2017 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #4
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| MACHADO,Manny | DET AL | .389 | .639 | 7 | 36 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| PORCELLO,Rick | MAN AL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.20 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| PEDROIA,Dustin | LBD NL | .360 | .760 | 6 | 25 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| GIBSON,Kyle | SEL NL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.38 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rosemere Renegades @ Grand Haven Gators |
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| Series Preview: | A couple of struggling teams meet North of the border |
| Game #1: | The two starters did great. Eflin not allowing an ER in 7 innings and Weaver with a 13K performance. The locals tied things u with Pagan 3 hits of the game only to fall 6-2 in 11 innings
Gators 6 – Renegades 2 |
| Game #2: | Another pitching duel. Gsellman went the distance but fell short as the locals left 11 men on base
Gators 2 – Renegades 1 |
| Game #3: | Rosemere jumped to an early 3-1 lead but fell apart thereafter committing 4 errors on their way to another loss
Gators 7 – Rosemere 4 |
| Game #4: | Rosemere was easily cruising to a 2-0 win behind a strong performance by Liriano. Then after two outs in the eight, a double + triple + HR turned a 2-0 lead into a 3-2 deficit … Out of nowhere, Rosemere answered back with 3 runs in B8
Gators 3 – Renegades 5 |
| Game #5: | That one had Gators written all over it. Paxton gets injured for 22 games so Rosemere had to send low graded relievers. They did pretty well holding the Gators to one run while Crawford delivered a B8 2 outs single that drove in a couple of unearned runs. Romo got his second save
Gators 1 – Renegades 2 |
| Game #6: | Once again, Eflin and Weaver did very well. Speaks a lot about the two teams offense… The Gators prevailed once again in extra innings
Gators 3 – Renegades 1 |
| Game #7: | A fun one to end the series. Both team battled back and forth. The locals ends on top as Romo got his 3rd save of the series |
| Series Summary: | The Gators prevails 4-3 and they had a lot of fun on the bases as they kept stealng bases. Looks like it might be a long season for both teams |
Chicago Mobsters @ Motor City Muscle |
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| Series Preview: | Motor City rolled down I-94 & headed into Chicago to take on the Mobsters for a late April 6 game set. |
| Game #1: | Chicago held a 2-1 lead into the 9th & with closer Aroldis Chapman a little tired they handed off the ball to Wade Davis in the 9th, one out away. Davis let up a game tying Solo Home Run to Clint Robinson. The two teams headed to Extra Innings. Motor City pushed across 2 more in the 13th & Chicago couldn’t do a thing against the Muscle’s Bullpen.
Final Score: Motor City 4 – Chicago 2 W: A.J. Ramos (1-1 0.84) |
| Game #2: | Chicago had a very tired pen after three Extra Innings games in the last week but they had Aaron Sanchez do the trick & throw a Complete Game Shutout. A lead off Billy Hamilton Solo Home Run was all that the Mobsters needed.
Final Score: Chicago 1 – Motor City 0 W: Aaron Sanchez (2-1 3.09) |
| Game #3: | The King was average at best, but Felix Hernandez went 6 Innings & Marcus Stroman came on for his 2nd Save on the season. Chicago got 2 RBI’s from Buster Posey, Alex Bregman & Devon Travis who had the lone Home Run in the game.
Final Score: Chicago 8 – Motor City 3 W: Felix Hernandez (3-0 3.18) |
| Game #4: | Noah Syndergaard went 6.1 Innings, Struck Out 10 along the way. Chicago’s bullpen which was once again rested did the rest pitching 2.2 Innings to finish it out. Billy Hamilton was 3 for 4 for Chicago & Mike Trout was 3 for 3 with an RBI for the Muscle. Justin Verlander went the distance for the Muscle allowing 3 Run in 8 Innings of work.
Final Score: Chicago 3 – Motor City 2 W: Noah Syndergaard (4-1 2.23) |
| Game #5: | Chicago gets 3 runs in the 1st, single runs in the 3rd & 4th then tacks on a 4 spot in the 7th as they route the Muscle in this one. C.C. Sabathia moves one step closer to the Mid-West Baseball League all time Wins leader as he is now 7 behind the current leader Andy Pettitte. But then C.C. Slips and falls on the dugout step, twisting his knee & will be out for 15 days as he heads to a stint on the Disabled List.
