2002 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #3
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| HELTON,Todd | HWE AL | .632 | 1.211 | 5 | 19 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| WOOD,Kerry | HWE AL | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| NAME | TEAM | AVG | SLG | G | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | R | RBI | K | W | IW | SB | CS | HBP |
| ORDONEZ,Magglio | BDB NL | .524 | 1.238 | 5 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| NAME | CLUB | G | W | L | S | ERA | IP | R | ER | H | K | BB | IBB | WP | BK | HB | HR |
| SCHILLING,Curt | FNA NL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2.84 | 12.2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Long Beach Titans @ Blarney Drive Bandits |
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| Series Summary: | Blarney wins the first two games by a total of 29-2. Titans woke up after that and played the last 3 games tight and take the finale. Bandits take 4 of 5. |
Danbury Mad Hatters @ Valdosta Bombers |
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| Series Summary: | Danbury played well and they take 3 of 5 in Valdosta. Bombers struggled to get any offense going. |
Southlake Stealers @ Harper Woods Expos |
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| Series Summary: | A rare sweep for Harper Woods 5-0. |
Monroeville Maulers @ Chicago Demolition |
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| Series Preview: | The upcoming series between the Chicago Demolition (5-6) and the Monroeville Maulers (7-4) promises to be an exciting matchup. Here’s a brief preview of what to expect:
Chicago Demolition Strengths: The Demolition have shown resilience in their recent games, with a strong defensive lineup that can disrupt the opponent’s offensive plays. Their ability to adapt and strategize mid-game has been a key factor in their victories. Weaknesses: Consistency has been an issue for Chicago, as they have struggled to maintain momentum throughout the series. Their offense has been somewhat unpredictable, which could be a challenge against a strong team like the Maulers. Monroeville Maulers Strengths: The Maulers boast a powerful offense, with several key players consistently delivering high-scoring performances. Their teamwork and coordination on the field have been impressive, making them a formidable opponent. Weaknesses: While their offense is strong, the Maulers’ defense has shown vulnerabilities, particularly against teams with fast-paced attacks. They will need to tighten their defensive strategies to maintain their winning record. Odds and Prediction Odds: This series will be a test of strategy and execution for both teams, and fans can expect a thrilling competition. |
| Game #1: | The Chicago Demolition narrowly defeated the Monroeville Maulers with a final score of 4-3. The game started with both teams struggling to score, as pitchers Pedro Martinez and Jason Schmidt kept the hitters at bay. The deadlock was broken in the bottom of the fourth inning when Greg Colbrunn hit a two-run homer, putting Chicago ahead 2-0.
Monroeville responded in the seventh inning with Troy Glaus driving in a run, but Chicago extended their lead in the bottom half with a two-run homer by Rickey Henderson, making it 4-1. The Maulers mounted a comeback in the eighth inning, capitalizing on errors and timely hitting to score two runs, closing the gap to 4-3. Billy Wagner took the mound for Chicago in the ninth inning and successfully shut down Monroeville’s offense, securing the win for the Demolition. Pedro Martinez earned the win, improving his record to 2-0 with a 1.50 ERA, while Jason Schmidt took the loss, falling to 1-1 with a 2.19 ERA. Wagner recorded his fourth save of the season. Final Score: Chicago 4 – Monroeville 3 Win: Pedro Martinez 2-0 (1.50) |
| Game #2: | The Chicago Demolition triumphed over the Monroeville Maulers with a final score of 6-2. The game kicked off with Monroeville’s Vladimir Guerrero hitting a solo home run in the top of the first inning, giving the Maulers an early lead. However, Chicago quickly responded in the bottom of the first, with Rickey Henderson scoring after an error and Shannon Stewart’s single, leveling the score at 1-1.
Chicago took control in the bottom of the fourth inning, extending their lead to 4-1 with key hits from Eduardo Renteria and Joe Girardi. The Maulers managed to add another run in the sixth inning, but Chicago’s Rickey Henderson sealed the victory with a two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth, bringing the score to 6-2. Kevin Millwood pitched a strong game for Chicago, earning the win with a record of 2-1 and an ERA of 2.49. Jon Lieber took the loss for Monroeville, with a record of 1-1 and an ERA of 3.93. Despite Monroeville’s efforts, Chicago’s solid defense and timely hitting secured their victory. Final Score: Chicago 6 – Monroeville 2 Win: Kevin Millwood 2-1 (2.49) |
| Game #3: | In a dominant performance, the Chicago Demolition shut out the Monroeville Maulers with a final score of 6-0. The game started with both teams unable to score in the first two innings, as pitchers Alan Benes and Salomon Torres kept the bats quiet. However, the Demolition broke the deadlock in the bottom of the third inning when Carlos Delgado’s single brought Roberto Alomar home, giving them a 1-0 lead.
