2025 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #18

Keibert Ruiz drives one deep in the 3rd inning for a 1-0 lead but in the 6th Birdsong delivers a pitch to Stanton – POP!!! yeah it was loud and thunderous swing and a miss strike three…the pop we heard was from Haydens elbow as he is down for the count 16 days…Contreras comes in and Benintendi takes him yard o tie it up and then Schanuel hits a PH sac fly to give Falcons the 2-1 lead. In the 7th Ruiz again gets in on the action as he didnt like the call from home plate umpire and heads to the showers early. Mikolas marvels the hometown crowd with a 2 hit CG…PRA 2 BAL 1

Neither starter gets a decision and this game went back and forth but in the end Baltimore outscored Prairie even though Falcons had more hits. Zerpa tallied his 2nd win getting support from the long balls of Stott and Bell. Nice Swing Bitch Kelly took the loss however Luis Robert did manage to connect on one pitch for a two run homer…BAL 7 – PRA 5

Falocns take a 2-0 lead both from the bat of Tristen Casas – solo dinger and an RBI single but Baltimore attack was led by Mitchell with 4 hits and a double shy of the cycle and a 3 run homer by Wenceel Perez…BAl 6 – PRA 2

Domingo night as this is first time on the hill in 2025…he pitched solid 7 innings giving up 3 (2ER) walking 5 and striking out 6 – one of those a lead off homer by Stott..Cannon also pitching into the 8th inning giving up 3 runs and the 397th career homer to Stanton…but it was Brett Baty in the bottom of the 11th with a walk off single..PRA 4 – BAL 3

Falcons trying to get Miles all the starts they can so that he gets to 50% of his innings pitched…Not as good of an outing as Game 1 but he doesnt get the loss as we go to 11 innings again – this time though Comets load them up in the 11th and Christian Vazquez hits a SAC fly and it turns out to be the Game winner. BAL 5 – PRA 4

Elder comes in 3-0 for the Birds but gets roughed up for 4 runs thru 5 + innings Contreras much better going 6+ giving up just 2 but those 2 were important as they came off the 398th career homer run by Giancarlo Stanton – just 2 away from the big 400…Contrears gets his 1st win of the year and Elder takes his first loss – Rortvedt couldnt even get an at bat as he argued with home plate umpire in top of the first and Henry davis had to come in practically before the game even started..BAL 5 – PRA 2

Eric Fedde had a great week going 1-0 in 2 starts (including a CG). His line was 16.1IP 9H 1ER 6K.

Next week Coconut Creek continues their road trip against Titusville as Gainesville plays host to Dallas.

The Skyliners come to Dallas with a 52 and 56 record (22-35 road). The home team Cougars having another long season but have been decent at home 24-27. Overall they are 43 and 65.

Jaren Duran hits a 2 run homer in the 2nd, but unfortunately the lead wouldn’t hold up as Cincinnati scored 6 in the 5th highlighted by a grand slam homer by Zach Dezenzo – his 1st home run of the season.

Dallas didn’t give up. Ramon Laureano hit a 2 run homer in the 7th – his 4th of the season. Then in the bottom of the 9th the Cougars tied the game with two outs when M.J. Melendez hit a 2 run homer – his 15th and we went into extra innings.

Josh Jung delivers the walkoff hit in the bottom of the 14th as Dallas takes game 1.

Final Score: Dallas 10, Cincinnati 9

Final Score: Cincinnati 3, Dallas 1

Final Score: Cincinnati 12, Dallas 2

Final Score: Dallas 2, Cincinnati 0

Final Score: Cincinnati 8, Dallas 1

Zach Dezenzo provided the only scoring with his 2nd homer of the year for Cincinnati as they had a combined 4 hit shutout.

Final Score: Cincinnati 1, Dallas 0

The Super Sonics plate two in the third. That’s all they’d need as former Cannon Griffin Canning shuts down his old team. Titusville wins 2-0 behind Canning’s 3-hit CGSO.

All the offense Fremont saved up from Game 1 was unleashed in this one. Williams is chased in the second after allowing 7 earned. Fremont wins 18-3 despite a 2-HR day from Eugenio Suarez.

Fremont gives Skubal an early cushion with 5 runs in the 1st, including an Elly de la Cruz grand slam. The Cannons go on to win 6-2.

Both starters pitch well. Brenton Doyle is ejected after arguing balls and strikes and P Colin Poche is asked to play right field for the Super Sonics. Bryan Reynolds breaks the deadlock with a solo HR in the 6th to put TSS up 1-0. Carlos Correa matches him in the bottom of the inning with a HR of his own to tie it. A baserunning gaffe keeps the Cannons from getting another. After a pair of singles, Vladimir Guerrero Jr tests the arm of first-time outfielder Poche and comes up with the go-ahead run in the eighth. Fremont wins 2-1 behind a 2-hit performance from Ober. Lodolo strikes out 11 in the loss.

Eugenio Suarez picks up a 2-run homer in the third to give TSS the early lead. Fremont is held in check until the seventh, when Nolan Gorman’s two-run shot ties it. In the ninth, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. singles and pinch-runner Byron Buxton steals second with no outs. An intentional walk gets the desired result as a double play and lineout ends the threat.

A single from Kyle Isbel in the tenth is followed by a run-scoring double from Gunnar Henderson to put Titusville up 3-2. In the bottom of the inning, Jonah Bride walks but Josh Rojas bunts foul 3 times and fails to move him over. Joey Bart then ends it with a two-run walkoff homer as Fremont pulls it out 4-3 in ten. Estes went 9.1 innings in a heroic effort but came up short.

A back-and-forth game saw Fremont with the 5-4 lead after six. In the eighth, Rowdy Tellez’s second homer of the game ties it at 5 each. A walk and HBP in the bottom of the inning sets up Jonah Bride’s 3-run HR to put Fremont up 8-5. Titusville goes 1-2-3 in the ninth and Fremont wins the finale 8-5.

Next week: Titusville comes home to face the AL west leaders Coconut Creek, while Fremont hosts Hollywood.