PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #5

Howard_Johnson87 Jack_Clark87 Jimmy_Key87 Roger_Clemens87

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
JOHNSON,Howard	MEX AL	.421	.947	5	19	8	1	0	3	7	9	4	5	0	0	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
CLEMENS,Roger	CHI AL	2	2	0	0	1.38	13	3	2	14	6	8	0	0	0	1	0

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
CLARK,Jack	VAL NL	.429	.857	4	14	6	0	0	2	5	8	4	8	0	0	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
KEY,Jimmy	MGH NL	2	2	0	0	0.59	15.1	3	1	2	13	4	0	0	0	1	0

· Germantown Grays @ Manhattan Gas Hornets
Series Preview	Germantown Grays come to the big Apple to face the Manhattan Gas Hornets with each team sporting 17-9 records (Germantown 3 games back of Long Beach in the NLW while Manhattan is sitting atop the NLE). Germantown leads the NL in batting at a .280 clip and 5.6 runs per game while ranking 3rd in pitching with 2.98 team ERA!! Manhattan is 6th in both of those categories. Leading the Grays offense is Mark McGwire (obtained in the offseason from the Gas Hornets) with a .359 avg and 10 long balls in 24 games (and 29 rbis and 20 runs)! And they have 8 batters over .300 who have appeared in more than half their games. Guzman (5-0) and Flanagan (4-0) pace the starters. Manhattan sports a 10 HR guy himself, obtained in the off season from Germantown, in Andre Dawson who is hitting .324, 29 rbis and 22 runs. 5 Gas Hornets are over .300 among those who have appeared in 50% or more of their games. Key (4-0) and Zane Smith (3-0) pace the starters.
Game #1:	Guzman (5-0) vs Key (4-0) After 3 1/2 innings of mostly Ks and Ws – Jody Davis sends one over the left field wall (2) for 1-0 Manhattan lead. McGwire ties it up in the 6th, but only because Reynolds makes a throwing error. Bottom half, Joyner (7) unties it with lead-off home run down the line past the pole. Dawson (11) follows to make it 3-0. After a Moreland single, Guzman gets lifted for Dedmon still in the 6th. Hadn’t mentioned anything yet, but with 2 out in the 7th Bailey scratches out an infield hit to break up a no-hit bid by Key. Key is lifted in the 8th and with the tying run on 1st and 2 outs for the Grays in the 9th, Buice fans PH Martinez for his 5th save and a 3-1 Manhattan victory. Key gets the win (5-0), Guzman (5-1) the loss. Germantown managed only 2 hits in the game (and their run come on no hits).
Game #2:	Aguilera (0-1) vs Clancy (3-2) A Brower triple followed by a Ray single gets the Grays on the board 1-0 in the 2nd. McGwire (11) popped a big one in the 4th to make to 2-0 Germantown. The Gas Hornets stay in the game by holding the Grays to no runs in the 5th and 6th despite them getting runners to 2nd and 3rd with one out in each inning. Jacoby pulls Manhattan within 1 with a solo shot in the 7th (9). In the 8th Romero singles, PR Reynolds tossed out at second stealing. Sax follows with single and Yount doubles him home to tie the game. Lefferts came in to pitch after the Romero single. Joyner follows Yount’s double with one of his own to give Gas Hornets the 3-2 lead and Dedmon is brought on. Dawson grounds Joyner to 3rd and Dedmon gives Jacoby IW to face Davis (hitting .302) – good move, Davis fans. Buice comes in for the 9th and gives up a 1 out single, but ends the game getting PH Leach to hit a comebacker. Buice racks up save (6). Manhattan comes back for 3-2 win. Reed (1-0) gets win in reli ef, Lefferts gets BS 1 and the loss (0-1).
Game #3:	Flanagan (4-0) vs Leach (1-0) Jacoby leads off the bottom of the 4th with a solo shot (10) for a 1-0 Manhattan lead. Jody Davis (3) does the back to back thing to make it 2-0. After 2 2 out walks load the bases in the bottom of the 5th, Williams singles to make it 3-0, the Grays cut down the potential 4th run at the plate. 2 out Yount double in the 6th makes it 4-0 Manhattan. The bottom of the 8th was a nightmare for Germantown. It started with Dan Gladden hitting a PH double and then he got an rbi single later in the same inning as the Gas Hornets plate 6 runs for a 10-0 lead. That’s how it ends with Leach (2-0) and 3 other pitchers combing for the 2 hit shutout. Flanagan suffers his first loss (4-1).
