2001 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #27
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| HIGGINSON,Bobby | CHI AL | .727 | 1.909 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| MENDOZA,Ramiro | MVM AL | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0.00 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| LOPEZ,Javy | WGE NL | .500 | .550 | 5 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| WILLIAMS,Woody | BAL NL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Harper Woods Expos @ Chicago Demolition |
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| Series Preview: | The upcoming series between the Chicago Demolition (95-56) and the Harper Woods Expos (76-75) promises to be an intriguing matchup. The Demolition, who finished first in the American League Central, have been strong recently with a 7-3 record in their last 10 games. In contrast, the Away Team, third in the same division, has struggled with a 3-7 record over their last 10 games.
Series Odds: Chicago Demolition are favored to win the series with odds of 70%. Predicted Outcome: Chicago Demolition to win 3 out of 5 games, while Harper Woods is expected to win 2 out of 5 games. |
| Game #1: | In an exciting game, the Demolition triumphed over the Expos with a final score of 5-2. The game began with both teams struggling to gain an early advantage, remaining tied at 1-1 through the first five innings. The Demolition took the lead in the 7th inning with a solo home run by Bobby Higginson, making it 2-1. However, the Expos quickly responded in the 8th inning with a home run by Larry Walker, tying the game at 2-2. The game remained tense until the bottom of the 9th inning when Higginson hit a dramatic three-run homer, sealing the victory for the Demolition.
Final Score: Chicago 5 – Harper Woods 2 Win: Esteban Yan 1-1 (3.58) |
| Game #2: | In a thrilling 11-inning showdown, the Chicago Demolition edged out the Harper Woods Expos with a final score of Chicago 1 – Harper Woods 0. The game was a masterclass in pitching, with Darryl Kile going the distance for Chicago, pitching all 11 innings and securing his 19th win of the season. Kile’s endurance and precision were on full display as he kept the Expos scoreless, allowing only a handful of hits and striking out several batters. The game remained a nail-biter until the bottom of the 11th inning when the Demolition finally broke through. With the bases loaded, Greg Colbrunn hit a grounder that skipped past the shortstop, allowing Eli Marrero to score the winning run. Antonio Osuna, who came in to relieve Mike Mussina, took the loss for Harper Woods. Mussina had also pitched a stellar game, going 10 innings without allowing a run. However, it was Kile’s remarkable complete game that stole the spotlight, showcasing his stamina and skill in a memorable victory for Chicago.
Final Score: Chicago 1 – Harper Woods 0 (11 Innings) Win: Darryl Kile 19-7 (2.80) |
| Game #3: | In a dominant performance, the Chicago Demolition defeated the Harper Woods Expos with a final score of 13-3. The game started slow, with both teams scoreless through the first two innings. Chicago took the lead in the third inning when Stewart’s hit allowed Renteria to score. The Demolition extended their lead in the fifth inning, scoring two more runs. The highlight of the game came in the sixth inning when Delgado hit a grand slam, pushing the score to 9-0. Chicago continued to pile on runs, with Hocking hitting a two-run homer in the seventh inning. Harper Woods managed to score three runs, but it wasn’t enough to close the gap. David Cone secured the win with a solid performance, while Blake Stein took the loss.
Final Score: Chicago 13 – Harper Woods 3 Win: David Cone 8-3 (4.22) |
| Game #4: | In a tightly contested game, the Harper Woods Expos edged out the Chicago Demolition with a final score of 2-1. The Demolition, resting many of their main players, struggled to generate offense against Jarrod Washburn, who pitched a stellar game. The Expos broke the deadlock in the 6th inning with a clutch double by Danny Bautista, driving in two runs. Despite a late solo home run by Calvin Pickering in the 9th inning, the Demolition couldn’t complete the comeback. Roger Clemens took the loss despite a solid performance, while Washburn secured his 13th win of the season.
Final Score: Harper Woods 2 – Chicago 1 Win: Jarrod Washburn 13-7 (3.62) |
| Game #5: | The Chicago Demolition triumphed over the Harper Woods Expos with a final score of 13-5. The game started with the Expos taking an early lead in the first inning, but the Demolition quickly responded with a two-run homer by Nevin. The Demolition continued to dominate, scoring multiple runs in the fourth inning, including back-to-back home runs by Stewart and Nevin. Despite a brief rally by the Expos, the Demolition’s offense proved too strong. Danny Graves secured the win, improving his record to 7-5, while Carlos Zambrano took the loss, dropping to 3-3.
Final Score: Chicago 13 – Harper Woods 5 Win: Danny Graves 7-5 (3.49) |
| Series Summary: | 30The Chicago Demolition (99-57) and the Harper Woods Expos (77-79) faced off in a highly anticipated series. The Demolition, leading the American League Central, showcased their dominance, winning 4 out of 5 games against the Expos.
