2012 PLAYERS OF THE WEEK #24

Fremont @ Coconut Creek – Timely homers by Howard, Uggla and Cruz propel the Crushers to a 5-1 series win.

Dallas @ Southbend – Southbend takes the series 5-1 over Dallas.
Morse and Joyce lead the offense, Niese tosses another shutout, and Holland wins his 19th & 20th.  Dallas got some good games out of Varitek, Rivera, Betancourt, and Dobbs. lannan picked up their lone win.

Severn @ Virginia – SEV crushes VIR 5-1.
Gm.1 SEV 6-3 Holliday and A-Rod go deep and combine for 5 RBI.
Gm.2 SEV 8-3 5 runs in the 11th does it. Holliday (2-5) and R.Hernandez (3-6) with 2 RBI each.
Gm.3 SEV 4-1 R.Halladay tosses 2 hitter. R.Raburn goes 2-3 with 2 runs and a RBI.
Gm.4 SEV 5-4 Holliday knocks in 2 but S.Downs tries to give it away in the 9th. Benoit closes.
Gm.5 SEV 8-2 Konerko and McCann homer and M.Cabrera gets 3 RBI on 3 hits. Hudson win #19.
Gm.6 VIR 2-1 We win one!!! Abreu and Ankiel homer..Ankiel’s in the 8th for game winner.

Chicago @ Detroit – Chicago heads East on Interstate-94 for a inter-division rivalry series.
Game #1 – Chicago pounds out 15 hits, Josh Beckett improves to 16-9 1.89 and Jose Valverde picks up save #29.  Final Score: Chicago 9 – Detroit 6.
Game #2 – Derek Jeter has 4 hits,  C.C. Sabathia picks up win #17 (17-7 2.28) – Final Score: Chicago 10 – Detroit 4.
Game #3 – In a 15 inning affair Detroit scores last and wins  Final Score: Detroit 5 – Chicago 4.
Game #4 – Another extra inning contest.  Buster Posey goes 4 for 6 with a HR and 4 RBI’s; Andrew McCutchen is 3 for 5 with 3 RBI’s.  Final Score: Chicago 10 – Detroit 6.
Game #5 – Kyle McClellan improves to 3-6  3.78 and Ichiro goes 3 for 5 for Detroit.  Final Score: Detroit 4 – Chicago 3.
Game #6 – Up 3 to 0 in the top of the 4th the rains fall in Detroit and wash this one away.  Being this late in the season, the make-up is schedule for the next day.
Game #7 – Derek Lee is 4 for 5 with 3 RBI’s, Desmond Jennings and Jim Thome homer as well.  Valverde picks up save #30.  Final Score: Chicago 8 – Detroit 5.

Bethesda @ Pittsburgh – In a battle of movable objects and resistible forces, Bethesda and Pittsburgh split.

Tijuana @ Yonge Street – Tijuana takes 5 of 6 from visiting Yonge Street.

Elyria @ Hollywood – No News out of Hollywood.

Manhattan @ Roseville – Roseville takes 5 out of 6. Manhattan blows many leads, including a 4-1 lead with two outs in the 9th. One game was decided by two runs, all others by just one run.

West Coast @ Valdosta – No News out of Valdosta.   No File Either.

Tempe @ Bay State – Tempe sweeps BayState in a one sided series with a lot of homeruns. Beltre slugged a couple of those homeruns in his bid for the HR title. Chris Young lost a perfect game in the 7th on a rare error from Adrian Gonzalez.

Camarillo @ Jersey – Camarillo comes to the Garden State and wins the series 4-2.

Clovis @ Sacramento – Sacramento takes 5 of 6 from Clovis. The series was bookended with two great pitching duels, both involving Gio Gonzalez. Gonzalez beat Lee 2-0 in Game 1, and Verlander beat Gonzalez 2-0 in Game 6. Other than that, it was mostly Sacramento’s offense having fun.
Wolf, Lee, and Verlander get their 18th, 19th and 20th wins, respectively.

