2016 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #25

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
TROUT,Mike	MCM AL	.458	.833	6	24	11	0	0	3	5	9	5	2	0	0	2	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
HAMMEL,Jason	HOL AL	2	2	0	0	0.60	15	1	1	7	19	2	0	0	0	0	0

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
PEDROIA,Dustin	LBD NL	.400	1.050	5	20	8	1	0	4	7	11	1	1	0	0	0	1

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
WACHA,Michael	PIT NL	2	2	0	0	0.64	14	1	1	12	14	4	0	0	0	1	1

Coconut Creek Crushers @ Southwest Detroit Fighting Chihuahuas
Series Summary	Coconut Creek takes 5/6 at Southwest Detroit.

Chicago Mobsters @ Mesa Solar Sox
Series Preview	Chicago headed to Mesa trying to keep alive the chance to win the American League Central. Much will fall on what Detroit does as home vs. Southbend.
Game #1:	Aaron Sanchez (8-3 3.44) gets the Win. Josh Donaldson has 2 Doubles and 2 RBI’s. Final Score: Chicago 5 – Mesa 0
Game #2:	Felix Hernandez (25-4 2.00) Improves his chance at the American League Cy Young Award. Devon Travis is 3 for 5 with 2 RBI’s. Buster Posey Homers & has 3 RBI’s. Solo shots by J.D. Martinez & Dexter Fowler give Chicago a big win. Final Score: Chicago 11 – Mesa 3
Game #3:	Carlos Martinez (18-4 2.38) improves on his solid season for the Mobsters. Aroldis Chapman closes the door on Mesa in the 9th for his 45th Save on the season. Final Score: Chicago 3 – Mesa 2
Game #4:	Rookie Noah Snydergaard (11-6 3.56) picks up the win. Scooter Gennett is 3 for 5 with 2 RBI’s in the nine hole for Chicago. Josh Donaldson is 3 for 4 with 2 RBI’s. Final Score: Chicago 11 – Mesa 2
Game #5:	Adam Wainwright (2-1 4.06) finishes out his year with a Quality Start. Devon Travis has 3 RBI’s as so does J.D. Martinez for the Mobsters. Final Score: Chicago 10 – Mesa 2
Game #6:	Tyler Wagner (7-10 5.22) is very impressive for the Solar Sox, going 7.2 Innings allowing on 1 Earned Run. Carson Smith picks up his 20th Save on the Season. Todd Frazier Homers and lifts Mesa to the win. Final Score: Mesa 2 – Chicago 1
Series Summary	Chicago wins the series 5 games to 1, and hopes the Lynx of Southbend can win at least 2 or 3 in Detroit.

New York Outlaws @ Triple Creek Patriots
Series Preview	Two teams whose players are ready for the off-season to begin.
Game #1:	Beltran drills 2 HRs and drives in 3 to lead the Outlaws to victory. Parra goes 2-5 with a long ball as well. NYO 6 TCP 4WP: Perkins (4) LP: Wood SV: Jansen (26)
Game #2:	David Ortiz sends out 2 solo shots and Vogt adds a 2-run job as New York wins back to back games 6-4. Teams combine for 21 hits as each starter allows 10. WP: Boyer (2) LP: Gonzalez SV: Jansen (27)
Game #3:	No runs for either squad after regulation as Vogelsong and Graveman were both on their games. An itchy Rodney enters the game for the Outlaws in the 11th as a grade 1 and gives up game winning hit to Brantley. NYO 0 TCP 1WP: Reed LP: Rodney SV: None
Game #4:	Outlaws take a 3-1 lead into the 8th when Boyer comes on in relief. Trayce Thompson quickly blasts a 2-run dinger off him to tie it up. The Patriots plate one in the 9th off Rodney to tie the series 2-2. NYO 3 TCP 4WP: Broxton (6) LP: Rodney SV: None
Game #5:	Both starters go 6 innings and the Patriots lead after 8, 3-2. Frias and Reed hold down the fort in the 9th and Triple Creek wins their 3rd in a row. NYO 2 TCP 3WP: De La Rosa (4) LP: Hamels SV: Reed (16)
Game #6:	Buchanan tosses 8 shutout innings for New York as the Outlaws cruise to an easy 5-0 victory. WP: Buchanan (3) LP: Wood SV: None
Series Summary	New York and Triple Creek split 3-3.

