2001 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #26

Southlake gets aggressive early. A double by Owens followed by a single from Zeile brings the first run across the plate. A single by Beltran followed by a steal of second and third put him just 90 feet away. A Brady Clark squeeze makes it 2-0 after 1.

A Wilson single, Zeile Double, and Clark single would extend the lead to 4-0 through three innings.

The lead was short lived as Vlad the Destroyer would lead off the 4th with a solo shot. Glaus would follow with a double and come home on a Mientkiewicz single making it 4-2.

Monroeville would put up 5 in the 6th as Hernandez hit a two run shot and the Stealers committed 2 errors leading to 4 of the runs being unearned.

Southlake would continue to hit against Tavarez but some poor baserunning left them scoreless throughtout the rest of the game.

Final Score 10-4 MVM
WP: Tavarez 15-10
LP: Finley 5-17
Big Boy Restaurants’ Big Boy of the Game: Vlad Guerrero 2/5, 1 Run, 2 RBIs, 1 HR

Again Southlake jumps out to a 2-0 lead in the first as Eckstein and Beltran hit back to back solo shots.

Jones would halve the lead with a solo shot in the 3rd. The Miners would tie it on a single from Mientkiewicz to score Catalanotto.

The Stealers retake the lead in the bottom of the 4th with some small ball thanks to a Nunez bunt to score Macias.

MVM would score for the third consecutive inning when Vlad brings home Rey Sanchez with a single. They would add another one the 6th when Jones would single home Ward who doubled with two outs. Then add yet another one for their fifth consecutive inning of plating a run on a Catalanotto solo shot.

The streak of consecutive innings scoring one run ended there, but they did add 3 in the 9th to finish off the scoring.

Final Monroeville 8-4
WP: Leiber 17-7
LP: Haynes 6-11
S: Mendoza 12
Big Boy Restaurants’ Big Boy of the Game: Catalanotto 2/3, 2 Run, 2 RBIs, 1 HR

Once again Southlake would score in the first on a Brady Clark single. Like Monroeville the day before they would score a single run in 4 consecutive innings to lead 4-0.

Cunnane got the ball first and went 2.2 of solid pitching. He would be followed by White and Speier who got the job done as well. Unfortunately, when the Stealers went to Hasegawa for the 6th and 7th it would lead to 4 Miner runs and a tie game.

It would stay that way until a Catalanotto sac fly scored pinch runner Mateo in the 11th to give Monroeville a tough 5-4 victory.

WP: Mendoza 7-3
LP: Fetters 1-3
Big Boy Restaurants’ Big Boy of the Game: Catalanotto 1/4, 1 Run, 2 RBIs, Game winning Sac

Adams has been a hard luck case since joining the Stealers. His record sits at 6-10 with the Stealers but leads the team in Quality Starts.

Up 4-2 in the 8th it looked like Adams may have things go his way. However, he would load up the bases with no outs bringing in Leskanic. Curt would walk Varitek making it 4-3 Stealers. Ward would pop up and Jones would fail to get the suicide squeeze down. Leaving two on with two outs. Just when Adams could think of taking a breath, Jones made up for his miscue and doubled home both runners giving MVM the lead. Lopez would unleash a tape measure bomb to make it 7-4 sending Adams to the clubhouse where he immediately destroyed a restroom.

Southlake played small ball in the 9th to bring the score to 7-6 with runners on 2nd and 3rd with just one out. Marlon Anderson would try to squeeze home the tying run. Instead he popped it up to Mientkiewicz, who would double up Nunez coming down the line to end the game.

Anderson went up the the clubhouse and having seen Adams had destroyed the restoom he immediately destroyed the showers. Both guys should expect a heafty bill in their lockers from Clubhouse Manager Frankie Boyd tomorrow.

Final Score 7-6 MVM
WP: Tollberg 8-7
LP: Leskanic 3-5
S: Reyes 1
Big Boy Restaurants’ Big Boy of the Game: Lopez 1/1, 1 Run, 2 RBIs, Game winnining PH HR

For the 5th consecutive game Southlake would score in the first. And for the 5th consecutive game they would fail to win the game.

In game one of the doubleheader they would use the bullpen masterfully and take a 4-3 lead into the 9th. Schoeneweis, Smoltz and Glover would control the game, giving way to Mahay to close it out.

In a lefty / lefty matchup, Mahay would walk Mientkiewicz to lead off the 9th. Shuey would come in to face the righty Diaz and hit him in the wrist. After getting the next batter out, Monroeville would call on Catalanotto to PH. Sarge would counter with the lefty Gabe White.

Frank would work a walk against Gabe loading the bases with just one out. With the lefty Branyan at the plate and not having good wheels, the Stealers played in double play depth. White did his job getting Branyan to ground to Todd Zeile for what should have been the game ending DP. However, instead it bounced off his glove into right field scoring two runs and breaking the hearts of the Stealers.

Final Score 5-4 MVM
WP: File 3-1
LP: Shuey 1-4
Big Boy Restaurants’ Big Boy of the Game: File 2.0 IPs, 0 Runs, stranded 1 Inherited runner

Finley either gets shelled early or goes the full nine innings in what has been a crazy season for him. In the Series finale he would go all 9 scattering 7 hits and striking out 6 Miners. What should have been an easy win like so many other of his complete games, the Stealers stunk up the joint with 4 errors, giving Finley his 6th complete game loss of the year. Not that Finley was blameless as he had 2 of the 4 errors.

Rey Sanchez who had 3 hits against Finley added two more this game along with getting on base thanks to a Finley error that scored the first of three runs in the 8th inning.

Final Score: MVM 6-3
WP: Oliver 10-7
LP: Finley 5-18
S: Mendoza 13
Big Boy Restaurants’ Big Boy of the Game: Sanchez 2/4, 2RBI plus one run scored on an error

Appier pitches 7 innings and gives up 2 runs. Fogg picks up his first save of the year. Ramirez, Finley, and Grudzielnak hit homers for Valdosta. Jim Edmonds with 2 homers and 5 RBIs for Michigan.

Yoshii wins his 14th. Finley and Ramirez knock in 2 runs. Baez picks up his 14th save.

Michigan hits 3 homers, but Valdosta also hits 3 homers. Chavez hits 4 RBI. Ramirez knocks in 3 runs as well. Moyer wins his 19th game.

Livan Hernandez wins his 10th. Shane Halter with 2 hits. Sexson with 3 hits.

Bobby Abreu with a homer and 3 RBI. Matt Williams gets injured but he also has a homer and 3 RBI. Palmeiero with 4 RBI for Michigan.

Neagle pitches a complete game for his first win. Jim Edmonds with a homer and 2 RBI. Michigan splits the doubleheader.

HUSKIES 2 / 8 / 2
CRABS 1 / 2 / 1
WP – Zito (17-12)
LP – Santos (1-6)

HUSKIES 7 / 11 / 1
CRABS 10 / 13 / 0
WP – Dempster (5-6)
LP – Hermanson (4-14)
S – Farnsworth (19)

HUSKIES 4 / 11 / 0
CRABS 5 / 9 / 1
WP – Venafro (1-1)
LP – Rijo (1-2)
S – Farnsworth (20)

HUSKIES 1 / 5 / 0
CRABS 2 / 3 / 1
WP – Hudson (10-18)
LP – Garcia (14-9)
S – Farnsworth (21)

HUSKIES 4 / 5 / 1
CRABS 3 / 7 / 2
WP – Meacham (2-1)
LP – Swindell (1-1)

HUSKIES 8 / 16 / 0
CRABS 2 / 11 / 1
WP – Hermanson (5-14)
LP – Suppan (8-10)