2002 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #25

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
HELTON,Todd	HWE AL	.471	1.059	4	17	8	2	1	2	6	10	3	2	0	0	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
STARK,Denny	IOW AL	1	1	0	0	0.00	9	0	0	0	5	2	0	0	0	0	0

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
WELLS,Vernon	VAL NL	.350	.600	5	20	7	2	0	1	6	7	0	0	0	1	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
WRIGHT,Jamey	DMH NL	1	1	0	0	0.00	9	0	0	5	10	3	0	0	0	0	0

Southlake Stealers @ Chicago Demolition
Series Preview:	One team is hanging on for dear life for the playoffs, and one team is looking forward to the Draft and 2003 MWWL Season.
Game #1:	Clemens goes 7.1, Delgado Homers. Chicago 7 – Southlake 4
Game #2:	Chicago scores big, but suffers at the hands of a costly collision as Eli Marrero (15) & Mark McLemore (25)are injured for extended periods of time. Chicago 11- Southlake 2
Game #3:	Same score as last game, but this time for Southlake. Todd Zeile had 5 RBI’s for the Stealers. Southlake 11 – Chicago 2
Game #4:	Shannon Stewart has 4 Hits, 2 RBI’s, & 2 Runs Scored. Pedro Martinez goes 6 Innings to improve to 13-7 (2.01) Chicago 5 – Southlake 3
Game #5:	Both Bullpens are solid until Chicago runs out of arms and blows it in the 15th. Southlake 8 – Chicago 3 (15 Innings)
Series Summary:	Southlake plays strong & takes 2 games from the hometown Demolition. Chicago’s playoff chances are now on the slim-to-none chance, but they did accomplish all their playing time for Free Agents in this series.

Michigan Marauders @ Danbury Mad Hatters
Series Preview:	2 teams fighting for last place.
Game #1:	Lieberthal lost for 13 days. Danbury 5-4 Lowe wins his 18th game.
Game #2:	Michigan 8-3, Michigan hits 5 home runs.
Game #3:	Michigan 9-1.
Game #4:	Michigan 6-5, Danbury leave the tying run at 3rd after scoring 3 to make it close.
Game #5:	Danbury 5-0, J Wright throws a 5 hitter complete game shutout.
Series Summary:	Danbury falls further into the cellar.

Castle Rock Hounds @ Dondero Oaks
Series Preview:	Castle Rock heads to division foe Dondero for 5 as they attempt to keep pace with California for the AL West lead.
Game #1:	Dondero 3 Castle Rock 2W: M. Matthews (2-2) L: C. Fossum (4-4) S: M. Rivera (27)Starters – Dondero K. Ishii 5IP 4H 2R 1ER 3K Castle Rock A. Pettitte 6.1IP 4H 2R 7K
Game #2:	Castle Rock 12 Dondero 4W: C. Carpenter (4-0) L: J. Santana (3-8)Starters – Castle Rock K. Lohse 5.1IP 4H 4R 4K Dondero F. Castillo 3.2IP 6H 4R 5K
Game #3:	Castle Rock 8 Dondero 3W: J. Pineiro (18-8) 8IP 6H 2R 5K L: J. Johnson (5-10) 3.1IP 9H 5R 3K
Game #4:	Castle Rock 5 Dondero 0W: K. Rogers (17-7) L: M. Tejera (3-13) S: P. Quantrill (10)
Game #5:	Castle Rock 11 Dondero 2W: D. Davis (9-7) L: J. Jennings (7-11)
Series Summary:	Castle Rock loses game 1 but then controls the series the rest of the way getting themselves to the 100-win mark. Dondero on the other hand is 4 losses away from 100 which very well may happen next week when they travel to California.

California Quakes @ Fort Worth Panthers
Series Summary:	Panthers play tough, but the results are the same as a few weeks ago as they only win once against the Quakes.

Harper Woods Expos @ Monroeville Maulers
Series Preview:	The Expos are looking to put more distance between 2nd place CHI. MVM is just hanging out, seeing if they can play spoiler for the 2nd week in a row.
Game #1:	HWE 9-12-2 MVM 3-08-1
Game #2:	HWE 7-11-0 MMV 2-06-2
Game #3:	HWE 6-9-2 MVM 5-9-2
Game #4:	HWE 4-10-0 MVM 2-06-0
Game #5:	HWE 17-23-1 MVM 07-10-3
Series Summary:	A 2nd week of playing spoiler was not in the cards for the Maulers in fact, they flopped, getting swept. Larry Walker hits his 40th HR and 105 RBIs at series end, including a 4-5 game 5. Todd Helton also made some noise as well with a 4-5 day with 6-RBIs in game 5. Valdimir Guerrero gets HR #44 and RBI #105 at series end. Alphonso Soriano continues to expand his 30-30 season.