Final Score: Chicago 9 – Motor City 1 W: C.C. Sabathia (1-2 5.60) |
| Game #6: | Jacob deGrom allows only 3 hits & 2 walks to the Mobsters, while Striking Out 5 in a Complete Game Shut Out. Mike Trout is 3 for 3 with a Home Run & 3 RBI’s. Brandon Moss has 3 RBI’s for the Muscle as well.
Final Score: Motor City 8 – Chicago 0 W: Jacob deGrom (2-2 1.94) |
| Series Summary: | Chicago takes the series 4 games to 2. Motor City will head to Southbend next series while Chicago will take on division rival Tijuana at home. |
Corktown Cycle @ Columbus Explorers |
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| Series Preview: | Corktown visits Columbus |
| Game #1: | Takes 10 innings but walk-off Carpenter homer wins it, 2-1. Dickerson (2) 2nd inning homer made it 1-1 and there it sat until the 10th. Koehler and Happ strong outings but 2 NDs. |
| Game #2: | Dickerson (3) another homer but it wasn’t enough to overcome the 4 run 1st for Explorers. Final, 7-4 |
| Game #3: | Corktown gets the 4 run first including a 2 run Hosmer homer (2). That propels them to 6-3 win. DeSlafini goes 7 innings, 1 hit – Blackmon homer (7) in the 7th. |
| Game #4: | Explorers come back and Tomlin goes the distance giving up just a single to Hosmer in the 7th as he tosses 1 hit shutout. Granderson accounts for all the runs on 2 homers (5, 6) in the 3-0 Columbus win. |
| Game #5: | Deja vu all over again as Explorers win their 2nd straight 3-0 game. Shoemaker goes 7, 3 hits, for the win. Carpenter hits #5 in the win. |
| Game #6: | Explorers keep it up as they build up a 5-0 lead after 3. LeMahieu makes it 5-2 with a 2 run homer (2) in the 7th off Happ, but that was all the Cycle could do. Desmond 98) and Flowers (2) homer for Columbus in the 7-2 win. |
| Game #7: | Granderson (7) and Carpenter (6) homer in the 1st for Columbus. Carpenter (7) homers again in the 3rd and a 4th run in the 5th gives Rusin a 4-0 lead. But he gives up a 2 run homer (1) to Asche in a 3 run 7th. Giving way to the bullpen, Rusin sees his win evaporate when Barrett gives up a 3 run homer (3) to Hosmer in the 8th for 6-4 lead that Loup and Colome make stand in the 6-4 Corktown win. |
| Series Summary: | Columbus takes 5 of 7 from Corktown in the series. Columbus packs their bags for Sacramento. Corktown goes home to host Valdosta. |
Pittsburgh Lumber Company @ Tempe Tempers |
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| Series Preview: | Pittsburgh comes to Tempe for a tough six game series |
| Game #1: | A two out double by Cabrera drives in two in the bottom of the 8th to give Tempe a 3-2 lead. However, the Lumber Co. jump on Law in the 9th with a Kipnis solo homerun and an RBI double by Owings. Pittsburgh 4-3 |
| Game #2: | Votto, Cano, and Cabrera homer in the 1st and Lester goes seven strong innings for the win. Lumber Co. made it interesting scoring three runs in the 9th. Tempe 6-5 |
| Game #3: | Company jumped out to an early 2-0 lead but Beltre put Tempe back on top with a three run hr in the 3rd. Santiago getting some usage in the 7th allowed three runs but Tempe held on to win it. Tempe 7-6 |
| Game #4: | A Morrison RBI double in the second was the only run of the game until the bottom of the 9th when a Morrison error extended the inning and Cano singled in the tying run. Lumber had a runner on 3rd in the 11th but they couldn’t get the squeeze down with Tempe’s infield in. In the 15th, Tempe loaded the bases, but Braun went down swinging. Tempe loaded the bases again in the 16th and Davis was able to get weak grounder through for the win. Tempe 2-1 16 INN |
