2020 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #13
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| SPRINGER,George | VIR AL | .407 | .889 | 6 | 27 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| CASTILLO,Luis M. | VIR AL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.64 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| MANCINI,Trey | SAC NL | .367 | .900 | 7 | 30 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| SALE,Chris | SAC NL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Columbus Explorers @ Pittsburgh Lumber Company |
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| Series Summary: | A battle of first-place teams. The first four games are split, and then the Lumber Company asserts its offense with authority winning the final two games 8-0 and 13-1 to take the series 4 out of 6. |
Harsens Island Walleye @ Selkirk Steelers |
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| Series Preview: | Battle of third-place teams. Selkirk is above .500 because of really good hitting but as you will read one of the Weirdest 5-2 games I have ever played! |
| Game #1: | Nolan Arenado and the Walleye kill Keller for 7 runs in 2+ innings. 10-1 Harsen Island. |
| Game #2: | Selkirk gets 3 homer Puig, Cooper and Cuthbert outs baches 10-8 in the Selkirk win. |
| Game #3: | Three more Selkirk homers a Cooper and Puig and Winker homer. Navarez homered in the loss. Selkirk 13 Harsen Island5 |
| Game #4: | Matz does it all a homer and a 5 hit shutout for the 6-0 Selkirk win. |
| Game #5: | Max Fried takes a no-hitter to the 9th and then gets ejected after the infield hit by Mercado. Puig and Alfonso homer in the 5-0 win, Fried was amazing with a 90 game score striking out 13 Walleye. |
| Game #6: | Keller again hammered by the Walleye they scored 12 runs without a homer. 12-4 Harsen Island. |
| Game #7: | WEIRD GAME ALERT: how can 5-2 Selkirk win be weird… How about Walleye Kyle Wright has a 96 game score!!! 11 no-hit innings he did allow 2 unearned runs in the 3rd thanks to Navarez error. Pruitt and Chaffin do not give up a hit int he next 3 innings. That’s 14 innings stopping a great Selkirk team. In the 15th Torres singled panda gets to 2nd 1 out, Helesey IBB but then Hedges connects for a 3 run homer. 5-2 Selkirk. |
| Series Summary: | Selkirk wins 5 of the 7 games but that 11 innings 96 game score no-hit performance by Kyle Wright was amazing! |
Jersey Nor’easters @ Long Beach Dirt Bags |
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| Game #1: | Sanchez throws a 1 hitter as Long Beach wins 4-0. Turner had 2 RBI. |
| Game #2: | Encarnacion hit a 3 run HR in the 3rd to give Long Beach an early 3-1 lead. Jersey chipped away at the lead and tied it in the 7th on a Nunez HR. In the bottom of the inning, the Dirt Bags retook the lead when Encarnacion singled in Dozier. The next batter Bruce hit a 3 run bomb and Long Beach won 7-4. |
| Game #3: | After Bruce opened the scoring with a solo shot in the bottom of the 2nd, Odor hit a 2 run HR in the 4th and Jersey went on to a 3-2 win. After Wisler only pitched an inning, the Nor’easters bullpen gave up just 4 hits in 8 innings. |
| Game #4: | Long Beach scored 3 runs in the 6th to take a 4-3 lead. It stayed that way until the 9th when Bauers homered to tie the game. Nobody scored again until the 16th when Bauers again had the key hit singling in Ramirez who had tripled giving Jersey a 5-4 win. The Jersey bullpen threw 10 shutout innings. |
| Game #5: | Still reeling from the long game the night before and with guys hurt Long Beach managed to get enough to win 3-2. Sanchez pitched into the 6th and the bullpen finished it off. |
| Game #6: | Velasquez threw 8 innings of 4 hit, shutout ball as Jersey won 6-0. Nunez hit a 2 run HR in the first to jump-start the offense and they rolled from there. |
| Series Summary: | Jersey comes west and splits the 6 game series with Long Beach. |
Motor City Muscle @ Chicago Mobsters |
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| Series Preview: | American League Central First place Chicago Mobsters takes on the highly touted Motor City Muscle & the two aces in the hole they have. |
| Game #1: | Alex Bregman is the man going 3 for 4 with a Double, Home Run, & 4 RBI’s. Dexter Fowler chips in with 3 hits & 2 Runs Scored. Trevor Bauer goes 7 Innings & the tough Chicago bullpen locks it down.
