1995 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #14
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| CORDOVA,Marty | DET AL | .304 | .652 | 5 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| REKAR,Bryan | CRH AL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| GREENWELL,Mike | BDB NL | .353 | .647 | 4 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 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 | 2.57 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Mexico City Chihuahuas @ Corktown Bootleggers | |
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| Series Preview: | The 2 worst teams in the AL battle it out. |
| Series Summary: | Corktown takes 3 of 5. |
| Winnipeg Goldeyes @ Long Beach Titans | |
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| Series Preview: | Long Beach hosts division rival Winnipeg. |
| Game #1: | After a slow start the Long Beach offense erupted for 5 runs off Glavine in the 5th and rolled to a 10-3 win. Hill drove in 3 runs and Fielder & Oliver added 2 RBI each to pace the offense. Martinez threw 7 strong innings to get the win. |
| Game #2: | Long Beach opened up an 8-2 lead after 5 behind a 3 run HR by Oliver and a Meares 2 run 1b. But Winnipeg wouldn’t go away. Buhner hit a 2 run HR in the 6th and when Simms delivered a 3 run shot in the 8th it was 8-7. Mesa came on in the 9th and retired the side in order to preserve the Titans win. |
| Game #3: | Winnipeg took an early 4-0 lead and held on to win 4-2. Buhner hit his third HR of the series in the first to get the Goldeyes started. Abbott pitched into the 7th before Reed & Veres finished off the victory. |
| Game #4: | This was a good pitchers duel between Candiotti & Castillo. Winnipeg took a 2-1 lead into the bottom of the 8th. With 2 outs Nilsson tripled in Meares to tie the game. In the bottom of the 9th Justice led off with a HR to give Long Beach a 3-2 win. |
| Game #5: | Baerga led off the game with a HR. Maldonado & Hill added 2 run shots and Long Beach won 7-2. Santangelo had 3 hits and Maldonado 3 RBI to pace the offense. Martinez went 7 innings to get the win. |
| Series Summary: | Long Beach won 4 of 5 to tie Winnipeg for second in the NL West. |
| Flossmoor Flying Squirrels @ Castle Rock Hounds | |
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| Series Preview: | Flossmoor looking to continue its excellent start to the season against a middling Castle Rock team that is trying to gain its footing in its first year as a franchise. |
| Game #1: | It’s Greg Maddux vs. Ben McDonald in the first game. The Hounds decided to call McDonald up for the series to see what he could do in one of his few possible starts. It is a pitcher duel, as Flossmoor scores in the 1st inning, but it is quiet for a while after that. Castle Rock threatens in the 7th when Luis Gonzalez gets the first hit of the game (!) and then Roberto Kelly is hit and injured for two days. That brings up Bonds with the tying run on second and nobody out. He flies out, Gonzalez gets picked off and Snow strikes out. And that is it for the promising rally. But, Tartabull goes deep in the 8th and Castle Rock ties it up. But, undaunted, Flossmoor picks up a run in the 9th on a Gant sac fly. Maddux closes it out for a complete game 2-1 victory.
WP: Maddux (12-2) |
| Game #2: | Another juicy pitching match-up as Cone faces Rogers. Castle Rock strikes first with a run in the 4th, and they add two more in the 5th. Rogers just cruises along, moving down the Flying Squirrels each inning. He ends up going for the complete game, surrendering only two hits, and the Castle Rock offense does enough to get the 3-0 win.
WP: Rogers (6-5) |
| Game #3: | Ashby vs. Pettitte in Game 3, and Flossmoor jumps on Andy quickly, with 2 runs in the first. Castle Rock is actually lucky to get out of that first inning only giving up 2. Gregg hits a solo shot in the 3rd for Castle Rock to make it 2-1. But, Flossmoor lays into Pettitte in the 5th wtih homers from Bagwell (solo) and Gant (two-run). Flossmoor loses Bagwell for 13 games, which hurts. The teams trade runs, but Castle Rock doesn’t really threaten as Ashby gets the complete game in a 6-3 Flossmoor victory.
