PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #23

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
CALHOUN,Kole	YSS AL	.346	.885	6	26	9	0	1	4	5	11	5	1	0	0	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
CUETO,Johnny	HOL AL	2	1	0	0	1.06	17	2	2	4	13	5	0	0	0	0	1

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
NAVARRO,Dioner	GHG NL	.429	.524	6	21	9	2	0	0	0	9	5	2	0	0	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
ROSS,Tyson	BET NL	1	1	0	0	0.00	9	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	1	0

Clovis Wheat Kings @ Jersey Nor’easters
Series Preview	1sr place Wheat Kings pay a visit to Jersey.
Game #1:	Clovis wins 6-4
Game #2:	The Nor’easters bounce back winning 3-1.
Game #3:	Clovis 3-0
Game #4:	Clovis 5-4 in 10 innings.
Game #5:	Clovis 6-4 in 15 innings
Game #6:	Clovis 14-3
Series Summary	Colvis takes the series 5-1.

Triple Creek Patriots @ Columbus Explorers
Series Preview	Triple Creek Patriots visit Columbus in what should be an exciting series between two teams with pitching deficits.
Game #1:	Triple Creek outhits Explorers 13-9 but drop the game 8-6 (5 run 9th made it look close). Carpenter (10), Avila (8) COL homers. Reyes and Aoki 3 hits each.TCP 6-13-2 LP Frias (1-2)COL 8-9-1 WP Axelrod (1-3), S Varvaro (18)
Game #2:	Patriots again outhit Explorers, 15-8 and THIS time they outscore them 10-3. Reyes (8) and Headley (12) go over the wall. Headley and Brantley get 3 hits each. Freidrich goes 7 inning, 7 hits, 3 runs for the win.TCP 10-14-0 WP Friedrich (3-2)COL 3-8-0 LP Greene (4-8)
Game #3:	3 for 3 – the Patriots outhit the Explorers again – 13 to 7 this time. BUT a 9th inning passed ball by Susac (who is on a tear) allowed the winning run to score. Dunn (who is reportedly speaking pretty decent Japanese) hit two dingers (17, 18).TCP 3-13-0 LP Russell (3-3)COL 4-7-1 WP Hardy (2-3) BS 4
Game #4:	4th game in a row the Patriots outhit Columbus – 18-6 and this time they score more runs – WAY MORE RUNS. Brantley (21) and Chisenhall (2; 8, 9) homer. Chisenhall gets 6 rbis – 1 of the homers was grand slam. Pence gets 4 hits, Headley and Chisenhall get 3 each. Vargas goes 6, 4 hits, 2 run, 0 earned, and 8 ks.TCP 15-18-1 WP Vargas (11-7)COL 2-6-0 LP Tepesch (7-11) took one big time for the team.
Game #5:	Columbus gets more hits in this game and stages 2 comebacks to win. Down 6-0 after 2 1/2 they plate 5 in the 3rd and 1 in the 4th. Down 7-6 in the 8th, they score 1 (Gordon HR (3) and then get a 2 run walk-off HR (19) from Dunn in the 9th. Nava (3) and Susac (4) homer for Patriots. Susac goes 3 for 4 with 4 rbis (and keeps tearing up the Columbus staff).TCP 6-11-0 LP Janssen (0-3) BS (2)COL 9-13-0 WP Dunn (5-2)
Game #6:	Well the teams were having so much fun that they ran this game into 13 innings (hoping they could play another week maybe). PH homer in the 13th wins it. But first the see-saw. Patriots up 2 after 2, down 3-2 after 5. Back up 4-3 after 6 and 6-3 after 8 1/2. But Avila opens the bottom of the 9th with a homer (9). 2 outs Carpenter singles. Blackmon up and he lifts one to right that just clears the fence (16) to tie it up.OK – back to the 13th, top half, 2 down Hembree looking good and Andrew Brown steps to the plate to PH for Matusz and pulls one hard to LF that is deep enough and just stays fair for the game winning HR (2). Leone closes the bottom half (with 2 walks to make it exiting for those who stayed til the end.TCP 7-11-1 WP Matusz (5-7) S Leone (21)COL 6-13-0 LP Hembree (1-1)Did I mention, Columbus had the most hits in this one! (But when you add the walks and HBP, Patriots had a 19-16 advantage.
Series Summary	Series splits 3-3 but was a very offensive affair. Seems like much of Triple Creeks offensive guys are in the running for player of the week this go around.

