PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #9

Eric_Hosmer15

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
McCUTCHEN,Andrew	CHI AL	.444	.778	7	27	12	1	1	2	7	13	4	5	0	0	0	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	0.00	11	0	0	3	16	1	0	0	0	0	0

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
HOSMER,Eric	IRN NL	.476	.905	5	21	10	3	0	2	9	14	2	1	0	0	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
SAMARDZIJA,Jeff	JNE NL	2	2	0	0	1.20	15	2	2	10	14	2	0	0	0	0	2

Virginia Sluggers @ Chicago Mobsters
Series Preview	The Mobsters host the Virginia Sluggers in a seven game series.
Game #1:	Chris Sale (7-2 1.12) is dominant & goes the distance, striking out 13 Virginia batters along the way. Sale allowed only a single to Carlos Santana. Dexter Fowler homered & drove in 2. Final Score: Chicago 3 – Virginia 0
Game #2:	This one wasn’t pretty for the away team. Chicago scored 20, on 20 hits. Pedroia was 3 for 6 with 3 RBI’s. Fowler was 4 for 4 with 5 runs score. McCutchen was 2 for 4 with 1 Home Run & 5 RBI’s. Posey, Pearce & Turner all chipped in with 3 RBI’s apiece. Felix Hernandez (11-1 1.20) went 5 scoreless innings & was told to get ready to come back on 2 days rest. Final Score: Chicago 20 – Virginia 1
Game #3:	Adam Wainwright (7-3 2.98) went 6.1 innings and four Chicago relievers pitched in to wrap it up. Andrew McCutchen had 3 RBI’s, as did Justin Morneau. Final Score: Chicago 9 – Virginia 1
Game #4:	Marcus Stroman (8-0 2.91) went 5 scoreless innings & four Chicago relievers helped keep it scoreless. Aroldis Chapman picked up his 18th save on the season. Final Score: Chicago 3 – Virginia 0
Game #5:	Felix Hernandez (12-1 1.12) came back on 2 days rest to get the start for the Mobsters. Felix went 7 scoreless innings allowing only 3 hits, no walks, while striking out 6 Sluggers along the way. Justin Morneau goes 3 for 4 with a Home Run & 3 RBI’s. Final Score: Chicago 10 – Virginia 2
Game #6:	Anthony Rizzo gets injured on a hit by pitch for 6 days puts the Sluggers without one of their stars. Justin Turner goes 3 for 4 with 2 Doubles & 3 RBI’s. Chicago walks away with another victory. Final Score: Chicago 5 – Virginia 1
Game #7:	Adam Wainwright (8-3 2.89) goes 5.2 innings and allows only a single run. Four Chicago relievers help keep the Sluggers to only that one run. Justin Turner is 3 for 4 with 3 RBI’s. Andrew McCutchen is 3 for 5 with a Home Run & 3 RBI’s for Chicago. Final Score: Chicago 9 – Virginia 1
Series Summary	Chicago outscored Virginia 59-6 in the series. Chicago looked as strong as ever. Virginia General Manager Paul Roe last week was talking about breaking up the team & either his players quit outright on him, or their will be some major changes coming the Sluggers way in the next few weeks.

Traverse City Crusaders @ Elyria Indians
Series Summary	Elyria sweeps Traverse City in the six game series!

Motor City Muscle @ Detroit Crime
Series Summary	Detroit wins the series over Motor City 4-2.

