PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #12

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
FISK,Carlton	WAS AL	.345	.690	7	29	10	1	0	3	7	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
REUSCHEL,Rick	WAS AL	2	2	0	0	2.81	16	5	5	11	8	4	0	1	0	1	1

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
DAVIS,Glenn	MIC NL	.583	1.083	4	12	7	3	0	1	3	8	1	2	0	0	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
DOWNS,Kelly	LBT NL	2	2	0	0	0.51	17.2	1	1	11	14	4	0	0	0	0	0

· Long Beach Titans @ Steel City Sluggers
Series Preview	Steel City holds a slim 1 game lead on Long Beach heading into the series.
Series Summary *	Steel City lays a huge rotten egg, getting swept at home and suddenly finding the franchise 6 games behind.

· Chicago Demolition @ East Pointe Marlins
Series Summary *	Chicago takes the series 4-1

· Manhattan Gas Hornets @ Winnipeg Goldeyes
Series Preview	Last place Winnipeg hosts first place Manhattan. The highlight was a crash after game one for Winnipeg.
Game #1:	MGH 8 WGE 3 Joyner monster game 2 homers and a double Key gets the win 2 in 6.
Game #2:	MGH 9 WGE 2 Jody Davis Grand slam , Alexander 2 in 8.
Game #3:	MGH 5 WGE 3Dawson a homer and 3 rbis as Clancy got the win. MGH
Game #4:	MGH 8 WGE 4 Winnipeg was up 4-0 in the 8th when Durham hit a pinch hit 3 run homer and the Gold eyes fell apart givening up 6 in the 8th.
Game #5:	Key wins his 2nd of the series 3 to 1 as he pitched a gem. Davis homered again./
Series Summary *	Horrid series by the Goldeyes who were just out played, outclassed etc… Here’s hoping the f-file worked as it did crash after game 1 so I had to put together the ffile to avoid the post traumatic shakes I would get facing the Gas Hornets again.

· Old Mill Legends @ Fort Worth Panthers
Game #1:	T 1ST – Tabler leads off with a triple scoring on a single by Wilson. Later in the inning after Ft. Worth got a double play Wilson scored on a single by Molitor. Old Mill lead 2-0. T 4TH – Two out single by Quinones drives home another run for the Legends. Old Mill leads 3-0. B 4TH – McGriff doubles home Parrish, who scored on a close play at the plate. Later in the inning with two outs Thompson doubles home two more to tie the game. Game tied 3-3. T 8TH – Two out single by Boone. Old Mill leads 4-3. Despite a fine pitching performance by Phil Niekro his brother Joe loses the game in 8th. FINAL SCORE: Legends 4, Panthers 3
Game #2:	T 1ST – Tabler leads off the game with his 8th homer of the year. Old gets another run on a fielder’s choice. Old Mill leads 2-0. T 2ND – Winfield singles home a run and Valenzuela walks in another run. Through the first two frames Valenzuela has 5 walks. Old Mill leads 4-0. B 2ND – McGriff scores on a ground ball to Molitor, who was unable to throw him out at the plate. Old leads 4-1. B 3RD – Hernandez gets a ribbie-single, McGriff follows with a run scoring single, and then Newman doubles home the tying run. Game tied 4-4. B 5TH – With the bases loaded with one out McGee singles home two runs. The Panthers would add one more run on a throwing error by Esasky. Ft. Worth leads 7-4. After a shakey first two innings Valenzuela pitches into the 6th inning as the Panthers score the final 7 runs of the game. FINAL SCORE: Panthers 7, Legends 4.
Game #3:	Panther starter Nipper can’t hold a two run lead in the 6th and can’t keep the game tied in the 7th. Old Mill nips Nipper for 12 hits. Meanwhile Rijo strikes out 7. FINAL SCORE: Legends 7, Panthers 4.
Game #4:	Good pitching performance by both starters except for three big hits. Ft. Worth gets a 3 run home run in the first by Hernandez and a solo home run by McGee in the 4th. Esasky hits a two run shot in the 5th. Carlton gets career win number 258. FINAL SCORE: Panthers 4, Legends 2.
Game #5:	Fisher pitches a complete game 4 hitter for Old Mill punching out 7. In his final game for Old Mill Evans goes 3 for 5 and drives home two as part of a Old Mill attack with 13 total hits. Wegman struggles through 7 innings allowing 6 earned runs. FINAL SCORE: Legends 7, Panthers 2.
Series Summary *	Old Mill takes the series 3 games to 2.

