2001 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #25
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| SHEFFIELD,Gary | FWP AL | .727 | 1.636 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| OLIVER,Darren | MVM AL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| THOME,Jim | DMH NL | .471 | 1.176 | 5 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| GARCIA,Freddy | HAM NL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.12 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Manhattan Gas Hornets @ Hampton Huskies |
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| Series Summary: | The Hornets win every game that Freddy Garcia did not start for Hampton which fortunately for the Huskies amounted to a 3-2 series win for Manhattan Gas. |
Houghton Penguins @ Iowa Giants |
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| Series Preview: | Houghton Penguins come in second place eastern division while Iowa holds last place. |
| Game #1: | 7-5 Penquins win they score 5 in 5th on three homers. |
| Game #2: | 3-2 Iowa win. |
| Game #3: | Penguins 4-2 win. |
| Game #4: | Iowa wins big 8-2. |
| Game #5: | 10-3 Houghton wins bigger. |
| Series Summary: | Houghton takes series 3-2 fun series. |
Michigan Marauders @ Danbury Mad Hatters |
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| Series Preview: | 3rd place Michigan visits the cellar dwellers Mad Hatters for a meaningless series |
| Game #1: | Mad Hatters 11 – 2. |
| Game #2: | Marauders’ Radke throws complete game 3 hitter 5-0. |
| Game #3: | Marauders 8-6. |
| Game #4: | Marauders 3-2. |
| Game #5: | Mad Hatters 11 – 3. |
| Series Summary: | Michigan takes series 3-2. |
Castle Rock Hounds @ Dondero Oaks |
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| Series Preview: | Castle Rock heads to Dondero for 5 games. It is going to be difficult for Castle Rock to catch Fort Worth but they are prime position for a wild card spot. Dondero just can’t wait for 2002. |
| Game #1: | Castle Rock 10 Dondero 1W: D. Davis (12-5) L: P. Astacio (6-11) |
| Game #2: | Castle Rock 7 Dondero 2W: J. Burkett (18-7) L: B. Tomko (1-6) |
| Game #3: | Dondero 10 Castle Rock 3W: K. Jarvis (10-13) L: J. Sanchez (5-2) |
| Game #4: | Castle Rock 6 Dondero 5W: P. Quantrill (6-6) L: R. Choate (2-3) S: J. Pineiro (12) |
| Game #5: | Dondero 4 Castle Rock 2W: J. Acevedo (3-12) L: A. Pettitte (13-9) S: M. Rivera (26) |
| Series Summary: | Castle Rock takes the series 3 games to 2. Managing to win another series and inch closer to the postseason. |
California Quakes @ Fort Worth Panthers |
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| Series Summary: | Panthers pounce all over California in a sweep. Gary Sheffield gets to 40 homers tying a personal best and is 1 homer away from tying Fred McGriff for most homers in a season for Ft. Worth with 17 games remaining. |
Harper Woods Expos @ Monroeville Maulers |
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| Series Preview: | A.L. Central 3rd Harper Woods visits Hammer & Steel Stadium to face the 2nd place Maulers. |
| Game #1: | The Expos jump all over Willis Roberts in the 2nd plating 6 runs. As Roberts settles down the Maulers chip away closing the gap and then score a 6 spot of their own in the 7th and claim victory. MVM 11-6L- Carlos Zambrano 3-2 W- Ramiro Mendoza 6-3HWE: Endy Chavez 3-4 RS-1 2B(4) HR: Todd Helton(36) RBI(94) Marquis Grissom(19) RBI 2(65)MVM: Einar Diaz 4-5 RS-2 Vladimir Guerrero 2-5 2B(41) RBI(112) Doug Mientkiewicz 2-5 RBI(88) |
| Game #2: | Expos continue the hot bats and a bounce back win 10-7 The Maulers keep pace taking advantage of HWE errors but fall short. HWE 10-7W- Eric Gagne 9-11 Sv- Ricardo Rincon (21) L- Brian Tollberg 7-7HWE: Chris Gomez 2-4 RBI 2(40) Danny Bautista 3-3 2B 2(18) RBI(23) Endy Chavez 2-5MVM: Rey Sanchez 3-6 Frank Catalanotto 3-5 RBI(48) Todd Hollandsworth 3-5 2B(14) RBI 3(24) |
| Game #3: | Jon Lieber cruises along scattering 4 hits for a CG and his 16th victory as the Mauler bats continue to hammer our runs in support. MVM 7-2W- Jon Lieber 16-7 L- Kerry Wood 11-10HWE: Marquis Grissom 2-4 HR(20) RBI 2(67)MVM: Alfonso Soriano 2-4 RS-2 2B(34) HR(18) RBI 3(69) Todd Hollandsworth 4-4 HR(8) RBI 2(26) Doug Mientkiewicz 2-3 2B(35) RBI(89) |
| Game #4: | Back-to-Back masterful pitching performances for the Maulers as this time Darren Oliver hurls a 1-hit shutout! The only hit by Todd Walker spoiling the N-NO effort in the 6th with a looper to leftfield. Mike Mussina matched the effort for a dramatic pitchers dual with a 2 hitter but surrendered a 2-run HR to Vladimir Guerrero. MVM 2-0W- Darren Oliver 9-7 L- Mike Mussina 15-8MVM: Vladimir Guerrero 1-3 HR(35) RBI 2(116) |
| Game #5: | Willis Roberts comes out firing scattering 6 hits for a CG 2-1 victory. The Maulers plate 2 runs on 5 hits to take the series 4-1. MVM 2-1W- Willis Roberts 9-6 L- Bob Stien 6-10HWE: A Snachez 2-3 Bob Haselman 1-3 RBI(11)MVM: Troy Glaus 3-4 HR(42) RBI 2(112) |
| Series Summary: | HWE 19-36-10 vs MVM 29-46-4 The Maulers continue to hammer out runs while taking advantage of HWE errant play in the field, but also some fine pitching performances as well. Keeping the heat on the lead wildcard spot and Chicago for the division lead.Notables: Darren Oliver CG 1-hitter in game 4. |
Baltimore Blue Crabs @ Flora-Bama Mullets |
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| Series Preview: | Flora-Bama returns home after three straight winning rode series and Baltimore comes to town clinging to an outside shot at the final wild card spot. |
| Game #1: | Santos lost his control in the 2nd and the Mullets scored four runs after he gave up three walks. Prince added a solo homer in the 7th. Person had a no hitter through 7.2 innings until Young hit a solo homer for the only Blue Crab hit of the game.