Tempe Tempers @ Pittsburgh Lumber Company
Series Preview	Tempe looks to build momentum heading into the playoffs while Pittsburgh trys to finish the season strong with a winning record.
Game #1:	Pittsburgh jumped on Iwakuma in the 1st for four runs and then on Cain in the 2nd for five runs. Wacha tossed seven strong shutout innings for the win. Tempe used 17 different pitchers during the game. Pittsburgh 10-3
Game #2:	The Lumber Company scored three runs in the 1st and knocked Cueto out of the game after two innings. However, Tempe finally figured out Hutchison in the 4th and 5th inning scoring eight total runs. Casher worked the final five innings for the save. Tempe 9-7
Game #3:	Chris Davis crushed a three run home run in the 1st. A Lucroy two run shot in the 4th made it closer, but Tempe got the the two runs back in the 5th. Chen finally ran out of gas in the 8th, but Clippard bailed him out of the save. Tempe 5-4
Game #4:	Tempe broke open a 1-1 tie in the 6th with four runs. Cespedes went 3-5 with two RBI and Gomez hit a two run homerun. Iwakuma went seven innings for the win. Tempe 7-2
Game #5:	This was all Tempe as they pounded out 18 hits and 13 runs. Tempe 13-3
Game #6:	The Lumber Company put up six runs in the first 3.1 innings which was more than enough as a Wacha pitched another seven inning gem Suarez hit a two run homerun and drove in three runs. Chris Davis hit his 3rd and 4th homeruns of the series in the losing cause. Pittsburgh 7-3
Series Summary	Only one of the six games was really close as most games saw lopsided scores by the 5th or 6th inning. Wacha and Chris Davis made strong showings for Pitcher and Hitter of the week.

Southbend Lynx @ Detroit Crime
Series Summary	Detroit sweeps series over Southbend.