Final Score: Chicago 5 – Motor City 2 Win: Trevor Bauer 8-8 (4.62) |
| Game #2: | Zach Davies Walks 5 but holds the Mobsters to 2 Hits & no Runs. Manager Jim Craddock manages the bullpen with great efficiency as they go 3.2 Innings holding down the Mobsters. Trout Homers for the Muscle.
Final Score: Motor City 2 – Chicago 0 Win: Zach Davies 5-7 (3.99) |
| Game #3: | Ronald Bolanos strikes out 8 Mobster batters in 3.2 Innings. He was mowing them down. Then Alex Bregman has 3 RBI’s & Michael Tauchman chips in 3 Hits & 2 RBI’s for Chicago as they score 4 Innings Straight. Nick Castellano’s Doubles & has 3 RBI’s for Motor City. Chicago holds an 8-3 lead headed into the 9th and the Muscle put up a 4 spot while leaving 2 on base & fall just 1 Run short in Mobsters win.
Final Score: Chicago 8 – Motor City 7 Win: Julio Urias 2-1 (2.10) |
| Game #4: | Justin Verlander vs. Noah Syndergaard. A Pitchers duel before it even starts. The two starters both go the distance. They match K for K along the way. 29 Strike Outs between the two of them over 8 & 1/2 Innings. Chicago gets a Homerun & 2 RBI’s from Andrew McCutchen & 2 RBi’s from Yordan Alvarez. Two solo shots (Marco Hernandez & Mike Trout) are the only runs Syndergaard gives up. It was amazing to watch Verlander & Syndergaard literally exchanging Strikeouts at that rate.
Final Score: Chicago 5 – Motor City 2 Win: Noah Syndergaard 8-6 (3.62) |
| Game #5: | Avisail Garica has a first Inning 3 Run Homerun for Motor City & with Jacob deGrom on the hill, you’d feel pretty good as the manager. Degrom didn’t have it. 4 Chicago Runs in the bottom of the 1st Inning give the lead to the Mobsters. They hold it. Yandy Diaz is the main with 3 RBI’s for Chicago.
Final Score: Chicago 7 – Motor City 5 Win: C.C. Sabathia 11-3 (4.67) |
| Game #6: | Motor City scores 4 in the top of the 6th to break a 1-1 tie. Mike Trout, Kyle Hendricks, Nick Castellanos & Nick Ahmed al have Homeruns for the Muscle. Taylor Clarke is solid over 6 strong Innings & the management of the Motor City bullpen is impeccable once again in the win.
Final Score: Motor City 6 – Chicago 1 Win: Taylor Clarke 1-1 (9.26) |
| Series Summary: | Chicago takes the series 4 games to 2. Hard to believe the Mobsters beat those two aces in Verlander & deGrom. However, they lose to Taylor Clarke & Zach Davies. The break can’t come at a better time for any of these teams. |
Detroit Crime @ Dallas Cougars |
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| Series Preview: | Detroit comes to Dallas to close out the first half of the season. Detroit is 43-34 and 13-25 on the road. Dallas is 50-27 and 28-10 at home.
On the League leader boards, the Crime is 7th in batting average at .245, 4th in OBP, and 4th in ERA at 3.77. The Cougars are 9th in batting average at .243, first in steals with 41, and first in ERA at 3.57 |
| Game #1: | Jose Abreu hit a three-run homer in the 4th then a two-run double in the 5th to put Dallas up 5-nothing and Blake Swihart finished the scoring off for the Cougars with a 2-run homer in the 8th.
Dallas wins 8-2 |
| Game #2: | Tommy La Stella put the Crime up 2-0 in the 4th with his 6th homer of the year, Ramon Laureano put the Cougars ahead 3-2 in the bottom of the 5th with a two-run homer of his own. Five Dallas relievers finished out the game as the Cougars take game 2.
Dallas wins 4-3 |
| Game #3: | Four solo home runs propelled Detroit to victory including the game-winner in the top of the 10th from Brett Gardner, his 2nd of the game.
Detroit wins 5-4 |
| Game #4: | A trio of Dallas hitters hit home runs and Ramon Laureano doubled home two and Dallas behind a surprisingly good start from Logan Allen win game 4 easily.
Dallas wins 7-2 |
| Game #5: | Jose Abreu put Dallas on top with a three-run home run in the first – his 16th of the year, but Bryce Harper gave Detroit the lead with a three-run homer in the 3rd – his 19th of the year. Ramon Laureano gave the Cougars the lead for good with a two-run homer in the bottom of the third.
