1995 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #24
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| SALMON,Tim | CAL AL | .611 | .944 | 5 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| BERGMAN,Sean | MEX AL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| GRACE,Mark | SCS NL | .650 | 1.050 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| CANDIOTTI,Tom | WGE NL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 8.2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mexico City Chihuahuas @ Chicago Demolition | |
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| Series Preview: | Two bad teams are ready to play some bad baseball. Both teams looking forward to the future much more than anything in 1995 |
| Game #1: | Todd Stottlemyre was the man, going 8 Shut-out Innings. Pat Kelly had a Home Run & 3 RBI’s for Chicago.
Final Score: Chicago 8 – Mexico City 0 Win: Todd Stottlemyre 7-13 (3.93) |
| Game #2: | Mexico City’s turn for the Shut-Out. Sean Bergman goes the distance allowing only 5 Hits, 3 Walks, while fanning 7. Gregg Jefferies has 2 Hits in 4 Trips including a Home Run & 3 RBI’s.
Final Score: Mexico City 3 – Chicago 0 Win: Sean Bergman 6-7 (5.10) |
| Game #3: | 3 Hits apiece from Jeff Cirillo & John Jaha help Kevin Gross to his 5th victory on the season for Chicago.
Final Score: Chicago 6 – Mexico City 1 Win: Kevin Gross 5-3 (6.52) |
| Game #4: | Bobby Witt pitches well, but Mike Timlin vultures a win in the bottom of the 9th, with 2 Outs when Jeff Cirillo hits a Grand Slam to win it for Chicago.
Final Score: Chicago 7 – Mexico City 3 Win: Mike Timlin 6-2 (2.23) |
| Game #5: | Lenny Dykstra has 4 Hits. Bobby Higginson chips in with 3 Hits. Roger Cedeno has 3 Hits in 5 trips & 4 RBI’s as the Chihuahuas put up double digits over Chicago.
Final Score: Mexico City 10 – Chicago 4 Win: Kevin Foster 8-8 (4.17) |
| Series Summary: | Chicago takes the series 3 games to 2. Both teams look forward to beating each other up in the future, when they actually have teams that can compete. |
| Winnipeg Goldeyes @ Long Beach Titans | |
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| Series Preview: | Winnipeg is just too far behind Long beach to catch them for the final wild card in a 140 game season. But the Goldeyes had a chance to make the race closer with a big home series. |
| Game #1: | In battle of aces Glavine(12-10) wins over Martinez(14-7) 8-4.Lopez had the big homer for Winnipeg. |
| Game #2: | Winnipeg has a dramatic 3 run come back of Jose Mesa the super closer scoring 3 in the 9th. Buhner was ther hero with the walkoff 2 run homer. It was is second of the game. WGE 8 LBT 6 Shockingly it was Mesa’s 8th blown save. Blow to Winnipeg Mark Mcgwire out for the week. |
| Game #3: | Hill plays hero in the 8th off Schilling to give Long Beach the 3-2 win. Santangelo out for the year but lucky just after he got to his 45% use.. |
| Game #4: | Candiotti was great and reed picked up the save in the 4-1 Winnipeg win as Venturas homers. |
| Game #5: | Homerfest won by Winnipeg as Buhner, Benzinger, Owens and homers Manto twice. Fielder and Samuel for Long Beach was not enough. 7-3 Winnipeg. |
| Series Summary: | Winnipeg wins 4 of 5 games as the bats were rolling 66s even without McGwire. But they are 6 games back of Long Beach with only 20 to play although 5 are in Long Beach and have a slightly easier schedule but 6 games to make up not very likely. |
| Stockton Wings @ Blarney Drive Bandits | |
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| Series Preview: | Stockton (31-84) taking on Blarney (78-37) in a series of teams with near polar opposite records. |
| Game #1: | The Bandits ambush Lieber for 7 quick runs as Jon could manage just 2 outs. Johnson had a shutout through 6 but lost that in the 7th. Seitzer and Murray each collect 3 RBI as Blarney pounds out 8 XB hits.
STO 2 BDB 10 W – Johnson (20) |
| Game #2: | Blarney mugs Stockton early for 5 in the 1st. Olivares settled down a bit but bows out in the 5th after allowing 7. Hampton and 4 relievers shutout the Wings to this a lopsided affair. Murray, again, with a nice game, going 3-5 w/ 2 RBI. Lyons launched a 3-run shot in the 8th.
