1993 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #6

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
VAUGHN,Mo	DET AL	.412	1.176	4	17	7	1	0	4	5	10	4	1	0	0	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
RIJO,Jose	FFS AL	1	1	0	0	0.00	8	0	0	2	8	1	0	0	0	0	0

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
MERCED,Orlando	SLS NL	.391	.652	5	23	9	0	0	2	7	9	3	2	2	1	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
MARTINEZ,Dennis	LBT NL	1	1	0	0	0.00	9	1	0	7	10	1	0	0	0	0	0

Missouri Black Bears @ Winnipeg Goldeyes
Series Preview:	Two time champion Winnipeg is off to poor start and the black Bears a so so on. Winnipeg is built on pitching and defense the black bears have great hitting and pitching and should be in the world series hunt.
Game #1:	Dante Bichette his two homers drives in 4 and Viola plays quality music in this 6-3 Black Bear win.
Game #2:	Piazza goes 5 for 5 Bonds homers and Burket is great in this 4-1 Black Bear win.
Game #3:	Bonds hits 2 homers and Piazza hits one in this 8-3 Black Bear Blowout.
Game #4:	Gonzalez homers and Porrtugam is strong as the Bears win 6-2.
Game #5:	Winnipeg’s pitcher finakky do there thing as Glavine goes 8 allows just 4 hits and Beck gets his 8th save. Winnipeg 2-0.
Series Summary:	Winnipeg’s two year run seems over as there just don’t have the bays to challenge Black Bears maybe turning it on with this 4 out 5 series win. Piazza was great 9 for 16 with a homer and and 4 rbis.

Chicago Demolition @ Mexico City Chihuahuas
Series Summary:	Mexico City takes the series 3-2.

Corktown Bootleggers @ Flossmoor Flying Squirrels
Series Summary:	Flossmoor sweeps Corktown in the five game set. Three one run games with a pair of 6-0 shutouts sandwiched in the middle. Unlike last year, the Flying Squirrels get out of the box much quicker this year, and now stand at 26-9 on the young season.

Valdosta Bombers @ Long Beach Titans
Game #1:	Long Beach got 2 run HRs from Cecil Fielder and David Justice and won 5-1. Dennis Martinez threw a 7 hit CG for his first win of the season.
Game #2:	Alex Arias broke up a 2-2 game when he singled in Eric Karros with the winning run in Valdosta’s 3-2 win. Mike Moore gave up 8 hits in 8 1/3 innings to pick up the win. Jose Offerman had 3 hits in a losing cause.
Game #3:	Jose Vizcaino hit a 2 run HR in the 8th to tie the game 2-2. Jack Voight hit a SF in the bottom of the inning scoring Carlos Baerga with the winning run as Long Beach held on to a 3-2 win.
Game #4:	Long Beach scored 4 runs in the 4th and won 4-2. Dwight Smith was at the center of the action driving in the first 2 runs on a 2B and scoring on Carlos Baerga’s 1b. Frank Castillo pitched into the 7th and the bullpen did their job with David West picking up the save.
Game #5:	Valdosta built a 6-2 lead going into the bottom of the 9th behind a 2 run HR by Scott Servais and a 2 run 1b by Eric Karros. In the bottom of the 9th David Justice, Cecil Fielder and Wes Chamberlain went back to back to back to cut the lead to 6-5. After Jose Offerman reached, Roger McDowell retired Dwight Smith to end the game.
Series Summary:	Long Beach won 3 of the 5 games.

Steel City Sluggers @ Sugar Land Skeeters
Series Preview:	Despite injuries, Sugar Land hopes to build on their strong start versus a struggling Steel City nine.
Game #1:	Sugar Land gets 3 in the ninth, winning 5-4 on a walk-off error on a comebacker to P Stanton. Staton homers in the eighth after entering on a douvle-switch.
Game #2:	Sugar Land blows leads of 5-1, 6-3, and 8-5 and eventually falls apart to lose in extras, 16-8. Webster scores 4 runs and walks three times, Grace has 5 hits, Hollins 4 RBI, but the star is Raines who was 4-8, four runs, 5 RBI.
Game #3:	Wilson Alvarez doesn’t allow a hit until the 7th and Gibson has a HR and 4 RBI as Sugar Land wins, 5-2.
Game #4:	Jay Bell, who had a 7-hit game earlier this year goes 6-6 with 4 runs scored to lead a multi-faceted Sugar Land offense that pounds out 27 hits and five homers in a 22-4 laugher. Tommy Greene, the pitcher, gets his third homer and 7th RBI of the season. White has 4 hits, Merced has four runs, four hits, and five RBI.
Game #5:	Merced and Blowers homer and Chris James scores three runs as Sugar Land wins big again, 11-1. Langston is 6-0, 1.07, and sacrifices three times.
Series Summary:	Sugar Land wins four of five.

