extremely rare blown save. Long Beach 5-3 W – Feltner 3-14, L – Munoz 3-3, S – Matzek #11
Game #4:	Tempe scored six on Silseth in the 2nd and cruised with a blowout. Tempe 9-3 W – Minter 9-2, L – Silseth 3-12, S – Braiser #1
Game #5:	Freeman and Peralta homered as Tempe roled. Three Dirt Bags injured for a few days on a HBP and a collision. Tempe 7-0 W – Darvish 20-5, L – Butto 2-4 S – Braiser #2
Game #6:	Tempe loaded the bases with no outs in the 2nd, but Woodruff worked out of it allowing only one run. Kwan rbi single, Story rbi single and then Realmuto bases clearing single put the game away in 7th. Tempe 6-0 W – Stryzelecki 6-1, L Woodruff 9-10
Summary:	Long Beach faded in the final three games as Tempe ran to a 4-2 series win. Tempe has racked up over 200 stolen bases on the year which far exceeds any prior years in franchise history.

Southwest Detroit Fighting Chihuahuas @ Cincinnati Skyliners
Preview:	Southwest Detroit makes the five hour trek down I-75 to Glenn Sample Field and a six-game set against Cincinnati.
Summary:	Southwest Detroit gets solid pitching in taking four of the six games from the Skyliners.

Tijuana Bottle Rockets @ Hollywood Werewolves
Summary:	Hollywood takes 5 of 6.

Motor City Muscle @ Mesa Solar Sox
Preview:	Two also rans playing out the string….
Game #1:	Drew Smyly strikes out 13 but loses to Jean Adon 4-1.
Game #2:	Mesa uses homers from Tellez and Garver to back Javier’s 11th win, 7-3.
Game #3:	Daniel Lynch goes all the way with a 5 hitter for Mesa as they win 4-1.
Game #4:	Newly acquired Jacob Junis pitches a complete game 3 hitter. Mesa wins 10-1.
Game #5:	Motor City only gets 4 hits, but that is enough to win 2-1 behind Casey Mize‘s 2 hit, 5 strikeout CG.
Game #6:	Eddie Rosario drives in 5, Mesa gathers 16 hits and wins 9-3. Kyle Hendricks picks up his 11th win. O’Neill Cruz doubles and homers for the Muscle.
Summary:	Mesa takes 4 of 6 from the weary Muscle.

Chicago Mobsters @ Virginia Sluggers
Preview:	When you have a team from Chicago bringing one of the best rotations to town with a bullpen that has you facing two 19’s and three grade 22’s and above,…well, you’re gonna lose a lot of games,…because VIR can’t hit a lick suddenly.
Game #1:	CHI 9-1 CHI- 14 hits VIR-3 Mendick, Bregman, Rodriguez (2) and Haggerty smash homers as CHI announces it’s intention to rout VIR in this series.
Game #2:	CHI 1-0 VIR puts a scare into CHI. Ryan goes 10.1 IP for VIR allowing 2 hits and no runs. CHI’s staff follows suit, allowing but 4 hits. However, R.Greene says “enough of this”, and smashes one into the night, off reliever Holmes, to give CHI the win.
Game #3:	CHI 13-3 Ho-Hum CHI-19 hits VIR- 6 hits. Mendick, McCutchen, Rodriguez, and Greene all go deep. Every player for CHI got a hit,…Mendick was 4-6 with 3 RBI and J-Rod was 3-4 with 3 RBI. Urias won his 19th game.
Game #4:	VIR 8-2 Surprise! Surprise! CHI took a day off from winning. VIR somehow outhit them 9-6. CHI did get homers from Bregman and Mendick but VIR got 3 RBI from Rizzo and Jimenez to win it.
Game #5:	CHI 4-3 VIR took a 3-1 lead in the 6th on homers from Biggio and Jimenez CHI was able to tie it in the 7th. Then, D.Mendick (who is this guy?) hit his 4th homer of the series to put CHI up by 1 in the 8th and Diaz nailed the win down.
Game #6:	CHI 7-0 CHI-13 hits VIR-5 hits. 7 pitchers combined on a shutout for CHI. But hey, Mendick did not homer for CHI. However 3 other players did,…Arraez, Alvarez and Greene.
Summary:	Mendick, Greene and Rodriguez were beasts as Chicago flexed their muscles and demolished Virginia, dashing their playoff hopes with the 5-1 series win.

Dallas Cougars @ Coconut Creek Crushers
Preview:	Playing out the String.
Game #1:	Greene and Giolito both deal for 7 innings. DAL then breaks it open and wins 7-0. Giolito with a complete game shutout.
Game #2:	Snell throws a complete game and CCC wins 2-1.
Game #3:	Cabrera gives up 2 runs in the first. That would be all the offense for DAL CCC pulls away and wins 5-2.
Game #4:	Musgrove dominates for 7 innings. Brash comes in to mop up and gets hit a bit but CCC wins 6-3.
Game #5:	Civale is strong and Wil Myers supports him with 4 hits and 5 RBI. CCC wins 8-1.
Game #6:	DAL hits 4 HRs to save a little pride in a 9-1 laugher.
Summary:	CCC wins the series 4-2.

