2025 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #21

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
HERNANDEZ,Teoscar	FRE AL	.429	.786	6	28	12	1	0	3	8	10	10	3	0	1	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
BROWN,Hunter	CHI AL	2	2	0	0	1.50	12	2	2	9	12	2	0	0	0	0	0

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
MEYERS,Jake	BET NL	.360	.720	6	25	9	0	0	3	5	12	5	3	0	0	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
NELSON,Ryne	SEL NL	2	2	0	0	1.42	12	2	2	7	11	3	0	1	0	1	0

Chicago Mobsters @ Titusville Super Sonics
Preview:	A David vs Goliath matchup as the Chicago Mobsters visit the Titusville Super Sonics with Titusville looking to keep their playoff hopes alive.
Summary:	The series went as about expected with Chicago taking four of six from the Super Sonics. The Mobsters’ pitching and offense overpowered Titusville in all facets.

Hollywood Werewolves @ Gainesville Swamp Things
Preview:	A couple of last place teams in the AL square off as Hollywood visits Gainesville.
Game #1:	Gainesville 9 Hollywood 2W: Z. Gallen (5-14) 6.1IP 5H 2R 3K L: C. Mean (3-10) 5IP 9H 7R 3KSeiya Suzuki goes 4/4 with 4 RBI falling a 2B short of the cycle. Aaron Judge smacks 2 solo shots for Hollywood.
Game #2:	Gainesville 7 Hollywood 0W: J. Flaherty (9-10) 7IP 4H 6K L: P. Sandoval (2-13) 6.2IP 10H 4R 7KRoyce Lewis gets 2 2B with 3 RBI for the Swamp Things.
Game #3:	Hollywood 4 Gainesville 3 (15 innings)W: Z. Brzykcy (1-0) L: S. Martinez (3-2)Starters lines – Hollywood: K. Hendricks 8IP 6H 3R 5K Gainesville: J. Hicks 7IP 5H 1R 8KJason Foley blew the save in the 8th on a 3 run Ketel Marte homer only for David Bednar to then blow it for Hollywood B9. No one scored again until Marte hit a solo shot in the 15th.
Game #4:	Gainesville 10 Hollywood 9 (13 innings)W: J. Foley (3-3) L: J. Romano (2-4)Starters lines – Hollywood: S. Johnson 7.1IP 9H 4R 6K Gainesville: C. Criswell 5IP 6H 4R 5KBednar blew another save B9 and Foley tried to lose it for Gainesville in extras giving up 2 in the 13th, but the Swamp Things tagged Jordan Romano for 3 to win. Bednar & Foley might need to go on timeout.
Game #5:	Hollywood 8 Gainesville 5W: M. Black (9-12) 8IP 10H 4R 6K L: Z. Eflin (5-6) 6.1IP 5H 4R 6KJudge homered again for Hollywood as they stormed back in the late innings to overcome a 3-1 deficit.
Game #6:	Gainesville 8 Hollywood 3W: Z. Gallen (6-14) 6IP 8H 3R 8K L: C. Mena (3-11) 4IP 11H 8R 3K2 homer game for Max Kepler.
Summary:	Gainesville takes the series 4-2 but most of the games as expected featured bad pitching. Both teams are just playing out the season and hoping for a 2026 bounce back. Gainesville hits the road to face division rival Chicago and Hollywood heads home to take on Cincinnati.

