PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #12

Coconut Creek comes into the Windy City for a 6 game set vs. the Mobsters.

Chris Sale (10-2 1.05) goes 8 strong allowing only 2 Earned Runs while striking out 11 along the way. Buster Posey is 3 for 4 with 2 RBI’s. Aroldis Chapman picks up save #22 on the season.Final Score: Chicago 4 – Coconut Creek 2

Adam Wainwright (10-4 2.30) takes the loss in this extra inning affair. Facing Mike Napoli the first batter in the top of the 10th, Napoli take Wainwright deep to right for the only run of the game. Hector Rondon picks up his 7th save of the season closing the door on the Mobsters who are shutout.Final Score: Coconut Creek 1 – Chicago 0

Chicago’s turn for the shutout, but this one is from a combined 4 pitchers. Josh Beckett (4-3 3.47) gets the win, Dexter Fowler has 3 hits in 4 trips & Andrew McCutchen is 2 for 4 with a Home Run & 3 RBI’s.Final Score: Chicago 5 – Coconut Creek 0

Scott Feldman (2-9 3.79) is solid for 7.1 innings allowing only 1 Earned Run. Hector Rondon picks up save #8 with a 1-2-3 9th. Marcus Stroman (9-1 3.01) suffers his first loss of his Career. Corey Hart Homers for the Crushers.Final Score: Coconut Creek 4 – Chicago 2

Matt Garza & Felix Hernandez both pitch well but are not around for a decision as this is tied after 9. Chicago wins it with a walk off Single from Justin Turner scoring Andrew McCutchen in the 12th.Final Score: Chicago 3 – Coconut Creek 2

Chicago scores 2 in the 8th to take game 6 behind a Justin Turner single. Aroldis Chapman picks up save #23 on the season.Final Score: Chicago 5 – Coconut Creek 3

Chicago takes the series 4 games to 2, but the Crushers played good ball this series. Mobsters bats couldn’t get on track & hope to rebound next week in Dallas.

Lackey pitches a 4 hit complete game shutout striking out 8.Final Score: Dallas 2, Virginia 0

Great back in forth game between the two teams. Hampered by some defensive miscues the Cougars allow the Sluggers to take 3-1 lead in the 4th after opening the series shutting out Virginia for 12 innings. But the Sluggers couldn’t hold that lead as they allowed a three run homer to Dallas SS, Parrino in the bottom of the 5th. Dallas would go up 5-3, but their bullpen would allow 4 runs in the 8th. Josh Harrison would tie the game in the bottom of the 9th with a double and then Dallas rookie Abreu would win it in the 11th with a sac fly.Final Score: Dallas 8, Virginia 7

Keuchel no hits the Sluggers through 7 innings and Abreu drives home 3. Though Keuchel faltered in the 8th the bullpen preserves the lead as the Cougars take game 3.Final Score: Dallas 4, Virginia 2

The only non close of the series Virginia wins this game easily. Markakis goes 3 for 5 and drives home 2 for the Sluggers.Final Score: Virginia 6, Dallas 1

Bourn singles home the winning run in the top of the 9th as Virginia
takes game 5.Final Score: Virginia 5, Dallas 4

Colby Rasmus hits a 2 out pinch hit home run in the bottom of the 9th to tie the game off Slugger southpaw, De La Rosa and then Dallas catcher, Hundley walks off the game with a home run in the 10th.Final Score: Dallas 2, Virginia 1

Very competitive series as 5 of the 6 games were decided by two runs or less. Dallas takes the series 4 games to 2.

The leaders of the NL Central, Tempe Tempers take on the Grand Haven Gators in a 6-game series

Chen (TEM) vs Burnett (GHG)Tempe strikes first with Cespedes hitting a 3-run HR….two innings later he hits number two for the game, this time a solo blastGame Final: Tempe 8 – Grand Haven 2

Iwakuma (TEM) vs Fister (GHG)Fister pretty much in cruise control for this one….the Gators offense is helped by 4 (FOUR!) Tempers errors.Game Fiinal: Grand Haven 7 – Tempe 2

Wada (TEM) vs Morton (GHG)Gators jump out to a 6-1 lead after 4 innings….but the Tempers slowly crawl back into it, making a tense 9th inning. But the Gators barely hold on for the WGame Final: Grand Haven 7- Tempe 6

Despaigne (TEM) vs Wilson (GHG)Tempers all over in this one – bats were on fire.Game Final: Tempe 12 – Grand Haven 5

Chen (TEM) vs Santana (GHG)Aybar with a single in the 7th inning….first hit or base runner for the Gators. Chen pitching brilliantly; he pitches a complete game shut out, giving up a total of 3 hitsGame Final: Tempe 4 – Grand Haven 0

Iwakuma (TEM) vs Burnett (GHG)Top of 1st inning:Cano = SingleCabrera = HRTulowitzki = HR

Beltre = HR

First four batters come around to score for the Tempers….Burnett is chased out of the game in the second inning, with only 1 out in the inning. Poor showing for AJ, giving up 6 runs on 8 hits and leaving with bases loaded after 1 1/3 inning….pretty much repeat of last game, Tempers offense is awake and smashing

Game Final: Tempe 8 – Grand Haven 2

Grand Haven is able to steal a couple games, but ultimately no match for Tempe.Tempers take the series over the Gators, 4 games to 2 games

In a meeting of second place teams, Long Beach hosts Valdosta for 6 games.

Long Beach got 2 run HRs from Donaldson & Hardy to back Dickey’s 5 hit pitching over 7 in the Dirt Bags 4-1 win. McHugh went the distance in the loss.

Donaldson hit another 2 run HR and Norris pitched a 4 hit, 0 walk CG in the Long Beach 5-1 win.

