2025 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #7

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
WITT Jr.,Bobby	DET AL	.414	.897	7	29	12	6	1	2	7	7	3	1	1	0	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
WHEELER,Zack	DET AL	2	2	0	0	0.00	16	0	0	2	15	2	0	0	0	0	0

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
O’HEARN,Ryan	BET NL	.643	1.214	7	28	18	4	0	4	7	16	4	2	0	0	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
CEASE,Dylan	SEL NL	1	1	0	0	0.00	9	0	0	0	13	2	0	0	0	0	0

Harsens Island Walleye @ Gainesville Swamp Things
Preview:	Harsens Island heads to Gainesville for an early 6 game series as both teams are trying to figure themselves out.
Game #1:	Harsens Island 5 Gainesville 3W: L. Severino (3-2) 5.2IP 4H 3R 8K L: J. Hicks (2-4) 3.2IP 5H 5R 2K S: B. King (9)Jonah Heim had a 2 RBI game as the Walleye jumped all over Hicks early putting up 4 runs in the 1st and never looked back.
Game #2:	Harsens Island 2 Gainesville 0 (10 innings)W: Luis Gil (3-5) 9IP 3H 11K L: W. Peralta (0-1) S: B. King (10) Gainesville starter line – Z. Eflin 8IP 6H 4KScoreless heading into the 10th as both starting pitchers were amazing in this one. Jacob Young got a 2 run single in the top of the 10th and that was enough for the Walleye to take the game.
Game #3:	Gainesville 6 Harsens Island 1W: J. Flaherty (3-4) 6IP 5H 1R 8K L: J. Springs (0-1) 5IP 3H 3R 12KRyan Jeffers hit a solo shot as Gainesville spread out 7 hits by 7 different hitters. Sal Frelick had a solo home run to score the lone run on Flaherty.
Game #4:	Harsens Island 3 Gainesville 1W: M. King (3-4) 9IP 1H 12K L: Z. Gallen (2-5) 5.1IP 6H 3R 6KKing was fantastic as he only gave up a double to Addison Barger and scattered 4 walks over his complete game shutout.
Game #5:	Gainesville 5 Harsens Island 4 (11 innings)W: B. Brown (2-0) L: J. Cousins (0-3)starter lines: Gainesville – C. Criswell 7IP 6H 0R 6K Harsens Island – J. Steele 6.1IP 5H 3R 2ER 7KGainesville was in control until a disaster of an 8th inning that saw Harsens Island put up a 4 spot to take a lead. Spencer Steer had 2 home runs for Gainesville and Nolan Arenado went deep for Harsens. In the 11th it was a walk off home run by Royce Lewis that gave Gainesville the win.
Game #6:	Harsens Island 13 Gainesville 5W: L. Severino (4-2) 6IP 4H 4R 6K L: J. Hicks (2-5) 4IP 7H 6R 1KThe teams traded 4 spots in the 3rd & 4th but Harsens then scored 7 in the 5th & 6th combined. It was a beatdown and they did it all with only 1 HR, Jonah Heim. Nicky Lopez had 4 hits and 4RBI for the Walleye in the win.
Summary:	Harsen Island takes 4 of 6 from Gainesville. Both teams now sport a 21-24 record and look early to be battling for wild card spots, if they can stay healthy.

Tijuana Bottle Rockets @ Detroit Crime
Summary:	Detroit takes series over Tijuana 4-3; Wheeler went 2-0 with a Perfect game.

Southwest Detroit Fighting Chihuahuas @ Coconut Creek Crushers
Preview:	Ferrous vs Non-Ferrous!
Game #1:	Webb gives up only two hits. Santander hits a 2-run HR. That was enough as CCC wins 2-1.
Game #2:	Bohm and Diaz go off with 4 HRs and 11 RBI between them. CCC rolls 12-4.
Game #3:	SWD’s weakest SP, Zebby Matthews mows down the CCC offense while Wilson Contreras hits two HRs to back him. SWD wins 5-1.
Game #4:	Santander hits two HRs to help CCC edge out the 4-3 win.
Game #5:	Greene tosses 7 scoreless and the offense explodes again for 16 hits in a 12-1 rout.
Game #6:	Webb takes a shutout into the 8th before tiring. CCC holds on to win 3-2.
Summary:	CCC wins the series 5-1. Webb wins twice.