The Demolition extended their lead in the fifth inning with Shannon Stewart’s double and Edgar Renteria’s single, making it 3-0. The highlight of the game came in the seventh inning when Carlos Delgado hit a three-run homer, sealing the victory for Chicago at 6-0. Alan Benes pitched six strong innings, allowing six hits and striking out eight, earning his first win of the season. Salomon Torres took the loss for Monroeville, giving up three runs on eight hits over six innings. Billy Wagner and Robb Nen provided solid relief for Chicago, ensuring the shutout. Final Score: Chicago 6 – Monroeville 0 Win: Alan Benes 1-1 (6.23) |
| Game #4: | In an intense matchup, the Chicago Demolition triumphed over the Monroeville Maulers with a final score of 12-8. The game began with the Maulers taking an early lead in the first inning, thanks to a home run by Troy Glaus, making it 2-0. However, the Demolition quickly responded, tying the game 3-3 in the third inning with a two-run homer by Roberto Alomar.
The Demolition surged ahead in the third inning, scoring three more runs, including a two-run homer by Eli Marrero, bringing the score to 6-3. The Maulers fought back in the fifth inning, narrowing the gap to 8-7, but the Demolition extended their lead with a four-run sixth inning, highlighted by Carlos Delgado’s two-run homer. Despite a late home run by Jacque Jones in the seventh inning, the Maulers couldn’t close the gap. Danny Graves secured the win for the Demolition, while Sun-Woo Kim took the loss. Robb Nen earned his second save of the season, closing out the game in the ninth inning. Final Score: Chicago 12 – Monroeville 8 Win: Danny Graves 1-1 (4.00) |
| Game #5: | In a tightly contested game, the Chicago Demolition emerged victorious over the Monroeville Maulers with a final score of 2-0. The game began with both teams struggling to make significant offensive plays, as pitchers Darryl Kile and Pedro Astacio kept the batters in check. The turning point came in the bottom of the third inning when Joe Girardi hit a triple, driving in Tony Clark for the first run. Roberto Alomar followed with a groundout that allowed Girardi to score, giving Chicago a 2-0 lead.
Darryl Kile delivered a strong performance on the mound, pitching seven innings and allowing only six hits while striking out four. His efforts earned him the win, improving his record to 1-1 with a 4.76 ERA. Pedro Astacio, despite a commendable outing, took the loss, dropping to 1-2 with a 4.95 ERA. Billy Wagner came in as the closer, securing his fifth save of the season with a flawless performance in the final innings. The Maulers struggled to capitalize on their opportunities, leaving runners stranded and failing to score against the Demolition’s solid defense. Chicago’s victory was marked by strategic plays and effective pitching, sealing their win in this matchup. Final Score: Chicago 2 – Monroeville 0 Win: Darryl Kile 1-1 (4.76) |
| Series Summary: | The Chicago Demolition emerged victorious over the Monroeville Maulers, showcasing their resilience and strategic prowess. The Demolition’s defense was a standout, consistently disrupting the Maulers’ offensive plays and securing crucial wins. Chicago’s ability to adapt mid-game was evident, particularly in their narrow 4-3 victory where Pedro Martinez’s pitching and Rickey Henderson’s timely homer were pivotal.
The series saw Chicago’s offense come alive, highlighted by a dominant 12-8 win where Carlos Delgado’s two-run homer and Eli Marrero’s contributions were key. Despite early leads by the Maulers, the Demolition’s strategic plays and strong pitching, notably by Darryl Kile and Alan Benes, ensured their success. Chicago’s defense was impenetrable in their 6-0 shutout, with Carlos Delgado’s three-run homer sealing the victory. Monroeville’s powerful offense, led by Troy Glaus and Vladimir Guerrero, was met with Chicago’s formidable defense. The Maulers struggled to maintain momentum, often falling short against Chicago’s strategic plays and effective pitching. Despite their efforts, Monroeville’s defensive vulnerabilities were exploited by the Demolition, who capitalized on key moments to secure their wins. The series was a testament to Chicago’s adaptability and strategic execution, with Billy Wagner’s consistent closing performances further solidifying their dominance. The Demolition’s ability to capitalize on the Maulers’ weaknesses and maintain consistency throughout the series was crucial in their triumph. Overall, the Chicago Demolition’s blend of strong defense, strategic offense, and effective pitching led them to a well-deserved series victory, leaving the Monroeville Maulers to regroup and address their defensive challenges. |
Corktown Bootleggers @ Houghton Penguins |
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| Series Preview: | Houghton hosts the division leader, Corktown. |
| Game #1: | The Bootleggers’ Ellis Burks goes 4-4 with 2 HRs as Corktown tops Houghton 6-5. |
| Game #2: | Kirk Rueter throws a 2-hit shutout. Houghton wins 6-0. |
| Game #3: | Albert Pujols hits a Grand Slam as Houghton wins 13-4. |
| Game #4: | Pete Walker throw a 3-hit shutout as Houghton wins their 3rd game in a row, 10-0. |
| Game #5: | In a 13-innings finale, the Bootleggers beat Houghton 6-3. |
| Series Summary: | Houghton takes 3 of 5 from the Bootleggers. Houghton pitchers toss 2 shutouts in the series. |
California Quakes @ Castle Rock Hounds |
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| Series Preview: | It’s an early season showdown between who appears to be the top two teams in the AL West, California and Castle Rock. |
| Game #1: | It’s Pineiro for Castle Rock vs. Ohka for California in the opener. California gets on the board first with a 2-out RBI double from Helms, scoring Nomar. Wilkerson ties it up with an RBI single in the 4th and Dye extends it to 2-1 with a single of his own. Luis Gonzalez gets a single of his own to make it 3-1 in the 7th. In the top of the 8th, Ichiro (of all hitters) gets a solo shot to make it 3-2. But, the Castle Rock pen shuts things down from there, and the final is 3-2, Hounds.