Tempe Tempers @ Jersey Nor’easters
Series Preview	Biggest weekend of the year to date, mighty Tempe is coming to town and the games are all sellouts. The Nor’easters are looking to get over 500, can they do it against the Tempers?
Game #1:	Jersey scores in the 1st, 3rd and 4th innings and goes onto to win the game 4-1. Jeff Samardzija pitches 8 innings of one run ball for the win lowering his era for the season to 1.89. Boxberger gets his 10th save. Ryan Braun homers for Tempe’s lone run.
Game #2:	The Nor’easters Wily Peralta of all people hits a 2-run double in a 3 run 5th inning for all the runs Jersey would score. It was enough as the Nor’easters win the game 3-1. Peralta pitches 7 innings for the win and Boxberger gets his 11th save. Tempe manages only 4 hits. O. Despaigne takes the loss for Tempe.
Game #3:	In a low scoring see-saw game where the lead changed hands a couple of times Tempe gets into the win column by a score of 4-3. Prince Fielder drives in the deciding run with a pinch hit single. Iwakuma the win for Tempe. Jose Quintana pitched well for Jersey but the bullpen let him down.
Game #4:	Yadier Molina cracks a 3-run homer in the 6th inning for the only runs of the game. Tempe wins 3-0 in another low scoring close game. Wei-Jin Chen pitches 8 innings of 3-hit ball for the win and Holland the save.
Game #5:	O. Despaigne comes back on short rest for Tempe and just doesn’t have it. He leaves after 4 innings giving up 5 runs that proved to be all Jersey needed for a 5-1 win. Hyun-Jin Ryu gets the win. The downer for Jersey was that Chris Coghlan was lost for 11 games due to injury.
Game #6:	This is it, Jersey’s record stands at 29-29, can they crack the 500 barrier……YES, they can. Jeff Smardzija wins his second game of the series 5-1 going 7 innings of one-run 3-hit ball raising his record to 8-5. Not only that but he was the hitting star as well with key 2-run double that put the Nor’easters ahead 2-1 after Tempe took a 1-0 lead in the top of the 6th.
Series Summary	The Nor’easters take the series 4-2 from Tempe going over the 500 mark at 30-29. They hold the mighty Tempers to only 11 runs in 6 games.

New York Outlaws @ Bethesda Bandicoots
Series Preview	Bethesda tries to crawl closer to visiting division leaders New York.
Game #1:	Jonathan Broxton did his best to capsize Bethesda’s chances for a come-from-behind win against crap-tossing Wandy Rodriguez and the New York Outlaws, but he managed to hang on long enough to preserve a 5-4 win.A frustrating game for Bethesda hitters against the itchy lefty Rodriguez. Wandy-man came into the game as an adjusted Grade 1, but still manage to confound the ‘coots hitters. The frustration was compounded by Bethesda starter Jake Arrieta who continued to be incapable of stringing together decent starts. Arrieta started the Bandicoots of against the 8-ball, allowing runs in each of the first two innings – RBI single by David Ortiz in the 1st, solo homer by Juan Uribe (5) in the 2nd.Lorenzo Cain evened things up in the 4th with his 2nd homer of the season, but Arrieta just can’t stand to have anything too easy so he gave up another run off a Uribe double in the 5th which put New York up 3-2.Wandy’s luck finally ran out in the 7th – OK, errors by Ortiz and a crappy offline outfield throw by Angel Pagan didn’t help either – when Bethesda scored twice off a double by Andre Ethier high off the left field wall which made it 4-3.Carlos Ruiz made it 5-3 with his first homer of the year off Neil Ramirez in the 8th which set the stage for the Broxtonian meltdown in the 9th.Broxton wound up giving up three hits in the 9th including a run and had his bacon saved by Ethier who threw out Gerardo Parra trying to score on a deep flyout.For Broxton, it was his 8th save of the season with Fernando Salas getting the win for being in the right place at the right time with one shutout inning of baseball that evened his record at 3-3. Rodriguez (0-1) got the loss for New York.