Michigan Marauders @ Germantown Grays
Series Preview:	The Grays are off to a hot start, but not at home and the Marauders have a fearsome offense.
Game #1:	Grays Bere shuts down that offense pitching a complete game shutout allowing 6H 1W w/ 6K. Litton 2-4 R, Hemond 2-4 R 3RBI HR and Mack 2-2 R 2b Sb. Marauders Anderson 2-4 and Palmiero 2-3 2b W. Hartley 2 innings of scoreless relief. Grays 5-0
Game #2:	Grays Phillips banged a 2R PH 2b in the 8th that proved the difference. Appier 8IP 2R 4H 2W 8K. Marauders Williams 3-3 R 2b W. Grays 3-2
Game #3:	Marauders bats come alive. Anderson 3-4 3R 2-2b HBP, Pamiero 3-5 R 3RBI 2-2b, Hoiles 1-2 2R 2RBI HR HBP SF, and Kamieniecki 2-4 R. Kamieniecki 8IP 1R 7H 2W 6K. Grays Curtis 2-4, Thomas 3-4 R, and McRae 2-4. Wohlers, Fetters and Aguilera pitched 3 innings of scoreless relief. Marauders 8-1
Game #4:	Gagne walkoff grand slam topped a 6 run 9th. Marauders Anderson 2-4 R W, Burnitz 3-5 2R 2-2b, Hoiles 2-4 R W, and Gaetti 2-5 R RBI. DeShaies 6.2IP 1R 8H 1W 4K. Grays Curtis 3-5 2R RBI HR, Alomar 2-4 R 2b W, Hemond 2-4 R RBI SF, and Finley 2-2. Grays 10-6.
Game #5:	Lots of goose eggs 3 crooked numbers. Marauders Easley 3-4 R. Hartley and Boever 3 innings of scoreless relief. Grays McFarlane 2-4 R 2b. Hernandez and Montgomery 2 innings of scoreless relief. Grays 5-4.
Series Summary:	Grays took the close games and therefore the series, 4-1. Offense was spread around but the honors will be given to Marauders Palmiero with 7RBI on 7-20 4-2b 2W Sb. Grays Bere gets the pitching honors: 9IP 0R 6H 1W w/ 6K.

California Quakes @ Janesville Juggernauts
Series Preview:	The Quakes come into town for a five game set with the Juggernauts.
Game #1:	Game one is a close one, with the Juggernauts taking it 3-2 behind a quality start from Cormier, who wins his 3rd of the season. Two errors by the Quakes leads to a Janesville unearned run which is the difference in the game.
Game #2:	Tartabull hits his second homer in as many games as Janesville wins another nail biter, 4-3.
Game #3:	This one is over in the first inning, as Armstrong gets roughed up for 9 runs, and the Quakes win walking away 18-2.
Game #4:	California scores 5 runs in the first three innings and cruise to a 6-2 win, evening the series up at two apiece.
Game #5:	Janesville can’t get their bats moving, and the Quakes roll to the series win 4-2, despite a quality start by Leibrandt of the Juggernauts.
Series Summary:	The Quakes roll to a 3-2 series win. Next up for California is a home series against division rival Fort Worth, while the Juggernauts cruise on down I-90 for a road trip against Chicago.