Manhattan Project @ Dallas Cougars
Series Preview	The Dallas Cougars enter this series in 1st place having clinched their first division title and looking forward to their first playoff appearance as a franchise. On the AL leader boards they enter this series 2nd in batting at .276, second in homers with 180, 3rd in runs scored, number two in slugging, second best in steals with 114,and 4th in on base percentage. Ooverall they now stand at 104 wins and 46 losses at home their record now 54 and 21.For the Manhattan Project playing at about .500 recent, their record now 77 wins and 73 losses. Their road record is 34 and 41 and their 27 games behind Dallas in the AL East in 3rd place.Player notables:Dallas Keuchel – first in wins, 4th in ERA, 4th in strikeouts, and 4th in IP. John Lackey – 5th in wins Gregory Polanco – 38 straight games without a miscue A.J. Pollock – 2nd in batting, 7th in OBP, 3rd in Hits, 2nd in RBI, 2nd in steals, leading in multiple hit games with 56, first in power speed rating, and 144 errorless game streak good for 2nd best in the AL. Jose Abreu – 6th in hitting, 3rd in slugging, 6th in Hits, 5th in RBI, and 6th in homers. He has a 8 game hitting streak Mark Lowe – 2nd in saves and 42 straight savesAvisail Garcia – 86 consecutive games without an error Freddie Freeman – 39 consecutive games without an error Kyle Seager – 5th in doubles and in intentional walks with 7
Game #1:	DAL Dallas Keuchl L (24-2 1.88 229 IP) – 12 wins in a row MAN Danny Duffy L (11-7 3.05 153 IP) – won his last two startsIn the bottom of the first Justin Maxwell leads off with his 4th homer of the year to give Dallas a 1-0 lead, but Avisail Garcia would tie the game with two outs in the third with his 18th homer of the year. Manhattan did their best to stay in the game throwing Nick Franklin out at home in the sixth inning, but after the Cougars loaded the bases with two outs Joaquin Arias drove home two with a single. Final Score: Dallas 3, Manhattan 1
Game #2:	DAL Adam Warren R (10-4 2.69 124 IP) – He can string the K’s together MAN Vance Worley R (4-6 4.46 80 IP) – a control pitcher walking only 2.45 batters per nine inningsBack to back doubles by Tyler Collins and Blake Swihart gave Dallas the lead 1-0 in the third. Swihart would score on a Josh Harrison single. One out later after SB Harrison would score on an Abreu single. Colby Rasmus would close out the scoring in the inning with a 2 run homer, his 23rd of the season. After three complete Dallas leads 5-0. The Cougars would get three more runs in the 4th inning as they coasted to victory. Aaron Hill got the lone Project run with a solo homer in the 7th. Rookie catcher Blake Swihart goes 4 for 4 with a walk for Dallas. Final Score: Dallas 8, Manhattan 1
Game #3:	DAL John Lackey R (19-8 3.12 210 IP) – lost his last two starts MAN Alfredo Simon R (6-7 4.73 83 IP)In the bottom of the first Abreu starts the scoring by doubling home a run for Dallas. The Cougars would add two more runs in the third. Kelby Tomlinson singled home one run and later in the inning he would score all the way from first base on a hit and run single from Pollock. Yangervis Solarte would hit his 23rd homer of the year in the 4th and it was more than enough for John Lackey to get his 20th win. Lackey and the bullpen combined to allow only two hits while punching out 8.Final Score: Dallas 5, Manhattan 0
Game #4:	DAL Patrick Corbin L (10-2 2.24 96 IP) – Five quality outings in a row MAN Kevin Jepsen R ( 3-3 1.82 74 IP) – Third start of the seasonThis time Manhattan scores first as Garcia singles home a run in the third – his 120th hit of the year. The Project add a run when Austin Jackson hits 9th homer of the year with two outs in the 4th. Dallas gets one run back in the home half of the 4th on a solo home run by Solarte and then the Cougars would tie it later in the same inning single by Swihart. Dallas would take the lead in the 7th on Pollock’s 22nd homer of the year, but that advantage was short lived when Kyle Seager stepped up with the bases loaded in the top of the 8th, “Infield back at double play depth … the runners take their lead … now the delivery and he tags this one right on the button … deep to straightaway center that could be trouble … POLLOCK racing back … big trouble … that ball is gone! a grand salami … and they’re going to have quite a party at home plate SEAGER will circle the bases … for Seager his 23rd home run. Final Score: Manhattan 6, Dallas 4
Game #5:	DAL Chase Anderson R (6-7 4.56 120 IP) – eleven straight innings without yielding a run MAN Rick Porcello R (13-12 3.77 186 IP) – a strikeout pitcherManhattan opens the scoring in the first on a sac fly by Seager – his 89th RBI. Later in the inning Matt Holliday delivers a two-out ribbie-single. Then a Dallas error led to the Project’s third run on a single by Hill. After the first inning Chase Anderson was able to settle down the rest of the game. He was helped by a big bottom of 2nd. Nick Hundley started the comeback with a ribbie-single and he would score when the next hitter, Miguel Rojas tripled. Later in the inning Gregor Blanco would double home a run to give the Cougars the lead at 4-3. Blanco would then score on a single by Nick Franklin and Dallas had completed turning a three run deficit into a two run lead at 5-3. Final Score: Dallas 6, Manhattan 3
Game #6:	DAL Dallas Keuchel L (25-2 1.83 236 IP) – 13 straight wins, a control pitcher he’s allowed only 1.98 walks per nine innings MAN Vance Worley R (4-7 5.04 84 IP)In the bottom of the third Blanco signals home a run for Dallas. The Project would tie the game in the 4th on a double by Bryan Holaday. Rasmus would give lead back to Dallas in the bottom of the 4th with a two run line drive home run(24). Jake Elmore would get the Project closer in the 5th with his first home run of the season. It also happened to be his 50th hit of the year. However any thought of taking down Keuchel went away after back to back homers by Jed Gyorko and Abreu in the 5th.Final Score: Dallas 5, Manhattan 2
Series Summary	Dallas closes out their home schedule by going 5 and 1 against Manhattan.