WP: Ashby (6-6) |
| Game #4: | Flossmoor keeps putting out quality pitchers to start their games, but Castle Rock has run out of those, so we put Jose Bautista on the mound. Oh boy, do the Flying Squirrels go off. Flossmoor puts 13 runs across on Bautista with 19 hits total, including 4 from the legend,Eddie Taubensee. Final is 13-5 Flossmoor.
WP: Neagle (7-4) |
| Game #5: | Castle Rock finally gets to see just an average starter with Bones facing off against Rekar in the series finale. Rekar is cruising along through 8 innings without giving up a run. Meanwhile, Castle Rock gets to Bones with a two-run homer from Wallach in the 7th. Rekar closes out the complete game giving up only four hits and 0 runs. Final is Castle Rock 2-0.
WP: Rekar (6-6) |
| Series Summary: | If I had to make a prediction before the series started, I would have gone with Flossmoor 3 and Castle Rock 2, and that’s exactly what happened. The Squirrels do get hit with the injury bug with Puckett and Bagwell going down (not often you see two hall of famers get injured in the same series). |
| Hampton Huskies @ Steel City Sluggers | |
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| Series Summary: | Sluggers take the first three, then drop the final two. |
| Detroit Stars @ California Quakes | |
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| Series Summary: | Detroit just kills California, taking all 5 and outscoring Cal 59-15 in 5 games. Ouch. |
| Montreal Dreamers @ Chicago Demolition | |
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| Series Preview: | Chicago takes on the French Canadians from Montreal. |
| Game #1: | Montreal has a 4 for 4 game from David Segui, Tim O’Leary is 3 for 4 with an RBI & Ron Darling gets a complete game.
Final Score: Montreal 8 – Chicago 1 Win: Ron Darling 4-7 (5.50) |
| Game #2: | Pedro Martinez throws a Complete Game Shut Out as The Demolition take down the Dreamers.
Final Score: Chicago 3 – Montreal 0 Win: Pedro Martinez 5-6 (3.16) |
| Game #3: | Derrick May is 3 for 4 with 2 RBI’s for Chicago allows Roger Clemens to pick up his 4th win on the season for Chicago.
Final Score: Chicago 5 – Montreal 4 Win: Roger Clemens 4-8 (5.10) |
| Game #4: | Dan Wilson is the man for Chicago going 3 for 4 with a Home Run & 2 RBI’s. Bobby Witt goes 6 Innings & picks up the win.
Final Score: Chicago 5 – Montreal 4 Win: Bobby Witt 4-8 (4.78) |
| Game #5: | For the third straight game Chicago tops Montreal by a 5-4 score. This one is a 9th Inning Walk off for Chicago.
Final Score: Chicago 5 – Montreal 4 Win: Edwin Hurtado 3-0 (2.93) |
| Series Summary: | Chicago heads into the break tired and sore, but on a 4 game win streak. |
| Michigan Mauraders @ Manhattan Gas Hornets | |
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| Series Preview: | Michigan (tied for 2nd in NL Central) vs. Manhattan (last NL East)…. |
| Game #1: | Charles Nagy (W 7-5) too much for Manhattan as the Marauders win 7-3. Bernie Williams 3 for 4 with double and homer (6) pace the attack. |
| Game #2: | Scott Sanderson and Sterling Hitchcock end up in a pitcher’s duel in an amazing 1-0 win for the Gas Hornets. Hitchcock goes the distance giving up 3 hits (but 7 walks to go with his 7 Ks). |
| Game #3: | Michigan bounces back for a 5-3 win as Bill Pulsipher goes 7 innings (W 5-3, 1 earned run). Cal Ripken gets his 2nd 3 rbi game of the series. |
| Game #4: | Shawn Boskie continues his excellent pitching (W 7-5) as he goes 7 innings giving up 2 run in the 4-2 Manhattan victory. Cal Ripken is one 3 Maruaders who get 3 hits in the game – the team ended up with 13, but had 12 LOB! |