Series Highlights: Overall, the Chicago Demolition’s strong offense and pitching depth were key factors in their series victory, solidifying their position as a formidable team heading into the postseason. |
Gladstone Gladiators @ Danbury Mad Hatters |
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| Series Preview: | Gladstone visits Danbury looking to getting close to clinching the division title. |
| Game #1: | C. Park pitches a 4 hit complete game shutout. Gladiators 4-0 |
| Game #2: | GG 8-1. Ortiz complete game 4 hitter. |
| Game #3: | GG 6-2, Vazquez complete game, picks up his 18th win. |
| Game #4: | GG 10-0, Hidalgo HR |
| Game #5: | DMH 14-1 , meaningless win, Hall and Womack 4 hits each |
| Series Summary: | Gladstone close to clinching, Danbury getting ready for a short rest before starting next season. |
Blarney Drive Bandits @ Winnipeg Goldeyes |
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| Series Preview: | Winnipeg is 100 loss team and Blarney Drive hoping to reach .500 |
| Game #1: | Winnipeg hits 6 homers and losses 12-10 to Blarney driive who hit 2 long balls. Green homer and 4 rbis for BDB. Greg Vauhn 2 homers and 5 rbis for Winnipeg. |
| Game #2: | 8-6 Blarney |
| Game #3: | 4-1 Blarney as Burnett is great 1 in innings. |
| Game #4: | Winnipeg wins 4-1 Glavine 4 hits no earned in 9 innings. |
| Game #5: | BDB 9 WPG 3 Al Lieter wins his 16th. |
| Series Summary: | Blarney wins 4 of 5 reaching .500. Winnipeg is the worst NL team with 103 losses and 5 to go.Pitcher of the week Tom Glavine (WPG) 1-0 9 innings 4 hits 2 walks 7 strikeouts. |
Michigan Marauders @ Valdosta Bombers |
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| Series Preview: | Michigan pays a visit to Valdosta. |
| Series Summary: | As Helene approaches, I figured I needed to get these games in before the power goes out! Complete disaster for Valdosta, who came in tied for 1st, played horribly and dropped 4 of 5. The lone win was a CG shutout from Jamie Moyer, winning his 20th. |
Corktown Bootleggers @ Iowa Giants |
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| Series Preview: | Corktown Bootleggers come to Iowa leading American League Eastern Division while Iowa holds last place in that division. |
| Game #1: | Bootleggers take Game 1 5-0 Brain Jordan three run shot Alex Rodriques homer and S Lowe goes 7 2/3 1 hit no runs. |
| Game #2: | Jason Gambi 2-4 3 rbi B Jordan 2-5 4 rbi, Grland 6 innings 4 hits 1 run Giants come back make it interesting but lose 7-6. |
| Game #3: | Giants get win 10-3 getting 3 unearned runs of May in 10-3 win Johnny Damon 4 rbi Mike Young 2 rbi Weaver 8th win. |
| Game #4: | Batasti gets 15th win as Bootleggers take a close one 3-2. |
| Game #5: | Bootleggers take final game 3-2 both Giants run unearned in 6th off of Paul Abbott who gave up only 1 hit. |
| Series Summary: | Corktown reaches 100 wins. Iowa fought but Corktown a better team this year. |
Baltimore Blue Crabs @ Hampton Huskies |
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| Game #1: | Ryan Dempster and company held the Huskies to just three hits in an easy 7-1 as the fine display of defence by both teams began. Baltimore committed two errrors in the game, but it didn’t matter as the Huskies bats were nowhere to be found. Posada had two hits including his 18th dinger and collected three RBIs. |
| Game #2: | Shinjo’s double off Mike Stanton in the bottom of the 11th gave Hampton a 3-2 win. Chipper Jones drove in all the runs for Baltimore with Derrek Lee driving in the other two for Hampton. A patry one error apiece in this game plus a passed ball. |
| Game #3: | Two more errors and another passed ball but the story of the day was actually a rare offensive outburst by Hampton as they cranked out 18 hits against Baltimore pitching in an 11-5 win. Steve Cox and Joe Oliver, in their swansong, had three hits for the Huskies as did JD Drew. Curtis Pride and Jerry Hairston Jr each also had three RBIs. Dmitri Young smacked a three-run homer for Baltimore with Chris Truby getting the only four-bagger for Hampton. |
| Game #4: | Another sloppy game with three errors, but it was really Tim Hudson that stood out and baffled the Huskies for seven innings as the Blue Crabs took it 9-3. MArk McLemore doubled and tripled and drove in five runs for Baltimore with Sean Casey and Randy Winn going deep. |
| Game #5: | The Amazing Woody Williams blanked the Huskies 5-0 in a three-hitter. MArk Quinn homered for Baltimore while Mark McLemore stayed hot with two hits, two walks, and two RBIs. |
