2023 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #23
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| DIAZ,Elias | FRE AL | .600 | 1.400 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| JAVIER,Cristian | MSS AL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| GARCIA,Adolis | SEL NL | .476 | 1.000 | 6 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| THOMPSON,Keegan | HIW NL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 21 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Valdosta Snappers @ Long Beach Dirt Bags |
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| Summary: | Valdosta comes west and takes 4 of 6 from Long Beach. |
Yucaipa Road Runners @ Selkirk Steelers |
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| Preview: | Second place Selkirk vs last place Yucaipa. |
| Game #1: | Gibson wins his 10th as Alonso homers in the 7-4 Selkirk win. |
| Game #2: | Cease wins his 19th as Bets homers 10-3 Selkirk. |
| Game #3: | Alonso, Semien and Turner homers as Wainwright pitches great and completes the 4-1 Selkirk win. |
| Game #4: | Garcia his two homers and alonso hits one. Max Freid wins his 21st in a 12-1 win. |
| Game #5: | Garcia joins 30/30 club with homer and a steal but Selkirk pen plus it. Yucaipa wins 7-5 as copper homers and drives in 4. |
| Game #6: | Bradish is great Yucaipa wins 3-1. |
| Summary: | Selkirk wins 4 of 6 Garcia huge series joins 30/30 club. |
Chicago Mobsters @ Hollywood Werewolves |
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| Summary: | Chicago embarrasses Hollywood at home taking 5 of 6. Hollywood takes game 1 and it’s all Chicago after that. |
Columbus Explorers @ Corktown Cycle |
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| Preview: | After the 2 teams switched positions in 2022, we are back on track in 2023. |
| Summary: | Columbus does what they usually do to Corktown and take 5 of 6. One team is plummeting their hopes of the final playoff spot while the other is safely in there. |
Mesa Solar Sox @ Southwest Detroit Fighting Chihuahuas |
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| Summary: | Mesa takes 4/6. **** No-Hitter by Javier in game 6! |
Tempe Tempers @ Bethesda Bandicoots |
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| Preview: | No Hitter Alert! – Tempe comes to Bethesda looking to lock up the NL Central for the third time in six years. The Bandicoots faithful come out to see McNeil’s run for the hitting title and day dream about all the ping pong balls they will get in the lottery. |
| Game #1: | Tempe jumped out to an early lead on a Peralta two run homer. Bethesda clawed back with RBI hits by Harrison and Vaughn to tie it. A Brantley sac fly was matched by a Change rbi single. The game remained tied 3-3 until the 12th when Freeman connected for a three run homer. Tempe 6-3 12 INN W – Almonte 1-4, L – Rogers 1-3, S – Munoz #32 |
| Game #2: | Kirby gave up seven hits in the first two innings as Tempe scored 5 runs. Duval solo in the 8th was the only run for Bethseda. Tempe 5-1 W – Perez 24-3 , L – Kirby 7-5 |
| Game #3: | Darvish gave up only two hits over 8.2 innings as Tempe’s offense got to Cobb early. Freeman drove in four runs on the day. Schwindel’s homer in the the bottom of 6th was the Coots first hit of the game. Tempe 10 – 2 W – Darvish 21-5, L Cobb 10-12 |
| Game #4: | Homers by Freeman and Carpenter put Tempe up early and a costly error from McCarthy allowed two more runs. Verlander tossed five innings for the easy win. Wacha only gave up 4 hits and 2 earned runs over six innings. Tempe 5-0 W – Verlander 26-1, L – Wacha 7-2 |
| Game #5: | Exciting back and forth game. McNiel sac fly put the Coots up after first. Thompson and Slater rbi singles put the Tempers up 2-1 in 2nd. McNiel and Vaughn rbi singles put Bethesda back on top 3-2 in 3rd. Story walk and SB allowed a Kwan single to tie it, Realmuto two rbi triple and Ramirez rbi single put Tempe up 6-3 in 4th. Detmers did get Azuna to strike out with bases loaded. Ramirez two run double in the six put Tempe up 8-3 in 6th. Fortes three run homer off Braiser in 8th made it a two run game. McNeil and O’hearn two out rbi singles tied it in bottom of 9th, but Almonte came on and K’ed Vaughn to send it to extras. In the 10th, Tempe loaded the bases with no outs. Freeman k’ed, a Realmuto fielders choice to put Tempe up 9-8. Then a Pinder three run homer put the game out of reach. Tempe 12-8 10 INN W – Almonte 1-4, L – Gonzales 11-11 |
| Game #6: | Perez threw a No Hitter. He was almost ejected in the 9th after he hit two batters, but the umpires made the right call to let him continue pitching. Tempe’s offense was lead by Peralta’s five RBI. Tempe 10-0 W – Perez 25-3, L – Kelly 8-8 |
| Summary: | Bethesda took two of the games to extra’s but they ultimately couldn’t stop Tempe’s relentless offense. Tempe secures the NL Central with the sweep. Perez should be a lock for pitcher of the week with the no hitter and a combined 2-0 16.2 IP, 1 ER, 3 H. |
Dallas Cougars @ Cincinnati Skyliners |
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| Summary: | Skyliners come to Dallas and take 5 of 6. |
Sacramento Capitals @ Triple Creek Patriots |
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| Preview: | NL West leading Capitals look to put even more space between them and the 2nd place (and fading fast) Patriots. |
| Game #1: | Each team scores in the 1st and then nothing but zeros until the 7th when W. Smith delivers a big 2-run HR.