| Game #5: | Teams were having so much fun with the series that they decided to play 12 inning for the finale. Michigan got single runs in the 6th and 7th to tie it up, then 4 scoreless innings followed the Gas Hornets put the winning run across in the 12th. Allen Watson – starter for Manhattan goes 2 for 3 with a run and rbi. Rafael Palmeiro gets 2 hits and drives in 3. Final score 5-4 Manhattan. |
| Series Summary: | Gas Hornets win the series 3-2 and now head on the road to Winnipeg after the All-Star break. |
| Harper Woods Expos @ Fort Worth Panthers | |
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| Series Preview: | As we reach the midpoint of the 1995 season some career milestones were achieved by the Ft. Worth franchise. Kevin Brown won his 100th career game by winning his 8th game of the season on June 8th against Castle Rock Hounds. Mike Henneman reached 150 career saves in the first series of the season way back on April 4th against Flossmoor. Willie McGee got to 300 career stolen bases on April 18th against the Chicago Demolition. On May 9th, 1995 manager Jarl Jackson became the 6th MWWL manager to reach 1500 victories and on June 11th he moved into 5th place all time for overall manager wins.
The second half of the 1995 could see some big career achievements too as two old Panther hitters hope to reach milestones. Willie McGee needs 27 more hits to reach 1700 career hits and Lance Parrish, playing in his final season needs 15 more hits to reach 1500 for his career. We close out the first half with the AL’s top two teams. The Panthers come into this series in 1st place in the AL West and on the league team leader boards they’re leading in batting average at .312, 3rd in home runs, with 80, leading in runs, on top in slugging, leading in on base percentage, first in ERA at 3.23, and 2nd in OBA at .224. Ft. Worth is 24 and 6 at home. For the Expos, division leaders in the AL Central, on the league team leader boards they enter this series number two in batting at .296, 4th in home runs with 76, second best in runs scored, second in slugging, first in steals with 79, second best in on base percentage, leading the league in Runs per game at 6.3, 3rd in ERA at 3.26, and 4th in OBA at .231. Their road record is 22 and 8 |
| Game #1: | The Expos struck first in the top of the 2nd when doubles by George Williams and Matt Nokes drove in two, but Ft. Worth quickly tied the game in the bottom of the 2nd on a fielder’s choice and single by Thomas Howard. John Mabry, who would go three of three singled in a run in the third inning to put the Panthers in front for good and he also singled in another run in the 5th.
Ft. Worth takes the first game winning 5 to 3 |
| Game #2: | Harper Woods scored first in the opening frame, but the Panther’s roared back scoring the next 11 runs coasting to victory. Five Panther hitters had at least two hits.
Ft. Worth wins 11 to 4 |
| Game #3: | Pedro Astacio tamed the Panther attack holding them to 4 hits in a CG shutout.
Harper Woods wins 4 to 0 |
| Game #4: | Their pride hurt in game three the Cats from Cowtown came back strong in game 4 clobbering the Expos with 21 hits. Edgar Martinez had 4 hits and Robby Thompson and David Hulse had three hits a piece. Every Panther hitter had at least one hit except for late game pinch hitter Dion James.
Ft. Worth wins 16 to 1 |
| Game #5: | Fred McGriff turned a close game into a blow out with a three run homer in the third and the Ft. Worth offense continued mashing.
