2016 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #2

Coming off a nice solid week #1 the Solar Sox head into the Windy City of Chicago to take on the Mobsters in a seven game set.

Chicago went Home Run Crazy knocking out 6 of them. Dexter Fowler, Devon Travis, Buster Posey, Andrew McCutchen, Josh Reddick & Andrelton Simmons. Eddie Butler (0-2 11.88) took a pounding giving up 10 Earned.
Final Score: Chicago 11 – Mesa 5

Felix Hernandez (3-0 0.45) went 8.1 allowing 1 Earned Run. Ryan Raburn was 2 for 4 with 2 RBI’s for Chicago.
Final Score: Chicago 6 – Mesa 2

Chris Sale (1-1 1.89) went 6, followed by the tough Mobster Bullpen of Betances, Davis & Chapman (Save #2). Justin Turner was 2 for 4 with 1 Home Run & 1 RBI’s.
Final Score: Chicago 4 – Mesa 1

Noah Snydergaard (1-1 4.91) wins his first MWBL Game by going 7.1 Innings. Miller, Davis Chapman (Save #3) close it out. Buster Posey Homers for Chicago.
Final Score: Chicago 3 – Mesa 1

Ian Kennedy (3-0 0.42) is masterful for the Solar Sox. Ben Paulsen & Alcides Escobar have RBI’s for Mesa.
Final Score: Mesa 2 – Chicago 1

Aaron Sanchez (2-0 5.06) goes 5 Innings, Arquimedes Caminero, Andrew Miller, Ryan Tepera & Drew Verhagen hold it down in a blowout.
Final Score: Chicago 8 – Mesa 0

Feliz Hernandez (4-0 0.67) gets the nod and the win pitching 7 Inning allowing 1 Run. Davis & Betances hold the lead. Devon Travis is 3 for 5 with 3 RBI’s. Luis Valbuena is 3 for 4 with 3 Runs Scored & 2 RBI’s.
Final Score: Chicago 9 – Mesa 3

Chicago put a hurting on the Solar Sox & can now look ahead to the mighty Detroit squad they take on next week. Mesa stays on the road heading to the Big Apple to take on Manhattan

Sacramento takes 5 of 7 from visiting Valdosta.

The Atmosphere in Detroit’s historic Corktown was electric as the day was finally here. The Cycle have found their new home in the MWBL. The Long Beach Dirt Bags will be the first team to visit Corktown.

Robbie Ray took the mound on opening day for the Cycle. He fed on the energy of the home crowd and went the distance striking out 13 Dirt Bags. Dan Haren was lifted after just 2 innings and 6 earned runs. The place exploded when team captain Eric Hosmer blasted a 3 run shot in the 2nd.

Corktown wins 6-1

W.R Ray 1-1
L. D. Haren 0-2

An unlikely hero emerged for the Cycle in game 2. Down 3 in the bottom of the 7th Josh Phegley hit a 3 run shot to tie the game. Cunningham regained the lead in the 9th with a sac fly for Long Beach, but it was Phegley once again in the bottom of the 9th with his 2nd game tying HR. This was one of the solo  variety taking this game to extras. DJ Lemahieu lead the 10th off with a triple and Rios drove him in with a base hit to take the game.

Corktown 6-5 (10)
W. Shreve 1-0
L.Belisle 0-1

Corktown was able to shake off 3 errors by their infielders as their offense posted 13 hits in a victory.

Corktown 4-2
W.Koehler 2-1
L. Jimenez 0-2
S Shreve 1

Jon Lester was determined to end the skid for the Dirt Bags as he went the distance in game 4 striking out 9 Cycle along the way.

Long Beach 6-2
W. Lester 1-1
L. DeSclafani 1-1

Long Beach started to feel the momentum as JD Martinez homered for the 2nd consecutive game for another Dirt Bag win.

Long Beach 7-3
W.Fires 2-1
L. Colome 1-1
S.Hughes 1

Robbie Ray was at it again throwing four no hit innings for Corktown. But down 1 in the 7th the Dirt Bags posted a 5 spot in the inning by hitting everything the Cycle threw at them with base hit after base hit.

Long Beach 6-4
W.Haren 1-2
L.Ray 1-2

After dropping the 1st 3, the Dirt Bags fought back to tie the series at 3. 3-3 Series

It’s a beautiful day in Long Valley, NJ for the Nor’easters home opener. Will Columbus spoil the day for Jersey.

Columbus sends prize rookie Luis Severino to the mound against Tim Lincecum. The Explorers score four in the 3rd add another in the 6th on a Matt Carpenter homer and shut out the Nor’easters 5-0.

Martin Perez makes his Jersey debut and despite early homers by Jay Bruce and Howie Kendrick it’s all Columbus. Josh Tomlin pitches a strong game for Columbus and they win 6-2.