Hollywood Werewolves @ Virginia Sluggers
Series Preview	Hollywood is cruising,…Virginia’s still losing.
Game #1:	HOL 4-1 Hammel (17-4) and company only allow 4 hits. J.Rollins goes 2-3 with 2 RBI. C.Yelich injured for 7 days.
Game #2:	HOL 9-5 Kershaw (20-7) gets win #20. Rollins and Plouffe go deep.
Game #3:	HOL 7-5 M.Cabrera, 4-4 2 runs 2 RBI and W.Castillo, 2-4 2 runs 4 RBI and a homer, muscle up and give A.Conley (4-5) the win.
Game #4:	HOL 4-3 Goldschimdt and C.Gonzalez homer and Price (22-6) adds to his win column.
Game #5:	HOL 5-4 J.Rollins hits 10th inning blast to give HOL another win over hapless Virginia. VIR’s G.Springer injured and out for the year.
Game #6:	HOL 3-0 Castillo, Gordon, and Plouffe get solo shots and Hammel (18-4) throws CG 3-hit shut-out and K’s 9.
Series Summary	Hollywood sweeps.

Bethesda Bandicoots @ Clovis Wheat Kings
Series Preview	Couple of playoff bound teams hook up for a 6 game tune up.
Game #1:	Wheat Kings get to Arrieta and then pounce on the Bandicoot bullpen for a 7-3 win.
Game #2:	Martin doubles in a pair to put Clovis on top 5-3.
Game #3:	Colabello triples in a pair in the 8th to give Bethesda their first win, 4-3.
Game #4:	Crawford smacks a grand salami in the first to give Clovis a big lead. Bethesda kept chipping away but never quite caught up. Wheat Kings 6-4.
Game #5:	Wheat Kings go nuts at the plate for 14 runs as Liriano cruises to his 16th win, 14-4
Game #6:	Bethesda returns the favor with 6 in the first for Arrieta who cruises to the 9+1 win for his 16th win.
Series Summary	Clovis takes 4 of 6. Arenado and Drew each hammered 3 homers.

Sacramento Capitals @ Valdosta Snappers
Series Preview	First place Capitals visit Valdosta.
Game #1:	Valdosta 4-1. Julio Teheran improves to 17-8 and is backed up with homers from Josh Hamilton (6) and Kurt Suzuki (8). Kimbrel saves #28.
Game #2:	Sacramento 1-0. Salazar improved to 18-7 and Wisler was the tough luck loser again (3-10, 3.36).
Game #3:	Sacramento 3-1 (14 Innings). Kelly Johnson’s 14th inning HR off of Luis Avilian was the game winner for the Capitals. Luke Gregerson improved to 8-0 out of the pen.
Game #4:	Valdosta 3-0. Phil Hughes pitched into the 8th and Miguel Sano hit a pair of HR’s off of Greinke as the Snappers win.
Game #5:	Valdosta 6-5. Snappers committed 4 errors but a pair of 3 run HR’s proved to be the difference. Kimbrel saves #30.
Game #6:	Sacramento 7-2. Teheran was rocked for 7 runs in 1 1/13 IP as the Capitals cruise to the win.
Series Summary	Valdosta got some great pitching to keep pace with the Caps and earn a split of the 6 game set.

