2003 PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #12

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
JOHNSON,Charles	CHI AL	.412	1.176	6	17	7	1	0	4	5	10	7	6	0	0	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
PRIOR,Mark	SSS AL	1	1	0	0	0.00	9	0	0	5	11	2	0	0	0	1	0

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
THOME,Jim	DMH NL	.407	.926	6	27	11	2	0	4	5	10	3	1	0	0	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
ANDERSON,Brian	MGH NL	1	1	0	0	0.00	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0

Yucaipa Badgers @ Monroeville Maulers
Series Preview:	MVM welcomes the Badgers to Hammer & Steel Stadium at Mauler Park. YUC holding on to 3rd at 34-29 The Maulers treading water in 4th place of the tough AL Central at 30-34. Play Ball!!!
Game #1:	MVM 4-8-0 vs YUC 3-14-2 Maulers plate 4 in the 6th to squeak out a 1 run victory. MVM taking advantage of a YUC error for an unearned run. W: Carrasco 1-1 H: Julian Tavarez (6) S: Derrick Turnbow (8) L: Mike Mussina 7-3 MVM Highlight: Alphonso Soriano 3-4, 2B(2), RBI 3(32) YUC Highlight: Todd Helton 4-4 HR(10), RBI 2(37)
Game #2:	MVM 9-13-1 vs YUC 3-9-0 Maulers start the pounding early and cruise along for the victory. W: Kyle Snyder 7-5 CG L: Carlos Zambrano 5-5 MVM Highlight: Endy Chavez 3-4, 2B(8), HR(2), RBI(25)
Game #3:	MVM 6-11-1 vs YUC 1-4-2 Maulers dominate win 3 straight and back-to-back complete games, also take advantage of YUC miscues. W: Jason Stanford 2-1 CG L: Jarrod Washburn 2-7 MVM Highlight: Frank Catalanotto 3-5, 2B(23) Troy Glaus 1-4, 3-run HR(11), RBI 3(27)
Game #4:	MVM 4-9-0 vs YUC 2-8-0 The Maulers streak continues 4 in a row powered by Jacque Jones Homerun and 3-RBIs. The Badgers lack of offensive production continues. W: John Reidling 5-4 S: Derrick Turndow (9) L: Runelvys Hernandez 1-5 MVM Highlight: Jacque Jones 3-4, HR(6) RBI 3(35)
Game #5:	YUC 7-15-11 vs MVM 2-11-0 First game of a twilight double header. The Badgers stop the MVM winning streak in decisive fashion powered by the bat of Josh Bard 4 RBIs and Todd Helton. Maulers LOB 9. W: Kerry Wood 6-5 S: Eric Gagne (12) L: Salomon Torres 4-8 YUC Highlight: Josh Bard 4-5, 2B(4), HR(3), RBI 4(14) Todd Helton 3-5, 2B(24), HR(10), RBI(38)
Game #6:	YUC 6-14-1 vs MVM 1-5-0 Hammering Time Bats shut down again in the night cap a stellar 5 hit CG by Mike Mussina. YUC offense by committee 6 players with a multi-hit game. W: Mike Mussina 8-3 L: Dontrelle Willis 7-6 YUC Highlight: Todd Walker 3-5, HR(8), RBI(33)
Series Summary:	YUC 22-54-4 / MVM 26-57-2 Maulers take the series 4-2 and bounce back after a tepid performance on the road at DeWitt last week. This provided some excitement for the hometown crowd, however, YUC takes the double header to save some face, reminding the Mauler faithful not to get overly optimistic. MVM is still treading water in 4th place in the tough AL Central Division.