Long Beach Dirt Bags @ Tempe Tempers
Preview:	Long Beach comes to the Desert.
Game #1:	Kwan doubled Palacios home in the 3rd, but was thrown out going for the triple. In the 7th, the Dirt Bags threatened with a runner on 3rd and one out, but Rosario gunned Cameron at home trying to score on a sac fly. Tempe added two more in the 7th after a throwing error extended the inning. Williams tossed six shutout innings for the win and Munoz picked up the save. Tempe 3-0
Game #2:	Bogaerts led off with a solo in the 1st. Tempe put runners on the corners with not outs in the 3rd, but Cecconi manned up and struck out Ozuna and then got Ramirez to hit into a double play. Ortiz tied it with a solo in the 4th. Abreu’s two run homer in the bottom of the 4th made it 3-1 Tempe. Ramirez avoided the double play in the 5th with his 40th homer of the season. Soderstrom cut the lead in half with a two run homer in the 6th. Ramirez added another rbi in 7th. Tempe 7-3. Dirt Bags finally knocked out Verlander with two outs in the 8th when they scored two after an error had extended the inning. Munoz closed it out for the save. Tempe 7-5
Game #3:	The Dirt Bags took an early lead in the 4th with RBI singles from Pena and Whitcomb. Freeman tied it with a two rbi single in the bottom of the inning. Realmuto’s solo homer in 5th gave Tempe a 3-2 lead. Little shut things down in long relief going 4.2 innings for the win. Munoz picked up his 30th save of the season. Tempe 3-2
Game #4:	Kwan’s solo in the 3rd got the scoring going. Tempe put runners on the corners in the 5th with no outs, but only managed one run. Tempe finally broke it open in the 6th scoring six runs capped by a Bogaerts grand slam. Peralta went 5.1 for the win and Faucher picked up three inning save. Tempe 8-1
Game #5:	Feltner worked out of jams in the 1st and 2nd before finally giving up a run in the 3rd. Minter relieved Williams in the 6th and gave up a solo homer to Vargas that tied it up 1-1. Palacios hit a solo in 7th to put Tempe back up 2-1. Driscoll tied it in the 8th with another homer off Minter. In the bottom of the 9th, Kwan led off with a double forcing Long Beach to finally go to the pen. Butto came on as an itchy 21 and got out of the jam. McCray led off the 10th with triple. Chavez got one out, but Driscoll worked an rbi blooper for a 4-3 Dirt Bag lead. Freeman led off the bottom of the 10th with a game tying homerun. 4-4. In the 12th, Long Beach put the first two runners on, but Munoz came on and got out of the jam. In the bottom of the 12th, Freeman doubled and Abreu hit a walk off two run homer. Tempe 5-3 12th
Game #6:	Long Beach put one on the board after a throwing error in the 2nd. Freeman doubled in a run to tie it the bottom of the 2nd. A two run homer from Ozuna made 3-1 in the 3rd. J.D. Martinez‘s Baltimore special in the 7th made it 7-1. Tempe 8-1
Summary:	Tempe comes from behind in games 3 and 5 to secure the sweep. Pitcher of the series was Munoz with three saves and a win in extra innings. Bogaerts busted out of deep slump for player of the week.

Sacramento Capitals @ Alamo Defenders
Preview:	National League West’s 1st and 2nd place teams play each other at Alamo.
Game #1:	Sacramento 6 Alamo 4 Sale wins his 15th. Cowser with a 2 run homer. Megill earns the save.
Game #2:	Sacramento 11 Alamo 0 The Capitals hit 4 homers. Meadows, Rooker, Garcia and Cowser were responsible. Imanaga wins his 18th.
Game #3:	Sacramento 5 Alamo 2 (13) Cowser with 2 RBI. Raley hits a homer for Alamo.
Game #4:	Sacramento 10 Alamo 1 Lindor and Stephenson go yard for the Capitals. Woods-Richardson earns the easy win.
Game #5:	Alamo 8 Sacramento 7 Alamo wins a close one. Both teams hit 4 homers. Devers, Tovar, Raley, and De La Cruz hits them out. Yates gets his 25th save.
Game #6:	Alamo 2 Sacramento 1 Alamo limits the Capitals offense. Ryan with his 8th win. Yates with his 26th save. Dever hits a homer for Alamo.
Summary:	A very strong Sacramento team wins 4 of 6 from Alamo.

Detroit Crime @ Dallas Cougars
Summary:	Dallas wins the first and last games while Detroit takes the middle 4.