| Game #5: | The only game that wasn’t a one run game. Company got an early lead with a RBI single by Polanco but Tempe tied it in the bottom of the 1st on a Leon RBI single. Beltre hit a two run homerun in the 3rd and Tempe added another run in the 4th. Marte hit a solo in the 5th. Lester battled for 8 INN and Law tossed a rare perfect 9th. Tempe 4-2 |
| Game #6: | Back to back doubles put Tempe on the board in the 3rd. In the 6th, Guerro intentionally walked Lucroy to load the bases, but he lost his control and walked in Marisnick to tie the game. Darvish went 8 inn with 9SO and only left the game when he was pinch hit for in the 9th. The score remained tied until the bottom of the 14th when Bogaerts led off the inning with a walk off homerun. Tempe 2-1 14 INN |
| Series Summary: | Tempe’s dropped the opener, but won the next five. Both bullpens may be a little tired after so many extra innings and close games. The series could have easily finished at 3-3. |
Bethesda Bandicoots @ Jersey Nor’easters |
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| Series Preview: | First place Bethesda comes to cold and snowy Long Valley for a division clash with a sub-500 Noreaster team. |
| Game #1: | Straily vs Hill in the opener with Hill coming out on top 3-1 for Bethesda. Bethesda’s Anthony Rendon hits the 1st pitch of the game for a homer and the Bandicoots never looked back. First round pick Dan Straily drops to 0-4 already this young season. Bad news for Bethesda as Hill leaves in the 4th inning with a 23 day injury. |
| Game #2: | Another great pitching matchup as Jersey’s Kyle Hendricks goes against Jake Arrieta. And a great game it was. Bethesda scores 2 in the 1st inning and it holds up until the 6th when Jay Bruce hits a 2-run homer to tie the game. Rendon hits a sac fly in the 9th for Bethesda and they take a 3-2 lead to the bottom of the 9th. Yasmani Tomas comes off the bench for the Noreasters to hit a 2-out, 2-run, pinch hit home run to win the game for Jersey 4-3. |
| Game #3: | Quintana for Jersey against Lackey for Bethesda. Another close game. Trevor Story and Brad Miller homer for Bethesda in the first and Jay Bruce counters in the bottom of the first with a 2 run shot. Connor Gillespie singles in the tying run in the 6th and it remained a 3-3 tie into extra innings. Travis Shaw hits a 3-run homer in the 10th off of Bryan Shaw, no relation, and the Bandicoots go on to win 6-3. |
| Game #4: | Close game again but really no contest. Bethesda’s Jake Odorizi pitches 8 shutout innings, Aledmys Diaz homers and Bethesda win easily 3-0. |
| Game #5: | Yet another close game as Bethesda’s Sonny Gray hurls 1 run ball for 7 plus innings coming away with a 2-1 win. Vince Velasquez pitched well for 7 innings but came up short. Brad Miller hits #10 for Bethesda. |
| Game #6: | Finally, Dan Straily wins a game for Jersey as the Nor’easters pound out 15 hits and take Bethesda 13-2. Travis Shaw and A-Gone homer for the losing Bandicoots. |
| Game #7: | May I say close game again, this one featured another good pitching matchup with Arrieta going against Kyle Hendricks. Fitting enough it went 13 innings tied 3-3 before the Bandicoots scored 4 runs in the top of the 13th and won the game 7-3. Brad Miller homered again for Bethesda. |
| Series Summary: | Bethesda wins the series 5-2 and looks to be the odds on favorite to win the NL East for the second consecutive year. Bethesda’s Brad Miller now has 11 homers and 27 RBI’s in only 27 games. He’s on a pace to hit 69 homers and drive in 169…. |
Manhattan Project @ Southwest Detroit Fighting Chihuahuas |
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| Series Preview: | CHIHUAHUAS meet MANHATTAN. Chihuahuas short on pitching and spotted with injuries. |
| Game #1: | MANHATTAN 7-2 WP Fernandez, 10 Ks, 3 hits LP Owens |