Alamo Defenders @ Baltimore Comets
Preview:	The Alamo Defenders have gotten off to a decent start, 21-19 and sit in 2nd place in the N.L. West. They visit Baltimore, 14-24, currently sharing the N.L. East basement with Prairie.
Game #1:	Alamo ties the game with a pair of runs in the 7th and prevails with one in the 11th to win the opener. Ezequiel Tovar homered and knocked in 2 for Alamo. The Defenders bullpen limited Baltimore to a single hit, striking out 8, over 6 1/3 innings pitched. DEFENDERS 5 / 10 / 3 COMETS 4 / 7 / 0 WP – Holmes (2-1) LP – Wrobleski (0-3) S – Yates (10)
Game #2:	Comets win a back-and-forth affair, 3-2 to even the series. Josh Bell went deep for Baltimore, Daniel Schneemann homered for Alamo. DEFENDERS 2 / 6 / 0 COMETS 3 / 10 / 0 WP – Montas (4-3) LP – Dunning (0-3) S – Kerkering (5)
Game #3:	Luis Castillo spins a 3-hit, complete game shutout as Alamo takes it 6-0. The Defenders pounded out 11 hits, including homeruns by Jake Cronenworth and Ezequiel Tovar. DEFENDERS 6 / 11 / 1 COMETS 0 / 3 / 0 WP – Castillo (4-2) LP – Stone (0-3)
Game #4:	Jake Fraley went 4 for 4 and scored 3 times and Ezequiel Tovar homered again as the Defenders take game 4, 4-2. Baltimore could only muster solo homeruns off the bats of Garret Mitchell and Hunter Renfroe. DEFENDERS 4 / 12 / 1 COMETS 2 / 7 / 1 WP – Lopez (5-3) LP – Priester (1-2) S – Yates (11)
Game #5:	Baltimore scores 1 in the 8th and 2 in the 9th to rally for a 4-3 win. Keibert Ruiz went deep for the Comets and Bryson Stott had 2 hits and 2 RBIs. Carlos Santana hit his 5th homerun of the season for Alamo. DEFENDERS 3 / 10 / 0 COMETS 4 / 8 / 0 WP – Kerkering (2-0) LP – Holton (0-2)
Game #6:	Alamo roughs up Baltimore’s ace, Jose Soriano, for 5 runs in 4 2/3 innings and hold on for the 5-2 win. Eziquiel Tovar had 2 more hits and 2 RBIs to lead the Defenders’ offense. DEFENDERS 5 / 8 / 1 COMETS 2 / 6 / 0 WP – Holmes (3-1) LP – Soriano (3-3) S – Sands (1)
Game #7:	Baltimore bounces back behind Frankie Montas’ second strong start of the series to take the finale 7-1. Bryson Stott and Trevor Larnach homered for the Comets; Jake Cronenworth hit his second roundtripper of the series. DEFENDERS 1 / 7 / 2 COMETS 7 / 12 / 0 WP – Montas (5-3) LP – Dunning (0-4)
Summary:	Hard fought series sees Alamo take 4 of 7.

Triple Creek Patriots @ Tempe Tempers
Preview:	Early season match-up between two playoff favorites.
Game #1:	Tempe 4-2 17 Innings.
Game #2:	Triple Creek 8-1
Game #3:	Triple Creek 3-1
Game #4:	Triple Creek 5-2
Game #5:	Triple Creek 4-2
Game #6:	Tempe 1-0
Summary:	The Patriots limit the Tempers to only 11 runs over the six game series and take 4 of 6 games.