Valdosta Snappers @ Baltimore Comets
Preview:	The Valdosta Snappers (43-82), last place N.L. Central visit the N.L East 3rd place Baltimore Comets (58-68)
Game #1:	Jonathan Cannon tosses 6 innings, allowing only a run on 1 hit, and the Comets take the opener, 3-1. Josh Bell went deep for Baltimore, his 16th round-tripper of the season. SNAPPERS 1 / 2 / 0 COMETS 3 / 8 / 0 WP – Cannon (8-7) LP – Bradley (7-13) S – Kerkering (23)
Game #2:	Valdosta scores 5 times in the third and cruises to a 10-2 win. Lenyn Sosa hit a grand slam, part of a 5 RBI day, and Joe Boyle pitched 7 innings to earn his 7th win of the season for the Snappers. SNAPPERS 10 / 10 / 0 COMETS 2 / 6 / 1 WP – Boyle (7-10) LP – Herz (6-5)
Game #3:	Baltimore blasts Martin Perez for 8 runs in the first 3 innings while Frankie Montas goes 8 innings, scattering 3 runs and seven hits as the Comets win it 9-3. SNAPPERS 3 / 7 / 2 COMETS 9 / 9 / 1 WP – Montas (9-14) LP – Perez (7-13)
Game #4:	Behind homeruns by Josh Bell and Kevin Newman, Baltimore prevails 6-3. The Snappers had longballs by J.P. Crawford, Jhonkensy Noel, and Austin Riley, but they were all solo shots. SNAPPERS 3 / 5 / 0 COMETS 6 / 9 / 0 WP – Birdsong (4-5) LP – Alexander (4-7) S – Rogers (6)
Game #5:	Jorge Polanco had 4 hits, 3 of which were solo homeruns, as Baltimore takes it 8-4. SNAPPERS 4 / 11 / 1 COMETS 8 / 14 / 1 WP – Soriano (7-7) LP – Martinez (5-4) S – Thompson (3)
Game #6:	Bryson Stott hits a grandslam and knocks in 6 on the day and Jonathan Cannon wins for the 2nd time in the series, as Baltimore wins its 4th in a row, 10-5. Lenyn Sosa homered for the 2nd time in the series for the Snappers. SNAPPERS 5 / 9 / 1 COMETS 10 / 9 / 2 WP – Cannon (9-7) LP – Bradley (7-14)
Summary:	Baltimore wins 5 of 6 to inch closer to the .500 mark.

Southwest Detroit Fighting Chihuahuas @ Corktown Cycle
Summary:	Corktown wins 4 of 6 and continues to confuse to be inconsistent in 2025.

Fremont Cannons @ Cincinnati Skyliners
Preview:	The highly flying Fremont Cannons with their newly minted Hall of Fame owner, Casey Hoch, make their annual trip to Cincinnati and Glenn Sample Field.
Summary:	Fremont dominated the series from start to finish, outscoring Cincinnati, 55-10. Cincinnati led four innings in the series and could only get the game tied or better in twelve innings. By comparison, the Cannons led by five or more runs in 23 o the innings.

Motor City Muscle @ Tijuana Bottle Rockets
Preview:	Tijuana hosts Motor City for 6 games.
Summary:	Tijuana takes the series 5-1.

Coconut Creek Crushers @ Harsens Island Walleye
Summary:	The Crushers win 4 of 6.

Bethesda Bandicoots @ Prairie Falcons
Preview:	Only 2 reasons to watch these games at all….ok Maybe 3…if You are a Bethesda fan – they need this series to push for the division title against TCP…the main 2 reasons though are 1) Jake Burger facing his old team and looking to get revenge on them trading him earlier this season and the STANTON watch…he currently sits at 399 career ding dongs….
Game #1:	Burger made his presence felt with two long balls while Stanton was 6 inches shy of 400 when he doubled off the top of the wall…Brett Baty cleared the fence for the Birds but Burger did all the damage…PET 5 – PRA 3
Game #2:	Langeliers with a 2 run jack in the 2nd and then the bats went cold …meanwhile the bats barely warmed up for Prairie until the bottom of the 7th when Tristan Casas hit a pinch hit singe to drive in Schanuel and it is 2-1 heading into the 8th..Bottom of the 8th with Tanner Scott on the hill facing Giancarlo….LONG Drive – DEEP Left Field…..GONE!!! Number 400!!! he ties it up – the crowd of 17 fans went crazy… Stanton officially hits the record books and now every after this is gravy…he needs 4 more to pass 3 names on the all time list but it wont happen in this game …Burger leads off the 13th inning with another homer and Langiliers hits his 2nd 2 run jack of the day…BET 5 – PRA 2
Game #3:	Brett Baty got the lone Falcon run on a solo homer but Mitch Keller shut down the Falcons for his 13th win and Castellanos went yard…BET 7 – PRA 1
Game #4:	Falcons pen gets 4 shutout innings….but who the hell cares they shut the door for the final 12 outs when our offense was held to 3 hits and the Bandicoots scored 16 times on 17 hits 4 homers another one by Burger…the 1 and 9 spots had 4 ribbies a piece…BET 16 – PRA 0
Game #5:	Jake Meyers with a great day 2-4 with 2 homers and 4 ribbies…Falcons get dingers from Stanton (401) and Baez but just not enough…BET 5 – PRA 3
Game #6:	Falcons strike first with a red solo cup by Benintendi and then it was all Bethesda – Meyers with a 3 run jack, Burger with yet another one…16 more hits….BET 7 – PRA 1
Summary:	Bethesda puts the heat on Triple Threat taking the series 6-0 vs a team with very little punch in the bowl…Stanton kept up his end of the offense with Homers 400 and 401 and as mentioned Burger made good on jousting with his old team – hitting 5 long balls in 6 games… BET gets LBD next week while Falcons fly into Triple Creek trying to fend off yet another long losing streak…Pitching for the Falcons is down to just a few feathers so these last 32 games will cause a lot of deboning…

