1996 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #13
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| VAUGHN,Mo | DET AL | .400 | .800 | 5 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| MUSSINA,Mike | HWE AL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| BUHNER,Jay | WGE NL | .529 | 1.235 | 5 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| BENES,Andy | WGE NL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Harper Woods Expos @ Mexico City Chihuahuas | |
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| Series Summary: | Mexico City is SWEPT by the Harper Woods Expos. |
| Winnipeg Goldeyes @ Stockton Wings | |
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| Series Preview: | Stockton in are rebuilding year found themselves facing the first-place Winnipeg team. |
| Game #1: | Thompson allows just 2 hits in 6 innings and Veres went 3 for the cheap save. Winnipeg scored 11 Ventura homered and drove in 4 Buhner homered and drove in 3. Wpg 11 Stockton 0 |
| Game #2: | Another ugly game Buhner 2 homers 5 RBIs Candiotti 5 hitter 80 games score Wpg 8 Stockton 0 |
| Game #3: | Benes completes his 3rd shutout in a row! 82 games score 10 Ks and 6 hits. Winnipeg scored 12 as Ventura homered twice and Buhner once 12-0 Wpg |
| Game #4: | Schilling allows 2 hits in 7 innings improving to 9-0 Shaw gets save 10. 4-1 Winnipeg |
| Game #5: | Best game Afonso hits the walk-off in the 10th for a 5-4 Winnipeg win. |
| Series Summary: | Ugly series for Stockton as it all went Winnipegs way. Pitcher of the week Benes 82 game score 5 hit 10 k shutout. Buhner had an amazing 9 RBIs and 3 homers in 5 games,.Winnipeg thanks to a weak division has a 20 game lead before the All-Star break. |
| Flossmoor Flying Squirrels @ Corktown Bootleggers | |
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| Series Preview: | Corktown looks to gain some ground on the red hot and leagues best Flying Squirrels. Every game was a sell-out. The crowd is feeling the buzz as 1st place Flossmoor comes to town. This is the first contender the Corktown fans have been able to feel good about. |
| Game #1: | All home team as they got all over Maddux. 3 HR and 8 runs.
Corktown 10-3 |
| Game #2: | The Game of the series. Corktown wins on a walk-off in the 14th inning. Corktown had a chance to win it in the 10th but had a runner thrown out at the plate (By a guy with a 28 arm… I know it happens)
Corktown 3-2 (14) |
| Game #3: | This was just as exciting as game 2, only on the offensive end. It was back and forth the entire game until Flossmoor broke it open in the 8th.
Flossmoor 8-5 |
| Game #4: | Corktown 4-1 W. Trachsel 8-4 L. Nagel 4-6 S. Percival (8) |
| Game #5: | Another gem that went back and forth. Corktown gets a couple late and wins the bullpen game to secure a big series in terms of the standings.