Selkirk Steelers @ Columbus Explorers
Preview:	Selkirk comes to Columbus with the teams knotted for 2nd in the NL Central at 24-25 a game behind Tempe. Tempe is starting to come alive, Columbus is finding reality (still not certain how we are winning – must be Defense and semi-decent, but rotating pitchers). So Selkirk is looking to get their fires burning ….. NOTE: 2 potential candidates for Pitcher of the Week, and a No-Hitter??
Game #1:	All the offense was done by the 3rd and Salvador Perez drives in 4 runs, 1 in the 1st and 3 on a homer (4) in the 3rd. Columbus answers with a Enrique Hernandez long ball (2) in the bottom of the 3rd – but it was only for 2 runs, so 4-2 was the score – and the final. Max Fried was strong for 5.2 and Marsh was strong in his return from injury for Columbus. Columbus will miss Stubbs (1 day) and LeMahieu (3 days) after a collision on a pop foul. SEL 4-6-0 WP Fried (5-1) S R.Iglesias (12) COL 2-7-1 LP Marsh (1-2)
Game #2:	Clarke Schmidt tosses a 3 hitter for 7 innings – 11 ks – NO runs and the bullpen finishes it off – however, save was not an option and the Explorers had a 5-0 lead when Schmidt left. Johan Rojas (2) homer, 2 runs, 2 rbis, 2 hits led the offense. Pete Alonso had 2 of the 3 Selkirk hits. SEL 0-3-0 LP Ryne Nelson (4-2) COL 5-7-1 WP Schmidt (2-3)
Game #3:	J.P. Sears gives up single runs in the 1st 3 innings and then hits Salvador Perez in the 5th and gets tossed. Tossed maybe because 2 different Selkirk pitchers had plunked Explorer batters. Or it could have been because Perez had homered (5) off Sears. However, the reason 2 different Selkirk pitchers had already hurled beanballs was because Columbus plated 4 runs in the 2nd and another in the 3rd and started Kyle Gibson left the game. Columbus added another in the 4th and 6th for a nice 7-3 lead. Sosa was having a good day, 2 for 4 with 3 rbis. Marcus Semien makes it a bit tight with a 2 run homer (8) in the 9th, but Tim Herrin closes it out and Columbus wins it’s 2nd in a row. SEL 5-11-0 LP Gibson (4-1) COL 7-12-1 WP Bivens (2-0)S Herrin (11)
Game #4:	With a chance to win 3 in a row, the Explorers get a great 8 inning 3 hit performance from #1 pick Tobias Myers – his only blemish, a 2 run Jesus A. Sanchez homer (5). That made it 2-1 after Columbus plated run in the 1st. But that was all Tyler Anderson gives up in his 5.1 innings and then Weaver, Miller and Iglesias blank Columbus for the final 3.2 innings for the 2-1 win! SEL 2-4-1 WP Anderson (3-3) S R. Iglesias (13) COL 1-8-0 LP Myers (4-3)
Game #5:	Then the bottom falls out for Columbus – or the Steelers find some steel! 15 hits, 2 homers and 11 runs finds them on the lopsided end of an 11-0 blowout. That’s 11 runs in spite of 16 batters striking out – guess it doesn’t matter how the outs come. Dylan Cease on the other hand, fans 13, walks 2 but only faces 27 batters!! OH YES – HE TOSSES A NO-HITTER!!! Marcus Semien, 4 for 5, 3 runs, 2 rbis – homer (9). Garcia – homer (7) SEL 11-15-0 WP Cease (6-2) COL 0- 0-0 LP Parker (4-3) That puts Selkirk up by 1/2 a game with a 3-2 series lead.
Game #6:	Max Fried and Alec Marsh square off for a game 1 rematch. Columbus scores 1 in the 1st and then Selkirk scores 2 on a Perkins homer (5) in the 3rd – it was beginning to feel like game 4. But then Columbus scores 3 runs in the bottom of the 3rd and never looked back. 6 different guys get rbis as the final reaches 6-3. SEL 3- 6-1 LP Fried (5-2) COL 6-10-0 WP Marsh (2-2) S Herrin (12)
Game #7:	So the series is tied 3-3 heading into this game and the teams are still tied in the standings. And with the score tied 0-0 in the 6th, Garrett Stubbs hits a clutch rbi single to get Columbus on the board. In the 7th Jake McCarthy homers (2) to make it 2-0. And as noted in the preview, there are TWO Pitcher of the week candidates in this series. Clarke Schmidt again pitches 7 scoreless innings and notches his 2nd win of the week (2-0, 0 runs – probably won’t win over a no-hitter, but ….). Ryne Nelson was strong, but his offense came up with nada. SEL 0-7-0 LP Nelson (4-3) COL 2-3-0 WP Schmidt (3-3) S Diaz (2)
Summary:	So Columbus wins an exciting series with lots of fireworks of hitting and pitching variety – lots of pitching stars. And for it’s prize, we get to go to Sacramento next week (and probably get our brains beat out).

Long Beach Dirt Bags @ Yucaipa Road Runners
Preview:	Here We Go!
Game #1:	LBD 6-1
Game #2:	LBD 4-3
Game #3:	YUC 7-2
Game #4:	LBD 6-4 12 inn
Game #5:	YUC 6-3
Game #6:	LBD 6-5
Game #7:	LBD 3-1
Summary:	In a surprising result YUC wins 2, LBD gets series win 5-2

Prairie Falcons @ Valdosta Snappers
Preview:	Prairie visits last-place Valdosta.
Summary:	Falcons take 4 of 6. Another week and another player headed for the DL for the Snappers.

Motor City Muscle @ Cincinnati Skyliners
Preview:	Motor City makes its annual trek to Glenn Sample Field in Cincinnati for a sseven-game set.
Summary:	Motor City wins the series, four games to three.