Ft. Worth wins 8 to 1 |
| Series Summary: | Ft. Worth takes the series 4 games to 1. Edgar Martinez went 1 for 3 in the finale and saw his average drop to .395. In addition to seeing if McGee and Parrish can reach career milestones we may also get to see a .400 hitter in Martinez. |
| Sugar Land Skeeters @ Valdosta Bombers | |
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| Series Preview: | First place Sugar Land visits last place Valdosta. |
| Game #1: | Valdosta 5-1. Mike Gubicza goes the distance while allowing just 4 base knocks. Scott Bullett and Mike Blowers went deep for the Bombers. |
| Game #2: | Sugar Land 12-4. Bombers get pounded as the Skeeters get HR’s from Craig Biggio, Phil Plantier and Ken Griffey, Jr. Mark Langston improved to 7-3. |
| Game #3: | Sugar Land 7-5. Bret Saberhagen was wild (5 walks) but limited the Bombers to just one run in 8 IP. Skeeters got HR’s from Jay Bell and Jim Thome to lead the offense. |
| Game #4: | Valdosta 2-0. Jamie Moyer (9-4) tossed 7 shutout innings and the pen was solid as the Bombers win a close one. John Franco collected his 14th save and Manny Ramirez homered for the 2nd time in the series. |
| Game #5: | Valdosta 3-2 (10 Innings). Bombers luck out and win on a WP in the bottom of the 9th. |
| Series Summary: | All but one game were close and the Bombers end up taking the series 3-2. |
| Blarney Drive Bandits @ Cincinnati Outlaws | |
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| Series Preview: | The Blarney Drive Bandits roll into Cincinnati for a five-game set. Is this the week that the Outlaws show they belong with the rest of the league? |
| Game #1: | BDB 4-10-0, CIN 0-5-0 Coming off a four-run ninth against Valdosta to win in its previous game, Cincinnati begins a week in which it scores eight total runs…. Mike Greenwell gets the Bandits going in this one with a single, homer and driving in all four runs. |
| Game #2: | BDB 3-10-0, CIN 1-7-0 Randy Johnson limits the Outlaws to one run and strikes out ten, while Kevin Seitzer comes through with three hits for Blarney Drive. |
| Game #3: | BDB 2-6-0, CIN 3-8-1 Kevin Ritz works six and two-thirds with four strikeouts in the win. The Outlaws have eight different hitters record knocks, while Kevin Seitzer delivered a pair of hits for the losers. |
| Game #4: | BDB 9-12-0, CIN 2-7-1 Blarney Drive blew a 2-2 tie in the sixth wide open by plating seven runs in the final three innings. The Bandits turn four double plays to pace the defensive effort. Mike Green well goes three-for-five and had a pair of RBIs in the win. |
| Game #5: | BDB 7-12-0, CIN 2-6-0 Erik Hanson worked eight innings and held Cincinnati to just a pair of runs and struck out seven. Eddie Murray went three-for-four with a double and an RBI and Ryan Kleso also had three hits. |
| Series Summary: | Nope is the answer to the earlier question. Blarney Drive comes in and take four of five. The gap between the better teams in the league and this expansion one is becoming evident. |
| Portland Mavericks @ DeWitt Tigers | |
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| Series Preview: | DeWitt welcomes Portland to town. |
| Game #1: | Portland 7 DeWitt 0 Aaron Sele goes 8 for the win. |
| Game #2: | Portland 6 DeWitt 1 |
| Game #3: | Portland 4 Dewitt 3 in 12 |
| Game #4: | Dewitt 2 Portland 1 Sosa walks off Portland with his 2nd HR of the game. |
| Game #5: | Portland 8 DeWitt 0 Portland shuts out DeWitt on 1 hit. |
| Series Summary: | Portland comes in to DeWitt and takes 4 of the 5 for the series win. |
| Stockton Wings @ Santa Rosa Beach Bums | |
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| Series Preview: | Santa Rosa Beach welcomes the Stockton Wings for a 5 game series. |