Dallas wins 5-4 |
| Game #6: | Patrick Corbin struck out 10 in 8 innings and Harold Castro had the game-winner in the 8th doubling home a run to break a 2-2 tie.
Dallas wins 3-2 |
| Game #7: | A couple of key outfield assists help thwart the Detroit hitters and a couple of key hits gave Dallas the win in the finale.
Dallas wins 4-1 |
| Series Summary: | Dallas takes the series 6 games to 1 thanks to timely hitting and a defense that came out with the double-play when they needed it punctuated by 4 assists from the outfielders. |
Valdosta Snappers @ Portland Lumber Jax |
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| Series Preview: | Valdosta 36-42 visits Portland 29-49. |
| Game #1: | POR 7 VAL 2. Barnes with 4 RBI for Portland. |
| Game #2: | VAL 8 POR 4. Maeda gets the complete game for Valdosta after giving up 4 runs in the first. |
| Game #3: | POR 6 VAL 4. |
| Game #4: | POR 2 VAL 0. Ivan Nova does the whole way with a 3-hit shutout. |
| Game #5: | POR 4 VAL 1. Kyle Freeland gets a 1-run complete game for Portland. |
| Game #6: | VAL 11 POR 4. Josh Donaldson goes 4-5 with 6 RBI and THREE HOME RUNS for Valdosta. |
| Series Summary: | Portland wins the series 4-2. POR 33-51, VAL 38-46. |
Triple Creek Patriots @ Corktown Cycle |
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| Series Summary: | Corktown shows up and takes 5 of 6 from the Patriots. |
Virginia Sluggers @ Coconut Creek Crushers |
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| Series Preview: | Battle of the bottom feeders. |
| Game #1: | Luis Castillo is dominant as VIR wins 9-1. |
| Game #2: | Caleb Smith returns the favor with a complete game 7-0 CCC win. |
| Game #3: | Hernandez and Civale put on a pitching exhibition. VIR leads 1-0 in the 9th before Devers clinches it with a 3-run bomb off Pomeranz. VIR wins 4-0. |
| Game #4: | No pitching in this one. VIR hits two solo HR’s in the 9th to win 14-12. |
| Game #5: | CCC holds on to win a tight one 6-5. |
| Game #6: | Luis Castillo is dominant again as VIR cruises to a 15-1 win. |
| Game #7: | CCC coughs up a lead in the 7th but bounces right back. The bullpen holds on as CCC wins 6-4. |
| Series Summary: | VIR takes the series 4-3. |
Yonge Street Stalkers @ Fremont Cannons |
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| Series Preview: | Thanks to the schedule, Fremont gets to face Gerrit Cole twice. Great. |
| Game #1: | Fremont actually gets to Gerrit Cole for four runs, but Sandy Alcantara turns in a typical horrid performance and allows homers to Eric Thames, Travis d’Arnaud, and Joc Pederson (twice). Cole strikes out 17 and Yonge Street wins 8-4. Already down Max Kepler, Fremont takes another blow to the OF early in the series, losing Mike Yastrzemski for 10 days from a HBP |
| Game #2: | With two on and 1st open, Fremont chooses to walk Jorge Soler. Austin Nola follows up with a 1st inning grand slam that paces the Stalkers to the 5-3 victory. Adrian Houser moves to 9-1 on the season with a CG victory. |
| Game #3: | Dylan Bundy was masterful in this one, pitching 9.1 scoreless innings. Yonny Chirinos was even better, facing 40 batters and pitching 11 scoreless. Kris Bryant broke the scoreless tie with a 12th inning solo HR. But Fremont manages to get two on base, and with two outs, a Byron Buxton PH triple brings them both home for the 2-1 extra-inning win. |
| Game #4: | Yonge St is not happy with the Game 3 loss and pounds Derek Norris hard enough that Fremont throws in the towel. Norris allows 10 runs, and the Stalkers win 10-2. Jorge Soler leads the way with 2 HR (28, 29) and 5 RBI. |
| Game #5: | Knowing that Cole is up next, Fremont has to get to Michael Pineda. This they are able to do, led by Carlos Correa’s 8th HR of the season, and a 3-5, 3 RBI day for Teoscar Hernandez. Jason Vargas and the bullpen shut out the Stalkers, and Fremont wins 7-0. |
| Game #6: | Sandy Alcantara pitches decently, but Gerrit Cole snuffs out the Cannons as Fremont gets shut out 4-0. Kris Bryant hits homer 19 on the season. |
| Series Summary: | Every Yonge St starter was rated better than the Fremont rotation, so the Cannons were happy to walk away with two wins, losing the series 4-2. |