Titusville Super Sonics @ Corktown Cycle
Preview:	Titusville comes to Corktown for the teams first ever series.
Game #1:	Titusville 8-7
Game #2:	Corktown 3-2 (13)
Game #3:	Gavin Williams goes 9 2 hit shutout innings for the Super Sonics. Titusville 2-0
Game #4:	Titusville 6-4
Game #5:	Corktown 5-4 (10)
Game #6:	Corktown 8-4
Game #7:	Chris Flexen went 9 shutout innings. Titusville 2-0
Summary:	Titusville cames to Corktown and wins the series 4-3. Two of Corktown’s victories came in extra innings.

Bethesda Bandicoots @ Tampa Bay Expos
Preview:	The rich get rich and the poor stay poor in a hotly contested NL East showdown in Tampa Bay!
Game #1:	Bethesda 7, Expos 8
Game #2:	Bethesda 3, Expos 4
Game #3:	Bethesda 8, Expos 4
Game #4:	Bethesda 9, Expos 5
Game #5:	Bethesda 6, Expos 7
Game #6:	Bethesda 11, Expos 3
Game #7:	Bethesda 3, Expos 1
Summary:	Series goes to Bethesda 4-3.

Hollywood Werewolves @ Dallas Cougars
Game #1:	Cristian Mena takes a no hitter into 9th against Cougars putrid offense only to lose the bid when Reese Mcguire led off the bottom of the 9th with a single. The Werewolves feasted on offense with 15 hits and 11 runs. Final Score Hollywood 11 – Dallas 0
Game #2:	This time it was Cole Ragans with a 1 hitter for Dallas as the Cougars offense did just enough. Final Score: Dallas 3 – Hollywood 0
Game #3:	Lane Thomas hit a 2 run homer in the 11th to power the Werewolves to victory. Final Score Hollywood 8 – Dallas 7
Game #4:	For 2nd consecutive game the Cougars hitters mauled Hollywood and they coasted to victory despite Seth Brown’s 3 errors. Final Score: Dallas 9 – Hollywood 5
Game #5:	Dallas stays hot jumping ahead 7-0 and held on to win. Seth Brown and Andy Pages hit homers that accounted for 5 of the runs and Bobby Miller pitched a CG striking out 12. Final Score: Dallas 7 – Hollywood 2
Game 6:	This time Mena isn’t as dominate but his offense remembered what they did in game 1 jumping out to a 7-2 margin hanging on to win. Ramon Laureno hit a 3 run homer late for Dallas, but it wasn’t enough. Final Score Hollywood 8 – Dallas 5
Game #7:	Cougars score 3 in the 7th to win their 4th game and Cole 2nd victory of the series. Final Score: Dallas 6 – Hollywood 3
Summary:	Dallas wins 4 of 7 against Hollywood.

