PLAYER / PITCHER OF THE WEEK #6

Charlie_Leibrandt87 Eddie_Murray87 Roger_Clemens87 Willie_Upshaw87

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
UPSHAW,Willie	STO AL	.474	1.158	4	19	9	2	1	3	6	9	5	0	0	0	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
CLEMENS,Roger	CHI AL	1	1	0	0	0.00	8	0	0	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0

NAME	TEAM	AVG	SLG	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	R	RBI	K	W	IW	SB	CS	HBP
MURRAY,Eddie	HLW NL	.476	.714	5	21	10	2	0	1	4	5	3	1	0	0	0	0

NAME	CLUB	G	W	L	S	ERA	IP	R	ER	H	K	BB	IBB	WP	BK	HB	HR
LEIBRANDT,Charlie	MBB NL	1	1	0	0	0.00	9	0	0	4	10	0	0	0	0	0	0

· Winnipeg Goldeyes @ Manhattan Gas Hornets
Series Preview	Winnipeg (8-23) visits Manhattan (21-10) – on paper it doesn’t look good for Winnigep, but you know they say the games aren’t played on paper! Electrons can have their way.
Game #1:	G1 – Knudsen (1-1, 4.38 era) vs. Clancy (3-2, 2.81 era) Clancy, tossing a perfect game through 3, saw it all go up in smoke in the 4th as the Goldeyes erupt for 5 runs on 4 hits, a walk and a HBP. The 5 runs gives Winnipeg a 5-4 lead going into the 5th. Lead short lived as Gas Hornets retake the lead on Stanley rbi single and an E5, 6-5 Manhattan. Jacoby adds a little insurance in 7th with a solo shot (12) off Searge. Incaviglia rbi triple and Valle single tie the game in the 8th at 7-7. Brookens double, barely fair, down the line gives the Goldeyes the lead, 8-7 in the 8th. Bergman follows with another rbi, 9-7, Winnipeg now has the insurance. With 2 out in bottom of the 9th Alfredo Griffin comes to the plate with the bases loaded. Havens came if for the 9th, Joyner led off and reached on E4. Dawson and Jacoby strike out. Felder PH – singles to right on a ball that looked like it’d stay up, Joyner to 3rd and Felder took second on the throw. Williams then it HPB to load the bases setting the stage for Griffin. He grounds it toward short – and it gets by the outstretched Brookens, Joyner and Felder score to tie the game. Davis follows with a shot to the RF side that goes into the corner, Williams scores from 2nd and the game is over 10-9 Manhattan. WP – Righetti (3-1) LP Havens (0-2) and BS 2
Game #2:	G2 – Whitson (2-3, 5.3 era) vs. Z.Smith (3-0, 3.41 era) Gas Hornets plate 6 in the first including solo HR (2) by Yount to open the inning – also 3 Winnipeg errors didn’t help their cause. William solo HR (3) in 7th and another run in the 8th get us to the final 8-0 as Zane Smith (4-0) tosses 4 hit shutout. Whitson goes to 2-4 with the loss.
Game #3:	G3 – Moyer (2-3, 3.98 era) vs. Wegman (0-2, 9.60 era) Moreland 3 run shot (2) in 1st gets the scoring underway, 3-0 Manhattan. Wilson solo HR (1) in 4th makes it 3-1. An E4 by Sax and a FC gets cuts it 3-2 still in the 4th. Run in 4th and the 6th extends the Gas Hornets lead to 5-2. Perry 2 out single in 8th cuts it to 5-3 but Buice comes in to retire 4 straight batters to end the game and pick up the save (7) in the Manhattan 5-3 win. Wegman gets his 1st win (1-2) and Moyer goes to 2-4. Second straight game in which the Goldeyes commit 4 errors.
Game #4:	G4 – Bosio (1-2, 4.07 era) vs. Alexander (1-2, 3.43 era) Biggest stat through 5 innings is Alexander walking off the mound to start the 6th, looks like a DL trip as he will be gone for at least 13 days. Score knotted at goose eggs at the time. RBI double by Yount in the 6th changes that as Manhattan breaks on top 1-0. Jacoby smashes 2 out double to make it 2-0 (right after Davis fans for the 3rd time in the game). In the 7th, the Goldeyes get some magic going and score on rbi single by Brookens. When the ball gets past Almon in LF, Wilson tries to score from 1st, but Almon’s throw cuts him down for the 2nd out – and limiting the scoring to 1 run on the play, Brookens gets to 3rd. Almon double, Griffin single and Moreland PH infield single get the run back to open the bottom half of the 7th and a Joyner single gets a 4th run, 4-1 Manhattan. Reed pitches the 8th and 9th for his 4th save. Hudson the winner (2-1) in relief of the injured Alexander. Bosio (2-4) the loss.
Game #5:	G5 – Power (Power (0-6, 6.21 era) vs Key (6-0, 2.79 era) Game belongs to Jimmy Key (7-0) and Eduardo Romero (3 for 3, 2 rbis, 1 run) in Manhattan’s 3-0 win. Romero accounted for all the Gas Hornet runs while Key limited Winnipeg to 3 hits (the last hit a single with 2 outs in the 9th, prior to that the Goldeyes had hit 2 triples!). Buice came on for the final out (S #8), Power the loss (0-7).
Series Summary *	Manhattan sweeps the series, but the Goldeyes kept Dawson from homering in the series!! Manhattan goes on the road to face the tough Titans of Long Beach next week in a division leaders series. Winnipeg will still be on the road at Valdosta.