| Series Summary: | The Blue Crabs are too much for the Huskies as Baltimore takes 3 of 5. |
Long Beach Titans @ Hollywood Vampires |
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| Series Summary: | Hollywood takes the first 3 and drops the last 2 gearing up for the playoffs. |
California Quakes @ Dondero Oaks |
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| Series Preview: | Two teams in the cellar of the league meet for 5. Both teams are just trying to survive the season at this rate. |
| Game #1: | California 7 Dondero 3W: W. Blair (2-2) L: B. Tomko (1-8) |
| Game #2: | Dondero 6 California 5W: M. Rivera (3-9) L: M. James (2-4) |
| Game #3: | California 5 Dondero 4W: E. Dessens (7-9) L: P. Wilson (8-16) S: T. Brohawn (4) |
| Game #4: | California 2 Dondero 1W: B. Jones (3-16) L: J. Acevedo (3-14) |
| Game #5: | Dondero 5 California 3W: L. Hackman (1-1) L: T. Ohka (5-19) S: M. Rivera (28) |
| Series Summary: | California pulls off a 3-2 series win over Dondero. 1 more week to go and these teams can get ready for 2002. |
Castle Rock Hounds @ Fort Worth Panthers |
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| Series Summary: | Hounds take series 3 games to 2. |
Southlake Stealers @ Monroeville Maulers |
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| Series Preview: | The Maulers 94-57, 1GB division leading CHI., coming home after sweeping Southlake last week. A road and home series with the Stealers and MVM looking to tie, take over or at least stay within 1GB of division leading Chicago for the final series of the season on the road against the Demolition for the division crown! |
| Game #1: | Tim Redding 1-10 vs Jon Lieber 17-7
The Maulers “hammerin’ time” bats pound SSS starter Tim Redding for 7 runs in the first two innings on a Todd Hollingsworth 2-run HR, and then in the bottom of the 2nd a bases loaded triple by Alfonso Soriano. Ace Jon Lieber starts strong but tires early in the 4th allowing back to back singles by Fernandez and Zielle, then a wild pitch and a BB to Payton! Coach Panek has seen enough he isn’t taking any chances and takes advantage of a well-rested bull pen sending Lieber to an early shower with the bases loaded so he’s rested for next week’s showdown with CHI. Ramiro Mendoza arrives with his stink face on and puts out the fire leaving the bases loaded! Maulers add two more for insurance as the Stealers start to chip away in the late innings with Dan Wheeler trying to mop up for MVM as David Eckstein doubles and Jeff Conine ropes a single to score him. Then Marlon Anderson hits a hard grounder to shortstop scoped by Felipe Lopez but he throws wide to first, followed by a single from Tony Fernandez and all of a sudden, it’s 9-4, so Bob File is ushered in for 1.1IP of relief and MVM makes defensive substitutions with rested starters to squelch the threat. Maulers take Game 1, 9-4. MVM 9-19-2 vs SSS 4-6-0 L- Tim Redding 1-11 SSS: MVM: |
| Game #2: | Will Cunnane 1-10 vs Jason Schmidt 12-8
Boom!! Pow!! Ding!! Dong!! Once again, the hammering time bats sound off and Jason Schmidt goes 5IP allowing 2 hits to get some work in to stay fresh and then is relieved to rest for the CHI series. The Stealers mustered 2-runs but only 3 hits as MVM bull pen shut the door. MVM 9-18-0 vs SSS 2-3-3 L- Will Cunnane 1-10 MVM: |
| Game #3: | Jimmy Haynes 6-11 vs Willis Roberts 9-6
A battle of the Grade D pitchers, and the Maulers resting starters in anticipation for next weeks showdown in Chicago. Both starters goose eggs through 5 and Southlake’s Shawn Wooten homers for just the 2nd hit of the game breaking the ice giving SSS a 1-0. But the Maulers answer in the bottom half with a hammering time Homer of their own from Jose Hernandez 1-1. Willis Roberts continues to blank the Stealers and then the MVM bats wake up with two more HRs and plating 5 runs total for the victory. MVM 5-7-2 vs SSS 1-2-1 L- Jimmy Haynes 6-12 SSS: MVM: |
| Game #4: | Terry Adams 10-12 vs Jim Brower 7-5
Battle of the Grade C hurlers. 2-1 Maulers after 6 as both pitchers are keeping it close. The Maulers add 2 insurance runs in the 7th and the bull pen of Bob File and Ramiro Mendoza hold the fort. As MVM gets rest for key starters and the bench comes through in the clutch to support a fine pitching performance. MVM 4-5-0 vs SSS 1-9-1 L- Terry Adams 10-13 SSS: MVM: |
| Game #5: | Chuck Finley 5-18 vs Julian Tavarez 15-10