STO 0 BDB 10 W – Hampton (9) |
| Game #3: | Bandits strike for 3 in the 1st and tack on 2 more in the 4th. Stockton breaks up the doughnuts with 2 in the 7th but don’t get within striking distance. Magadan has 2 doubles and Jefferson drives in both Wing’ers. Murray continues his hot hitting with a 4-4 3 RBI day.
STO 2 BDB 6 W – Weathers (2) |
| Game #4: | Back and forth game and Stockton took their first lead of the series after the top half of the 4th. Blarney scored 2 in the bottom half to take it back and didn’t give it up. Howard drove in 2 and Kruk drilled a pinch hit solo shot in the 9th to make it close.
STO 3 BDB 4 W – Hanson (13) |
| Game #5: | Game was 0-0 after 5 full. Bohanon and Wells were both dealing. Bandits score 2 in the bottom half of the 5th off a Snopek single. Jefferson picked up the solo Wing RBI on a Sac fly. Teams combined for just 8 hits. Bandits lose Perry for 29 days due to the ol’ beanball to the back of the helmet.
STO 1 BDB 2 W – Wells (14) |
| Series Summary: | run affairs that could have gone either way. |
| Harper Woods Expos @ Detroit Stars | |
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| Series Summary: | Detroit takes series 3-2 and picks up 1 game on the division leader Harper Woods. |
| Santa Rosa Beach Bums @ Steel City Sluggers | |
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| Series Summary: | The Great Slugger Slide of ’95 is in full effect. Beach Bums kick sand in our faces in 4 of 5 games. |
| California Quakes @ Portland Mavericks | |
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| Series Preview: | 42-73 California visits 65-50 Portland. |
| Game #1: | A grand slam by Portland’s Haselman propels Portland to the close win. POR 6 CAL 4 |
| Game #2: | Another close one, but Portland gets the big win in the bottom of the 9th with a three run dinger. I can’t remember who it was… either Conine or Clark… I forgot. lol POR 7 CAL 6 |
| Game #3: | Cali goes big… jumping out to 8-0 lead and cruising to the easy 9-3 win. CAL 9 POR 3 |
| Game #4: | Portland winning the close ones in this series… and they do it again 2-1. POR 2 CAL 1 |
| Game #5: | When Cali wins… they win BIG. SIXTEEN runs runs as the Quakes shake, rattle and roll. Tim ‘the fish’ Salmon has 5 rbi. Quakes score 7 runs off Portland starter Ken Hill before he even breaks a sweat… who hits the shower….er… nope, no worth it. CAL 16 POR 5 |
| Series Summary: | Portland wins the series 3-2. |
| DeWitt Tigers @ Corktown Bootleggers | |
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| Series Preview: | Couple teams just riding the season wave. |
| Series Summary: | Corktown takes 4 of 5. Is it 1996 yet? |
| Castle Rock Hounds @ Fort Worth Panthers | |
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| Game #1: | Panthers jump ahead with 5 runs in the 2nd capped off by Edgar Martinez three-run homer. Barry Bonds falls a triple short of a cycle extending his hitting streak to 26 games. Ft. Worth wins 6 to 3 |
| Game #2: | Panther spot starter, Mike Harkey gets hit hard allowing 14 hits in 7 innings.The Hounds get some production from the bottom of the lineup. Eduardo Perez goes 2 for 5 and drives in three and Tom Pagnozzi goes 3 for 4 driving in two. Meanwhile Barry Bonds extends his hitting streak to 27 games. Castle Rock wins 7 to 3 |
| Game #3: | Pat Rapp pitches a 2 hit complete game shutout striking out 7. Barry Bonds hitting streak comes to an end for Castle Rock. Panthers score 9 runs on 13 hits – though they scored 5 runs in the 8th of a rusty reliever. Ft. Worth wins 9 to 0 |
| Game #4: | The last two games were slugfests – each team won once The two teams combined for 32 hits and 22 runs in game 4 Panthers had 7 Xbase hits compared to 5 for the Hounds Panthers win 13 to 9 |
| Game #5: | In the last game the two teams combined for 18 runs on 26 hits. Fred McGriff hit 2 home runs and drove in 5 in a losing cause. Hounds win 10 to 8 |
| Series Summary: | Ft. Worth takes the series 3 games to 2. |
| Hampton Huskies @ Manhattan Gas Hornets | |
