1996 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #25

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
GIAMBI,Jason	CBL AL	.438	1.063	5	16	7	1	0	3	5	8	1	2	0	0	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
FASSERO,Jeff	CAL AL	2	2	0	0	1.32	13.2	2	2	11	9	2	0	1	0	0	0

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
VENTURA,Robin	WGE NL	.333	.667	5	24	8	2	0	2	4	9	6	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	1	1	0	0	0.00	9	0	0	5	10	2	0	0	0	0	0

Hampton Huskies @ Steel City Sluggers
Series Summary:	Hampton comes to town and plays spoiler, taking 3 of 5.

Portland Mavericks @ Castle Rock Hounds
Series Preview:	A battle between the 3rd and 4th place teams in the West.
Series Summary:	The Hounds make the Mavericks look like the 1927 Yankees, as Portland crushes Castle Rock, winning the first four games, before finally succumbing in a one-run loss in Game 5. Not sure what got into the Portland bats, but they were humming this series! They put up 48 runs in the 5 games.

Fort Worth Panthers @ California Quakes
Series Preview:	Division rival Fort Worth Panthers head west to take on the California Quakes. With a half game separating the two top teams in the AL, this series could be significant in deciding which team wins the division and which team plays Flossmoor in the ALDS.
Series Summary:	California wins 3 of 5 and holds a precarious 1.5 game lead on the division.

Blarney Drive Bandits @ Winnipeg Goldeyes
Series Preview:	Winnipeg has locked up the division and is just playing for stats and keeping the team healthy. Blarney had a disappointing year as the poor pitching could not be saved by some very good hitting.
Game #1:	A 5 run first chased Benes. But a pinch-hit grand slam by McGwire. turned the game around. Blarney scored 2 in the 8th on a Henderson homer to tie the game. But Lofton hit a 3 run homer to give Winnipeg a 10-7 win.
Game #2:	Schilling great again 1 in 9 as Winnipeg wins 6-1 and improves to 16-2.
Game #3:	Glavine was amazing 3 hits with the bat just 1 as a pitcher. 6-0 Winnipeg.
Game #4:	Benes comes back early and was bad again. Blarney wins 6-1 as Wells was great and Klesko hits 2 homers!
Game #5:	McGwire and Ventura homer in this 9-2 blowout,
Series Summary:	Winnipeg wins 4 of the 5 games as Blarney is looking at the draft lotto, Ventura 9 RBIs. Glavine 9 innings win, 0 runs 1 hit, MVP Goldeyes McGwire .343 34 102 homers are very low but OB% .497 is crazy in 119 games Ventura .297 34 128 only 3 errors at 3B in 139 games Buhner .307 45 126 in 139 games

Cincinnati Outlaws @ Michigan Mauraders
Series Preview:	The NL Central 2nd and 3rd place teams square off in Michigan.
Game #1:	Cincinnati scores a lot of runs late to defeat Michigan. Melvin Nieves hits his 34th homer. Sorrento with 4 RBIs. Walton has 4 hits. Scott Karl wins his 14th. Vinny Castilla hits his 27th for Michigan. Cincinnati 9 Michigan 3
Game #2:	Charles Nagy throws a strong 7 innings to earn his 13th win. Parrett gets his 10th save. Castilla hits his 28th homer. Chipper and Tony Batista hit homers for Cincinnati. Michigan 6 Cincinnati 4
Game #3:	Brad Radke earns his 14th win. Parrett gets his 11th save. Cal Ripken hits a grand slam. Castilla hits his 29th homer. Juan Gonzalez hits his 40th for the Outlaws. Michigan 7 Cincinnati 2
Game #4:	Cincinnati gets a strong game from Ritz and a clutch save by Wetteland. Vinny Castilla hits his 30th for Michigan. It’s 4 straight games with a homer. Cincinnati 3 Michigan 2
Game #5:	Michigan wins game 5 to win the series. Dave Valle hits a homer and Michigan uses a group of pitchers to win the game. Michigan with 13 hits. Michigan 10 Cincinnati 1
Series Summary:	Michigan takes 3 of 5. Vinny Castilla leads the way with homers in 4 straight games.