Game #4:	Morgan (3-2) vs Alexander (1-2) McGwire comes off a day of rest to hit #12, a 2 run shot, in the 1st for a quick Germantown 2-0 lead. He gets 2 more rbis with a 2 run double in the 3rd for 4-0 lead. Foley adds an rbi single, Grays up 5-0 going to the bottom of the 3rd. Dawson cracks #2 in the 4th after Joyner reached on fielding error, 5-2 Germantown. A Sax triple and Yount 6-3 groundout, the Gas Hornets cut the lead to 5-3 in the 5th. Joyner then singles and Dawson mashes #14 to tie the game (Dawson and McGwire each have 4 rbis so far the game). Sheridan’s 4th hit in the game is an rbi single that scored Daulton from 2nd (not sure how he got that far that fast, but when the dust cleared the ump was waving safe!), 6-5 Grays. Top 7, leadoff triple by Martinez and an IW to McGwire sets up an rbi infield single by Foley for a 7-5 Germantown lead. Dawson drives in 1 with single in 7th to cut it to 7-6 but Ray makes a stellar play on a Jacoby soft pop over his head, then tosses it back quickly to 2nd to do uble up Dawson to end the inning. Lefferts in to pitch the 8th and Felder leads off with triple and scores on Grifin SF to the wall, tie game. 9th inning both McGwire and Dawson fail to reach base, games goes into extra innings. With Ray on 3rd and Cruz on 2nd and 1 out, the infield is brought in. Jeltz hits one hard to Griffin, he scoops it and goes home – bad throw – and Ray is safe (E6), Cruz goes to 3rd, but Jeltz tries to get to 2nd and is cut down for out #2, but Germantown take an 8-7 lead in the 10th. Miller adds insurance with an rbi single, 9-7. Lefferts bats for himself and stays in to pitch the 10th. Leadoff single by Reynolds, groundout and Griffin single put runners on the corners, 1 out, for Manhattan in bottom of the 10th. Williams PH single plates 1, 9-8 Grays. Davis pops out, infield fly rule, Sax the Gas Hornet’s last hope and Lefferts fans him to nail down the Germantown win, 9-8 in 10 innings. Lefferts got BS #2 (both in this series) but manages to get the win (1-1). Buice took the loss (1-1) on the unearned runs in the 10th.
Game #5:	Reuss (2-2) vs Key (5-0) A Yount single with 2b error on Brower sets up Joyner SF in the 1st, 1-0 Manhattan. Jacoby, keeping up the big boys, leads off the 2nd with his 11th HR, 2-0. Once again, Davis follows (4) for their 2nd back to back HRs in this series (and 3rd time for Manhattan), 3-0. Davis hit another HR (5), a 2 run shot inthe 4th, 5-0. Manhattan adds a couple more in the 5th, 7-0. 2 error in 8th lead to a run for Germantown (on no hits) and yes, Key has a no-hitter going through 8 (and again, Manhattan has scored on him in spite of no hits). McGwire 1 out double in the 9th breaks up Key’s bid for the no-hitter (got closer this time). He leaves after 8.1 with 9 Ks and 1 hit. Wegman comes in and DeCinces takes him over the wall (6) for 2 runs, 8-3 Manhattan. More excitement ensues as Zane Smith gets the 2nd out, but then a series of singles score 2 more runs to make it 8-4, the last single by Miller off Hudson brings the tying run to the plate. Ray goes deep to left, deep, but not deep enough as Gladden hauls it in for the final out, Manhattan 8-4 winners. Key the winner (6-0), Reuss the loss (2-3) and Hudson the save (1).
Series Summary *	Manhattan takes the series 4-1. McGwire (2 homers – 12) and Dawson (3 homers – 13) deliver on their excitement. Key comes close to 2 no-hitters, but gets none, but does get 2 win to go to 6-0. Jacoby runs his HR total to 11 and Jody Davis, back from an injury plagued previous series hit .411 in the series (7 for 17) with 4 HRs and 6 rbis. Manhattan stays home to host Winnipeg next series while Germantown returns home to face Valdosta.