| Game #2: | MANHATTAN 5-1 WP Porcello (CG), 4 hits LP Smyly INJURY; K. AOKI, OF, 9 days beginning 4/25 |
| Game #3: | MANHATTAN 3-1 (10 innings) WP Bowman Blown Save: Allen LP Gray |
| Game #4: | MANHATTAN 9-4 WP Tanaka LP Lopez |
| Game #5: | MANHATTAN 2-1 WP Allen LP Bailey |
| Game #6: | MANHATTAN 6-4 WP Fernandez SV Allen LP Owens |
| Game #7: | Manhattan 14-1 WP Porcello LP Smyly |
| Series Summary: | Manhattan sweeps. |
Sacramento Capitals @ Valdosta Snappers |
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| Series Preview: | Sacramento visits Valdosta. |
| Game #1: | Sacramento 6-3. Capitals lay down the law to Colin McHugh as they pound him for 12 hits and 6 runs. Chris Carter did homer for the Snappers. |
| Game #2: | Valdosta 7-4 (12 Innings). Aaron Altherr homered twice, including a walk off in the 12th for the game winner. |
| Game #3: | Sacramento 4-1. Scherzer was too much for the Snappers as he allows just 2 hits through 7 IP. One of those hits was Chris Carter’s 15th HR. |
| Game #4: | Valdosta 5-1. Colby Lewis scattered 8 hits while going the distance for the win. Chris Carter added a 3 run HR. |
| Game #5: | Sacramento 4-2. Caps hit 3 HR’s as they slip past the Snappers. |
| Game #6: | Valdosta 1-0 (12 Innings). Snappers push across a run in the 12th as they beat the powerful Capitals bullpen. |
| Game #7: | Valdosta 4-1. Chris Carter hit a pair of HR’s (17 & 18) to back the fine performance of Julio Teheran (3-1). Kimbrel pitched a scoreless 9yh for his 4th save. |
| Series Summary: | Snappers take 4 of 7 in a very close series. Carter’s 5 HR’s were the difference. |
Hollywood Werewolves @ Dallas Cougars |
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| Series Summary: | Hollywood continues to roll in 5 of 6 |
Windy City Black Sox @ Triple Creek Patriots |
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| Series Preview: | Black Sox take the train to SW MI to take on the Patriots. |
| Game #1: | WCB starter Samardzija is mugged in the 1st for 3 runs but got in under control after that to complete 6 full. Tropeano in his 1st start of the year played Houdini through 4 but left in the 5th with bases full of Sox. Okert and Broxton implode and the Sox are up 9-3 after 6 then 11-3 after 7 1/2. A late Patriot surge closes the gap to 3 but Jansen snuffs out any walk-off hopes.
WCB 11 TCP 8 W – Samardzija (3) |
| Game #2: | 11 Sox batters enjoy A.J Griffin’s swinging-gate at 1st base and the home team is down 5-0 after 5.2. Patriot pen does a better job today but Bettis and company do enough to win, even though Triple Creek out hit the Sox.
WCB 7 TCP 4 W – Bettis (3) |
| Game #3: | year has yet to allow a run. His doughnut hole ERA after 21 innings is a hot topic in SW MI sports bars. Wood’s perfect record is tarnished in the 2nd inning but the game is all square after 6 full. Both teams score in the 8th but the Patriots can’t find holes in the defense with runers on and fall despite out-hitting the Sox for the 2nd day in a row.
WCB 4 TCP 3 W – Urena (1) |
| Game #4: | All Gausman today as he spins a 5-hit shutout. Chisenhall collects 2 doubles and 4 rbi.
WCB 0 TCP 5 W – Gausman (3) |
| Game #5: | Graveman v Severino and both starters perform well. With the score 2-0 after 6, the Sox score 3 in the top half of the 7th to take a 3-2 lead. Rodney takes over for the visitors and handles the 7th easilty but is rocked in the 8th for 3 runs. Beltran drills a 3-run pinch hit bomb off Strahm in the 7th.
WCB 3 TCP 5 W – Feliz (1) |
| Game #6: | Samardzija is on today and completely owns the Patriots with a 3 hit no walk performance. Patriot starter Tropeano pitches well in the loss.