Columbus Explorers @ Tampa Bay Expos
Preview:	The Dog Days of Summer are shine on the EXPOS as they prepare for a Clipper Invasion!
Game #1:	COL 5, TBE 1
Game #2:	COL 5, TBE 4
Game #3:	COL 5, TBE 3
Game #4:	COL 2, TBE 1
Game #5:	COL 4, TBE 1
Game #6:	COL 10, TBE 1
Summary:	ITS A CLEAN SWEEP as Columbus takes care of business in Tampa!

Triple Creek Patriots @ Arboga Rats
Game #1:	Triple Creeks’s Refsnyder drills a Grand Salami in the 1st inning to get things cooking early for the visitors. Rats plate 1 in the 5th then each team tags some more on in the 9th. Arboga could not make us the gap. TCP 5 AR 3 W: Lorenzen (9-7) L: Croshcet (8-5)
Game #2:	Triple Creek with another big long ball, this time a two-run job by Grichuk in the 5th, allows enough breathing room for the Patriots to win a hit-fest. Teams combined for 25 hits but only 4 runs. TCP led 13-9 in the stranded ducks category. TCP 3 AR 1 W: Gausman (11-8) L: Spence (3-15)
Game #3:	3-1 visitors until the 5th when Patriot bats bust it open with a 3-spot off a Gurriel souvenir. Rats bats went silent after the 2nd inning solo run. Suarez was head-hunting and got tossed after his 3rd Dr. Driller move. TCP 7 AR 1 W: Quintana (12-6) L: Suarez (4-9)
Game #4:	All Patriots as they pound out 17 hits to Arboga’s 2. TCP 8 AR 1 W: Taillon (10-6) L: Cortes (10-13)
Game #5:	3-1 Rats heading into the 4th when Triple Creek hangs a 5-spot. Down 6-3, the Rats tally 1 in the 7th and 2 in the 9th to tie things up. Walker did his best but his 13th batter, Gurriel, lauched a game winning shot deep into the night. Strahm would lock down the 10th. TCP 7 AR 6 W: Staumont (4-2) L: Walker (4-6) S: Strahm (29)
Game #6:	Triple Creek hand Bryse Wilson his first start of the year and the defense failed him. A huge 2-out error in the 3rd allowed Arboga to score 4 unearned runs and but the game out of reach early. Rats stave off the sweep with the help of a nice outing from Crochet. TCP 1 AR 6 W: Croshet (9-5) L: Wilson (7-2)
Summary:	Patriots take 5 of 6 from the Rats.

Selkirk Steelers @ Yucaipa Road Runners
Preview:	Last minute battle.
Game #1:	SEL 9-1
Game #2:	YUC 5-0
Game #3:	SEL 6-1
Game #4:	SEL 7-2 Fried took a no hitter into the 6th before a walk and a Clemens HR breaks up the no hitter
Game #5:	SEL 9-0
Game #6:	SEL 8-5
Summary:	SEL wins series 5-1