Bethesda Bandicoots @ Valdosta Snappers
Summary:	Bandicoots take 4 of 6 in a low scoring series.

Selkirk Steelers @ Columbus Explorers
Preview:	A really good Selkirk team (90-42) – but 17 games out of 1st behind – well you all know who, the EE – comes to Columbus to maybe dash the wildcard hope of the Explorers. Columbus, playing a lot better than everyone (including us) expected, is fighting for a spot and added a couple of arms to the pitching staff this past week…
Game #1:	Selkirk (and Cal Quantrill) say – not so fast you Explorers. Quantrill 6 hits Columbus for 6 innings – no runs. Bullpen matches and the Steelers put up 6 runs in the shutout win. Aroldis Garcia smacks a 2 run homer (25) to pace the attack. SEL 6-10-0 WP Quantrill (15-9) COL 0- 9-2 LP Josh Winder (11-4)
Game #2:	Columbus comes back and scores 3 runs in 3 different innings to support David Peterson. He tires in the 7th giving up a solo shot to Garci (2) and a 2 run shot to Marcus Semian (28) but it was too little, too late. Columbus gets homers from Tapia (5), Varsho (20) and their monster Robinson Chirinos (8)! SEL 3- 6-1 LP Gibson (9-6) COL 10-16-0 WP Peterson (8-6)
Game #3:	Explorers overcome a 4 run 2nd by Selkirk to pull off the come from behind win, 5-4. 3 runs in the 4th close out the scoring and the 5 innings are all goose eggs. Profar a 2 run single in the 2nd and a 3 run D.J. LeMahieu homer (9) in the 4th are the biggest blows. SEL 4-7-2 LP Dylan Cease (18-8) COL 5-8-1 WP Clarke Schmidt (6-3) S Felix Bautista (11) BUT – we lose Charlie Blackmon for 6 days when he’s hit on the wrist.
Game #4:	Teams match runs in the first, solo homer (9) by Carlson for Selkirk and rbi single from Chirinos. SF from Chirinos in the 5th puts Columbus up 2-1, but Aroldis Garcia (27) homers in the 6th to tie it up. Then blanks are fired by both teams until the bottom of the 14th when Chirinos gets the walk-off single for his 3rd rbi (Oswald Pereza scores all 3 runs) and the Explorers win to go up 3-1 in the series. SEL 2-9-1 LP Ramirez (1-2) 14 innings COL 3-9-2 WP Cishek (3-2)
Game #5:	Selkirk and Max Fried say “hold your horses” – we’re the better team. And Fried proves it with a 4 hitter for 6.2 (for win #20!) and bullpen that finishes it off with no more Columbus hits. Alonso, Garcia and Semien each drive in runs for the 3-0 shutout win. Urquidy was good in his Columbus debut, but the offense got stymied big time. SEL 3-8-0 WP Fried (20-3) S Raisel Iglesias (26) COL 0-4-0 LP Urquidy (12-9)
Game #6:	Still a chance to take the series but it doesn’t look good as Quantrill rebounds from game 1 to go 7 innings, 2 hits, 6 ks and no runs. But Josh Winder is coming back strong too – but solo shots to Pete Alonso (31) and Matt Thaiss (#1 of the year) in the 6th and 7th put a big damper on the Explorers hopes. However, in the 9th Daulton Varsho connects (21) but it was only a solo shot of Liam Hendriks (former Explorer) and Hendriks gets the save done. SEL 2-8-0 WP Quantrill (16-9) S Hendriks (8) COL 1-3-0 LP Winder (11-5)
Summary:	Series split 3-3, which against Selkirk is not bad!! Now we fill up the dugout for September and head out the road for the next two weeks!

Triple Creek Patriots @ Yucaipa Road Runners
Preview:	YUC slowly improving ready to be competetive.
Game #1:	YUC 5-1 Haase HR 3 rbi’s.
Game #2:	TCP blow out 18-4 Smith 3 hits, 2b, 3b HR 5 rbi’s.
Game #3:	TCP 5-3 in 12 Seager FC gets his 70th rbi for the season. Miranda SAC fly for the 5th run.
Game #4:	TCP 4-0 Montas 2 hit shutout. Callhoun 2 run HR.
Game #5:	YUC 5-4 TCp takes a 4-0 lead int B9. Haase a grand slam for the tie. Reynolds basehit for walk off rbi.
Game #6:	YUC 4-2 win Lauer doubles his win out put for the season.
Summary:	Series split 3-3 Perhaps using new math we arent eliminated yet???