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| Series Preview: | Hampton and Columbus battle for the NL East basement – Manhattan holds a 1 game lead, owning the cellar, as the series begins (very brief report)…. |
| Game #1: | Hampton comes from 2 down to reverse the game and win going away 4-2. Dave Hollins homers (3) to provide the winning margin. Doug Drabek the win (5-6), Paul Assenmacher the save (9). Glenn Dishman covers the loss (3-7). |
| Game #2: | Luis Alicea drives in 2 in a 3 run 5th to pace the Manhattan 4-1 win. LaTroy Hawkins gets the win (3-3), Matt Mantei the save (2) while former Gas Hornet Orel Hershiser suffers the humiliating loss (16-6). |
| Game #3: | Hampton fires back – well fires back more times than Manhattan in a 9-6 27 hit slugfest. Eric Young gets 3 hits, 2 runs, a rbi, Al Martin gets 3 hits, 2 runs/rbis and Brian McCrae gets 2 hits and 3 rbis – no Hampton homers in 9 runs. Scott Livingstone (5) and Steve Decker (3) homer for Manhattan. Arthur Rhodes picks up the win (3-7), T.J. Mathews the save (8) and Sterling Hitchcock the loss (6-8). |
| Game #4: | Another day, another slugfest, but fewer hits and more runs. Gas Hornets on top this time, 11-6. Tino Martinez has big day, 3 hits, runs and rbis and his 30th homer. Garrett Anderson (10) also homers and drives in 3, Benito Santiago gets in a game and homers (11) and Turner Ward goes yard (4) as well. Jim Eisenreich (10) and Mickey Tettleton (25) do the long ball things for Hampton – Tettleton drives in 4! Tom Gordon gives up 6 of the Gas Hornets runs and takes the loss (5-8) while Shawn Boskie continues to impress winning for the 12th time (12-8) – the team must score a lot of runs when he pitches. |
| Game #5: | OK – so far no shift in the standings, Hampton still up by 1 based on game 5, they want the lead – and to make it bigger. Bobby J. Jones goes 8 innings, 8 hits and NO runs for the win (10-10). Dough Bochtler cleans up the 9th to preserve the shutout. And Hampton scores lots of runs – 9 of them. Eric Young 3 hits, 2 rbis (triple), Al Martin – 3 hits, 2 runs/rbis, Brian McCrae 3 hits, 3 rbis. 15 hits for the Huskies. |
| Series Summary: | Hampton takes the series 3-2, gains 1 game up in the standings and the Gas Hornets are 1 game deeper in the cellar. Next week they host the top team in the NL East – Santa Rosa while Hampton hosts Steel City. |
| Sugar Land Skeeters @ Michigan Mauraders | |
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| Series Preview: | 2nd place Sugar Land visits 3rd place Michigan. |
| Game #1: | Alvarez vs Nagy Alvarez tosses a complete game victory for the Skeeters. Griffey and Timmons hit homers. Sugar Land 7 Michigan 2 |
| Game #2: | Saberhagen vs. Morgan Steverson with a pinch hit 2 run homer against Morgan in the 9th. Palmeiro with 3 hits for Michigan. Michigan 3 Sugar Land 2 |
| Game #3: | Mimbs vs. Kamieniecki Griffey with a 2 run blast. Chris James with a RBI. Tavarez with a save. Sugar Land 3 Michigan 0 |
| Game #4: | Nelson vs. Radke Bell, Thome, and Daulton hit homers. Nelson with the win and Tavarez with the save. Sugar Land 5 Michigan 2 |
| Game #5: | Pulsipher vs. Langston Vinny Castilla hits 2 homers including a walk off homer in the 9th to win the game. Wickman with the win. Michigan 5 Sugar Land 3 |
| Series Summary: | Sugar Land wins 3 of 5 from Michigan. |
| Cincinnati Outlaws @ Valdosta Bombers | |
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| Series Preview: | First-place Cincinnati hosts last-place Valdosta. Don’t let that fool you. |
| Game #1: | VAL 7-15-1, CIN 2-6-0 |
| Game #2: | VAL 6-8-3, CIN 3-7-0 |
| Game #3: | VAL 13-15-0, CIN 5-13-1 |
| Game #4: | VAL 4-12-3, CIN 2-10-0 |
| Game #5: | VAL 1-3-0, CIN 7-14-0 |
| Series Summary: | Valdosta takes four of five and never trailed in the series until the end of the first inning in game five. Ron Tingley was the offensive hero of the series, poking four homers for the Outlaws. |
| Montreal Dreamers @ Flossmoor Flying Squirrels | |
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| Series Summary: | Flossmoor takes three of five from Montreal. |