2003 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #9

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
SIMON,Randall	CRH AL	.471	.706	4	17	8	1	0	1	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
TRACHSEL,Steve	CBL AL	2	2	0	0	0.00	18	0	0	8	8	2	0	0	0	0	0

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
BOONE,Bret	MIC NL	.444	.667	6	27	12	1	1	1	1	9	4	1	0	1	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
VAZQUEZ,Javier	GLG NL	2	2	0	0	0.00	15	0	0	5	13	5	0	0	0	1	0

Chicago Demolition @ California Quakes
Series Summary:	California manages 1 win against Chicago.

Southlake Stealers @ Fort Worth Panthers
Series Preview:	The PANTHERS come into this series in… … 1st place … they have been playing very well with 9 wins in their last ten games … overall they now stand at … 34 wins and … 12 losses with 5 straight wins … on the league leader boards … they’re … second in batting average … at .280 … second … in home runs … with 74 … first … in runs first … in slugging … second best … in stolen bases … with 44 … second in on base percentage … 3rd … in ERA … at 3.37For the STEALERS … in the league … they came into the series … 3rd … in batting … at .272 3rd … in runs scored … Number Two … in slugging … on top … in steals … with 51 3rd … in on base percentage … second … in ERA … at 3.26 the STEALERS come into this game in… … 2nd place … they come into this game hot with 7 straight wins … their road record is … 15 and… … 14 … they’re only 1 game out
Game #1:	Former Panther Rondell White gave the Stealers the lead in top of the 2nd driving in two with a two out double. In the third Ft. Worth scored a couple two out runs themselves off a single by Pudge Rodriguez and a single and error off the bat of Eric Karros. The Panthers added a couple of other runs as they took game 1. Final Score: Panthers 5, Stealers 2
Game #2:	Ft. Worth exploded for 7 runs over the first two innings highlighted by Gary Sheffields three run jimmy jack in the 2nd as they win game 2 easily. Final Score: Panthers 8, Stealers 2
Game #3:	A two-run homer by Sheffield gave the Panthers the lead for good in the 6th. Final Score: Panthers 4, Stealers 1
Game #4:	A ribbie double by Hank Blalock and a two-run homer by Nomar Garciaparra gave Southlake a 3-0 lead in the top of the first, but Gary Sheffield brought the Panthers two within 1 run with a two-run homer in the bottom of the first. It was Sheffield’s 3rd straight game with a homer. In the 2nd inning after the Panthers had tied the game at 3, Sheffield hit his 2nd homer of the game = another two-run shot to give Ft. Worth the lead. Garciaparra tied the game in third for the Stealers with a two out two run double. Karim Garcia delivers the winning hit for Ft. Worth singling home two in the 8th. Final Score: Panthers 7, Stealers 5
Game #5:	Jose Guillen tied the game in the 4th for the Panthers with a two-run homer, but closer Joe Borowski has his 5th blown save by allowing a game tying homer by Juan Encarnacion in the 9th. In extra innings, Shea Hillenbrand won the game with a sac fly in the 11th for Ft. Worth. Final Score: Panthers 4, Stealers 3
Game #6:	Southlake ends Ft. Worth’s 10 game winning streak limiting the Panther hitters to just 1 run off 6 hits while scoring 4 themselves. Encarnacion has a two-run homer for the Stealers. Final Score: Stealers 4, Panthers 1
Series Summary:	Ft. Worth stays hot at home taking the series 5 games to 1.

Monroeville Maulers @ Corktown Bootleggers
Series Summary:	Corktown takes the series 4-2.