Corktown Cycle @ Long Beach Dirt Bags
Series Summary	Long Beach takes 5 of 6 from Corktown.

Tijuana Bottle Rockets @ Motor City Muscle
Series Preview	TIJ @ MCM for 6 games
Game #1:	TIJ 6 – MCM 4 WP: Nelson LP: Bassitt SV: Roark HR: MCM–Trout, Loney; TIJ–Bautista, Weeks Bautista’s three RBI help TIJ take this one. Four two-run HRs account for all but two of the runs in the game. The other two scored on FC.
Game #2:	MCM 6 – TIJ 4 WP: Rosenthal LP: Roark HR: MCM–Young, Castellanos TIJ came back late from a 3-1 deficit to take a 4-3 lead. MCM answered with three runs in the ninth, capped by Castellanos’s walk-off two-run HR.
Game #3:	MCM 2 – TIJ 1 WP: Ramos LP: Bailey (CG) HR: MCM–Trout; TIJ–Butler Zimmermann cruised for eight innings but Ramos blew the save by giving up a game tying solo shot by Butler in the ninth. Trout took him off the hook and gave him the win with a lead-off solo shot of his own in the bottom of the ninth. Bailey deserved a better fate for his strong complete game effort.
Game #4:	MCM 16 – TIJ 1 WP: de grom LP: Zito HR: MCM–Ruf, Panik, C. Young, Trout This one got real ugly real quick. MCM scored seven in the first, and scored in every inning through the sixth. Mike Trout went 4-5 with a HR, 5 RBI, and 2 runs.
Game #5:	MCM 3 – TIJ 2 WP: Ramos LP: Layne HR: MCM–Castellanos; TIJ–Odor TIJ took a 1-0 lead on a Lamb RBI single in the 4th. Castellanos put MCM in front with a two-run bomb in the seventh, but Roughned Odor tied it up sith a solo HR in the eighth. Aybar won it for MCM with his RBI single into the corner in the 11th. Third walk-off win for MCM in the series.
Game #6:	MCM 2 – TIJ 0 WP: Bassitt (CG) LP: Nelson (CG) HR: MCM–Castellanos, Moss Bassitt shut down TIJ, scattering three hits. Nelson pitched almost as well, but gave up two solo HRs.
Series Summary	MCM takes the series 5 games to 1 Mike Trout hit .458, with 3 HR, 9 RBI, and 5 runs. Nick Castellanos hit .285 with 3 HR, 6 RBI, and 5 runs. Ramos had two relief wins for MCM. Nelson and Bailey both pitched well for TIJ, with only one win between them to show for it. TIJ scored 10 runs in the first two games, then managed only a total of four in the next four games. With a playoff spot guaranteed and no way to win the division, MCM is glad to get through the series with no injuries.