· Germantown Grays @ Valdosta Bombers
Series Preview	Two contenders square off in Georgia.
Game #1:	Valdosta 1-0. New Bomber Dave Dravecky threw 6 shutout innings and the bullpen did the rest. Rocky Childress improved to 6-1 and Franco saved # 14. Mike Flanagan (8-3) was the tough luck loser.
Game #2:	Valdosta 5-0. Mike LaCoss (5-2, 1.88) with the 2 hitter. HR’s from Redus, Diaz and Downing who were the hitting heroes.
Game #3:	Valdosta 2-0. Ho hum…another day, another shutout. Charlie Hough (6-6) with the 2 hitter.
Game #4:	Valdosta 3-2. Bob Forsch improved to 6-4. Mark McGwire homered and tripled but he got no help from the other 8 guys as the Grays go down again.
Game #5:	Germantown 3-0. Jerry Reuss with the shutout as he struck out 9 and evened his record at 5-5. Dave Martinez homered twice for the Grays.
Series Summary *	4 shutouts and a 1 run game. Bombers win 4 of 5 from the Grays and are at home next week and then it’s the All-Star break. Grays travel to Sugarland.

· Michigan Marauders @ Clovis Cougars
Series Preview	2nd place Michigan in a mis-match with Clovis.
Game #1:	MICH 5 CLC 1
Game #2:	MICH 9 ClC 4
Game #3:	MIC 6 CLC 4
Game #4:	MIC 13 CLC 4
Game #5:	MIC 12 CLC 1
Series Summary *	Just as a glimmer of light began to appear in the CLovis season Michigan flipped off the switch, and then beat it to death with an old baseball bat. Michigan scores 45 runs in the 5 game series to sweep the hapless Cougars.

· Sugar Land Skeeters @ Missouri Black Bears
Series Preview	Sugar Land Skeeters at Missouri Black Bears
Game #1:	Missouri 7, Sugar Land 2 Sundberg PH 2-run 1B Galarraga 2 hits, RS, 2 RBI Sierra solo HR Morris 8 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 2 BB, 5 K
Game #2:	Sugar Land 8, Missouri 2 Young 2 hits, HR, BB, 2 RS, 2 RBI Diaz 2B, BB, 2 RBI Magrane 6.2 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 3 K
Game #3:	Missouri 2, Sugar Land 0 Gwynn 2 hits, HR, RS, RBI Long 8 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K
Game #4:	Missouri 9, Sugar Land 4 Sierra 3 hits, HR, 2 RS, 2 RBI Gwynn 2 hits, BB, RS, RBI Wilkerson 2 hits, 3B, RS, RBI Santiago 2B, SB, 2 RS, 2 RBI Marshall 3 hits, 2B, 2 RBI in the loss Davis 3 hits, 2 RS in the loss
Game #5:	Sugar Land 14, Missouri 6 Davis 3 hits, 2B, HR, BB, 4 RS, RBI Marshall 3 hits, 2 RS, RBI Young 3 hits, 2B, 2 RS, RBI Sharperson 3 hits 2 RBI Diaz 2 hits, HR, 2 RS, 3 RBI
Game #6:	Sugar Land 8, Missouri 0 Simmons 2 hits, 2 HR, BB, 2 RS, 5 RBI Bernazard 3 hits, 3 RS, RBI Marshall 2 hits, 2B, 2 RS Blyleven 8.1 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 4 K
Game #7:	Missouri 2, Sugar Land 1 – 10 Innings Morrison walk-off PH 1B Morris (ND) 8 IP, 4 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 7 K Davis 3 hits, solo HR in the loss
Series Summary *	Missouri takes 4 of 7 from the Skeeters With included changes, the Black Bears are ready for the next series.