Danbury Mad Hatters @ Long Beach Titans
Game #1:	Long Beach pounded out 17 hits and rolled to an 8-3 win against Danbury. Vidro had 5 hits and Myers knocked in 3 runs to lead the offense.
Game #2:	Danbury plated 5 runs in the 1st and went on to an 8-4 win. Robinson and Womack had 3 hits and 3 RBI to lead the attack.
Game #3:	Danbury took a 4-3 lead into the bottom of the 9th. Nixon led off with a 2B and Payton singled him in to tie the game. It stayed 4-4 until the bottom of the 11th when Buchanon knocked in Lee to give Long Beach a 5-4 win.
Game #4:	Cintron hit a solo HR in the 5th to give Long Beach a 4-3 lead. It stayed that way until the 8th when Thome tied it with his 2nd HR of the game. In the bottom of the inning Myers hit a solo shot for a 5-4 lead. Cormier came on in the 9th to retire the Mad Hatters in order for his 11th save.
Game #5:	Loaiza threw a 2-hit shutout in the Titans 2-0 win. Mondesi’s 2-run HR in the 4th was all the scoring.
Game #6:	Helms broke up a 1-1 with an RBI 2B in the 6th. Long Beach added an insurance run in the 8th when Snow knocked in Mondesi and went on to a 3-1 win. Franklin improved to 7-1 and Cormier notched his 12th save.
Series Summary:	Long Beach won 5 of the 6 games with Danbury, though the last 4 games were all close and could have gone wither way.

Gladstone Gladiators @ Hampton Huskies
Series Summary:	Gladstone and Hampton split with a costly series for the home team as they have multiple long-term injuries.

Blarney Drive Bandits @ Baltimore Blue Crabs
Series Preview:	Blarney Drive (15-31) 4th place N.L. West visits Baltimore (26-20) 2nd place N.L. East.
Game #1:	Mike Lowell‘2 3-run homerun in the 6th gives the Bandits the lead, but Geoff Jenkins‘ 2-run single in the 7th ties it and Dave Robert’s walkoff, 2-run homer in the 9th wins it for Baltimore. BANDITS 4 / 5 / 1 CRABS 6 / 8 / 1 WP – Fuentes (2-1) LP – Weathers (2-6)
Game #2:	Crabs build a 7-0 lead behind Woody Williams‘ 7 2/3 innings of shut out ball. Junior Spivey hit his first homerun of the season for Baltimore. Shawn Green hit his 7th homerun of the year for Blarney Drive. BANDITS 2 / 9 / 1 CRABS 7 / 10 / 0 WP – Williams (4-5) LP – Perez (1-6)
Game #3:	Mike Lowell collects 3 hits, including his 15th homerun of the season, and Brian Giles and Ramon Hernandez also go deep as Blarney Drive prevails, 8-5. Miguel Tejada homers and knocks in 3 for Baltimore. BANDITS 8 / 10 / 0 CRABS 5 / 11 / 0 WP – Johnson (5-3) LP – Hudson (6-4) S – Weathers (4)
Game #4:	Preston Wilson hits homerun #7 and he and Dave Roberts each have 2 RBIs as the Crabs take it, 5-1. BANDITS 1 / 8 / 1 CRABS 5 / 8 / 0 WP – Myers (4-2) LP – Wells (3-3)
Game #5:	Bandits score 5 unearned runs in the 2nd, the big blasts, homeruns off the bats of Erubiel Durazo and Enrique Wilson to take an early 5-0 lead. But Baltimore would battle back and Chipper Jones‘ 2-out, RBI single caps a 3-run 8th and the Crabs win it 6-5. BANDITS 5 / 10 / 1 CRABS 6 / 12 / 1 WP – Padilla (7-1) LP – Weathers (2-7) S – Villarreal (4)
Game #6:	All Baltimore in this one. Geoff Jenkins‘ Grand Slam in the 2nd stakes the Crabs to an early 6-0 lead. Barry Zito pitches a 3-hit, complete game shutout and Baltimore takes the series finale, 8-0. BANDITS 0 / 3 / 0 CRABS 8 / 8 / 0 WP – Zito (5-4) LP – Leiter (2-7)
Series Summary:	Baltimore wins 5 of 6