Detroit Stars @ Harper Woods Expos
Series Preview:	Detroit comes to town.
Game #1:	The D takes care of business 10-1 W Leiter 16-9 3.62 era L Erickson 11-11 4.10 era
Game #2:	Harper Woods eeks one out 4-3 W Mussina 13-13 3.82 era L Ogea 14-9 3.50 era S Eckersley 14 3.86 era
Game #3:	Another 4-3 ein for the ‘Spos W Grace 8-6 4.01 era L Dyer 2-1 6.06 era
Game #4:	Detroit evens up the series at 2 games 7-3 W Preito 7-8 5.05 era L Salkeld 4-11 5.24 era S The Sandman 36 1.80
Game #5:	Detroit wins the series with a 7-4 victory W Valdez 13-10 3.92 era L Wainhouse 3-5 3.61 era S Sandman 37 1.79 era
Series Summary:	Detroit wins the series 3-2

Manhattan Gas Hornets @ anta Rosa Beach Bums
Series Preview:	The Bums welcome the Manhatten Golden Hornets to the Emerald Coast for a five game set. The Bums lost ground to Steel City last series and now stand 5 games out with only 17 games remaining. As such the Bums are going with their best pitchers, and hoping they’ll still be available for the 11 games remaining with Steel City.
Game #1:	The Hornets call on Hawkins (0-0), the kid is showing some good stuff. He has a future. The Bums call on Rosado (11-3, 2.03). In the 1st Bums Alomar reached by error, stole and scored on a Caminiti single. In the 4th Bums Brumfield goes yard, 2-0. In their next at back Hawkins helped his cause with an RBI single to add to his six K’s in 4 innings. In the 6th Hornets Martinez walked and scored on a Howell double. Later Harris singled Howell home, 3-2 Hornets. Bums tie it up in the bottom half as White singled, stole and scored on a Brumfield single, Gagne followed with a homer, Bums 5-3. Manhatten 3 6 1 LP: Hawkins 2b: Howell, Kreuter, Harris; Sb: Harris. Santa Rosa Beach 5 8 0 WP: Montgomery HR: Brumfield, Gagne; SH: Rosado; Sb: Alomar 2, Caminiti, White, Brumfield; H: Castillo, Villone; S: Crabtree.
Game #2:	Boy Hampton and Manhatten seem to have a lot of x-Bums. After coming from behind, but letting game one slip away the Hornets will use Mulholland (10-6, 3.86) to face Bums Smoltz (18-4, 2.47). After two innings where the Bums had scoring opportunities to no avail the Hornets showed how it is done. Alicea doubled and Jeter singled him home. Hornets add an insurance run in the 6th on an Anderson homer, 2-0. Mulholland put the icing on the cake banging a 2-run double in the 9th. Manhatten 4 7 0 WP: Mulholland 2b: Alicea, Mulholland; Sb: Stairs. Santa Rosa Beach 1 9 1 LP: Smoltz 2b: Caminiti, White; HR: Caminiti.
Game #3:	After the lift by the x-Bum Mulholland the Hornets call on Watson (9-12, 6.44) and the Bums Appier (16-9, 3.18). In the 1st Bums Thomas went yard with 2-out. In the 2nd Bums Hudler leadoff with a dinger, 2-0 Bums. In their next at bat Hornets Manto goes yard to make it a 1-run game. In the 5th Jeter, Martinez and Martinez singledwith 2-out, 2-2. In the 6th Anderson singled, advanced on a grounder and scored on a Watson single, Hornets 3-2. In the bottom half Alomar and Thomas singled, Caminiti drew a wal to fill the bases with 0-out. Hudler singled for one. Watson is pulled for Perez to face MacFarlane who just came off a long injury and is itchy. He grounded into a douple play scoring Thomas, Bums 4-3, but White followed up with a single. In