SC 2 TCP 5 W: Staumont (2-0) |
| Game #2: | Capitals had a comfy 5-1 lead heading into the 8th when Kowar lost his control, loaded the bases, then let Baty unload them. Sac would plate one in the 11th to sneak out the W.
SC 6 TCP 5 W: Kowar (2-0) |
| Game #3: | All Capitals as Cueto goes 7+ allowing just 1 run and Flores delivers a big 3-run HR.
SC 7 TCP 1 W: Cueto (7-6) |
| Game #4: | Teams each score 2 in the firt 1/2 of the game but De La Cruz was the difference maker with a GW solo shot in the 8th.
SC 2 TCP 3 W: Staumont (3-0) |
| Game #5: | 3-3 heading into the 7th when Sac would deliver the death blow plating 3 runs.
SC 6 TCP 3 W: Pruitt (2-0) |
| Game #6: | Bieber was ON as he strangled Sac bats allowing just 3 hits over 7 full. Lynn held Triple Creek scoreless until the 5th but came undone allowing 4. Patriot arms blank the Capitals in the finale.
SC 0 TCP 5 W: Bieber (13-7) |
| Summary: | Series split 3-3. |
Yonge Street Stalkers @ Motor City Muscle |
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| Summary: | Yonge Street sweeps Motor City. |
Prairie Falcons @ Harsens Island Walleye |
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| Summary: | The Walleye take 5 of 6. Adrian Sampson threw a perfect game and Keegan Thompson had 2 complete game shutouts for the Island. |
Portland Lumber Jax @ Baltimore Comets |
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| Preview: | Portland (67-71) heads across the country to visit Baltimore (84-54). The Comets enter the series winners of 11 straight. |
| Game #1: | Game 1 is a WILD ONE. Matt Olson‘s 1st inning, 2-run homerun puts the Comets up early. Brian Serven smacks a 2-run double to tie the game and Jose Iglesias follows with a 2-run single to put the Lumber Jax in front 4-2 in the 4th. Portland would tack on a run in the 7th for a 5-2 lead. Baltimore would get 2 back in the home half of the 7th, thanks to a 2-run blast off the bat of Joey Gallo, and would tie the game in the 8th on a Jorge Polanco RBI single. A CJ Cron solo homerun would put Portland back in front in the 9th. In the bottom of the 9th, Christian Vazquez leads off the inning with a double. Simon Muzziotti comes in to pinch run. Alex Call pinch hits and grounds one into left, Muzziotti comes around and is thrown out at the plate, preserving the Lumber Jax lead. With one out, Bryson Stott doubles scoring Call with the tying run, but the Comets cannot bring Stott home and the game moves to extra innings. In the bottom of the 11th, a Call single and Garrett Mitchell walk put runners on 1st and 2nd. They each move up a base on a passed ball, bringing Myles Straw to the plate. Straw hits a flyball to center which Max Kepler misplays and the winning run scores for Baltimore.
JAX 6 / 13 / 1 |
| Game #2: | Baltimore builds a 6-0 lead and survives a furious Portland rally to hold on for a 7-6 victory. Josh Bell, Henry Ramirez, and Nick Castellanos homer for Baltimore. Chas McCormick singles, doubles, homers, and knocks in a pair for Portland.
JAX 6 / 13 / 2 |
| Game #3: | Baltimore runs their winning streak to 14 games with a 9-5 win. Myles Mikolas tosses 6 shutout innings to win his 18th, as Baltimore builds a 7-0 lead before Aaron Bummer has a rough 8th inning, allowing 5 Lumber Jax runs. Josh Donaldson had 3 hits, including a homerun, and Bryson Stott had 2 hits and scored 3 times for the Comets. Gleyber Torres 3-run homerun was the big hit in the Portland 8th.