Valdosta Bombers @ Manhattan Gas Hornets
Series Preview:	A couple of teams floating around .500 – disappointing season for Manhattan (2 games below .500). They can score runs, but once they do, they seem to relax – but the defense and the bullpen can’t hold leads, keep pouring it on. But it’s not in the DNA too often….
Game #1:	Case in point – Gas Hornets grab a 4-0 lead after 4 with 3 runs in the 3rd. But then Kim blows the save in the 7th giving up 3 – Sexson with a 2 run double. Game is tied in the 9th, when Antonio Perez hits a walk-off double to salvage the win. VAL 4-13-1 LP Baez (2-2) HR LaRue (3) MGH 5-12-1 WP Guthrie (3-1) BS Kim (3)
Game #2:	In this one we didn’t build a big early lead. Instead after the game was tied 1-1 in the 6th, we rattled of 2 in the 6th and 3 in the 7th – and HELD on! Only 3 hits by Valdosta was key – that and 3 homers by Manhattan. VAL 1-3-0 LP Ohka (4-3) MGH 6-8-0 WP Howard (2-0) HRs: Vanderwal (7), Sierra (1), Martinez (4)
Game #3:	A run for the Bombers in the 1st, 1 for the good guys in the 2nd, then 1 for Valdosta in the 3rd….then the Bombers score 3 in the 7th and double that for 6 in the 7th!! Some late Gas Hornets homers made it look a little bit less of a bombing – well, not really, it was a blowout! Ramirez, 2 hits, 3 rbis, homer. Abreu 3 hits, 3 runs. Well, Sesxon also with 3 hits – lots of hits for Valdosta!! Lawrence gives up 1 run in the 5 innings, 5 hits for the win. VAL 11-18-0 WP Lawrence (4-2) HRs – Ramirez (11), Chavez (8) MGH 4- 8-3 LP Fossum (1-5) HRs – Anderson (8), Cordero (2)
Game #4:	Matt Morris finally pitches a great game – in fact, he was 2 outs away from a NO-HITTER. But then Vernon Wells breaks up the no-no with a solo homer. 3 batters later Orlando Cabrera connects for a 2 run homer. 2 hits in the 9th end up in 3 runs! The silver lining – we scored 4 in the 4th and 2 more in the 6th so we still won the game. And while Morris wasn’t giving up hits, he did give up 6 walks including 1 in the 9th. But he won, that’s something! Oh – and we bombed 4 homers including a Matt Stairs 3 run blast. VAL 3- 2-0 LP Meche (3-6) MGH 6-10-0 WP Morris (3-5) HRs – Jeter (3), Anderson (9), Phelps (5), Stairs (5)
Game #5:	Here’s one that got away! Abreu and Ramirez homer in the 1st for 2 runs. Gas Hornets use some single and doubles to tie it in the bottom half. Bombers score 1 in the 2nd, we get one in the 3rd. Then the Bombers begin their onslaught. 3 in the 5th, 2 in the 6th. Cabrera goes 4 for 6 with 3 rbis. Perez scores 3 times, Grudzielanek gets 2 hits, 3 runs, 16 hits for the Bombers. Down 8-3 in the 6th, Todd Zeile gives us some hope when he launched a 2 run homer. But it was still 8-5 in the 9th and Jose (22) Valverde coming in to close it out. It didn’t happen. He faces 6 batters gives up 2 walks and 4 hits!! The final hit was a bases loaded (infield in) no out walk-off 2 run single by Wil Cordero. 4 run 9th flips the game in favor of the good guys. And Valverde moves to 0-3, 2 blown saves and an era of 5.40 – for a 22!! Yikes. VAL 8-16-0 LP Valverder (0-3) BS (2) HRs – Abreu (4), Ramirez (12) MGH 9-14-3 WP Gordon (1-0) HR – Zeile (1) Injury – Tino Martinez 6 days
Game #6:	The finale had a hint of game 1. It started with a leadoff homer by Abreu for Valdosta, but then the Gas Hornets retaliated with a 5 spot in the bottom half. But this time we didn’t falter the rest of the way. 8th inning we gave up a run, but that was it. VAL 2- 7-0 LP Mendoza (1-4) HR – Abreu (5) MGH 5-12-1 WP Wakefield (6-4) S Gordon (16)
Series Summary:	Well – 5-1 for the week, we’ll take it. However, to be fair, the Bombers staff was a bit weak – but then getting all those runs against Valverde was a shocker.