Danbury Mad Hatters @ Michigan Marauders
Series Preview:	This is a battle for 3rd place in the N.L. Central. Danbury takes on Michigan.
Game #1:	Good vs. Bonderman Danbury starts strong with 2 runs in the 1st inning. Thome hits the 2 run homer. Danbury scores one in the 5th. Moises hits a homer. Michigan made it close with 2 runs in the 5th. But, Danbury strikes in the 6th and 7th and scores 8 runs. Good is now 2-7 and Bonderman is 1-10. Danbury 11 Michigan 3
Game #2:	Eaton vs. Sheets This was more of a low scoring game. Both teams score once in the 3rd inning. Cedeno with the RBI single for Danbury. Guzman with the tying single. Then, in the 7th, Michigan scores twice with Nick Johnson and Jim Edmonds getting hits. Figueroa takes the loss. 4-4 Sheets goes to 4-5 and Plesac earns his 9th save. Michigan 3 Danbury 1
Game #3:	Lowe vs. Livan Hernandez Thome hits a 2 run homer for Danbury in the 1st inning. Michigan ties it, but Biggio hits a 2 run homer for Danbury in the 5th inning. Danbury scores often and Thome connects on a 3 run blast. Michigan makes it closer in the 9th as they score 4. They have bases loaded at the end of the game. Thome is the player of the game with 2 homers and 5 RBI. Lowe goes to 6-6 and Hernandez drops to 4-7. Danbury 9 Michigan 6
Game #4:	Day vs. Clement Adam Everett strokes a 2 run homer in the 3rd for the Mad Hatters. Danbury puts 6 on the board as Blum hits a 2 run tater as well. Michigan scores 1 in the 3rd on a Perez error. In the bottom of the 5th, Michigan scores 3 – 2 runs coming from a Palmeiro homer. Clement gives up 2 runs in the 6th and heads to the locker room. Palmeiro hits a solo blast in the 7th for Michigan. Michigan makes it close but falls one run short. Carrassco goes to 2-1 as he comes in for Day. Clement is now 3-5. Biddle picks up his first save. Danbury 8 Michigan 7
Game #5:	Game 1 of a DH-Stephenson vs. Penny Brad Penny only lasts 3.1 innings and gets injured. Not what you want in the 1st game of a doubleheader. Thome hits a another homer. Bret Boone hits a grand slam for Michigan as they build a lead. Danbury ties it with 2 runs in the 7th and 8th innings. In the bottom of the 9th, Bret Boone with a single knocks in the game winning run. Plesac gets the win and he is 2-0. Driskill takes the loss and goes to 0-2. Figueroa gave up the game winning hit. Michigan 8 Danbury 7
Game #6:	2nd game of the doubleheader. Good vs. Radke Good pitches well and Danbury gets an early 2-0 lead. Michigan breaks through with 2 runs in the 8th inning. In the bottom of the 9th, Nick Johnson hits a walk-off 3 run homer and Michigan wins the doubleheader and splits the series. Nelson drops to 0-3 and Wendell goes to 3-0. Michigan 5 Danbury 2
Series Summary:	Danbury and Michigan split their 6 game series as Michigan sweeps the doubleheader.