· California Quakes @ Montana Cutthroats
Series Preview	American League East battle as the 1st place California Quakes visit the last place Montana Cutthroats….(ok battle is a little bit of a stretch). The Cutthroats return home after a 43 game road trip. This has to be the longest road trip in league history!? The team had been gone so long that management billed game one as a 2nd opening day and re-introduced the team on the baseline prior to the game.
Game #1:	Quakes are powered by a pair of 3-run innings. George Brett and Ozzie Smith collect 2-run singles to lead the offense while Rick Reuschel goes the distance for the win. Steve Balboni hits 2-run HR for Montana’s only sign of life. Final – CAL 6 MCT 2
Game #2:	Lloyd Moseby goes 2 for 3 with a HR and 3 runs scored to lead Quakes to a 5-1 win. Mike Scott starts for Cali but leaves in 4th with injury. Bob McClure and Dan Plesac pick up from there. Ron Kittle hits solo HR for Montana in 6th. Turns out Kittle’s HR is only hit in game for Cutthroats. Kevin Bass drove in 2 with a 2B and 3B to assist Moseby in offense. Final – CAL 5 MCT 1
Game #3:	Montana out hits Quakes 10-5, but Greg Mathews walks 10 and Quakes win where it counts 6-4. Montana actually had a 3-0 lead in this game on 1st inning runs courtesy of Willie Randolph’s RBI single and Kevin Seitzer’s 2-run HR. However, Carlton Fisk hits a 2-run dinger in 2nd and Darryl Evans adds a solo blast in 3rd to tie it. Quakes take lead for good on a pair of RBI FCs by Dale Murphy and Kevin Bass in 6th. Final – CAL 6 MCT 4
Game #4:	All Quakes in 9-1 rout. Darryl Evans and Lloyd Moseby get 3 hits a piece to pace California 15 hit attack. Montana only gets a run and 5 hits against Nolan Ryan and Steve Peters. Final – CAL 9 MCT 1
Game #5:	For only the second time in the entire series, Montana has a lead. This one is 3-1 on Jim Presley’s 2-run HR in the 2nd. However, Quakes dash home team hopes with a 7-run 5th inning. Ozzie Smith paces California with 3 hits. Presley goes 3 for 4 in losing cause. Final – CAL 10 MCT 5
Game #6:	Quakes keep peddle to the metal with another double digit offensive performance. This one has the Quakes scoring 13 times on 18 hits. George Brett goes 3 for 5 with 4 RBI, but is out done by Carlton Fisk’s 4 for 5 with 4 RBI. Quakes club 4 HRs. Ron Kittle goes deep for the losers. Final – CAL 13 MCT 5
Game #7:	Quakes sweep the Cutthroats with a 8-1 win. Game is actually competitive at 1-1 entering the 7th. Then the walls cave in on Montana as George Bell belts 3-run HR and George Brett follows with solo shot in 4-run 7th inning. Kevin Bass goes 4 for 5. Final – CAL 8 MCT 1
Series Summary *	The only thing the home fans can say about their beloved Cutthroats return home after 43 games on the road is that hope they go on road again soon…..Cutthroats stink up the place as the Quakes dominate entire series with 7-0 sweep. Montana’s losing streak goes to 11 games. Quakes stay in first in competitive battle with Chicago in the East. After game 7, Montana Manager Matt Ellis said, “Thank goodness that disaster is over. That was an old fashion butt kickin’!”

· Detroit Stars @ Stockton Wings
Series Preview	Detroit Stars at Stockton Wings in a five game series
Game #1:	STO 6 – DET 5 WP: Eichhorn LP: McGaffigan HR: Canseco, Coles, Upshaw Despite three Stockton home runs, it takes a walk-off single by Reynolds to put this one in the W column for Stockton. Uribe had RBI hits in the sixth and ninth to keep Detroit in it til the end.
Game #2:	DET 3 – STO 2 (11 inn.) WP: McGaffigan LP: Niedenfuer HR: Parker McGaffigan gets redemption as the Stars come back to win in 11 innings. Parker’s Sac fly in the 11th does it, and bookends his solo HR in the second.
Game #3:	STO 9 – DET 0 WP: Sanderson LP: DeLeon HR: Canseco, Davis Stockton ambushes DeLeon with six runs in the third inning, the big blow a 3-run bomb by Canseco. Reynolds had two RBI, and Davis capped thew scoring with a 2-run homer. Sanderson pitched seven shutout innings.
Game #4:	STO 5 – DET 3 WP: Hurst LP: Gubicza SV: Eichhorn HR: Tettleton, Parker Another nail-biter as Eichhorn had to close out a jam in the ninth. Larkin had 2 RBI. Parker hit another home run for Detroit.
Game #5:	DET 11 – 10 STO (10 inn.) WP: Arnold LP: Eichhorn HR: Hatcher, Canseco, Parker (GS) A wild game and an ugly loss for Stockton. Detroit had two different 5-run innings in the game, one of which was the ninth. Hillegas and Eichhorn melted down in the ninth. There were two bases-loaded walks, a Grand Slam, two runs scored on Detroit errors. This game had a little bit of everything. Kennedy had the game-winning RBI in the 10th. Shelby 3 RBI.Parker 4 RBI on his Grand Slam.
Series Summary *	Stockton takes the series 3 games to 2. Lots of bullpen decisions in this one, with two extra inning games. Parker had 3 HRs for Detroit, one was a grand slam. Stockton’s Canseco also had 3 HRs. Eichhorn had a win, save, and a loss.

· Cedar Park Bears @ Mexico City Chihuahuas
Series Summary *	Mexico City takes 6 of 7 from Cedar Park