Mesa Solar Sox @ Tijuana Bottle Rockets |
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| Series Preview: | Mesa visits Tijuana who is coming off their best series of the season…Hoping to replicate that for the home fans… |
| Series Summary: | Things went well….Very well….for Mesa…They take the series 6-0 as The Bottle Rockets return to form and give the fans what they expect… |
Sacramento Capitals @ Bethesda Bandicoots |
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| Series Preview: | The wonderful thing about expecting nothing is you can never be disappointed. |
| Game #1: | Mitch Keller gives up just one in just under 7 frames and Trevor Story smacks his 16th of the season in a Bethesda 5-1 win over the Capitals. |
| Game #2: | Chris Sale gives up all of one hit through eight innings with Cano, Moreland, and Lindor homering in a 5-0 series-tying game for Sacramento. |
| Game #3: | Trey Mancini smashed a three-run homer in the 7th inning off Merrill Kelley to lift Sacramento to a 4-3 win over Bethesda. |
| Game #4: | Jeff McNeil went deep three times off Max Scherzer to give Bethesda a 9-5 win over the Capitals. |
| Game #5: | Momentum swung back in the Capitals direction with Delino Deshields Jr and Francisco Lindor clobbering homers in an 8-4 win over the Bandicoots. |
| Game #6: | The home team starting its’ famous “white flag offense” and they get blanked 9-0 by Sacramento with Chris Dickerson and Sandy Leon homering and Tyler Skaggs, Oliver Drake, and Nick Goody sharing the shutout. Sharing is nice. |
| Game #7: | Chris Sale didn’t need to share as he gave up just three hits in going the distance in the second-straight shutout of Bethesda 4-0. I was going to say “what the f—” is up with Sale, but then I took a look at my lineup. Kudos to you all the same, Mr. Sale, as you need the charity after sucking so badly in real life in 2019. |
| Series Summary: | The Caps take five of seven from the ‘coots. Looking forward to the draft lottery! |
6Holyywood Werewolves @ Manhattan Project |
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| Series Summary: | The Hollywood team comes in and takes 4 of 6 from the hometown Project. |
Southwest Detroit Fighting Chihuahuas @ Southbend Lynx |
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| Series Preview: | Southwest Detroit visits Southbend for a 6 game series before the mid-season break.
(Sorry for the brief recaps. Busy week for Southbend) |
| Game #1: | Southbend roughs up SWD Montgomery getting 6 runs on 8 hits, they add 3 more off the SWD bullpen. Samardzija only gives up 2 hits, one a 2-run HR to McMahon. Forsythe hits a HR for SBL and Cordell goes 3-3 w/3 rbi.
SBL 9, SWD 2 |
| Game #2: | Southbend offense destroys DeLos Santos and relievers C.Burnes and Jeffress getting 16 runs on 16 hits. SBL Pivetta is the beneficiary of the run support. SBL get HRs form Joyce, Mayfield, Canha, and Owings.
SBL 16, SWD 1 |
| Game #3: | This is a close one as SBL gets out to a 4-1 lead to only see SWD fight back to within a run in the T7. But Walden and Osuna close it out for SBL. J.Davis hits a HR for SWD. SBL Escobar goes 2-3 w/2 rbi. Osuna gets his 28th save.
SBL 4, SWD 3 |
| Game #4: | SWD finally breaks through with a win. The big hit was 2-run 1b by Parker in the T8. D. Rodriguez is strong going 7.1 giving up only 2 runs on 4 hits. Wittgren gets his 12th save. SBL runs come on a Muncy 2-run HR in the B6.
SWD 4, SBL 2 |
| Game #5: | SBL get another strong performance from Samardzija as he picks up his 14th win. SBL Meadows goes 4-4 w/rbi. SBL has 6 different players score runs. Swanson and Healy hit HRs for SWD.
SBL 6, SWD 3 |
| Game #6: | Poor fielding by SWD help SBL win this game as only 1 of the SBL runs was earned. Peralta gives up a 1st inning run on a D.Smith rbi-1b then gives up nothing else through 6 innings. Mayfield’s 2-rbi 1b in the B6 gives SBL the lead and they hold on. Osuna notches his 29th save.
SBL 4, SWD 2 |
| Series Summary: | Southbend takes the series 5-1 over a game Southwest Detroit squad. |
Tempe Tempers @ Rosemere Renegades |
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| Series Summary: | Tempe (4) ROS (2). |