· Stockton Wings @ Detroit Stars
Game #1:	Det wins 4-2 Hawkins goes to 2-0 HRs by Upshaw and Parrish
Game #2:	Sto wins 14-6 Cox goes to 1-0 HRs by Upshaw Reynolds Coleman and Parrish
Game #3:	Det wins 4-3 Bielecki goes to 4-1 HRs Canseco
Game #4:	Sto wins 9-7 Sanderson goes to 1-5 HRs by Canseco (2) , Parker and Kruk Dave Parker scores his 1000th career Run
Game #5:	Sto wins 6-4 Hurst goes to 4-3 HRs by Upshaw and Kennedy
Series Summary *	The highlight is Parker scoring his 100th career run in game (4)

· Bethel Champs @ Steel City Sluggers
Series Summary *	Steel City takes 3 of 5 from a tough Bethel team.

· East Pointe Marlins @ Washington Past Timers
Game #1:	4-3 East Pointe
Game #2:	13-1 Washington
Game #3:	9-7 Washington
Game #4:	4-2 Washington
Game #5:	10-4 East Pointe
Series Summary *	Washington takes 3 of 5

· Long Beach Titans @ Michigan Marauders
Series Preview	Long Beach has gotten off to a very hot start and visits the defending National League Champion Michigan Marauders.
Game #1:	Berenger takes the hill for the Titans against veteran Frank Tanana. Long Beach takes an early lead through the top of the third, 4-0. But, Michigan fights back with 5 runs in the 3rd and 4th innings. There were no runs after that as Tanana, Frank Williams, and Mike Henneman pitch Michigan to the victory. Mattingly hits a homer for Long Beach, but Juan Samuel hits a big 3 run homer. Terry Steinbach gets injured for the remainder of the series. Michigan 5 Long Beach 4
Game #2:	Deshaies takes the hill for Michigan against Frank Viola of Long Beach. This was a classic pitching duel. In the 2nd inning, Cal Ripken is the difference maker with a solo homer. But, that’s it. No more runs. Michigan 1 Long Beach 0
Game #3:	Downs pitches for Long Beach and Terrell for Michigan. Both pitchers were having some walk problems. Terrell walked 8 batters through 3.1 innings. Guerrero takes advantage and hits a bomb. After Downs walks 3, Ripken responds with a homer. But, Downs settles down to tame Michigan. Long Beach 12 Michigan 5
Game #4:	Higuera takes the mound for Michigan against Rick Rhoden. Higuera outpitches Rhoden and just gets enough to win. Higuera gives up just one unearned run in the 8th. Michigan 3 Long Beach 1
Game #5:	Fraser takes his unbeaten record into Michigan. Langston is on the mound for Michigan. Long Beach hammers the Marauders with 15 hits. Ouch. A Glenn Davis homer by Michigan is way too late. Long Beach 9 Michigan 3
Series Summary *	Michigan wins the series 3-2 because they were able to win the close ones. Long Beach dominated the Marauders in their 2 wins. Long Beach is 23-11 Michigan is 18-18.