Michigan Marauders @ Winnipeg Goldeyes
Series Preview	Michigan was playing a couple games below .500 while Winnipeg has the worst record in the league.
Game #1:	Winnipeg’s bench 1B Dave Bergman had his best game of the year hitting 2 homers and a double in the 8-3 Winnipeg win. Ripken’s homer just wasn’t enough, as Tanana takes the loss.
Game #2:	Bream matches Bergman and hits 2 homers and drive in 5 as Deshaises getsa the easy 8-1 win for Michigan.
Game #3:	Ripken and Bruno homer in this 8-3 Michigan win.
Game #4:	Bruno had the only homer but Inky had 2 doubles and 4 rbis for Winning, as the Goldeyes win 6-3 to even the series.
Game #5:	Bruno hit his 3rd homer and Nokes hit 2 as Michigan takes the series in a 4-1 Langston win.
Series Summary *	Michigan gets a game within .500 as they took two of the five in Winnipeg.

· Stockton Wings @ East Pointe Marlins
Series Preview	Stockton come to Eastpointe for a 5 game series.
Game #1:	Ojeda handed his first loss on the year. Eastpointe wins 5-2.
Game #2:	Eastpointe wins 6-5 in the 10th inning. Chili Davis 2-3 with 1 run and 1 rbi for Stockton. Devon White goes 3-4 for the Marlins.
Game #3:	Another extra inning game, Marlins win in the 11th 7-6 Chili Davis goes 3-5 with 2 HRs and 4 RBI Danny Tartabull goes 4-6 with 3 RBI and Rob Deer adds a HR for Eastpointe.
Game #4:	Eastpointe wins 3-0 Dan Petry shuts them down with a complete game 5 hit shutout. 7 Ks 1 bb RbI’s from Benzinger, Sheets and Gallego for the Marlins.
Game #5:	Stockton out hits the Marlins, but Eastpointe still gets the win 6-5 Canseco finally gets his bat going, he goes 2-4 with 2 RBI and a HR. Trammell goes 2-3 with a HR and 2 RBI and Bonillia goes 2-4 with 3 RBI for the Marlins.
Series Summary *	Tough home series for Eastpointe but they pull off the 5 game sweep and have a 8 game winning streak. Stockton is 3-7 in the last 10 games.

· Cedar Park Bears @ Washington Past Timers
Game #1:	Cedar Park 0 – Washington 7
Game #2:	Cedar Park 0 – Washington 4
Game #3:	Cedar Park 6 – Washington 5
Game #4:	Cedar Park 5 – Washington 1
Game #5:	Cedar Park 1 – Washington 3
Series Summary *	Washington takes 3 of 5 from Cedar Park