Mike Montgomery makes his Jersey debut and again despite Jay Bruce’s 3-run homer in the 1st inning it’s Columbus coming out on top 8-6. Ben Revere goes 5-5 for the Explorers.

Matt Carpenter has 3 hits, 3 RBI and a homer for Columbus as they hang on to win 7-6.

JA Happ pitches a no-hitter for Columbus winning the game 3-0.

In a rematch of game 1 Luis Severino again beats Tim Lincecum 9-3 Matt Carpenter hits his 4th homer of the young year for Columbus.

It’s going to be a long year for Jersey as they get swept by Columbus 6-0.

Two expansion teams of a few years back meet up in Bethesda to knock heads for seven games.

Garret Richards and the Wheat Kings shut down the Bandicoots offense yet again as the Clovis hurler went the distance with 14 strikeouts in a 6-2 win. The Wheat Kings pounced on Bethesda starter Sonny Gray chasing him after just three innings with homers by Nolan Arenado, Marlon Byrd and Brandon Crawford. Brandon Belt added three hits for Clovis and drove in a pair of runs. Jose Iglesias had a pair of hits and two RBIs for Bethesda.
FINAL: Clovis 6, Bethesda 2
WIN: G.Richards (2-0)
SAVE: none
LOSS: S.Gray (0-1)
HR: CWK: N.Arenado (4), B.Crawford (2), M.Byrd 2(3); BET: none

The Bandicoots bitch-slapped Matt Harvey for a little more than five innings, scoring six times as they cruised to a 7-1 win over Clovis. Travis Shaw came a triple away from hitting for the cycle, scoring three times and driving in two to lead the Bethesda offense. Marlon Byrd accounted for all the Clovis scoring with his third homer of the series – this one off Bethesda righty Erasmo Ramirez who gave up just two hits in six innings.
FINAL: Bethesda 7, Clovis 1
WIN: E.Ramirez (2-0)
SAVE: none
LOSS: M.Harvey (1-2)
HR: CWK: M.Byrd (4); BET: D.Peralta (3), T.Shaw (2)

Francisco Liriano outduelled Jake Arrieta for the second time in the series and once again runs were scarce for both sides with Clovis coming out on top 2-1 in a game that had all of four hits in it. Nelson Cruz accounted for all of the Clovis runs with a two-run homer in the 1st inning with only Nolan Arenado also  getting a hit off Arrieta. Alex Rodriguez homered for Bethesda for its scoring.

FINAL: Clovis 2, Bethesda 1
WIN: F.Liriano (3-0)
SAVE: B.Ziegler (3)
LOSS: J.Arrieta (1-2)
HR: CWK: N.Cruz (6); BET: A.Rodriguez (1)

Alex Rodriguez continued his mini-surge with a double and triple and two RBIs to help lift the Bandicoots to a 6-2 win in the series finale. Marlon Byrd homered again for Clovis … what’s with this guy? Garret Richards only lasted two innings for Clovis giving up five runs on four hits and three walks.
FINAL: Bethesda 6, Clovis 2
WIN: S.Gray (1-1)
SAVE: none
LOSS: G.Richards (2-1)
HR: CWK: M.Byrd (5); BET: A.Ethier (3)

A very hard-fought series with some really killer performances by Francisco Liriano, Nolan Arenado Marlon Byrd and Nelson Cruz for Clovis.

The real good (Detroit) vs The pretty bad (Southbend).

A laugher as Deroit scores 13 runs in first 3 innings on their way to a 23-3 route. Detroit hit 6 HRs with Harper having 2 of them.
DET 23, SBL 3

Detroit scores only 3 in the first 2 innings, is held in check somewhat through 6 innings. In the 7th Detroit scores 5 and puts the game away. Another HR for Harper and Morales.
DET 12, SBL 4

The only game the SBL had a chance in. SBL were actually up 7-5 going into the 7th, but Brach and Osuna couldn’t hold off Detroit who put 2 up in the 7th and 2 more in the 8th. In the DET 7th SBL Brach was wild and a few walks along with a Corporan interference loaded the bases, DET Jones hit into a rbi-FC and after a Maybin walk, Peralta tied it with a rbi-1b. In the DET 8th Harper drew a walk and Machado crushed a 2-run HR for the winning hit.
DET 9, SBL 7

DET Bumgarner is dominant only giving up an unearned run on 3 hits while fanning 6 and only walking 1 in 8IP. After SBL tied the game in the 4th, Fielder hit a solo-HR in the 6th for the DET lead. DET iced the game in the 9th with 3 runs on a bases loaded rbi-1b by Harper followed a few batters later by a bases loaded 2-run 1b by Morales.
DET 5, SBL 1