Selkirk Steelers @ Long Beach Dirt Bags
Series Summary	Selkirk and Long Beach split the 6 game seies

Tempe Tempers @ Bethesda Bandicoots
Series Preview	Two first place teams – one legitimate and the other clinging to life meet in a six-game set.
Game #1:	The game left us asking ourselves how is frigging Wei-Yahoo Chen 19-2 with a sub 2.00 ERA? One of a number of Tempe hurlers exceeding statistical probability, but as expected it led to a 4-1 Tempe win in the opener. Adrian Beltre (19) and Ryan Braun (11) homered off Sonny Gray (13-6) as they hit the Athletics’ ace hard and early. The opener also saw the beginning of the “glory and gore” in this series with the glory going to Tempe and the gore to Bethesda as Travis Snider (7 days) and Erasmo Ramirez (6 days) went down to injury. Thanks Tyler Clippard … you need to screw those f-ugly aviator goggles on a little tighter.
Game #2:	Tempe was able to get to Bethesda starter Alex Cobb early with two runs in the opening frame, but then the door slammed shut and Bethesda scored four unanswered runs to even the series 4-2. Tyler (In Yer Freakin’ Face) Clippard got tagged with the loss for giving up a run in 1/3 of an inning with Cobb improving to 8-10 and Jonathan Broxton notching save number 25. That must be a Bandicoot record as I don’t think we’ve won 25 games in any season. Michael Cuddyer had a single and double, scored and drove in a run for Tempe. Mid-season acquisition Seth Smith paced the Bethesda offense with his 16th homer – a two run shot in the 6th off Clippard. Jimmy Rollins drove in the other two runs for Bethesda. The gore swung Tempe’s way with Ryan Braun going down to a 7-day injury.
Game #3:	The beast was angry. Very, very angry. Marco Estrada left the game for Bethesda with a 3-2 lead heading into the 6th and Joba Chamberlain left with his head in a shopping bag after getting hammered by Tempe hitters for four runs in one inning as the Tempers bitch-slapped their way to a 9-4 drubbing of the Bandicoots. Chamberlain gave up two walks and three hits in that single virtuoso inning with Yoenis Cespedes and Curtis Granderson each driving in a pair of runs. The Bethesdea bullpen meltdown allowed Mr. Perfection (Dan Otero) to improve to 16-0 for Tempe … more wins than any Bethesda starter. Cespedes (13) homered for Tempe.
Game #4:	Not much to tell about this one save that Adrian Gonzalez hit his 34th homer as Bethesda blanked Tempe 2-0. Oh yeah … Tyson Ross tossed a NO-HITTER!!! Ross’s moved his record 7-7 and Odrisamer Despaigne fell to 8-5. Gore to Tempe once again with Chris Davis going down for five days.
Game #5:	A late-inning flurry by Bethesda was not enough to tame the Tempe tempest as the Tempers hung on to win 8-6. Tempe jumped all over Bethesda starter Jake Arrieta (10-5) for six runs on eight hits in just five innings while Tsuyoshi Wada (8-2) pitched just well enough to win for Tempe allowing three runs on five hits in five innings. Robinson Cano (16) and Yoenis Cespedes (14) homered for Tempe with Cespedes driving in three runs. Melky Cabrera had three hits and scored three times for Tempe. Lorenzo Cain (4), Seth Smith (17) and Adrian Gonzalez 2 (36) homered for Bethesda. On a positive note, with the three RBIs in the game Gonzalez became the first Bandicoot to reach the 100-RBI plateau. Yay.
Game #6:	In a cramfest to get in his innings, Marco Estrada was started on short rest and he pitched as well as could have been hoped for tossing five shutout innings and keeping Bethesda in it long enough for Carlos Ruiz to play hero and tally the only run of the game with a homer off Weird-Al Chen. The loss dropped Chen to a lowly 19-3 record. Fernando Salas (6-4) got the win with an inning of scoreless relief and Jonathan Broxton picked up his 26th save. For Ruiz, it was his 4th homer of the season. Tempe thoroughly outplayed Bethesda in the same, but stranded 10 men on base through the contest.
Series Summary	A very very hard-earned split for Bethesda and Tempe with injuries scattered about on both sides.