· Long Beach Titans @ Bethel Champs
Series Preview	Bethel comes in at 9-17 8 games back. Long Beach is in 1st at 19-5. Long Beach comes in with top pitchers Rick Rhoden 0.99ERA 5-5 QS and Willie Fraser (4-0 2.18). They lead the league with a 2.68ERA and .213OBA. Bethel has teh worst ERA at 5.32 For Bethel Alvin Davis is 2nd in the NL with a .320 avg and OBP .432
Game #1:	Ted Simmons 2 out RBI double off of Berenguer in the 1st to make it 1-0 Bethel after 1. Carman only gives up 1 hit in the first 2 innings to Long Beach. In the 2nd Sharperson missed a hit and run and Mike Young was injured for 10 days in a collision at 2nd. Carman shutout through 3. Carman walks to lead off the 3rd for Bethel. Mazzilli sacrificed him to 2nd. Bradley hit a 2 out single to make it 2-0 Bethel after 3. Seinback hit an RBI 2b with 2 outs to cut the score to 2-1. Oberkfell and Marshall started off the bot of the 4th with singles. Sharperson ended the inning by GIDP. 2-1 after 4. Long beach gets 1st and 2nd with 2 outs and Guerrero grounds out to first. Berenguer pitched a perfect 5th. 2-1 Bethel after 5. No hits for either team in the 6th. Carman is pulled with 3 straight RHB. Fletcher got a single but LB kept Berenguer in who made teh last out. 2-1 mid 7th. Marshall leads off with a walk but is stranded at 1st. L eaoff walk from DJames off of Comstock. They dont score though. Bottom of teh 8th Berengure doesnt allow a run. 9th inning 2-1 Bethel. Stoddard is broghut in to try to close it out. Mupghrey leads off with a walk for Long Beach. Trilo K’s, Mulliniks with a PH infield single. 1st and 2nd with one out. Ashby pinch hits and grounds into a DP. Bethel wins 2-1.
Game #2:	Guerero hits a leadoff HR followed by a Mumphrey HR. 2-0 Long Beach after a half inning off of Blyleven. Viola pitching with a 2-0 cushion. No other scoring through the 1st three. Viola perfect through 3. Simmons got a hit for Bethel in the 4th but no runs. Mattingly knocked in Mumphrey who hit a 2 run double and gave Long Beach a 3-0 lead through 4 1/2. Bottom of the 7th Simmons led off with a walk. Kal Daniels walked too. Alvin Davis advanced them with a groundout. Oberkfell single in 2 oafter a Marshall strikeout. Robinson in brought in for Long Beach and strands Oberkfell. 3-2 Long Beach after 7. Worrell brought in the bottom of the 8th. Sharperson hits a one out PH double. Bedrosian is brought in to face Bradley who walked. Simmons up with 1st and 2nd 1 out. I knew it would happen and Simmons GIDP. 3-2 Long Beach after 8. Orosco struck out 2 of 3 in the 9th for Bethel. In the bottom of the 9th Bedrock looking for his 3rd save gives up a one out double to Alvin Davis. Kingery pinch ran. Marshall popped out. Oberkfell got an infield hit. Runners at the corners with 2 outs Bernazard struck out to end it. Final Long Beach3 Bethel 2.
Game #3:	Bethel gets the 1st 2 batters in after not having any hits through the 1st 2 innings. Bradley doubled ina run for Bethel. Concepcion singled in 2 off of Downs to make it 3-0 Bethel after 3. Sutton had a 2 hit shutout through 5. Bradley led off the 5th with a HR 4-0 Bethel after 5. Long Beach loaded the bases with no outs in the top of the 8th. Mattingly flew out. teufel knocked in a run with a FC. Thats all they could muster. 4-1 Bethel mid 7th. Bethel scored on an eror in the 8th. Guerrero hit a 3 run HR with 2 outs in the 9th to cut the lead to 6-4. Orosco struck out Mumphrey to end it. Bethel wins 6-4.
Game #4:	Mattingly RBI single in the top of the 1st. Steinbach sac fly made i 2-0. bernazard cu it to 2-1 in the 2nd with a solo HR. Long Beach loaded teh bases for RHoden with one out. He hita sac fly then james hit a 3 run HR 6-1 Long Beach followed by one by Guerrero. Bethel not gibving up, Bernazard RBI double to make it 7-2 with none out in the 4th. Oberkfell singled in 2 to make it 7-4. Owen reached on an error, Porter pinch hit and walked to load them up no outs. Bradley singled in 2 7-6. Kingery hit into a Dp. Kal Daniels singled off of Robison to tie it at 7 after 4. Vanc Law hit a 2 out 3 run HR off of Barry Jones to make it 10-7 middle of the 5th. Long Beach scored 2 more off of Jones. Finley bailed tehm out. 12-7 Long Beach. Kingery got hbp and injured for 5 days. The 2nd outfielder to get injured this series. Daniels singled in a run to make it 12-8. Bottom of the 8th, McCullers in, Sharperson gets a PH single. Bradley GIDP. Bethel gets 2 more guys on and worrell is brought in and strikes out Alvin Davis. No more runs in the game. Long Beach wins 12-8. Bethel made the mistake of bringing in Barry Jones to fill in for an inning in a close game.
Game #5:	Alvin Davis hits a 2 run HR for Bethel off of Fraser in teh bottom of the 1st. Mattingly got a 2 run single to tie it in teh 2nd. marshall sac fly in the 3rd. 3-2 Bethel after 3. Long Beach loaded the bases vs Storm Davis with 1 out in the 6th and Storm struck out Fraser and Guerrero. Mattingly hit a 2 run HR in the 7th. Robinson in brought in after Frase waks the leadoff batter in the bottom of the 7th. Bradley doubled to put them at 2nd and 3rd. Porter walked to load the bases. Kal Daniels singled in 2 to give Bethel a 5-4 lead. bernazard hit a sac fly 6-4 Bethel. Mumphrey HR top of the 9th to make it 6-5. Horn grounded out to end the game. Bethel wins 6-5.
Series Summary *	Bethel wins a tight series 3-2. Not giving up yet.