JAX 5 / 10 / 3 |
| Game #4: | Christian Arroyo‘s 3-run homerun in the 10th off Hector Neris puts Portland in the win column. Matt Olson hit his 3rd homerun of the series for Baltimore.
JAX 8 / 12 / 0 |
| Game #5: | Matt Olson goes deep again for Baltimore and Jose Quintana pitches 7 strong innings as Baltimore wins it 6-2. Luis Robert homers for Portland.
JAX 2 / 6 / 1 |
| Game #6: | Josh Bell hits a 2-run, 1st inning homerun and Jameson Taillon shuts out Portland through 7 … then the wheels fall off the Comet bus. It’s Gleyber Torres again, with a game tying, 2-run homerun in the 8th. Luis Robert delivers the game winner in the 9th with an RBI single scoring Matt Duffey. Zac Gallen was tough after the early homerun, allowing only 3 hits over 8 innings.
JAX 3 / 8 / 1 |
| Summary: | Close series as Portland plays tough on the road. Baltimore wins the series 4-2. |
Virginia Sluggers @ Tijuana Bottle Rockets |
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| Preview: | Tijuana hosts Virginia for 6 games. |
| Summary: | Virginia takes 4 of 6 from the home team. |
Coconut Creek Crushers @ Southbend Lynx |
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| Preview: | Coconut Creek comes to visit Southbend for 6 games. Both teams just playing out the season, looking forward to the draft lottery. |
| Game #1: | CCC Stassi with a solo-HR, Hoerner 1b, and Nimmo rbi-3b for a quick 2-0 lead in the T3.
CCC Stassi at it again with an rbi-1b in the T4. SBL gets an Plummer rbi-1b in the B4 and a Wynns solo-HR in the B5 to pull within a run. But CCC Kaprielian gets tough and allow no further scoring and the CCC bullpen closes out the 8th and 9th for the win. Dominguez with Save #25 Coconut Creek 3, Southbend 2 |
| Game #2: | CCC B.Snell is the man in this game as he scatters 4 hits over 8 innings giving up only 1 run while fanning 12 Lynx.
CCC gets all the runs it would need in the T2 on a Castro 2-run HR CCC O’Neill with a solo-HR in the T4. O’Neill would add a rbi-1b along with a Walsh Sac Fly in the T8 for the rest of the CCC scoring. SBL lone run came on a Escobar rbi-1b in the B5. Coconut Creek 5, Southbend 1 |
| Game #3: | SBL C.Sands pitches his best game of the year as he tosses a 2-hit shutout, walking only 1 and fanning 9.
All 3 SBL runs come off solo-HRs; Fraley and Plummer go back-to-back in the B2 and then Fraley adds another solo blast in the B4. Southbend 3, Coconut Creek 0 |
| Game #4: | The most entertaining game of the series.
In the CCC T1 after 1bs by Hoerner and Smith put runners at the corners, SBL Henry uncorks a WP to give CCC their 1st run, however Smith is nailed at 3rd trying to get an extra base. Nimmo then hits a solo-HR; 2-0 CCC. CCC Hoerner hits a solo-HR in the T2 and Perdomo hits a solo-HR in the T3 for a 4-0 CCC lead. SBL get back in the game in the B3 with a J.Soto solo-HR and a Escobar 2-run HR. SBL take the lead in the B6 when K.Tucker draws a bases loaded walk and then Muncy clears the bases with a 3-run 2b. CCC gets a Perdomo rbi-groundout and a PH Garrett rbi-1b in the T7 to pull within a run. CCC then takes the lead in the T8 with some nifty baserunning as Villar is HBP and then Nimmo 1bs him to 3rd and takes 2nd on the throw; which sets up SBL M.Perez passed ball and O’Neill’s rbi-1b. CCC Dominguez would eventually come on and close the game in the 9th for his 26th save. Coconut Creek 8, Southbend 7 |
| Game #5: | CCC would get two gift runs in the T1 on a Bichette throwing error with the bases loaded; a Castro infield rbi-1b and a Perdomo SF to jump out to a 4-0 lead.