Long Beach @ Motor City – Dirt Bags come to town and dust the Muscle 5 games to 1.
Gm 1: 13-1 LBD; Parra 4 hits, Espinosa 3 hits and 2 RBI, Rolen 4 hits, 5 RBI and a HR. WP–Piniero LP–Morton
Gm 2: 4-3 LBD (11 inn); A. Ramirez 3 hits (2 doubles). Revere has 3 hits for MCM. WP–Hughes LP–Schlereth
Gm 3: 9-1 MCM; Andino HR and Fores 3 RBI for MCM, Parra 2 hits for LBD. WIlliams CG for MCM. Arroyo takes his 20th loss for LBD. WP–J. Williams LP–Arroyo
Gm 4: 7-0 LBD; Parra another 4 hit day, with 3 RBI, a triple and a HR. Revere another 3 hit day for MCM. WP–GOmez LP–Karstens
Gm 5: 8-7 LBD; Tekotte 2-3, 2 R, 4 RBI and a HR. Buck 3-4, and Rolen 2-3 with 2 RBI and 2 R, D. McDOnald 2 RBI. WP–Jiminez LP–Beavan
Gm 6: 5-0 LBD; Morel 2 RBI, Piniero CG shutout. WP–Piniero LP—Leake

Owensboro @ Iron City – The showdown took place at the Yinzer’s home stadium………

GM 1: This one gave the fans their money’s worth. Hamels (OWN) vs Niemann (IRC); it was a pitching duel for the ages. A wild throw by SS Andrus (IRC) allows Ortiz to score from 2nd to tie the game at 1 apiece. Fontenot (OWN) then singles in Andruw Jones to put OWN up 2-1. And thats all the scoring for the day as Hamels (CG-4h-1r) shuts the Yinzers down for the day. Iron City’s Niemann throws a remarkable game himself (6.2- 3h-2r-0er-7k) in the loss. Hamels improves his record to 18-7 2.38

GM 2: The Onslaught needed to bolster their pitching for the run for the playoffs so they traded for Collmenter. As luck would have it, the insurance move gets hurt for two weeks as he pitches his first game. So headed into this week’s showdown with 2nd place Iron City, the Onslaught make an emergency move and pick up pitcher Dickson to help out. And what a pickup it was…..he throws a CG 3 hit shutout vs Yinzers Lance Berkman goes 3/4 for OWN in the win.

GM 3: 11 innings – This one had Napoli written all over it….he goes 4/4 and nails two potential Yinzer base stealers! O’Sullivan somehow puts together a win going 7ip-5h-1r-7k. Final is 5-1 as Iron City manages to tally its only run of the first 3 games!!

GM 4: 11 innings – Another thriller; Mr Nix (OWN) ties game in top 9th with a HR! Top 10: Hughes (OWN) is picked off first with 2 out and slugger David Ortiz at the plate! Bottom 10: Murphy (IRC) is picked off by Onslaught!! Top 11: Berkman in to pinch hit for OWN’s Inge and he rips a single which scores Hairston…2-1 Onslaught! Fontenot then smashes a fastball to CF for a 3 run HR. Onslaught up 5-1. Bottom 11: things get scary for OWN as Yinzers score twice but final score is 5-3 Owensboro.

GM 5:
Top 1: Hairston (OWN) is ejected arguing a play at second! From there, it was all Iron City. The Yinzers collect 15 hits behind Andrus (3/5) and V-Mart (4/4; 4rbi). Lincecum CG-1r-7k for Yinzers as he runs his record to 17-10 2.70

GM 6: Hosmer has a huge day 3/4, 2hr, 4rbi to lead Iron City to victory. Gonzalez (IRC) hits HR #36! Onslaught are limited to 4 hits as Niemann 8ip-4h-1r-0er-9k pitches his second gem of the series.

The Onslaught management would like to cast their vote for Player of the Week:
Mr Niemann of Iron City: 14.2ip- 7h- 3r- 0er- 16k

Owensboro takes 4 of 6 from Iron City.