Jersey Nor’easters @ Columbus Explorers
Series Preview	The Jersey Nor’easters blow into Columbus hoping to catch the Explorers down after last week’s thrashing by the evil empire (Tempe). Pitching was good but hitting no existent. How will the Nor’easters fare this week?
Game #1:	Well the Explorers got 10 hits and homers from Blackmon (22) and Carpenter (36) to get an easy 6-1 win. JNE 1- 5-0 LP Johnson (0-2) COL 6-10-1 WP Santana (11-5)
Game #2:	But not so fast on any ideas of a sweep. Columbus up 3-0 through 4 when Happ gives up a 2 run shot to Bruce (28). Then he gives up 2 more in the 6th as Jersey takes the 4-3 lead. But Happ is helped out in the 6th as Columbus gets 2 more, but then O’Day and Chafin can’t hold it as Jersey plates 2 in the 8th to win the game. JNE 6- 8-0 WP Boxberger (4-6) S Hendriks (29) COL 5-11-0 LP O’Day (6-1) BS Chafin (6)
Game #3:	The Whopping sticks came out for this one as Columbus cruises to a 10-1 lead (a NINE RUN 5th didn’t hurt) through 6. Jersey scores single runs in the 7th, 8th and 9th offset by a Columbus 3 spot in the 7th for a 13-4 finale. Kendrick (9) and Excobar (12) homer for Jersey, Zimmerman (8) and Desmond (11) – his a grand slam, he also went 4 for 4, homer for Columbus. JNE 4-11-1 LP Perez (2-9) COL 13-13-1 WP Dickey (13-10)
Game #4:	Explorers again cruise to easy 10-2 victory. Gillaspie gets knocked out game while fielding a ball and will miss he rest of the season. Gregorius homers (9) in the losing effort – Rusin AGAIN surprises with a 3 hitter through 6. Can a 3 grade starter be pushing for a post season start? JNE 2- 6-1 LP Hand (3-3) COL 10-15-1 WP Rusin (10-1)
Game #5:	The Explorer bullpen has been somewhat remarkable – but are they intentionally blowing saves to get wins? 3-0 top of the 9th, Milone tossing a NO-HITTER. Leadoff batter doubles. So Milone leaves and Rodriguez comes in to pitch. A walk and two more doubles and the game is tied. Columbus uses the small ball approach in the bottom of the 9th to win but Milone’s great effort went for naught (should have kept him in there). Gregorius HBP will miss 2 days, Coghlan crashes a wall and will miss tomorrow. JNE 3-3-2 LP Hendriks (4-3) COL 4-9-1 WP Rodriguez (9-0), BS (4)
Game #6:	No blown save but no decision for starter McCullers as he gives up 4 runs (on 6 hits) – Murphy 2 run HR (18) and Montero 2 run HR (4). Columbus stays close with Blackmon driving in 1 in the 1st and hitting 2 run HR (23) in 3rd. Choo ties it with 2 run HR (20) in 8th and then and error and small ball gets Columbus the winner in the 9th. JNE 4- 6-3 LP Velasquez (0-3) BS Shaw (4) COL 5-10-0 WP O’Day (7-1)
Series Summary	Columbus creeps closer to clinching the division with the final week at home for tune-ups and champagne against Selkirk. Jersey goes home to hast the Outlaws.

Fremont Cannons @ Yonge Street Stalkers
Game #1:	Gallardo was strong, tossing a CG. Kenys Vargas crushed a pair of HR (incl a GS) and plated 8. EIGHT! FRE 8 – YSS 1
Game #2:	Detwiler was the tough luck loser for the Cannons. Marco Estrada and the home team pen were just a bit better. YSS 2 – FRE 1
Game #3:	Chad Billingsley took his turn going the distance. FRE 5 – YSS 0
Game #4:	YSS scored a pair in the btm of the 10th. Jesus Montero clubbed a couple of HR, including the winner. YSS 6 – FRE 4 (10)
Game #5:	Michael Pineda took a turn as the tough luck loser. Nicasio was very strong winning his 3rd game of the season. FRE 2 – YSS 1
Game #6:	Buerhle and the Cannon pen snuff the home teams dreams of a split. FRE 4 – YSS 3
Series Summary	FRE takes 4 of 6 from the Stalkers. They’ll end the year on the road in Manhattan. YSS will remain at home and host DET to close the regular season.

Selkirk Steelers @ Grand Haven Gators
Series Preview	Selkirk travels to Grand Haven for 6 games
Game #1:	Game Final: GHG 5 – SEL 4 Gators win with a walk of single in the 9th
Game #2:	Game Final: SEL 5 – GHG 1
Game #3:	Game Final: GHG 5 – SEL 3
Game #4:	Game Final: GHG 7 – SEL 1
Game #5:	Game Final: SEL 5 – GHG 2
Game #6:	Game Final: GHG 2 – SEL 1
Series Summary	Gators take 4 of 6 games