Castle Rock Hounds @ Dondero Oaks
Series Preview:	AL West foes square off for 6 games as Castle Rock floating 2 games above .500 heads to Dondero who is 2 games under .500.
Game #1:	Dondero 3 Castle Rock 1W: J. Santana (5-4) 7.1IP 6H 1R 5K L: J. Pineiro (7-6) 5IP 6H 3R 2K S: M. Rivera (11)
Game #2:	Castle Rock 10 Dondero 3W: D. Davis (4-5) 5IP 5H 2R 3K L: K. Ishii (4-8) 2IP 5H 7R 2KBonds gets his first homer of the series. Jose Valentin was Dondero’s only spark with a HR & 3 RBI.
Game #3:	Castle Rock 15 Dondero 6W: A. Pettitte (9-1) 6IP 5H 2R 4K L: J. Lackey (3-6) 2IP 6H 7R 6ER 1K
Game #4:	Castle Rock 7 Dondero 1W: K. Rogers (2-6) 8IP 4H 1R 1K L: T. Redding (6-4) 4.1IP 8H 5R 6KBonds gets home run #2 of the series.
Game #5:	Dondero 5 Castle Rock 3W: T. Fiore (1-0) L: K. Lohse (4-6) 5.2IP 8H 5R 4ER 7K S: M. Rivera (12)Dondero starter – J. Johnson 5IP 9H 3R 2ER 2KHomer 3 for Bonds.
Game #6:	Dondero 5 Castle Rock 4W: K. Wunsch (4-1) L: P. Quantrill (1-2)starters: Castle Rock – J. Contreras 7IP 4H 2R 4K Dondero – J. Santana 7.1IP 6H 4R 4KJust for good measure Bonds got his 4th in 6 games.
Series Summary:	This was the most uneven 3-3 split ever. Castle Rock outscored Dondero 32-10 in their 3 wins and was only outscored 13-8 in their 3 losses. Nothing changes with these two teams as they leave just as they came in, just hovering around .500. Next week both teams will have another divisional opponent as Dondero heads to California and Castle Rock hosts Fort Worth. Barry Bonds does his thing in the series – 8/23 2 2B 4 HR 10 RBI 2 HBP 2 BB

DeWitt Tigers @ Corktown Bootleggers
Series Summary:	Corktown handles the divisional foe 5 games to 1.

Baltimore Blue Crabs @ Flora-Bama Mullets
Series Preview:	A battle between the top two teams in the NL East.
Game #1:	Padilla didn’t even make through the first as the Mullets batted around. The Crabs did rally back on Wolf to make it a game, but they couldn’t overcome the deficit. Flora-Bama 7-4
Game #2:	Tejada’s solo homer gave Baltimore a brief lead in the 1st. In the 2nd, the Mullets put up five runs and knocked out Zambrano. Homers from Escobar and Tejada made it a one run game. In the 6th, Rowand gunned what would have been the tying run at home and then came up in the bottom of the inning and homered. Acevedo picked up his second save of the series. Flora-Bama 6-4
Game #3:	Beckett issued four walks in the 4th to give the Blue Crabs a 1-0 lead. Clark’s rbi single tied it in the 6th. Mullets loaded the bases in the 7th and Huff singled in two runs. Flora-Bama 3-1
Game #4:	Moyer only gave up 4 hits, but one was a game tying solo to Chipper in the 6th. The other big mistake was a three run gopher ball to the light hitting Dave Roberts. A Lopez solo in the 8th and a Hunter solo in the 9th made it close, but Crudale got Lopez to fly out with the tying run on third in the 9th. Baltimore 4-3
Game #5:	Hudson picked up a dominating complete game victory powered by two homeruns from Dmitri Young. Baltimore 7-2
Game #6:	Baltimore got their first run and hit off Schilling in the 3rd. Padilla wasn’t as dominating but he kept the Mullets at bay until the 7th. Clark singled in the tying run and then scored the a go ahead run on a Berkman rbi double. Spivey’s solo in the 8th ended Schilling’s day. In the bottom of the 9th, Bigbie singled and stole 2nd. Goodwin moved the runner to 3rd and Berroa singled in the winning run off Padilla. Flora-Bama 3-2
Series Summary:	A tight series between two very good teams. Flora-Bama edges out the 4-2 series win.

Fort Worth Panthers @ California Quakes
Series Summary:	Fort Worth takes 4 of 6 from California.

Houghton Penguins @ Iowa Giants
Series Preview:	Houghton and Iowa both going wrong direction.
Series Summary:	Iowa sweeps Houghton.

Blarney Drive Bandits @ Hollywood Vampires
Series Summary:	Hollywood takes 5 of 6.