Elyria Indians @ Chicago Mobsters
Series Preview	Chicago heads East to the small town of Elyria Ohio were the Indians are playing much better ball than everyone anticipated. Overheard before game #1 Elyria Manager could be heard saying “We won a game yesterday, if we win one today that’s two in a row. If we win one tomorrow that’s called a winning streak. It has happened before. SO LET’S JACK IT UP A LITTLE! “
Game #1:	Chris Sale (16-4 1.43) was spectacular taking a No-Hitter for 6.2 innings, but the Chicago Manager trying to set up his rotation for the playoffs pulled Sale with the No-Hitter still intact. Five Chicago relievers then paraded in and kept the Indians from getting a base knock. A six pitcher No-Hitter. Kristopher Negron was on fire still going 5 for 5 with 2 Home Runs & 5 RBI’s. Kyle Blanks also hit 2 Home Runs, while driving in 4 RBI’s. Steve Pearce had 4 RBI’s, Delmon Young & Jose Ramirez chipped in with 3 RBI’s each. Andrew McCutchen was 4 for 6 and continues to be a hot candidate for Most Valuable Player Award.Final Score: Chicago 21 – Elyria 0
Game #2:	Adam Wainwright (21-5 1.79) went 7.2 innings, followed up by 3 Relievers & Chicago again kept the Indians off the scoreboard. Steve Pearce has 2 RBI’s but Andrelton Simmons was 2 for 3 with a Home Run & 3 RBI’s. Final Score: Chicago 6 – Elyria 0
Game #3:	The King – Felix Hernandez (25-1 1.00) was solid for 7 strong allowing only 1 Earned Run. Chicago paraded 5 relievers out at the end who kept the Indians at bay. Home Runs from the Mobsters included Dexter Fowler, Steve Pearce, Kyle Blanks & Michael McKenry (2) for Five total. Final Score: Chicago 11 – Elyria 2
Game #4:	This one went extra innings as Aroldis Chapman blew the save in the 9th. Chicago tossed out 9 pitchers in this game. Andrew Miller (6-2 1.79) picked up the win, Carlos Martinez got his 3rd save on the season. Kristopher Negron had a Double, Triple & 2 RBI’s. Final Score: Chicago 3 – Elyria 1
Game #5:	Chris Sale (17-4 1.42) went 7 Innings, and Aroldis Chapman picked up his 40th save in the season. Buster Posey was 2 for 3 with 3 RBI’s. Final Score: Chicago 4 – Elyria 1
Game #6:	Jenrry Mejia (4-0 3.39) went 7.2 innings and allowed only 3 Earned Runs. Dellin Betances picked up his 2nd save on the season. Andrew McCutchen was 3 for 4 with, 2 Home Runs, 3 RBI’s & 3 Runs Scored. Final Score: Chicago 6 – Elyria 3
Series Summary	Chicago gave the Indians a beating this time around, but know it’s just a matter of time before the Indians rise up again and fight back!

