2024 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #18

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
WITT Jr.,Bobby	DET AL	.560	1.240	6	25	14	2	0	5	#	10	4	1	0	3	1	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
KERSHAW,Clayton	HOL AL	2	2	0	0	1.54	11	2	2	4	6	4	0	0	0	0	2

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
DAHL,David	SAC NL	.333	.952	6	21	7	1	0	4	4	10	7	0	0	0	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
WICKS,Jordan	LBD NL	1	1	0	0	0.00	9	0	0	0	11	4	0	0	0	0	0

Valdosta Snappers @ Long Beach Dirt Bags
Game #1:	Bowlan threw a 7 hit shutout to improve to 3-15 as Long Beach won 1-0.
Game #2:	Valdosta’s offense came alive late in their 9-2 win. Acuna hit a 3 run HR and Smyly picked up the win.
Game #3:	Valdosta pounded Speiers early and rolled to a 9-4 win. Harris had 3 hits and Sosa had 2 hits and 3 RBI to lead the offense.
Game #4:	Jordan Wicks threw a No-Hitter in the Dirt Bags 2-0 win. He struck out 11 and walked 4.
Game #5:	After not getting a hit in game 4, Valdosta pounded out 15 in a 9-1 romp. Acuna had 4 hits, Harris & Walker had 3 each to lead the attack.
Game #6:	For the 4th game in the series Valdost scored 9 runs, this time in a 9-3 win. Harris & Riley each had 3 hits, 3 RBI & 2 HRs.
Summary:	In a strange series, Valdosta scored 9 runs in each of their 4 wins and were shutout in the 2 losses.

Harsens Island Walleye @ Selkirk Steelers
Preview:	Selkirk have had very lucky pitching and alot of hitting which was expected. They are in a solid wild card with one of the top records in the NL Harsens is fighting to reach .500 as thier bats have not been as expected.
Game #1:	Walleyes’ hand Kimbrell his 3rd blow save with a 2 run 9th but the Steelers come back and win it in the 11th as Betts drives in Kelelr running. Selkirk 7 Harsen 6(11) Betts (SEL) and France (HIW) homer.
Game #2:	Gibson again amazing 4 hit shutout for his 15th win and get got homers from Betts, Semien, Turner, Alonza and Rodriquez. 9-0 Selkirk
Game #3:	Arenado hits 2 hoemrs for Harsen and Hiem adds a 3rd but its not enough as Selkirk wins 8-7 in 10 on a walk off three run homer by Alonso. Garcia and Dubon also homered for Selkirk.
Game #4:	Quantrill gives up just 3 hits in the shutout. The Steelers again go crazy and hit 5 homers off the 13 Steele. Hitter Turner(2), Betts, Semien and Garcia. Selkirk 9 Harsens 0
Game #5:	Anderson 7 hitter Betts two homer plus Alonzo and Sanchez 8-0 Selkirk.
Game #6:	Another shutout Cease 8 innings 11 strikeouts and Alonso, Garcia and Semien. Selkrik 6-0
Summary:	Selkirk pitching continues to shock with 4 shutouts and the other two were extra inning wins for the sweep, Pitcher of the week Quantrill 9 innings 3 hits 1 walk 7 K’s. Cease went 14.1 innings with 19 K’s but allowed 3 runs, hitter Betts 6 for 19 with 5 homers. Selkirk is good to go for the make up game.

Motor City Muscle @ Detroit Crime
Summary:	Wow there is another team worse than DETt; DET sweeps MCM , some close games but we in Detroit still in shock as we are an awful team MCM needs to clean house and heads need to roll…

Southwest Detroit Fighting Chihuahuas @ Virginia Sluggers
Preview:	Soutwest Detroit, fighting for the AL East Title, comes to bottom dweller Virginia.
Game #1:	SWD 9-3 SWD pounds out 16 hits and Bader and Brurleson go deep. Contreas 3-5 with 2 RBI. Four pitchers hold VIR to just 3 hits in the easy win.
Game #2:	VIR 3-1 Both teams with 6 hits but Rizzo’s 2-run homer in the 2nd and Reynolds’ solo shot are enough as Dunning gets his 12th win.
Game #3:	SWD 3-0 Jankowski singles in 2 in the 2nd and Contreas adds a solo homer in the 5th. Manning goes 8 innings allowing but 1 hit and Helsey picks up save #30. VIR loses again.
Game #4:	SWD 5-3 Pratto leads the way going 2-4 with 3 RBI, including a 2-run homer. Contreas continues to hit the longball with #7. Once again the SWD pitchers keep VIR from at bay with 4 hits. Helsley gets save #31.
Game #5:	SWD 5-4 (11 innings) Behind 4-0 in the 6th, VIR got a 3-run homer from Jiminez and tied it in the 8th on Devers’ RBI double. But, SWD’s Davis, who homered earlier, ripped one again in the 11th and Harvey came in to get the save.
Game #6:	SWD 5-0 SWD completed the domination of the series by keeping VIR to just 3 hits as Montgomery and Jackson combined on the shutout. Once again Contreas was the big gun as he was 3-4 with his 8th Home Run (his 3rd of the series).
Summary:	VIR was outclassed by SWD. They win the series 5-1.