Long Beach Titans @ Winnipeg Goldeyes
Game #1:	After Gonzalez hit a 3-run HR in the 3rd to give Winnipeg a 3-2 lead, Long Beach scored 4 in the 6th and held on for a 6-5 win. Lee led the Titans offense with 4 hits and 3 RBI.
Game #2:	Mondesi broke a 5-5 tie with a 2-run 2B iin the 7th. Riske & Cormier closed out the 7-5 win. Lee had 4 more hits to key the winning offense.
Game #3:	Phillips doubled in 2 runs in the 5th to give Long Beach a 2-1 lead. They added 5 more and went on to a 7-1 win. Nixon hit a 2-run HR and Cintron and Phillips hit solo shots.
Game #4:	Winnipeg exploded in this game and rolled to a 9-3 win. Matheny opened the scoring with a bases loaded 2B in the 1st. Cirillo capped it with a 3-run HR in the 7th. Glavine gave up 2 hits in 8 innings to get the win.
Game #5:	Loaiza threw a 1-hitter as Long Beach won 4-1. Cintron hit a solo HR in the 5th to break a 1-1 tie. An inning later Mondesi hit a 2-run shot to give Loaiza all the runs he needed.
Game #6:	This game was tied 4-4 when Helms and Snow were hit by pitches with the bases loaded in the 6th to give Long Beach a 6-4 lead. Miller hit a solo HR in the 8th to give Cormier an insurance run. He retired the side in order in the 9th for his 17th save as Long Beach won 7-5.
Series Summary:	Long Beach won 5 of the 6 games.