Yonge Street Stalkers @ Dallas Cougars
Series Preview	Two 4th place teams meet during the dog days of summer.
Game #1:	Yonge Street HR: K. CALHOUN (10), T. d’ARNAUD (7)RBI: K. CALHOUN 3(51), T. d’ARNAUD 2(29), M. ZUNINO (27), M. PRADO (38)G. COLE, W, 5- 9K. HERRERA, SOP S, 2Dallas2B: G. POLANCO (9) HR: J. GYORKO (8) RBI: J. GYORKO 2(34) SB: J. HARRISON (15) A. RIENZO, L, 2-10 Final Score: Stalkers 7, Cougars 3
Game #2:	Yonge Street 2B: D. DESCALSO (10)HR: J. HEYWARD (9)RBI: J. HEYWARD (26)T. WALKER, L, 1- 3Dallas2B: J. ABREU (26), N. HUNDLEY (9) RBI: J. ABREU 2(82), B. ROBERTS (22) SB: J. HARRISON (16) C. ANDERSON, W, 3-11 A. WARREN, SOP H, 12 J. WRIGHT, SOP H, 5 L. HAWKINS, SOP S, 28 Final Score: Cougars 3, Stalkers 2
Game #3:	Yonge Street HR: K. CALHOUN 2(12), R. TEJADA (7)RBI: K. CALHOUN 5(56), R. TEJADA (27)M. PINEDA, W, 6- 5J. PAPELBON, SOP S, 25Dallas2B: J. MAXWELL (3), J. GYORKO (14) HR: J. ABREU (25) RBI: J. ABREU 2(84) C. MARTIN, SOP BS, 2; L, 1- 2 Final Score: Stalkers 6, Cougars 3
Game #4:	Yonge Street 2B: T. d’ARNAUD (9)RBI: M. ZUNINO 2(29), D. DESCALSO (12)SF: M. ZUNINOE. ROGERS, W, 4- 6 CG 3Dallas2B: J. MAXWELL (4) J. WILLIAMS, L, 5-12 Final Score: Stalkers 3, Cougars 0
Game #5:	Yonge Street 2B: M. ZUNINO (11)HR: K. CALHOUN (13)RBI: J. HEYWARD (27), K. CALHOUN 2(58)SB: M. PRADO (2)A. BASTARDO, L, 0- 1Dallas HR: J. ABREU (26), C. RASMUS (15) RBI: J. ABREU 2(86), C. RASMUS (38), N. HUNDLEY (20) SB: G. POLANCO (13), C. COLON (1) P. COKE, W, 3- 1 Final Score: Cougars 4, Stalkers 3
Game #6:	Yonge Street 3B: K. CALHOUN (3)HR: M. PRADO (8)RBI: J. HEYWARD (28), K. CALHOUN (59), M. PRADO 2(40)J. KELLY, W, 5- 6W. SMITH, SOP H, 4J. PAPELBON, SOP S, 26 Dallas 2B: C. COLON (2) HR: J. HARRISON (10) RBI: J. HARRISON (53), L. OVERBAY (8) J. LACKEY, L, 5-14 Final Score: Stalkers 4, Cougars 2
Series Summary	Yonge Street takes the series 4 games to 2.

Pittsburgh Lumber Company @ New York Outlaws
Series Summary	Series split at 3-3

Detroit Crime @ Coconut Creek Crushers
Series Preview	Poke Sergio in the Eye
Game #1:	All Strasburg as he leads DET to a 5-0 win.
Game #2:	Back and forth game won by CCC 7-6.
Game #3:	Carrasco takes a no-hitter into the 9th. CCC breaks it up and ties the game at 1. DET prevails in 13 innings 3-1.
Game #4:	Garza firs a 3-hit shutout for a 5-0 CCC win.
Game #5:	Colon outduels Kazmir in a 2-1 CCC win.
Game #6:	Strasburg wins again as DET routs CCC 11-2.
Series Summary	An upset as rebuilding CCC battles playoff contender DET to a 3-3 split.

Grand Haven Gators @ Sacramento Capitals
Series Preview	Two bottom dwellers in the NL West gets some practice in.
Series Summary	Sacramento takes 4 of 6 games from Grand Haven behind Pujols’ 3 home runs.

Tijuana Bottle Rockets @ Hollywood Werewolves
Series Preview	A couple 100 game winners face off with a few weeks to go in the season…
Series Summary	Hollywood takes the 1st 2 games, highlighted by Cueto’s no-no in game 1. Tijuana takes the next 4.

Valdosta Snappers @ Iron City Yinzers
Series Preview	Iron City Hosted Valdosta in a 6 game series looking to play spoiler as they fight for the final wild card spot.
Game #1:	22 total hits from both teams in the game as Iron City come on top with a 5-4 victory. DJ LeMahieu went 2-4 while providing a Home Run for the Vinzers. Josh Reddick and Russell Martian also homered in the game for the Snappers
Game #2:	Valdosta took game 2 4-3 with a solid outing from Julio Teheran (8IP, 3ER, 7K 1BB).
Game #3:	Game 3 was all Phil Hughes. Hughes went the distance for the Snappers giving up just 1 run on 4 hits and 6 strikeouts. Valdosta wins 3-1
Game #4:	Tom Koehler throws an 8 inning shutout over the Snappers in game 4. Adam Eaton went 3-4 and provided the games only RBI. Iron City wins 2-0.
Game #5:	Iron City scored 5 in the 5th proving to be the difference beating Valdosta 6-3. 24 total hits between the teams was lead by Elvis Andrus going 3-4. Chris Carter hit his 41st homer in the loss to the Yinzers. Final score 6-3.
Game #6:	Valdosta evened up the series taking the final game 6-3. Adeiny Hechavarria went 3-5 for the Snappers in the lead off position. Craig Kimbrel tossed a scoreless 9th to earn his 34th save of the season. He has an impressive 0.61 ERA.