WP: Pineiro (3-0) |
| Game #2: | This was a wild one. The Quakes had a 4-2 lead after a Nomar homer in the top of the 9th. Hoffman comes on to start the bottom of the 9th. He walks Wilkerson and then hits Dye to start it off. Placido Polanco then rips a single, but we decide to hold Wilkerson at 3rd. Bases are loaded nobody out. Luis Gonzalez gets a sac fly to score Wilkerson and get Dye to 3rd base. Adam Hyzdu pinch hits for Barrett and Hoffman throws a wild pitch that gets Polanco to second base and scores Dye. The manager pulls Hoffman mid at-bat in favor of Jorge Julio. Julio gets Hyzdu to ground out to keep it at 4-4. Julio intentionally walks Luis Gonzalez to face Mark Bellhorn, who proceeds to rip a gapper to score Polanco and give Castle Rock the improbable 5-4 victory.
WP: Fetters (1-0) |
| Game #3: | California takes a 2-1 lead after two innings, thanks to a Huff homer and Davis RBI single (and HR from Bellhorn for Castle Rock). But, Castle Rock strikes back and takes a 5-2 lead, scoring four runs in the bottom of the 3rd, although three were unearned thanks to a Luis Castillo miscue. That is pretty much how things would stand as the final was 5-3, Castle Rock. They take a 3-0 series lead.
WP: Davis (2-1) |
| Game #4: | I forgot to download the script for this one after playing it (didn’t have time to do write-ups when I was playing), but I do recall it being a wild one. Bonds gets injured early in the game, and is out for five days. Castle Rock also commits three errors and falls behind 4-1 after six innings. But, the Hounds come storming back with six runs in the bottom of the 7th (keyed by a Luis Gonzalez grand slam) just to see California tie it up in the top of the 8th at 7-7 off of Benitez. But, Castle Rock ekes out one run in the bottom of the 8th to take an 8-7 lead and Benitez stays on to get the win.
WP: Benitez (2-0) |
| Game #5: | Castle Rock jumps out to an early 6-0 lead, but the Quakes are sick and tired of losing and take their frustrations out on the Hounds in this one, ultimately winning it 11-6, destroying the Hounds bullpen. Sweeney (5 days) and Barrett (6 days) are injured for Castle Rock and Karim Garcia is out for 19 days for California. Alfonzo has four hits and Ichiro three hits for California.
WP: Julio (1-0) |
| Series Summary: | Castle Rock makes an early season statement, taking 4 out of 5 from the visiting Quakes. |
1Hollywood Vampires
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| Series Preview: | 2nd Place Hollywood vs 4th place Winnipeg. |
| Game #1: | Winnipeg wins 3-2 in 11 innings but Lopez will hit the DL and two Hollywood starts got hurt as well. |
| Game #2: | Hollywood 12-0 Mulder 4 hitter! Clayton 5 rbis. |
| Game #3: | Hollywood Perez 1 hit in 8 innings as they win 12-1 Konerko and Perry big games. |
| Game #4: | Millar 2 homers 5 rbis 6-3 Hollywood. |
| Game #5: | Hollywood 5-3 Konerko homer. |
| Series Summary: | Hollywood easily wins 4 of the 5 at Winnipeg as Javy Lopez will go on the DL for Winnipeg. Perez 1 hitter is amazing as was Mulders CG 4 hitter for Hollywood,. Likely Millar was their hitter of the week,. |
Dondero Oaks @ Fort Worth Panthers |
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| Series Preview: | The Oaks and the Panthers both struggled against 2 of the AL’s best teams the first two weeks meet to see who the 3rd best team in the AL West is. |
| Series Summary: | Ft. Worth takes the series 3 games to 2. Winning the first three games behind timely hitting and clutch pitching then Dondero takes the final two games blowing out the Panthers. |
Hampton Huskies @ Flora-Bama Mullets |
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| Series Preview: | Rumors were flowing at Pensacola stadium that Zito could be auditioning for contenders as Hampton shifted their focus on collecting more 2003 pingballs. |
| Game #1: | Zito and Schilling both looked great through the first four innings only giving up solo homeruns to David Bell (FNA) and Derrek Lee (HAM). Unfortunately, Hampton’s defense allowed three unearned runs in the 5th. A clearly frustrated Zito was seen working on his guitar playing during the next half inning. Flora-Bama added five more runs in the later innings and Villone picked up the blowout three inning save is his first appearance as a Mullet.