Game #2:	An early game laugher turned serious as the Outlaws almost squandered a 7-0 lead, but managed to squeak out a 7-6 win to even the series.Alex Cobb was craptastic for Bethesda, getting the yank in favor of Jake Odorizzi after just three innings in which he gave up four runs on six hits with a walk.Alexi Ramirez provided the biggest thorn in the Bandicoots’ side with 3 hits in five at bats, scoring twice and driving in two. Angel Pagan aso had three hits for the Outlaws scoring once and driving one in while stealing a base.Odorizzi lasted five innings, but managed to stay out of the decision column despite allowing three runs to score in his first inning of work. The losing honors went to Cobb (3-2).Hiroki Kuroda (4-5) got the win for New York but had to be yanked before dying the death of a thousand cuts at the hands of the Bethesda hitters who came back from a 7-0 deficit after four innings to jam six runs and 9 hits between the 5th and 7th innings.The Outlaws’ relief trio of Kenley Jansen, TJ McFarland and Fernando Rodney squashed the Bandicoots’ comeback attempt with only one hit allowed in the final two innings. The save went to Rodney who now has six on the season.David Peralta had a nice 4/5 game at the plate for Bethesda including a run, three RBIs and his 3rd homer of the season. Jon Jay added three hits and scored twice with Adrian Gonzalez homering for the 12th time this year as well.
Game #3:	Jimmy Rollins’ 8th inning grand slam off Jake Peavy made a close game not close and gave Bethesda a deceptively lop-sided 7-0 win. Conor Gillaspie had three hits for Bethesda. Anthony Rendon had two hits and drove in two. For Rollins, it was his 8th homer of the season.Alex Wood (3-3) got the win for Bethesda with eight innings of three-hit ball. Peavy (4-4) was handed the loss and saw his ERA rise to 2.56. Obviously with guys like Peavy posting ERAs like that, New York is having the opposite problem from Bethesda whose starters are still struggling to show any consistency.Carlos Beltran had two of the three Outlaws’ hits.
Game #4:	Cole Hamels was very good, Sony Gray was very bad and Lorenzo Cain was very hurt as New York evened the series 4-2.Hamels (7-3) allowed just one run on five hits in eight innings while Gray gave up four runs on nine hits in just five innings. Really? For Pete’s sake … throw me a fricking bone here guys.David Ortiz hammered tater #17 for New York – a two-run blast in the first inning off Gray (5-4). Fernando Rodney got save number two in the series and #7 on the season.Cain ripped himself a new one stretching a single into a double to lead off the 1st inning for Bethesda and was expected to be out 10 days. One bright spot was that Bethesda’s pen held the Outlaws to one hit over the last four innings.
Game #5:	Marwin Gonzalez played just half the game but made the most of his two at bats with a grand slam and a two-run double to lift Bethesda 7-5 over New York.The homer was Gonzalez’s 3rd of the year and Bethesda’s second slam of the series.Carlos Beltran (6) homered for New York.Glen Perking (0-1) took the loss for New York after allowing the two-run double to Gonzalez in the 8th. Joba (the Hut) Chamberlain evened out at 2-2 with the win and Jonathan Broxton tossed a reasonably solid 9th to get save #9. Jimmy Rollins (9) continued to show unexpected power for the Bandicoots with a homer in the 2nd inning off starter Hector Noesi. Of course, Rollins is still hitting a nauseating .220 but oh well.
Game #6:	The final game of the series ended with a bang – the sound of Carlos Ruiz’s tibia snapping and Alexi Ramirez’s bat as the Outlaws split the series with a 4-3 10th inning win.Ramirez homered off Jake Arrieta (ugh … 6 ip, 7 hits, 3 er) and drove home the winning run with a single in the top of the 10th off Joba Chamberlain (2-3).Ruiz got clonked in the second inning by Aaron Harang and will be out about 10 days. Harang didn’t work into the decision with the win going to Kenley Jansen who tossed 2-1/3 innings of shutout relief.Angel Pagan and Chase Utley each had two hits for New York. Adrian Gonzalez and Conor Gillaspie did the same for Bethesda in a losing effort.
Series Summary	The series did little to loosen up the log jam forming in the NL East with New York (30-28) sitting three games up on 4th place Bethesda (27-31).Bethesda heads to Sacramento next week while New York heads home to host Tempe.