Columbus Explorers @ Corktown Cycle
Summary:	It was all the home team in this series. Corktown wins the first 5 and Columbus takes the final game.

Arboga Rats @ Tempe Tempers
Preview:	Gerrit Cole makes two starts against his old team as the Rats visit the Tempers for six games.
Game #1:	Ferguson vs Cole Stephan replaced Ferguson in the 2nd and the move paid off as he got a double play to get out of bases loaded jam. Gomes rbi single for Tempe in the 4th was the first run of the game. Cole went five hittless innings. A two run homer by Palacios in the 6th gave Tempe a 4-0 lead. Gomes two rbi single in 7th put it away. Kim hit a two run homer off Cisnero in the 8th to breakup the shutout. Tempe 6-2 W – Cole (17-2), L – Stephan (3-2)
Game #2:	Arboga got one in the 1st after a Rutschman double. Singer had a perfect game through 3.2 innings, but then a walk, two hits and homerun from Albies made it 4-1 Tempe. Martinez solo’ed in 6th. Tempe 6-1 W – Gray (12-4), L – Singer (1-5)
Game #3:	Syndergaard vs. Verlander Turner got things going with a two run homer in the 1st. The Rats added another run in the 2nd and 5th to give Syndergaard a commanding 4-0 lead. Tempe finally got to Syndergaard in the 6th on a Bogaerts two run homer. Pederson hit his second homer of the day in 7th. Tempe’s bench hit two solo homers in the 8th, but Karninchak came on and shut things down.W – Syndergaard (5-4), L – Verlander (13-5) S – Karinchak (1)
Game #4:	Walker vs. Darvish Rats jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the 1st behind Soler rbi single and Lowe sac fly. Realmuto rbi double in the 7th was all Tempe could manage. Turner added a solo in 8th to make Alvaradao’s job easy in the 9th. Arboga 4-1 W – Walker (11-9), L – Darvish (6-4), S – Alvarado (17)
Game #5:	Walker vs. Cole Ramirez solo and Bogaerts rbi single in 1st. Kim rbi double in 3rd was the first earned run of the series for Cole. Tempe exploded for four in the 4th capped by Kwan’s two rbi single. Cisner gave up five runs in the 8th to make it interesting. Tempe 10-7 W – Cole (18-2), L – Walker (0-1), S – Munoz (24)
Game #6:	Ferguson vs Gray Ferguson didn’t make it through the first as Tempe sent 10 men to the plate and scored five runs. Tempe added two more in the 3rd. Vierling broke up Gray’s shutout with a solo homer in the 5th. Estrada knocked a two rbi double in the 8th as Tempe again went with low leverage relief. Tempe 7-3 W – Gray (13-4), L – Ferguson (2-3)
Summary:	Tempe won the series 4-2, but still saw their division lead shrink by two games. Cole was the pitcher of the series going 2-0 and giving up only 1 hit in 10 INN. Syndergaard out dueling Verlander and racking up 10Ks was also quite impressive.

Coconut Creek Crushers @ Gainsville Swamp Things
Preview:	Coconut Creek heads to Gainesville. Both teams are in 2nd place of their respective divisions and either 4 or 4.5 out of the lead, but the records aren’t very close.
Game #1:	Coconut Creek 7 Gainesville 6W: C. Martin (2-2) L: D. Coulombe (3-4) S: R. Stephenson (24)
Game #2:	Coconut Creek 9 Gainesville 4W: J. Musgrove (6-5) L: Z. Eflin (10-5)
Game #3:	Coconut Creek 8 Gainesville 6 (11)W: C. Martin (3-2) L: J. Foley (1-4)
Game #4:	Coconut Creek 2 Gainesville 1 (11)W: D. Robertson (3-3) L: H. Milner (6-4) S: R. Stephenson (25)
Game #5:	Coconut Creek 6 Gainesville 4W: L. Webb (12-4) L: K. Freeland (2-7) S: H. Neris (2)
Game #6:	Gainesville 7 Coconut Creek 1W: G. Marquez (2-2) L: E. Cabrera (5-6)
Summary:	Coconut Creek dominates in the win column taking 5 of 6, although the series was incredibly tight. 4 of their wins were by 1 or 2 runs including 2 that went 11 innings. That is truly the difference for a team that is contending versus a team just scratching to be around .500 and sneaking into the playoffs. Gainesville continues to be one of the worst teams in both 1 run and extra-inning games sporting a 9-20 and 2-11 record respectively. The loss in game 6 for Coconut Creek snapped a 9-game winning streak which was crucial to attempt to stay within striking distance of Hollywood. Unless something absolutely absurd happens, Coconut Creek will be a team to be worried about come the postseason.