Both teams plate 2 runs early then it’s goose eggs until the bottom of the 9th where the Maulers prevail with a walk off win completing the series sweep. Julian Tavarez is injured for 5 days in the 4th but Darren Oliver saves the day with 3.1 scoreless innings and Ramiro Mendoza follows suite to gain the victory. MVM 3-6-1 vs SSS 2-7-1 L- Chuck Finley 5-19 SSS: MVM: |
| Series Summary: | SSS 10-27-6 vs MVM 30-55-3 The Maulers dominated Southlake in all facets of games 1-3, then held on for the final two in close fashion. Maulers are on an incredible 14-game win streak as the late season schedule played right into their hands. Hopefully, the trend doesn’t pitter out next week against the mighty Demolition, setting the stage for a terrific showdown in Chicago!Notables: Willis Roberts CG 2-hitter in game 3. |
Houghton Penguins @ DeWitt Tigers |
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| Series Summary: | Houghton wins the series at DeWitt. |
Manhattan Gas Hornets @ Flora-Bama Mullets |
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| Series Preview: | Flora-Bama and Manhattan head south for the second half of their 11 straight games. |
| Game #1: | Manhattan sent nine to plate in the first and scored four runs. Schilling rebounded to pitch a couple solid innings before turning it over to the pen in the 5th. Flora-Bama chipped away at the lead with a run in the 2nd and then two runs in the 4th led by a Piazza solo homerun. Wakefield induced a couple double play balls to work out of jams and turned it over to Nunez with a 4-3 lead. Nunez allowed a RBI single to Olerud, but limited any further damage. 4-4. Singleton took Van Poppel deep in top of the 8th to put the Gas Hornets back up. In the bottom of the 8th, Shaw came on and gave up a solo to Rios that tied it. He got the next two outs before allowing two hits and double to Segui that made it 7-5 Mullets. Sasaki closed out the 9th. Flora-Bama 7-5 W – Stewart L – Shaw S – Sasaki |
| Game #2: | Mullets get a couple in the 1st on doubles from Rowand, Gonzalez and Segui, but that was all Reed would allow over eight innings. Person went seven and only allowed a solo homer to Jeter in the 6th. In the 8th, Manahattan loaded the bases, but Singleton just missed a grand slam off Nasty Boy Charlton. In the 9th, Latham singled and pinch hitter Bubba Trammel launched a go ahead two run homer with two outs of Sasaki. Blum then doubled, but Zambrano came on to prevent any further damage. Kim closed out the bottom of the 9th for the save. Manhattan 3-2 W – Reed L – Sasaki S – Kim |
| Game #3: | Tino showed Randy he wasn’t afraid of facing a lefty with a solo shot in the 2nd. Coomer turned a Rios double into a run with a fielding error that led to some choice words from Morris. Johnson left after five innings with the 1-1 tie preventing any decision for him. In the bottom of the 6th, Flora-Bama loaded the bases with no outs. Morris threw a wild pitch that allowed a run, but then got Piazza and the next two hitters to pop up. 2-1. In the 7th, Morris finally gave up some actually earned runs when he allowed a two out rbi double to Segui. Mesa recorded the final out for a cheap save. Flora-Bama 4-1 W – Zambrano L – Morris S – Mesa |
| Game #4: | An Olerud rbi double and a Piazza two run homer made it 3-0 in the 1st. Schilling tossed five shutout innings. In the 6th, Manhattan worked the bases loaded off Charlton, but Mesa came on early and got Stairs to pop up. Sparks left after seven innings and Nunez pitched a quiet 8th. Zambrano recorded the final two outs in the 9th. Flora-Bama 3-0 W – Schilling L – Sparks |
| Game #5: | Another pitching duel with both starters working into the 9th. In the 1st, Berkman doubled in a run to give the Mullets an early lead. Anderson knocked a solo homerun off Beckett in 2nd to tie it. Beckett was dealing until he briefly lost his control and issued four straight walks and a double to Singlton in the 5th. He got his control back and pitched until he finally got tired in the middle of the 9th. Maduro just got stronger as the game went on giving up only 2 hits in the final 8 innings. Manhattan 4-1 W – Maduro L – Beckett |
| Series Summary: | Another tight back and forth series this week. Manhattan won the overall season matchup with a 12-10 record, but Flora-Bama secured the NL East division with the 3-2 series win. Manhattan locked in the #1 wild card seed giving them homefield for all three potential wild card games. |