Yucaipa Badgers @ DeWitt Tigers
Series Summary:	DeWitt wins the series 4-2.

Michigan Marauders @ Winnipeg Goldeyes
Series Summary:	Michigan takes the series 4 games to 2.

Dondero Oaks @ Iowa Giants
Series Preview:	Dondero comes to Iowa both teams off to rocky starts.
Series Summary:	Dondero takes first five Iowa wins game six.

Castle Rock Hounds @ Houghton Penguins
Series Preview:	Castle Rock heads to Houghton.
Game #1:	The Castle Rock Hounds’ Andy Petitte shuts out the Penguins for 8 innings, and Dave Veres gives up a solo home run to Andy Riggs in the bottom of the 9th to let the Penguins back in the game, but the Hounds hold on 9-1.
Game #2:	The Hounds jump on Benoit for 4 runs in the top of the 1st, but Houghton takes a 6-4 lead in the bottom of the 2nd that they hold onto until the 6th inning, but the Penguins scored no more runs after the 2nd inning and could not hold off the Hounds as they took the win 8-6.
Game #3:	In a near duplicate result of Game #1, Houghton gives up 10 runs to the Hounds and loses their 3rd straight game 10-1.
Game #4:	Houghton rallies their team and takes a 4-3 lead into the 7th inning. Luther Hackman gives up 3 hits, including 2 doubles to give up the lead and the ballgame and the Hounds win by a final score of 5-4.
Game #5:	Another train wreck performance for the Penguins during their bench player game as they lose another game 10-2.
Game #6:	Houghton’s ace Mark Buehrle keeps Houghton in the game, and they put the tying run on 3rd base in the bottom of the 9th inning with 1 out, but they could not get him across the plate to force extra innings. The Hounds bring out the brooms for the sweep of the Penguins in the final game’s 4-3 win.
Series Summary:	The Hounds sweep the Penguins taking all 6 games of the series. Four of the games were blowouts. The Penguin’s offense has really struggled this year. They are already making calls to move expendable players having good years.

Hollywood Vampires @ Flora-Bama Mullets
Series Preview:	Can Hollywood’s premier pitching slow down the powerful Flora-Bama offense?
Game #1:	Vampires make three errors ruining a good pitchers duel between Oswalt and Moyer. Flora-Bama 4-0
Game #2:	Wolf went six strong innings and the bullpen had just enough to lock it down. Flora-Bama 2-1
Game #3:	Vampires offense finally woke up in the 7th as they busted out five runs to take a 6-4 lead. Lopez hit his second homer of the game to tie it in the bottom of the 7th. Floyd’s rbi single in the 13th off a tired Wagner finally broke the tie. Isrinhause entered the 13th as a 25 grade and closed it out. Hollywood 7-6 13th
Game #4:	Odalis Perez gave up a couple homers early and then retaliated by hitting and injuring Berkman and Hunter for the next couple of games. Moyer went 7.1 innings for the win as Malaska fended off a late rally. Flora-Bama 4-3
Game #5:	Juan Gone’s two run homer tied it in the bottom of the 1st. Vampires loaded the bases in the 6th with no outs, but Carter came on and bailed out Wolf. Ortiz hit a solo shot in the 7th to give the Vampires a 3-2 lead. In the bottom of the 7th, Burba came on to face Rivera with two on and two outs. Mullets countered with Bigbie add he smacked a pinch hit three run homer. Flora-Bama 6-3.
Game #6:	Hollywood’s offense jumped on Ramirez in the second to put this one away early. Oswalt went the distance for a three hit shutout. Hollywood 6-0
Series Summary:	Mullets lose one in extra innings, but still take the 4-2 series win. Hollywood’s pitching kept them within striking distance in every game, but their offense really struggled against Flora-Bama’s barrage of left handed starters.