Chicago Mobsters @ Hollywood Werewolves
Summary:	Hollywood takes 5 of 6. Game 5 featured back-to-back-to-back Hollywood homers in the 6th by (newly acquired) Walls-Goldschmidt-Thomas

Tijuana Bottle Rockets @ Dallas Cougars
Summary:	Bottle Rockets started their Independence celebration early taking 4 of 6 in Dallas.

Yucaipa Road Runners @ Bethesda Bandicoots
Preview:	Temporarily riding the wave Bethesda meets up with rebuilding Yucaipa for six games.
Game #1:	Aledmys Diaz doubled in a run in the 7th as the Bandicoots came from behind to win 3-2 over Yucaipa. Each team managed just four hits in the contest with Johnny Brito (0-4) and Reid Detmers doing a solid job on the mound for the teams. Newly acquired Jesse Chavez got into the action with a scoreless inning which earned him the win and Josh Hader (18) had a 3-up, 3-down 9th for the save. Diaz (4) also homered for Bethesda.
Game #2:	Ryan O’Hearn swatted his 6th homer of the year as Bethesda captured its second win in a row over Yucaipa 5-3. Adam Duvall was 3/3 but didn’t factor into the scoring while TJ Friedl had two hits and scored twice for Bethesda. Vincent Velasquez (4-6) got smacked with the loss after giving up four runs on six hits and a couple of walks in just over 4 innings. Michael Wacha improved to 10-5 with eight solid innings of work and Josh Hader’s perfect 9th earned him his 19 th save.
Game #3:	It took three homers by the Bandicoots, but they held off the Road Runners (but just barely) for a 7-6 win. The Road Runners came within 90 feet of tying the game but after Tyler Rogers gave up a run in the 9th he was able to get CJ Cron to fly out to left to end the game. Adams (3) homered and drove in two runs for Yucaipa with BRyce Turang driving in two with a double. Cron also had two hits. Ryan O’Hearn (7), Shea Langeliers (8) and Yu Chang (16) went deep for Bethesda. George Kirby was far from dominating but he did manage to fan eight in seven innings and improve to 15-4 on the year.
Game #4:	Mitch Keller (10-6) was very good but did not need to be as the Bandicoots smacked around the Yucaipa pitching in a 10-0 win. Vavra did have two hits for the Road Runner, but only Florial managed an extra base hit – a double in the 6th. Keller’s complete game included six strikeouts and three walks with 5 hits allowed. Jeff McNeil (8), Adam Duvall (20) and Pavin Smith (4) homered for the Bandicoots. TJ Friedl was hit by pitches twice and somehow managed to avoid a trip to the DL.
Game #5:	The bottom of the Bethesda batting order came alive and drove in five runs in a 7-4 win over Yucaipa. Hunter Gaddis (0-2) was chased in the 5th inning after allowing five runs on nine hits and two walks, but not before smacking Shea Langeliers in the elbow and knocking him out for a week. The streaking Vavra was 3/3 on the day for Yucaipa with a walk, but it was Adams (4) and Cooper (11) that went deep to account for their runs. Adam Duvall (21) and Pavin Smith (5) homered for Bethesda.
Game #6:	The Bandicoots completed the sweep with an excruciating pitching staff-killing 16-inning affair that ended 6-5 with Ryan McKenna lining a ball into the left field gap with Yu Chang on 3rd base to end it. Jesse Chavez actually earned a relief with with 3-1/3 innings of one-hit ball with Yucaipa counterpart Phil Maton doing only slightly worse as he allowed the one run in 5-1/3 innings of relief. Cooper and crazy bat Vavra each had two hits for Yucaipa with Jeff McNeil and Nick Castellanos each getting four hits for Bethesda.
Summary:	A lot of very close games which left us feeling extremely lucky to just win the series let alone sweep Yucaipa.

Triple Creek Patriots @ Sacramento Capitals
Summary:	Sacramento takes 4 of 6 from Triple Creek.

Cincinnati Skyliners @ Mesa Solar Sox
Summary:	Mesa wins the first three, then Cincinnati wins the last three.

