1994 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #22
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| O’NEILL,Paul | CAL AL | .647 | 1.235 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| CLARK,Mark | CAL AL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| GIBSON,Kirk | SLS NL | .375 | 1.063 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| MARTINEZ,Dennis | LBT NL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.88 | 14.1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Valdosta Bombers @ Long Beach Titans | |
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| Series Preview: | The NL West comes down to the final 5 games. Long Beach & Winnipeg are tied for first with Tennessee 1 game back. Long Beach hosts Valdosta and Tennessee goes north of the border to visit Winnipeg. |
| Game #1: | Valdosta took a 1-0 lead in the 4th on a Sierra HR. Whitehurst pitched great until the 6th when Long Beach struck for 4 runs on RBI 2Bs by Samuel & Nilsson. That was all they needed as Martinez and the Titans bullpen withstood a couple late rallies by the Bombers in the 4-2 win. |
| Game #2: | Long Beach got the offense going in this game. After scoring 2 in the first on ground outs, they exploded for 5 in the 6th and went on to a 9-2 win. Baerga with 3 RBI & Nilsson with 2 led the offense. Perez gave up 1 hit over 6 innings and also drove in a run in getting the win. |
| Game #3: | Baerga homered leading off the game. 2 batters later, Justice hit another bomb and Long Beach was on its way to a 6-1 win. Lindeman added a 3 run HR in the 5th to seal the win. Palacios gave up 3 hits in 6 innings for his 8th win. |
| Game #4: | Long Beach jumped out to a 5-1 lead after 4 innings and seemed to be in good shape to pick up the win until Valdosta loaded the bases with no outs in the 5th. Before the Titans could get a reliever ready, Sierra hit a grand slam to tie the game. It was still 5-5 in the 7th when Karros came up with runners on 2nd & 3rd and hit a sacrifice fly to give Valdosta a 6-5 win. Sierra ended the game with 2 HR and 5 RBI. |
| Game #5: | Long Beach hit 3 HRs in their season ending 6-2 win. Smith hit 2 and had 3 RBI. Martinez gave up 4 hits in 8 innings for his 10th win of the season. |
| Series Summary: | Long Beach takes 4 of 5 and now waits for the results of the Tennessee – Winnipeg series to see if they get to continue playing. |
| Blarney Drive Bandits @ Sugar Land Skeeters | |
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| Series Summary: | Sugar Land takes the series over Blarney Drive 4 games to 1. |
| Harper Woods Expos @ Mexico City Chihuahuas |
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| Series Preview: | The last series of the year will determine the AL Central. Harper Woods leads Chicago by 3 games with 5 left. |
| Game #1: | The Expos barrel out to a 6-0 lead. The Chiuahuas score the next 7 and hang on 11-7. W. Wayne 1-1 L. Butcher 0-1 |
| Game #2: | All Woods 16-2. W. Mussina L. Leary 0-4 |
| Game #3: | Harper Woods hangs on 4-3 W. Maddux 2-4 L. Gozzo 8-12 S. Eckersly 2 |
| Game #4: | A high scoring game lands in the Expos favor 11-6. W. Astacio 11-7 L. Cummings 8-9 |
| Game #5: | Mexico City takes this one 10-7 W. Whiteside 2-4 L. Erickson 3-8 S. Wayne 2 |
| Series Summary: | The Expos move on to the post season doing just enough to eek out the Central. |
| Tennessee Crackers @ Winnipeg Goldeyes | |
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| Series Preview: | This was a huge series for Winnipeg tied with Long Beach. Long Beach gets a weaker final series so Winnipeg need alot a luck as Tennessee Crackers are better than their 3rd place finish. |
| Game #1: | Jose Canseco breaks Winnipegs heart with a grand slam and drives in 6 runs. Winnipeg ace Benes just did not have it allow 7 runs in under 2 innings. TC 14 WGE 7 |
| Game #2: | Javy Lopez comes up big as Winnipeg wins 3-2 in 10 innings. |
| Game #3: | Benes redeems imself as McGuire homers. Winnipeg 9 Tennessee 5 |
| Game #4: | Lofton has a monster game a double and two homers with 5 rbis as he tries to be a mvp candidate. WGE 14 TC 7 |
| Game #5: | Veres blows the 1 run save in the 8th allowing 3 runs and likely ending the Winnipeg playoff run. TC 4 WGE 2 |
| Series Summary: | A 3 games to 2 series win by Winnipeg, but its likely too poor of a result as Long Beach should win 4 if not all 5 as they win the division and go to the playoffs. Lofton went a a crazy 15 for 26 with 8 rbis thats .577 average 3 doubles 2 homers and 3 steals. |
| California Quakes @ Detroit Stars | |
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| Series Summary: | Visiting California takes 4 of 5 from hometown Detroit. |
| Hampton Huskies @ Missouri Black Bears | |
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| Series Preview: | Missouri controls its playoff destiny as Hampton comes to town, trying to stay above .500 on the season. |
| Game #1: | The Black Bears storm out to an 8-0 lead. But, the Huskies stage an epic comeback, highlighted by back to back to back to back home runs. Yes, that was 4 in a row. They get to within one run on two occasions. But, Missouri holds on to win 9-8.