Baltimore Comets @ Prairie Falcons
Preview:	Battle of the top and bottom of the NL East. Baltimore comes in 78-54 and Prairie 50-82.
Game #1:	Final BAL 9 PRA 3. W Quintana 10-8 L Kikuchi 4-18 S Phillips 28. Newman and Ramirez both went 3-6 for Baltimore with 6 singles. Prairie was in the game until Baltimore turned to the bullpen, which ended up being the difference in the game.
Game #2:	Final BAL 11 PRA 4. W Bummer 2-2 L Hall 0-3. This game was all tied up going into the 9th and then Baltimore smashed 7 runs. Donaldson and Bell had 3 RBI each for Baltimore. Jesus Aguilar had a HR with 3 RBI for Prairie. 3 errors really hurt Prairie in the 9th inning.
Game #3:	Final BAL 13 PRA 0. W Mikolas 17-3 L Ashcraft 3-4. An untimely error by Jake Burger in the 6th inning busted the game wide open. Ashcraft ended up giving up 9 in 5.2 but only 3 earned due to the error that continued the inning. Jorge Polanco and Joey Wendle each had 4 RBI. Polanco did it with 2 HR while Wendle had 4 hits, 2 of which were 2 baggers. Mikolas goes 7 scoreless as Prairie only get 3 total hits.
Game #4:	Final BAL 3 PRA 1. W Anderson 12-7 L Kluber 11-13. Austin Romine was the story in this game with 3 errors. 2 of which resulted in 2 runs, the 3rd error happened to see the runner end up getting thrown out at home. It proved to be the difference in the game as both bullpens went 5 innings combined scoreless. Josh Bell goes 3-5 for Baltimore which is only one less hit than Prairie had all game.
Game #5:	Final BAL 6 PRA 1. W Contreras 4-3 L Kikuchi 4-19. Baltimore gets 4 solo shots off Kikuchi, 3 of which happened in the 6th as he was rolling with 12 k’s. Matt Olson goes 3-4 with 2 2Bs, Christian Vazquez gets 3 RBI on a 2-4 performance with a 2B and HR. Prairie manages 2 hits the whole game against Baltimore with Contreras going 7 strong giving up both hits and the lone run.
Game #6:	Final BAL 13 PRA 5. W Quintana 11-8 L Cessa 3-7. Another game where an error opened it up for Baltimore to win. This time Aguilar is the source and it led to a 5 run 7th with the game tied going in. Jorge Polanco put it away for good with a grand slam in the 8th. Both Grisham and Moniak went yard for Prairie.
Summary:	A clean sweep by Baltimore. Defense and the bullpen were a big issue in the series for Prairie, 8 total errors across the 6 games. For Baltimore the star pitcher was Miles Mikolas with 7 IP 2 hits 0 runs and 8 k’s. Jorge Polanco while only playing 4 games, went 5/19 with 4 HR (1 GS), 9 RBI, and 7 runs scored. For Prairie Jesus Aguilar played well going 7/20 with 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI, 4 runs scored.

Southbend Lynx @ Fremont Cannons
Preview:	Fremont looks to gain ground in the AL East while Southbend plays out the string. Bus weekend so recaps will be short.
Game #1:	Fremont puts up 3 in the sixth to take the 6-2 lead, but Southbend answers back with 3-run Juan Soto HR in the top of the seventh to cut it to 6-5. Fremont tacks on an insurance run in the bottom of the inning and takes it 7-5.
Game #2:	The game is a 1-1 tie until Fremont plates 4 in the sixth. They go on to win it 6-1, giving Carlos Rodon his 15th win.
Game #3:	Carlos E. Hernandez limits the Cannons to two runs, striking out 10. However, SBL manages just 1 run of their own, falling 2-1 to the Cannons.
Game #4:	Fremont is held to just 3 hits, but is aided by 6 walks and goes on to win a close one 3-2.
Game #5:	A pair of homers from Vladimir Guerrero Jr. brings him to 30 on the season, as well as accounting for all 5 Fremont runs in their 5-2 win. Sandy Alcantara gets the CG win.
Game #6:	Janson Junk is pummeled for 13 hits and 8 earned runs as Fremont wins the finale via shutout 9-0. Austin Voth strikes out 11 in 8 innings.
Summary:	Fremont sweeps the series 6-0. Scripts saved and available on request.

Harsens Island Walleye @ Sacramento Capitals
Summary:	BREAKING NEWS: Albert Pujols Hits Home Run #700! Albert Pujols plays two games, hits two home runs, and lands on the IL. California takes 4 of 6 from the Walleye.

Detroit Crime @ Yonge Street Stalkers
Summary:	The Stalkers flex their muscles & beat up on the Crime 5 games to 1.