Baltimore Comets @ Prairie Falcons
Preview:	Heated divisional matchup…Falcons working on ensuring they keep all wanted players as some havent seen enough time and cant afford to lose anyone based on stupidity of not using them enough….
Game #1:	Baltimore wins it with a 4 run 13th inning 7-5…Yoshida tied it 3-3 on one swing of bat and then Baltimore exploded in 13th and Falcons got a 13th inning dinger but not enough BAL 7 – PRA 5
Game #2:	Bell 4-4 for Baltimore Benintendi with a 3 run homer….BAL 9 – PRA 5
Game #3:	Pepiot with a CG outing…PRA 4 – BAL 1
Game #4:	Polonco with a Homer for the Bad Boys and they scored 4 times after the 6th..BAL 5 PRA 3
Game #5:	Hunter Renfroe out swats Burger and Davis BAL 6- PRA 5
Game #6:	Falcons winning 4-3 in 9th and Alzolay finally blows his first save of year….Baltimore pounds it out in 12th inning Bal 8 – PRA 4
Summary:	Baltimore wins 5 of 6 and closes gap on final WC slot…will be a battle the rest of the way out …Trout avoids DL stint as he was injured for 11 games but got 5 of them off his plate just by sitting and looking pretty…he will miss first 5 of 6 vs Long Beach

Southbend Lynx @ Fremont Cannons
Preview:	Southbend comes into Fremont in a fierce battle for the AL West crown, or at least the 1st Wild Card. Fremont hopes to keep winning to keep a streaking Southwest Detroit team from catching them in the AL East.
Game #1:	Pedro Avila (SBL) vs Tarik Skubal (FRE) Fremont scores four in the 1st, two in the 2nd, and 2 more in the 3rd en route to an 8-2 victory. W: Tarik Skubal (5-0) L: Pedro Avila (3-2) HR: SBL- Max Muncy (21); FRE- Teoscar Hernandez (16)
Game #2:	Tanner Houck (SBL) vs Griffin Canning (FRE) Southbend gets the early lead with one each in the first and second innings. Fremont ties it in the third and goes up 3-2 in the sixth. A tight game turns into a laugher after that, as Fremont scores three in the seventh and seven in the eighth to romp 13-2. Nolan Gorman went 4-4 with a HR and 4 RBI. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. was HBP and forced to miss the next game. W: Griffin Canning (2-8) L: Tanner Houck (6-6) HR: SBL- none; FRE- Nolan Gorman (21), Manuel Margot (2)
Game #3:	Nick Pivetta (SBL) vs Garrett Whitlock (FRE) Southbend’s bats wake up, crushing 6 home runs on their way to a 13-4 victory. It could have been worse as Fremont committed 3 errors in the game. W: Nick Pivetta (11-6) L: Garrett Whitlock (11-5) HR: SBL- Juan Soto (24), Kyle Tucker (18), Luke Raley (10), Max Muncy (22), Eduardo Escobar (8), Travis d’Arnaud (7); FRE- none
Game #4:	Tommy Henry (SBL) vs Sandy Alcantara (FRE) Sandy Alcantara can’t duplicate his no-hit magic from the week before, and Southbend puts up 6 in the sixth to win 9-1 W: Tommy Henry (3-3) L: Sandy Alcantara (14-6) HR: SBL- Juan Soto (25), Kyle Tucker (19), Luke Raley (11); FRE- Elly de la Crus (11)
Game #5:	Freddy Peralta (SBL) vs Kodai Senga (FRE) Finally an exciting game. Southbend looks to have it won, going into the ninth up 6-3. A walk and infield single put two on for pinch-hitter Nolan Gorman, who sent it into the stands to tie it at 6-6. An Elias Diaz sac fly scores Shohei Ohtani in the tenth for the 7-6 Fremont win. W: Robert Suarez (1-1) L: Elvis Peguero (3-3) HR: SBL- Jose Altuve (16); FRE- Austin Hays (8), Shohei Ohtani (28), Nolan Gorman (22)
Game #6:	Johan Oviedo (SBL) vs Shohei Ohtani (FRE) Shohei Ohtani departs in the sixth with Fremont down 4-3, but a two-run HR in the eighth from Teoscar Hernandez makes it 5-4 Fremont. Closer Shelby Miller comes on and gets the first two outs, but PH Myles Straw doubles to put the tying run on. Eduardo Escobar comes in as a PH and drives in the tying run with a single. Fremont gets runners at the corners in the bottom of the ninth but Joey Bart, in for an injured Elias Diaz, can’t bring in the run. In the 10th, a walk, steal, and error puts a runner on third for the Lynx, and Bo Bichette knocks it past the drawn in infield to go up 6-5. The Cannons go quietly in the bottom of the inning and Southbend takes the finale. Kyle Tucker homers twice and steals twice for the victors. W: Kirby Yates (3-1) L: Shelby Miller (3-3) HR: SBL- Kyle Ticker 2 (21), Dylan Moore (7); FRE- Teoscar Hernandez (17), Nolan Gorman (23)
Summary:	A 3-3 split that doesn’t help either team keep pace with their competitors. 0 saves in the series. Nolan Gorman homered 3 times. Next week: Southbend hosts Coconut Creek in a crucial matchup, while Fremont has another tough series at home, this time against Hollywood.