WP: Ben McDonald (13-4) |
| Game #2: | The opposite of Game 1, this is a pitcher’s duel. A 1-0 game, with Rogers and Bobby Jones fighting. Missouri gets the win, and moves its magic number to 1. WP: Kenny Rogers (7-5) LP: Bobby Jones (7-10) S: John Wetteland (20) |
| Game #3: | Another 1-0 affair, and again this one goes to the Black Bears. The only run is scored on Bichette solo shot. With the win, Missouri clinches its spot as the wildcard too! WP: Zane Smith (11-9) LP: Doug Drabek (12-6) S: John Wetteland (21) |
| Game #4: | Huskies lay into Mark Portugal, and hold on to win 10-9 to salvage a game in the series. Tettleton hits a tater. Piazza hits two for Missouri. WP: Y. Perez (3-4) LP: Lloyd (3-2) S: Doug Jones (17) |
| Game #5: | The final game of the regular season (and last for Hampton) is ended in spectacular fashion, as Bonds hits a 3-run walkoff HR to cap a 6-5 win. WP: Bedrosian (4-2) LP: Doug Jones (2-5) |
| Series Summary: | Missouri comes storming into the playoffs by winning 4 out of 5. Hampton preps for next year, and maybe improved its draft pick. |
| Janesville Juggernauts @ Corktown Bootleggers | |
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| Series Summary: | Corktown takes the series 3-2 to finish out the season for both squads. |
| Steel City Sluggers @ Michigan Mauraders | |
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| Series Preview: | In a battle of 3rd place teams, Steel City closes out the schedule against Michigan. |
| Game #1: | Jaime Navarro faces Charles Nagy in game 1. Cliff Floyd hits a triple in the 1st, and the Sluggers get on board early. The Sluggers go on to score 4 in the 1st. Michigan gets 1 back in the 1st. In the 2nd, the Marauders get another run back.
In the 3rd, Vinny Castilla hits a 3 run bomb to put Michigan in front. Cal Ripken proceeds with a 3 run homer as well. In the 5th, the Sluggers get 3 and trail, 8-7. Michigan tacks on 2 runs in the 6th, and its 10-7. Michigan ends up winning 11-7. Michigan 11 Steel City 7 Nagy goes to 13-4 |
| Game #2: | Michigan gets on board first on a ground out. Dave Clark and Vinny Castilla hit homers and the Marauders win easily. Kamieniecki gets a shutout and his 9th win.Michigan 6 Steel City 0 |
| Game #3: | Michigan gets 2 runs in the 6th (Brady Anderson 2 run homer), and Steel City ties the game in the 7th In a great battle, Michigan wins it in the bottom of the 14 as Chris Hoiles singles in the winning run.
Michigan 3 Steel City 2 |
| Game #4: | Its’ Greg Swindell vs.Bill Wegman. Bret Boone homers in the bottom of the 4th to put Michigan up 1-0. Greg Vaughn hits a big 3 run homer and the Sluggers take the lead in the 6th inning. Raines hits a triple in the 7th and its 4-1. In the bottom of the 7th, Ripken gets a RBI to narrow the Sluggers lead. But, Habyan and the pen closes it down for Steel City.
Steel City 4 Michigan 2. |
| Game #5: | Pete Harnisch goes against Charles Nagy in the finale. Michigan gets on the board first as the Sluggers make an error. Bret Boone doubles in 2 runs in the 2nd run. Michigan goes on to win the game, 8-1.
Michigan 8 Steel City 1 |
| Series Summary: | Michigan wins 4 of 5 from Steel City. |
| Chicago Demolition @ Portland Mavericks | |
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| Series Preview: | The 54-51 Chicago Demolition head to Portland to face the Mavericks (64-41) in a preview of the wildcard matchup. |
| Game #1: | Chicago gets the win in extra 3-2 after a great pitching performance by Todd Stottlemyre. |
| Game #2: | All Chicago in game two as the cruise to the 8-2 win. |
| Game #3: | Portland finally wakes up enough to get the 4-2 win. |
| Game #4: | Another close one, and another Portland win. Portland led 5-0 going into the 8th, when the Demolition explored for 4 runs, but couldn’t plate more. POR 5 CHI 4 |
| Game #5: | Witt pitches a complete game shutout for Chicago. CHI 5 POR 0. |
| Series Summary: | Chicago gets the 3-2 series win, setting up high hopes for the wildcard game. With Clemens and Martinez on the mound Portland better hope they get to a third game. |
| Manhattan Gas Hornets @ Germantown Grays | |
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| Series Preview: | Germantown and Manhatten rapping up the season. |
| Series Summary: | Manhattan scored 1st in the 1st in four of five games – The silent contributer, the Big Hurt Thomas, continued just that in this series finishing a monster year: 7-17 5R 4RBI 3HR 7W. For the season: .362BA, .504OBP, .690SLG, and 1.195OPS. Bullinger finished the season at 12-0 with a 2.74ERA |
| Fort Worth Panthers @ Flossmoor Flying Squirrels | |
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| Series Summary: | Flossmoor takes three of five and heads to the playoffs as the AL East Champs. |
| Montreal Dreamers @ Wausau Timbers | |
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| Series Summary: | Montreal takes the series 3 games to 2. |