· Mexico City Chihuahuas @ Montana Cutthroats
Series Preview	The 12-12 Mexico City Chihuahuas visit the 10-16 Montana Cutthroats. Mexico City is in 2nd place in the AL West Division only 1.5 games behind Detroit. Montana is in last place 9.0 games behind 1st place Chicago in the AL East.
Game #1:	Barry Bonds hits a grand slam to give Mexico City a 5-0 lead after 3 innings. However, Montana doesnt go away. Down 8-4 in the 9th, the Cutthroats score 4 times to tie the game and send it to extra innings. The Chihuahuas score in the 10th to win the game 9-8. Bonds goes 3 for 5 with 7 RBI in win. Final Score – MEX 9 MCT 8 (10 inn.)
Game #2:	Montana jumps out to a 2-0 early lead. However, Mexico City scores in 5 of the final 7 innings to win running away 8-4. Bonds continues to enjoy Cutthroat pitching with a 3 for 5, 2 2B performance. Randy Ready homers for Mexico City and Darryl Strawberry goes yard for Montana in a losing effort. Final Score – MEX 8 MCT 4
Game #3:	Mexico City jumps out to an 8-1 lead after 4 1/2 innings and then holds on to a 11-5 win over Montana. Hitting stars include Howard Johnson who goes 2 for 4 with 3 runs and 3 RBI and Harold Reynolds who goes 2 for 4 with 2 runs and 2 RBI. Montana is led by Ellis Burks who cleared the bases with a 3-run triple in the 6th inning. Final Score – MEX 11 MCT 5
Game #4:	Montana gets in the win column with an 8-4 win. Steve Balboni clubbed a 3-run HR for Montana in the 2nd inning to put the Cutthroats ahead to stay. Howard Johnson’s 2-run HR was not enough for Mexico City. Final Score – MCT 8 MEX 4
Game #5:	Mike Aldrete clubs two HRs and Howard Johnson has another 3 hit night to lead Mexico City to an 11-5 win over Montana in the series finale. Johnson drove home 3 runs and got a HR in the win. Final Score – MEX 11 MCT 5
Series Summary *	Mexico City continues to show they will be a factor in the playoff chase with a decisive 4-1 series win over the rebuilding Montana Cutthroats. Speculation continues to swirl around the Cutthroats that some trades could be eminent.

· Detroit Stars @ Fort Worth Panthers
Series Preview	Ft. Worth comes into this series in 4th place 8 games behind Chicago. On the league leader boards they’re 9th in batting at .234 and 3rd in ERA at 4.05. For the Panthers starting pitcher, Darling is 2nd in ERA at 1.48 and McGee and Hernandez were tied for 5th in doubles with 9. For Detroit on the league leader boards they’re number two in batting at .282 and on top in on base percentage. The Stars come into this series in 1st place 1.5 games in front of Mexico City. For Detroit Butler enters the series on a 12 game hitting streak. He was 5th in batting average at .337, 10th in slugging, second in on base-percentage, and tied for second in walks with 20. Also for the Stars Kruk was 8th in hitting at .338, 4th in on base-percentage, and 4th in runs batted in with 23, and tied for second in walks with 20. Finally the last hot player for Detroit Bell was 6th in batting at .337, 6th in slugging, 4th in hits with 35, and 2nd best in ru ns batted in with 26
Game #1:	In the top of the first Kruk hit a solo home run (3), but the Panther’s tied it in the bottom of the first when Beniquez doubled home a run. In the second a single by Whitaker and a double by Franco plated the Stars 3 runs and after two innings Detroit led 4 to 1. In the 4th after the first two hitters had reached on singles Darling drilled Whitaker in the ribs to load the bases and send Sweet Lou to the bench for a few days. Franco follows with another single driving home two, but Tabor was thrown out at third. Franco then gets thrown out at third on a Butler single. The Stars would get one more run in the inning on an error by Hernandez. Ft. Worth would get 3 runs to make it close, but three more runs by Detroit including a two run home run by Butler assured the victory. Danny Jackson has a complete game 6-hitter for his 1st complete game of the season for the Stars. For the Panther’s their losing streak reaches 4 games. FINAL SC ORE: STARS 10, PANTHERS 4
Game #2:	Lots of scoring early, Butler leads off the game for Detroit with a single to continue his hitting streak at 14 games. Coleman follows with a triple drive him home and then Coleman scores on a single by Bell. Panther starter, LaPoint appeared to settle down after that. In the bottom of the first 5 of the first 6 hitters reached and Ft. Worth scored 3 runs to lead after the first 3 to 2. In the bottom of the 2nd Heath gets a second straight double to drive in a run and then later scores on a Lansford single. After that the Stars bullpen and Ft Worth’s LaPoint kept each other in check as the Panthers take game two. FINAL SCORE: PANTHERS 6, STARS 3
Game #3:	It was all Detroit in game 3. Powered by Tabor who drove in 3 and home runs by Parrish and Kennedy and a pitching gem by Bielecki the Stars won easily. Bielecki had a complete game 4 hitter with 4 strikeouts. Two of the hits for Ft Worth were by Heath. FINAL SCORE: STARS 7, PANTHERS 0
Game #4:	Game 4 was the Panthers turn to pounce. Detroit starter DeLeon didn’t even make it out of the first inning. MWWL legend Steve Carlton pitched 8 strong innings allowing only 1 run even though he gave up 11 hits for career victory number 256. FINAL SCORE: PANTHERS 9, STARS 1
Game #5:	Best game of the series. In the top of the first Parrish drove home two with a single although the Stars could have had more as they had the bases loaded with no outs. Sandwiched around Parrish’s single were two big strikeouts for Panther starter Valenzuela. The Panthers weren’t able to score in the bottom of the first even though Thompson led off with a double. Ft. Worth takes the lead scoring two runs on bases loaded double play balls in the 3rd and 5th innings and also getting a bases loaded walk in the 5th inning. The Panthers extend their lead to 5 to 2 in the 6th inning on back to back doubles and a sac fly. After Detroit got a run in the 7th the Panthers elected to walk Rice who was hitting .291 so that Valenzuela would be able to face lefty Lou Whitaker, who was hitting only .204 and slugging a nominal .327. The move backfired. “The runners take their lead … VALENZUELA comes home … a blast to right … way back i t’s long gone! … a grand slam for WHITAKER! … Lou is clapping his hands he’s one happy ballplayer … WHITAKER will circle the bases … and he’s sure taking his time VALENZUELA grabs the rosin bag … and flings it to the ground in disgust and VALENZUELA is a lonely man out there … STARS 7, PANTHERS 5” It looked like that might be the game winner until the bottom of 9th. After the Panthers got a run on a sac fly McGee came to plate with two outs and a man on, “He delivers … this one is hit … it may carry … it’s way back … say good-bye … it’s all over! … a two-run dinger … Willie trots around the bases … he claps his hands … and there’s a party at home!” FINAL SCORE: PANTHERS 8, STARS 7
Series Summary *	Ft. Worth takes the series 3 games to 2. Detroit outfielder, Butler extends his hitting streak to 15 games before he leaves game 3 with an injury.