Manhattan Gas Hornets @ Hampton Huskies
Series Preview:	Hampton hosts Manhattan this week in back to back versus division front runners.
Game #1:	Matt Morris and 3 relievers toss a 6 hit shutout in the opener, Morris goes 8 innings. Ray Durham has 3 hits, 2 runs and 4 other Gas Hornets have 2 hits each in the 5-0 opening game. MGH 5 HAM 0
Game #2:	This game belonged to the Huskies – well it would have if they’d had a closer. Score was 4-3 Hampton going into the 9th thanks to a 4 run Huskies outburst in the 4th keyed by a 2 run Jolbert Cabrera single. Bob Wickman was called on to pitch the 9th and he promptly earned his 8th blown save giving up 3 hits and 3 runs in a 4 run Gas Hornets 9th. That flipped the score to 7-4 and Kim closed it down for his 31st save. MGH 7 HAM 4
Game #3:	Brian Anderson goes 6.1 innings, 4 hits, 1 run – a Scott Hatteberg rbi single in the opening frame! Manhattan chipped away with 1 in the 2nd and 3rd then 2 in the 9th on Derek Jeter 2 run double. Ray Durham (16) and Josh Phelps (17) homered for the Gas Hornets, Wakefield the save (1). MGH 4 HAM 1
Game #4:	3 run Hampton 9th makes the game look closer than it was as Manhattan busts out for 5 runs in the 5th enroute to the 8-5 victory. 17 hit attack included Garrett Anderson’s 34th homer (2 rbis). Reed the win, Suppan the loss. Scott Hatteberg homers (10), Brett Mayne doubles in 2 in the 9th. MGH 8 HAM 5
Game #5:	Gas Hornets commit 4 errors, 2 by starter Denny Neagle in the 1st and 2 by Tino Martinez. And yet, they give up no UNEARNED RUNS!! However, they do give up 7 EARNED runs including 5 in the 2nd. Giles (6) and Ramirez (9) homer along the way. 5 in the 2nd, 1 in the 3rd and then 1 in the 7th. Meanwhile, the visitors were struggling but they did get single runs in the 1st and 2nd. In the 6th Manhattan scrounges out 3 runs getting the Gas Hornets within 1, 6-5. Then Manhattan manages to score 3 more in the 7th on a 3 run Josh Phelps homer (18) – Phelps was acquired in a trade with Hampton this year. The homerun came off Myers who gets a BS (6) for his efforts – and he also draws the L as the Huskies can’t tie or regain the lead – although Ramirez’s homer did give them hope. Kim pitches the 8th and 9th to ensure Manhattan stays on top. MGH 8 HAM 7
Series Summary:	Manhattan needed success this week and got the sweep – although the Huskies were more than pesky. Huskies still in a race for most lottery balls however….

Houghton Penguins @ Iowa Giants
Series Preview:	First place Houghton Penguins come to Iowa.
Game #1:	Giants win Carlos Hernandez 7 innings allowed 1 ERr Eddie Guardado gets 21st save.
Game #2:	Houghton gets home runs from Cruz and Burrell take 4-2 win.
Game #3:	Giants lose tough one 4-2 13 innings.
Game #4:	Denny Stark NO HITTER 5 k’s 2 walks, Adam Piatt has 2 run homer Giants 3-0 win.
Game #5:	Giants win rubber game 7-4 Mel Stottlemyre gets 3rd win.
Series Summary:	Giants take 3 of 5 from Houghton high light Denny Stark‘s NO HITTER.

Corktown Bootleggers @ DeWitt Tigers
Series Summary:	In a key late season battle Corktown comes to Dewitt and takes 3 of 5. Three teams remain in contention for the Division

Gladstone Gladiators @ Valdosta Bombers
Series Preview:	Another ugly series for the “1st” place Bombers as the Gladiators take 3 of 5 and pull to within 1 game of the lousy NL Central. Jamie Moyer did win his 18th game of the year for the Bombers.
Series Summary:	3-2 Gladstone.

Blarney Drive Bandits @ Hollywood Vampires
Series Summary:	Hollywood trailed the division by 3 going into the series, and only picks up 1 game in a very tight series (outside the last game). It’s unlikely that Hollywood can make up the difference since they are A-H-A vs Blarney’s H-A-H. They are destined for a 3 game set in either Manhattan or Flora-Bama.

Baltimore Blue Crabs @ Flora-Bama Mullets
Series Preview:	The Mullets need a big series to keep pace in the division, but they’ll have to do it against the 5th best team in the NL.
Game #1:	All dreams of keeping pace with Manhattan fade as Baltimore pounds Burnett and Williams tosses six scoreless innings for the win. Baltimore 8-1
Game #2:	Schilling gutted out the win giving up 10 hits, but only three runs over eight innings. Mullets took advantage of Crab errors and also slugged three homers. Flora-Bama 10-3
Game #3:	Flora-Bama only managed six hits, but one of them was big bop from Mo Vaughn. Beckett pitched one of his better games working out of multiple jams to go six innings for the win. The pen was scoreless over the final three innings.
Game #4:	The Baltimore defense and Barry Zito fell apart in the 6th. The Mullets had tight a 4-3 lead until they scored seven runs in the 6th and then three more in both 7th and 8th. It was a good day for the backups to get usage. Lawrence stayed in to grab his sixth complete game of the season. Flora-Bama 17-3
Game #5:	Burnett had a 2-0 lead and a one hitter going through 5.2 innings. With two outs in the sixth, Jones, Posada and Branyan hit back to back to back solo home runs to take a 3-2 lead. The Mullets tied it in the bottom of the 8th, but they missed taking the lead when pinch runner Nieves was gunned at home by Byrnes. Wilson took Carter deep in the 9th. The Crabs used solo homers to score all of their runs. Baltimore 4-3
Series Summary:	Flora-Bama got the 3-2 series win, but Baltimore played the spoiler role well. The Mullets needed to do much better for any chance of catching Manhattan.

Long Beach Titans @ Winnipeg Goldeyes
Series Summary:	The Candians sweep the USA in this one taking all 5 games.