Columbus Explorers @ Long Beach Dirt Bags
Series Summary	Columbus takes 4 of 7 from Long Beach.

Yonge Street Stalkers @ Coconut Creek Crushers
Series Preview	Wait ‘Til Next Year…..
Game #1:	All YSS as they cruise to an 11-2 win.
Game #2:	Esmil Rogers hurls a complete game 4-0 shutout for YSS.
Game #3:	Rain Out.
Game #4:	Shields and Colon both get smashed early. The bullpens both pitch strong. The game goes 13 innings as CCC pulls out a rare win 8-7.
Game #5:	Both SP are strong and the game goes extras tied 2-2.YSS blows up in the 10th and wins the game 7-3.
Game #6:	YSS puts up 9 runs on Jesse Hahn in 2.2 innings. They then cruise to an easy 12-5 win.
Game #7:	Miller beats Feldman in a pitching duel YSS wins 1-0.
Series Summary	I was expecting one of the teams to win the series 4-3 based on our records. Didn’t work out that way as YSS wins the series 5-1.

Triple Creek Patriots @ Grand Haven Gators
Series Preview	#3 (TCP) and #4 (GHG) in the NL West going at it in a six game series
Game #1:	Gausman (TCP) vs. Fister (GHG)Top 1st – Reyes hits a double, missed played by Moss in left. Reyes scores on a little league HR Bottom 1st – Bautista singles, Jones hits a double and Bautista scores. Tie ball game at 1-1Top 3rd – Chisenhall hits a 2-run HR. Patriots take the lead, 3-1Bottom 3rd – Jones doubles and scores Amarista. Moss singles, scoring Jones. Tied up again, 3-3Bottom 5th – Amarista singles, scoring Nieuwenhius. Amarista moves to 3rd on the Bautista single. Jones brings Amarista down to score with a Fielders Choice. Grand Haven close the inning with the lead, 5-3Bottom 6th – Walters is walked hitting in the pitchers spot. Nieuwenhuis doubles and scores Walters. Gators up 6-3 Top 9th – Joe Smith on for the save attempt…..1,2,3 set down Game Final: Gators win 6-3
Game #2:	Vargas (TCP) vs. House (GHG)Top 1st – Reyes leads off with a HR. Nava hits a deep drive to RF, Moss tracks it down, crashing into the wall – the ball pops out. Nava scores. Brantley has a bloop single to center. Pence hits into a force out for the first out of the inning. Weeks hits a 2-run HR, followed by a solo shot from Headley….TCP lead 5-0Top 9th – All quiet till this point….Nava blasts a 3-run shot off RP Walden. Patriots increase there lead, now 8-0Bottom 9th – Crawford hits a double, scores Joey Votto. Crawford advances to 3rd on the throw. Aybar’s Sac Fly scores CrawfordGame Final: Triple Creek win it 8-2
Game #3:	Gonzalez (TCP) vs. Corcino (GHG)Top 6th – Reyes singles with one out. Steals 2nd….Brantley comes up with 2 outs and hits a double, scoring Reyes. Patriots take the lead 1-0Top 8th – Reyes hits a solo HR; he is tearing up this series so far. TCP lead 2-0Bottom 8th – Wild Pitch moves up Aybar and Bautista, sitting 3rd and 2nd. Next pitch is a passed ball, scoring Aybar. Gators gain a run, trail 2-1Top 9th – Pierzynski walks, Konerko doubles. Runners at 3rd and 2nd for TCP. Goins hits a ball to the gap in right, both runners score and Goins is standing on 2nd. Patriots lead 4-1Bottom 9th – Neuwienhuis hits a double with 2 outs, Crawford comes to the plate batting in the pitches spot; singles out to left. Neuwienhuis scores…..that is all they can muster.Game Final: TCP 4-2
Game #4:	De La Rosa (TCP) vs. Wilson (GHG) Top 2nd – Weeks hits a solo HR. Patriots on the board first, lead 1-0Bottom 3rd – Crawford doubles, Aybar flies out to center for the 2nd out. Bautista walks, Moss walks loading them up with 2 outs for Jones. Wild Pitch moves up all the runners and scores Crawford. Jones picks up an infield single, scoring the run. Navarro singles to right, scoring another run. Gators lead 3-1Bottom 4th – Barney leads off with a single. Wilson sac bunts him to 2nd. Crawford ropes a triple, scoring Barney. Aybar with a base hit to left, brings home Crawford. Grand Haven lead 5-1Top 7th – Aoki starts the inning with a single, Lobaton comes in for the pitchers spot….doubles to the gap in left. Aoki is held at third. Reyes walks. Nava is walked, bringing in an easy run. Still no outs with Brantley at the plate. Brantley with a swinging strike out for out #1. Pence up to bat, ground ball, double play to end a promising inning! Grand Haven lead 5-2Bottom 7th – Moss leads off with a HR. Gators lead 6-2Bottom 8th – Gators add 2 more runs, lead 8-2 Game Final: Grand Haven 8-2
Game #5:	Masterson (TCP) vs. Santana (GHG)Bottom 1st – Tolleson leads off the game for the Gators with a deep drive off the wall for a double. Barney walks. Bautista singles to through the infield to left, Tolleson rounds third. Pence throws home – wild throw! Tolleson scores with Barney right behind him. Bautista moves to 2nd on the Pence throwing error. Still no outs….Votto lifts a pop up to short. Moss blasts a double, bringing in the run from second. Walters strikes out for out number two. Perez steps up, he smokes the ball out to left off the wall, the run scores and Perez has a double. Amarista walks, bringing up the 9th man to the batters box, the pitcher Santana…. who grounds to end the eventful inning for the Gators, as they take the early lead 4-0Bottom 2nd – Barney is on with a single. Bautista moves him up to 2nd with two outs. Votto pokes a single to center, scoring Barney. Grand Haven now up 5-0Top 3rd – Reyes reaches with a single. He is moved up by Aoki. Brantley then finds the seats, a 2-run HR! Patriots still fighting, now down 5-2Bottom 4th – Gators add another run on a wild pitch, scoring Barney from 3rd. Lead is now 6-2Game Final: Grand Haven 6-2
Game #6:	Gausman (TCP) vs. Fister (GHG)Top 2nd – Konerko sends one to the seats. Patriots lead 1-0Top 4th – Chisenhall singles. Hit and run is on, Nava pokes one into the corner, Chisenhall around third and scores, Nava with a double. Peirzyinski lofts one to right, caught by Bautista. Nava tags and is safe on a close play at third. Konerko grounds on to the right side, he is out but he scores the run. Triple Creek add 2 runs, now lead 3-0Top 5th – Patriots add another run. Lead 4-0Bottom 6th – Bautista doubles, Moss doubles. Gators on the board, still trail 4-1Top 7th – Reyes leads off with a single, is moved ahead by Pence. Brantley creams one through the window. 2-run shotBottom 9th – Moss starts off with a walk. Jones with a one-hopper back to the pitcher, but he throws it away! Moss moves to third and Jones is safe on the throwing error. Navarro comes up with a base hit, Moss scores, runners on second and first. Amarista sends a rocket out to right field, but caught by Brantley. Nieuwenhuis now up with one out, base hit to center field. They’ll test his arm as Jones is rounding third – safe at home! Runners still on second and first with one out. Votto steps in for the pitchers spot….big strike out! Two down. Top of the order and Steven Tolleson steps up. See you later!! Tie ball game as Tolleson sends a 3-run shot out to the home crowd! Aybar sends a slow roller to first for an easy out and final of the inning. To extra innings with a score of 6-6 Bottom 13th – Navarro singles with 2 outs, Amarista follows. Niewenhuis singles out to right, Brantley is up with it. Third base coach is waving Navarro home; throw to the plate…..not in time! Gators win! Game Final: Gators 7-6 in 13 innings
Series Summary	Grand Haven takes 4 of the 6 games. Triple Creek next goes on the road to Iron City, Grand Haven is on the road to face Valdosta