Corktown 6-5 |
| Series Summary: | This 5 game series had everything a fan would want to see for the top 2 teams in the AL East. Corktown took a very important midseason series 4-1 to close the gap. 6.5GB |
| Chicago Demolition @ Detroit Stars | |
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| Series Summary: | Detroit wins series 4-1 over Chicago. |
| Blarney Drive Bandits @ Long Beach Titans | |
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| Series Summary: | Blarney Drive takes 3 of 5 from Long Beach. |
| Cincinnati Outlaws @ Valdosta Bombers | |
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| Series Preview: | Cincinnati visits 1st place Valdosta. |
| Series Summary: | Bombers were able to keep the powerful Outlaws hitters in check as they take 3 of 5. |
| Santa Rosa Beach Bums @ Steel City Sluggers | |
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| Series Summary: | Second place Santa Rosa comes to town and takes 3 of 5 from Steel City to move up a notch in the NL East. |
| New Hampshire Nighthawks @ DeWitt Tigers | |
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| Series Summary: | DeWitt welcomes New Hampshire to town in a divisional battle. DeWitt wins the first 3 and the Nighthawks take the final two games. |
| Sugar Land Skeeters @ Michigan Mauraders | |
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| Series Preview: | Sugar Land visits Michigan for five games. |
| Game #1: | Alvarez vs. Morgan -Morgan gets shelled early and gives up 8 runs in 2.2 innings. Alvarez pitches a solid 8 innings. Mike Greenwell with 3 RBIs. Sugar Land 10 Michigan 2 |
| Game #2: | Jones vs. West – game was very similar to game 1. West gets shelled early. Greenwell, Thome, and Griffey hit homers. Brosius and Hoiles hit homers for the Marauders. Sugar Land 14 Michigan 6 |
| Game #3: | Gubicza vs. Gardner. Brosius and Hoiles hit homers. Brosius with 4 RBIs. Plesac gets a 2.1 inning save. Michigan pulls away late. Michigan 7 Sugar Land 1 |
| Game #4: | Abbott vs. Radke. Radke throws a complete game and gives up 1 unearned run. Boone and Palmeiro with RBIs. Sugar Land gets a run knocked in by Thome. Michigan 2 Sugar Land 1 |
| Game #5: | Aldred vs. Nagy – well-pitched game. Bernie Williams knocks in a run in the 10th inning on a single to win the game. Parrett gets the win. Michigan 3 Sugar Land 2 |
| Series Summary: | Michigan wins 3 of 5 from Sugar Land as they take the last three games. |
| Fort Worth Panthers @ Portland Mavericks | |
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| Series Preview: | The 50-24 Fort Worth Panthers visit the 27-48 Portland Mavericks. |
| Game #1: | Three HRs by Portland is enough to get the win. POR 9 FWP 6 |
| Game #2: | Portland ties it up with 3 runs in the 8th, but the Panthers get the win in extras. FWP 4 POR 3 |
| Game #3: | Kevin Brown continues his amazing year, getting the complete game 5-hit shutout. Brown is 14-1 with a 1.22 era! FWP 3 POR 0 |
| Game #4: | Panthers squeak out another close one, scoring the game-winning run in the top of the 9th. FWP 2 POR 1 |
| Game #5: | Another one-run win for the Panthers, getting 3 runs in the 8th… and Portland can’t score on Rojas, who gets hit 24 save (0.52 era) |
| Series Summary: | Forth Worth wins the series 4-1. Portland should feel good that they were fairly close in most games though. |
| Hampton Huskies @ Manhattan Gas Hornets | |
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| Series Preview: | Hampton and Manhattan continue their battle for NL East cellar – hmmm, clear winner this week. |
| Game #1: | Hampton 7-4 winners. B.J. Surhoff homers (2) and 1 of 3 guys with 2 RBIs. |
| Game #2: | Gas Hornets storm back 4-2, Jack Howell (2) and Ernie Young (9) homer. Mike Stanley 2 RBIs. |
| Game #3: | Talk about storming back – 17 hits and 6 walks propel the Huskies to a bigtime 11-1 victory. Mark Langston tosses a 3 hitter for 8 innings. Tony Clark (8) homers for only Hampton extra-base hit. |
| Game #4: | Gas Hornets match runs with Hampton through the 3rd – but then the Huskies do the mush and win the Iditarod 7-3. 13 hits from the Mushers – 1 EBH – a double in the mix. Tom Gordon goes the distance, 11 hits, 3 runs, 37 batters faced. And now he’s 5-8! |
| Game #5: | And the clear winner?? Hampton with their second straight 7-3 win. Orel Hershiser bests his former team for the win (8-6) and Jeromy Burnitz replaced Hal McRae (HBP) and goes 2 for 4, with 2 homers (2, 3) and 5 RBIs! |
| Series Summary: | So – the good guys can only win 1 – their good hitting was good enough even against Hampton, who’s offense could seemingly do no wrong. So the Huskies opened up a lead in the futility contest – or maybe I should say Manhattan has opened up the futility lead… |
| Castle Rock Hounds @ California Quakes | |
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| Series Summary: | California wins 4 at home against Castle Rock. Game 2 was a rain-out. |