Chicago Mobsters @ Fremont Cannons
Preview:	The best in the Central (Chicago) visits the best in the East (Fremont) in a battle for American League standing.
Game #1:	Bryce Miller (CHI) vs Bailey Ober (FRE) Bryce Miller loads the bases in the first, but the Cannons can’t capitalize. The hit-and-run gets runners on 1st and 3rd with one out for the Mobsters in the second but they are held scoreless. A Yordan Alvarez double is followed by a Riley Greene HR in the third to start the scoring, and Chicago goes up 2-0. A Nolan Gorman error moves the runner to 3rd for Jackson Chourio’s sac fly in the fourth to add to the Mobsters lead. Chicago gets two on with no outs in the fifth but fails to extend the lead. Shohei Ohtani final gets Fremont on the board with a solo HR in the bottom of the inning. Brant Hurter comes in for the seventh inning and gives up the tying 2-run HR to Elly de la Cruz to make it 3-3. Two batters later, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hits a solo HR for the 4-3 Fremont lead. The Mobsters get two on in the ninth, but Sean Reid-Foley strikes out Riley Greene to end the game in a 4-3 Fremont win. W: Edwin Uceta (1-0) L: Brant Hurter (1-1) S: Sean Reid-Foley (3) HR: CHI- Riley Greene (4); FRE- Elly de la Cruz (6), Shohei Ohtani (14), Vladimir Guerrero Jr. (9)
Game #2:	Hunter Brown (CHI) vs Charlie Morton (FRE) Fremont gets two on with no outs in the third, but a failed sacrifice and two more outs later, it was still 0-0. The Cannons start off the scoring in the fourth with a Teoscar Hernandez solo HR. Joshua Rojas adds another HR in the fifth to put the Cannons up 2-0. A two-out single from Riley Green is followed by a Willy Adames HR in the sixth, and just like that it is tied 2-2. Doubles by Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and Elly de la Cruz in the bottom of the inning put Fremont back on top 3-2. Robert Suarez comes on in the eighth and promptly gives up back-to-back HRs to Jackson Chourio and Yandy Diaz to swing it in Chicago’s favor 4-3. Not done yet, Alex Bregman will single home Yordan Alvarez to go up 5-3. ELDC homers off of Devin Williams in the eighth to cut the lead to 5-4. He’s followed by Mike Yastrzemski’s two out triple, but the Cannons can’t bring in the tying run. The Mobsters go back to Brant Hurter, but this time he gets Fremont 1-2-3 in the ninth for the 5-4 Chicago victory. Elly de la Cruz gos 3-4 with two doubles and a homer. W: Aroldis Chapman (2-0) L: Robert Suarez (6-1) S: Brant Hurter (1) HR: CHI- Jackson Chourio (6), Yandy Diaz (5), Willy Adames (9); FRE- Teoscar Hernandez (9), Elly de la Cruz (7), Joshua Rojas (3)
Game #3:	Seth Lugo (CHI) vs Walker Buehler (FRE) Shohei Ohtani gets the crowd going in the first to make it 1-0. The Cannons extend the lead to 2-0 with Dairon Blanco’s HR. Willy Adames’s HR on the fourth cuts the lead to 2-1, but Blanco’s RBI single in the bottom of the inning gets Fremont back on top by two runs. Luis Arraez comes in to pinch-hit in the seventh and drives in Julio Rodriguez from third with a double, cutting the lead to 3-2 Fremont. The Cannons get two on with one out in the eighth but don’t get the insurance run. Edwin Uceta comes on to close it out and the Mobsters go three up, three down to fall to Fremont 3-2. W: Walker Buehler (3-2) L: Seth Lugo (4-3) S: Edwin Uceta (3) HR: CHI- Willy Adames (10); FRE- Shohei Ohtani (15), Dairon Blanco (3)
Game #4:	Logan Gilbert (CHI) vs Tarik Skubal (FRE) Gilbert gives up 4 runs in 3.0 IP, while Skubal gives up 2 runs in 3.1 IP, but it doesn’t matter as the game gets rained out in the 4th.
Game #5:	Hogan Harris (CHI) vs Carlos Rodon (FRE) In a sign of things to come, Jackson Chourio leads off with a grounder that Rodon muffs. Rodon loads the bases, and Alex Bregman delivers the two-out single to bring in 2 for the Mobsters. Byron Buxton gets one back for the Cannons with a solo HR in the second. A Vladimir Guerrero Jr. error in the fourth doesn’t lead to any runs for Chicago. The bottom of the fourth looks promising for Fremont with runners at 2nd and 3rd with no outs, but a lineout double play helps keep the Cannons from scoring any. A Dylan Moore solo blast in the fifth extends the Mobsters lead to 3-1. Heading to the ninth, a tight game becomes untight as Julio Rodriguez’s popup to lead off the inning is dropped by Joey Bart. After getting two on, Dylan Morre strikes again with a 2-run double. A Yordan Alvarez single then makes it 6-1. The Cannons get two on in the ninth but bring no one home, with Chicago winning 6-1. Ther Cannons allowed 5 unearned runs in the loss. W: Hogan Harris (1-0) L: Carlos Rodon (4-2) HR: CHI- Dylan Moore (1); FRE- Byron Buxton (5)
Game #6:	Bryce Miller (CHI) vs Bailey Ober (FRE) Teoscar Hernandez’s HBP in the first sends him to the bench for 3 days, but also loads the bases with 2 outs, but Miller gets the flyout to end it. Yandy Diaz gets the scoring started with a solo HR in the fourth to put Chicago up 1-0. Dairon Blanco’s leadoff double in the bottom of the inning goes nowhere. The Mobsters get another in the seventh with Matt Wallner’s walk, steal, advancement to third on a groundout, and sac fly courtesy of Alex Bregman makes it 2-0. The Cannons have a chance in the eighth as Devin Williams walks two, but Williams gets Byron Buxton and Dairon Blanco out to end that threat. Again in the ninth a walk and HBP puts two on for the Cannons with no outs, but two flyouts and a foul out ends the game. Chicago wins the finale 2-0. Fremont leaves 10 on base in the shutout. W: Bryce Miller (3-2) L: Bailey Ober (2-3) S: Hunter Gaddis (3) HR: CHI- Yandy Diaz (6); FRE- none
Summary:	Chicago takes the shortened series 3-2 and moves a game behind Fremont. Most of the games were close with the exception of Game 5. Skubal wants another shot at the Mobsters. Next week, Chicago hosts Corktown in their first matchup, while the Cannons travel to Hollywood.

Sacramento Capitals @ Arboga Rats
Summary:	Sacramento sweeps Arboga.