Southbend Lynx @ Traverse City Crusaders
Series Preview	A battle between Southbend & T.C., two teams in the middle of the A.L. West pack.
Game #1:	Southbend 1, Traverse City 0 Eduardo Escobar’s sac fly is the difference in this one. Derek Holland pitches 7 innings of two-hit, scoreless ball with 6 K’s for his first win of the season. Tyler Skaggs pitched good again, allowing 1 ER & 5 hits in 7 innings, falls to 6-4, despite 2.33 ERA for the season.
Game #2:	Traverse City 3, Southbend 2 (14 Innings) Walk-off HR for Danny Santana (#9) off of Brad Brach. Game went to extras with blown save by Luke Gregerson, due to two-run double by pinch-hitter John Jaso of Southbend.Dale Thayer picks up the win.
Game #3:	Southbend 5, Traverse City 3 Michael Morse’s three-run HR in top of 5th was the damage to the Crusaders. Eric Stults improves his record to 8-14, with 7 K’s, allowing 3 ER in 6.2 innings. Yovani Gallardo didn’t have his stuff today, falls to 12-11 with 3.57 ERA.
Game #4:	Traverse City 5, Southbend 4 Danny Santana was the star, going 2-for-4, run & 2 RBI. Sam Freeman picks up the win in relief, as Crusaders score three runs in bottom of 7th. Luke Gregerson picks up his 28th save of the season.
Game #5:	Southbend 6, Traverse City 1 It just has not been Travis Wood’s season, as he falls to 1-14, sporting a 7.56 ERA. Jed Lowrie went 3-for-4 for the Lynx.
Game #6:	Southbend 6, Traverse City 3 Derek Holland (2-0) defeats Tyler Skaggs (6-5) again. Holland still pitched a good game, allowing 3 ER in 8 innings with 9 K’s — Skaggs was roughed up a bit.Danny Santana went 2-for-4, HR, 2B & a RBI. His HR was his 10th of the season.
Series Summary	Southbend wins the last two, to make it a 4-2 series victory.

Motor City Muscle @ Manhattan Project
Series Preview	The cream of the AL East— thin cream.
Game #1:	Motor City 6-2 WP=Grimm LP=Worley
Game #2:	Manhattan 6-4 WP=Sipp LP=Volquez (in relief)
Game #3:	Manhattan 4-1 WP=Tanaka LP=Buckner SV=RzepczynskiINJURY=GARY SANCHEZ 9 DAYS Eff 9/3
Game #4:	Manhattan 2-1 WP=Duffy LP=Volquez SV=Street
Game #5:	Manhattan 3-2 WP=Beckett LP=Chavez SV=Allen
Game #6:	Manhattan 11-0 WP=Porcello LP=Straily INJURY W. RAMOS -C- 12 DAYS Eff 9/6
Series Summary	Manhattan takes series 5-1. Only one blowout, the rest are all close, two games by a single run. Good pitching by both teams

Virginia Sluggers @ Fremont Cannons
Game #1:	Juan Nicasio helped Fremont to a 2-1 lead in the 5th. The Cannons handed the ball over in the sixth to R.J Alvarez, who failed to get an out while walking three and hitting a batter. In the seventh, Josh Fields hits Aramis Ramirez with a pitch and gets tossed, but Ramirez will be out 15 days. With Fields out, Fremont brings in Chad Qualls who hits Ryan Flaherty with a pitch and also gets ejected. Flaherty is lost for 20 games. For good measure, Pedro Strop also hits a Virginia batter in the ninth and is ejected, but no injury this time. 7-2 Sluggers.
Game #2:	Both pitchers go the distance, but Scherzer tops Taylor Jordan 1-0 for the Virginia win.
Game #3:	Stanton hits his 34th as Virginia takes this 6-3. Markakis is ejected for arguing balls and strikes, and both teams see players injured as Virginia loses Michael Bourn for 10 days and Fremont loses Chris Hatcher for 6.
Game #4:	De la Rosa picks up the win to go to 7-13 for Virginia as they win a close one 2-1. Buehrle falls to 14-13 on the year.
Game #5:	Fremont finally wins one 1-0, as Kyle Kendrick goes eight scoreless.
Game #6:	Cosart lasts only 1.2 IP in his return from the DL as Virginia takes the finale 5-2.
Series Summary	The Sluggers take the series 5-1 in Fremont, despite 45 days of injuries being dealt.