Southlake Stealers @ Chicago Demolition
Series Preview:	In a battle for control of the American League Central, the first place Chicago Demolition host the second place Southlake Stealers for a 6-game set. Chicago currently holds a strong 5 game lead atop the standings. If you like high powered offense and lots of runs on the board, you are in the wrong place this week. This week you will see multiple pitchers with legitimate claims to the Cy Young Award so far this season. These two staffs are 1 and 2 in nearly every pitching category this year, including lowest ERA, lowest runs allowed, most strikeouts, and lowest opponents batting average. Both are truly elite; but how they go about it is quite different. The Demolition lean on their starting staff of Martinez, Clemens, Schmidt, Millwood and Seo to go deep into games and then close out the game with hard throwing Billy Wagner. They lead the league with an incredible 45 Quality Starts. Whereas, the Stealers have created a philosophy of Pitching Chaos. It is not uncommon for them to throw 6, 7, or 8 different arms on the mound in a game. They have 5 of the top ten relievers in terms of Holds and lowest Opponent Batting Average. They will throw a bevy of arms at you and then turn to their closer John Smoltz to lock the game down. One area where Southlake struggles is with walks and long balls. If Chicago can show patience at the plate to draw a few walks and then capitalize on a pitch hanging in the zone they can score. With these two staffs it will be difficult for a great offense to generate runs, and neither Chicago nor Southlake is anywhere near that standard. Both teams are nearly identical and mired in the middle of the American League in most offensive categories. Southlake tends to hit a bit better, but Chicago has more pop in their lineup. One area that Chicago excels at is drawing walks, something that Southlake pitchers have a habit of doing. If Chicago can capitalize on that is still to be determined. Chicago leans on Stewart and Renteria getting on base with Delgado and Batista bringing them home. Stewart is currently 4th in Average and 7th in runs scored. Batista and Delgado are 5th and 6th in runs batted in respectively. For Southlake the phenom from the far east, Ichiro currently is 5th in batting average and 4th in runs scored. A major component of the Stealers offense is taking extra bases and stealing bases. Chicago has Johnson behind the dish. He is throwing out 39% of baserunners who dare try to swipe second. He will be vital to keeping Southlake scoring down. Statistically, these teams are nearly identical, both offensively and defensively. During their first meeting of the season, in Southlake the Stealers took the series 3 games to 2. Southlake has only lost 8 games total at home and 25% of them are at the hands of the Demolition, showing just how evenly matched these two teams are. The areas that Southlake struggles at happen to be the areas that Chicago excels and Vegas has factored that in the series odds favoring the Demolition extending their lead by another 2 games once this week concludes. I hope you bought your tickets to these games early in the season because all 6 games are sellouts. Not even standing room is available. Let’s play ball!
Game #1:	In a surprise decision the Demolition will give the ball in this series opener to Dough Waechter and his 16.20 ERA. The Stealers counter with Wilson Alvarez who just completed a rehab assignment down in the minors. The offensive stars for each team shined early. Garciaparra hit a two-run bomb in the first for Southlake. Chicago answered with a Renteria double and a Delgado base hit to make the score 2-1 at the end of the first. Both teams threatened to score over the next three innings but each starter was able to contain and keep the other team from scoring. Until Beltran took one deep in the fifth for just his 4th homer of the season. It now stands at 3-1 Southlake through five innings. Leskanic pitched the 6th and started the 7th, but after a single by Higginson and a walk to Rentaria, the Stealers called on Hasegawa to dampen the threat and finish that inning. Delgado would lead off the 8th inning with a double, followed by a Tim Salmon walk. Smoltz said enough of that, and he immediately came into the game and extinguished the flames. Chicago couldn’t afford to let Southlake extend the lead, so they went to Wagner. Unfortunately, that move backfired as Rondell White hit a solo shot in the 9th to extend the Stealers lead. That was as much offense as Smoltz would need as he had a 1-2-3 inning in the 9th to complete the six out save.Final: Southlake 4-1WP: Alvarez (5-2) LP: Waechter (0-2) S: Smoltz (13)