Flora-Bama 5-1 |
| Game #2: | Sierra’s solo hr in the bottom of the 4th was the first hit of the game. Young and Casey took Schilling deep in the 5th to go up 3-1. A rare Rollins error allowed Kennedy a little league homer. Dempster gave up a bases loaded walked to Gonzalez to tie it, but limited the damage in the 5th. 3-3. Three straight doubles off Mesa gave the Crabs a 5-3 lead in 8th. Mullets loaded he bases in the bottom of the 8th, but only got one run back. Stanton closed out the 9th.
Baltimore 5-4 |
| Game #3: | A one sided batte of the Johnsons. Sierra rbi single in 1st. Catchers interferrence on Posada extended the 3rd and Berkman took advantage with his 42nd homer of the year. Segui pinch hit homer in 6th. Mullets added three more in 7th and two in the 8th. Randy picked up the win as the Mullets got their second 1 hitter of the series.
Flora-Bama 9-0 |
| Game #4: | Mullets grabbed an early 2-0 lead on Hudson in the first and that was all Beckett and the pen needed. Gonzalez and Sierra added homers later in the game to give the Mullets their second blowout of the series.
Flora-Bama 9-1 |
| Game #5: | Gonzalez and Seguie rbi singles in the 1st. Berkman solo in 3rd. Hunter two run homer in 6th.
Flora-Bama 6-0 |
| Series Summary: | The Mullets take the series 4-1 behind excellent pitching and timely hitting with runners on base. Flora-Bama heads to Manhattan as the teams square off for 11 straight games that should decide the division. Baltimore will hope to take advantage of 11 games against Hampton to rebound and catch Valdosta for the final Wild Card spot. |
Blarney Drive Bandits @ Hollywood Vampires |
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| Series Summary: | Hollywood takes 4 of 5 thanks to a walk-off pinch hit homer by some young up-and-comer prospect named David Ortiz. For some reason, they started chanting something that sounded like Big Papi? Not sure that will stick or if this guy gets any good, but he is a star for the day. |
Gladstone Gladiators @ Valdosta Bombers |
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| Series Preview: | Gladstone comes to Valdosta, tied with the Bombers for 1st place. Gladstone has excellent pitching, and Valdosta has a power-laden lineup. Should be a fun series. |
| Game #1: | Valdosta 10-5. Ron Villone (1-4) didn’t make it out of the 2nd inning. Bombers took an early 7-0 lead and held on for the win. Valdosta homered 5 times in the game. So far, so good. |
| Game #2: | Gladstone 8-4. Chan Ho Park (8-12) survived walking 7 batters, allowing just 3 hits. Today it was the Gladiators with the power surge, as they smacked 4 HR’s. |
| Game #3: | Gladstone 3-1. Javier Vasquez (17-5) pitched into the 9th to lead the Gladiators to the win. Bombers collected just 4 hits. |
| Game #4: | Valdosta 5-4. Bombers homered 3 times as they slip past the Gladiators and barely hang on for the win. |
| Game #5: | Gladstone 7-2. This time 3-rated Ron Villone was in control as he pitched 8 innings while striking out 10. Richie Sexson hit his 40th HR of the year for the Bombers. |
| Series Summary: | Gladstone now stands 1 game up on Valdosta as we are getting down to the wire. |
Corktown Bootleggers @ DeWitt Tigers |
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| Series Summary: | Dewitt takes the series 3-2 over Corktown. |
Long Beach Titans @ Winnipeg Goldeyes |
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| Series Preview: | Two bad teams play 5 in Winnipeg. |
| Series Summary: | Long Beach hit Winnipeg’s pitching hard winning 4 of the 5 games. Nagy hrow a 1 hitter over 7 innings to beat Glavine. Lee had a big series 4 homers and 6 rbis. |
Southlake Stealers @ Chicago Demolition |
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| Series Preview: | Chicago hosts Southlake. Seperated by 29 games, Chicago is the favorite here. |
| Game #1: | Southlake starts strong with an upset. 7-6 SSS |
| Game #2: | Chicago responds saying we do not like that. 15-1 CHI |
| Game #3: | Chicago gets the “W” once again. 5-1 CHI |
| Game #4: | Demolition in a close one. 5-4 CHI |
| Game #5: | Chicago wins easily 8-2. |
| Series Summary: | 4 out of 5 for the Home team. |