Manhattan Project @ Hollywood Werewolves
Series Preview	Hollywood finally home after a long road stand is host for an even longer home stand
Game #1:	Kershaw stays perfect at 11-0 with 5 shutout innings
Game #2:	Cueto improves to 10-2 with a 2-0 shutout win.
Game #3:	Alex Gordon drives in all 4 Hollywood runs in the 4-1 Hollywood win
Game #4:	Tanaka finally gets a Manhattan win as they score 4 in the first and don’t look back.
Game #5:	Cliff Lee surprises the team with a beautiful 3-hit shutout in his 7 innings. Hollywood wins 1-0 on a Starlin Castro homer.
Game #6:	Kershaw makes it 12-0 with another 6 shutout innings. His ERA lowers to .83
Series Summary	Hollywood takes the series 5 games to 1

Southbend Lynx @ Dallas Cougars
Series Summary	Southbend comes to Dallas and takes the series 4 games to 2.

Detroit Crime @ Selkirk Steelers
Series Preview	Selkirk has pitching and no hitting and Pittsburgh sent lots of hitting and not much pitching
Game #1:	Wacha gets the win with 3 2 run innings two off Selkirk 24* closer . PIT 6 SEL 5 in 10 innings
Game #2:	Hammels is great for Selkirk SEL 6 PIT 3
Game #3:	Collmenter solid for Selkirk as he wins 4-2
Game #4:	The Lumber Company bats come through off Selkirk’s pen again and win 5-3
Game #5:	Miley throws a gem for Pit wins 3-1
Game #6:	Alvarez was on Selkirk wins 6-1
Series Summary	Series split as good hitting came through with 2 big comebacks.

Clovis Wheat Kings @ Valdosta Snappers
Series Preview	1ST place Clovis visits Valdosta.
Series Summary	Valdosta manages to win 4 of 7 in a close series.

Tijuana Bottle Rockets @ Fremont Cannons
Game #1:	TIJ 2-0
Game #2:	TIJ 8-5
Game #3:	TIJ 6-4
Game #4:	TIJ 7-3
Game #5:	TIJ 9-4
Game #6:	TIJ 6-2
Series Summary	Tijuana doesn’t need the big trade to sweep through Fremont, six games to none.

Iron City Yinzers @ Sacramento Capitals
Series Preview	Iron City visits Sacramento in an effort to beat the Montreal Expos attendance records.
Series Summary	Iron City takes the series 5 games to 1. Ugh.