Game #2:	Chicago cannot afford to drop two in a row. When you absolutely need a win you call upon Cy Young candidate Pedro Martinez. Southlake is able to tag Pedro in the second thanks to a two out walk to Encarnacion and a double by Garciaparra. It looked as if Chicago would mirror that in the bottom half of the inning. A lead off walk to Johnson, followed by a Matsui double. However, Johnson doesn’t have the same wheels as Encarnacion and held up at third base. With two on and no outs, Tejera buckled down and left the boys stranded on the bases. It was 1-0 Stealers at the end of two. Pedro continued to have control issues. He walked Anderson in the third and Beltran doubled to right to score him. That lead was short lived as a lead off single sent Southlake to their bullpen. The strength of this team failed to deliver. A walk put two guys on and Delgado did Carlos like things and gave Chicago a 3-2 lead by putting one over the fence off Koplove. Tim Salmon followed that up with a banger of his own. Charles Johnson then walked and that would be the end of Koplove’s day. He faced five batters walking two and giving up two bombs. Mahay would close out the inning, but the damage was done and it was 4-2 Chicago after three innings. Southlake would leave Mahay in a bit too long and Johnson hit a two run shot in the fifth to extend the lead to 6-2 Demolition. Each team would score a few meaningless runs to close out the game, making the final score 7-4. Pedro wasn’t his dominant self but was good enough to get the job done. Meanwhile, Chicago laughed at the so-called Chaos Pitching of Southlake as they greeted the bullpen to the tune of 6 runs, on 8 hits and three walks, including 3 homers.Final: Chicago 7-4WP: Martinez (9-2) LP: Koplove (2-1) S: Wagner (14)
Game #3:	Game three features two middle of the pack pitchers Seo vs Villone. Southlake moved Ichiro down in the lineup in an attempt to restart his bat. The move paid off early as Suzuki hit a two run shot in the second inning to give the Stealers an early lead. He would then double in the 4th scoring White to extend the lead. Villone didn’t give up his first hit until the 4th. Unfortunately for him it was a bomb by Johnson after he gave up a walk and a HBP. It was now 4-3 Southlake after 4 innings. Blalock would extend the lead in the 5th with a single. Then Ichiro would continue to have a career day, as he tripled scoring two more Stealers. Encarnacion would follow with a single and it was getting ugly for the Demolition. By the time the inning ended Southlake had added 5 runs and the score was 9-3. Delgado would bang his 11th homerun of the year in the sixth inning ending Villone’s day. From that point on Shuey, Mota and Smoltz would keep the Demolition off the board. The Demolition bullpen also stepped up after the 5th inning, but by then the damage was done. Suzuki ends the day 3/5 with 3 runs, and 5 RBIs. Final: Southlake 9-4 WP: Villone (3-4) LP: Seo (5-3)
Game #4:	Even the home crowd is excited to see the Sophomore Phenom Mark Prior to take mound for Southlake. He brings a record of 10-2 with an ERA of 1.78 and a league leading 111 strikeouts. Chicago will start Kevin Millwood with hopes of giving the Demolition a shot to even up the series. Southlake scores first on a Sac Fly by Encarnacion in the first inning. Juan then keeps Chicago off the board in the second when he nails Johnson at the plate for the final out of the frame. Southlake extends the lead when Beltran scores his second run of the game. This time courtesy of a Sac Fly from Nomar. Chicago threatens by loading the bases in the sixth inning with just one out. But Prior composed himself and escapes keeping Chicago scoreless through six. Millwood would do everything he could to give Chicago a chance. He would go 7 1/3 innings giving up just the two runs, before giving way to Wagner. But those two runs were two too many. Mark Prior goes the distance for this 4th shutout of the season. Chicago would get 5 hits off him, but no runs as he added 11 more strikeouts to his league leading total.Final Score: Southlake 2-0WP: Prior (11-2) LP: Millwood (4-6)
Game #5:	Chicago needs to stop the losing streak, so they called upon The Rocket to get the job done. Southlake will go back to Pitching Chaos now that their bullpen is rested up. Chicago needed to give Clemens a few more warm up pitches. Instead, Nomar started the game off hot and blasted a two-run shot in the first inning. Southlake extends the lead one inning later on an RBI single from Ichiro. Chicago gets that run back in the bottom of the inning when Johnson stays hot with another bomb this series. Blalock says whatever you can do, I can do better as his solo shot in the third inning makes it a three-run lead once again. In the bottom of the third, five walks from Dubose would make the score 4-3 and be the end of the day for the Southpaw from Southlake. A wild pitch by Koplove would score two giving Chicago the lead 5-4. After yet another walk by the Southlake pitchers, Johnson continues with his mastery of the Southlake staff hitting a two run shot to extend the lead 7-4. The long ball continues for Chicago when Stewart adds a solo shot in the 6th to double up the score on Southlake 8-4. After a couple more walks and another wild pitch, the game became a blowout. Chicago would score 10 runs on just 7 hits (3 of them home runs) thanks to 11 walks and two wild pitches.Final Score: Demolition 10-4WP: Clemens (8-2) LP: Dubose (3-3)
Game #6:	Looking to split the series by taking both ends of this twinbill, Chicago goes to, Jason Schmidt. Jason wishes all his games could be against Southlake. He earns himself a pitcher of the week nomination by going 8 innings giving up just one hit while striking out 4. Delgado continues the trend of hitting homeruns after Southlake pitchers give up a walk as he provides enough offense for the win. Final Score: Chicago 4-0 WP: Schmidt (8-3) LP: Tejera (2-6)
Series Summary:	A split at 3 games each. The book on Chicago having success was to be patient at the plate and then hit the mistake pitches. They were very effective at doing just that. In their three wins they took 20 free bases and banged 7 homeruns. In their three loses, they had just 8 walks and only 2 bombs. Jason Schmidt and Mark Prior both earned pitcher of the week nominations.