WCB 1 TCP 0 W – Samardzija (4) |
| Series Summary: | Black Sox take the series 4-2. |
Southbend Lynx @ Coconut Creek Crushers |
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| Series Preview: | Battle of two potential lottery participants. |
| Game #1: | Wil Myers hits 2 HR’s, walks 3 times and drives in 4 to lead CCC to a 7-5 win. |
| Game #2: | Karns K’s 10 and Myers hits another HR in a CCC 4-2 win. |
| Game #3: | R.A. Dickey with a 2-hit shutout in a 6-0 CCC win. |
| Game #4: | Altuve and Thole hit big HR’s to lead Southbend to a 7-4 win. |
| Game #5: | With 2 HR’s, a 2B and 4 RBI, Mookie leads an offensive explosion in a CCC 14-5 win. |
| Game #6: | Southbend returns the favor in an 11-2 rout. |
| Game #7: | After 2 shutout innings, Karns goes down to injury. Heaney and Iglesias combine for 7 innings of relief. Betts hits another homer and CCC wins 5-1. |
| Series Summary: | CCC wins the series 5-2. Two cornerstones of our next playoff contender showed off in this one. Betts stats: .400 AVG, .471 OBP, 3 2B, 1 3B, 4 HR, 8 RBI. Myers stats: .417 AVG, .500 OBP, 2 2B, 3 HR, 6 RBI, 1 SB despite missing one game. |
Mesa Solar Sox @ Yonge Street Stalkers |
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| Series Preview: | An early season tilt north of the border. |
| Game #1: | The SP’s were strong in this one. Nova went 7+, allowing one ER. He was pressed to the background by Wainwright. He went 9 and allowed a single ER as well. Joc Pederson proved to be all the offense the home team needed. An early solo shot was followed by the GW hit in the 11th. YSS 2 – MSS 1 (11) |
| Game #2: | Mesa bounced back strong. Pineda allowed HR to Mazara (5), Dozier (6), Napoli (5), and The Todd Father (6). The home team tallied 4 runs on three hits to make it seem closer.
MSS 6 – YSS 4 |
| Game #3: | Don’t mess with Matty Latos. He went the distance and allowed just a Napoli solo blast. Blanco and Conger homered to power the Stalkers.
YSS 3 – MSS 1 |
| Game #4: | Apparently its rest time for the bullpen. For the second game in a row YSS got a CG from their SP. This time Gerrit Cole did the deed and allowed 2 ER while punching out 11.
YSS 6 – MSS 2 |
| Game #5: | Ricky Nolasco took his chance on the big stage. He allowed just 2 H and 2 ER. The Sox were paced by Napoli who homered and plated 2.
MSS 4 – YSS 2 |
| Game #6: | Trevor Bauer managed to record 2 outs. Six hits, a BB, and 5 ER later the pen came in to douse the fire. Ahh, but wait…Mike Napoli hit for the cycle and plated 6 as the YSS bullpen and defense surrendered 5 in the 9th.
MSS 10 – YSS 7 |
| Game #7: | Taijuan Walkers hot start continued. He twirled 7.1 innings and allowed just one run. He moved to 3-1, with a 1.00 ERA to begin the year.
**Eddie Rosario injured for 14 days.** YSS 6 – MSS 1 |
| Series Summary: | YSS took the extra game and the series win 4 games to 3. MSS returns home to host the Crime from DET. YSS welcomes the Sluggers from VIR. |
Tijuana Bottle Rockets @ Fremont Cannons |
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| Game #7: | Tijuana wins its 1st series of the season taking 5 of 6 from The Cannons. |
Detroit Crime @ Virginia Sluggers |
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| Series Preview: | A tired and worn out VIR team takes on a playoff bound team from DET. |
| Game #1: | DET 8-1 4 homers by the Crime back up a good performance by Kazmir and a strong bullpen. |
| Game #2: | VIR 2-0 Tillman goes 8 and allows no runs on 6 hits with 8 K’s |
| Game #3: | DET 15-0 Harper goes deep in a 4-5 day with 5 runs scored and 3 RBI. Morales chips in a 3-6 day with a homer and 4 RBI. Crime pounds out 20 hits in a rout. |
| Game #4: | VIR 5-4 A 17 inning game that stretched pitching staffs. But it was Brandon Guyers game,… 5-8 with 4 RBI,…including the walk-off. Zobrist went yard twice for the Crime. |
| Game #5: | VIR 9-4 Archer scattered 9 hits over 8 innings and K’d 12. Rizzo left the yard but Bradley’s grand-slam was the big blow for the Sluggers. |
| Game #6: | DET 14-1 Another drubbing by DET. Kazmir went 6 and K’d 8 to run his record to 3-0. Machado was 4-5 with 5 RBI. |
| Game #7: | DET 8-2 Strasburg was sharp in a 7 inning 3 hit outing as he struck out 8. Zobrist ( 4-5, 3 RBI), Machado and A.Jones homered. |
| Series Summary: | A big surprise as VIR gets 3 wins out of 7. For DET: Zobrist 16-33, 10 runs and 10 RBI along with 3 homers. Machado n14-36 with 12 RBI and 1 homer. |
Selkirk Steelers @ Long Beach Dirt Bags |
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| Series Summary: | Long Beach takes 4 of 6 from Selkirk |