· Valdosta Bombers @ Hollywood Vampires
Series Preview	Valdosta sweeps Hollywood
Series Summary *	Hollywood swept

· Steel City Sluggers @ Missouri Black Bears
Series Preview	Steel City Sluggers visit the Missouri Black Bears
Game #1:	Steel City 4, Missouri 2 Carter 2B, Sac Fly, 3 RBI McReynolds 2 hits, RS, RBI Greenwell 2 hits, 2B, 2 RBI in the loss
Game #2:	Missouri 4, Steel City 1 Sierra 2-run HR in the 8th Santiago 2 hits, HR, RS, RBI Leibrandt 8 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 3 BB, 8 K
Game #3:	Missouri 8, Steel City 2 Greenwell 4 hits, 2B, 3 RS Lind 2 hits, 3B, 2 BB, RS, 3 RBI Galarraga 2 hits, 2B, BB, 3 RS, RBI Santiago 3 hits, 2B, BB, RS, RBI
Game #4:	Steel City 5, Missouri 4 – 10 Innings Carter 3-run 2nd inning HR Schmidt 3 hits, RBI Gwynn 4 hits, 2B, 2 RBI in the loss
Game #5:	Missouri 6, Steel City 4 Santiago 3 hits, HR, 3 RS, RBI Lind 2 hits, 3B, RS, RBI McDowell PH 2-run 2B in the 8th O’Brien 2 hits, HR, RS, 3 RBI in the loss Injury: SCS – B. Ripken (31 days)
Series Summary *	Bears take the series 3 games to 2. Tony Gwynn went 12 for 23 in the series. With included changes, the Black Bears are ready for the next series.

· Old Mill Legends @ Chicago Demolition
Series Preview	Chicago travels to Old Mill for a 5 game set
Game #1:	Chicago wins 7-2. Clemens gets the win. Boggs drives in 3.
Game #2:	Old Mill wins 7-1. Jones gets the win and Barfield drives in 3.
Game #3:	Chicago wins 9-2 as Stewart improves to 4-1. Lemon had 4 RBIs.
Game #4:	Chicago wins 12-3. Hershiser gets the win and Lemon drives in 4 more.
Game #5:	Clemens gets the win and Davis has a HR and 2 RBIs.
Series Summary *	Chicago wins the series 4 games to 1.