Blarney Drive Bandits @ Manhattan Gas Hornets
Series Preview:	Weak Manhattan hosts good Blarney Drive, looks like the Bandits should easily steal this one.
Game #1:	Really good game until the 9th and then long time Gas Hornets nemesis, Eddie Murray, unloads for a solo homer (7) to break a 3-3 tie. Two batters later, Danny Bautista does the same thing (1) and that was the game. BDB 5-12-1 WP Jerry DiPoto (1-0), S Randy Myers (5) MGH 3- 4-1 LP Pete Smith (0-2)
Game #2:	Chris Haney goes 8 innings and gives up 4 hits, 1 run (another Eddie Murray homer [8] – to go along with his double) and that was enough for the Gas Hornets to pull this one out 5-2. BDB 2-5-4 LP David Wells (1-3) MGH 5-7-0 WP Haney
Game #3:	6 run second innings paves the way for a Bandits rebound win. Chip Hale (2) and Darryl Hamilton (1) crack homers and Pete Incaviglia drives in 2. Randy Johnson gives up 1 hit, walks 2 and fans 8 in 7 innings for the win. BDB 8-9-1 WP Johnson (6-2) MGH 3-3-1 LP Dave Stewart (3-1)
Game #4:	Eddie Murray goes 3 for 4, drives in and scores 1 (double), Pete Incaviglia hits a 3 run homer (4) in a 4 run 5th. Darrin Fletcher (2) hits a solo shot in the 8th and the Bandits steal this one big time 6-1. Erik Hanson goes 8, gives up 4 hits and a run for the win. BDB 6-11-0 WP Hanson MGH 1- 5-1 LP Andy Ashby (1-4)
Game #5:	Blarney Drive came to town with a 4 man rotation. Bud Black was slated to make his 2nd start of the series, but he was (and the rest of the starters) were fatigued/gased/just not ready. So Derek Lilliquist was tapped to start this one (a rare event for him this year). So, the Gas Hornets get single runs in each of the first 3 innings which included a Kevin Maas solo homer (1). Then in the 5th with runners on 2nd and 3rd and no out, Ron Darling comes through with 2 outs. BUT Darryl Hamilton steps up and he punches one to the left side, Fermin dives, knocks it down but can’t get off a throw, 1 run in. Mike Greenwell lines one to center driving in a 2nd run. Pete Incaviglia follows with another base hit and Hamilton scores – tie game. Top of the 6th and Eddie Murray launches his 3rd homer of the series (9) to put the Bandits up 4-3 and they never give up the lead. Scoring another in the 9th they put it away as Randy Myers saves another one. Jerry DiPoto gets his 2nd win of the series in relief. BDB 5-11-2 WP DiPoto (2-0) Save Myers (6) MGH 4- 6-1 LP Greg Harris (1-2)
Series Summary:	Blarney indeed easily steals this series – but they didn’t even have to do it acting like Bandits. Eddie Murray has big week with 3 homers and the Gas Hornets fans really don’t like him in spite of his famous grin. NEXT WEEK: Blarney Drive heads home to host Sugar Land. Manhattan stays home to host Valdosta.

Detroit Stars @ Stockton Wings
Game #1:	DET 4 – STO 1 WP: Heredia (CG) LP: Astacio HR: DET–D. Bell
Game #2:	DET 6 – STO 5 WP: R. Lewis LP: K. Gross SV: T. Edens HR: DET–M. Vaughn, Kent, Eisenreich; STO–D. Lewis, Tettleton
Game #3:	DET 10 – STO 6 WP: J. Austin LP: C. Bailey HR: DET–M. Vaughn, Kent, Eisenreich
Game #4:	DET 11 – STO 2 WP: A. Leiter LP: M. Leiter HR: DET–M. Vaugh (2), Kent, Hundley
Game #5:	STO 8 – DET 3 WP: Rueter LP: Bones HR: STO–Snyder (2), Destrade; DET–Hundley
Series Summary:	Detroit takes the series 4 games to 1 Mo Vaughn hit four HRs, Jeff Kent had three, and Todd Hundley and Jim Eisnereich had two apiece for DET. Cory Snyder had two HRs for STO STO bullpen still sucks, and the starters weren’t much better.

Fort Worth Panthers @ Portland Mavericks
Series Preview:	The Fort Worth Panthers visit the Portland Mavericks. Sorry for short write ups but I am typing on a tablet.
Game #1:	FWP 14 Port 9
Game #2:	FWP 4 Port 1
Game #3:	Port 1 FWP 0
Game #4:	Port 6 FWP 4
Game #5:	FWP 5 Port 3
Series Summary:	Fort Worth looks good in the 3-2 series win.