Hampton Huskies @ Manhattan Gas Hornets
Series Preview:	Season is getting close to half way – Hampton is selling to the contender/pretenders – and NO-HITTER alert!
Game #1:	After Manhattan gets off to 2-0 start in the 1st – the Huskies take over. 2 in the 2nd – Scott Hatteberg homer (6), 2 more in the 4th on back to back solo homers from power hitters Xavier Nady (2) and Alexander Gonzalez (3) and single run in the 8th. HAM 5-7-0 WP Webb (8-2) COL 2-4-0 LP Howard (2-1)
Game #2:	So the Gas Hornets again tally in the 1st – this time for 3 runs. Power hitter Xavier Nady slugs a 2 run homer (3) in the 5th to cut the Manhattan lead to 3-2, but Matt Stairs puts it away with a 2 run homer (9) in the 7th and Manhattan evens the series. Phelps is clobbered and out 5 days (ouch, with a double header coming up, that hurts). HAM 2- 6-1 LP Jeff Suppan (4-4) COL 5-10-1 WP Matt Morris (5-5) S Tom Gordon (19)
Game #3:	Manhattan fails to score in the 1st and most of the other innings as well. Huskies on the other hand score lots of times on 13 hits and smack a couple of homers – Marcus Giles (14) and Derrek Lee (21). Giles has 3 hit, 2 rbi game, Lee 2 rbis. Shawn Chacon gives up just 4 hits – 1 of them a solo homer to Ruben Sierra (4). Hampton goes up 2 to 1. HAM 7-13-0 WP Chacon (3-7) COL 1- 6-2 LP Halama (3-4)
Game #4:	Gas Hornets plate 1 in the 1st, and then 2 more in the 2nd. Both teams score 1 in the 3rd including a J.D. Drew homer (4). Huskies plate another run in the 4th and it’s 4-2, but then no one scores again somehow and Manhattan evens the series heading into the double header. HAM 2-9-2 LP Correia (3-4) COL 4-9-1 WP Wakefield (8-5) S Gordon (21)
Game #5:	In a game both teams hope the bullpens won’t be needed – one team gets that wish! Ruben Sierra clubs a 2 run double in the 4th for Manhattan. In the 6th, Alex Gonzalez leads off with a grounder to 3rd that ends up as a 2b error on McEwing. He moves to 3rd on a WP. Brian Anderson then gets Moeller to ground out 1-3. Then a whiff on Podsednik and a shallow fly out by Giles ends the threat. Gas Hornets hoping for some breathing room for Anderson and Matt Stairs comes through in the 8th with a solo homer (10). All this was important because the McEwing error and a Jeter error were the only 2 times a Huskie reached bases. That close to a PERFECT game, no hits, no walks, 29 BF and 3 Ks!!!! Brian Anderson into the NO-NO books. HAM 0-0-0 LP Wade Miller (2-4) COL 3-7-2 WP Anderson (5-3)
Game #6:	In the nightcap, the Gas Hornets again score in the 1st on a Derek Jeter homer (5). Hampton starts Brad Lidge as their rotation is all bolluxed up from fatigue. But then Hampton gets to Casey Fossum for 2 runs in the 3rd including a solo shot from Scott Podsednik (6) – their 1st hit in this game. The 2-1 Huskies lead lasts until Manhattan scores 2 in the 5th on rbi doubles from Orlando Palmeiro and Matt Stairs. Kim comes on in the 7th with 2 on and no outs and quashes the threat (rare this year) and then Tom “Flash” Gordon comes in for the save in the 9th – his 3rd of the series against his former team. The final out – a DP – was off the bat of Ty Wigginton, who packed him bags to settle into his new home in Manhattan as he joins the Gas Hornet after this weekend. Was he buttering up to his new team (or showing them what to expect)? HAM 2-6-1 LP Lidge (0-1) COL 3-9-1 WP Fossum (2-5) S Gordon (21)
Series Summary:	After a see-saw series through the first 4 days, Manhattan (with a no-hitter by Brian Anderson) managed a double header sweep to take the series 4-2.

Gladstone Gladiators @ Valdosta Bombers
Series Preview:	Gladstone comes to Valdosta with a 6-game lead on the 2nd place Bombers.
Series Summary:	Gladstone shut out the Bombers in game 1, but then the Bombers bats then unleashed a HR barrage for the next 5 games. Bombers hit 14 HR’s in sweeping the next 5 games.