Flora-Bama 9-1 |
| Game #2: | Hunter’s two run homer and Simon’s RBI double gave the Mullets a 3-0 lead after one. Piazza added a solo in the 3rd and Simon picked up another RBI in 5th. Lawrence went the distance for his second complete game shutout of the year.
Flora-Bama 5-0 |
| Game #3: | The Mullets batted around in the second inning to go up 7-0. Hampton rallied off Burnett in the fourth for seven runs of their own to tie it. Burnett almost got out of it at 7-3, but Wigginton’s grand slam brought out boos and chants for the “Big-Unit”. Burnett was pulled early and now has a 7.65 ERA after four starts. Berkman’s three run homer in the 6th gave the Mullets back the lead.
Flora-Bama 10-7 |
| Game #4: | Affeldt didn’t have great stuff, but he kept stranding runners and he had 3-2 lead until the 6th. Mo Vaughn’s rbi single and Berkman’s rbi double gave the Mullets the lead in the 6th. The Mullets then exploded for nine runs in the 7th. Bell’s three run bomb and Gonzalez’s grandslam had the Wahoo field rocking and set a record for beer sales in one inning.
Flora-Bama 13-3 |
| Game #5: | The Huskies had at least one runner on base every inning, but Munro managed to work out of every jam. Hunter led the way for Flora-Bama with a two run homer and the bottom of the order drove in another four runs.
Flora-Bama 6-0 |
| Series Summary: | Flora-Bama picked up the sweep to stay in contention with Baltimore and Manhattan in the East race. Hampton dropped to 2-14 on the year as their pitching averaged almost nine runs surrendered during the series. |
Iowa Giants @ DeWitt Tigers |
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| Series Summary: | Iowa travels to DeWitt and loses the first 2 games but manages to win the series by taking the final three games. |
Manhattan Gas Hornets @ Baltimore Blue Crabs |
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| Series Preview: | Manhattan and Baltimore both sport 7-4 records early in the 2002 season. |
| Game #1: | A Derek Jeter SAC fly, and former Blue Crab Wendell Magee RBI double put the Gas Hornets in front in the 8th and Byung-Hyun Kim and Gabe White pitch scoreless 8th and 9th innings as Manhattan takes the opener 5-3. Jimmy Rollins’ 3-run double in the 2nd was all the Crabs could muster. A pair of injuries: Manhattan loses Matt Stairs for 10 days and Baltimore loses Tim Hudson for 5 days.
HORNETS 5 / 10 / 0 |
| Game #2: | Behind homeruns by Adam Dunn (2) and Preston Wilson (4), the Crabs even the series. Garrett Anderson went deep for the Gas Hornets, already his 7th homerun this season. Rick Reed tossed a complete game but took the loss.
HORNETS 4 / 6 / 0 |
| Game #3: | Homeruns by Ramon Castro (1) and Jimmy Rollins (2) put Baltimore up 3-2. Wendell Magee delivers again for the Gas Hornets with a two out, RBI single that ties the game in the 9th. Garrett Anderson provides Manhattan with the game winner in the 11th with an RBI single that plates Ray Durham.
HORNETS 4 / 7 / 0 |
| Game #4: | Manhattan pounds out 13 hits and cruises to a 10-2 victory. Derek Jeter had a single, double, triple, and 2 RBIs, and Garrett Anderson had 2 more hits and 3 RBIs for the Gas Hornets.
HORNETS 10 / 13 / 0 |
| Game #5: | Jorge Posada hits a first inning grand slam, and Ryan Dempster scatters 6 hits, allowing only a run, over 6 innings, and Baltimore salvages the series finale, 4-1. Geoff Blum had 3 hits for the visitors.
HORNETS 1 / 7 / 1 |
| Series Summary: | Manhattan comes to town and wins the series, as they often do, 3 games to 2. |
Michigan Maulers @ Gladstone Gladiators |
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| Series Summary: | Gladstone wins the series 3 games to 2. |