Long Beach exploded for 8 runs in the 5th and coasted to a 9-0 win. Gennett and Norris has 2 run 2Bs to key the rally. Lester pitched a 5 hit shutout and added 2 hits to help his own cause.

This game was 6-6 after 5 and both starters were knocked out. The bullpens took over and restored order. It was 7-7 in the bottom of the 11th when Span singled in Hardy to give Long Beach an 8-7 win. Melancon pitched 3 no-hit innings to pick up the win.

Hudson gave up only 1 hit in 8 innings and got the win in the Valdosta 1-0 victory. The only run scored in the 1st on a Carter HR. Ventura only gave up 3 hits in 7 2/3 and took the hard luck loss.

Valdosta took an early 4-1 lead behind a Reddick 3 run bomb. Long Beach chipped away at the lead and finally tied it 4-4 on a Victor Martinez run scoring 1B in the 7th. The Snappers came right back in the top of the 8th and took the lead on an Infante RBI 1B. The bullpen closed out the win behind Kimbrel’s 16th save.

Long Beach takes 4 of the 6 games.

Sacramento takes 4 of 7. The series sets the MWBL record for viewest viewers in all demographics.

Jersey heads into Bethesda with a 2.5 game lead over the Bandicoots as the home team chases the leaders in the uber close NL East.

Alex Cobb walked five in a sloppy start, but was hard enough to hit that he managed to minimize the damage and improve to 6-3 on the year with a 4-1 Bethesda win. Anthony Rendon and Travis Snider each had two hits for Bethesda while Howie Kendrick walked twice and had one of the three Jersey hits for the visitors. Jonathan Broxton earned his 12th save for Bethesda. Jersey lead down to 1.5 again …

The seesaw swings back to Jersey as Wily Peralta blanked the Bandicoots for eight innings as they got by Bethesda 2-0 to even up the series and re-establish a 2.5 game lead. Howie Kendrick doubled, tripled and scored both runs for Jersey to lift Peralta to a 6-3 record. Brad Boxberger got save #13 while Jake Odorizzi fell to 2-4 after his first quality start at home – he gave up one run on just two hits while fanning five in seven innings. David Peralta had three hits in a losing effort for Bethesda.

Logjam continues in the NL East as Jersey was unable to extend its lead over the pack and Bethesda was unable to make up any ground after yet another series split. At this point it looks like the Division winner may be the team that can chew its way to 85 wins.

Tijuana visits the over achieving Southbend Lynx.

It was a bloodbath and Southbend was lucky to win 1 game. Tijuana gets hit with the injury bug and leaves Southbend with Odor and Choo injured. During the series they also lost Puig for a game. But even the injuries couldn’t stem the Bottle Rockets as they take the series 5-1.

Division leading Clovis looking for some easy W’s against the hapless Patriots.

Clovis wins as Cruz takes 1 deep and drives in 5.

CWK 6 TCP 2Series 1-0

Patriots score 4 late to send it to extra innings and then somehow manufacture 1 in the 10th for the W.

CWK 4 TCP 5Series 1-1

Triple Creek gets a great start from Paulino but can’t score after the 6th.

CWK 3 TCP 2Series 2-1

The dismantling begins as LaRoche plates 4 and Richards dominates.

CWK 7 TCP 1Series 3-1

Five Patriot hurlers take the hill today for “free hit day” at the ballpark. Clovis litters 19 hits but is very tidy scoring 19 and stranding only 6.

CWK 19 TCP 7Series 4-1

The home squad needed a good start today by Gausman as the entire bullpen was still in the trainer’s room at game time. They got it as Gausman goes 9 strong scattering 6 hits.

CWK 2 TCP 6Series 4-2

Triple Creek is happy to take 2 as the bullpen was wrecked since the starters were wrecked. Clovis executes the Mallachi Crunch to perfection.

Hollywood Sweeps

Outlaws win a much needed series 4 games to 1 to stay in the race for the NL East.

Detroit Crime experiments with drive-by shootings on the subway.

Some drawbacks.

Manhattan 5-0

One hit CG for Worley

Manhattan 1-0

Five hit CG for Porcello

Solo HR by Stephen Drew

Detroit 4-1

WP=Villanueva

SV=BenoitManhattan held to 3 hits

Manhattan 3-1

WP=Duffy

SV=SippLP=Kazmir

Detroit 4-2

Manhattan 7-3

WP=Worley

LP=Wheeler

Manhattan takes series 4-2

The squad from Elyria told the ones that needed to know that “we are headed north”.

ELY opened up a can. R. Riveras first HR of the year was a Grand Slam. Ellsbury and Herrera combined to go 7-10 with 5 RBI. Esmil Rogers was not good for the home team.

ELY 15 – YSS 2

Joe Kelly outpitched Zimmerman, and Jorge Soler doubled and homered.

YSS 3 – ELY 1

The visitors put up a 5 spot in the 5th…that was plenty. Soler had 2 more doubles in a losing effort.

ELY 6 – YSS 3

The always powerful duo of Ruben Tejada and Travis D’Arnaud homered and Pineda pitched well. Valbuena homered twice and drove in 3 for
the losers.

YSS 5 – ELY 4

Just an unattractive all around game.

ELY 10 – YSS 6

Dillon Gee and the Indian pen were on top of their game. ELY lost Herrera (4 days) in a freak farming accident.

ELY 8 – YSS 0

Zimmerman was awesome. He was pulled after 7, having allowed just 1 hit, 0BB, and K’ing 5. The next 2 RP each surrendered 3 runs, so it looked much closer than it was.

ELY 9 – YSS 6.

The Stalkers are dreaming of the day when the concept of offense arrives north of the border. ELY will take its nice series result on the road to battle DET.

Iron City takes the series 4 games to 3 over Columbus.

Traverse City takes the series 5 games to 2 over Motor City.