DET Kazmir is solid through 6 giving up only 2 runs. The DET offense continues to pummel the SBL pitching as the put 7 runs on the board. DET scored 6 runs in the first 3 innings and coasted the rest of the way. DET doesn’t hit any HRs this game but does add 4 doubles along with 5 1bs all bunched together in the early innings for their runs. SBL bullpen is respectable this game but it was way too late.
DET 7, SBL 2

DET comes down to earth offensively this game, but their pitching rises to the occasion. Nola goes 5.2 scoreless innings and the bullpen does the rest as Villanueva, Benoit, and Britton keep the SBL hitters in check. DET runs come off a Zobrist rbi-2b in the 3rd (Fielder scores of all people) and a Jones sac fly in the 8th.
DET 2, SBL 0

The powerful Detroit Crime dominate the Southbend Lynx and sweep the series.

Too poor teams playing out a 6 game 6 series.

Panda homers and Gibson win 4-2 Selkirk

Jeff “the monster”Mathis his a 3 run homer Lohse and Grand Haven wins 5-2

Collmeter gets the start and Murphy homers Sel 7 GH 4

Alvarez pitches a gem Selkirk wins 5-1 and Souza homers.

Grand haven gets a grewat start from Morton and Conforto homers. GH 2 Sel 1

Farmer throws a 1 hitter as Grand haven wins 7-0

It ended up being an interesting series and Farmers near no hitter highlighted the series, It ends up being a split

Battle of teams contending for early round draft picks.

3 CCC errors plus an ace-like pitching performance from Matt Boyd, give SWD an easy 4-1 win.

3 more CCC errors but without the loss this time. Took 11 innings for the punchless fest to end. CCC wins 3-2.

SWD grade 3 ace Kendry Flores tosses 6 scoreless and leaves with 6-0 lead. His bullpen almost coughed it up, but not quite. SWD wins 6-5.

Jesse Hahn gives a glimpse of what Crusher fans hope is to come in future years. He outduels Zimmerman in a 4-1 CCC win.

Garza comes out strong. Once he got a lead however, the wheels started coming off. Fortunately the Crusher bullpen was strong and saved the 5-3 CCC win.

Heaney pitches well but doesn’t get any support. Pena in relief, gets the support and notches his 2nd win of the series. Rondon gets his 2nd save of the series as CCC edges SWD 4-3.

CCC comes back to take the series 4-2.

The Stalkers roared back from the disappointing 1st series @ DET. YSS took all 6 with only 1 game really close. Joltin’ Joe Kelly and Gerit Cole both fanned 15 in their starts. Pineda K’d 13, Taijuan Walker 11. Big Game James Shields “only” fanned 9, but it was in a 2H shutout. Poor Shelby Miller opened theseries with a poor 7 K effort. Holy S%&#…The Cannons seemed to be fond of the swing & miss.

MCM visits TIJ and takes 4 of 6

Hollywood should have swept, but Anthony Rizzo’s grand Slam off the faltering bullpen in the 9th gets Virginia their only win of the series while wasting a Kershaw victory. Hollywood takes 6 of 7

New York 5  Triple Creek 2

Tempe takes the first four games, but Pittsburgh rebounds to take the final two games.

27 active Cougars hit Manhattan looking for some action.

Manhattan 5-4
WP=Fernandez
SV=Sipp
LP=Warren
Manhattan scores 5 unanswered runs by the 6th inning, Cougars spend
the rest of the game trying to catch up. They almost do.

Cougars 4-3
WP=Lackey
SV=Alvarez
LP=Duffy
Francour has 2 RBI’s.
Harrison and Pollock 1 RBI each.

Manhattan 7-0
WP=Porcello, 2-0 on the season
LP=Alvarez
Manhattan scores 4 quick runs against Alvarez in the 2nd inning.
Porcello throws 9 K’s and 0 BB’s and the
Cougars continue to be shut out the rest of the way.

Cougars 6-3
WP=Guthrie, 1-1 on the season
SV=Keuchel
LP=Medlen
Rasmus and Gyorko, 3 RBI’s each.
(At this point in the series, Manhattan runs out of outfielders, a disadvantage.)

Cougars 6 -2
WP=Norris, 1-1 on the season
LP=Smyly, 0-3 on the season
Hundley and Pollock, 2 RBI’s each
Smyly, 7 K’s in a lost cause

Manhattan 4-1
WP=Fernandez, 3-0 on the season
SV=Sipp
LP=Warren
Projects rides to the win on Fernandez’s 8 K’s, 1 BB.

Cougars 2-0
WP=Lackey, 3-0 on the season
LP=Duffy, 1-2 on the season

Cougars=4
Manhattan=3