| Game #1: | The Wings send Lieber (0-6, 6.96) to face Bums Smoltz (8-2, 3.67). In the 1st Bums Caminiti drew a walk and scored on a Sanders double. In the 2nd Bums Caminiti smacked a 3-run 2-out homer. In the 3rd Sanders scored on a White double. Stockton 0 7 0 LP: Lieber; 2b: Magadan. Santa Rosa Beach 12 12 0 WP: Smoltz; 2b: Sanders (2), Alomar, Thomas, White, Pena, Gagne; HR: Caminiti; HBP: MacFarlane; SH: Smoltz(2) |
| Game #2: | The Wings go to Schmidt (0-9, 9.88) against Bums Bullinger (4-5, 4.12). Bums start fast again, in the 1st Sanders went deep with Thomas on board. Bums put another crooked number on the board in the 2nd. Wings make it a 2-run game again in the 4th as Phillips goes deep with Canseco on board. A wold pitch in the 5th brings home the Bums fifth run. And the Bums got a five spot in the 7th. Stockton 2 10 0 LP: Schmidt; 2b:Canseco, Guillen; 3b: Hamilton; HR: Phillips. Santa Rosa Beach 10 14 0 WP: Bullinger; 2b: Tarasco, Brumfield; HR: Sanders; IBB: Sanders. |
| Game #3: | The Wings go with Acevado (3-2, 5.88) to face Bums Finley (3-8, 5.11). Bums Sanders starts it off with a solo shot in the 2nd, followed by a Nunnally solo shot. Later in the 2nd Alomar banged a 2-run single. Bums 4-0. The Wings strike back in the 4th. Canseco, singled, Spehr doubled and Jefferson went deep, 4-3 Bums. The Bums got an insurance run in the 5th. Canseco singled and Nunnally brought him around with a 2-out triple. Wings tie it in their next at bat with an Acevado 2-run single. Wings take the lead in the 8th. Howard singled, stole and scored on a Johnson single. Later in the inning Canseco ripped a 2-run double, Wings 8-5. In the bottom half Sanders, Nunnally and Brumfield singled, 8-6. Gagne singled, 8-7. PH Huson doubled to tie the game. Am I being teased? Alomar then doubled, 10-8, Bums before the hemorrhage stopped. Stockton 8 10 0 LP: Wasdin; 2b: Canseco, Spehr, Phillips; HR: Jefferson; Sb: Johnson (2), Howard. Santa Rosa Beach 10 14 2 WP: James; 2b: Alomar, Gagne, Huson; 3b: Nunnally; HR: Sanders, Nunnally; S: Aguilera. |
| Game #4: | The Wings will try Olivares (0-4, 7.54) against Vanlandingham (6-4, 5.20). Bums White started the scoring with a solo shot in the 2nd. Wings answer in their next at bat. Johnson singled, stole and scored on a Canseco single. To start the Bums 4th, Olivares walked a couple and Nunnally singled to fill the bases. Olivares walked another and another and allowed a 2-run single to Alomar, Bums 5-1. Wings fill the bases in the 6th with 0-out and don’t convert. Wings Phillips went deep for one in the 7th. Wings Wilkins lead off the 8th with a solo shot to chase Montgomery. Wings place two more in the 9th with 0-out and again do not convert. Wings left 14 on base. Stockton 3 12 0 LP: Olivares: 2b: Guillen, Olivares; HR: Phillips, Wilkins; Sb: Johnson. Santa Rosa Beach 5 7 1 WP: Vanlandinham; HR: White; Sb: Alomar; H: Montgomery, Fetters; S: Aguilera. |
| Game #5: | Wings last hope to salvage something in the series is itchy Mlicki (3-4, 4.23) to face Appier (8-4, 3.72). Wings strike firs in the 3rd with a 2-run double by Canseco. Wings add another in the 5th, Nixon tripled and scored on a grounder to Alomar. Bums get a couple back in the bottom half when White reached on a error and MacFalane went deep. Wings 3-2. Wings score in the 6th. Cedeno drew a walk, advanced and scored on a Nixon 2-out single. Nixon scored on a Johnson double, 5-2, followed by a Canseco double, 6-2. Stockton 6 8 1 WP: Mlicki; 2b: Canseco (2), Johnson; 3b: Nixon; SH: Mlicki; S: Jones. Santa Rosa Beach 2 5 0 LP: Appier; HR: MacFarlane. |
| Series Summary: | Stockton played stronger as the series progressed and captured the last game pounding Bums ace, Appier. |