their next at bat Hornets Jeter and PH Shipley singled, Martinez followed with a single, but Jeter thrown out at home and Martinez at second. The the 7th PH Daulton, Sanders and Alomar singled for one with no outs. Thomas than doubled off reliable x-Bum Patterson for one more. Hudler followed that with a RBI single, Bums 8-3. Manhatten 4 11 2 LP: Watson 2b: Jeter, Kreuter; HR: Stairs, Manto; IBB: Anderson. Santa Rosa Beach 8 13 0 WP: Castillo 2b: Thomas; HR: Thomas, Hudler; Sb: Hudler; H: Batchelor.
Game #4:	After letting the last one get away, the Hornets are looking for some Mulholland magic with Hitchcock (8-9, 4.98) and the Bums call on Finley (12-8, 4.30). In the 3rd Bums Alomar lead off with a single, Thomas walked and White smacked a triple, 2-0. Hornets come right back in the 4th with a Martinez leadoff homer. In the bottom half Bums prospect Loretta hit a solo dinger, 3-1. MacFarlane shaking off the rest hit a 3-run homer in the 5th, 6-1 Bums. Young pulls the Hornets back to within striking distance with his own 3-run homer in the 7th, 6-4. Manhatten 4 8 1 LP: Hitchcock HR: Martinez, Young; HBP: Shipley; SH: Hitchcock; Sb: Martinez, Shipley. Santa Rosa Beach 6 9 0 WP: Finley 2b: Loretta, Myers; 3b: White; HR: MacFarlane, Loretta; H: Batchelor, James; S: Crabtree.
Game #5:	Hornets cap the series with Haney (10-11, 4.92) to face Bums Adams (7-0, 2.46). In the 4th Thomas singled, Caminiti doubled and Hudler tripled for two. MacFarlane singled home Hudler, 3-0. Hornets respond scoring one on a Harris double. In the next inning Durham goes yard with 2-out to make it a 1-run game, that was followed by a Jeter double, passed ball and Martinez infield hit, tie game. In the bottom of the 9th with 1-out and the Bums having placed runners on 1st and 2nd they call on Goff for the first time all year to do what he is on the team to do. Pinch hit in game winning situations. The Hornets counter pulling righty Powell for lefty Krivda. Bums look at their bench, only right handed batter remaining is Alomar who is resting. They go with Goff who stroked a single scoring PR Perez for the game winner. Manhatten 3 6 1 LP: Powell 2b: Harris; HR: Durham; Sb: Jeter 2, Martinez. Santa Rosa Beach 4 9 0 WP: James 2b: MacFarlane 2, Caminiti; 3b: Hudler; IBB: Loretta; Sb: Brumfield.
Series Summary:	After a disappointing loss in game 2 to a dominating performance by x-Bum Mulholland, the Bums turn around and take the series 4 games to 1.

Chicago Demolition @ Mexico City Chihuahuas
Series Summary:	Hollywood finally breaks their 30-something losing streak with a win, but Chicago takes the rest.

New Hampshire Nighthawks @ Corktown Bootleggers
Series Summary:	Corktown takes all 5 games and possibly closing the gap before back to back series against the division-leading Flying Squirrels.

DeWitt Tigers @ Flossmoor Flying Squirrels
Series Summary:	Flossmoor takes the first four before Dewitt gets on the board in the finale to avoid the sweep.

Long Beach Titans @ Stockton Wings
Series Preview:	Long Beach @ Stockton for 5 games.
Series Summary:	Stockton takes 3 of 5 games.

Valdosta Bombers @ Sugar Land Skeeters
Series Summary:	Bombers destroy the Skeeters as they take 4 of 5 and score 36 runs in the series.