Well, that about sums it up as CCC put another run on the board int he T3, 3 more in the T6 on a Bohm 3-run HR, and 4 more in the T8 for the eventual 12-1 route. CCC Bohm goes 4-6 with 3 runs and 3 rbi, a 2b and a HR; J.Smith is 2-5 w/3 runs scored; Walsh 2-5 w/2 runs and 3 rbi; and Perdomo 2-3 w/4 rbi. Oh, and on the mound Civale goes 8IP giving up 1 run on 7 hits while fanning 5. SBL Bichette spoils the shutout with a solo-HR in the B8. Coconut Creek 12, Southbend 1 |
| Game #6: | Another close game.
In the CCC T1 J.Smith 1bs, moves up ona Bohm grounder, and scores on a Castro rbi-1b. CCC Perdomo adds a solo-HR in the T2; 2-0 CCC. In the SBL B4 Altuve reaches 1st on Perdomo’s error, Tucker 1bs, a WP by Kaprielian, and Plummer rbi-FC cuts the lead in half. SBL tie it in the B5 on a Bichette SF. CCC regains the lead in the T7 when Smith 2bs and scores on a Nimmo rbi-1b. In the CCC T8 some shoddy SBL defense gives CCC another run when Walsh reaches on Bichette’s error and then eventually scores,when after K.Lewis 1bs, Wynns drops the throw to the plate letting Walsh score. CCC Coleman tosses a perfect 8th to set up Dominguez who comes on and gets his 27th save. Coconut Creek 4, SBL 2 |
| Game #7: | Cococut Creek takes the series 5-1 over Southbend. |
Detroit Crime @ Fremont Cannons |
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| Preview: | Detroit is playing for a Wild Card spot while host Fremont has a six-game lead over Cincinnati for the AL East. |
| Game #1: | Fremont erupts for 6 runs in the second inning and never looks back. The Cannons pound out 17 hits and 6 homeruns to give Walker Buehler his fifth win in a 12-4 rout. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. goes 4-5 with 2 homers and a double.
W: Walker Buehler (5-2) HR: DET- none; FRE- Carlos Correa (16), Shohei Ohtani (22), Vladimir Guerrero Jr. 2(32), Nolan Gorman (11), Elias Diaz (4) |
| Game #2: | This game stayed close throughout. Fremont adds an insurance run in the eighth to go up 5-2, but Brandon Crawford doubles home Bobby Witt Jr, in the ninth and brings the tying run to the plate. PH Luke Voit fouls out to end the threat, and Fremont wins 5-3. Carlos Rodon racks up 10 K’s in seven innings of work.
W: Carlos Rodon (16-7) HR: none |
| Game #3: | It’s another 17-hit game from the Cannons with a six-run inning; this time it’s the third inning. Only one long ball, but Fremont still wins it 8-2. Three errors from the Crime don’t help the cause. Sandy Alcantara strikes out 12 in seven innings of work.
W: Sandy Alcantara (18-8) HR: DET- Yasmani Grandal (5); FRE- Elias Diaz (5) |
| Game #4: | This one was tied 3-3 going into the eighth. Fremont was hoping to get Shohei Ohtani the win and stuck with him, but things looked dicey after a double steal put runners on 2nd and 3rd with one out. Ohtani was able to end the threat, and in the bottom of the inning Javier Baez connects for a three-run HR to take the lead. After tacking on another in the inning, Fremont holds off the Crime for the 7-3 victory.
W: Shohei Ohtani (14-2) HR: DET- none; FRE- Austin Hays (18), Javier Baez (9) |
| Game #5: | Detroit finally trots out a double-digit starter in Chris Bassitt. Fremont goes with their lowest grade starter in Austin Voth, who gives up 10 hits but is able to limit the Crime to 3 runs. The teams go into the eighth tied at 3 each, but Yimi Garcia (with the help of a Jace Peterson throwing error) melts down for 4 runs to give Detroit the 7-4 lead. Bassitt comes back out in the ninth, but with Fremont threatening in comes Jason Adam. The Cannons score two and put a runner at third with one out, but Adam is able close it out for the first Detroit win of the series 7-5.
W: Chris Bassitt (9-9) HR: none |
| Game #6: | Detroit gets four in the 7th inning to go up 4-2 on Fremont. Fremont gets one back in the eighth. In the bottom of the ninth, Carlos Correa ties it up at 4 with a solo homer. This one goes to the 11th where Yimi Garcia again struggles after coming on with a runner on, as Detroit scores two runs and takes the finale 6-4.
W: Zach Britton (1-0) HR: DET- Tommy Pham (21); FRE- Carlos Correa (17) |
| Summary: | Fremont takes the series 4-2. The team that played the best won every game in this series. |