· Chicago Demolition @ Mexico City Chihuahuas
Series Preview	Two first place teams in a show down, down south of the boarder.
Series Summary *	Mexico City takes the series 3-2 in three close back and forth games.

· Missouri Black Bears @ Hollywood Vampires
Series Summary *	No News out of Hollywood.

· Fort Worth Panthers @ Old Mill Legends
Series Preview	Old Mill wins 4 of 5 against Fort Worth.
Series Summary *	Old Mill wins 4 of 5.

· Valdosta Bombers @ Germantown Grays
Series Preview	The rides Valdosta Bombers ride a 5-game winning streak into Germantown to beautiful spring weather. Let’s see cut the grass or play APBA. Hmmm.
Game #1:	The Grays have a 2-0 lead going into the 8th, on Oil Can Boyd’s (2-1) arm but the Bombers Walker (.256) and Snyder cork 2-run homers in the 8th and 9thto win it. 6 in a row. LaCoss went 7IP allowing 1ER on 4H 2W w/ w/ 7K. Bombers 4-2
Game #2:	Grays peck away to score 4 runs with 6 hits and 3 walks, while Guzman (6-1) is stellar yet again. Has anyone told him that is next year. Don’t!! He went the distance allowing 1R on 2H and 4W w/ 8K. Grays 4-1
Game #3:	Bombers get to Morgan (3-3) quickly building a 5-1 lead through three and hold on. Walker did the most damage with a 2-4 3RBI R HR HBP day. Bombers 6-3.
Game #4:	Grays built a 7-3 lead through four at Smith’s (2-2) expense and held on. Decinces (.292) grand slam was ultimately the decider. Martinez (.321) was 2-4 2RBI R. Grays; 7-5.
Game #5:	A walk off homer by Bower gave the Grays a 2-1 win and the rubber match despite two stellar performances by Bombers Hough 8IP 1R 4H 0W w/ 6K and Grays Hume 6IP 1R 6H 2W w/ 3K.
Series Summary *	Except for some good pitching performances, Guzman in game 2 and Hough in game 5 a fairly middling series performance wise.

· Montana Cutthroats @ Cedar Park Bears
Series Preview	Montana, 11-20 last place in AL East vs Cedar Park, 11-18 last place in the AL West.
Game #1:	Presley and Gedman drive in two runs each, Mathews (3-2, 3.45) goes 8, Heathcock (0.96) earns his 3d save. Montana 5 Cedar Park 3
Game #2:	Honeycutt (2-2, 6.67) yields 5 runs in the 1st and is yanked early, that was all the Cutthroats needed. Castillo 3 for 4, HR, drives in 4. Grant wins, (3-2, 5.17). Montana 9 Cedar Park 4.
Game #3:	Montana strikes early again, 1 in the 1st, 5 in the 2d. Castillo (4th) HR, Seitzer HR and 5 RBIs, Strawberry 3 RBIs. Youmans (3-2, 5.40) wins, Swindell (0-3, 7.71) the loss. Montana 11 Cedar Park 4.
Game #4:	Mike Boddicker is effective (3-5, 6.98) and gets good BP support, Crim earns his 5th save. Will Clark (5th) HR and 5 RBIs for the Rangers. Krukow (3-4, 4.95) struggled and left in the 5th. Cedar Park 7 Montana 5
Game #5:	Mike Witt for Montana, Bobby Witt for Cedar Park. Neither figure in the decision. Bobby Witt yields 8 runs in the 1st 3 innings but remains in, shutting down Montana until he leaves after 7 innings with the scored tied a 8. Cedar Park get 5 runs on only 4 hits off Witt, then pound RP Assenmacher (BS-1) for the tying runs. The Bears play long ball, Polonia, Puckett, Pasqua and Royster lead their comeback. All went for noth, however, when Willie Wilson tripled in the top of the 8th and scored on a Bear’s error with the winning run. Heathcock (Sv-4, 0.84 era) saved it. Montana 9 Cedar Park 8
Series Summary *	Montana did not play like a last place team, the Bears resemble the expansion Mets. The Cutthroats dominated the series and take 4 of 5.